Chapter 3

Delsin Pov

Holding my head as i got up or tried to my whole body dissapated into smoke making me stumble and fall over. Beginning to panic i attempted to walk past the burning truck only to lose physical form once more.

"Reggie? Harry?" i shouted, panic obvious in my voice as i nearly dashed off a cliff and onto the rocks below, "Delsin? Over here!" i heard Reggie shout "I-I'm coming" as i dashed seemingly through the fallen and burning trees. "REGGIE" i yelled as i reached my brother who was currently pinned beneath a tree.

"Oh thank God Reggie, Reggie-man there's something wrong " i began to ramble at my brother. "Well, first thing first, calm down, take some deep breaths and calm down it'll be ok. Now see if you can lift this off me" nodding in agreement with his words i took three long deep breaths before bending down to lift the tree up as much as i could to free my brother so he could crawl out. Worried i was suddenly gonna drop the tree on Reggie i threw the tree away from me and him, it crashing onto an already wrecked car.

Collapsing to the floor as i lost the strength in my legs i looked at my hands and saw they were being wrapped in smoke, whilst shaking badly. A pair of hands suddenly found themselves on my shoulders as my brother pulled me up and looked me directly in the eyes. "You are ok, this, is justs a surprise is all. i mean as long as you don't go growing tentacles it'll be fine right?" my brother joked trying to cheer up the mood as i laughed smiling a little.

"Thanks big bro, you still suck at jokes still" as i rolled my eyes as he smiled. Watching the smoke around my arms recede i brushed myself up "Delsin lets go find Harry, hopefully he'll have followed the other two conduits." as he finished speaking i saw a large explosion at Betty's Cannery "Reggie! Betty is still in there we gotta make sure she's ok!"

The two of us began running to the cannery, reaching the gate we saw the control pad had been melted into a muddle and the gate was locked. "Delsin-how are we going to get in? No using your po-Oh and he's gone" Reggie began to say, realising half way through that i was already gone and entering a vent that lead inside the building.

Now inside the burning my worry and panic rising as i saw all the fire and began searching for Betty, having no luck i began to look for the entrance to the other part of the building sighing in annoyance as it was blocked with burning debris that i couldn't get through. Noticing a long chain on a barrel beside me i picked it up and gave it a few swings, liking its power i swung at the debris breaking through it and then wrapping the chain around my arm to keep hold of it where it was less obvious.

I saw Betty armed with her staple gun trying to get as far from the conduit guy as possible, laughing a little at the sight i walked over and overheard what he was saying "Lady we gotta get outta here, i ain't gonna hurt ya, i just gotta go before She gets here" he tried to coax the old woman but it wasn't working, Betty was extremely stubborn when she wanted to be.

"Betty take the back entrance its clear from rubble, i'll deal with this guy" i watched and waited until i was sure she had left the building, the tenseness if my shoulders lessened knowing she was safe. Turning to face the confused smoke conduit as my own smoke curled around my arms and the chain i had grabbed raising an eyebrow at the guy with an obvious silent question he looked at me and said, "look i'm sorry kid i dunno what i done but i didn't mean too, i just had to escape when i could, i have a certain someone waiting for me" he held his hands up in surrender before he dashed towardthe door Betty just escaped out of.

However i tackled him before he could reach the door grabbing onto his arms and once more the scenery around be blurred to one that showed the now named conduit Hank's story and how he came to escape the truck when he did. "W-what the hell was that?!" i called to him as he tried to heave himself up, grunting at the effort and holding his head before he ran through the wooden door as i made to follow him.

Letting a low groan of annoyance i ran out the door, slamming it shut as some of the rafters fell across the door letting no one else in or out. Flinching as i heard the loud crash that cpuld be heard as i walked forward to see Hank getting slowly encased in concret until it consumed his whole body stopping him from speaking. Someone had killed him! It was at this point i noticed an auburn haired in a black trenchcoat walk over to concrete-Hank and patted on the statue before talking "AH Henry so much potential, too bad you didn't talk less and listen more" she sighed as she then walked over to me.

"He didn't say anthing to you did he? He is remarkably good at running his mouth" she asked it sounding more like an order as she stared me in the eye. Shifting uncomfortably at her gaze i replied "Uh, no? i wasn't really listening, can't trust them conduits now can we?" i nervously replied. "Bioterrorist, they're called bioterrorists only sympathisers and othe bioterrorists refer to themselves as otherwise, you wouldn't be lying to me would you? After all people are only nervous if they are lying or hiding something. Could it be you are hiding something hmm?" as if to prove her point she sent a shard of concrete through my shin a smiliar one going through Betty's.

Not as worried for myself i tried to get over to Betty from where she was inbetween a pair of D.U.P men and being held up by them unable to support herself. "NO BETTY, YOU LEAVE HER ALONE" i pleaded to which the woman retorted "I have heard that at her age bones are especially brittle" in a taunting tone only further pissing me off. I looked toward Betty who attempted a reassuring a smile and i found myself with a choice

Sacrifice yourself

Sacrifice the tribe