The Secret Life

We All Know

Well, I guess I should tell you that I have not yet read Lies. And Lies will not be available to me for quite a while (September, I think).*Tear*

Song suggestions, improvements and feedback are all welcome and appreciated. (:

Disclaimer: I am not in any way connected to Gone.

I'd like to dedicate this chapter to you.


"... I saw blood, hold my tongue, I'll keep you number one,

Straight, keeping faith, in the face of the world,...

We all know, I miss you already, my eyes are getting heavy, it shakes so keep us steady, I'll be your blunt machete."

-We All Know, Short Stack

Destiny was jolted awake by a sudden movement. Her eyes opened slowly, she was staring at a roof and a bright light was shining on her. Am I dead yet? She thought hopefully. When she finally realised she was in a car she was snapped back into reality by a familiar voice.

"Oh, sorry, still learning" Edilio apologized.

Destiny shook her head vigorously and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"What the f-" She started, groggily but was cut off by Edilio.

"No swearing in the car, please." He said not taking his eyes off the road ahead.

Destiny tried to sit up in the car but was greeted with a painful head rush.

"What is going on?" She said, confused as she pressed her hands to her face.

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Jay stared at his hands in disbelief. Why wouldn't it work?

"Flame on!" He said, trying to get his hands flaming again, thinking of Johnny from the Fantastic 4. It didn't work.

He tried clicking his fingers to see if the flames would reappear, unsurprisingly, it didn't work.

He felt pathetic. I must be imagining it, he told himself, I am not a freak, I can't be a freak. And this is ridiculous.

"Screw this." Jay muttered to himself and pulled himself off the ground of his house and walked out the door.

Outside stood a tall blonde boy. Andy.

Jay didn't know why but when he and Andy first met, in grade four, they took a sudden disliking towards each other. They always tried to steer clear of each other to whatever cost. And now they were face to face. This made Jay extremely uncomfortable.

"Jay." Andy said in his annoying little voice.

"Uh, hi...?" Jay said unsure.

Andy smirked dangerously. Jay started to tremble. Jay had never been one for confrontation. He preferred to be alone. By himself, with no one but him and his iPod.

"When did you come here? To the normal part of town, I mean." Andy's question caught Jay off-guard.

"Um, I don't know, about two days ago, I guess."

"And when did you become a freak?" A grin split Andy's face as Jay just stared at him in horror.

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Edilio contemplated with himself for a while.

"Well, now, I guess we should go see if The Healer can fix you up." Edilio said, meeting Destiny's eyes in the mirror.

Destiny raised her eyebrows in confusion. The Healer? Why? She thought, puzzled. Then, slowly as she regained her consciousness she regained her feelings. Her feelings of pain. She groaned loudly and started to examine herself for injuries.

Her arms, they were shredded, covered with dirt and stained in her blood. She looked down to her legs, her knees, didn't even look like knees behind the blood and mud, which would more than likely lead to infection. She ran her fingers over them gingerly.

A thought occurred to Destiny that startled her and her hands flew up to her stomach in realisation. She suddenly felt extremely sick.


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Until next time when the grass is greener, hippychiKK. x