New Lightning

New Lightning part 6

The back of my head ached as if someone had hit an anvil on the back of my head. Well, I suppose a metal bat isn't much of a difference. I was chained vertically against something cold and metal. Actually, chained isn't the right word for it. I was magnetized against something cold and metal. A metallic tiled floor surrounded me joined in dismal with gray walls. Kelap sat grinning in front of me amusedly in a black swivel chair with a guard accompanying him by his side.

"I see your ah...what do you humanoids call them...?" Kelap asked strangling to remember what the simple object used in a very human sport was called. The guard whispered into his ear something too quiet to quite make out, then returned to his former position: hands clasped together laying lazily in front of him and his gaze towards me. His icy blue eyes glared at me with pure hatred as if I was a fly he couldn't manage to swat. Gee, thanks dude. You make me feel all that much happier.

"Ah, yes, thank you Krillian, a bat is very efficient. Especially for knocking beings unconscious. I think I'll take this object with us back to Terraincognita," he said, grinning.

"You do realize I could just zap you with lightning right now, right? I mean, there's metal everywhere. Well, except for the wall, of course...," I said. His expression remained mock-like as if to say: You can try to escape, but the attempt would be futile.

"And why do you're think your hooked up to a metallic iron? If you try to zap me, you would only harm yourself while doing so," Kelap stated. I realized miserably he was right. I would only electrocute myself in the process. Whoa, hold it. Hold it...

"It won't work," I claimed, grinning. This time it was my turn to mock him...or uh it or...nevermind...

"Oh, you think so? And how might I ask will it not work?" asked Kelap. It was clear that Kelap tried to look superior and without worry, but it didn't work. There was a slight uneasiness in his eyes that suggested otherwise.

"How many times Kelap, have you been struck by lightning?" I asked with all the confidence I could muster in this situation.

"Never...why do you ask?" Kelap replied, nervously. I had a feeling he knew where this was going...

"And...I've been struck by lightning...once. It's a pity you haven't felt the electricity surge through your veins... The feeling of acid pumped through your bones...and the horrible feeling of knowing you were just struck by it...," I said letting my voice trail off for suspense. I thought of the time Lindsey had made fun of Emily. A friend. A friend who understood my resentment and pain. Who also shared my laughter with her. Who- A spark lit the ceiling and struck the floor with such force, that I thought the entire building would erupt in flames. Now just for safety reasons, I'd encourage those of you at home to not try to get electrocuted by like 1000000 watts of voltage. It doesn't feel, exactly pleasant. The electricity snaked up the floor towards the three of us: me, Kelap, and the guard dude...I mean...I think he's a dude...oh whatever! The tendrils of light slid up the iron. The familiar unpleasant tingling sparked up my spine. My skull felt as if acid had spilled over it. My veins felt as if electricity, itself existed through them. I glanced at Kelap and the guard. They writhed in pain just as I'd hoped. Apparently non-electric things worked as glue to the iron because I slid off with ease after that shocking treatment... See what I did there? A "shocking treatment." No? Okay, well...moving on. I darted out into an unfamiliar hallway leading into other hallways. I had no idea where I was going I just needed to escape. Gee, this scenario is familiar... but more life threatening. Footsteps behind me echoed throughout the halls. They were conscious. A metallic door stood in front of me. Hastily, I swung the door open and let it slam shut behind me. Bad idea. The sound of the door slamming shut echoed loudly indicating of my escape. I cursed under my breath and ran into the open air. The wind whipped against my hair, the frigid air slid into my lungs, the pounding of my heart beating in rhythm of my running. As much as I wanted to enjoy it, I knew my life was at stake here. To my right I noticed the rest of the crowd (which were give or take fifty people) entering the ship. I'm too late, I thought with misery. My heart fell into my stomach, tears welled up in my eyes. I'm too late...I fell onto my knees sobbing. Someone behind me gripped my arm harshly forcing me to stand up. I glanced behind me to meet face to face with a human. But not just any human...it was my dad. I almost hugged him to drain out all the sorrow until I noticed Kelap limping behind him with a smug expression.

"What are you going to do now Sarah Wright?" Kelap taunted. Dad walked backwards toward Kelap.

"You can't shock me without shocking this poor fellow. Who is he? Oh, yes some human in relation to you...," he continued. I sniffed and wiped away my tears with my wrist to look as if I was still up for the fight, but to be completely truthful, I couldn't have felt more defeated... Then I remembered what Linda had said what seemed like a lifetime before, "Memories are like erasers; they leave marks that will never truly disappear in our life." Suddenly memories started flooding in: the time when my dad got me a puppy, when we went to "Nathan's" for hot dogs, when we he went to watch my soccer game when I was younger, when Emily and I started laughing uncontrollably over the prank call, when my mom baked my birthday cake for my tenth birthday, when Linsey and I were sitting on a hill looking out into the distance in the fall, when Linda gave me a hug, and all the memories worth living for. All these people were depending on me to save their lives. I owed them for all the laughter and tears we shared together.

"You're right Kelap, but I have something you don't have. Something you can never have," I said, with tears of joy pouring down my cheeks.

"And what is that, might I ask?" he asked skeptically, yet still with the smug expression in place.

"Memories of warmth and something to fight for. I'm sorry, but I can't let you harm these people," I replied matter-of-factly.

"Whatever, Krillian make the female human lose consciousness again," ordered Kelap. I willed the anger hiding within my heart, the anger that desired to save the people I loved. That was the strongest anger, the one you use to fight for. I prayed with all of my heart that it would work because if it didn't, Earth would become a wasteland within space. A shot of light, possibly bright as the sun hit directly at the creature holding on to my father and a deafening boom replaced the blinding light. Smoke swirled around Dad and Kelap. A figure within the smoke coughed a few times and then emerged from it. Before I could even see the figure's face, I rushed to him and embraced him into a hug.

"I love you," I said in a muffled voice.

"I love you too, Sarah," replied the loving voice of my father.

"Oh my, I found a bunny in a diaper today. He was cute," a voice in my mind said wearily. I glanced back into the smoke and noticed Kelap, disoriented, attempting to stand up.

"You creatures mind telling me where the garden of roses is? I want to get one for that cute bunny," Kelap asked. Dad and I started to burst out laughing.

"I always knew you'd save the world some day Sare," Dad said. Tears welled up in my eyes, but this time I didn't try to wipe them away because they were the very tears of joy or someone who just saved the world. Krillian scurried towards his leader and tried to get him to snap out of it, but he just kept saying he wanted to see that beautiful bunny. Whatever I hit him with was gonna make him stay like that for a while or hopefully, permanently. Footsteps of running people made my attention turn towards the crowd of non-zombie people. Apparently, the leader was the only one with the powers and everyone else were just the soldiers...sort of. Someone in the crowd started clapping and then the rest began applauding as well. I smiled as I scoured the crowd for people I knew. Although, they all happened to be in the front leading the applaud. I guess I don't owe them anything anymore ;)