Their Elemental Curse: Book 1

Chapter 32

*Isabella Hernandez's POV:

(Four days after chapter 31)

Even though I was totally against it, Mrs. Mizuki came up with the idea to go to town hall and protest against the termination of experi-babies. She invited all of the experi-parents (parents of experi-babies) to come protest with her. She was expecting about seven hundred of them to show up.

I didn't want to go; I wanted to stay home and process the fact that little brother and his friends were still alive. I didn't want anything to do with spreading the word. In my opinion, it was already too late. They won't listen to her.

"No te quedarás en esta casa! Vas a subir tu trasero y venir con nosotros para apoyar a Mizuki!" my mom demanded, placing her hands on her hips. Translation:

(You are not staying in this house! You're going to get your butt up and come with us to support Mizuki!)

"¿Por qué? Nadie va a creerlo de todos modos! Todo el mundo piensa que esto es bueno y que los "experi-babies" merecen este tratamiento. Los medios de comunicación ya están controlando a las masas!" I talked back in frustration. Translation:

("Why? No one is going to believe her anyway! Everyone thinks this is good and that "experi-babies" deserve this treatment. The media is already controlling the masses!")

"Bella, listen to your mother. It's worth a shot letting people know what is truly going on. We can't just go into hiding without spreading the truth. That would be wrong!" my dad spoke up in an authoritative tone.

I knew there was no winning when it came to my parents, they were capable of literally dragging me out of the house.

"Okay, okay. I'll go" I said in an irritated tone, crossing my arms and legs in the process.

The drive to Town Hall wasn't very long, it was only a ten minute drive. I looked out the window as we pulled up. Everyone was already there. People were holding signs saying: "Stop the Extermination", "Save the Experimented", "Pro-life for the Experimented" and "World Peace".

I looked up at the Town Hall building, there I saw Mrs. Mizuki standing at the top of the steps with a microphone. Everyone else were crowded near the bottom of the steps. There were more people than I expected, probably around eight-hundred people.

After my dad parked the car from across the street, I jumped out and jogged over towards the crowd.

Everyone was shouting "Destroy the camps!"

I spotted Mr. Hada, Noah, and Robin's parents near the front of the crowd, and Gaia's parents near the middle holding up signs.

To get to them, I would've had to squirm and squeeze my way through the tight crowd, which was something I was not going to do.

I placed my hands into my coat pockets and sighed. I stood there at the very left of the crowd and watched Mrs. Mizuki protest through her microphone.

"The Experimented are not evil, nor are they dangerous! They are regular people and don't serve death over something that is beyond their control! This is inhuman! This is the Holocaust all over again!"

The crowd roared and clapped in agreement.

"Isabella!" I heard someone shout.

I turned my head to my right to see Thomas squirming through the crowd, trying to get to me.

"Hey, what's up?" I greeted with a small smile.

"I was looking for you, you're late. Mizuki has been out here protesting for about an hour. Come over here with us" Thomas urged as he grabbed my wrist and guided me over to where his parents where. It kind of caught me off guard.