Fire Star (a Merome story)

{chapter eighteen} caught in a landslide

MITCH'S POV

By now it had become obvious that something was wrong, It had been a whole hour and only 6 people had died. The darkness began to set in around us as we searched for something, anything to keep us alive. Some time had passed before we decided to call it quits and find some kind of base camp. Jerome found a huge tree and we built a house in the leaves before collapsing onto 2 tattered beds.

"What the heck is going on?" I say

There's no reply and I realise my boyfriend is just as worried as I am. After a few minutes of silence, I drift off into a troubled sleep.

I wake up to the noise of rustling leaves outside, someone is here. Quickly, I wake up Jerome and warn him. My sword is all the way over in the corner of the room, I sneak across the floor. When I am halfway across the house a hand seems to come from nowhere and snatch my sword.

"What ya gonna do now? You're over." The voice comes from 10 metres away.

"What the?..."

"If you hadn't noticed, the game broke. Everyone can use their abilities now and when you die, you die in real life."

Nobody says anything.

"I would team with both of you but it would be much easier to kill you here and now..." The voice pauses, "I'm sorry that sounded so cheesy, lemme just uh rephrase that-"

"Wait! Did you say abilities were allowed?"

"Yeah, there's one guy camping spawn with laser eyes."

"Wouldn't it be much easier to work together and get the more powerful ones?" Jerome suggests.

There is no sound from the stranger before she comes out of the shadows. A green plait comes down her left shoulder onto a forest green robe, she wears a leaf crown that flops over one of her icy blue eyes.

"Go one then, the name's Kathera. I have super flexibility. What can you two idiots do then?"

We look at each other and think the same thing.

"I'm Jerome, I can smash houses into the ground."

"I'm Mitch and I can... hit someone with a bow from 2 miles away."

"Huh. You better have this then." She throws a set of bow and arrows to me. "Let's go kill some fools!"

KATHERA'S POV

I had one of those childhoods that makes people beat the shit out of you at school. Disabled mom and a history of chronic anxiety. Got on meds and learnt to defend myself. Didn't make the anxiety go away but when I could make kids twice my size hand over their pants whilst sobbing on the floor I knew I'd hit the big time.

The next thing I knew I was grounded, any step out the house and my mom would know every word, twitch or movie quote that came out my mouth. Childhood over I guess but hacking was great.

On my 12th birthday I developed powers before any of the other kids. Everyone found it threatening and started to break away from me until one day, there was a hurricane. I had been sat in a tree plaiting my hair when suddenly, I was alone.

"Mitch, you go in from the right and take out that guy. Jerome, distract him. I'll get everything before anyone knows what's happening." I command, these dweebs are already taking my orders.

They look at each other and nod before taking off. Before I know it, a tree is falling to my side. The guy looks up, as expected. An arrow whizzes from nearby and strikes him in the head. My arms cling onto a tree branch and my body swings towards the cornucopia, the gear is into my arms in a few seconds and I swing back to the bushes.

"Dat axe doe!" They say in unison, laughing. I raise my eyebrows at them.

"I guess I've got that diamond axe then!"

"No way!"

I dangle it in front of his face. He tries to grab it but I am too fast.

"Goddammit Kat!"

Mitch is laughing his face off.

"Ok, so that means I get the sword too?"

He is suddenly silent.

We have been chatting for hours by a warm fire. I told them about the time I accidentally kicked my Math teacher in the face and got expelled and the time when this random hybrid frog tried to hit on me. They tell me about YouTube and crazy fan stories.

"Ha! Remember that time in LA with Okward Industries?"

"Yeesh, that was hilarious!"

It gets late and Mitch is way too tired to talk and falls asleep.

"Kathera, there's something I need to tell you."

I look at him.

"It's about Mitch."

Mitch, somehow he already feels like my friend. Jerome basically begins telling me his entire life story.

As I listen more, I feel so emotional inside. It's the fact that I'm the only person he's told. Not even his closest friends know. A lump forms in my throat as I hear the truth. Not just the truth about him, but what's going to happen in the years to come.

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:O What's Jerome's secret?

LOL! I love cliffhangers.

How was your Christmas? Mine was just like, Wake up, Presents, awkward family relative time, sleep.

So...

Peace out, people! <3

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