The Girl With Gifts

Chapter Twenty One

I smiled brightly at the sun beaming onto my face. I lifted my head up to the sky feeling the warmth seep into my skin. My lips parted as I sighed in relief. When my eyes fluttered open i saw Dylan and his brother staring at me, I smiled at them and then snapped out off my little trance. I snapped out of believing i was normal and reality came crashing into me again. I saw Leo's lifeless body. I saw the cage i was put in by The Faculty. I saw what that monster made me do and i almost screamed as i pulled my hair harshly. The brothers' eyes were still on mine and I knew they just did not realise what was happening in my head. Slowly, my hands fell to my side as i quickly walked towards them and we all continued to walk in silence to get away but also we were not rushing around if we did, we would only gather the public's attention.

The brothers were in front of me quietly bickering to each other. My eyes were never leaving them both as the one whose name i was yet to know kept glancing over his shoulder at me. I felt nervous at the thought of them fighting over me. I knew that I would probably have to leave them but I had no one anymore. That monster had killed the only one whose stayed there, through everything. Leo. Sweet Leo who'd never had wanted to hurt anybody. Who would have had a great future! What was i supposed to do?

I crashed into somebodies shoulder and twisted round to say my apologies. My eyes widened when i saw him. The guard. I took a few steps back willing myself to run. I heard the brothers mutter a few words before finally realising i was not still behind them. The guard harshly grabbed my wrist fully recognising who I was, his grip was so tight on my wrist that you could see the white specks on his fingers. My lips parted as i let out ragged breaths. My other hand gripped over the mans hand trying to pry his hand off of me. Which only caused his to tighten and with his other smack my face. I let out a whimper. Nobody around us did anything, fully recognising him as 'The Faculty.' There was no one to help me. Leo was not here, he was not coming to my rescue like he usually would do. There was no one. I whimpered again which only earned my an harsh snarl to shut up from the guard. I could easily get out of his grip but my abilities would only make their story true.

I allowed him to pull me down the street. Where was he taking me? What would they do to me? My eyes blinked viciously, as I pleaded with my eyes for somebody to help me. Of course they did nothing. The looks some people gave me were sympathetic others were of pure fear. The Faculty had done a great job of making it so that we were feared. As we passed people bowed their heads in order to avoid my eyes and to keep themselves out of this drama. I was screaming through my body language that I needed the help from them but nobody dared make a move. I frowned my eyes dropping to the ground too as he pulled me alone the roads, my wrist feeling like it's going to drop off.

I stumble over myself as he pushes me into an alley way. I manage to regain my balance and catch myself before I hit the floor. When my eyes went from the floor, I saw some other guards around. Had they known I was here? Is the monster behind this all? I bite down on my bottom lip, I was not going without a fight and if I was forced to use my power. So be it.

My eye returned to the guard from before, "hey lapdog nice seeing you again. Your boss still making you do his dirty work?"

He snarled in reaction to me and gritted his teeth. As his hand forcefully smacked into my cheek, the same side from before. I stumbled to the side because of his momentum and chewed the inside of my lip to stop my sob coming out because of the impact. My eyes fixed sternly on him. Sure he could hurt me through violence but I could so worse to him. Why was he not thinking that? Or did he just not care?

"Is that from you? Or your boss?" I spat out viciously as my hand rubbed where he had just hit. He didn't answer. Only he looked like he wanted to do it again however, his gaze was fixed on somebody. Somebody behind me. Slowly, I turned round to see him. The person who I had spent years running away from. I intentially took a few steps back, I'd rather be slapped around then be in his gaze.

I knew that The Faculty had to have had help in order to have made everybody hate us, I just did not know or even think that one of our own could have even done this to us. The question was why? What had made him turn the world against his own kind? Of course he was safe, he sat on top of the food chain whilst he watched us perish. He watched us be killed one by one by people who helped us. Be displayed for people to come see us without the fear of getting hurt. But why?