The elite 3

Chapter 9

                            MARY

   I enter a room titled 'STRENGTH', filled with excitement. I take my mask off, and take a large breath. Violet quickly runs over to me and covers my mouth. She has pure panic in her eyes as she reaches over with her other hand  for my mask and replaces it onto my face.
  "Ma'am! You can not do that!! What if he got to you?!! What if he got to you like Aralyn?!?" As soon as she mentions 'Aralyn' her eyes widen with regret and surprise. I've heard this name before. I know it. Air-ah-lyn. Where have I heard it? Violet keeps talking, but I can't hear her over myself thinking. Aralyn, Aralyn, Aralyn...
  "I'm sorry, ma'am, you don't know her, even if you did I shouldn't of.."
  I quickly cut her off. "No no no! I know her!" I laugh. This is a crazy thing to get upset about. I wonder if my powers make it easier for me to get mad. Then I remember, she's Mackenzie's old friend. I've never met her, but we spoke on a three-way on Mackenzie's phone. My eyes widen.
  "What do you mean, got to her?" She is taken by surprise with my response. She opens her mouth, but then closes it and shakes her head.
"No, no, I promised not to tell." She then gets a wicked smile on her face. "But I don't follow rules, I like to break rules." I'm surprised by this, because she looks like a rule following girl who pleases everyone. "James made this purple gas that, once inhaled, allows him to control you. That's why you're wearing a mask, and why you see purple in the air. And I'm guessing you know that James wants to dominate the Earth, too, right?" I quickly nod at her, but don't smile. "He sent one person from here to take this, 'purple air' to Earth and choose one normal person to test it on. Long story short, they choose Aralyn and it was actually easier to control her than any person with powers. So now, she is like his side-kick. Evil, I tell you. Plain sick. Now he wants to take over the rest of Earth, which is why you're here. And if he gets to you, all hope is lost." She backs off, and I know realize how close she had gotten to me while talking. He stands again, takes a deep breath, and shrugs her shoulders. "I told you nothing." She says.
  "Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Nothingggggggg." I say. I feel extra special with this knowledge. What will Mackenzie think of this? She'll be heart-broken! Should I even tell her? No, no I won't tell her. Was she doesn't know can't hurt her.

                 MACKENZIE

  I have so many questions that I must have answered. Are James-worshipping people all over the place? Don't we need a disguise? Why is this place hidden? Why are we special? What does the prophecy say we do? Do we ever get to go home? It then sinks into me. We might never go back to Earth. There's no reason to, other than emotional hibbity-jibbity. I might never see home again. Where are Emma and Ellie? Will I get to see them? What about dad? My breathing has sped up and I feel as if I will explode into a puddle of tears. No more life as I knew it. I think before a feel a thonk of cold ground in my head, and everything turns black.

                          EMILY

I hear Mackenzie had passed out.            "Nothing major happened, just a little freak out about something." Says one of the nurses. There was quite a panic though, many people thought she had inhaled the purple gasses. I ponder over what she might of 'freaked-out' about. Overwhelming responsibility I powers? Danger of James? Too much pressure to be as perfect as the prophecy? These seem like the kind of thing she would freak out about. But not enough to faint, no, she's never fainted. Must have been something more serious.
  When Mary and I came in to see her, she kept asking for one of the adults. So finally, her mom came in and we sat right outside the room, holding our ears to the walls.
  "....going home?"
  "If needed."
  "See... And Ellie?"
  "... be on Earth... From James..."
  "Why didn't you..."
  "...didn't want... freak out and... home..."
  This sinks into me like a bowling ball.
"Mary, do you think we'll go home?" Her eyes widen and she sinks in her chair. She looks more sad than I had ever seen her. We looked down, and had a moment of silence. Just to think. No more middle school kids. We're now adult-like world-saving superheroes. We are officially no longer kids. I start to think about my future. I won't get to be an author, or a veterinarian. I haven't gone to college, I wonder if I will marry a superhero. Do I get paid for being a superhero, or do I need another job? All I know is, life is not normal anymore.  

                              MARY
"Mary, do you think we'll go home?" Emily says. It feels like she just shot me in the heart. I feel like a kid who's running away. No more Deja, (my friend) no more normal Emily, no more normal Mackenzie, no more Emma K, (another friend) no more.... Lance. Man, I wish he would come behind me right now and jab me, just so I know
he's here and make sure he stays. I'd take a million jabs. My eyes begin to water, but I don't want Emily to see, so I try really hard to keep it in. But eventually, I can't help it. The tears start to fall, and Emily looks at me. She has sympathy in her eyes, along with relief as she joins me.