Collision Course

Chapter 8- (In Need Of Saving)

Colette's POV

I fell out of the tube that we'd been sliding from, letting go of the kids sometime while we were falling. Suddenly, hearing crying voices, I peeking into the tunnel, and nearly got baby feet in my face. I caught them, and gently put them down on the floor, a little ways off from the tunnel.

I went back to the slide thing exit/entrance, sticking my head back inside it, and was met with six shoes plus three bodies hurtling at full speed towards my poor face. I was about to move to the side, but then everything happened too fast; all their shoes connected with my unlucky face, and the bodies came rushing afterwards, collapsing with me, making me fall back in surprise.

I got up, still in a daze from what had just happened, and checked to see if all my lads were safely here with me. That's when I took in our surroundings, my eyes widening in disbelief, all my relief dissipating in an instant, as worry and panic were made evident on my face.

There was no escaping from this place. It was the place from my nightmares. The one where something bad always happened to the ones I loved. Where I could never save them in time. This was the one place that I couldn't escape, no matter how hard I tried. This was a living torture, worse than getting a limb severed off, or the new recipe that your little siblings decide to make. Yea, that one, with the playdough, applesauce, chocolate, twigs, mud, and grasshoppers. Something that when faced with, death would be the only answer. No, actually, this was the place that caused death.

Heart racing, fists clenched, and sweat running down my face out of sheer terror. I was prepared to face the evils of this place. Letting out a deep breath, I gazed around at my surroundings, trying not to panic.

I saw a chasm that was twice as wide as it was deep. There was also a small lake, with dark, murky waters, as well as piranhas swimming in the possibly infected water. There was a pile of big, heavy rocks in the way of the path, and some more horrible things afterwards. There was also a cliff at the very end, past all the obstacles, with a ledge that jutted out at the top. The cliff was completely covered in thorny climbing ivy, with roses scattered here and there.

''Dear God, please help me'', I muttered under my breath. What had I gotten myself in to? I had a sudden memory, one of something just like this, but I bet much, much worse. I remember it, just like it was about a month ago. Oh wait...it was a month ago. I giggled to myself, as the memory enveloped me like a cloud.

I felt so insecure. Everybody looking at me, who knows what thoughts were going through their heads at the moment. Although we were all running around the gym, I still felt like the attention was directed at me. It was a horrible feeling. I felt so strange. There was this new feeling in me. One that I'd never felt before.

I think it was embarrassment. It consumed me whole, letting my thoughts take over, and making me feel like the center of attention. My thoughts were as horrible as the feeling. It made me feel like I was weak. Too weak to handle my emotions. That's why I put on a tough-girl act throughout my whole life from that moment on. I didn't want any pity. I wanted to be strong, but I was weak, and I didn't want to show it to anybody, afraid of getting bullied, taunted, put down. Hurt.

I shook my head as the memory ended, and suddenly, I had new feeling. Pushing aside the growing feeling of dread in the pi of my stomach, my body coursed with adrenaline, and I was ready. By this time, I knew that the bad guy had taken them and placed them on the cliffs ledge. 1. That's what always happened in my dreams, 2. They were missing, and 3. I could see them as tiny dots on the ledge.

Cracking my neck, a feeling of adrenaline coursed through my veins, making me burst with energy.

Second Person POV