Avenging You

Chapter 10

Ryan

I run back as fast as I can as I use my powers to trick the Aberrations behind me. I get into their heads and make it seem like I’m running a different path then I actually am.

After 10 minutes when I’m sure all of them have gone the wrong way I turn back around to get back to Parker as I get into everyone’s head and say: Parker’s in trouble. Aberrations- two miles down the trail.

I hear everyone confirm that they got message. I run back to her as fast as my legs can carry me and I just pray that Hunter hasn’t been able to kill her yet. I would never forgive myself if the last time I ever spoke to her was me yelling at her. I would never forgive myself if I was part of the reason that AJ no longer had his mother.

I see Parker in the distance and she’s fighting against two Aberrations and Hunter is nowhere in sight. I push myself into one of the Aberrations heads and I make him attack the other one until he ends up killing the other and then I make him kill himself. I run up towards Parker and I notice the handcuffs on her, and she mutters, “They make it where I can’t use my powers.”

I’m so glad I made it back when I did. I find the key off of one of the men’s bodies and I ask, “Are you okay?”

She nods slowly, but her eyes seem blank as if she wasn’t even here. She says softly, “He didn’t care about me.”

“Who? Hunter? He’s never cared about you, Parker.”

She shakes her head no and says, “This was different.”

She looks around our surroundings and says, “Come on, let’s get back before Hunter realizes I’m not dead and that the others lost your trail.”

I nod in agreement as I follow her and link with the others to let them know they can go back to the bunker as long as they are positive no Aberrations are following them.

We make our way back to the bunker in silence. I think of saying something to her a couple different times, but she is so quiet I decide not to mess with her.

We get inside the bunker and Parker walks straight to AJ and picks him up and forces him to watch a movie and snuggle with her. He doesn’t seem to mind though it’s like he can tell that she needs him right now. After the two of them get situated Blaze jumps up on the couch and lays across their laps. I notice Tom is about to tell them to get the dog off the couch, but I stop him from saying anything. They need this right now.

Parker

I’m glad Ryan got there when he did. The Aberrations were detailing every single thing they wanted to do to me, and I was genuinely scared. I knew I would be able to put up a little bit of a fight even without my powers, but the men were very large and I’m pretty sure one of them had a strength ability that would’ve made me almost powerless against him.

I snuggle up to AJ on the couch as we watch a movie and everyone else left us alone. No one knows what happened between me and Hunter and the other Aberrations and I didn’t really want to talk about it. I haven’t felt that vulnerable in a long time.

Yet, at the same time something is really off with Hunter and I think if it had just been the two of us, I would’ve been able to take him down easily.

AJ and I watch movies all day long until he passes out and I carry him into our room and tuck him in. I walk back out to grab myself a water bottle and I hear Ryan’s voice, “Can we talk?”

I turn towards him and lean up against the counter as I ask, “About what?”

He sighs, “Look, I know we’re still not on great terms and that is mainly my fault. But I do care about you, Parker and I just want to know that you are okay.”

I look around and see Skye lying down in her bunk bed and I don’t really want her to overhear what I’m going to say. I look up towards the hatch, but a small part of me is scared to go outside. Ryan walks away from me and towards one of the other rooms and I watch as Tom and Emma walk out and Ryan gestures towards their room so we can talk.

I mutter quietly as I pass Tom and Emma, “Thank you.”

I sit down on the edge of the bed and Ryan says, “What do you want to say? It’s just the two of us now.”

“Hunter’s different, Ryan.”

He nods slowly and I can tell that he doesn’t really believe me and he asks, “Would you care to elaborate on that?”

“I don’t really know how to, but like… he’s always wanted to get to know me so that one day I would want to have his kids. He said we would produce the most powerful children. He was going to kill me, Ryan. He was choking me, and they placed those handcuffs on me so I wouldn’t be able to fight back with my powers. He threw me down… looked at me as if I was nothing and told them to bring me back to the hideout. In the past he never would’ve let anyone handle me like that. He never would’ve choked me he always said he didn’t want to hurt me and he wanted me to go with him willingly.”

I frown in concentration as I replay everything in my head and I say, “It just doesn’t make any sense, Ryan. He has always looked at me like I was something special. He told me before that without me he is nothing… and now he doesn’t care who I am with?”

I shake my head as I mutter, “It just doesn’t make any sense.”

He suggests, “Maybe things changed since you almost killed him?”

I shrug, “Maybe, but… I don’t know, Ryan… I think it’s more than just that.”

“Parker, you’re safe now. It doesn’t matter.”

I bite my tongue and nod trying to agree with him and he asks, “Did those men touch you?”

I shake my head no, “They never got the chance.”

“Good.” He mutters.

We sit together in a tense silence. I glance up at him and wonder if we will ever be able to get things back to the way they were or if once Hunter is finally defeated if we would just end up going our separate ways.

I walk back to my room and lie down trying to fall asleep, but I can’t. Something isn’t right with Hunter. Yes, he is more ruthless, but he was always like obsessed with me and my abilities.

I would’ve thought the fact that I almost killed him would’ve made him want me even more because it showed how powerful I was.

This is why AJ and I were able to stay safe in Paris. I always thought that I had to look over my shoulder and be careful of every person we interacted, but in reality, no one was even looking for me. If Aberrations ran into me, it was by luck because I don’t think Hunter has even been trying to find me.