New Beginnings Volume I - The Hunt

Broken

       The sun was setting and I decided it was the perfect time for running. It was more an excuse to spy on Jo and Andrew on their date in the park.
Hanna : "Can you see them?" I whispered.
Irene : "N-nope." she said looking around.
Faye : "There!" she said pointing to Jo and Andrew sitting on a bench near.
Irene : " I bet I know exactly what he'll do next. He's doing the yawn and arm thing." we giggled. "Now she's going to rest her head on his shoulder ... and now they are going to kiss." They were a few inches apart when his phone started to ring. He got up and walked a few meters away. That's when Jo moved her gaze around the park and finally to the place we were. We quickly hid behind the tree, talking nonsense as we haven't even noticed them.
Jo : "What are you doing here?" she said walking towards us.
Irene : "Oh, Jo! Hi! I haven't seen you coming. Were you here the whole time ?" she said and faked a smile.
Jo : " Just stop. I know why you are here but just stop spying on me."
Andrew :"I'm sorry but I really have to .. oh, hey." he said noticing us.
Irene : "Hi." she said and we waved to him.
Andrew : " I really have to go, I'm sorry, there are some problems home."
Jo : "Is everything ok?"
Andrew : "Yeah, it's just my dad, he was supposed to pick my brother up from his karate class fourty minutes ago. He said he's busy at the office and since my mother is working too I have to go get him."
Jo : "Ok. See you tomorrow."
Hanna : "A bit too late for a karate class don't you think ?"
Jo : "Shut up. Let's go home, where did you park the car?"
Hanna : "Um.. yeah, about that ... we walked all the way here."
Jo : "Are you telling me we have to walk all the way home at nine p.m. with all these freaks around ?"
Irene : "Chill out. What could happen? Pfft." She said and we started to walk.

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Jo : "How much more do we have ?"
Hanna : "Umm... not much."
Faye : " Urgh, what neighboorhood is this ?" she said stepping in dog poop.
Irene : "I can't remember coming this way."
Hanna : "Calm down. It's just a shortcut ... I think." I was soo lying, I had no ideea where we were but my guess was that we took the wrong exit from the park.
Jo : "Do you even know where we are ?"
Hanna : "Uhm, duhh. " they looked at me suspiciously. "...No...."
Faye : "Great..."
Hanna : "We'll just follow the GPS."
We passed by a few girls that couldn't stop glaring at us but I responded with a glare myself and they walked away "We're almost there." I said and then a guy from behind whistled. "Nice ass." he said to Jo.
Jo : "Bite it."
"What did you say bitch?" he said getting up.
Faye : "Exactly what you heard dumbass."
Guy : "Fuck you bitch! I wasn't talking to you."
Irene : "Let's just go..."
Guy2 : " You're not going anywhere." his friend said and blocked my way. I raised my eyebrow and then Irene pushed him aside. He pushed her back, knocking her down. Faye helped her get up.
" This one is not bad either." he said about me. In that moment I felt rage pulsing through my veins. It was the same feeling I had with Sue in the woods and with Mrs. Grandwood in my room. I felt this heat spreading from my chest to my entire body. I looked at the guy and noticed his expression changing. It was strange, he looked ... scared.
"Dude ... " he said and backed off, jogging to his friend. I then saw the look on his face and they started to run. I was confused but also relieved. The storm inside calmed down and we headed home.
Irene : "What was that ?"
Jo : "It's Hanna. "
Hanna : "Huh ?"
Faye : "Your eyes ... they were glowing." she said a bit scared. Her words made me stop suddenly. This wasn't happening, no ... this couldn't be possible, not again!
Hanna : "What ... did you just say?!"
Jo : "I saw them too. They were a bright orange, almost golden." I opened my mouth to say something but I just couldn't think of anything to say. I looked at Irene.
Irene : "I haven't seen anyhing. " I exhaled louldly and started to walk again.
Faye : "Hanna we ... "
Hanna : "Just ... don't. "
Jo : "We're going to think this through and find the answers, you'll see. "
It was almost ten p.m. when we finally got home and I noticed another car parked in front. I got in and saw Stiles and Derek talking to Lana. I had no idea what was going on but I wasn't going to find out either so I just passed by and headed to the kitchen.
Stiles : "Oh, he ... ey. " he said as I walked past them. "What's up ?" he said pointing in the direction I went.
Faye : "Uh.. long story, rough night. What's going on here ?"
Lana : "I ... called them to pick me up. I tried you Irene and then you Jo but you guys didn't answer." Irene and Jo checked their phones.
Jo : "No missed calls. "
Irene : "Same here. "
Lana : " It's probabily because of the bad signal. "
Stiles : "Yeah, it happens in the woods."
Faye : "In the woods ?" she looked back to Lana.
Lana : "Yes, I ... I was out to get some air and realized too late it was dark already. What about you ? Hanna looked pretty upset."
Irene : "We got lost and ended up in a creepy neighborhood, there were these 2 guys ..."
Stiles : "Did they hurt you?"
Irene : "No, not exactly. Just ... they were just some jerks."
Stiles : "I'll go talk to her." he said and left the room.
Lana : "Is that why she's upset?"
Faye : "More or less, yeah."
Derek : "What do you mean more or less?" they exchanged looks.
Jo : "Something strange happened."
Faye : "Jo." she ignored Faye.
Jo : " Irene tried to get past one of them and he knocked her down ..."
Irene : "Jo!"
Jo : "Then it happened. She actually scared me too. Her eyes were ... glowing. She looked weird. Those guys ran away frightened. and I would've done the same thing." Derek expression turned into a frown as she was telling him exactly what happened.
Stiles : "Hey.." he said and stepped closer. I gave him a quick look and he sighed loud, very loud actually. "Are you ok?" this time he spoke even louder. The sound actually caused a short pain to my ears. "Hanna?"
Hanna : "Stop yelling!" I said desperately. But I noticed the stunned expression on his face.
Stiles : "I ... wasn't. " his voice sounded normal now.
Hanna : "I'm fine, I'm sorry." I said confused.
Stiles : "You sure ?" I nooded.
Hanna : "Just tired."
Stiles : "Ok, then, see you tomorrow. Good night."
Hanna : "Bye."
Stiles got back in the room and looked from Lana to Derek and the other girls.
Stiles : "Did I miss anything ?"
Derek : "No. How's Hanna ?"
Stiles : "She said she's fine, just a bit tired." he nooded and looked down for a moment, then got on his feet. "Where are you going ?"
Derek : "I ... remembered I have to tell her something."
Stiles : "She's really tired Derek." he just gave Stiles a glance and continued, ignoring him.
I was browsing through the fridge, smelling and tasting mostly everything, when I caught a different smell. It seemed ... familiar but I still couldn't tell what it was.
"Can I talk to you for a moment?" I turned my back and saw Derek. I nooded and poured orange juice in a glass.
"I know what happened tonight." I kept staring at the glass half empty. "Do you have any ideea what happened ?" I raised my look and then shook my head. "They told me about your eyes and ... its' ... " he had his mouth open but no words were coming out. He had no ideea what to say.
Hanna : "Weird ? I know that..." I said and looked away.
Derek : "I'm sorry, I didn't want to upset you more. " he paused. "We'll talk some other time."
Hanna : "Yeah ... ok." he headed for the exit but stopped in the doorway.
Derek : "Those guys, did they hurt you?" I looked at him for a moment, not saying anything.
Hanna : "No. Actually I think I was about to hurt them. " I said and slightly smiled. He kinda returned it, in his own, specific way of course.
Derek : "Good Night."
Hanna : "Yeah ... whatever. "