Rise

Chapter 7

Another week passed. It must have been around midnight at the time, and everyone was asleep. I, on the other hand, was waiting for Jason. Sleep wouldn't have really mattered anyway. After the first week here I didn't really do much of it. I sit on the cot and wait. He opens the door and I smile.

"What stories do you have for me today?" I smile at the small chuckle emitting from his lips, he hands me my food and leans against the door. I scan his body up and down searching him. He has on his regular black uniform, with a white band and in the middle, a red star around his arm to represent Rise. Then I see his gun; it was rested on his hip, inside a holder. He walks over and sits down on the cot next to me.

"Hmm, no good ones today. What about you, why don't you tell me a story for once, you have to have something exciting about your past." He declared. I tap my chin and think, my brows furrowed and then I grin.

"Okay, I have one but its super embarrassing so you have to promise not to tell anyone." Being caught up in suspense, Jason leans forward closer to me. I rest my hand over my his leg, gently bushing my finger against his thigh. I can see his body shudder, but he tries his best to hide it. I keep brushing my hand against his leg as I talk, trying to drone out the story as long as I can and keep him distracted. Finally, I have my hand resting plainly against his thigh. He shudders against my touch, more visible this time. I give Jason a longing look and bite my lip nervously. He looks from my eyes to my lips and back, searching for some type of signal, and apparently, I give him one. He leans in slowly. My lips curl into a twisted smile as I headbutted him hard enough to push his body back against the glass wall rolling onto the floor in pain. I reach for his gun, pull it out and stare at him, pointing it at his head.

"Get up." He groans and rubs his head.

"Get up Jason."

"You stupid bi-" I hit him with the gun.

"I SAID. GET UP."

"Alright! Alright, I'm getting up." He scrambles to his feet, his hands up by his head, signaling that he surrenders.

"Where the keys to the cells."

" I don't have them when I come to see you, for reasons just like this. Do you think I'm fucking stupid?" Sighing in frustration, I walk back towards the cell door, not taking my eyes off the greenie in front of me. It doesn't take long to feel the prying eyes of my brother, watching me through his cage, he nods quickly, understanding what has to happen if he refuses. Regret creeps up my spine. Grabbing the cold metal handle made my hand sting as I push open the heavy door to my cell, the only thing stopping me from escaping was metal I could have melted with a twitch of my finger. The thought makes me grimace in anger but also and sadness, a month of my life wasting away in a cell makes my skin boil. Jason rises, the gun still pointed between his brows. He can't run, he can't fight due to the crushing silence of our abilities, all he can do and does and is stand there, not daring to make another move.

"You're taking me to the keys then."

"You really do think I'm stupid. If we leave this cell, it will be both of our heads on sticks." He crosses his arms over his chest. Walking up to him, I press the barrel of his gun between his eyes.

"Does it look like I care Jason?" I sigh deeply.

"Look I really don't want to hurt you but I'm getting my friends out of this place even if I have to kill anyone that gets in my way "

No, I won't. I don't want to kill anybody. But it's not like I have a choice. Jason sighs in defeat and puts his hands up in surrender. Grabbing him by his right shoulder and pulls in out the door, the barrel moving from the front of his neck to the back. I shove him out the door. He stumbles but eventually catches his footing before running into an empty cell in front of mine. At least I hope it's empty. We stare at each other, and Jason falls silent, letting the moment stretch and burn. We don't blink, we don't falter. I sneer, daring him to react. I don't say a word, but I speak volumes when I cock the gun and aim it at his temple. Jason sighs in defeat and stands tall.