Without You I'm Nothing

Chapter 10

Silence. That's all there is for what feels like an eternity in the car. Dads facial expressions were hard to read. "dad...?" I ask, almost a whisper as the silence puts me on edge. I hear a deep breath he takes through his teeth before looking at me. His eyes were full of pain but he smiled ever so softly at me. "You're my daughter, Callie. No one else's. I promise." It wasn't enough to satisfy me, it was as if he avoided the question entirely and answered with something he thought may have avoided the real answer. I shake my head in disbelief. how dare he try to hide something important to me. "I know you're lying." is all I say as I unlock the door and storm out the car. I hear him call after me but I'm too angry to give him a chance to explain. 

I burst through the door, startling everyone on the other side who have all stopped their conversation to look my way. I'm breathing heavy and my eyes are full of hate, something feels different this time. something inside wants to take over, it makes my arms and hands go numb and I feel it starting to spread over my body. the surroundings start to go blurry. Am I about to pass out? my head hurts like there are needles being shoved into my skull as I feel my eyes roll back into my head. the last thing I hear is my name being called out and someone shouting for tony as I hit the floor and blackout.

A while passes and I slowly open my eyes. "what.. what happened?" I ask, not knowing how I got here or what exactly happened when I blacked out. My mom and dad were sat next to me and Bucky and Elijah on the other. Jess was sat on the end of the bed looking worriedly at me. "You fainted, cal." I look at Elijah confused "You were angry and I don't think you've ever been that angry before, your body couldn't take the stress." I look at my dad and shake my head. "no but I've felt worse pain." I say, glancing at bucky but avoiding eye contact. Bucky frowns and looks back at me "what is that supposed to mean, have I hurt you?" I shrug as a reply, remembering the phone call and not wanting to talk to him again. "maybe you're better off with the girl you were talking to on the phone the other day, who you said I love you to." eyebrows raise around the room as I look down at the pendant around my neck. I'm almost about to take it off until I hear both Bucky and Jess laughing. "what's so funny?" I ask sharply, snapping my head in their direction. "He was on the phone to me Cal, he was the one who picked us up before your birthday." Elijah nods in agreement, I shake my head and look back at my hands. now embarrassed having made a fool of myself. "just get out." I whisper, not having the patience right now to deal with everyone looking at me and judging me. I feel bad enough for accusing Bucky of something I misunderstood and should've just asked at the time. "cal..." I cut my mom off and look at them "OUT." I shout, feeling that numb feeling washes over my body again as my vision blurs once more. "Callie control that anger." I look at Elijah confused but also feeling very dizzy once again. "Take control and take some deep breaths." He tells me softly, I nod and take some deep breaths, the numbness turns to the feeling of burning, starting from my hands and working up my body. I start to panic and remove the covers from myself. My breathing picks up as my body starts to feel as if I'm on fire. "it burns!" I shout in panic. "I'm burning!" I now say through a sob. The feeling is unbearable. before I can scream Elijah grabs my arms and looks me dead in the eyes. "Stop panicking. Look at me. And breath." I do as I'm told, I concentrate on nothing but him and blur out the rest of the world. with a long sigh, I feel my body cool down to the temperature it was before. "Elijah..." I whisper, falling against him out of exhaustion. he lays me back down in my bed and gestures for everyone to leave, as they do he climbs in beside me and holds me close to his chest. "Callie there's something you have to know." He whispers, playing with my hair. I'm so tired that I can only reply with a soft grunt. "You're so special. so so special and you don't even realise it yet. But you have to now learn to control your anger. I can help you, I won't let anyone hurt you or take you away. remember that." I nod ever so slightly, not really understanding what he is saying as I soon fall back into another slumber. 

I wake once again to an empty room, confused as to what just went on before I fell asleep or wondering if it was just a dream. The birthmark on my back is starting to itch and I can't quite get it to stop as I scratch away. I decide to get up and head out my room feeling like I've been in there for a long time. I walk down a corridor and stop in my tracks as I hear My dad and Elijah talking around the corner. "You need to tell her, dad." Tony shakes his head "I can't, not yet. she's not ready to hear it." I frown, leaning a little closer to hear what they're talking about better. what could they possibly need to tell me? "She deserves to know, she needs to know and then hopefully she will understand why we limit her to the things she's allowed to do." I'm very confused right now as to what they mean, is this why dad didn't want me working for fury? is it why I wasn't ever allowed to do the things jess and Elijah can, just because they have powers? "I'll tell her when I'm ready, Elijah. it was hard enough telling you. She will be a lot more dangerous than you are. I need you to trust me that the longer she doesn't know, the safer for the rest of us and the world." I hear Elijah sigh. "fine. But she's going to find out sooner or later." I push myself up against the wall as I watch Elijah walk past, I pull myself together and walk around the corner as if I haven't heard anything. "hey dad! wanna go watch a movie?" I ask, holding back the pain in my voice. Tony jumps and looks at me, I watch him smile and take my hand as we go to watch a movie. But I need to find out what they were talking about. How could I be so dangerous?