I Pledge My Love (Revising)

Explosion

"Zoe, It'll be alright. Let's sit down." I said, guasturing to the wall.

Tears were running down her face while she desperately tried to push them away. Sky and Zoe must have been closer than I thought.

"Everything will shape up, trust me." I said with a nod as I started to sit with Zoe.

Like someone had snapped their fingers the wall folded in. I heard a wave if noise fall over us. I caught a glimpse of Zoe's eyes before the wall hit.

She was scared. I could see the quiver in those big circles that were unfamiliar to me. I saw the focus on me before we passed out.
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I was walking along the sidewalk in the community. No one else was there. I turned a corner, standing in front of Lukkas' house. It stood pale against the dark night.

Lukkas opened the door and walked over to me calmly.

I tried to speak but couldn't. Lukkas didn't say a word either, but kept walking. I followed him.

After several blocks of cookie cutter houses we turned left again, this time at Quinn's house. He did the same, joined us without talking.

After miles of walking I was standing  in a small circle, surrounded by friends. Lukkas, Quinn, Zoe, Chad, Sky, Huddson, Lila, all my closest friends were standing with me.

I finally found I could speak. "Why we you all here?"

"We are the people you are afraid you will lose." Said Lukkas. It wasn't his voice, not the way he spoke. It was a choppy sentence lone of contractions.

I glanced at Huddson. Even if he had made some bad decisions, he was my friend and I didn't want to see him die.

"Where's Robin?" I asked.

"That isn't important." Zoe answered, smiling. "He will be okay. You need to be with us."

"You will wake soon." Murmered Quinn.

"I'm sorry for what I did." Whispered Sky.

"I'm sorry I left." Lila Said. "Tell Corwin I love him."

"Rain." Chad said, stepping forwards and breaking the circle and taking my hands in his. "Tell Zak I love him." The sadness in his eyes doubled mine. "Please. Tell him I love him."

Chad rejoined the circle around me. "Don't worry Rain. Everything will be clear. You're clear. You're clear." They all whispered together. "Clear."
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"Clear!" a voice yelled above me. I bolted up, startled.

"She's up let's get those moniters back." I heard Corwin yell as people rushed around me.

I could recognize the Base medical center. I was lying on one of the cots, hooked to several beeping machine.

"Lukkas?" I called out. "Where's Lukkas?"

"I'm right here. You can't get rid of me that easily." I could barely make out a face popping above mine. A smile was blocked from view by the blinding lights.

"What happened?"

"The community. They're here to try and start a war. We aren't ready for it. Corwin lead us here before anyone was caught." He explained briefly.

"Where's Chad?" I asked, only met by silence. "Lukkas? Where's Chad?"

I felt a hand wrap around mine. "Rain... Chad was killed in the explosion. They found him dead under a beam of concrete. His body's in a room somewhere."