The Fallen

Emms

We walk around the streets silently and we finally find a bench to sit on. I look around in awe. This place is amazing and I don't want to mess this up just because of Dom.

We sit on the bench, not even looking at each other. Each on our side of the bench. I look over at him and notice that he's looking at something else on the other side of the street.

I can't believe I got Dom for my partner! Why couldn't I get someone else? Why him?! I can feel my blood boiling up inside me.

Finally, when I can't stop myself, I raise my voice and say, "At least say something!"

He looks at me and shrugs. I stare hard, waiting for his reaction.

Dom sighs and says, "Well, you're not asking me any questions."

He looks annoyed, but I don't care. I try to think of a question to ask him, but my anger screams in my mind that I can't think. Finally I have one.

"Why do we have partners, anyway?!"

He looks back at me again. His eyes dark and his face serious this time. "It's not like partners...well it is partners, but we're like instructors."

Instructors? I need him as an instructor?!

"Well you suck at your job." He turns back to whatever he was looking at before; insulting me under his breath.

I can't do this anymore. It's okay for me to have an instructor, but someone who doesn't ignore me all the time and hates me!

I stand up and start walking away. I can hear him calling me, but I ignore him. If he ignores me, then I'll ignore him.

People walk by me and stare because of Dom calling after me. When I'm a yard away from him I start to hear a voice in my head. I stop. Another voice comes up in my head.

In less than ten seconds, my head is full of voices. I cover my ears, but the voices start growing more and more. Louder and louder. There's so many voices that my head feels like it's going to explode. I kneel down and start screaming.

People stare and I can feel Dom putting his hand on my shoulder. I see that he's trying to tell me something, but I can't hear him over all the voices screaming in my head.

I scream even louder, and I can see Dom pull out some needle out of his pocket.

I try to get away, but the voices make me feel like my mind's ripping into pieces. I fall again and Dom quickly injects the needle on my arm.

Immediately, everything goes black.

I open my eyes and see Dom looking at me with panic. I'm in the laboratory again, and I'm laying on a table. This is an all too familiar feeling. Dr. A comes over and grins. I try to get up, but I start to hear a voice in my head again.

"No! I hear them again!" I cover my ears, but the voice gets even louder.

Dr. A holds my shoulder tightly, and stares hard. Dom steps back almost with fear and says, "Look at him in the eyes."

I do.

I'm scared that something's really wrong with me. That I'm going crazy, but suddenly I can hear a familiar voice in my head. I can hear Dr. A's voice in my head.

My eyes wide in surprise when I listen to the voice in my head tell me, "Don't worry, nothing's wrong with you. You have just developed your power to read minds, and you need to control it. You are extremely powerful and you must learn to control it." His voice slowly fades away and ears are left with a ringing sound.