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Light World 3: The Witches of Olde
Chapter 5:
Annie's POV
Los Angeles was bright. Three days had passed since we left Eureka. We had to sneak past literally hundreds of INGEN Guards. I still couldn't figure out where they were coming from or how they were here. I didn't know why I seemed to know who they all were. It was driving me crazy.
"I am pushy aren't I?" I asked.
"Annie, when did you turn into a teenage girl?" Jim asked.
"After I was eleven? Why?" I asked.
"Ha-ha, but really, you're acting different." He said.
"Hmm, I don't know." I said. "That tornado changed me though. or my perspective."
"How so?" he asked.
We walked along the old highway. This section was empty and clearly hadn't been used sine one of the Hunger Games ways back. We were close to the station though.
"Well a part of me realized that Luke and Ingrid should still be together, its true. I love Luke, he loves me, but he also loves Ingrid more than me. SO I think it's time I let go." I said.
"So this turned you into a teenager?" he asked.
"I am not a teenager." I glared at him.
"Right," he said. "And I'm not in the twenty-eighth century with a girl from the twenty-first century."
"Touché, but I'm not a teenager. I just need to be more charismatic and optimistic. I need to know my kids are okay and the only way to do that is to just flip off my emotions and act bubbly." I said coolly.
"That's an interesting theory." He said.
"I know," I said walking ahead of him.
I walked between old Capitol Cars from Panem and saw the Panem Flags inside. I had an idea. I slid into one of the cars and tried to hotwire them. I was close, but I had no electrical jump. These hadn't been used in over three hundred years. It was too far gone. I sighed and joined Jim on the road. Together we walked forward into the city of Angeles. I saw the high rise buildings of my former city. The city had been abandoned for hundreds of years until recently people had started fixing them back up. Cities like Seattle, Los Angeles and D.C. were among those few places. The other cities had turned into Districts or had been lost to age.
"Looks different," Jim said.
"When were you here?" I spun around.
"2143." He said.
"Before prison?" I asked.
"Yes, before I was arrested for having three children." He said.
"Interesting." I said.
We walked through the old streets and found ourselves in the midst of a large street full of broken down cars and pieces of debris. We walked on and I looked up at a building. It was hard to tell if any one lived here now. I didn't want to think about the bodies that were inside from when Ingrid had been here in 2015. I could picture the rabid bodies of the people who were infected with the disease.
"Hey there pretty lady," a man walked out.
"Come on Jim," I pulled him along.
"Act like we're married." He said.
I took his arm and rested my head on his shoulder. I walked forward with him and heard a whisper in my ear.
"I said Hello," it was the same man.
"You best answer my brother you whore," another man said.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
They laughed. They were a grimy pathetic looking bunch of horny men. A few of them grabbed at their crouches and smiled at me. I rolled my eyes and walked on with Jim. He seemed…tense.
"Hey, don't you walk away from me. Don't you want to have a good time?"
"No," I muttered.
"Hey! Get back here!" the man grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
I fell back into his arms and felt the nastiness of his clothes rub up against my dress. I cringed and fought away from him.
"Let go!" I screamed.
I felt his hand drift up my thigh. He grabbed my butt and squeezed it.
"I said let go! I don't want to hurt you!" I said.
"Get down on your hands." He commanded.
I fell to the ground and looked up at Jim. A few other men were holding him and looking at him curiously. I looked at him and nodded. I heard the sound of a zipper.
"I warned you." I laughed.
"What're you gonna do?" he looked away.
I swung my legs back and threw myself up. Jim tossed the men aside and threw punches into their faces. I smiled and saw them all baffled. I took out my knife and lowered it to the first man's throat.
"May we leave now?" I asked.
"Sure..sure…go!" he said.
"Thank you." I slapped his face playfully.
I walked on with Jim and heard them all retreat into their buildings. We had gotten past them, but what else laid in the city? What other dangers had this place collected over the years?