The Hidden

Chapter 6

I land with a hard thud onto my knees and hands. I look up seeing a dark room with few objects. Isabelle grabs my wrist and leads me across the room to a door. We walk up a metal staircase and through another door. This room was lighted and casual. There was a round table in the center of the room with people around it. A woman with two boys who looked shocked. The one boy glared at Isabelle as she walked up to them. He didn't even notice me walk in.
"Where have you been?" He sounded more worried than angry.
"Ashton I'm fine" Isabelle she rolled her eyes.
"Don't leave without telling anyone" he said quietly. This must be her protective brother.
"Who is this?" The woman stared at me. Ashton turned to look at me as if just noticing me.
"I found her" Isabelle stated.
"You can't trust people! She could be one of them!" Her face turned white. I'm pretty sure my face was red after she said that.
"She's not" Isabelle looked calm. "I saw her running, she can outrun them all! We need her to help us, she even climbed a building with me and..."
"Why are you covered in blood!" Ashton cut her off looking at both of us.
"I... I got shot" Isabelle looked away.
"We need to take her to the infirmary" Jane announced.
"What about her?" The other boy asked pointing to me.
"I'm fine" I lie because I wasn't as bad as Isabelle. I had deep cuts on my hands and scratches on my arms. I almost forgot about the gash on my head but I remembered feeling the headache.
"We will take them both" Jane concludes ignoring my answer. "You boys get them some new clothes.
"What do we get this random girl?" Ashton asks.
"Grab some of Isabelle's clothes." She says before leading us down a hallway.

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I stood in front of the long window outside the infirmary. I was waiting for my turn to go in. I stared at my reflection. My hair was a tangled mess of blond, and my face was pale. I had a wound on my forehead with dried blood dripped onto my cheek. My hands still bleeding and stung with pain. My white lace dress was covered in dirt and splotches of blood from the little girl I found and the wounds on my hands. The bottom was ripped from helping Isabelle. I looked like a mess.
"It's your turn" A nurse said startling me. I nod and walk into the room. I sit on the medical bed as she examines me. She picks up my left hand and I wince in pain. "What happened?" She asked.
"We were climbing a building, I slipped and the metal cut my hands."
She nods and cleaned the wounds.

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   Isabelle and I walked down the hall together.
   "We need to talk to Chris"
   "Who's Chris?" I asked.
   "He is in charge" she explained and we walked into a office like room. A man stood up from his chair behind the desk.
    "This must be Teegan" Chris said smiling.
   "Yes" I answer.
   "I heard you woke up with no memories laying on the road?" He questioned.
   "Well I only remember coming home from the last day of school" I confirm. He nodded and wrote something on his notepad.
   "School?" Isabelle asks.
   "Isabelle" Chris stops her.
   "Sorry"
  "What was the first thing that you did?" Chris asked.
   "Well I was walking around trying to figure out where I was until I heard gunshots." I look down remembering that this all just happened this morning. "And I walked toward the gunshots finding these innocent people being shot, and this little girl she was so young she had... had a letter." I was scrambling to find the words while fighting the urge to cry.
   "It's okay" he puts a hand on my shoulder. "What did the letter say?" I reached into my pocket and handed him the letter. His eyes moved side to side reading the letter from her brother. "I see."
   "You went through a lot" Isabelle said.
   "Isabelle please" Chris told her.She nods and leaves the room just standing outside the office. She cared for me, I made a friend. "Why did you follow the gunshots? Usually people run?" He asks confused. I was curious but he wouldn't understand. What do I tell him? The truth.
   "I was confused, looking for answers, I was curious who was killing these people" I confess. "But I ran away seeing that girl die and that's when Isabelle found me."
   "You are brave" he smiles. "I will have you train with Jane. Welcome to The Hidden" he waves Isabelle in.
   "What's up?" She asks.
   "Take her to Jane to start her training, from there we will decide if she will stay." Chris replies.
   "Will do sir!" She cheered and grabbed my arm dragging me to wherever the training room is.
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I walked out of the room feeling proud of myself for the accomplishments I've made. Jane was nice, she taught me how to defend myself, attack, and how to use a dagger. She explained that they all use daggers as if a symbol to The Hidden.
   "I'm going to talk to Chris about letting you join" she smiles.
   "What should I do?" I ask.
   "I'll ask Chris for a key to your new room, but for now you can sit in the lounge and rest."
   "Ok thanks for everything"
   "No problem, and the lounge is down the hall two rooms on the right." And she was gone. I went to the lounge and sat on one of the couches. The soft cushion made me sleepy and my eyes started to close. Just as my eyes were closed I hear a voice.
  "Hey it's you!" A boy with messy, dirty blond hair and dull blue eyes walked in.
   "Yeah it's me" I laugh.
   "I didn't catch your name."
   "It's Teegan" I smile.
   "Jake" he smiled back and shakes my hand realizing the cuts on my hands. "I'm sorry I forgot" he says backing away.
   "It's fine"
   "You say that a lot don't you?" He jokes.
   "I guess so..."
   "Here we can heal that for you" he tells me but I give him a questioning look. Jake grabs my arm and drags me back into the nurses room. "Hey give her some of that healing kind of stuff" he demands the nurse. I laugh at the way he asks her. She walks over and puts a drop of the liquid on my cuts. Pain rushed through my hands, making my face cringe. But the pain fades as I watch my hands slowly heal. The cuts were completely gone and replaced by a scare.
   "Wow" I say amused. Jane walks in the room and smiles.
   "There you are! I've been looking around."
   "Sorry I kidnapped her" Jake laughs.