The Gifted Hybrid

A Choice

It had been hours of waiting and watching and waiting and watching as my Dad layed still on the bed. I couldn't move, I couldn't drink and I couldn't eat. I'd declined anyone who came through that locked door that offered me anything of some sort. I didn't want anything, all I wanted was my Dad to come back to me stronger than he was before everything happened; before Mom was killed, before the supernatural world had begun to exist.

I was still, as if glued to my seat after what happened and there was not a thing I could do about this. My Dad is strong and brave and all the things anyone could ever want in a Dad. He'd protect and not serve, he was the leader of the pack. But as I sat here thinking of his life, all his life, I'd say he did whatever he was always supposed to do just like me. Mom didn't deserve what happened to her and neither does he, and if he wanted to come back to me he would without question. There was something holding him back and I knew what it was. It was Mom.

The thought of them being together again made me feel like there was indeed someway to be happy after everything that's happened in my past. Maybe he just wants to move on and be with her instead of staying here on this earth with me and I'd except that if he chose that path. He just needed to tell me that first, I wanted to hear him say it.

"Dad" I called to him, Susan had managed to hook up a heart monitor machine and instead of worry about where she got all the equipment and things from I was glad to see that his heart was still beating.

"Dad, please get up for me. I'm so sorry for all the things that I've caused for us, you and Mom and myself. It's all my fault, I know" I whisper to him.

"You deserve to live until you want to be freed from here and I understand if you wish to be with Mom, I just need to know" I had managed to stand to my feet before I flopped back down on the chair I was balled up in a second ago.

I don't know if I dosed off but I know there wasn't not a bit of emotion that I could feel in my body, no pain, no sorrow, no powers. I couldn't cry anymore and I was glad for that, crying wouldn't solve anything anyway.

I swallowed before I stood to my feet on the side of the bed. I look down at Dad before I raised my palm out over his wound. I don't know why I want to try again since the first time I did it, it hadn't worked at all. Why do I think this time will be different?

I focused, I tried to focus this time thinking I could heal him. It had worked plenty of times before so why not now? There was no sounds but the heart rate monitor, the beeps sound on and off and repeat with the rhythm of his heart. I close my eyes before letting out a breath, my palm began to grow hot and my eyebrows came together. I wanted to do this, I needed to or else I wouldn't be who I am. It's because of my powers that I am as strong as I am.

No it's not Zoe

My eyes came open, the sound of my mothers voice startled me. I've never wanted to hear her voice more than now, she sounded close and she made me realize something as my heart began to speed. I watched as only the veins in my arms turned black that I have to stop blaming myself, that I do make the right choices and that these powers aren't what define me even as I take full control of them. It's that I have a heart that's capable of loving and caring so much for my Mom and Dad and friends and family. It's that I do things that matter most to me, things that really define who I am on the inside and out.

"The right choices" I whisper into the air and my powers do something different this time as I focus on the darkness in my fingertips and the stitched flesh on my Dads chest.

It begins to latch onto his skin and for a minute, I think it'll hurt him and he'll begin to feel pain from my poison but when it begins to sink into his skin I notice it heals the wound from the inside out. I gasp and my eyes widen as the stitches disappear and the redness of the blood that was once there is now disappearing. The color of his skin begins to tan to his normal color again and a tears falls from my eyes before I take a step back and cover my mouth with both my hands. I'm completely in shock, I just healed my Dad and when I think about it he takes a sharp intake of breath. The monitor reads a steady heartbeat normal and alive, he tries opening his eyes when I sit in the chair again and smile at him. I grab his hand with both of mine and squeeze his tight, his eyebrows come together and he winces in pain before he goes still again.

I put a hand to his chest and feel the warmth return to his body. I bend down over him and plant a soft kiss to his temple before I stand up straight.

Zoe

The smile on my face fades, the voice is back. His voice and now I know, even as he's hurt, he'll be back again and again until he's won. I can't let that happen, I can't allow him such pleasure on torturing those I love again. I can't risk this, putting my Dad in danger again. My hands tighten, the power returns heating my body and I feel nothing but anger and hate once more. The relief I have felt after everything that's happened today washes over me and everything has felt so settled just for a minute. Now, as I stand here I know that I can't let my guard down for one second with him still on the loose.

"He'll never stop" I say in a low voice to myself. My head falls before I look down at Dad one last time, kiss his cheek and head for the door. I look back at him once more before leaving and shutting the door quietly.

I have no idea where everyone else is in this big house but I know exactly what I have to do right now. I head for the stairs slowly making sure not to make any sudden rushed movements that anyone would notice. I head up the stairs and down the hall to my room, I open the door making sure no one was in there before heading in. I go over by the bed and grab my bag off the floor, rushing over to my draws to grab clothes and shoes and stuffing them into my bag as much as I can.

I double check the money that I'd gotten from my parents and grabbed the necklace pendant Mom had left for me, an idea coming to my mind.

I grab some paper and a pen from my bag and wrote a note. A long one in hopes that the right person comes up to my room and picks it up enough to open it and read it themselves. I leave it on my bed with the pendant on top and smile before I grab my bag, throw it over my shoulder and head for the door.

I head out into the hall but when I hear voices, my heart drops and I freeze. I squeeze my eyes shut and wish myself invisible before I race for the stairs and down them to the living area. I stop when I hear Susan and Margaret make their way to the kitchen, I listen in on what they say.

"Its a shame really, I feel bad for her. All the work she's done and now she has to deal with her Dad being hurt" Margaret tells her.

"Yeah, she sure is something out there on the fighting grounds. That was amazing, those things she did" Susan shakes her head and the corner of my mouth lifts a bit before I head toward the door.

I open the front door silently and sneak out, thoughts running through my mind but as my feet move faster and faster running down the hill and into the woods I know I'm making the best decision for myself and for my friends and family and especially for Dad. They deserve to be safe and wherever I go, it's not safe for them. I can handle myself and I'll be okay as long as there here in a safe place. I'll find him, I'll find him and he'll get what he deserves coming to him.

I head through the trees and the further I get away from the house the better I feel even as the ache in my chest still inflicts pain. I stop walking for a minute and turn around, looking at the big house in my view. The distance I've come and not just from Susan's house but everything, from home to the camp and here has made me think about so much. I turn away from it all, it's better and I need to keep moving before I have the urge to turn back around and head back up to the house.

I'll miss them, and I'll miss Dad most but the decisions I make are what define me so this is better. I begin to run and the gate comes into view, before I get to it I push my feet off the ground jumping into the air and over the steel platform. I plummet to the ground and land on my feet before I stand and make my way toward the street not looking back.

The End

A/N: honestly this book has been my baby from the beginning and I love her so much :(
I'm sad it's over now but I have some things to tell you guys in the future, stay tuned pls♡