From Worlds Apart - Marvel FanFiction

X - Reunion

It felt like hours had gone by. All I had done for the past two minutes was gape at Callum.

"How do you know..." Callum whispered coldly.

"I...I..." I didn't really know how to answer. "I work with him."

It seems the information clicked into place in Callum's mind, his expression changing.

"You're an avenger?"

I nodded at him. He looked at me.

"You're the vampire, aren't you?"

You could've cut the tension with a knife.

"Is that what those people were? Bloodsuckers?"

"Yes," I replied, not able to meet eyes with him. "But that's what I am too." My expression turned disgusted.

"A bloodsucker," I spat.

"Don't-"

"No, I have way too much blood on my hands."

He studied me, a pained expression painted across his face.

"My dad has blood on his hands too, you know," was his way of trying to make me feel better. But it didn't wipe the red liquid on my hands away. Nothing could.

"There's me explained: now, how did you do it," I said quietly, not even as a question it was so emotionless.

"My dad taught me," Callum answered. I met with his blue eyes.

"You can use a bow and arrow?"

"Sure."

"What your name gonna be, Eaglenose?"

My mood lightened when Callum started laughing, punching my arm lightly, as I started laughing with him.

*

I couldn't keep my thoughts straight at ALL. My head was in bits: I was doing nothing at all. I stood with my back and my head rested against my locker, thinking about nothing and everything. Nothing was really going on, no suspicious occurrences to investigate, no major school events. I hugged my books closer to my chest in frustration, being careful not to bend them with my strength.

"Hey, Ariana," Peter said, walking up to me. I straightened a little.

"About yesterday, I-"

"I've forgotten about it," I replied reassuringly before he could continue. "Pretending it never happened. That's what we were gonna do, right?"

"Yeah," he answered, sighing. "Same here."

But then I thought: did I want to forget? Did I want to pretend it never happened? Did it mean anything?

And most of all: did it mean anything to him?

How I wished I could read minds like my sister at that moment.

I stared at him, trying to read him, but I got nothing.

"Ariana!" Callum then said from the other side of me. I spam around.

"Hi, Callum. What's up?"

"I was just wondering whether you...wanted to come out sometime?"

I swallowed.

"Like, on a.... date?"

I immediately regret what I said in case it was the opposite of what he was getting at.

"If you want it to be."

Phew.

"Sure, I'll-"

I was cut off by an ear-piercing scream. Everyone in the corridor stopped in their tracks, then ran to the narrow corridor nearby where the scream came from. Peter, Callum and I desperately sprinted around the corner.

No one was there.

"Oh my god, Stephanie!" I heard Hazel scream. I looked over at her and Ria, horrified. Both were crying hysterically, being comforted by the people around them.

Teachers began to flood into the corridor.

"All students to leave and return home immediately. Please go in groups of three or four, do not go alone. Repeat, do NOT go alone."

A couple of teachers stopped people from walking down the corridor, despite their desperate pushing.

I grabbed Peter and Callum's arms.

"What're you-"

I ran swiftly past the teachers so no one would notice. I knew there was an exit down that corridor, which must've been the way the culprit had gone. I pushed the bar to open the door.

"How did you do that?" Callum asked, confused.

"Vampire speed," I smirked. "Now, lets go before they can leave."

We stepped outside. The air was cold and the sky was dark.

Stephanie was sitting with her legs underneath her, arms tied behind her back and her mouth tightly taped. At the sight of us, she began to desperately make humming noises in attempt to communicate, her eyes growing utterly terrified. A cut on her head was bleeding, a drop of blood falling down her nose.

"Where is the person who did this?" Peter asked her, putting a hand on her shoulder. The three of us crouched down next to her.

Stephanie started to make even louder hums, a tear streaming down her cheek. I heard footsteps from behind us.

I stood up very slowly. I turned around to face who was standing behind me. Callum and Peter turned their heads as well.

I couldn't hide my disbelief one bit. I could feel the pit in my stomach, and I felt everything that I had believed and worked towards be torn away from me.

I looked her dead in the eyes, trying to conceal the anxiousness.

Her lips formed a smile.

"Hello, sister."