Survive the capture

Chapter 16 ~ Power

~Nebris's POV~

I was having a silent dinner while most people were talking about the recent events like Paul's death and Xin's torture. I stared outside the window and slowly chewed on my baked potato. When can we get out of this terrible place? Where there anyone else who suffered the same fate as us. What if we do not get out of here? So many of us still have a long road up ahead, like the girls and all, it would be terrible if we do not get...

I was lost in my train of thoughts when a voice was repeating itself. "Nebs. Nebris. Nebs! Oi. Nebris you alive or mentally dead. Hello?" I snapped around to see an irritated looking Etho looking at me.

"Uh yes?" I raised a brow at him.

"Gosh, did you not hear anything I said?" I shook my head. He facepalmed and said, "It's time to go to bed. Your roomies are in the room already. Not to mention we are almost the only ones still out here." I took a look around the room and saw that only Pause and Chad, who were exiting the girls' room and going back to theirs, were disappearing down the hallway into their own individual rooms.

"Um okay. Night Etho," I flashed a smile before getting up and going into the room I shared with BTC, Pak and Zisteau. They were sitting on their beds talking and stopped when I swung the door open and stepped in.

"What took you so long Nebs?" Pak asked me. "We were waiting for you so that you won't trip over stuff when we take the torches off the wall."

"Sorry. I was just thinking about stuff." I explained, not wanting to talk much. I was tired and we still had to get some obsidian tomorrow since that dumb person took all the ones we already had. "Good night guys."

"Night," everyone chimed in a chorus as BTC went around breaking the torches. No one could sleep with so much light on. Soon, I was off into dream land...

'Nebris... Nebris... Come with me. We can rule the world together. We can be the masters of this game. Don't you want that?'

'But my friends... I can't just leave them here.'

'Yes, you can. We can be friends. The two of us, being the masters of this game. We can control everything. The ultimate power. Doesn't that sound great?'

'It does... I can't leave my friends though. They are my second family. I cannot betray them.'

'If you don't betray them then it will be your trust that is broken. They will go against you. Everyone hates you, everyone but me.'

I turned around and lay on the other side, this was a dream, I knew it, but I could not control it. I was sweating and shivering, afraid.

'Come on Nebris. I know you want the power, the glory, the amount of control you can have over this world. The two of us can do anything we want. There will be no limits. Do you want these things?'

I took a deep shaky breath as I let my little devil inside of me come out. Yes. I want it. I want the power, the glory.'

'Good choice Nebris. Hold still while I give you said powers.'

I held still as I felt myself changing. I was becoming stronger, more powerful. Yes. This is perfect. This is what I want.

I woke up in beads of sweat covering my face. it was not merely a dream, it was real. I could feel the power in me. I grinned. This will be fun. I lay down on my bed once again, satisfied with my newfound strength. "Nebris," I heard a voice. "You do not have full power yet. You need to prove yourself. Two days from now, you will have a test. You must kill -----. Understood?" I gave a small silent nod. I had no idea where the voice was coming from but I wanted the full power. I needed it. I went back to sleep, feeling like a new self.