Away From Home

Chapter 1-Introduction

Introduction

Sophie's POV

The world comes tumbling down upon us. Smoke and flames are all around us, are we too late? My mind races, I can't think. Safe place, safe place, where can we go? Dex screams, and Linh crumbles to the ground.

I dodge a piece of emerald tumbling from one of the many townhomes. I let out a yelp. I look around me trying to find the rest of my friends. Fitz, Biana, Dex, and Keefe are hot on my trail, Wylie is helping Lyhn. Suddenly a thought emerges.

"LINH", I scream over the chaos, my voice sore from the smoke and the dust whirling around us. She can't hear me. "LINH! DO YOU THINK YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE A BUBBLE THAT COULD RIDE US TO SAFETY?" I shout.

Before anyone can react Biana shouts to us a reminder that we left someone behind.

Tam.

A wave of guilt floods over me. But I know what I have to do.

"THERE ISN'T ANY TIME! LINH, NOW OR NEVER!" I scream. Biana pleads for us to stay. I look into her eyes, taking her hands, trying to calm her as she hits the bubble of water now surrounding us, taking us up and away from the land we know.

"Biana. I will not let you get hurt, not on my watch, but what you are asking us to do-or rather not do-jeopardizes our lives. But he wouldn't want us to die because we thought we would save him." I force it out. As hard as it is to say, it's the truth, the hard, cold truth. Biana cries, and shouts. Linh's eyebrows crinkle, and she hums softly. I turn to her, and take off my gloves, and enhance her.

"I-I can't!!" Linh screams, "It's too much!" We start to go down. Come on Linh! You can do it.

"Linh, you got this! Just focus." I enhance her again, "Do it for Tam. Do it for everyone." I say, and the bubble continues up.

As the Lost Cities fades away a breath I've been holding since the accident began is finally released. Right when I think all is well Dex brings me back to reality.

"If we can't go back to the Lost Cities, where can we go?"