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Ch. 9: Together Again
Kyle's face dropped in a mix of fear and shock as he kicked the door in and looked down at a near lifeless Amanda. Something inside of Kyle made him snap, as he turned to the guard, who had been hit by the door that was kicked in, knocking him to the floor. Kyle pulled the guard up to his feet and threw him out of the room. The guard flew out of the room and hit the wall where Kyle had been standing a minute earlier. Kyle picked him back up and pulled his fist back and punched him in the jaw, causing the guard to fall to the ground.
Kyle continued his assault on the guard until he was satisfied with the result. He pulled out his gun and aimed it at the guards head. Kyle focused on the guard, he could sense the fear in the man's eyes, that had recently been uncovered due to the amount of trauma to the guard's face. He continued to aim his gun at the man's forehead. Just then, he heard something coming from inside the room where Amanda was. Kyle's stomach lurched as he kicked the guard in the gut one last time and returned the gun to its holster before running in to check on Amanda.
"Amanda!" Kyle said running back into the room.
"Kyle?" Amanda asked weakly. "Is that you?"
"Yes, it is, I'm here."
"Kyle, why did this happen to me?" Amanda asked him. But before he could answer, she passed out due to the pain of her wounds.
Kyle picked Amanda up, with one arm under her legs and one under her neck and started to carry her out of the room. As he carried Amanda out of the room, he heard two pairs of footsteps coming down the hallway. He put Amanda on the ground and drew his weapon to the direction of the footsteps. He was just about to fire when Foss and Declan round the corner and fell to their knees as they saw Kyle's weapon pointed in their direction.
"Kyle, it's us," Foss said fearfully, unaware of Kyle's current mindset as he saw Amanda on the ground next to him. "Holster your weapon!"
"Please, Kyle," Declan pleaded from his hands and knees. "Just put the gun away so we can help her."
Kyle put the gun in his holster and walked back towards Amanda. Foss and Declan pulled themselves to their feet and walked over to where Kyle and Amanda were.
"How is she?" Foss asked silently.
"She passed out just before you guys got here," Kyle said. "She needs a hospital now."
"Alright," Declan said. "Then let's get out of here fast before any more guards show up."
Kyle picked Amanda back up and headed back down the hallway that he knew would lead to the entrance in which they entered in about an hour ago. As they made their way through the halls, Kyle got a terrible feeling in his stomach about what may happen if he didn't get Amanda to the hospital soon, that she wouldn't make it. The thought caused Kyle to slow down, coming to a stop by a door that sat in the middle of an abandoned hallway, where no other rooms lay.
"Kyle, what's wrong?" Declan asked.
"There's people behind this door," Kyle stated simply.
"We don't have time for this right now," Foss said. "She needs medical attention now!"
Kyle continued to stare at that door intently. Unsure of what stood on the other side, but he knew that he could not deal with it right now. He turned away from the door and continued down the hallway with Declan and Foss. Kyle's mind raced at the events that had just taken place within the last few minutes. From nearly killing the guard that was in Amanda's room, to finally rescuing Amanda back from the hands of Latnok. He was ecstatic to have found Amanda, and to have her near him again, but was afraid that she might not make it to the hospital.
There has to be something I can do, but what? Kyle questioned to himself, thinking of what to do. What can I do to save her? I might have healed myself earlier, but that wasn't as bad of an injury as her's are. I don't know if I would be able to heal her, and if I did, what would happen to me. I've got to do something.
The three of them continued to walk when they came to the front doors of the complex, they looked at one another before allowing Kyle to take out the Latnok ring from his pocket and attempt to unlock the door again. Foss had taken Amanda into his arms as he allowed Kyle to open the door. Kyle removed the ring from his pocket and placed it into the carving once again and turned the ring as he did before. As he turned the ring, more guards appeared behind them. Kyle continued to twist the ring around and suddenly the door shot open. Foss and Declan quickly got Amanda out of harm's way as Kyle stood still, pulled the ring out of the carving and faced the guards.
There were five guards standing in front of him, all of them armed heavily with automatic machine guns. Kyle stood still, not moving a muscle, with his hand near his holster, prepared to draw his weapon if he needed it. All the guards had their weapons pointed in Kyle's direction, not sure what the boy was able to do. Kyle nor the guards moved an inch, a standoff ensuing. Kyle knew that he had to get this over with and help Amanda. But he didn't want to make any sudden movement that would ensue a fire fight.
He looked from one guard to another, sweeping across the line that the five guards made. He knew that he had to do what he was going to do quick, and be able to dodge a few rounds that would come near him. He reached for his gun, unhooked the holster and pulled out his gun. The guards were taken off guard by the speed in which the boy pulled his gun and shot towards all five guards in less then three seconds. The guards got off a significant amount of rounds in the time before all of them were taken out by the individual bullets that were sent in their directions.
Kyle saw the bullets coming towards him. Time seemed to stand still as the bullets got closer towards him. He pulled his body back, his back nearly becoming parallel to the floor below him as the bullets passed over him and hit the doors that sat behind him. The guards, one by one, fell to the floor from the shots that they had received from Kyle's gun. After disposing of the final guards, Kyle returned to the door, put the ring back into the carving and twisted it, reopening the door. He quickly ran out of the building and headed back to the van.
Kyle ran faster than he had ever ran before, rushing to get back to the van and help Amanda. He now knew what he would have to do, even if it risked killing himself. He was afraid, but he wouldn't be able to live without Amanda in his life. And if it meant sacrificing himself to save her life, he was ready to do so. Kyle was sprinting towards the van when he suddenly felt his phone begin to vibrate in his pocket, he pulled it out. The caller ID read: T.
"Foss, is everything alright?" Kyle asked immediately after answering the phone.
"We made it to the van, but she still hasn't woken up yet."
"Alright, I'll be there shortly," Kyle said, breathing heavily. He hung up his cell phone and placed it back in his pocket and sped up a little quicker, fearing that he would not make it in time.
Kyle's heart pounded in his chest as he ran faster and faster. He knew he was getting closer due to the path's route, he was only half a mile away from the van and Amanda. Within a few minutes, Kyle had reached the van where he saw Declan and Foss standing outside it, with Amanda on the ground near the van. Amanda was still dressed in the dress that she had worn to prom. Kyle walked up to them and kneeled next to her.
"Kyle, we need to get going," Foss said towards Kyle's direction, while Declan and him got into the van.
"Come on Kyle," Declan said as well. "We can get her to a hospital in a few minutes."
"That may be true," Kyle said, still kneeling near Amanda. "But she may not have a few minutes."
Kyle took a hold of Amanda's hand and placed his other hand on one of her gunshot wounds. He took a second to focus and to reassure himself. You can do it, Kyle, you have to save her. Just focus. After a short moment, Kyle closed his eyes and focused all his energy on healing the gunshot wound that was near her right lung. After a few moments, Kyle opened his eyes and removed his hand from the wound. The hole where the bullet had entered had disappeared as well as the bullet that was in the hold was in Kyle's hand.
"How did you do that?" Foss asked as he got out of the van to see what Kyle was doing.
"You healed her, how?" Declan's reaction was the same as Foss's. Both him and Foss were unaware of the new ability that Kyle had only used, now twice before.
Kyle ignored the both of them as he tossed the bullet aside and focused on the other two wounds. He placed his hand on her stomach, where the second bullet had entered. He, again, focused on healing the wound and removing the bullet. He was again successful in doing so, as he placed the second one near the first. He did the same to the final wound, which lay deathly close to her heart, avoiding both her heart and her lung. He placed his hand on her chest once more and focused.
This one seemed to be problematic. He could not draw enough focus on healing the wound, though he was successful in retrieving the bullet. Unfortunately, he was unable to heal the final wound as he started to get dizzy. He pushed through the dizziness inside his head and focused and within a matter of seconds her final wound was healed. Kyle's nose started to bleed from the right nostril as the dizziness turned into darkness, threatening to shallow him up, as it had Amanda. He had used so much energy throughout the past hour that he could not fight anymore, as he passed out next to Amanda. His hand still intertwined with her's.
Kyle's last thoughts before falling into the darkness that had taken Amanda as well, was that he was excited that they had retrieved Amanda from the hands of Latnok and he also discovered many new abilities while he was in there. There was one fear that crept into his mind, that if his eyes closed, he would never be able to see her again. That she would live her life unprotected from the people that made them fear living.
The Trager's were still awake, it was nearly 3am when there was a sudden rasping on the front door. Stephen shuffled out of the couch and walked over to the door. He opened it and was taken aback as the person pushed passed him and walked into their living room, where the rest of the Trager family sat.
"Where's Amanda?!" Mrs. Bloom shouted, as Nicole, Lori and Josh all looked at her and Stephen as they walked into the living room.
