CHOSEN

Chapter 3: Nora

I go over the words again, Headquarters of CHOSEN. "So this is all true?" I ask.
"Yeah" answers Bella.
"How many of you... Uh... Us are there?" I ask curiously.
Bella laughs. "Come on in and meet them!" She says, dragging me through the doors. She pushes me them open and inside there's a row of computers and bookshelves, and a sign that reads 'dormitories' and a room at the back mark 'QUARINTINED'. A icey chill goes up my back and I shiver. The lights are dim and the room is very large. A older man with dark hair and dark eyes approaches us.
"Hello Bella, who's your friend?" The man asks.
"Winston!" Giggles Bella, wrapping her arms around the man. Did she know this guy?
Bella breaks away from the man and whispers something I can't hear in his ear. His face scrunches up unpleasantly. He than cautiously walks over to me.
"Welcome Nora" he says extending his hand.
"Hello... Er..." I mumble, shaking his hand. What was his name?
"I am Winston, your teacher and caregiver" he says, answering my question as if he read my mind.
"Who's the chick?" Intrudes a teenaged boy with slick black hair, black leather jacket and black torn jeans.
"Wonderful of you to join us Bradley, this is Nora" says Winston, nodding towards me.
"'Sup Nora" says Bradley.
"I will let you children get to know each other, while I go seek the others" smiles Winston leaving the room.

"By the way, my name is Brad, not Bradley" says Brad. I nod. "So Nora, what's your power?" Asks Brad curiously.
"Nora's Earth and Healing" interrupts Bella.
"Healing?" I question.
"Yeah, when you grew that tree, you got hurt but your powers healed you" says Bella. I nod slowly.
"Earth? Oh really, show me" smirks Brad.
I look over at Bella with the word Help written over me face. She doesn't notice.

Then out of nowhere, a high pitched scream echoes in the hall.

"Oh no!" gasps Bella. She dashed toward the direction of the scream and I run along side of her. We pass a series of doors until we finally reach the end of the hall.

She opens the door the a room I've never seen yet. I follow her inside. A large, Glass room towers toward the skies.

The floor is made of dirt with a wall toward the back of the room, covered in every weapon I've seen and heard of. Then I realized, it was an arena.

There is a girl with glossy brown hair and blue highlights sprawled on the ground. Winston was kneeling down next to her along with another boy I didn't know the name of.

I followed Bella over to the center of the arena and stared at the girl. She was unconscious with her left forearm gushing blood. 

"What Happened?" Asks Bella.                                                                                                                                                   "Parts of the roof have cracked, and the debris buried her beneath it." Answers Winston. "Who is she?" The boy kneeling next to the girl asks pointing at me.

"Cameron, This is Nora." Winston says. "Well, In that case, Nice to meet you." The boy named Cameron says extending his hand. I shake his hand. "Is she going to be ok?'' I ask pointing at the girl lying on the floor. "Oh, Iris? She'll be fine, Nothing can stop her." He says. "Do you have a power?'' I ask him. "Oh, Me. No. I'm just the paramedic here." He says. 

"Do a lot of injuries happen here?'' I ask. "No. Not very often. There's no need to be frightened." He replies. I nod, relieved. "It was nice talking to you, but I've gotta go. Tight schedule. See you later guys!" he says exiting the arena.

"Isn't he the cutest?'' Giggles Bella. I shrug. "Iris is SO lucky.'' Bella says. "What do you mean?" I ask. "Cameron and Iris are dating." She says. I nod. "Oh. I almost forgot. Let's go see your dorm. Come on!'' She says. 

Bella pulls me down the hallway to the door marked 'Dormotories' and closes the door behind her. Inside there are four sets of bunk beds with two bunks, a bathroom, a drawer for every bunk and extra clothes laid on the matresses. 

"Hi." Says a boy with chestnut hair sitting on top of a bunk. "Oz, I would like you to meet our newbie-roomie Nora." Says Bella. "Hi Nora. I am Ozzy. The fire element in case you were wondering." He says shaking my hand. "Hey, Emo! Come meet the new girl.'' Ozzy says to the dark haired boy in all black sitting at the back of the room.

The boy looks up, and notices me. He approaches me slowly, holding his gaze right between my eyes. "Damien, This is Nora.' Bella says pointing at me. "Hello Nora." He says brushing his hair away from his eyes. "Um..Hi." I mumble. "Are you earth and healing?" He asks. "Yes, How'd you know?" I ask. "Your mark." He says pointing at my hand. I don't look at him. "I'm light and immortality." He says. I look at his hand. It is three triangles connected at the corners. "Better get some sleep. It's been a long day." Bella says. She directs me to my bed and then I am out like a light.