A/N-9/13/14 This and chapter 12 I'm putting up today. Chapter 11 doesn't really stand alone, though the change in POV makes the chapter break necessary. I'm not happy where chapter 12 leaves off, but I don't want to delay posting the installment any longer. I'm sorry this took so long.
Next chapter is the climax, I promise.
"All right, I'll scout for you," said Sue, who was numb with the shock of Tommy's death. After feeling the cold tentacles of Carrie's power around and in her, and seeing what an angry Carrie White was capable of doing, Sue realized there was only one right answer to that request.
When and where did she get all this power? She definitely didn't have it that day in the shower.
"Good!" Carrie gazed at her. Carrie's right eye was so bloodshot it looked almost solid red. "I'll never hurt you. We're friends now."
Sue nodded, as Ms. D. came to and was getting up.
"Wait! Carrie!" the teacher called, but Carrie was already out on the stage.
Sue turned the recovering gym teacher. "Ms. Desjardin . . ."
"Call me Rita . . ."
"Rita, Carrie's going to stop the other shooters."
"What? She can't. That power! She has no restraint."
"No offense, Rita, but they killed Tommy, they're shooting people, and they have a bomb out there that's supposed to kill everybody. I don't see restraint as being a necessity here. Excuse me, I promised to help her."
"Sue wait . . .
Sue went out on stage. The gym was filled with smoke and steam. Carrie stood down stage, her body tensed. She swooned to the side.