The first attempt : Invasion

Chapter 2

Chapter 2
Sydney
I felt myself swing right and left as if someone was carrying me . I tried to open my eyes to check who it was but they fluttered close . It felt as though my eyelids were made of  heavy metal , weighing them down . After several attempts they sprang open revealing pitch darkness .The first thing I saw after my eyes adjusted to the dark was him . He looked down at me with concerned sapphire blue eyes . His spiky, messy hair was falling in his eyes . He had broad shoulders and muscular arms . He was covered in blood and dirt . Was that my blood ? I shook my head vigorously , attempting to clear my hazy vision . God ! That was a bad  idea . All it had done was worsen the throbbing pain in my head . I clutched my head and tried to look around . Success ! We had stopped moving . It was almost dawn and all of the streetlights were turned off . The road looked  empty and abandoned which was surprising considering how busy the city always was .There were no houses around and I couldn't see my sister anywhere . My body shifted into a state of automatic panic and I jumped out of his arms onto the rough pavement .Pain was all I felt for the next few minutes . I felt it in my arm ,in my leg and in my head , it felt like someone was sticking searing hot iron rods through my entire body . I gritted my teeth in pain as I stood on my feet . Another bad choice .I staggered and tried hard to keep fear and pain from displaying themselves on my face ,but something told me I had failed. The guy just stared at me with wide eyes, as though I was a helpless animal who was just hit by a car . "Who are you and what did you do to my sister ? " I asked narrowing my eyes, trying to look intimidating but also because of my new inability to focus my vision . "Relax ," he said in a deep comforting voice that echoed in my ear  "Hera is with Xavier ." "Who's Xavier ? And how do you know my sisters name " I asked ,
panicking a little more , if that was even possible . Everything I did depleted my energy at an alarming rate and if I had to fight this guy I would most probably be knocked out cold after he throws the first punch ."Your sister came to Xavier and me for help when you were shot . " he said ,I felt like I needed to trust him but I still needed to be completely sure . For all I know this guy could be one of those lunatics all though he didn't look like one and his eyes weren't glistening, so maybe not  ." So where is she and where are we going ?"  I asked hoping that I could really trust him but still maintaining my interrogative tone . To be honest I really can't fight him right now . Not when my battery is flashing red ." Listen " he said stepping towards me "I will tell you what happened , but first we really need to take shelter and find you some food , the démenti are still out there and they are going to attack us soon ." "Where can we go ? Those lunatics must have wrecked everything." I said , so maybe I could trust him . Ah what the heck if he was going to hurt me I would escape right after I slept and ate , and then I could find Hera . Well it was planned , until then I decided not to completely trust anyone, it's not like I normally do anyways  ."Yeah they wrecked everything above the ground ."he says with a smirk "We are going to headquarters , and why don't we go there to continue the interrogation?" He asks sarcastically . I roll my eyes and step forward only to stagger . I scream through gritted teeth . He suddenly put his arms around my waist to keep me from falling again . I roll my eyes, hopefully I wouldn't  have to do that again or they might not stop rolling . Ignore him he must be a jerk, I tell myself."You could at least be careful if not sensible " he  said . I stood up ,gritting my teeth hard through the pain. He put one arm around my waist and gently took
my injured  arm and put it around his neck . I got a closer look at him the something hits me .He looked familiar for some reason. Like an old childhood friend or the guy who sits at the back of the class . Something about him makes me instantaneously trust him and I hate that .
His story checks out , unless he's a stalker and somehow knows my sister's name . If he's lying then , then well let's just say that I know how to paralyse someone using only two limbs . "What's  your name?" He asked." Didn't Hera tell you? " I asked, quiet surprised ,she usually talks a lot. "No " he said" I didn't ask her she was already way too scared ." There was a small pause
"I didn't want it to seem like I was interrogating her" he gave me a look that said 'unlike you ' . I rolled my eyes again, well I guess ,not rolling my eyes is out of the question . "It's Sydney Cazal." I finally replied " but call me Syd ."
"And what's yours ?" I asked . " Hadrian" he say . I wait for him to say more but he doesn't ." Aren't you going to tell me your last name ? ".  "No" he said  smirking "l hope you like mysteries."    "No " I said
"In fact I hate them" . "Well ,looks like you're going to have to bear it ."he said  . I was so annoyed , I wanted to slap that grin right off his face . But I tried not to show it . I can see that it worked because his grin automatically disappeared . I grinned satisfied with myself . He suddenly froze as though he remembered something and then pulled out a heavy metal bottle ."Here drink this " he said handing me a thermos flask. "What is it ?" I asked looking at him suspiciously. " it's just tomato soup, I didn't poison it " he said rolling his eyes . "Fine " I replied , I really needed the energy . I took a small sip of the warm, tangy tomato soup and felt my muscles relax as it took a journey down my oesophagus . It didn't taste poisonous , so I took big gulps until I felt the container lighten in my hands . As the tasty liquid digested I felt my energy slightly recharge . I smiled and instantly regretted it when he said " told you I didn't poison it ."
I rolled my eyes hoping that by the time I was finished the smirk on his face would vanish .We started walking again and I felt so  much more pain in my leg than before  . I saw something move in the corner and turned my head to check it out ." Did you see that ?" I asked him,confused. "See what ? " he questioned . "There's something there " I said pointing into the darkness. "Duck !" He exclaimed , pulling me down . A small pocket knife barely missed my head as it embedded itself into the brick wall that was only a few inches away  . "Take this " he said handing me a revolver and a throwing knife " shoot everything that moves " . I nodded .I've never killed anybody before and I'm not going to start now ,I already have enough nightmares . I didn't  tell him this because I had a feeling he was  going to argue . I would just knock them out cold . My heart stared beating faster and I felt a surge of energy go through me .I felt a spur of movement behind me. I turned to see one of the  crazy soldiers. I lunged at him using my entire body , taking him by surprise and used those few moments to punch him in the jaw . He lost his balance and I gave him another few solid punches till he was  out cold . I ducked just in time to avoid another attack and slammed the psycho hard on the road with his head . He was immediately  knocked out. I saw a young woman running towards Hadrian from behind and dove through the air knocking her off her feet . I punched her face until she was  unconscious. I took a look at Hadrian, he was doing fine . I didn't  have much time to think though .There was another man running towards me I took the hard end of the pistol and slammed it into his head so that he  blacked out . It took a few hits though . I looked around, I've knocked almost everyone out, nothing else to do now ,I thought  . The adrenaline rush must have eliminated the pain but it  came  back now ,full force. I now also had a few new cuts to accompany the big ones .I fell back onto the road trying not to scream. I clutched my thigh and noticed the white bandages slowly turning red . I must have torn  a few stitches . Once he was done beating up everyone, he looked  around for me . "Here " I whimper through the pain." I told you to just shoot , all you had to do was pull a trigger. " he said . " I know " I said frowning " but I don't want to kill anyone and it's way more fun to fight" . He shook his head in exasperation as he picked me up and I put my arms around his neck so I wouldn't  fall down . I felt like I was going to faint soon ."So ,how long will it take for the wounds to heal now ?" I ask secretly praying that he says 'not long' . "Just a week if you pile on healing serum " he said before he quietened . "How did you do that?" He asked after a he walked a small distance  ." Do what ?" I asked puzzled ." Knock all those people unconscious even after being shot twice ." "Oh ,well ....,When you take up almost every popular form of martial arts , sparring is just the basics. And... adrenaline rush ." He smiled a little and looked impressed .We were quite the rest of the way there .