We Were Best Friends....

Memories

We Were Best Friends…..

Chapter Seven

Memories

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                Hanna ran through the portal as I watched myself call after her. But, Hanna kept running and ran through the darkness. After she was in the portal sort of thing, she stopped and looked back, watching the past Riley cry.

                “I’m sorry,” Hanna said, letting a tear fall down her face for her best friend. Turning to the darkness, Hanna started to walk slowly. For the longest time, so it seemed, she walked, wishing for a way out.

                Suddenly, through the darkness, there was a small ray of light. Once Hanna started walking towards it, the light began to grow until she was blinded by the light. Shielding her eyes from the light, Hanna kept walking ready to be out of the world of darkness she had walked through which, to her, felt like endless hours.

                A gust of wind blew behind her, pushing her into the light, making her almost trip over her feet. But, that was when the light dimmed. Looking around, Hanna noted the surroundings around her.

                She was in an ally, surrounded by red brick walls covered with graffiti. The sky was dark with clouds covering the sun, like a storm was coming, yet Hanna knew she was nowhere by the sea. She hadn’t been away from the sea ever, not until now.

                The air was chilled, and Hanna had gooseflesh on her arms, as she was used to the warm sea shore that she had lived on for her whole life. Just looking at her surroundings was cold, but the wind made it freezing. She shivered, rubbing her arms to try and warm herself.

                After walking for a while, she stopped, finding that she was only walking in circles, which was easy to do if you didn’t know the area. Finding a somewhat dry spot, Hanna sat, trying to warm herself. Just then, the sky opened and it started raining as if the sky was crying for a dead loved one. Hanna did the same.

                She didn’t cry for long, for she felt the presence of something or someone. “W-who’s there?” I called, wiping her face. Suddenly, a man in a black coat stepped out from behind the next wall, but his hood was pulled down over his face, hiding his identity.

                “We could help you, Hanna. We could give you what you’ve always dream of,” he said, his voice edgy and familiar to me. Of course, it was Ace.

                “H-how? Nobody was ever able to give me what I wanted. They all said it was impossible,” she sobbed, covering her mouth with her hand. She had never liked to show weakness around others. I was the only one she ever cried around during the hard times when her parents bitched at her about stupid stuff when they got home from long business trips, such as finding boys cloths in the dirty cloths when she had borrowed her boyfriend’s jacket a few days before or finding a beer missing from the liquor cabinet when the cabinet was never stocked and the key was always hidden in strange places where Hanna would’ve never looked. Even then, the longest time she cried was for ten minutes, and then the tears would be replaced by curses.

                “But, my dear, I already have. Look around,” he spread out his arms. “Do you really believe you are back in that sleepy little town by the coast? No, this city is miles from the ocean, and you are not alone.”

                She blinked. “Why should I trust you?”

                I could just see the smirk. “I gave you everything you always wanted.”

                “No, no you didn’t.” Hanna stood looking at the hood she turned and ran, taking her eyes away from who I know as Ace. Following her, I watched as she quickly dodged objects and navigated the streets well, just as she had when I had been the one chasing her. Suddenly, she turned into an ally, only to be met with a brick wall. Turning, she saw Ace, his hood now down, standing at the opening of the ally, removing her only escape.

                “Don’t come any closer, I have a black belt in karate,” Hanna threatened, raising her fists in the way cartoon characters do when they’re about to get in a fist fight, just without the jumping around.

                “Now, now Hanna, why would I hurt you?” he smirked. “My people and I only want one thing.” Suddenly, as if he had been transported there, his face just inches from hers, his hand holding her chin so she had to look him in the eye. “Your power.”

                “Power? What power?”

                Ace’s smirk only grew. “Of course you don’t know. You have a power that would change the universe, if you just join with me and my organization.”

                I watched as Hanna bent her knee and raised it fast and hard, slamming it right into his crotch. Ace dropped his hands from Hanna’s face to the lower half of his body, groaning as he slammed onto his knees.

                Hanna took her last chance at escape and ran, leaving Ace cursing at her with horrid names including the word bitch. But, Hanna didn’t look back, choosing to look ahead and take her path carefully.

                Just as Hanna passed a dark alley, not far away from a partially busy street, two hands came out from the dark, pulling Hanna in. I called out for her, but then I realized she couldn’t hear me, nobody could. Instead, I followed, allowing myself to see more of her past.

                I watched as Tina held her palm against Hanna’s mouth, her other hand snaked around her so she would be able to get away. A minute later, Ace ran by, cursing at himself for letting her get away. Finally, after about five minutes of waiting, Tina released her hand from Hanna’s mouth, but not without whispering not to scream to her.

                Hanna turned to look at her, stunned that she had helped her. “You want me for some reason. Just like he did.”

                “No!” Tina cried. “I know you have power, but I don’t want to use it.” She looked around, as if to make sure the coast was clear. “I want to prevent others from using it.”