Alive

Chapter 9: A Talk

Jake
5 years ago

I was walking in the woods with Chaos. He was like me. He was an Outlier. Apparently they weren't as common as we thought.
"So, how did you get you abilities?" He asked, walking on a fallen tree's trunk.
"Same as you"
"Hey... What's your family like?" I stood rigid.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you didn't want to talk about them" he said
"It's okay. My mother died when I was young"
"How?"
"She was.... She was murdered"
"What!? Who? How?"
"My... my father stabbed her."
"How is he not in jail!?" Chaos screeched. "He should have been executed! Or, at least flogged!"
"They has no proof. They wouldn't listen to me"
"That's terrible!" I nodded.
"What did you do?"
"I left."
"Oh. So you've just been living by yourself?" I shrugged.
"I have a few friends"
"Really?"
"Yes, really! How annoying do you think I am?"
"Very" He said with a grin.
I rolled my eyes.
"What about your family, Chaos?"
"Mine?"
"No, the other Chaos" he chuckled
"Well, I never knew my parents"
"What about siblings? Do you have any siblings?"
"Um... yeah, actually. I do have a sister"
"What's her name?"
"It's really not important" he said, laughing nervously. I could tell he was hiding something, but I didn't think it would be nice to tie him to a tree and interrogate him. So, I didn't ask.
"Okay... Is your sister an Outlier?" he nodded

"Everyone in my family is an Outlier"