Bring Me Back To Life
"Okay there has to be a way out of this." I tried to stay calm as we stood there with the bomb about to destroy the warehouse. Pete and Artie were trying to figure something out until we were encased in a small shield. I looked over to find Helena with two wires in hand.
"I was able to re-direct a little bit of the shield to that circle where you stand." She paused a moment as our eyes locked. "You'll be safe."
"But…you're over there…and we're over here." I tried to keep my voice from cracking but I knew H.G. could hear it.
"It had to be done by another party who wasn't in that spot." She dropped the wires and stood in front of me. "Myka…"
"No. Don't you dare. Don't you dare say goodbye to me!" I placed my hand on the force field and felt salty tears well up in my eyes. The lump in my throat was making it hard to speak.
"You have the power to bring me back Myka. I've made sure of that. You only have to believe and look in your pocket." I kept my eyes on her as I reached into my pocket. "I slipped it into your pocket earlier today."
"You're locket…" Helena placed her hand to cover mine. It killed me that the shield kept her skin from touching mine. "What do I…"
"Believe Myka. Believe and it will come true." After that sentence, the bomb went off and sent fireballs shooting in all directions. I watched as Helena was engulfed in flames like everything else. Standing there watching the woman I secretly loved die froze me. I watched as the warehouse burnt around us. When it was totally destroyed and the shield vanished I fell to my knees.
"Myka!" Pete tried to catch me but I hit the ground on my knees. I couldn't hold it in any longer, I burst out into tears.
"She's gone! H.G. is gone!" I clung to Pete and cried. I had never cried like this before.
"I know Mykes." He rubbed my back and comforted me as much as he could.
"I wasn't able to….I wasn't able to tell her the truth!" My words were cracking.
"What do you mean?" Pete had no clue. He couldn't see how I felt about H.G.
"She loves her Pete. She did since the first day they met." Once again, I froze. How did Artie know that? I looked up to him and he had soft eyes. "I knew from how you looked at her. Then the two of you grew closer." I didn't know what to think. Artie of all people was the one to call me out on this.
"Okay…so you love her. This is…new. But now that I think about it…"
"Pete. We need to fix this. I don't know how, but, we need to fix this." I stood and composed myself. "We need to get H.G. and the warehouse back." I took her locket from my pocket and put it around my neck. Helena's perfume had seeped into the metal of the locket and when the breeze blew in my face I could smell her. I was going to get her back and I was going to figure this out.