Born Fighter (Falling Skies Fan-Fic)

Chapter 6

I looked at Ben as a smile grew on my face. He smiled down at me and put a hand on my cheek. I closed my eyes as felt his thumb rub against my cheek.

"Together." I repeated. That word sounded comforting to me. Together. For the first time in a long time, I didn't feel so alone. I actually felt like I was wanted. Like I belonged.

"Come on, let's go find your family." Ben said knocking me out of my thought. I nodded and we walked hand and hand back to the building. We walked down the hall towards rather room that me and Isabel shared. As we walked down the hall, I saw Isabel standing by the door. As we walked up to her,  I let go of Ben's hand.

"Hey. What happened earlier?" She asked looking at me confused.

"Nothing to worry about. But I have something I have to do." I said walking into the room. Isabel and Ben followed me in as I walked over to my makeshift bed that was still laying on the ground.

"What do you mean?" She questioned. I grabbed my gun form the side of my bed and tossed it over my shoulder. I turned to look at her as she stood there confused. Ben stood in the doorway as he watched me and isabel. I looked at him and he nodded his head to the side signaling me to hurry up. I nodded and looked back at Isabel.

"I'll explain everything later. But I'm kinda in a hurry." I said before scooting past her. But before I could get to far, she grabbed my arm and I turned around to face her.

"We're not done talking about this." She said with a serious tone. I nodded and pulled out of her grip. Ben moved out of the doorway and I walked out of the room. Together, we walked down the hallway and out of the building. We walked down the sidewalk as I looked around.

"So where are we going?" Ben asked looking at me. I glanced at him before turning my attention forward.

"I don't know. I just know I can't stay here like a sitting duck anymore. I have to do something." I said. We continued walking down the street in silence. I was looking around for someway out of here like I did when I went with Isabel for the first time.

"This way." Ben said motioning me towards a path to our left. I nodded and followed him down the path. After a while of walking, I noticed we were walking down a dirt road that was surrounded by trees. I pulled my gun around my body and held on to the handle of it as we walked. I stayed alert with my gun ready for any skitters that dare to cross me. We continued to walk for another few miles. Soon we reached a clearing that was nothing but dirt and rocks. As we walked, I noticed something off in the distance.

"Ben, over there." I siad pointing to the spot in the distance.

"Get down." Ben said as he pulled me with him. We ducked behind a pile of dirt and rocks. I noticed whatever it was getting closer to us and I stopped breathing for a minute. I felt my hands get a little shaky as I held my gun close to me. Ben must have noticed because he put his hand over mine to calm me down. I looked over at him and took a deep breath. Once I was calm, I noticed it was a skitters leading a group of kids. I felt my stomach turn as I noticed a lot of those kids weren't very old. I knelt down a little farther as I saw them get closer to us. I was hoping the skitters haven't notcied us as it walked by. As I did, I looked at the kids in the line. They had bugs on there backs like I did. There eyes were strait ahead of them. They were mindless children who didn't know what was going on. But as the group finished passing us, I saw something and my heart sropped. It wasn't something I saw that shocked me. It was someone. I blinked a few times to make sure I knew what I was seeing. I saw my brother following another kid as they continued to walk. I felt tears threaten to fall but held them back as I looked at my brother. I started to get up and was ready to attack when Ben grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back down. I struggled against him but he gripped my arms and put a hand over my mouth.