Stupid Shilo, running off like that. She is going to get herself killed. What do I care? Shilo is the reason I am here standing with humans instead of out there hunting these people. I can't believe I killed the Queen. She led all of us. She birthed all of us. Well all of us except me. How could I be from the X realm? I decide that I will leave but I should tell them where I have gone and where Shilo went. I walk over to Liam. "Hey man Shilo and I are kind of in a fight and I wanted you to know she ran off into the woods," I say pointing in the direction she went. Liam's eyes widen with fear and worry. He must truly like her. "I'm leaving," I call his attention back to me. He looks back to me with shock. His mouth even was hanging a bit open and without explanation I walk off into the woods. Liam calls after me but I don't listen. I keep walking with my hands in fists at my sides. These people are so predictable. I walk for awhile and see the sun coming up over the horizon. This world is really beautiful. Then I see her. She looks so innocent in her deep sleep. Her gorgeous face shines with beauty as the sun starts to fan over her. I smile at her sleeping figure. Why did I have to fall in love with her? I am mad but I still am in love with her. She was right though it wasn't fair to blame it on her, I was the one who fell in love first. I sit down beside her and Lola awakens at the sound of snapping twigs. She looks at me and growls, waking Shilo up. Shilo glares at me and let's out her own growl. "What are you doing here Bion," she snaps at me. Shilo is quite adorable when she is angry. "Sitting and admiring your beauty," I say flirtatiously with an arrogant smirk. She shakes her head and I swear she was about to smile but then a scowl forms on her face. "Is that all I am to you a pretty face who you can blame all your mistakes on?!" Shilo yells at me. "So you say you love me but when times get rough you blame your pretty friend with benefits because you can't except that you messed up this time! Not the imperfect human that you used!" A few tears roll down her face. She is hurt and angry and I can't blame her, I was a jerk. "Bion I know now that you never loved me but be careful the next time you tell a girl that because I did fall in love with you," she whispers, her voice laced in sadness and pain. "Oh Shilo I do love you," I say and reach my hand up to her face and she smacks it away. I look at her sadly and pull away. Shilo keeps her eyes on the ground. I too look at the ground. "I love you Shilo and I was hurt and angry and took it out on you. That wasn't fair to you, I'm sorry," I say and look back at her. She looks back at me with the betrayed look that hurts so badly. She doesn't look as bad as she did when she realized who I was and what I had done but she still looks hurt. "Can you forgive me?" I plead and hold her hand. Shilo takes her hand from mine and wipes a silent tear that falls. "Not this time Bion. I'm not strong enough to take every hit. You killed Mia and used me, I'm done with whatever you call this," Shilo says and looks at me bravely. "I didn't use you, I love you," I try to reason with her. "No you don't, you saved me and felt for me because you killed so many you thought you could redeem yourself with me. Like I was humanity but I'm just one girl Bion." And with that she walks back to our little campsite. Lola gives one last growl and then follows after her. Was Shilo right? Am I really just trying to cover up my mistakes? What if I don't really love her? How could I do this to her? Kaboom! Everything goes black.
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I groan and my eyes flutter open. Fire is everywhere. My ears ring from the explosion. I look to where the camp was and smoke swirls over the trees. I sit up and my head pounds. I feel like I've been stabbed in the leg. I look down and see a small tree branch piercing my leg. I pull out my handkerchief and rip out the branch. "Ahhh," I croak out. My throat is dry and raspy. I tie the handkerchief around my leg to stop the blood flow. Then I take off shirt and wrap it around my leg as a bandage. I stand up on my other leg. I feel dizzy and lean against a tree. I start limping over to the campsite. My leg hurts like you wouldn't believe but it is starting to heal already. Perks of being from the X realm. I limp for awhile before I see more fires. I see people everywhere. Dead people, injured people, and a few who are aiding others. I limp over to one who is helping a woman with a tree that has landed on her lower body. I help him lift it off of her. She cries and says her legs hurt so bad, they are probably broken. She not stand a chance now. If you can't run then you can't live. "Shilo?" I grunt to the man. "I don't know," he says. I walk around and ask people where she is. I see Liam on the ground with no arm. He is bleeding out, fast. I limp over to him and fall to my knees. I rip a part of a tent and wrap it around his shoulder with no arm. He whimpers as tears spill over his face. "I don't want to die," he sobs out. "You'll be alright," I say. I send myself in him. Like I did with Shilo I heal his armless shoulder. What is happening? Why are you here? Liam's thoughts say. I quickly heal him and leave back to my own body. He looks at me with frightened eyes as he takes away the wrap to see that I have healed his shoulder. That drained me. Now my leg will take longer to heal which is bad. "Shilo?" I breathe out heavily. "She was close to where the bomb erupted I don't know if she is..."Liam trails off. I hop up and limp as fast as I can towards the bigger fires. I see dead people and a few seriously injured. I see Shilo off to the side. Her leg is busted up and a piece of metal is lodged in her chest. I run over there despite my injury. I hold Shilo in my lap. She is breathing in short breaths and coughing up blood. She looks at me. "I can fix you you will be ok," I say. Shilo takes out the metal with a scream. I hold my hands over her chest to stop the bleeding. She takes my hands away and looks up at me with those fearless eyes that I fell in love with. "You saved me from my own insanity, I love you Bion Birton from the X realm," she says with a smile on her full lips. My tears fall over her face. "You saved me from the nightmare that I was, I love you Shilo Milton from Earth," I say and kiss her lips gently. She smiles against mine. I hold her in my arms and watch as the life leaves her eyes. I sob and clutch her to my chest. "No not my Shilo, no no no!" I start rocking back in forth with her in my arms. Screams sound all around me but all I can hear is the beat of my heart and the nonexistent beat of hers. I cry over her shoulder. Everything is numb except the pain of my broken heart. I look above as thrusters sound from one of our ships. It lands on the ground. People run away leaving the injured screaming for them to come back. Soldiers run out of the ship in a blur and they start shooting the survivors. I don't pay attention when the gun is pointed at the back of my head. I could kill the soldier in the blink of an eye but I don't. I turn around and look at the gun pointed at my forehead. I watch as the 5th waver moves her hand over the trigger. I look up at her with no fear. She squeezes the trigger and I do nothing to stop my death. Pain shoots through my head and I feel my body shut down. I look at Shilo's lifeless body in my arms as I fall to the ground. I smile, "See you soon my brave little human," I say as my heart stops beating and death takes a hold of my body. The black comes and finally after so long of being trapped, I find my freedom. Shilo stands in front of me in a gorgeous golden dress. She smiles at me, "Are you coming?" Shilo says and runs off into a field of flowers. Shilo was my freedom.
