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-Callum-

"The next town is farther away the the other one but there are stops along the way." Alex says
"In the next town Ash and Rain will meet up with you." Ari says
"Bye Shelby." Skye says quietly.
"Bye Skye, hope to see you again soon." Shelby says.
"Scott." I hear Ari whisper. We walk out.
"Just remember, if you ever need us, just call." I hear Ari say
"Yeah, thanks." Scott whispers. He walks out and I stand up.
"Everything good?" I ask him
"Yeah." He says

"The maps says we're almost there." Shelby says, she sits on a floating cloud.
"Ugh, finally." I say, "My wings hurt."
"So do mine." Lizzie groans
"Are you ok Reed?" Lauren asks.
"Lauren, Reed is made out of starts and air." I say
"Oh year, Scott." She jokes.
"Huh?" Scott looks up
"Where have you been?" I ask
"What do you mean?" He asks
"You've been quiet for the last couple hours." Lauren says, "That's not really like you."
"Oh, uh, I've just been thinking." He says, his voice is flat.
"Mhm." Oli says

"There's the town." Yammy points up ahead. We walk through the gate and look around.
"This place is so adorable!" Lizzie says looking at the flowers and the fairy lights in the allies.
"Hey guys." Someone runs over to us, "I'm Ash and Rain is at home." We walk down the street.
"Also, I know Alex and Ari told you it's Rain and me but Ivy and Bolt are also here." She says. We walk in.
"We're here!" She calls. A girl with blue hair walks in.
"Ivy! Bolt!" The girl says, "Hi, I'm Rain." A girl with long green hair with flowers braided in runs down part of the stairs and slides down the railing.
"Ivy, Ivy Poison." She says.
"Bol-"
"Yeah, I'm here." A boy wheels in and looks at us.
"Hey, I'm Bolt." He says
"So for rooms we have our room" Rain says, she gestures to her and Ash, "Ivy's room and Bolt's room down here."
"We have two spare bedrooms if you wanna do guys and gals unless you aren't comfortable with that or binary." Ivy says
"I think we're all fine with that." Shelby says. We all nod.
"Ok, Bolt, can you show Scott, Callum and Oli to the room down here?" Rain asks
"I don't particularly have a choice." He says, "Yeah, sure."

Scott sighs.
"Are you going to go to sleep soon?" I ask
"Sorry, didn't realize you were awake." He says
"What's going on?" I ask
"Well, we're headed to a town in the-"
"Jokes aside." I say, "There's something bothering you."
"Is Oli asleep?" He asks
"I don't know." I say. He gets up and walks out of the room. I follow him outside and into the backyard.
"So what's been going on with you?" He asks
"Me? You're the one who hasn't been... Scott-like." I say
"I mean, your girlfriend died, that's gotta be hard." He says
"I mean yeah but-" I look over at him. He's just starting off into space.
"Scott... Scott..." His blue eyes flash red.
"Sorry, what?" He asks looking back at me.
"You were just gonna tell me what's going on." I say

-Scott-

"I highly doubt that." I say
"Oh come on, I know something's up." He says
"Scott, just tell him." Alex says, "This is painful to listen to."
"Tell him if you're ready, but you can trust him." Ari says
"You know how Ursa was one of the infected?" I say
"Yeah."
"Well, if she got infected, that means she didn't have the... 'mutation' gene in the first place." I say, "And if one sibling doesn't have the gene, it's very likely that the other one doesn't. Ari scanned, or something, my blood and I don't have the gene also which makes me one of the infected."
"And?" He says
"And the infected can be violent and dangerous and I don't want that." I say, I can feel tears form in my eyes.
"I don't want to hurt any of you." I say
"I don't think you're going to." He says, "I think you have enough will to fight it."
"Callum, I can feel it when I sleep or even when I close my eyes." I say, "One of the ways you can tell if someone is becoming dangerous is if they blank out a lot and, as you can see, I have."
"I-"
"I don't remember anything in between those moments but I can feel... something pushing me to just release everything."
"Then push back." He says, "Remember when we were younger and Oli pushed you so you pushed him back because we were, like, seven? Do that."
"I don't think it works like that." I say
"Why no? I mean, we have wings and powers, we already defy all basic logic, why not defy it more?" He says
"I've tried fighting back but I don't feel anything when I blank out." I say
"You know, when you blanked out, just now, your eyes flashed red." He says, "This was a really bad time to tell you."
"They did?" I start panicking.
"Scott, calm down." Ari says, "You eyes turning red temporarily is normal." I lay down  on the grass.
"Can you not tell anyone?" I ask
"I don't think they would react badly but sure." He says, "If you don't want me to tell, I won't tell."
"Thanks."
"But I'm calling it, this is gonna backfire at some point." He says

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