Burning Skies » larry

Chapter 6

When Katrina finally got back to the shelter, the first thing she did was hit Louis upside the head. Louis just scrunched his eyes and let her do it, because frankly, it was well-deserved.

An hour ago, Louis woke up in the infirmary. Mitch was watching over him, worried that he might've sent Louis into a too-deep-slumber (there were speculations that Mitch could actually transport your soul into another plane of existence if he actually wanted to, and Louis didn't want to be the one used to test that theory). Sarah's wounds were being tended to on the bed next to him, while Jacob was unconscious on one of the beds nearest to the door. There were angry red gashes and marks along his legs from Louis' fire, but it was nothing their healer's couldn't fix.

"You tried to burn a mutant alive." Katrina said slowly.

He was currently in her office, seated in front of her desk. Katrina was still wearing formal blazers and slacks since she hadn't been able to change when she came back after receiving news of what went down at her home. Although she wasn't much older than Louis, right now she looked to be twenty years his senior with her messy dark hair and deep eye bags and with the way her forehead was creased so deeply. The only time he saw her carefree and genuinely happy was whenever she was running-speed was her super power.

"I didn't burn him alive, though. He's doing absolutely fine." Louis said, leaning back against the backrest.

Katrina closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Her voice was serious and chillingly emotionless when she said, "Why did you almost kill Jacob?"

Louis clenched his jaw. "If you were here, maybe you'd know."

Katrina's stern look didn't change. "Louis, I won't repeat myself again. Why did you almost kill Jacob?"

Louis pinched the bridge of his nose. Almost frantically, he said, "I fucked up my aim, alright? I wanted to put him inside a ring of fire but I miscalculated. There. Are you happy?"

Katrina studied him for a moment, her perfect eyebrows slanted toward each other while her lips were pursed in a thin line. She leaned over the table, resting her elbows on the edges. "That's your answer?"

Louis threw his hands up in the air. "Jesus Christ. Maybe if you were here then none of this would've happened!"

"You think blaming me now will do anything good for you?" Katrina said through gritted teeth.

"Look, all I'm saying is that if you don't believe me, whatever, alright? Millie's healing Jacob and I didn't burn down the entire place, so I really don't see why you're so upset." Louis seethed back.

Katrina huffed out a humorless laugh. "Are you fucking thick? You're my right hand, Louis. Everyone here will come to you when I'm not available. I can't have someone as reckless and stubborn as you leading the place and dragging it to destruction!"

"Destruction? Are you for real? It was one fucking mistake, Katrina. Can you just relax for a second?"

"I will when you stop being a threat to a place you call home." Katrina snapped. "And both of us know it's not just 'one mistake'. There's a lot more where that came from."

Louis stood up, shaking his head. "I can't do this right now. It's four in the morning and I have classes."

"Don't you walk out on me." Katrina threatened.

Louis spared her a glance over his shoulder as he opened the door. "I can do whatever the hell I want."

He made sure to slam the door as he got out. He darted through the halls and exited the house before jumping into his car. He hadn't heard from Zayn since he woke up, but he knew Zayn was also pissed at him so he decided to let Zayn cool off for a bit before even attempting to talk to him.