HURT ME:
I woke up at night again, sweating but because it was hot, summer.
"I can't handle this heat!"
This wasn't the feeling of summer because we were in winter, there's snow outside. So why do I feel so much heat coming out of my body? Then I
finally realized, this isn't my body heat...
Out of nowhere I see my front door opening and Kenji is running towards my bed with Adam behind him, Kenji immediately kneels down on both knees
beside my bed, for an odd reason I couldn't speak, I barely could move, my body was on fire! It felt as if someone threw hot boiling water on me while I
sleep.
Kenji tried to touch my arm but quickly pulled it away and shook it, what happened? He can't touch me? Of course he can't my skin was far too hot for
anyone to handle. I can see Kenji saying something to me but my eyes were beginning to get blurry, then I heard him, he was yelling my name, over
and over, asking me what's wrong, then I see Adam go behind him, looks as if he is freaking out when Kenji stands up. My hand moves upwards, I
needed to tell him, I had to let him know somehow what I was feeling but he was already gone. My vision went more blurry and I could barely see who
came into the room but I could sense it was the twins along with Castle, then it all blacked out.
I wake up in the medical wing, as if there's nothing wrong with me, I stand up but Sonya quickly comes to my left side and pushes me back down,
"REST!" she tells me, orders me to lay back down, I push her hand away, "You're not the boss of me." I say to her with no emotion and get out of the
bed, I wear my shoes and head for the door when Kenji walks in and sees me, says nothing, and hugs me, TIGHT!
"Okay... you can let go now, Kenji? KENJI!" I break away and he just stares at me with gently sad eyes, "I thought something bad was going
to happen, but then Sonya and Sara told me you're temperature came down quick after we moved you here, what on Earth was that!"
he seemed angry yet worried, I laugh and walk past him, "Nothing happened..." I lied, I always lie when it comes to this, especially this, I just brush
it all off so no one knows. I turn to look at Kenji, "I do wanna know one thing... how the hell did you know? That I was like..this." I was
confused about that, Kenji looks at me then looks up, "I heard you call me in my sleep."
"What?" was all I could say before completely losing my mind and laughing, I didn't even realize I left till Adam was in front of me, staring at me. "How
are you, uh, feeling now?"
he scratches his head and looks to the right, I smile, "I'm totally fine! Nothing to worry about!" I go past him and walk back to my room, I know
exactly how long it took for my body to calm down, I know exactly how long it took me to sleep, I know everything but one thing. Who's pain was I
feeling?
I was sitting alone at a table when Kenji slides in next to me gently bumping into me and flashes a bright smile, I look down at my food and slowly eat,
there was one thing on my mind... it was the dream I had before waking up with to a body practically burning from inside out, a dream where I yelled
at Kenji not to touch me or he will get hurt, I sounded so much like Juliette it angers me. It's been 2 weeks since she's been here and all she's done is
just cry over Adam, but I can't help thinking about what Kenji told me yesterday, did I really call his name in my dream? I don't remember it.
"Can we cut the bullshit for one second here Lea?" I look at Kenji who is now across from me, he was looking into my eyes sharply, seriously, and
I put my spoon down, "You wanna talk? Fine. After we both finish eating, in the hall way."
"Sounds fantastic to me!"
After breakfast Kenji pulls me to the side and sighs, "I don't understand any of this, whatever is happening to you I need to know, you can't
just simply walk around here at Omega Point without telling us what the hell is going on with you, get your head out of your ass Lea,
stop pretending like you're fine, because you're not and I know it, you're keeping something away from me why? I want to know
why!" Kenji's face is very close to mine, I put my hand on his chest with my eyes staring deep into his and I push him back, "You really wanna
know what's going on? FINE! Ask Castle! He knows all about it!" I say very hurt, I start turning and walking away from him then look back at
him, "You didn't have to take my journal just because I'm not ready to share my inner touchy feelings you or anyone else..."
"I'm worried about you damn it! You're my friend!"
"Then give me my damn privacy!" I shout at him all at once and just leave before I snap further, I hear him calling my name but I ignore him and
leave.
Juliette is in front of me, I stare at her for a while before looking away, I notice she tries to say something but changes her mind and walks away, I
chuckle quickly and look back at her walking away from me fast. She wanted to know if I was alright but since she's been doing nothing but scared of
talking to people I guess she can't even manage to do anything correctly at this point. Just as I look at what's in front of me I see Castle standing with
his hands behind his back, "I may have figured out something you'd want to know all about Azalea." and I think my heart stopped.
We walked into the medical wing and Castle told me to sit down, I had no idea why we were here but I guess he needed a place where it was quiet, he
smiles at me for a moment before speaking. "I think I know why your body over heated to a very extent temperature last night."
I knew he was going to say that, I felt it, I saw it in my head, the words, the feeling, he sits down across from me and takes a deep breath, "It was
Adam I am afraid."
Wait...Adam? "Yeah I knew it was from Adam but ya lost me a bit here..."
"Azalea there are many things I still don't know about you or your abilities, but I do know one thing, from what you've explained to me
2 weeks ago I managed to come to this, you can feel other people's physical pain am I correct?" All I do was nod and he continues.
"You sometimes cannot control it especially when it's pain like no other, and yesterday night this is what happened to you, you see
Adams ability is to disable things, however only when he feels threatened, he cannot control this yet. I also noticed that when he is
with Ms .Ferrars his body heats up very much, this is why he is able to touch her as well." I freeze with my mouth open, I close my mouth
and wave my hand in front of Castles face, "Hello! How come I did not know this! I mean I could feel Adam had some type of power but
damn that boy has so much shit in his mind they go through my head as if they were my own thoughts, I can't stand being around him
sometimes because of his thoughts but I never in a million years thought this was hi-" Castle cuts me off, "One moment Azalea! What do
you mean his thought as your own?" Now he is practically looking at me like he is about to attack me with words.
"Okay lemme put it to you this way, anyone else finds out I will not be happy, and Kenji especially better not find out ok?" Castle nods,
"I can sort of feel peoples emotions but not their energy, cuz it's not only with people like us but it's with everyone, whether they
touch my skin or not I can see their feelings and thoughts as images in my head, as if they were my own, that being said I can also feel
their pain, physically and mentally, it's as I told you when I was 7, it all started then, I don't know who was in pain but I felt it
completely as my own. And yesterday in my room it did come from Adam, I felt it the moment I woke up, however I don't feel things as
most do, I-"
"You feel them much more stronger, much more pain than the original, is that right Azalea." Castle finishes my sentence and he was
absolutely correct. I nod with my head down, looking at the floor, he places his hand on my left shoulder, pats it twice before standing up and leaving,
he stops by the door, "I'm glad you shared this with me today and know that Kenji will not know a single thing unless you are ready to
tell him, tell him things that you and I know isn't the right time to discuss. But know this Azalea- Kenji truly cares for you, more than
he shows and the only reason he took your journal was because he was so eager of finding out the truth so he can understand why
you refuse to tell him anything of this matter, he deserves to know one day, eventually we will need you to fight with us at full extent,
I just hope you tell him before this happens." and he leaves.
Castles words replay in my mind over and over and over again about a million times at night.
I got frustrated at the thought of telling Kenji and buried my face into my pillow and hit it with my fists, then I got up to breathe and opened my drawer
and took out a jacket to wear. I can't stay in here, I need to walk! I exit Omega Point and it was freezing cold! I close my eyes as I step into a huge field
of snow, I hug myself and then feel a rush of heat go all over my body and I open my eyes... I was very warm now.
I make my way through the thick snow wearing nothing but dark blue jeans, a black sweater, my black jacket with the hood on and black ankle boots. I
keep walking looking straight ahead with my guard up when I see a group of men outside, soldiers of sector 45 and I hid behind a wall before they could
see me, I keep moving but slower till I got out of the area and into a more quiet zone near broken houses when suddenly I sense someone coming near
me and grabs my hand before I could run, a strong steady grip yanks me backwards and I slam into the wall, I look up and oh my God.
Warner is in front of me smiling.
Smiling.
And I feel my heart getting heavy by the second he wraps his hands around me tightly, and lets out a deep breath.
~To be continued~
