The Gifted

Chapter Seven

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What happened next,when replayed in my head, was almost in slow motion.

Figures in dark suits jumped through the glass windows and landed with thuds amidst the crowd.

The killing and screaming started.

I urged my feet to run but they didn't obey. I couldn't believe what was happening. All around me, fellow classmates, acquaintances and watchers fell dead. Some fought but their lives were robbed from them in the end. A hand yanked me out of my stupor. It was Lani. Her eyes were wide with fear as she dragged me up some bloody stairs and through another exit.

We stumbled upon two members of the Dark Clan.

They were both males. Their eyes were dark and cold. It sent shivers up my spine. A black, tattoo-like marking was on both their necks. However I noticed how one was more widespread than the other. Weird.

One leapt towards me. I flailed backwards but managed to grab his neck. However, his swiftness was mind blowing. I'd heard of the strength and swiftness they possessed but damn.

My arms oscillated towards him but he avoided every blow. We carried on like that for a while; dodging each other's blows.

Suddenly I couldn't breathe. My chest and nostrils burnt and my eyes almost popped out of my head. He was killing me by asphyxiation. I grasped helplessly for oxygen. None came.

This is it.

This is how my life will end.

I'll never get to see Will Smith. To see Aiden's penis. To have kids. To get married...

Air suddenly filled my lungs and I accepted it hungrily.

The guy who I was in combat with was struggling to get out of the grasp of thick vines manipulated by Lani. The other was on the ground in the same confined state.

"Come on!" I urged Lani who was standing in shock at the scenes before her. We ran into the open where the real battle was going on.

Our warriors against theirs.

Good against evil...

Darkness against light...

"Lani!" I screamed as someone sliced her on the arm. I dashed towards our assailant and hooked my legs around his waist. We both fell to the ground and the knife dropped from his hand. I bucked him hard and blood sprayed from his nose.

My blow only angered him and soon I was onto loss of oxygen #2.

I was under the ocean, drowning. Water filled my nostrils and I couldn't break the surface. Sinking, I was sinking. I couldn't breathe. I couldnt-

Strong hands pulled me out.

"Aeja!" The voice cried as I coughed and sputtered water. My blurred vision soon gained focus. It was Aiden. I looked at my assailant. He was screaming in pain as though his body was on fire. Maybe it was.

Aiden what am I-

"Aeja...Aeja?" he shook my limp body, "That was just an illusion... Snap out of it... We don't have a lot of time..."

I nodded.

"Listen to me!" Aiden shouted, "You need to pack your things. We have to leave... Now!"

We?

"As well as the Electi," he read my thoughts, "Run!"

"But..."

Where was Lani?