Port 86(#Wattys2016)

Healing Wounds 16

****Alright everyone! The story is back to normal with Phoenix's perspective again! This is following up with Seething (chapter 10)******

My head feels like it weighs a ton

There's just so much to process

There's an old lady working behind the counter

"I need..... Soup." I demand

She tugs on her hairnet and grabs a hefty amount with a ladle from a large pot

"Better to go with the soup than the rest of this crap. We're starving in here." She tells me

I grab the bowl of soup off of the counter

"We won't be starving for long."

She gazes at me with surprised eyes

"Is that so?"

"We're going to Earth.... We're going...."

It's so strange to say home

This is where I was created but....

Earth is where I belong

I shuffle across the cafeteria floor, cradling the bowl

Can't believe I'm about to do this

I walk to the infirmary and I see Krgon groaning on the bed

"Soup? How lovely." He struggles to sit up

"Hungry?" God , I'm such a dumbass

He smiles and reaches toward me

"Careful..... It's hot." I throw the bowl of soup all over his pathetic hospital gown

"Aaaaagggggghhhh!" He screams

I sit in a chair in the corner

He looks shitty.....

Clawing at the puddles of soup surrounding him

Scooping the feeble amounts into his palms and weakly holding the remains up to his mouth

"There's hundreds of people who would kill for food , you're acting like one of them."

I watch as he poorly attempts to eat

"Phoenix...." He huskily whispers

"What do you want?"

"I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to hurt anyone." He pleads to me

"We need to take Karen out. There's people in 85 that we need to get to Earth."

"How do you suppose that can happen?"

"I'm getting Rebecca to make modified ear plugs for the guards in the hallway by Karen's office and for us. If we don't hear her commands , we won't follow them."

"Good thinking , what about if she calls for back up? What about the guards that don't comply?"

I stand up and ball up my fists

"They want freedom. We all want freedom."

"I never saw this coming from her. She had contacts all over the world. I truly have no idea how she ordered those attacks."

" I don't understand how you can let her live despite all of this. You had many opportunities, you created me .... for what reason!?"

"I loved her. Through it all I believed she was capable of loving. She wanted control all along." He hung his head low

"Why did you want this? Superhuman children?"

"I was working on a serum as a measurement of protection from the terrorist attacks. This was before I knew Karen devised them. We've been trying to get pregnant for a while. I decided to test it on all of you. After I saw that you reacted well, I injected Karen and myself. I didn't know that it would ensue such consequences."

"Consequences?"

"Jayce is..... Jayce. Anna has anger issues. Mina has anxiety. Red has multiple personality disorder, Jered is a control freak and you...."

"And what about me?"

"You're rebellious. You're hardheaded. You're stubborn , don't listen. You need other people to push you down in order to get your thoughts in order."

"It's life!!!!!!!!!!!! Deal with it!!!!!!!!!!!! Poor daddy, always watching from the shadows.....too afraid to be a real father! You have to wait till something happens so you can shift and disguise yourself like a coward!" I kick the side of the bed

"Fuck!" I scream in pain

"Silly girl, you don't understand how long I've been protecting you all. "

"You never protected Jayce from getting bullied EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY!"

"Because he has you." His tone of voice is calm and serine

He has me.....

......and I have him

Always.

"I'm done with watching over you all. I see that you're capable of taking care of yourselves. You won't need me on Earth"

What is he gonna do then?

"Then who will rule us?"

"Rule yourselves. You most certainly have Jered."

My heart pounds in my chest

"Jered."

His name rolls off the tip of my tongue

Krgon looks at me with a strange expression

"Phoenix....... Forgive me."