Figment Awakening

Chapter 10 Mistakes

When we'd set up camp we were up at the crack of dawn. Harry tapped on every tent and playfully said, "Get up ya Filthy Animal!" He even went up and unzipped our tent and said ," hope I'm not interrupting anything... um... 'special'" he said raising his brow just so he knew he was talking abou us doing something sexual.

" I have a feeling he just paired us together so he could make that joke," Zayn said. We both laughed which only made everybody suspicious.

" So, you and Perri, are you guys together?"

" We were, we had a huge fight yesterday morning and she's leaving to live in another villa like ours but closer to her ideal place of living he rest of her life. The scene down there is less of the combat and more of the relaxing and stuff, you know?"

" Yeah,"

" Let's eat some breakfast. Shall, we," He unzipped the tent and motioned me out.

My feet felt good as they drowned into the soft dirt under us. The rest of the boys cooked bacon over the fire. The aroma reminded me of every morning that I spent with my husband we would always cook bacon after we got up.

I could see the tension between the two, Zayn and Perri. They occasionally shot tense looks at each other. I was friends with both of them but didn't want to get involved.

Everybody was ready to get moving again. Harry said that we were getting close to where the enemy should be hiding him. Zayn and I were taking down the tent. After it was I the bag that Harry kept we started walking again.

I had a bad headache; sharp and piercing. As we kept walking it got even stronger.

" Hey Zayn," I said, " What is Louis' talent?"

" He can share thoughts with other people,"

" Louis has never done that with me,"

" When people try to receive them for the first time it often doesn't come through. The thoughts need to dig themselves a tunnel through your mind. Sometimes it takes a while. "

" Can you feel the thoughts digging tunnels?"

" Yes, you can, you will feel a pain in your head. Sometimes people will feel dizzy, there are many different symptoms. Why?"

" Oh, no reason. I just don't... feel... very... well," I felt I was going faint as I slowly drifted to sleep.

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My head was spinning like hell. I could barely make out where I was or who is was with. But I did see Louis. It was only us.

I knew he saw me. Sitting there, sorry that he had dragged me into this.

" Ethel," he whispered, " are you awake yet?"

" Where are we, Louis?"

" We are in the Vampires' territory. When you passed out theses guys managed to nap you. Now you are here with me; tied up in knots, literally. " There we sat, helpless.

" So, do you know why I passed out?"

" My guess is that when I tried to tell you where I were by my talent, your brain could handle the 'digging' of the message.

" Where is everybody else, "Louis asked.

" Louis, how would I know? I was unconscious during all this, remember?"

" Oh, yeah,"

Louis and I sat there for a long while, alone and hungry. He asked where my food pack had went, knowing that Harry would never let anybody go out of our borders without a ' travel sack'.

" You two, get out here!" A large man with golden eyes and a gruff Scottish accent said.

Louis and I got up off of the cold cement floor and started laming towards the man in the front, you could just see the fear in Louis' eyes.

We walked down a dark hallway. The walls were made of thin panelling and the floor was a dirty blue linoleum. The halls were drafty and it was darn near snowing outside.

As soon as we got out side we saw a small circular courtyard. The courtyard was spidered on the outside with different hallways each going out into probably another holding facility.

In the opening of each hallway there was another person. Each with regret and desperation weighing them down.

But these were the only people I knew I could trust; Harry, Niall, Liam, and of course, there was Zayn.

Staring me down.

Mouthing the words I'm sorry.