Kryptid

Chapter 33 : loose ends

Alex

I scrolled through the news channels but all of them were broadcasting the same story. About how I had saved the city and the revelation of a secret wing of the military that had hunted down and tortured kids like me. Everyone was going crazy now that they new that people had these mind boggling abilities. One of the news stations even had footage of the conference between max and the heads of the military. Izzy had vaguely mentioned that max had talked his way out of prison by telling them everything he knew about Phoenix and graymark. Shortly after that the military had arrested anyone who had anything to do with Phoenix and soon broke out kids in their remaining "research" facilities. However soon the footage cut to a camera inside of a helicopter that hovered over the Empire State Building. It showed me standing on the roof holding out my arms trying to stop the attack. I thought my eyes tricked me but the air in front of my arms was actually vibrating and blurry. Although it was dark and stormy in the footage you could clearly see my eyes glowing purple even at a distance. I was interrupted by Izzy walking in. I quickly shut off the tv. She was talking on the phone as she walked over. Despite the sun setting and the city turning dark I could still see that she looked worried. "Yes I know. No. Yes I'll tell him. Bye" she said and hung up with whoever was on the other line.

"Who was it?" I asked curiously. Talking finally was easy enough that the pain it brought was bearable. "Max. He talked with the president. He's says he'll be here at 10a.m. tomorrow. Also I talked with the nurse and doctor and said that you'd be clear to leave within a week." She told me. It was great news. In a week I would get as far away from New York as possible, however I had no idea where I would go. I hoped that I could bring it up in the discussion tomorrow. I knew that the president and government were done hunting me but still idea of seeing them face to face scared me. Izzy must have had the same train of thought as i did because she asked where we would go. I thought for a long time about it. My dream home had always been conflicted. I had wanted a beach house in Florida where it was always sunny however I also wanted to live somewhere in a rainy forest, where no one else was and where it always rained.

"We can go anywhere as long as it's not New York." I told her. Being here was a torture of its own. So many bad things had happened here. Just knowing that I was here stressed me out. Izzy nodded her head in agreement. "Being here makes my skin itch and I can't sleep" she responded. I knew she hadn't been sleeping because she had small bags under her eyes and a look in her eyes that was the same in mine when I was having a panic attack. Being here was like being somewhere with toxic air. It was poisoning us. The sooner we left the better. The sun had set and darkness seeped into the room but my vision sharpened and I could see clearly. I could see pain in Isabelle's face when I glanced at her. "Hey sleep with me tonight" I said in almost a questioning tone. Isabelle looked up at me with concern in her eyes. "What about your leg and chest?" She asked in a small voice. My leg and chest had healed enough and even if they hadn't I wouldn't care. I missed her snuggling up next to me. "I'll be fine. You never move in your sleep anyway." I responded as I moved myself over, making room for her. She shrugged and carefully climbed into the huge hospital bed next to me. I would have offered her the blankets but they were wrapped around me and besides the room was kept at a steady 74 degrees all day and Isabelle was wearing sweatpants and a sweatshirt. As she climbed into the bed I shut the tv off and set the remote on the table next to me. Izzy got comfortable next to me with her back against my chest. I moved to lay my arm around her and jolted my leg as I did so. I barely contained the scream of pain before she could notice. "You ok?" She whispered. "Yes" I lied back. Soon though the pain subsided and I could feel Isabelle relax against me. "I love you" I told her and tightened my arm around her. "I love you too" she said half asleep. And so we drifted off together, unsure of what would happen in the morning.