Power

Chapter 2: Falling

Lauren POV

The darkness was over we had survived. It was so dark, and no one could see a thing. Thank god for Gretchen and David. Last time we got the dark arena there had been animal monster mutations crawling along, that was how we lost Julia. She had the power of X-Ray vision. We almost lost my twin brother, Connor, that time too. James and I looked for him for so long. Gretchen finally found him taunting the monsters with his telekinesis. James is his best friend. James is also really close with my good friend Emma, because they are both Flyers. Connor and I are Movers, Because we can move things with our mind. The arenas that need your power are always the scariest, because if you can't save everyone it's all your fault. For me at least.

The doors to next arena open and we all walk through. I am instantly falling, this arena and it's variations are the worst for me because I am powerless, I can't just move something to keep me from falling. Of course just above me are Emma and James flying around and having the time of there lives . "Help me" I scream. Emma knows how much I hate this arena. The last time we had this arena arrows were shot at you to try to knock you off the flyers backs it was terrifying. I fall for a little more and I see the twist in this arena. There were machines shooting little purple darts at the flyers.

"Emma, James, watch out!" I screamed.

With graceful agility they dived down just barely missing a dart.

"We should start flying people up" Emma said. "I think that is a wonderful idea" I said. I really don't want to be here any longer.

They do what they normally do starting from the people furthest down to the people highest up. They grab Maddie and Abe. Because they are the the people with super strength they sink down the fastest. As they are going up. Abe gets hits by a dart. "I don't feel so good" he then proceeds to black out. I look at my Abe and then to my brother. "I think those darts have been dipped in something that's makes you fall asleep."

"I agree" he says.

Emma and James come back down for everyone else, and then finally to me. Right as they pick me up I notice what is under me, a pool of lava. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" I scream at the top of my lungs. Emma looks at me. "I'm not going to drop you."

"Okay, I guess I trust you enough." We start going up when I see James and Connor falling. Connor is screaming and Brian is sleeping. "Brian!" Emma screams. "Connor!" I scream. Emma dives really fast and grabs James. She starts flying up. "What about Connor"

"I'm sorry Lauren, I can barely hold two people, I definitely can not carry three." "Connor!" I scream. I screamed his name so many times, that my voice became hoarse.

Emma told me to sit down as she delivered the news to the people who weren't asleep that Connor was most likely dead unless he is invincible to lava which is unlikely. Just then James woke up.

"Where's Connor?" he said as he looked around.

"Connor fell when you got hit with a sleep dart" I said with tears in my eyes. My face was red and splotchy and I was crying.

"So Connor's death is my fault." He said.

"Don't think of it that way." Emma said, "it wasn't your fault, with these arenas someone is always gonna die. Julia, June, Bradley, Matthew. These weren't your fault. These were everybody's fault."

James walked away and started crying. He is really tough but, how do you not cry when one of your best friends is dead. Just as I retreated to my bed ,AKA the floor, I heard a voice

"Hey" I look up and it is Connor. I must be hallucinating.

"Hey, Lauren it's me"

"Is it really you, Connor I thought you were dead!" I exclaim, tears of joy entering my eyes. "Emma, James everyone wake up" Connor is alive ."

I hear groggy voices and yawns each replaced by screams when they see Connor alive and well in front of them.

"Connor how did you not die?" I asked him.

"Well so, I was falling and I saw that the dart machines had shut down. I guess they thought I was as good as dead. So I am falling almost about to hit the lava and I see the machine. In my desperation I decided to see if I could move out the machine it worked and I used the machine as a hand hold. I moved another one over and climbed on top of it.i then started the slow process of moving them out and climbing. After working for three hours, I finally made it back up."

I am so happy that Connor is alive tears of joy are streaming out all around me and I hug him tightly James joins in and so does Emma and my best friend Jacob. Soon everyone joins in, and we are in one big group hug. I go back to my spot on the floor and the automatic sleep comes set in. Today is the 57th day in this horror story and there no casualties. Today was successful.