The Shadow

Part 9

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Yes, there are video cameras everywhere in my room. However, they did not have night vision, I was sure of that, and I did. By just turning off the lights, I was able to do virtually anything, as long as I didn't make too much movement. Carefully, I slid the cool, metal bracelet out of my jeans pocket. It was a worn thing.I wasn't expecting anything different, with it coming from a different dimension, but the charms caught my eye. They looked untouched. Glimmering just like new, the four charms clung to the slender metal chain. The first one was a Wolf ( how ironic, right? ), the second a girl with red and white hair ( Ummm this is starting to get creepy) and the third one, a claw tipped in red. (...... ). The last one I was positively afraid to look at, because of what the other three were. Finally, I started tour reason with myself. If I ever wanted to get ou of here, I would have to eventually take risks, which would mean looking at this bracelet. I mean seriously? It was just a bracelet.
I glanced at it.
A first glance it seemed alright, until I saw the other side. It was the world. One side looked completely normal, but the other side was hideous. The oceans were red, and the land with all of the countries in it were completely black. I fell asleep that night with a deep voice repeating the same words in my head,
"The oceans will run red with the blood of innocents, and evil will reign over all lands." Then he laughed and when I woke up the next morning tears were streaming down my face.

    ONE WEEK LATER
I was apparently fit to go to school with all of the other kids at Link. The training for the last few days had been hard, and every day I had come back to my room, sweaty and exhausted. However, I was not broken because I had my new identity that I got to go home to. No matter how much Link took from me, they could not take this.
Surprisingly, Rey had remained nice to me. Brotherly, almost. We got into fights that were about stupid things, and I almost got the sense of love, or something for him one night when he popped me popcorn. I quickly had to hide it, however. I couldn't feel anything for him, because most likely, if I tried to escape, they would take him hostage. I  couldn't afford to tell him, and if I escaped, they most likely would kill him. In the end I know I would have to make a choice. Make him come with me on the run, or leave him here to be trained by killers to become one himself.
I memorized the route to the room where I would stop, and I walk slowly there, right on time for me lesson. I hear the whispers before the kids can see me. I pause for a second to listen with my supernaturally good ears. Maybe things will be different this time. Maybe this time I will be accepted as a human, not a scientific freak.
"Is it dangerous? Like should we be putting it in a cage?" Another one,
"It doesn't belong here. Why would Ms. Bloomstrom let a freak like her come back. It's already betrayed us once, why does it deserve an education like we're getting?-..."
I close my eyes, and slide down the cool concrete wall of the hallway. Why did I think that things were going to get better for me? it. Not even a he or her, just a it. I recognized those voices, too. Tears started to rise, and I had to quickly remind myself why I was here. I was here to escape from Link, and I needed help. Secretly, I needed some allies. Sure, now I knew that they did not like me at all, it would make things a little harder for me. No matter what, however, I was going to have to do it. These people might think I was a freak now, but I would change their opinions. The only freaks there were the people that called me it. Squaring my shoulders I stood up, and walked down the hall, fire inside me building slowly. I was going to show them. It was just a label. What was the worst they could do anyway? It's not like any untrained human like them could beat me in battle, so why not wear a smile?
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Everyone stops what they're doing when I walk into the room. I mean everybody. Even the Mrs. Bloomstom looks a little flustered. I just marched right in there, confidence oozing out of my skin. To those hateful kids this was the only emotion I was going to show. And until I learned that they could trust me, I really just didn't care what they thought.
"What? It's not like I'm a monster or anything." Yes, I even threw that in there. Ten out of ten stars to me for fooling everyone to thinking that I wasn't scared out of my mind being in front of all of these kids. It wasn't too far off from high school.
"Oh, um...," Mrs. Bloomstom almost seems a little afraid to talk to me directly. She finds some courage, "we were just working with partners on hand to hand combat." OH great! I have such good experiences with partners. Looks like she's already got on we picked out for me though.
"Brianna, will you come over here now?" She talks to a girl she had been having sit out the exercise. At first she probably thought that she was in trouble, and then it dawned on her what the teacher wanted her to do. Why she had been sitting out.
"I want you to be Suri's partner today. Can you do that for me?" At least she wasn't arguing. Maybe this girl would be nice, and I could fit in here. I found my confident mask beginning to slip, and I tried desperately to keep it up. I shouldn't be feeling anything like excitement right now.
"I- I just thought", Mrs. Bloomstom continues. " I just thought that since you are our best fighter, that you ummm...."
"WHAT?!" Brianna raises her voice, and I think everyone jumped a little. "What did you, just think?" That girl was practically spitting.
"Did you make me do this because I would then be the laughing stock of the class. You know, that ONLY REASON that I train so hard in the first place is because I don't like being laughed at. Never again. That's NEVER going to happen again, thank you very much.
With that she stalked out of the room. The class was so silent you could hear a pin drop. I think they were all expecting Brianna to get a horrible punishment, like a few hours of torture,( our version of detention ), or at least a slap across her hands with a ruler that would break all of her fingers. That girl had been skipping class, and talking back to teachers. There was a lot of punishment that could happen to her, if the teacher willed it. Mrs. Bloomstom never lifted a finger. She didn't even call after her. All she did was dismiss class for the rest of the day. It was probably because of me. She could understand not wanting to be partners with me, and she just let her go. Talk about wrong first impressions...
I never even did anything, I realized as I was walking back home to my room. Tomorrow, I was going to change them. The first day was a little shaky, but who ever gets off to a good start right away?
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