Infinite (Unedited)

∞CHAPTER FORTY FIVE∞

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"Go, go, go!" Bree screeches at me as I barrel past her though the trees and bushes.

"Come on Bree!" I try yelling, but the wind in my face pushes the words right back inside.

We keep going, her probably two or three meters behind me, until we reach a lake. A lake separating us from getting captured or killed and safety.

"Okay here we go." I plunge my hands into the lukewarm water and focus my attention on our escape. My fingers touch the soft, muddy bottom and bits of sand make their way underneath my fingernails. The shoreline becomes snowy and the slight waves freeze in place. Slowly, slowly the body of blue-green water starts to freeze over. To slowly, really.

"I can see them!" Bree cries out, taking a scared step back into me.

"Can you slow them down any?" I scream above the pounding of my own heart.

"I can try!" With my back turned I can still see the brightness of the blinding light shes shooting towards them. I don't turn around to look, but I imagine them throwing their arms up to cover their faces and protect their eyes while stumbling forward. "Aria, you need to go while I distract them."

"What?" My surprise sends another surge of ice through the water. "Bree it's fine I'll finish this..."

"And by the time you do they'll be here!"

I turn around now and see just how near they are. "No, Bree you go! You're twelve years old I WON'T LET YOU GET HURT! You're just a little kid!"

"I'll be fine! I'm going to see my dad again, remember?"

"ARRH!" I scream and throw another blast.

"ARIA!"

Turning around quickly, I grab her shoulders. "You start to fly as soon as they get close. Hear me?"

She nods and then I cover the space in front of her with a layer of ice to again slow them down. "We're gonna save the world Bree, and you're going to be there to see it."

I take off at a run across the ice, making more as I go. The run across is easy enough with my black military style boots only slipping when a gust of wind comes my way. It's sort of funny, looking in front of me at the smooth ice covered lake framed by rolling green hills and forests. Finally getting to the other side, I stop for a breath and then carry on towards the little house where I'll hide until everyone else is safe and gets here too. As I walk up to the door which is hanging slightly open, I feel an indescribable guilt for leaving my friends behind, even if it wasn't my idea to do so. With a sigh I push the door open the rest of the way and take one step inside.

"Aria." A voice says from the shadows. In response I scream and take a huge step backwards out of the shack. As I hear footsteps coming I continue walking backwards. I don't turn around, fearing losing sight of the person once they come out.

"It is you." They say again, stepping into the light where I can see them clearly.

"What do you want?" I ask defensively, holding my palms flat, ready to strike.

"Just wanted to talk."

"I don't talk to monsters!" I glare.

"Monsters! Ha, we're not that different Aria. We both think what we want is going to make the world better."

"Difference is, I'm actually right." I don't care if I sound ignorant, it's true.

She laughs. "How are you?"

"How am I?" I scoff. "What kind of a question is that?"

"A considerate one. I mean, after what happened to your boyfriend..." She shrugs.

"Nate is fine!" I angrily ball my fists up to stop myself from acting rashly.

"We both know that isn't true..." She coos. "Don't we?"

"You know nothing," I hiss.

"Oh please. How else would I know that he's dead! We found his body, Aria."

"N-no. No you didn't!" My bottom lip quivers.

"Why are you so sure? Did you see him go inside? Did you see him come out alive?" She walks closer to me, her brown sneakers making no sound over the grass.

I squeeze my eyes shut and tilt my head down so that if my eyes were open I'd be staring at my feet.

"No, you didn't see him alive after that explosion."

"Please stop," I whisper.

"Why did he go in there? Did you not know about the explosives? Did you let him go in there to die?"

"STOP IT!" I beg.

"He went in there because of you, didn't he?" She says it with a fake sadness that has the most horrible tinge of glee to it.

"SHUT UP!"

"It's okay Aria, he may have died for you..."

I start shaking uncontrollably.

"But I guess he wouldn't have needed to die if it wasn't for us, right?"

"He didn't need to die at all." I spit. "No one needed to die."

"Maybe." She shrugs with a smile. "But we sure are glad he did."

"How dare you." I step closer to her. "How freaking DARE YOU!"

"Give me the backpack Aria, you don't need that serum now." She puts a hand on my shoulder.

"Not on your life." I wrap my arms around her neck and put every ounce of my strength into freezing her blood.

"NO!" She screams.

"All of this is because of you people. All of this death."

She gives me a smirk and then closes her eyes. Unable to move I stay there until the artery y hands are covering burts from being frozen.

"Oh!" I jump backwards. "What did I just do..." I continue walking backwards until I trip over something, landing flat on my back. If an effort to protect my head, I had brought my hands up to my head. Staring at them now I see blood covering my palms. It's not mine, I hadn't had time to actually reach my head. "Mmf!" Beginning to freak out, I rub my hands all over my pant legs and then check my own head. No blood.

I can't stay here and wait...

Picking myself up off the ground, I check my backpack to insure nothing broke when I fell and then I run.

This is the end of me being a Chosen. Now I'm going to save people.

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