Unstoppable

Chapter 7

The young teens walk through the rest of the forest, nearing to the edge of it. They all had a feelin their journey in the forest is coming to an end.

"You okay to walk now?" Adapta asks with concern, Ignite nods as she declines from Hydro's back.

"Yeah, she looks much better now" Hydro replies

"Great, so explain please. Why can't she handle it? Seems to be a lot she can't handle." Damian retorts snottily, Hydro sighs and rolls his eyes looking to Ignite for permission, she already knew what he was asking. She gives him a nod and folds her arms across her chest.

"She has Sensory Overload Anxiety, so basically she can't really handle having senses, mostly hearing and feeling. Which is why she has her headphones on all the time, it blocks out noise and keeps her calm. People's voices are especially annoying to her. To add on to that she is a bit of a hot head no pun intended" Hydro finally explains, the dots all seem to line up with the others, it makes sense now. Damian gives a satisfied nod, he finally got something he can work with from these two.

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They continue down the forest;their stomachs rumbling, begging for food. The sky is darkening slowly turning into night. They contemplate if they should stop, rest, and eat; or if they should keep going until they reach the end. They are so close they hate to stop now.

"Guys I need to pee" Adapta says

"I knew you shouldn't have given her that extra drink of water" Damian says to Hydro

"I didn't want her to be dehydrated" Hydro says defensively

"So what do we do? Let her pee and keep moving or let her pee and stay the night?" Damian asks the group. Adapta fidgets a little while they think, doing the potty dance.

"As much as I vant to keep moving we need a break, we can't save da world if we don't take care of our needs" Changling states, indeed fighting to save the supernatural world on an empty stomach and little rest isn't the smartest idea.

"Changling is right, plus we want to be on the top of our game, we don't know how many more fights we have-did Adapta leave before we made the decision?" Damian says looking around for her, she is completely out of sight.

"She get's to pee either way" Hydro declares, Changling and Damian nod in agreement to the statement and await for her return.

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As much as the team hated to stay another night their needs took over their wants, they set up camp again this time with no fire, they couldn't risk being caught this close. Changling goes out and gets more animals to cook up. To Ignite's dismay they have more rabbits to cook tonight. They got the night in peace, being able to sleep shouldn't even while taking their shifts they remain unbothered. When the sun peaks it's way up the mountains, throwing light into the spaces between leaves. The team rose with the sun, collecting their things and eating one last time before they venture off.

"I guess that went smoothly," Adapta suggests warily giving out a lot yawn.

"Yeah, we would have woken you up" Hydro replies stretching his arms, his joints pop in a couple places when he does this.

"This sleeping on the ground is going to give me back pains" Damian complains pushing on his lower back as he sits up off the ground.

"I vould do anything to sleep on my bed back at the school again" Changling groans

"I know guys, just think the sooner we finish the mission the sooner we can get to our beds, that's even saying they will have the school semi built by the time we are done. " Hydro says, even a little encouragement is better than none. Adapta nods in agreement. What will all the survivors do? Help build the school back? Will they fix all the problems the school had before it was burnt down? They should add some vending machines for midnight cravings.

"We should get going" Damian says, the group is on their at before they know it. For the first time since they began their journey the team talked, peacefully.

"They should upgrade the doors, it seemed like almost everyday a new one was breaking or being blown through" Damian jokes

"Maybe this time around we can get a more secure school" Hydro adds

"Some bullet proof windows would be nice" Adapta throws in, she receives some laughs all around.

"You know zwhat I vould like? A house separate from the rest of the school, or an entire section just for us." Changling admits

"Why? I am late to class as it is" Damian says, Changling shrugs and smiles

"To set us apart from everyone else, Ve are da ones saving the vorld after all" Changling answers as if it is a question, the group nods in approval, her English is getting better. She is still unsure if she used the correct English word, for in her language it is very different. In her language she is actually pretty smart, its the struggle to translate it as she speaks that is the problem.

"Do you ever wonder, who's idea it was to start the school for us?" Adapta asks she looks like this question is really irking her curiosity.

"Yeah, like who came up with the idea for a boarding school to shelter super powered children" Damian urges, Hydro remains silent, he's watching the forest, trying to determine how much longer they have in the forest. He allows his eyes to wander to his silent friend. Remembering all the times that she was his only view. Growing up they only had each other.

"I can feel the grass patches getting less and less, we are almost to the end of the forest" Ignite says into everyone's mind, startling a few.

"Can you warn us next time?" Damian asks , attempting to catch his breath.

"That would completely defeat the point of me doing it" Ignite replies out loud this time.

"Well you should talk more often your voice is nice" Damian says, he thinks for a bit but doesn't say anything to make it worse. After about an hour, which seems to drag on forever the teens finally reach the end of the forest, stepping out of the last section of trees and into a clearing they feel a sudden rush, they are unsure of what is from, all they know is it has to be connected to the power field around the forest that shields their location to humans and other creatures. They are now out in the open.