The girl's wrist and ankles were bound by many threads of rope and wire; I assumed by this that she obviously was a struggler and wasn't caught too easily. As she laid there crying, she peered into my soul somehow and whispered to me, which kinda freaked me out at first.
"Garret, help me", she whispered into my heart.
"Who are you and how", I asked with great concern? She somehow drew my eyes to hers and in her eyes I saw pain, agony, torture, and me. Me? I still didn't understand what I had to do with her or how she knew me, but all I knew was I couldn't just stand there and let her suffer.
I set Chase and Terra down behind an iron crate, as I felt strength fill my body. My leg was numb now and it felt as if a blanket of air was keeping and containing my blood inside my leg. The Beast and I moved as one, probably because I was controlling it…but ya. I walked towards Nate and the girl.
"Any closer and I'll kill her", Nate barked at me. I had no idea what to do and my heart turned violently inside of my chest.
"What do I do", I whispered in my heart hoping for her to answer me. No response. I looked down at the dash board momentarily as I randomly pushed a button. Mini rocket things appeared on the side of the Beast.
"Don't try any tricks or I'll kill her faster than you can blin-", was all he could say as I targeted the ropes in Nate's hand. The girl dropped to the floor. Yes! Hit! The small explosion sent Nate gliding on the ground. I sprinted to the girl as a large group of guards appeared out of nowhere, all around me and the girl. I snagged the girl from the iron ground and leaped into the ceiling. The beast was stuck about half way in the ceiling; I grabbed the girl and ran, up until the point where I tripped and realized I still couldn't walk on my own yet. I scrambled back into the Beast with the girl.
I shook the Beast violently, trying to budge the iron flooring which now pierced the sides of the Beast. No luck. I forced the Beasts metal hydraulic arms to tear through flooring. The beast, the girl, and I came crashing down to the floor where we started. I took off as fast as I could down the corridor. There weren't many places to hide with the Beast, since it was huge; so I just kept on running with the strange girl.
"Not a guard in sight", Chase said.
"They're probably all chasing Garret", Terra added.
At that Chase and Terra decided to search the ship. Chase found it strange that all the guards would go after the me and the girl. The two came upon a strangely marked door, with a simple human door knob; all the handles were very unique but this one was…well…just simple. Without hesitation or even thinking for that matter, Chase quickly twisted knob. He stepped in, while Terra hesitated and stood outside the door. With that the door quickly slammed itself shut, with Terra trying slice through it on the other side. THUD! Something had shoved Chase flat on his butt. He quickly picked himself up and tried to shift the metal around his body, but the metal like material wouldn't budge; it was earth-metal. Chase had no idea what to do and something was chasing him, so he ran and ran until suddenly there was no floor. He wanted to think he was falling, but in reality he was just floating there when suddenly these florescent strands of color started whirling around him.
"Terra", Chase cried with all the fear in the world impressed in his heart as he was slowly comforted by the strands of colors which slowly spiraled up and into his body.
* * *
"Where are we", the girl asked as if she'd known me my whole life. It was a bit hard to maneuver the controls with her laying on my lap and arm, my arms not the Beasts.
"Well at the moment I'm running from hundreds of guards, holding you in my arms, and thinking of how we're supposed to meet up with the others and how we're supposed to escape this cursed ship", I sarcastically said calmly.
"You don't mind me askin', but what's your name? It's been killing me and you never answer when I ask", I inquisitively asked. She continued to sit there with no response.
* * *
The color strands seemed to peer into his soul. Chase woke up without a memory of where he was or how he'd got there. He turned around to see lights peeking through the cracks of a door. Chase walked towards the door and as he reached for the knob, he fell through the door.
Terra's eyes jumped up to see who was there. Once Terra realized it was Chase, she ran to him. She tried to help him up, but as she reached down her hand went straight through him! Chase rolled over and looked back at the door realizing that the door hadn't broken when he went through! Chase, scared as hell, scrambled to his feet.
"WHAAHH HAPPENED", Chase screamed!
"You got locked inside that room and you yelled for me, but I couldn't get in. I'm sorry", Terra said.
"Chase, Terra boy am I glad to see you", I said as I ran around the corner.
"You've only been gone for like 10 minutes though", Terra stated.
"Really, it felt more like 15 minutes", I said.
"Is it really going to make that big of a difference", Terra grumbled at me.
"Nah, but all I know is that there's an army following me, so you guys can come along if you want. Just saying", I snarled back. I quickly snagged Terra up the Beasts arm and tried to grab Chase with the other, but his body dematerialized as I moved the Beasts arm through him.
"Chase", I screamed!
"Don't worry about him. He'll be fine", Terra softly said trying to reassure me. I really had no choice but to trust her at this point.
Just then a giant missile shot straight at the Beast. I maneuvered around it to the best of my ability, but that just wasn't enough. I dropped Terra and the girl and I pierced the air in front of the shattered cockpit glass as we were slung shot out of the Beast, which was now in tiny pieces. I held on tight to the girl, just as I had done with Terra, and on a soft layer of air. I set the girl up against the wall since she was unconscious. I stood up and suddenly remembered my leg. I braced myself for the pain which should've shot up my leg and spine, but as I looked down it was …healed?
"I did it", the girl said as she started to regain consciousness, "My gift is healing, soul whispers, and my power is Pyschokinesis. I healed your leg with my healing power, talked to you with soul whisper, and put the key in your leg-by the way I couldn't see you when I was inserting the key so I just shoved it in there and it was messy." I looked back down at my leg. "Pyschokinesis is the same as Telekinesis. I just like calling it that because it sounds cooler. I could talk to you because I was watching you the whole time", she quickly added.
"Not that that isn't creepy, but how exactly were you watching me", I questioned?
"On Gist security cameras. I've been here for a few months now, but when I saw that you were coming I knew you could help", the girl added with a ginormous smile.
"Are you from…umm…Earth", I interrogated?
"Of course where else would a gifted or powered kid come from", she chuckled.
* * *
Chase had avoided the army of guards and set out on his way to find the control room. He ran down the hall, when he found it. He could barely tell it was control room because the giant sign which said "CONTROL ROOM" didn't give it away. The only part that confused me was that it was written in alien and Chase could somehow read it. Chase, of course could just walk through the door. As Chase peeked his head in he saw some people/ creatures whom he figured were the leaders. Chase quickly flung himself back outside the door. His heart pounded and turned and pounded some more.
* * *
Without realizing it, had just completely forgotten about Terra. I ran over to her side as fast as my legs would move. She laid there unconscious, with metal rubble on her beautiful face. There was sort of wind that blew her hair around her face. HER HAIR! It was different. She now had dark highlights on the bottom layers of her hair. I sat there in amazement with her in my arms and her baby blues staring up at me as she lay by my side. I helped her up to her feet. She looked at me, slightly smiled, and then realized there was another girl in the room.
"Who's this", Terra softly asked?
"Well this is…", was all I could say since I didn't even know.
"My name's River", she said softly with a smile, "I'm 16, I just recently turn though." We could hear the army of guards on the other side of the fire which blocked their access to us. Terra, River, and I picked ourselves up and started walking. It so happened that the side we were on was the side Chase was on. I don't know how, but we were.
"Chase", I exclaimed with excitement, "What's the matter?"
"Well I just realized I don't have my earth power anymore, I have this dematerialization power, and I was steps away from walking into that room, which is filled with what I assume are the leaders and Nate and big weapons and stuff, I was all alone, and I'm freaking out…these colored lights…and I fainted….and", Chase muttered as he panicked.
"Chase, that's what we're here for. That's what friends are for", those were the only words I could come up with that would somewhat comfort him. Just then the door opened and there stood over a dozen of Gist leaders. Chase, Terra, River, and I all prepared to fight.
"Umm, Garret…behind us", River pointed out to me. I turned around and just our luck the army of guards had gotten through.
We were surrounded. A group of kids against an army of outlaws, what else?
