Chapter 14
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A/N
'Ello guys! How's life? I don't have a lot to say, except go listen to The Vamps, so here's the story!
Enjoy!
Dear Diary,
You can imagine how weirded out I was. I mean, Angel was one mind reading mutant too many, but two? Yeesh. That's just asking for disaster.
"You ready?" Kaci asked, smirking.
"Why wouldn't I be?" I asked nervously, wringing my hands.
"Because you look freaked out. She's not that scary."
"Oh, sure. The mind reader isn't scary. Right," I retorted. She cracked a smile.
"Trust me, you'll be fine. Just don't think anything bad." You'd think I'd be used to that from Angel, but nooo. I generally don't like mind readers. I mean, I like Angel, but just without the mind reading powers. Did that make sense?
"Yeah. Perfect sense," a voice spoke. I felt relieved, then froze. Wait, someone had actually replied…
"That's right. Someone replied. Spooky, huh?" I spun around, and saw a girl standing there. She had black, red-streaked hair, and these weird green eyes like ecto plasma or something-
Yo, I can hear you describing me in your head. Don't call my eyes ecto plasma, okay? Holy crap, this was weird. I mean, Angel didn't really use sarcasm in her mind-broadcasting-things, so this was a whole new world. Like that Aladdin song! Oh, dang, there go the song references again.
"You have really weird thoughts," the girl commented.
"You have really annoying thoughts," I retorted. "'Don't call my eyes ecto plasma, okay?'" Her eyes widened, making them look like those massive drops of acid-y stuff in this computer game I used to play-
"Stop that thought right now. First, that mimicking thing was creepy. Second, that just proves your thoughts are weird." Kaci looked between us, an amused look on her face.
"Well, Gaz, this is Jinx. Jinx, meet the Gasman," she said.
"So this guys in the other flock, yeah?" Jinx asked, looking at me. I nodded yes. "So you're the reason that girls waiting outside, then?" I felt my face go pale, and Kaci raised her eyebrows at me.
"What girl?" She asked curiously, trying to peer outside. I quickly planted myself between her and the door.
"Yeah, you probably don't wanna get mixed up with all that…" I trailed off.
"Gaz, get out of the way. I wanna see the girl you're meeting." She tried to side-step me, but I moved in front of her every time.
"See, I'm kinda supposed to go meet her alone, or…" I choked on the last word, and thought about Angel. Wait...Angel can read minds. So if she's here, she might be able to hear me! Thinking about that was my first mistake.
"Who's Angel?" Jinx asked. I whipped my head in her direction, which was mistake number two. While I was trying to come up with an answer, Kaci ducked past me and ran for the door. "Hey! Kaci, don't go out there! She'll-" I started running toward the door, Jinx right behind me. Then she stopped.
"Hey, Gazzy," she began nervously.
"What?" I asked over my shoulder, slowing down a bit. Did she not get that Kaci and Angel were in danger?
"Um, you might wanna know. There's only two people out there. And none of them are named Angel." I stopped, and turned back to face her, eyes narrowing.
"If this is a joke-"
"It's not a joke. Kaci's my friend too, you know. Going out there would be suicide, if that psycho lady's thoughts are anything to go by," she explained seriously.
"How do I know you're not lying?" I asked quietly. She raised her eyebrows.
"Why would I lie? But if you really want proof…" She walked over to me, and put her hand on my forehead. I furrowed my eyebrows.
"What are you doing-" She held a finger to her lips, glaring at me with her scary plasma eyes. Then my world flipped upside down, and I was outside. Also in a choke hold, because random teleportation wasn't already great enough. I glanced at the person the person who was holding me. She wasn't facing me, but I'd know that purple hair anywhere.
"Bria?" I asked. Well, tried to ask. The words didn't actually leave my mouth. What the heck?
You're seeing through Kaci's eyes. Look around. Do you see Angel?
I didn't, but maybe Bria had hid her somewhere. I mean, I was supposed to be alone.
Gazzy. She's not there.
Hey, Jinx, does Kaci know that I'm invading her personal bubble?
I don't know. I've never tried this before/
What if I'd died because of it? Or gone in a coma? Or-
Gaz, shut up. You're making this situation even worse.
Kaci? You can hear me?
No, I can't. Of course I can, you're in my body! So, you planning on rescuing me any time soon?
Well, I'm kinda stuck right now, so unless Jinx would get me out-
Whatever. Jinx? A little help here. I'd like to be the only one in my body, thanks.
Technically, his body is still here, on the ground beside me. And I'm working on it.
Can you work a little harder? Because my body's probably getting lonely-
It doesn't have a brain. It can't be lonely.
Fine. Can you work a little harder, because I don't really want to be stuck here any more. That better?
What? No, that's-
Guys, shut up. You're giving me a headache.
Then hurry up!
Yeah, I-I'm trying. I sensed panic behind her words. She'd stuttered. Did that mean…
Hey, Jinx?
Yeah?
You do know how to fix this, right?
Well, it was my first time trying, and I don't know-
Oh, perfect. I'm stuck like this. Joy.
Hey, I'm not all bad!
No. You're worse.
I actually think I'm a decent person.
Well-
Guys, please shut up. Maybe you can get some inside info, bust Angel out of wherever she is. I'll take your, uh, body back to David and them, since they know where you guys live. We'll come, okay? Try send me a message.
What? Jinx-
No, no, no. This can't be happening-
I'm sorry.
Then everything snapped back into focus, and I saw Bria practically growling.
"Well? Why'd Gazzy send you out for reinforcement?" Kaci struggled against her, which meant that I was struggling, too, but it didn't feel like I was doing anything myself. It was weird, Diary. Really weird.
"He-he didn't. He was trying to stop me from coming out here. But hey, boys, who listens to 'em?" Kaci cracked, trying to pry Bria's arm from around her neck. She didn't look amused.
"Yeah. Funny story, I don't believe you."
"Gazzy's not here right now, you know. He's at the skate park, or something."
"Really? How interesting," Bria noted. She glanced over her shoulder. "Hey, Ebair, get out here!" Then Ted stepped out from behind a tree. Woah.
Gazzy, I think I can get you back to the flock without anyone noticing you're gone.
Really? How?
Remember your clone?
I wondered how she knew about that, then remembered she could read minds.
Yeah. What about-oh.
Yeah. If we bring the clone home, your flock won't worry.
Don't we want them to come try rescue me?
If they find out about what I've done, they'll hate my squad, and we'll never be able to work together. And we need to do that to defeat Ted.
Right. Well, you hurry and come help us when you're ready.
"So, you found a girl," Ted said. Hey, that rhymed! I thought I heard Kaci sigh in my head. Well, sorry, but it's true.
Cause I found a girl…
What the heck?
It's a song.
Right.
"Do you wanna take her to the warehouse where we're keeping the other girl? They'll come rescue her," Bria suggested.
"Yeah. You go. I'll meet you there, okay?"
"See ya." Bria carried Kaci (I'm calling her Kaci, because saying me or we is just weird) over to a black van.
A black van. They couldn't even have got a more original car?
Maybe in the villain shop, they only have black vans.
Villains are weird.
Got that right.
"Alright. You're going in with the other girl. Hope you live long enough to see your friends again," Bria drawled, before climbing out of the van. She'd driven to some place which we couldn't see through the blocked out glass. No one had spoken the whole drive.
She's leaving us in a van? Is she for real?
Well, technically she's only leaving you in a van…
Oh, shut up.
I really hoped Jinx would come soon. Because I don't know how long I-wait.
Um, Kaci? What happens when you need to pee?
She was silent for a minute. I was about to ask again when she replied.
Then I'll look at the ceiling. Any other weird questions?
How about when-
You know what, I don't even want to hear what dumb stuff your mind's come up with. Just...let me sleep, okay? I'm tired.
Way to be subtle, Kace, way to be subtle. But I sat (well, you get what I mean) in silence, and stared up at the ceiling.
Okay, Gazzy. How the hell do you get out of this one?
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