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“Revelations”

Chapter Ten: Darkness, Pain, and Heartbreak


She sighed softly while she went from table to table, putting dirty dishes on her tray and then wiping the tables down with a wet rag. Her sapphire eyes gazed upon her twin anxiously, knowing how sickened he is by what he’s watching on the screen before him. She knew he was also distressing about her indifference to the entire situation, she saw it in his eyes the moment he told her that they had been enlisted. It wasn’t that she didn’t care; it was just that she couldn’t bear it anymore. The dreams of the girl, the visions they had both gotten in the hospital. She knew that those visions weren’t hallucinations from their concussions, even if it was what the doctors had told them. It that was true, then why did she still have them? She knew she had the pieces but she couldn’t put them together yet. She knew Nick had them too; she just wasn’t sure what they were of yet. With the war though she knew Nick couldn’t fret over her as he had been recently. He’s been concerned cause she’s been spacing out, but both knew it was minor. She realized that if he knew her real feelings about what was happening, his concern for her would engross him to the point where he would be careless and cause his death during the war. She was determined not to let that happen, not while she was alive and kicking. Her thoughts once again went back to her upsetting dreams. Who was that blonde girl? Why was she dreaming of her? How did she know her? Out of the blue, a hand tapped her on the shoulder, making her jump with surprise as she yelped.


“Hey, you okay Rain? You’re starting to scare me girl.” AJ told her, running his hands over his spiked brown locks.

“I’m fine, alright!” she snapped.

“No, you’re not.” He replied gently, placing his arm around her in comfort. “Come on, do you wanna tell me about it? Do you need to talk with your brother? Nick’s out back right now, finishing up, I can go get him for ya.”

“No…I-I…” Rose turned her back to him, hiding the tears welling up in her melancholy ocean eyes. “Ice ca-he can’t know. It’ll make things worse. I love him, and I wanna tell him, I do. But, h-h-he can’t know. Can you and I talk? I think I need to go for a walk. W-w-will you come with?” she choked out struggling to control her emotions.

AJ nodded, looking at his friend with sympathy in his dark brown eyes. He walked up to Jamelet, who was still watching the news, while Rose went off to get her things.

“Jam, Rose is really upset about something it’s really worrying me. She says she need to talk so we’re going for a walk.” He informed her calmly.

“Does Nick know she’s upset? Does he know why?” She questioned, tying her brown locks into a loose bun.

“She doesn’t want him knowing. It troubles me, those two tell each other everything. Can you talk to Nick while I’ll handle Rain?” he kissed her softly on her peach colored cheek. “Don’t worry about me honey. Nothing can keep me away from you for long.” He tells her, smiling faintly, referring to the concerns he knew she had about tomorrow’s events.

She grins a little and hugs him tightly, and goes to find Nick. He then walks over to Rose as she adjusts the strap for her baby blue backpack purse.
“You sure you don’t want Nick?”

Rose nods wordlessly, putting on her black leather jacket.

“Okay then, let’s go.” He replies and with that the two eighteen year olds head out into the crisp cool air.

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Ana punched the wall in frustration, not caring about the pain when she walked behind Howie out of the hospital. Her golden curls shining in the moonlight, her eyes a sea of troubles. She had talked with their chief after she had woken up. It seemed that there were some new developments about where exactly they were gonna be during the war. She had news to tell her best friend that she knew he wouldn’t like but had to know. It was a peaceful night, the stars sparkling in the dark velvet sky. Why couldn’t it be this peaceful during the day? She thought bitterly. Earth had no chance against the Darker-Elitions. It was like a six year old trying to beat up a twenty year old, no chance in hell basically for a victory. She only wished there was something she could do to stop it.

“Hey Ace, you there?” Howie queried, his voice interrupting her thoughts.

“Yep, I’m here. Where else would I be?” She replied smirking.

“Knowing you, who knows. Ana, are you all right?”

“I talked to Barbaoi earlier.”

”What’d he want?”

“Howie, you’ve heard the rumor about why there’s more and more casualties, haven’t you?”

“What’s your…oh God no.” his eyes growing wide in fear.

“Yes, they need more field medics. More and more are being killed and there aren’t enough out there on the battlefield. He told me we’d be staying with one of the troops…and that we’re being shipped out in the morning. Howie, we’re gonna be in the war.”
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Alison groaned when she saw where Kevin had taken them instead of home.

“Why are we here again Kev?” She asked along with Brian, both tired and annoyed at seeing him park the car outside a nearby club.

Kim turned around in her seat looking at them. “Cause we need to get our minds off of things. What’s better to do that in than a club?” she answered for him while the four of them got out of the car.

“AJ! What’s up?” Alison cried happy to see her friend who was walking along the sidewalk with a girl wearing baggy blue and purple camouflage pants and a white addias t-shirt with the logo in blue and a black leather jacket over it. On her back was a small blue backpack out which she pulled a scrunchie and put her short blonde hair in a ponytail nervously as if she wasn’t sure what to do.

“Hi Ali, Kim, Brian, and let me guess…Kevin?” he said, seeing the others come over.

“Hey,”

“Hi”

“Yep, AJ this is Kevin, Kevin this is AJ, the guy I met in the hospital.”

“Nice to meet you”

“Likewise”

“And who is this lovely lady?” Brian questioned, his cerulean eyes fixed on the young girl before him.

“Oh, sorry. This is Rose Carter, Rose this is Brian, Kevin, Alison, and Kimberly.”

“Hello,” she said softly.

Brian's eyes never left her. He knew her somehow, she was so damn familiar! He knew her. He loved her. But how could he? He just met her! He knew one thing, he was right, these things were true…without question, but why and how? He saw the sadness hidden in her eyes as he fought the urge to go over to Rose and cuddle her, telling her it’d all be okay.

“Well, we’ll see you later! He told them seeing that the two of them needed to be alone now.

“All right, peace!” the teens walked away into the darkness and the four cousins turned around and began to walk toward the club. While the two older cousins went ahead into the club, Alison pulled Brian back and they stood out front. Her childlike innocent brown eyes welled up with tears as they stopped and he turned toward her. She looked into his eyes, windows to the worry and concern that was torturing his soul.

“What is it Ali?”

She looked away. It took everything she had not to run out into the night sobbing, away from the problems she was now facing. Alison knew she had to tell him the truth, but she didn’t want to bring more pain to him. Unfortunately, it had to be done, and to do that she must be strong for him.

“Bre, it’s well…here.” She whispered her for voice wavering with uncontrollable emotion as she handed him a paper.

His blue eyes scanned the paper anxiously and his face contorted with pain.

“You’ve been drafted.” He breathed.

“Yeah,” she sighed, running her hands through her straight brown strands. “So many are dying, they need more people. So they had an emergency draft and we’re being sent out in the morning.”

He embraced her tightly with tears streaming down both their faces, knowing that after tomorrow he may never see her again.

“Don’t worry, we’ll get through this. I promise.” He assured her as she cried on his shoulder. “Shhhh…” he rubbed her back soothingly, “no matter what it’s gonna work out somehow. Come on, we need to tell Kev and Kim.” She nodded as they both headed into the club and out of the cold night.