A/N With summer coming up, hopefully I'll be able to write a lot more. I'm adding in some OC's…I hope you don't mind. Enjoy! :DD
Mira's POV
At any moment, we can be killed.
There's three of us, three freaks living on the edge, doing everything we can to keep out of the clutches of the Division. Me, Lee, and Selby. Lee and I are brother and sister with a telepathic connection, as unbelievable as it sounds. Something about this strange connection has heightened our ability; we're two of the most powerful Phasers in the world. Or, at least, that's what we've been told by the dozens of Division members that have tried to kill us.
"How's that?" Selby asks Lee. We'd just escaped yet another Division attack and are currently residing in a run-down chicken house right outside Little Rock. Who knew Arkansas would be crawling with Division? Lee had gotten a shallow gunshot wound, and Selby, being a decent Stitch, patched him up.
"Better." Lee says. He touches the wound and winces, still. Selby hasn't quite gotten his powers down pat.
"Are you okay, Mira?" Selby turns to me, brushing his dark hair out of his eyes. I nod silently. "You sure?" Selby's very protective of me, even more so than Lee. I think it may have something to do with his own sister being abducted by the Division; he must feel guilty for that and is using me for reparation.
"I'm honestly, fully and completely okay. Quit worrying so damn much." I growl playfully. Selby's eyebrows still stay crinkled. "Really, I'm fine." His face softens into a warm smile.
"Okay, lovebirds. Stop the gushy stuff, and let's go." Lee demands, grabbing his backpack. I blush slightly and turn away quickly, reaching for my own pack. It's not that I like Selby, but Lee can be way too obnoxious sometimes.
"Where are we off to, Commander?" Selby asks, snapping into a salute. I bite back a giggle.
"Asia."
"Asia?" Selby and I respond in shock.
"Yeah. Hong Kong. I've heard through the grapevine that there's a group of people trying to gather up an army to dispose of the Division." Lee's cornflower blue eyes, exactly like mine, glint with the prospect.
"Lee, never in my seventeen years have I ever heard anything that ridiculous." I say, dumbfounded. "What makes you think that that's true? Anyone stupid enough to do that is not someone we need to associate ourselves with, even if that is true. We'd get killed, for sure."
"Isn't that better than this? This running and hiding shit that we've been doing for ten fucking years?" Lee always gets way too worked up over things, not that I can't understand why. He got all the passion in the family; I got all the timidity and common sense.
"No, Lee, it isn't!" I say, exasperated. "When we run, we at least know that we have a little more time with each other. But this…this 'Revolution' thing? You might as well shoot yourself now." Lee throws up his arms.
"God, why do you have to be so fucking annoying? I'm trying to help!"
"No, you're trying to be an idiot. And it needs to stop. I say we do what we've been doing. And if we do stumble upon anything with an idea that stupid, we should shoot them and leave." I gingerly touch the gun holstered at my side. I've had to use it too much. Way too much.
"Selby. What do you think?" It always ends like this. Lee and I get in an argument, and Selby is the deciding factor. Lucky for me, he's always on my side. I smile in triumph until I hear:
"I think we should go to Hong Kong."
"Are you kidding me?" I shout. Selby sheepishly looks away from my evil eyes. "I would expect this from Lee. But you? Pathetic." I spit, spinning on my heel and stomping out of the broken door. Idiots.
"Are you Mira Kaye?" A voice asks me from behind. On instinct, I whip out my gun, cock it, and point it at whoever is standing there. An Asian girl with heavy bangs holds up her hands in surrender.
"Who are you?" I ask, my voice shaking.
"I'm Xiao." She says slowly, taking a step closer.
"Don't take another step," I threaten, trying to still the tremors traveling through my body. Like I said, I'm the timid one. "Lee! Selby! Get out here, quick!" Lee doesn't even bother with the door; he just Phases through the wall and is by my side in a second, his gun pointed like mine. Selby takes a second longer, skidding to a halt beside me. For reasons unknown to me, Selby prefers to fight the old-fashioned way-with a sword.
"Are you Lee Kaye and Selby Grundl?" Xiao asks, her hands dropping. She takes another step towards us, her eyes bright. I shoot a warning, the bullet passing just by her head, her hair ruffling from the force. She stops, blanches, and gulps.
"I'm not here to hurt you," she says with a thick Chinese accent.
"How do we know you're not part of the Division?" Lee asks warily.
"Or worse?" Selby follows up, his sword glinting menacingly in the sunlight. Believe it or not, we have come across a few people that are worse than the Division. But we try not to think about them, if at all possible.
"No, no! I am not here to hurt you!" She shakes her head furiously. I glance over at Selby, who shrugs. "I was sent here to…uh…recruit you."
"Recruit us for what?" Lee asks sharply. I look over at him; he's perspiring heavily and has that same glittery look in his eyes. My stomach drops. I'm thinking the worse. Every time Lee talks passionately about something, it almost always happens, even if no one else wants it to. Naturally, one of the things I'm most adamant about would happen the quickest.
"An uprising. Against the American Division." Lee lowers his gun and turns to me in victory.
"I told you! I told you!"
"We're not going." I say to Xiao in a steely voice. "Now, if you'd excuse us, we were just about to leave."
"Wait! Please, you must help us! A Seer told me that you three would be great help to us." I roll my eyes. Nothing she can say will change my mind.
"A Seer? Who, might I ask?" Selby says. He catches my arm when I start to walk away. "Just one minute, Mir. This…might be something good, for us," he says to me under his breath. If anyone but Selby had asked me to stop, I would have said no. But, as it is him…
"Fine," I say grudgingly, staying at his side.
"Her name is Cassie." Xiao says tentatively, hope beginning to come through in her voice. "She is a very strong girl, and she sent me yesterday to come right to this spot, and here you are, just as she said!"
"Cassie?" Selby asks Xiao. She nods enthusiastically. "What…what does she look like?" Even I notice the edge to Selby's question.
"Er…she is, about yay tall," Xiao gestures with her hands, "and has blonde hair with other colors in it." Somehow, I imagine Xiao doesn't have a good English vocabulary.
"We'll go." Selby grunts out a few seconds after Xiao finishes.
"What?" I exclaim, pulling away from him. He leans down until he's face to face with me.
"Please, Mir, please do this for me." I jerk my head away in disgust. He grabs my chin and pulls me back to face him. "Please." I glare into his eyes, his begging, pleading, pitiful eyes.
"Okay." I grumble. Selby's face splits into a wide grin, and he kisses my cheek quickly. I sigh. I can't stay angry at this guy.
"Take us to them?" Selby asks Xiao. I look at Lee, who's practically dancing in triumph.
Fuck my life.
A/N Ahh, shee-it. We don't find out what happened to Nick and Cassie? DAYUM! That'll be the next chapter. I'm starting to see a whole new direction for this one. It's quite exciting for me. BUT tell me if you don't like the new OC's, and I'll go back to just Cassie's POV and make them more minor. And I didn't really go into them as much as I would have liked to, because I was to see your reaction first. Please, please, PLEASE! Tell me what you think!1111111111111!eleven! Oh, and I need a beta. PM me if you're interested!
