I Work Alone

Chapter 9

Alaska's P.O.V.

"She's what?!" I basically screech when I over hear the guys talking about how apparently Nastia's still alive. They jump and turn around to look at me. Arrow and Daniel look the most guilty.

"Yeah." one of them mumbles.

"You didn't even think to tell me?" I ask trying to keep myself in check.

"We didn't want to worry you." Dan said. Arrow was staying uncharacteristically quiet which was odd.

"Well now I'm worried but that was unavoidable. After all this time you still don't trust me enough to know? Or that maybe you didn't think to ask me even though I might know something that might help?" I say walking closer to their table.

"We're sorry we just-" Dan starts but I cut him off.

"Save it." I say and head outside. None of them even bother coming after me. "Figures" I scoff. I walk behind the camp to where they keep their training things. I guess they built all of them so some I've never seen before. I walk up to the one they use for hand to hand combat practice and just let everything out. It felt great considering I haven't hit anything in god knows how long.

This goes on for a bit until I hear someone calling my name. I freeze.

Alaska

There it is again. Its almost a whisper but soft enough I can hear it with no one around. The hair on my arms stand on end and I reach to the small knife I almost always have with me. I grasp the handle and cautiously walk into the woods. I know its a bad idea but I just have to.

"Hello? Who's there?" I ask.

Oh its only me.

I shiver instantly remembering that voice.

"What do you want?" I say a little louder this time.

To show you something.

And with that my world goes black.

An image swirls in front of me and I frown.

"Where are we?" I ask and look around.

We're in the past dear.

A shiver unconsciously runs down my spine. I still hate that voice.

"But-"

Just watch. You'll know.

I sigh and wait. Then all of a sudden it hits me. "My 6th birthday" I breathe and I hear a laugh.

Yes.

I watch as the scene unfolds, flinching because of the painful memories. Everything was as I remembered but I got the full view. I saw my mother almost make it to the door but the thing that I noticed was the dagger that was embedded in her side. It was my dagger. The one I thought I got as a present.

"Why would you-" I started to ask about the dagger realizing that it was special but before I could finish I was ripped back to reality.

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Arrow's P.O.V.

After Alaska walks out I sigh and run my hands through my hair.

"Sorry man. I thought she was gone." Dan says and I look up at the other guys who are all looking at me.

"No its not your fault. We shouldn't have talked about it here." I say and I get a sad smile back. I can hear Alaska out back taking out her anger. I decide to let her be and talk to her later. I focus back to the guys and try to pay attention. I honestly am stumped on this. How do you kill someone who is already dead? Add to it she's not even a physical person anymore.