Chapter 11- Powers

Tom was thrown onto the rock hard floor of his cell. The door slammed behind him and he was in so much pain. He had never been in a fight before and this one was proper violent. Ashlea couldn't bear it. If she hadn't of escaped, Tom wouldn't of got hurt, she thought.
"Tom" she whispered. There were no reply just groans and wheezes. He cried didn't stop until about 25 minutes later. He couldn't get up without help so he fell asleep on the floor. Ashlea didn't let anger take over her. She just burst into tears and fell onto her bed and cried herself to sleep.

Dan and Aniesha were still waiting for the MI9 van. They were about a mile away from the area.
"This is the right place?" Dan asked worriedly.
"I'm sure it is, look on my spy pod" Aniesha replied and gave it to him. He examined a map that was on the screen of it.
"This is definitely the place. Call Frank to see if there being held up, Aniesha?" Aniesha got out her communicator.
"Frank, we've been waiting here for the SWAT team for forty minutes now. Have you got any idea where it is?" she asked much calmly than before.
"I'll try and find out where it's got to" he replied.
"Okay. Is there any news on Tom? I shouldn't of argued before" she said quietly.
"No I'm afraid not and I've got the location of the van, it's about 10 minutes away due to traffic and I understand you want to get Tom back but It'll be far too dangerous. I cannot afford to lose another two good agents. I'll see you when you get back" With that he ended the call.
"So where's the van?" Dan asked. Aniesha told him and they decided to change back into their original appearances. Aniesha and Dan knew Frank meant well for not sending them to rescue Tom but they had to do something!

Hours later, Tom woke up at roughly 5:00am. He tried to sit up but his ribs and stomach were so painful. So he just lay there looking up at the plain, dark ceiling of his cell on a cold, hard floor. He just about managed to turn his head to see Ashlea enclosed in her covers. She was shaking. Suddenly, she started shouting. "Please stop! I'm sorry, I'll do it just don't kill him! Don't pull the trigger! Please, NO!" she cried. He couldn't move to wake her up without agonising pain. He couldn't shout because his throat was sore as hell so he had to wait for the nightmare to pass. It passed about 10 minutes later and she woke up.
"Tom?" she whispered.
"I'm here. You were having a nightmare" he said quietly.
"I've had them for years. I always have an annual phase which lasts about 5 and an a half months" she said. She got up and went to the bars. She saw him lying there helpless but he wasn't that far away from the bars. "Can you crawl over here Tom?" She asked.
"I can't. I'm in too much pain. I swear I have some broken ribs" he replied. Ashlea sighed but then she remembered something.
"Stay very still. I'm going to try something" she said. Tom was confused but he nodded and she closed her eyes. Her hands started shaking and she groaned.
"Ashlea! Stop!" he shouted worriedly. Her hands glowed blue and she pushed them through the bars and directed them at Tom. Beams of light travelled towards him and they hit him. Seconds later the beams receded and Ashlea fell to the ground in exhaustion. Tom was shocked. Not only because she had just shot him was a beam that came out of her hands but his wounds had healed. He no longer felt any pain and he could move.

He went over to the bars to see her crying.
"Hey, what you did was amazing. What's wrong?" he asked
"I'm a monster! I was created this way! I want to be normal!" she cried
"You're not a monster! You just healed all my wounds. The people who made you are monsters" Suddenly, a guard opened the door and came in with a two plates of food. He placed one on the floor.
"Eat this and in 10 minutes guards will collect you. Be ready!" he instructed and he went out of his cell and into Ashlea's and did the same.
"Ashlea, we need to get out of here!" Tom whispered.
"How? There's guards all over the place!" she whispered back.
"Do you know any tunnels or anything we could use?" he asked.
"I told you, I only know so much about the building" she replied. Tom sighed and went to get his breakfast and Ashlea did the same. Half way through eating it, two KORPS guards with guns came in to Tom's cell and three in Ashlea's.

They stood up and walked out where a guard blind folded them and they were guided to a room. When they had entered the guard took the blind fold off and Ashlea was strapped into a metal chair and Tom held by some guards. Another door opened on the far side of the room and in came the crime minister, more guards and some scientists. The treacherous crime minister and her evil scientists stood in front of the chair.
"U19, before we begin phase 1 I will ask you a question. How has that boy got no bruises and why is he not in pain?" she asked. Oh crap! Ashlea thought. She was silent for a while and the crime minister was running out of patience which there wasn't much of. "Beat up the boy again!" she shouted. Tom closed his eyes as the guards prepared to batter him.
"Wait!" Ashlea screamed. The devilish woman gestured for them to stop.
"I used my powers to heal him!" she told. Crime minister looked at her angrily and then at one of the scientists.
"Dr. Antonsen, why didn't you lock her powers!" she bellowed. He was a small, middle aged man with curly black hair and green eyes.
"We tried but they wouldn't so we just left it. We didn't think she would dare use them anyway. She is getting much stronger, ma'am" the men said. He had a Swedish accent.
"Well then, start phase 1!" the woman ordered.
"What are you going to do to her?" Tom asked concerned, angry and scared.
"Oh nothing special. Just to condition her for the real thing!" she replied and then laughed wickedly.
"What's the real thing?" Tom asked.
"Oh you'll find out soon enough" she replied.
Suddenly, there was a humming noise coming from the chair and Ashlea began to shake. 30 seconds later the humming stopped and Ashlea slumped back into the chair, lifeless…

What a cliff hanger aye and bit of sci-fi going on a think? Thank you to reviewers and please make sure to review and I'll update soon! Sami xxxxxxxxx