Okay so here's the next chapter! And for the contest, the end date, is on the 18th of november!
When I got back to the bottom of the cliff, nobody was there. The fire was put out, and it was quickly getting dark. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. So I did what any idiot girl would do, and I yelled as loud as I could "HEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPP!"
Fang burst through the bushes at top speed, and stood in front of me, shielding me against the wall. "What happened?" he asked quickly.
"I don't know. I got here, and everyone was gone, the fire was put out and it's getting dark soon..." I looked around, the trees beginning to look sinister in the shadows.
He exhaled loudly and shook his head at me, and sat down, leaning back against the rock wall. "That's it?"
"Yeah. I figured screaming 'help' would be the fastest way to get anybody's attention. and I seem to have guessed right, by your reaction.
He glared at me and then looked down. "You scared me out of my mind, you know." he said softly, his face showing no emotion.
Was he that worried about me? I wondered. It made me feel all fluttery inside and I smiled slightly. "Really?"
He just nodded and picked up a stick, breaking it into little pieces, and then throwing each of them out into the woods. It was now completely dark, and there was no sign of the others.
"It's hard, growing up with people, and then falling in love with them. Losing them, and then getting confused again." he said quietly.
"I know what you mean..." I whispered, trying to blink tears out of my eyes. My latest boyfriend, out of the two I've had, was my best friend, and we'd both liked each other forever. He then stopped liking me, after about 5 months, and we broke up, and everything was akward between us. I hated it. It would've been better for us never to have gone through that.
"Maybe I should fly up and see if they're up in the cave." Fang suggested.
I was reluctant to let him go, and be left down here alone, in the dark, in a forest, but I nodded, and he flew up. A twig snapped a few feet away, and I whirled to my right, to see three men, in black, running towards me.
"FAN-" I shrieked, the word getting cut off at the end, by a hand that I promptly bit. The man grunted in pain, but kept a firm grip on me. I started panicking. I started hyperventilating, and I felt really dizzy all of a sudden.
Please don't let them take me please don't let them take me please don't let them-
The man behind me cried in pain, and I opened my eyes- which I just realized had been squeezed shut- to see the forest illuminated by a wierd, sparking light. I looked around, but it seemed to follow me. The man that had been holding me was on the ground, and he looked almost... singed. I turned slightly, and realized that it was my hair that was sparking, with static electicity.
I stumbled backwards and i smacked my head on the wall. A dark shape flew and smacked the other men, and was followed by about six other forms. The Flock. My mind whispered to me. I was shaking uncontrollably now, and the sparks seemed to be getting worse.
After what seemed like hours of the Flock kicking and punching, and grunts and groans, there was silence, and the only thing really creating any disturbance at all was my hair. Fang stood from where he'd bee crouching, and walked over to me, and was about to put his hand on my arm. I flinched, and he let it drop to his side.
"There's nothing to worry about Leksi, don't worry. You're safe with us. I'll never let anyone hurt you, I promise." he whispered, and I looked into his deep, brown eyes. His black hair was mussed and it suited him, and in some far corner of my mind, I felt a deep attraction towards him. But, the front of my mind was remembering how I'd almost gotten kidnapped a few seconds ago.
I leaned into him without thinking, resting my head on his chest, and I started to cry. Yay for me, right? I was in his arms, and he smelled really, really good... but I was acting like a child. I bet they'd dealt with things like this a ton of times, like getting assaulted happened often. But honestly, I've always been scared of this stuff, getting kidnapped, raped, assaultewd, murdered, that sort of thing, so this really shook me up. And so, I kept crying.
Each time I thought I was almost done, another bout came along, smothering me. It was as if I had an ongoing supply of tears. My sides were beginning to ache, and I could see this was making Fang sort of uncomfortable, and upset. He had no idea what he could do to help, all he knew was that I needed it.
In the end, I was sniffling, and I wiped my eyes on my sleeve, and looked up at Fang. His eyes were full of concern, and kindness, and in that moment, it was nice, just being close to him. "I'm sorry." I sighed.
"Why should you be sorry?" he quirked an eyebrow.
"Because I just had a mental breakdown, that probably was extremely dangerous, seeing as how when I was getting upset before, I had sparks coming from my hair, and even singed some guy, because of the shock it gave." I admitted, and the realization hit him.
"You've got mutations too!" he exclaimed. Of course, that made everyone too.
"Yes. That's generally what you'd call random limbs that grow from your body unexpectedly." I said gesturing to my wings and my tail, that were covered by my jacket, and pants.
He rolled his eyes at me and then smiled slightly. "I meant the fact that you can creat electricity. You could probably learn to control it, and direct it too. I can camouflage when staying still."
"I have super speed when flying." Max said.
"I read minds, breath under water, change my appearance slightly, and do some other things..." Angel smiled.
"I can set off gasses." the Gasman smiled evilly.
"I can attract metals, and hack really well." Nudge admitted. "And it's really cool 'cause I can unlock doors and hack into government computers and..." I felt bad tuning her out, but after awhile, her talking sort of gets annoying.
"I can feel colours." Iggy said, and I screwed my eyebrows together.
"That makes no sense to me... whatever." I shook my head.
Ratchet, Holden, Star and Kate all just looked at me. Finally Ratchet spoke, "We don't have body mutations like you guys, like wings or anything. I have super heightened senses, even more so than yours. Holden is a human starfish. Star is super fast, and Kate is super strong."
"And Dylan and I don't really have any mutations, as of yet." Maya finished.
"Lucky." I muttered darkly. Max chuckled, and walked over, patting my shoulder.
"None of us asked for this Leksi, you're just lucky enough to just be starting off." Max said, and turned, still holding my arm. Fang had a firm grip on the other, and I realized too late what they were doing.
"Don't you da-" and I was off the ground, soaring to the cave. Hip hip hoo-freaking-ray. This time, they brought everyone up, that couldn't fly up themselves. We didn't want anybody getting kidnapped in their sleep.
"You know, it'd be helpful if one of you developped levitation as your mutation." Max said sarcastically, looking around almost hopefully.
"Not likely." Maya laughed. "We don't need any more mutations."
"I second that." I yawned, lying on the floor. I felt someone lie down quite close behind me, and I turned around to face them. It was Fang... and he was really close. His nose was almost brushing mine, and his breath on my face, was warming me up. I was cold.
"'Night Leks." he whispered, studying me.
I noted how he used 'Leks' instead of 'Leksi' or 'Elektra'. "'Night Fang."
And I fell asleep, with him close to me, not fearing anything because he was there to protect me, just like he promised.