Chapter 16

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MARY
We have been running down this hallway, taking breaks of course, for about two hours.
"I can't believe it's so long!" I hear Emily say. "I don't even see an end yet!" I hear a 'PLONK' behind me and turn to see Emily on the floor.
"Ugh! C'mon Emily! We gotta catch them!" I hear her groan.
"I know they really want to win this battle, but I don't think they would go this far!"
"They have super speed! That's why! But we can show them that we are strong! So let's go get 'em!" I say confidently.
"O.k. Go on ahead! I'll just hang here!"
"Morph into something small, and I'll carry you." I say.
"I got a pen!" Amanda says, as she holds out a red one. Emily morphs into it, and I hold her in my hand as I begin to run again, but Amanda stops me.
"Hey! Can you carry two pens?"
"Alright." I say. In my head I think, fine, I'll be the responsible one. It is Opposite Day today, isn't it?
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We finally reach the end of the hallway and see that the last few doors have no labels. I don't think anyone has come down here. The end of the hallway has double doors, they are not labeled either. I go up to the doors, and to my surprise, they are unlocked. I set the three pens down, and Emily and Amanda morph back. I open the doors and head in. The room is pitch black, so I search the walls for a switch. Once I find it, I turn it on and the room is a lot larger than I thought. There are pipes all over the place, filled with blue goo and labels. There is also a very organized desk. I head over to the pipes, and look at the labels.
"Ice, fire, lasers, superspeed....."
Why are these all powers? It doesn't make sense.

EMILY
I run over to the organized desk. I grab one of the files from a small shelf. The first item is a printed letter. Why not just text? I just realized that there is only computer on this desk. It says,
___________________________
Dear Jack,
I realize you may have grown "attached" to these filthy heroes. However, this does not excuse you from your contract with me. It specifically states the followings: "I shall not become a turncoat/betrayer/ or traitor. I shall stay loyal to the villains under any circumstances. The next time I see that you violate these rules, you shall be executed.
Sincerely, James.
________________________|
Jack? The guy who showed us to our training rooms? He's working for James?
"Mary! Come over here! You gotta see this!" She looks up from the blue pipes on the other side of the room, and fast walks over here. I hand her the letter and she skims over it. She tilts her head and her face scrunches up.
"Who's Jack?"
"The first guy we met when we got here."
"He works for James?"
"Yeah, apparently."
"Who works for James?" Amanda says as she walks over to us. She skims over the letter as Mary holds it in front of her. "I was wondering why he had been acting so differently lately. Maybe this is why James hasn't found us yet. He isn't telling." She adds.
"But if he worked for him before, and still does, kinda, then he has some information that we don't." Mary says.
"Well, this is his office, so he has to come in here eventually." I say.
"But until that happens, let's keep looking." Amanda says. Before she turns back around she says, "I recognize these pipes. We have one in the middle of the main entrance room, filled with the same stuff. Powers. You can "remove" it from people like how you do with blood. All except your heart doesn't pump it out, it flows through several vein-like pipes called 'P.V.s', inside power filled humans."
What? I've been cut before, but I've never seen blue goop. I tell her this, and she only tells me that the veins are further inside of your body, so if you have a small cut, you haven't reached a P.V. Suddenly, we hear fast tromping coming down the hall.
MACKENZIE
The water is now at my waist, and I can feel my heart pumping out of my chest. The water feels like ice and fire at the same time. It must be hypothermia. I can't believe that I'm going to die today. Or tomorrow, maybe it's midnight right now, I have no idea. I couldn't see my parents! I'm supposed to die of old age, not this! I don't want to be basically murdered!
"God! God please! Let me live! Get me out of this!!! I'm too young! Let me see mom again! Let me see dad, Emma, Ellie, Mary, Emily... Everyone!! Everyone except for James!!!! God!!!" Suddenly, blue circles fill the room, spinning, and spinning. Then red, then yellow, then..
The water is now at my waist, and I can feel my heart pumping out of my chest. The water feels like ice and fire at the same time. It must be hypothermia. I can't believe that I'm going to die today. Or tomorrow, maybe it's midnight right now, I have no idea. I couldn't see my parents! I'm supposed to die of old age, not this! I don't want to be basically murdered!
"God! God please! Let me live! Get me out of this!!! I'm too young! Let me see mom again! Let me see dad, Emma, Ellie, Mary, Emily... Everyone!! Everyone except for James!!!! God!!!" Now I see blue circles, red, yellow, green, purple, orange, then..
My hair is all wet, and I lie down in the water, it feels good to stretch after lying down for so long. For a short amount of time, I feel better, but then, after a moment, I hear the rushing sound get louder. What? I feel as if my eyes get big as I realize, he's trying to drown me. You have certainly found my deepest, darkest nightmare, James. Then I see blue, red, yellow, green, purple, orange, and pink circles, then...  
I'm still in this bed, still chained down. I'm getting very claustrophobic. I hear the double doors open and two female nurses come in, one with a cart. Their eyes are purple and their mouths are taped shut, so I can tell they are being controlled by James. Suddenly, the doors are busted open and a girl, a familiar girl, comes in and head butts one of the nurses. She immediately falls onto the ground. The girl turns to the other nurse, who is confused, but knows she needs to protect herself. The nurse thrusts her fist out at the girl, but she blocks her with her arm and quickly kicks her side. The nurse slips sideways, and hits her head on the cart, leaving her unconscious on the ground. She girl turns to me in a spinning motion, and stares at me for a second. I'm shaking, knowing I'm next, but why is this girl doing this? She walks quickly up to me, reaching her arms out. I quickly try my hardest to create an electric ball between my hands to save my life. I can feel sweat falling out of buckets from my forehead. Everything in me goes tense, and I see faint sparks in the darkness of my eyes.
"PLEASE!" I hear. "Please don't! I'm not here to hurt you!" I relax a little bit, and open my eyes. The girl stares at me in horror. She is shaking and half  covering her face.
"Emma?" I whisper.
The girl and I relax, as I see her begin to cry, and jump up and down. Her happy dance. I love to see her especially happy. I wish I could be as happy as her right now.
"Yes!! Yes, Mackenzie! I'm Emma! You remember me!" I use a lot of my energy to give her the realest smile I have ever given. I've never been so happy to see her. Suddenly, a light bulb goes off.
"Why are you here? This is a place for heroes, and you don't have.."
"Villains, Mackenzie. You are in Alasi. James has captured you. And yes, I have powers. But it's not story time right now. We have to leave. James is going to come in here soon." She says as she moves closer to me.
"How do you know that?" I ask.
She doesn't say anything except for, "This is gonna hurt," before she rips the tubes from my arms. Gaaaaahhhhhh!!!! I don't scream out loud, only in my mouth. It feels like lava. She helps me up, and I try to fly. I'm not too shocked when I find that I can't.
"We need to break these pipes, we can't let them have your powers." While I try to stand for more than three seconds, Emma grabs a wrench off of a shelf on the far left side of the room and smashes it into the pipe. It creates only a small hole, so she quickly decides to pick up a few of the random syringes on the cart and injects them into the pipe, making the goop change to a purple-ish color.
  She runs her hands together, as if she is wiping something off, and says, "I don't know what that is now, but it's not electricity or flying powers."
  "How did you know those are my powers?"
  She taps her head and says, "Memory travels through time. At least, mine does."

Authors note-
Now obviously, this is not the big event, I'm just building up to it. Don't worry, I will try to update by next week

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