NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Hey guys! I appreciate all of you who review. I enjoy receiving your comments. I just wanted to going you guys a quick review/heads up on what's going on.
Astrid did not die. Zil and his crew were planning on burning her, but then everything went crazy when kids started dodging Hunter's rope and went straight to the food. In the end Zil and his crew beat up Astrid and threw her in a grave they dug.
I will try to make sure that the stuff that goes down when Caine tries to "torture me into submission" doesn't get too messy.
How's the couple making going? I haven't got any suggestions. If you need to see the list of names again it's in Chapter 6, which is technically called Chapter 5.
Some stuff is going to go down with Astrid. Some exciting stuff. I hope you'll like the change!
Sincerely,
Atiana B.
PERDIDO BEACH
Astrid's POV: When I woke up, my head was pounding, as soon as the blurriness in my vision cleared up; I realized that I was a room in Clifftop. There was a glass of water on the table beside the bed. I sat up and gulped down the water, and then I got out of the bed. When I opened the door, a furry body attacked me.
"No, Patrick! We don't attack the patients!" Lana said and hauled Patrick off me. He whined, barked and took off in another direction. "Well, Astrid. Glad to see you awake. Sam will be too." "What happened?" "You don't remember." I shook my head. "No."
Well, basically, Zil and his goons kidnapped you and tried to burn you like a witch at the trials, but then chaos descended and they beat you up and threw you in a grave. Sam found you and had Breeze run as fast as she could. You've been knocked out for 2 days."
"Whoa." I got up. "Well, I'm fine now. I guess I'll just walk back to town."
"Alright. See ya later, Astrid."
"Bye, Lana. And thanks."
She smiled weakly. "It's my job."
I continued the walk to Perdido Beach. When I raised my hand up, I saw something weird. There was a white jagged scar on the back of my right hand. In fact, it looked like a lightning bolt. That is SOOO weird. Then, I thought. What if it came from the Human Crew's beating? Oh, the nerve! I got so angry I threw my hands up in frustration. And ice in the form of lightning shot out.
BACK AT COATES
I am in a basement. Me, as Atiana B. As in, when Caine choked me, I blacked out. And when I woke up, I was in this cold room with a tiny slit of a window. With a steel metal door in front of me. I was stuck down here for a week. And the worst part was, for that week, Penny would visit me every day for an hour. It was Day 3. So far, The Witch made me believe my sister was outside the door getting torn apart by coyotes, and my classmates were getting whipped by Drake. I knew it wasn't real. But it sounded so real.
The opening of the door brought me out of my fog.
ASTRID
"WHAT THE HELL!?" I screamed. Then I covered my mouth and hid in case anyone saw me. I looked up and gasped. When I threw my hands up, something came out. And it was ice. I hit a tree. The branch was sparkly, and frozen. I gazed at it before ripping it off. And destroyed the evidence. When I was done, I walked a little faster. And then began to run.
When I reached town, people were looking at me like I was crazy. I reached my home. And I burst into the living room, where Sam was eating a can of tuna.
"Astrid! You're awake! I thought they killed you!" Sam said crushing me in a hug when I ALREADY COULDN'T BREATHE. He noticed this and let go. "What happened?"
"I… got….powers…and…its…crazy…need…to...see...Diana." I huffed out so quickly, Sam couldn't hear me. I then calmed down, and said. "I was walking back from Clifftop when I noticed this scar on my hand." I showed him my lightning bolt. "And then, I was so mad if it came from Zil and his crew-" "Zil! I knew the little pipsqueak had something to do with it! He can't be trusted!" "SAM!" I screamed. He looked startled. "Listen to me. Like I was SAYING, I was so mad that if it came from Zil and his crew beating me up, I threw my hands up in the air. And ice shot out." "Try to show me." Sam said, after he settled from the shock of discovering I might have powers.
I concentrated and went to think about the anger I had felt. I raised my hands up, palms out, like I had seen Sam do so many times, and Ice. It blasted the chair Sam was just sitting on. Sam's eyes were about to pop out of his head. He looked at me and chair for some time. Not speaking. This finally reminded me. "Sam, where's Petey!"
BACK AT COATES
The door opened and instead of the hideous face I see for an hour, it was another hideous face, but just Caine's. He smirked. "How's the punishment going?" "Oh, just fine. Penny and I have been having some lovely conversations of the dampness of this basement, and then she plays hilarious movies for us to watch. It's quite peaceful actually." I said with a fake bright smile. "Then why did I hear you screaming, 'Tasha' the other night." My face became serious. "Don't talk about Tasha." "What, I she your best friend, cousin-""Sister. She's my 24 year old sister." Caine looked at me for a second and burst out laughing. "Of course, your cold heart would never understand based on your family history." I muttered. "What?" He said, and stopped laughing. "I SAID, of course you wouldn't understand based on your family history!" He looked angry and shocked that I had yelled at him. But I wasn't done.
"Family. The one word you could probably never understand. You find out you have an older brother, and your first move is to kidnap him, and tell your minion to kill his girlfriend. Edilio was right. You always had to be in charge, didn't you? You never let the kids work together. Why do you think while, down in PB, things are tough, but kids from Coates would rather take their chances than stick with you?
If you could have just teamed up with Sam in the first place. The both of you could have taken down Drake, and possibly the gaiaphage. Now look where you are.
Stuck in charge of the school, acting like your living the high life. But I know you had a life before this that was based on the series." Caine's face hardened. "And here you are getting a second chance. But back in the other world, Diana's heartbroken, your brother still alive. You could have been there too. But, you had to be Mr. Big and Tough.
Family. I suggest you go and learn the meaning of that word before you ever speak to me again, Your Highness." I said. My rant had worn me out. I got off the floor. Caine though I didn't know, but while my class lived out our FAYZ, he was living his own. And this is his second life.
I curled on my bed and faced the wall. I heard movements, and the door clicking shut softly. And with that, I went to sleep.
ASTRID
I ran to Mary's. Apparently, Sam had sent Petey there today. We were on our way home, Petey with his game in his hand. When he looked up at me and said, "Sister Astrid has a scar. Why?" I was so shocked I stumbled over my words, entering the first real conversation I've had with my brother. "We-well, Sister Astrid has some very bad people who don't like her for some reason." I said. He replied, "Sister Astrid hurt Brother Sam." I looked at him. What? I hurt Sam? He called Sam his brother?! "How did I-sister Astrid do that?" I said, catching myself. "Sister has ice. Brother has fire." And with that, he ended our short weird conversation and went back to his game.
We arrived 'home.' Sam was in the living room. I led Petey to his room. And then I zoomed downstairs, went into the kitchen, got a cup of water, and went to Sam. "Sam?" He shifted, but didn't wake up. "I'm giving till the count of 3 to wake up, or whatever's in my hand is going to drop on you." Nothing.
"3…2…1…" I spun the cup in my hand so it went upside down. Sam woke up suddenly and pushed out his hands. The fire was coming at me.
I pushed my hands out. My ice had dominated Sam's fire, so now it was a frozen solid, clunking on the floor. If you looked really closely, you could see the greenish white underneath. "Whoa. Sorry Astrid that could've killed you." I tried something new. When I separated my hands, the ice broke into tiny fragments. I lifted them into the air and put one in Sam's hand. "I didn't know waking you up would be that perilous." I smirked. "So what did you wake me up about?" "I have to go see Diana. I need to know what level I am." Sam nodded. "We'll just have to sneak into Coates."