Don't Be The Hero

Eight

Nina pov

I was running through the metal hallways once more. The clang if my boots on the floor was the only thing I could hear, besides my heart beating. I turned another corner and ran right into a hard cold wall. I was trapped. There should be a door here somewhere. I look around and find an air vent. I unsheathe my claws and use them to climb up the wall. Once I'm in the vent, I start crawling and it widens out into a room, with no exits. I break down and start panicking. There is no way out. Every time I blink the walls are getting closer. Soon there's a high pitched, piercing noise that won't go away. I curl up, cover my ears, and do the most logical thing to do in this situation. I scream. If someone hears me, they can stop the noise. They can stop it. They can.... the noise stops. When I open my eyes, there's no more room either. Instead I'm underwater. I can't breath. I try to swim to the surface, which I can see, but can't. I look down and find that my feet are chained to the bottom. I unsheathe a hand full of claws and try to cut through them but can't. I'm loosing air, and my head is going fuzzy. I slowly sink into darkness...

I sit up in the green grass of the training field. With one thing I didn't have before. A headache. I wasn't too far from where I fell asleep, which was by the tree. That was good. I could have rolled, which means no more sleepwalking. It was dark, and the stars were sparkling above. My pocket was vibrating. When I turned it on I discovered several missed calls from mom. Oops. I did say I would call her... maybe tomorrow. I jammed my phone back in my pocket, looked around, and found myself all alone. I flop back down and inhale sharply when I hit my head on... I think it's a rock? It feels like one.

"You ok over there?" A voice asked from the patch if darkness from my left. If you look hard enough, you can see the outline of Victor. He was sitting in the grass a few feet away. "Yeah. just a nightmare." I say sitting up once more. We sit in silence for a while. "Want me to get someone?" he asked. I shake my head. "Your gonna sleep out her?"

"No, it's probably best if I don't sleep." I say laying down once more, in a different spot so I don't hit my head on that rock. I end up hitting my head on another rock. "I give up! I can't do this. These stupid rocks. I can't even take a decent nap!" I yell going on and on, totally forgetting Victor was there. When I realized he was there, I went back to my punching bag and unloaded all of my problems on it with every punch or kick. Eventually, I hit it so hard it broke of the chain, leaving me with nothing to do. Leaving Victor outside, I went to the kitchen for some coffee. A lot of coffee.

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Jack pov

Nina wasn't next to me when I woke up. I sleepily dragged myself out of bed and went for some breakfast. I found Nina in the kitchen, drinking coffee. And to think that yesterday I was worried about world war three. This is a disaster waiting to happen. "Good morning," I said grabbing a muffin, "how'd you sleep?" she looked up at me and I swear I saw her eye twitch a bit. "I didn't sleep. And this coffee isn't working!" she yelled fingering her empty mug. I came over and gently pried it from her grasp. "How many have you drank?" I asked sitting across from her. "Cups or pots?"

Oh crap, we're all gonna die.

Nina pov

At training this morning we all did a course. Not one of the normal ones with lasers. It had a full out climbing wall and everything. We were all paired together, and had to finish the course with our buddy. And no powers. So I guess to try my patience, I was paired with Violet. Violet is nice dont get me wrong, but she was the youngest, and wasn't very good at climbing. I was at the top of the wall yelling at her. "C'mon hurry up!" she was trying the best she could, but she was slowing me down. When we finally made it to the end, in last place, I had enough. "Why couldn't you move any faster! we are in last! Last! If we could have moved at least three times faster-"