Chaos & Euphoria

Chapter 4:

[i]Flash Back[/i]

[i]"We don't have money for you to keep going to the bar, Michael!" My mother yelled forcing me to wince sub consciously.

"I need to go out with the guys! We don't ever have money! Where are you spending it?!"He yelled at my mother and I ran to my room and grabbed my book bag dumping all of its contents onto the floor and packing it with clothes and the other essentials. I sniffled as I walked out the front door. They didn't even notice I was leaving, which made me even more sad knowing they would be better off with out me.

I was running, I didn't know where or when I would stop. I didn't know where I was going to sleep all I could think about how happy my parents would be when I was gone. How happy they would be that they had money. I was the reason dad couldn't go out, I was the reason mom got yelled at because she bought me some new clothes. I couldn't put them through this torment anymore, it was always a fight about money or me. I just couldn't deal with it anymore.

As I crossed the first intersection I made it to the highway, I had my backpack hitched onto my shoulders. I pulled my hoodie over my head and ran for it hoping I would make it across with out dying. I felt an impact greater than anything I had felt in my entire life. More than even coming to the world which in its self is a huge impact. I groaned as my body lay on the newly paved roads, I could feel something happening to me. Bones snapping back into place, the pain was almost unbearable. Soon enough the pain stopped and I realized I wasn't even hurt. I stood on my feet and grabbed my bag which laid a few yards away from me and continued to run for my life. Something was different, something was wrong with me because I wasn't like everyone else I was special.

I knew I had to protect that because people are scared of what they don't understand and I couldn't let them kill me. I had to fight for my rights.[/i]

"Brendon, I'm not like everyone else. I can heal, and read your...thoughts..and freeze time..." I said to him and he looked at me with a blank expression. His mind held no thoughts, then he attacked me making me scream.

"YOUR FREAKING AMAZING! Will you marry me?"He asked and a faint blush touched my cheeks since he was no practically straddling my waist.

"Uhm...if I say yes will you get off?" I asked him and he nodded.

"Then yeah." I said smiling and he climbed off me.

"So..uh you've been reading my mind..."He asked and I sighed.

"I can't fully control that one yet. I just got it about a year ago. I hear everyone's thoughts, its really annoying especially when you have a headache." I told him and he looked at me.

"You've just made all my comic books so real."He said like a giddy child on Christmas.

"Your welcome?" I said not sure what to say to that comment.

"Thank you, Thank you, thank you thank."He said repeatedly as he hugged me tightly.

"I'm never going to let them hurt you.. I promise."He said to me seriously.

"Don't promise me that Brendon...I don't want you getting hurt..."I said to him seriously as I stood on my feet.

"I won't."He said looking at me with a faint smile.

"Good. Now, you cannot tell anyone..." I said to him seriously and he pouted.

"Fine.."He said nodding in complete understandment.

"Thanks for understanding. I didn't know how well you would take all this..." I said to him and he shrugged.

"A hot chick with super powers lives in my apartment... I would have a problem with this why?"He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Well, you could have thought I was psycho..Don't you want proof..."I asked him, he tapped his chin a bit and nodded. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a knife off the counter then walking back into his room and sitting on the floor next to him. I sliced my hand open allowing the blood to flow freely from the fresh cut I had just created. He gulped a little and leaned forward to grab my hand but when he held it in his hand there was nothing there but blood. The cut had healed it self.

"Whoa..."He said blinking rapidly.

"So...are we still cool..."I asked him, he looked up at me and nodding.

"Yeah, so uh do you have any new powers?"He asked me and I laughed a little.

"Not to my knowledge. Something always triggers it, the first time I froze time I was stuck in frozen time for like 3 hours....it sucked. Once I finally got the hang of it everything was okay though." I said to him shrugging slightly.

"Cool. So you could get away with anything...like a super hero.."He said to me and I laughed.

"No..It doesn't work like that." I said to him shaking my head.

"Then how does it work?"He asked me curiously.

"Videos still video tape when time freezes thats how the FBI found out about that particular power..." I said to him shrugging slightly, pushing some hair out of my face.

"Brendon..." I said softly, as tears filled my eyes.

"Erin.. whats wrong?"

[i]'God..she is scared anyone can see it...'[/i]

"If...if they get me... I want you to give this tape to the news okay. Tell them the FBI is holding a civilian hostage and they will have no choice but to let me go. I haven't done anything to harm anyone, I just want people to know. People like me to know that there is always hope..." I said to him as they fell down my cheeks. I felt him wrap his arms around me, he kissed the top of my head. He took the tape, then pushed some hair from my face.

"Whatever you need me to do. I'll do it..."He told me and I hugged him tightly.

"Thank you." I whispered to him softly.