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10. Regrets and Death
"Jon, I can't take this anymore! It's too much; I have got to get out of here!" My sixth
week as a captive and I wasn't coping well.
Every day we were called to Peter's room and beaten if we didn't tell them anything. Eddie wouldn't
last much longer. Jon was on the brink of starvation because she had given up all her food and gave
it to Eddie. And me? Well, I was fat compared to those two. I would try to give my food to Jon, but
she refused to eat it. I felt useless and all I could think about was Xavier.
Why hadn't he found us by now? Was he in as much agony as I was? Had he forgotten me? The latter
scared me most of all. Maybe he had changed his mind; maybe I wasn't his soulfinder after all. But I was
so sure that I was. That one kiss we had shared had been more overpowering than all the kisses I'd had with Luke.
…Luke. Whenever I thought of him, pure hatred boiled inside me and I felt like screaming in rage. I
didn't believe what Jon had said; if he loved me, surely he wouldn't have treated me the way he had?
"Oh my God, Eddie!" Jon exclaimed.
I raised my head quickly and stood up. Jon was leaning over Eddie who had collapsed and was now
breathing quickly, desperately.
"Eddie, don't worry. We'll try and get the guard's attention or something…" Jon was crying. There was
nothing she could do and she knew it. All of us did.
There was no point trying to use telepathy either. There was a constant shield blockingus; we couldn't
use any of our gifts, including telepathy.
"…Don't…mind me…just…watch out…for yourselves…it's almost time…he will…control you…" Eddie's breaths
were getting slower and calmer. Tears were now falling down my cheeks. I sobbed hysterically, hugging Eddie tightly.
"We love you, Eddie. Please, please, don't…" I never got to finish that sentence. The elevator door opened
and out walked Peter.
"Oh, he's finally died, has he?" He smirked and beckoned forth a guard. "You there, clean this mess up."
The guard shoved us to the side and picked Eddie up.
"No!" Jon and I both grabbed onto Eddie but the guard was too strong. We sank to the ground, admitting defeat.
"Summer, come with me." I stood up warily, wiping my tears away and trying to appear strong and
undefeated. But the death of Eddie was such a strong blow to me that I couldn't keep my tears in.
"You're such a heartless monster, Peter. I hate you!" I followed Peter to the lift and closed my eyes,
hoping that there would be no more beatings.
"Summer! Come back, promise me you will!" I couldn't reply; the lift closed just as I wanted to. Peter
chuckled behind me.
"Now there's a promise you can't keep."
I turned around and punched him in the face.
Xavier POV
Every day, every day I spent searching for her, the girl who owned my heart. Summer. Every time I
thought of her, my heart ached and I was filled with guilt. How could I have done that to her? Then I would
think, maybe I didn't. Maybe it was all just a bad dream. It wasn't, though. And I knew it.
I didn't live with my parents anymore. I'd moved out after they'd found out about the… incident. I now lived
in a small apartment with barely any furniture in it, but I felt that I deserved something meagre and horrible.
I would have chosen to live on the street, had my mother not intervened. Usually I would go to the park and
think about Summer, how beautiful she was, how innocent. She had no idea what I had done. That tore me
up inside.
I walked to the swings. A couple of mothers looked at me strangely. I knew I looked suspicious. I hadn't
shaved for a while, my clothes were torn and tattered and I wore the look of a drunk, dirty man twice my age.
I sat down in one of the swings and sighed. How had things escalated so quickly? I heard a pair of
footsteps coming towards me and sighed. I wasn't in the mood for talking, whoever it was.
"Hello, Xavier." She said.
Mwahahahahahaha! A cliffhanger! What do you think? Hope you enjoyed!
Manda