Chapter Three
"We've been walking for hours!"
"Shut up, and keep walking. We're almost there."
The sun is almost at the horizon and I start to get worried. Crimson walks faster than me, which is weird because she is around three years younger. "This doesn't look like my neighbourhood..." I start.
"I never said we were going to your home."
This gets me really anxious. I grab her shoulders, hard, and force us to a stop. She looks at me quizzically and says, "You do realise I have super strength, right?"
"Ok. I need you to stop joking around, and tell me what is going on." I say, very serious.
She sighs. "There are people called The Hunted. Well, at least we call ourselves that. We have specific alien genes in our DNA that, by chemical reaction, causes us to be able to control an element. People from the government have been trying to find our civilisation for years. There has only been one recorded case in history where a Hunted can control two elements, fire and water, and her name is Reba East. She is our leader. Every Hunted we find is brought back to a secret, underground facility called The Sanctuary by Finders, like me, who routinely pick them up when they appear on our radar. So far, there are six potential powers; Fire, Earth, Water, Strength, Mind, and Air. I have Strength. You most likely have Fire. You are Hunted. Does that clear things up for you?"
It takes a while for this to sink in. The only thing that I can think of to say is, "I'm part alien?" Crimson glares at me, clearly exasperated.
"Keep walking."
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"Mrs. East, the Finder and the New One are coming back."
"Good. Open the doors."
Reba stood before a large screen. A radar played on it, and two figures, one red and one yellow moving towards the center. "Undetermined. Really?" She says, fingering a switch, "After that performance? Fire, clearly."
A man pressed a button and the yellow dot turned orange.
"Much better. Here they come, my pretties."
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