Snapped - A Virals fantic

chapter 2

After school, Ella wanted us to meet at her place. Ben picked up me, Hi, Shelton, and Chance.I was out of the car before Ben stopped. I stumbled onto Ella's porch and pounded on her door. She opened almost immediately. She hugged me really tight so I squeased back. Her eyes were puffy. She had been crying. "Ella. What's wrong?" I asked. I could feel her panic. Well, I think it was panic. Maybe it was worry. "Come in. All of you. There's something we have to tell you." She motioned us in. "Wait, what do you mean 'we'?" I asked. "Who are the other people?"
She took a deep breath. "See for yourself. Living room." I rushed to the living room, the boys not far behind. And as soon as I got there, I wish I could turn back. Cole and Speckman were sitting on Ella's couch. I almost stumbled backward. I felt Ben inch closer to me and put his hands around my waist. Was he claiming me? Oh well, I can't deal with my personal life right now. I have more important things to do. "What are you doing here?" I hissed. Cole stood up and was about to say something but Speckman cut him off. "We can flare again. Its stronger than the ones before. We don't know how, we just flare. Its quite enjoyable. But that's not the reason we called you here. We found something." He paused..... for a long time. Ben got tired of waiting. "Well, what did you find?!" There was anger in his voice.
Speckman stopped my thoughts with very alarming words. "Those agents put trackers in our blood. It tracks both us and our DNA." A surge of panic rose through me. Tracker? In our BLOOD? These agents are messing with the wrong people. "Oh gosh we're toast." - Hi
"Cages..." - Shelton
Ben...growled? I whipped my head to see Ben was flaring. His face was red with fury. I've never seen him more..... more enraged. "Ben, calm down. Release your flare." He looked at me. "I won't let them hurt you." Oh, Ben. Please not here. Not now.
"Ben, look at me, I'm fine. The agents are gone, they can't hurt us. Its ok." He stared at me for a moment, then shut his eyes. When he opened, his eyes were back to normal. Deep brown.
"Thank you."
"Yea. Ok"
"Are you ok?"
He scoffed. "Ok? I don't know. I'm glad our flares are back, but government agents used us as lab rats to test their supervirus." His voiced cracked. I wrapped my arms around him. Squeased tight. He squeased me back. I sensed Chance mumble something under his breath. Something like not fair, or, she was supposed to be mine. Apparently, Ben heard it too. He let go of me, stomped over to Chance, and grabbed his collar. "What'd you say?!" Ben was red all over, again. Chance grabbed the hand Ben had on his shirt. "Let go of me boat boy." He shoved Ben's hand off him. Ben stepped back, breathed, and punched Chance in the nose. Chance stumbled backward, and swung. Ben dodged his punch and threw him on the floor. Chance kicked Ben's legs causing him to fall.
"ENOUGH!" I yelled. "Boys, stop!" I wandered up to Ben who was getting up, and wiping his shirt. "What was that?!" I almost slapped him.
"He muttered something about you." Ben's hands turned to fists. I thought he was going to run for Chance again. So I did what anyone would do in that situation. I kissed him. Ben's smell is addicting. "Ben, don't let Chance of all people get to you. You know I would never leave you. I love you." I felt my cheeks get hot. I tried to hide my face by burying my head in his chest. His smell smelled like Ben. I don't know how to explain it. Just, Ben. "I love you." I whispered again. "I love you too." He whispered back. I turned, looked at Chance, walked up to him, and slapped him. "How dare you. I chose Ben. Yes, it is fair. I CHOSE! Don't get mad at Ben!" Chance was dumbfounded. I could feel Ben smile, he was satisfied. Chance looked hurt. I kinda regretted hitting him. "Tory. I...I..... I love you. You know that. My feelings won't change. Even if you did choose him over me. I love you, I always will. I will protect you with my life. I will do anything to make you mine. And you will be,you will be mine." I didn't know what to say. I looked for words, but couldn't find any. So I changed the subject. I turned to everyone else who was staring in silence. "What are we gonna do about the trackers?" Would Chance really risk his life for me? I pushed the thought aside. Now is not the time. Ben on the other hand stood so close to me I could feel his breath on my neck. I shook my personal life off. Not the time Tory. Speckman said he had a plan, so I listened to Speckman tell his plan.
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"Ok, so let me get this right. Were all gonna flare at the same time, same place, and in the middle if nowhere so the agents come get us? No. Not doing it." Shelton didn't realize this was actually a good plan. Oh as if on cue, "That's actually a good idea. If our blood trackers spiked at the same time, the agents would think something was happening and try to catch us all in the same place while using our powers." - Chance
"But what would we do once they got there? They probably have special equipment for catching mutants! ITS THE FRECKING GOVERNMENT!" Hi had a point. But we were going to be ready. "We're doing it. We can take these guys. Were Virals! And we're stronger! And we're all gonna work together! Plus, this could be our chance to learn more about our... condition." If those government stalkers injected us with this stuff, they might have some idea how to control our flares. And what would happen to us? They had answers. I know it. "Please. Work with me."
"I'll do it." - Ben
"I'm in." - Chance
"Me as well." - Speckman
"Anything to get back at those jerks." - Ella
"Like sure dudes." - Cole
"Yea. I don't wanna end up in a cage." - Hi
Shelton groaned. "Are we really going to go through with this? What if things mess up? What then? We'll be lab rats. All of us. For the rest of our lives. But, I won't abandon my pack. I'll go. But not tonight, I have a thing." We all agreed. "Tomorrow then." I stated. "Don't say no. The sooner the better." Head nods all around. Ok. It was settled. Then, the Morris Island group crawled into Ben's car. Cole and Speckman walked to their apartment and Chance called his driver.

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The car ride home was nice. It was a full moon. So beautiful. When we got to Morris, Ben dropped off Hi and Shelton. But stopped before we got to my house.
"Do you wanna go for a walk then dinner or something?" Ben stammered. He didn't really know how to ask. "Yeah. A walk and dinner sounds nice. But can we eat then walk?" As soon as those words left my mouth, Ben's face lit up and his eyes sparkled in the moonlight. Ben was a very beautiful human being. "Let me text Kit and tell him real quick." I pulled out my phone, contacts. Kit! GOING TO DINNER W BEN. BE BACK LATER. Send. I just set my phone down when,
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Kit: OK HONEY! HAVE FUN!
Huh. No time limit. Honey? Was Whitney texting.
Ben looked at me. "Can you come?..." His voice was preparing for rejection.
"Try and stop me." I smiled as Ben untensed his shoulders. Delighted, he drove to downtown Charlestown.
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He pulled in to 'Ricky's Cafe'. That place has the best cheeseburgers ever. Like EVER! We walked in the door as a blast of warm air filled the Cafe. It smelled like cooking meat, spices, and pie. Yum. The waitress was pretty. Long brunette hair pulled into a ponytail, a slender figure with a really nice tan. She was Asian! Overall, she was physically flawless. I paused. Why do I suddenly notice these things? I hang out with Ella too much. Blargh.
Anyways, her name was Sun. Huh. Weird. Well Sun sat us at a two-person table in a corner by a window. Me and Ben talked and laughed as we ate. I had my usual, a cheeseburger with ketchup. While Ben had a Bacon cheddar crunch wrap. After, he took me to Loggerhead and we walked along Turtle Beach. It was nice. Really nice. Until.
SNAP.
The flare burned me like fire to a match. I screamed, grabbed my head, and felt the rage of the flare. The power. It was a blessing and a curse. Ben was beside me, screaming my name. Then, he stopped. Paniced. "Tory... your teeth. Oh my gosh you have the teeth of a wolf."
"What?! What do you mean?!" I grabbed my iPhone, got the front camera, and screamed. "AHHH OH MY GOSH WHAT IS HAPPENING?!" Sure enough, I had the teeth of a K-9. I started breathing hard. I got light headed. Then, everything went black.