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How The Fire Burns
Chapter 8
ALEXPOV
It's been about 2 months since Justin said that Riley called. I haven't heard anything from him so I put him in the back of my mind for now.
"So what are you guys doing this weekend?" I asked.
"Not much."
"Nothing."
"Nada." all came at the same time.
"Well my brothers are coming again and they wanted to hang out with you all again." I said.
"Sure." Layla said. Soon the rest agreed. Warren came and sat down next to me and pulled out his latest book "Call of the Highland Moon". He said nothing all he did was give a nod to the table and gently massaged my leg. I asked if he wanted to come over that weekend and he agreed. I let him get back to his book after that. I started talking to Magenta about trivial things as the rest of the table, minus Warren, separated into their own conversations.
"Watcha talking about Lexy?" Came Lash's voice.
"Oh you know, the usual fawning over how sexy you look in those stripes. Damn I'd hit that and never quit that." I joked.
"Oh I know." He laughed and ruffled my hair. I swatted his hand away.
"I was asking if you all wanted to come hang out with Max and Justin." I invited. Lash and Speed have warmed up to the group and vice versa. They're not like best friends or anything but they tolerate each other.
"When?" he asked, stretching his arm to get a chip from my bag.
"This weekend." I said.
"Sure, I'll tell Speed." he said. Suddenly a gust of wind surrounded the and the pudding cup that was in my had disappeared. Freaking Speed.
"Always! Always with the freaking pudding! Is it so impossible to get your own?" I asked.
"Old habits die hard." he said as he opened it.
"Well, find a way to kill them or I'll roast you." I threatened playfully.
"Are those fighting words Russo?" he lifted an eyebrow.
"If you want."
"Raincheck."
"Thought so." I said as I snatched back my pudding.
"Oh c'mon!" Suddenly it was like everything went black. I couldn't hear anything except for a loud static type noise. Out of nowhere a picture of Lash popped up in front of me. Then it blurred out out into a scene.
The room was an obnoxious, blinding white. If possible, it was whiter than the detention room. It had no furniture at all. Lash was sitting on the ground with his back against the wall. His hair was matted down with grease and sweat. He was an alarming pale. There was blood stains on his shirt and for once he wasn't wearing the striped sleeves. Because of that, the purple-bluegreen bruises on his arm were clearly visible. I saw his wrists and realized that he was chained down. The cuffs were white though and had a little red and blue blinking light. That meant they must've been neutralizers. There was dried blood that was coming from underneath them though and I could just barely see that the cuffs had spikes on the inside that were piercing through his skin.
A figure dressed in all black with a cloak and a hood shadowing his face came in and started talking to him. I couldn't make out the words because because they sounded like the grown ups from The Peanuts.
"NO!" Lash yelled.
The figure snapped his fingers and a sickening crack was heard. Lash cried out and blood seeped through his jeans. He tried to reach for his leg but bit back another cry as the spikes in the cuffs grew bigger and tore his skin more. He was writhing in pain when the vision ended and the figure was laughing at him.
I gasped and looked around. Everything except Layla, Will, Magenta, Zach, Warren, Ethan, and Speed was frozen in place. Lash was stretching his arm to the counter to get a pudding for Speed. At least that's what his frozen figure looked like it was doing.
"D-did you g-guys see that?" Layla stuttered.
"Was it of Lash?" Speed asked. I knew now that I wasn't the only one that saw the sickening vision. The group nodded and looked at Lash. He seemed so healthy and even happy compared to what the vision showed. Ethan was pale and looked like his lunch was about to come up.
"Why would someone take Lash though?" Will asked.
"Well maybe a sidekick's parent is a villain and wants to get back at him." Zach said.
"Then they would want me too, Glow-worm." Speed said.
"You better protect your friend Russo." a voice echoed.
"Did you hear that?" Ethan asked.
"Why were they talking to you Alex?" Warren asked. I couldn't answer. I was in shock. I knew that voice better than my own.
Riley.
"Alex?"
"Huh?" I was snapped out of my daze by Warren's husky voice.
"Why were they talking to you?" he repeated.
"I-I don't know." I lied.
"Should we tell Lash?" Layla asked.
"The person only showed us. I don't think we should worry him. We should just keep an extra eye on him." Will suggested. We agreed and in a matter of minutes everything unfroze.
"Here ya go Speed." Lash said as he handed Speed another pudding cup.
"Th-thanks buddy." He stuttered.
"You alright? Jeez, you guys look like someone's gonna die or somthin." he observed.
If only he knew.
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