Titanium

Part 18-Hana

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Hana:

I am immediately know that the fact that she knows who I am is not a good thing. If she knows who I am, then she is already skeptical of my being here. Already knows I am cured. I feel myself tense up, feeling the cure take over and the urge to give up and hide back in the shell of not caring. To just get through this, no matter how that happens. 

But Lena just stands up taller and faces this head on. I remember when that used to be me. When I used to be the strong one. Oh, how things have changed. 

"Yeah, this is Hana," Lena says, straightforwardly. She seems to be very close to Raven, not at all afraid of her, though she is pretty intimidating, even laying in bed. The man next to Raven is simply looking from me to Lena, as if not sure if he is seeing things or if this is really happening. 

"Wait, you brought your cured friend out into the Wilds?! Lena what were you thinking. This is just like Lu all over again! But this time, you let her in. We need to be able to trust you, Lena. Trust you for the good of everyone. For the good of the cause."

He looks so mad. I get it. Humans always put so much faith in each other. And we are always let down when we realize that no one will live up to our expectations. Not even ourselves. With the cure, that is taken away. You no longer care about other people in the same way. No longer care about what they've done. You never really expected anything better. As I said, hope is a dangerous thing. 

"No, just listen to me. I have every reason to doubt her. You don't even know what she has done to me. But I believe her. Her cure is going away. Breaking down, bit by bit. She wants this. She wants this life filled with love. It's human nature. And it's growing back into her."

Lena switches her gaze from the man to Raven, who looks skeptical to say the least. 

"You're telling me that her cure isn't permanent?" She asks incredulously. "That it's going away? Because I can assure you, in all my many years as a member of the resistance, I have never heard of that happening. How can you believe what she is saying? They manipulate people, Lena. That's what the cureds do. I know she was your friend, but that's not her anymore."

Lena looks lost. Searching for some way to defend me but not coming up with anything. I decide to push past the little shell I've built myself into. 

"She is standing right here!" I say, lacing my voice with as much force as I can muster. "And it's true. I promise you, it's true. My cure is going away. Or maybe it was never really there." 

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