TERRA: Age Of Terror

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.RUTH.

~Dictum~

Moving along a narrow path, I kick the tiny pebble by my leg and groan. "Stop it, stop it" I say under my breath hoping my brain will heed the soft command. Closing my eyes tightly I try to concentrate on other things before the memories overtake me.

The wind picks up and I try to calm myself.

"positive thoughts, Jinx, calming thoughts, come on; Ice cream, black head extractions, sleep, discectomy, laminectomy...uh" I still felt the slight wind and sigh "this isn't working!"

I settle on the rock knowing I can't avoid the inevitable, and like every other time on the anniversary of my sister's death; I remember every single detail.....

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I was lying on my bed reading a book, when my sister came into the room we shared since we were little children. Startled, I looked up from my bed; the whole room was clouded with different shades of blue and I could feel my sister's fear and apprehension. "Rachel!" I shouted as I could feel myself being pulled into her amygdala. "Rachel!" I shouted once again before I finally got sucked into her mind.

"Not again" I sighed, looking at the swirling colors around me as they started to form distinct shapes.

I was reading Rachel's mind or rather as I like to call it- I was watching her memories. I had this ability from birth and whenever someone keeps a big secret, my mind is compelled to read it, and I just can't stop myself.

"Oh no" I gasp as I realized what the picture before me was. A member of the rebellion, a higher ranking member, judging by the position of his tattoo was standing naked, holding a just barely clothed girl by her upper arms, her clothes torn in different places.

He had raped her!

He pushed the crying girl to the ground, her pale skin already an ugly purple in many different areas. Smiling wickedly at her cowering form, he kicked her sides and she let out a strangled scream. He laughed once more and pulled on his trousers.

"Well darling, I can't leave you here all alive and speaking now, can I?"

"P...p...please, I won't tell anyone! I promise!" she said shaking her head vigorously.

He just laughed and brought out a gun from his pocket. Just as he pointed the gun at her frame, I saw hands- Rachel's hands reach out and grab a broken pipe.

"Have any last words?" He said cocking the gun.

With precision and stealth learned from years of martial arts training, Rachel walked up behind the man and lodged the pipe right into the back of his head. He instantly fell to the ground, blood flowing out of the hole she made.

"Come on! Let's go", Rachel said giving the shocked girl her jacket.

I felt tears on my face as I came back to reality. My sister was sitting beside me on my bed tears running down her brown cheeks. "Ray..." I whispered

"I had to help her Ruth, I just had to!" she said her voice shaking. "I couldn't just leave her alone. I think I killed him. Do you think I did?"

"I---"

"Tell me,"

"Where you hit, it seemed awfully a lot like where the brain stem is located."

"What does that mean?"

"If you damaged his brain stem, then he died the minute he fell to the floor."

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Frowning, I rubbed my temples and closed my eyes. I could feel the atmosphere change and the sound of rustling leaves increase in intensity. The worst part of my memories was my emotions start causing chaos to life around me.