Make It There

Rescue

"Bebe!" I ran into the room where Pierre told me Bebe was. I barged in there like a firefighter going into a house on fire.

There was Bebe in a dark room, cuffed on a metal slate; her head was slumped down, showing how long her black hair was.

"BEBE!!!" I slid over to her and began to shake her frantically. "Bebe, Bebe, are you okay?! Answer me!"

Bebe slowly lifted up her head. "Toosk?" she says weakly.

I pulled her into a huge bear hug. "Bebe!" I bit my lip, trying to hold back the feelings that were starting to overwhelm me.

"I missed you," Bebe told me sweetly.

I broke the hug and gazed into her eyes. "I'm so so so sorry for what I had done. I was stupid, I didn't know what I was doing--"

"Toosk, it's okay. I forgive you," she told me softly, yet meaningfully.

A smile grew on my face. "Really?"

"Yes. Let's start clean, okay?"

I nodded my head vigorously. "Yes, yes! Thank you." Then I leaned in and kissed her. It felt good to be back with her. Back to normal...

Bebe kindly pulled away from me. "We gotta get going. We can do this later."

"Right." I yanked the cuffs off with my magnetic powers, freeing Bebe. I helped her up to her feet, then said, "Let's get outta here."

"Wait!" Bebe held onto my wrist. She said more quietly, "A friend of yours is here."

I gave her a bewildered look. "Who?"

"Cole."

"Cole Lannon?"

"Yes. He's over in the next room." She nodded toward the direction of the room.

"Come with me, then." I led Bebe out of the room and into the hallway.

Next to the room we just exited was another door; we ran in that room the door was concealing.

Sure enough, there was Cole in the same position I found Bebe in, but he wasn't slumping.

Not one bit.

He was practically on fire: His skin was glowing a fiery orange and his eyes were no longer blue, but full of fire. It looked like that some type of powers were being shoved into him, since there were tubes connected to him and he was yelling in agony.

"Cole!" I shouted. I letted go of Bebe and rushed up to him. I reached my hand out toward him to help him escape, but--

"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!" he yelled over the roaring of the fire.

I halted in place. "But--!"

"NO! GO!"

I began to move my hand closer to him, immediately feeling the heat waves emitting from him. "Don't worry, I won't get hurt--!"

"JUST...GO!" Cole forced out just as he squeezed his eyes tight in agony.

I took in a deep breath and decided to do my best to set him free. I snatched a hanging tube that was closest to me, but couldn't hold it for long.

"Achk!" My hand immediately retracted once on contact due to the extreme scorching heat.

"LEAVE ME!" I heard Cole bark at me; I turned to him. "I'LL..." His voice calmed down. "I'll be fine..." He looked at me with a reassuring look along with bared teeth.

I gazed at him with doubt. "You sure?"

"ACK!" He shut his eyes tight again. "YES!"

"Okay." I nodded my head, then ran back to Bebe. "Let's go." I took one last sympathetic look at Cole, then exited the room with her.