Short Stories of Mine!

You Lied To Me

"Don't listen to her Water!" Lizzy hissed her anger bubbling against my fear. "She is a witch, after all, they are known to fool people and she is fooling you!"

"Lizzy, are you drawing power from me?" I ask and silence is all that I get. "That is what I thought."

"Water please I meant no harm!" Lizzy said trying to get me to forgive her.

"Than will you let me free?" I ask waiting feeling pain in my gut knowing what she would say.

"I can't do that," she told me then sighed, "It is better this way."

"No," I said feeling tears begin to form around my eyes. "I want my freedom I should have got a long time ago."

"You would be dead without me," Lizzy argued causing me to laugh darkly inside.

"If you are drawing power from me I am stronger than I must be so I would be alive," I muttered anger swirling inside.

"Not with their death," she said causing me to hiss out loud making some of the party members look over at me.

I gave them a fake smile I perfected well making them think everything was fine.

"Don't mention their name," I growled at her, feeling myself almost fall into the memory which I knew was her plan.

"Well you would have died you know it's true."

"Leave me alone Lizzy," I said forcing her into the back of my mind for the first time in my life shutting the doors.

I was silent I didn't feel the normal energetic side I was scared. Scared of Lizzy and of what she was doing to me. I even thought about their deaths which didn't help me and I almost heard a small voice in my mind that must have been Lizzy begging me to let her out to help me. But I shut her out I shut everyone out. I didn't even feel myself walk I was numb to the world and at that moment I didn't want to be anything other than that.

*****

"Water," Ainsel called me bringing me to look over at him putting a fake smile on my face.

"Yes?"

"Are you ok?" Ainsel asked his eyebrows frowned in concern. "I was calling you for five minutes and you haven't been responding."

"Oh," I said in a soft voice not having heard him before. "Yes, I'm fine must be tired."

"Okay well if you're sure you have been awfully quiet today," Ainsel said waiting for me to respond.

"I am good thank you though Ainsel," I said smiling more trying to make it not look forced.

"Okay well let me know if I can do anything."

"Will do," I told him waiting until he turned and dropping my smile not noticing the concerned Phoniex that watched me.

We stopped to eat lunch and get water I eat and drank quickly walking around the forest a bit before we had to go. I found a small pond and I stuck took my shoes off glancing down at my scarred feet. A flashback hit me and I gripped my head.

*****
I looked down and screamed looking down at operations the institution had done. I cried terrified not knowing what they did to my feet!

"It was necessary 214 will make you swim faster," a scientist said walking into the room.

"What did you do to me?" I growled.

"What you deserved have a good day 214," The scientist said laughing. "I will see you later."

The door shut behind them and I stared at my bloody feet. Anger filled my bones and I looked around finding the discipline book and smashing it hard against the wall. It did nothing to the superhuman resistant walls. I sat on the floor hugging myself promising someday I would get free no matter the cost.
*****
I bite him causing the guard to let go of me.

"Stupid girl!" The guard yelled as he slammed her hard against the wall. "You have to understand you are our property! You will never be free!"

"I would rather die than you have me," I screamed inventing the near by medicine into my system knowing what they would use me for. "You will never have me!"

I fell listening to the glass shatter from the syringe. I watched a tear falling from my eyes knowing I had to do it.

"No!" One of the scientists screamed making me smile before I stopped breathing.

~~~~~
"Is she back?" A voice asked being the first thing I heard.

No, no, no! I cried mentally not being able to speak.

"Yes her heart rate is increasing," someone answered. "She is back and she won't get away ever again."

No! I cried in my mind before darkness overtook my mind and I passed out upset that I could never get the chance to save people from myself.
*****
I snapped into the real world shaking tears falling from my eyes. I wiped the falling tears as I hugged my knees to my chest. I put my head on my knees but I couldn't stop the crying. I didn't even notice the soft footsteps behind me.

A hand came to rest on my shoulder making me pause for a second.

A small quiet whispery voice came, "Don't cry, it's me, I'm sorry."

I couldn't say anything through the tears. I hugged him trying to calm down. Afraid for anyone to see me like this.

"Shh," He said gently patting me on the back. "I hurt you... I'm sorry."

"No," I whispered not feeling able to speak from crying so hard. "N-not your fa-ault."

He lifted the trumpet to his lips and began to play a Duke Ellington solo almost instantly calming me down. I gently pulled away not wanting to bother Phoenix.

When he stopped, Phoniex gently put the trumpet away, "It hurts when you cry," He said wiping a tear from my face. "Don't cry."

I stopped crying only hiccups came making it hard for me to say anything.

"Lizzy ships us," He said turning slightly red.

"Yeah she does," I say thinking of how I was shutting her out.

"Do you?" He asked me hope coming from his voice.

"Yes," I said hiccupping.

Phoneix comes forward and I am not sure of what he is going to do. He hugs me awkwardly but still a hug.

"I do too."

I laughed my first laugh that day and I hugged him back. I leaned my head on his shoulder and felt like I was strong enough to survive without Lizzy.