The Elements
H.I.D.E.

Where I am?

I looked around and saw just tall trees and the midnight sky on full display.

It’s the forest that surrounds the academy. But why I’m here? I remember that I was in the conference room when I blacked out.

“Come on Wendy! The place I told you about it’s behind those trees!” a voice that sounded like a boy said and when I turned around to see who was there, the boy and a girl walked right through me.

My jaw was almost hitting the ground while I was passing my own hand through my stomach. What the fuck?

They can’t see me, but why?

Somewhere not far behind, it was heard a sound like someone was running around with the leafs crashing under her/his weight.

“Fe! Where are we going? We shouldn’t be walking around in this forest, alone, at night.” the girl said frighten.

The boy stopped walking and turned around, holding her hands. “Do you trust me, W?”

She was looking like she was having an internal conflicted. “I do honey, but the forest is dangerous....”

The rustling of the leafs was now louder, which means that someone was closer now.

He hugged her and kissed her cheek. “I will protect you will my life babe.”

Awwww. That was so cute and cheesy. Why no one, EVER, told me something like that?

My ears perked up and I was on full alert. The sound was getting louder and it suddenly stopped right behind a tree which was near me, for my bad luck.

The 2 teenagers kept talking while I slowly turned around. Behind the tree I could see the shadow of a person and by its size, it should be a girl, but I have a bad feeling about this.

I gasped and took several steps back when I saw a pair of eyes glowing from behind the tree. Those eyes were murderous and they looked completely wild and they shined mischievous.

I heard Wendy gasping. “Feather, we are not alone!!! Look there, behind that tree...” her voice was shaky and barely audible.

“Stay behind me, Wendy. Show yourself coward!” He yelled trying to look tough.

I was still staring at those eyes and I started to shake when she started to laugh, but this laugh wasn’t a nice, enjoyable one. No, this one makes you run like there’s no tomorrow without looking back once.

The mysterious girl walked out from the the shadows with a dark laugh.

“Me? A coward? That was a very good joke, my friend, but to your bad luck, this joke will be the last one.”

The girl from behind the tree is me. Was we or is me, I don’t fucking know. I’m in a forest, looking like a rabid animal with other 2 teens.

I facepalmed myself and rubbed my face.

This is the night when I blacked out and I killed 2 innocent teens.

Wendy whined and Feather glared at rabid me. “You can’t kill me. You are just a little crazy girl. I bet that you can’t even throw a good punch.”

Rabid me let out another dark laugh and started to circle them like they were her/my prey. “We’ll see this. Yes, we will see this for sure because tonight, I want to have fun.”

In this moment, I’m scared of me if that’s even possible. My eyes were scaring me the most because they were pure black, emotionless and full of evil.

“Fe, we should run.” Wendy whispered but the boy ignored her and raised his guard.

“Good boy. Now, let the night begin.” Rabid me said and run at the boy with so much speed that all I could feel was the wind passing me.

No. Don’t do that.

I looked terrified at the scene in front of me.

I threw the boy into a tree and I started to kick him with my feet and plugged my claws in his abdomen multiple times. When his screams started to irritate me, I slide my claws down his face and I punched his jaw so hard that the jaw was now hanging in only one ligament.

No! Stop!! Let him go!!

I was shaking as bad as Wendy was, but she was screaming and crying too.

“LET HIM GO YOU SICK BITCH!” Wendy yelled between her tears and lunged at rabid me.

NO! RUN YOU STUPID GIRL!

Rabid me just laughed and plugged my hand in her stomach, after I pulled the poor boy’s heart out. I grabbed her chin with my bloody hands and red claws, forcing her to look at me.

“We two, little girl, will have a lot of fun.”

NO. STOP. STOP IT THE FUCK NOW. JUST STOOP.

“STOP!” I screamed and woke up all soaked in my own sweating.

I looked around and sighed in relief. I was in an all white room, with just a bed and a cell door.

Oh, so those fuckers cached me and locked me up. I thought that you will rescue us, voice?

Silence. In my mind, it was finally silence. After 3 or 4 days of non stop talking and bugging me, is finally silence.

I started to laugh hysterical and cry in the same time. After the voice put me through all this shit and made me think crap about everything, it disappeared.

“It’s gone. It’s finally gone. IT’S GONE!!!” I yelled as I was walking in circles inside my cell.

It’s silence and it’s so weird that I can’t enjoy it because I feel alone now. I sound like a crazy and sick bitch, but I miss the voice. It’s too silence now.

“Shadow? You’re awake?”

No. She is sleeping with her eyes closed.

You’re back??

I never left. I’m just a little exhausted. It took me almost all the energy I have in me to kill all those assholes.

You killed them? Are you damn serious? We are in this situation because you killed 2 persons and now you kill another 10 or even more persons?? Do you want us to be killed?

We won’t be killed.

How you know that?

Just trust me.

After all you did, it’s pretty hard for me to do that, but I guess that I don’t have a choice.

“Shadow!!”

“What?” I shook my head and turned around. There was Black, in all his duck glory.

“Did you heard what I told you or you were too busy talking to yourself?” He snapped at me angrily.

I raised one eyebrow and walked in front of him. Now, only the cell bars were between us.

“Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t. What the fuck you want?” I spat back at him with a cold tone.

He glared down at me and stepped back. “I said that Mr. Amazon wants to talk with you.”

I smirked and rested my head and my arms between the bars. “Until 2 days ago, Mr. Amazon was the maniac and the bad guy, but now, suddenly, he is a very respected person and principal while I’m the bad guy, locked up in a cell.”

“What are you trying to say? Are you saying that you are innocent?” He asked clearly irritated by me.

“I never said that. I was trying to say that it’s kind of funny to see how you and all the other idiots are changing sides and people when things get harder. It’s easier to just walk away, then staying and helping your friend. But wait, I’m not your friend. True friends don’t do such things. I’m ready to see Raven now.” and with this I jumped in my bed and ignored him until he left.

I’m impressed. I like how you shut his stupid mouth with just 2 phrases.

I just told him the truth. That’s what I feel.

Told ya that they are just fake people.

I sighed in defeat.

Maybe you are right after all.

“Get up with your hands above your head.”

I raised my head and saw 5 guards staring at me with fear clear on their faces.

“Come on guys! You don’t need to handcuff me. I won’t try anything because I’m still weak after the little party I had with your ex co-workers.” I smirked and got up.

They tighten their hold on the guns, but made some space for me to walk.

“Fine. You go first, but if you try anything this bullet will go right through your skull.” one of them said and I think that he is the leader.

I mocked a military salute and followed the leader. The rest of these cowards, who were shaking with fear, where walking behind me.

We were in what looks like a jail or a dungeon. The whole place was all white and all the cells were the same: as big as a normal room, with no windows and just one bed. Everything is so monotone, boring and so depressing. The people from the cells were standing on their beds sleeping, staring at the white walls or yelling and kicking the walls. I feel sorry for this guys.

I started to get bored by this long, white, plain and full of cells hall. I wanted to tell them that they are racist for making this place all white, but the big guy in front of me stopped.

“We are here. You will walk in alone, but if you try anything-”

“I will have a bullet in my skull. Yeah, yeah. Cut the crap big guy. You said that already. Now, before I go” I turned around abruptly and stumped my foot on the ground “BOO.”

The lame guards yelled and stepped back pointing their guns at me.

I was laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes. Even the big guy chuckled a little before he cleared his throat.

He knocked at a white door (shocking I know). “Sir, the murderer is here.”

I scoffed at that. “I have a name.”

“Let her in.”

The big guy looked at me. “You heard him.”

I rolled my eyes and waltzed into the room. His office was all white and I swear that my eyes are hurting me from all this white.

What the fuck it’s with all this white? Is this place a hospital or heaven and I don’t know?

No. They are just assholes that like to see this people going crazy.

“Take a seat, Shadow. We have some things to discuss.” Raven said disgusted.

I glared at him and jumped in the leather seat, in front of him.

I placed my feet on his desk. “So what are you going to do with me, Raven?”

Let’s kill him and everything will be over.

Shut up. I want to hear what he has to say.

“Impatient I see. First, I want to tell you that I’m very disappointed. I never expected you to do something like this. You were such a good kid with a bright future but-”

I scoffed. “Get to your damn point. I get it. You are so disappointed ” I said with a dramatic tone and placed a hand on my forehead.

He glared at me. “Yes, I am. And you are no longer the leader of Team Alpha.”

“Oh, that’s the moment when I should pretend that I’m shocked? Okay I get it. OMG I’m so shocked!” I said when I saw that he was waiting for my reaction.

He’s crazy and stupid. Bad combination.

“The new leader will be Black and I’m more then sure that he will lead the team to success. I have all my hopes on him.”

I clenched my jaw when I heard that he is the new leader. That fucker. That fucking traitor is the new leader. Pathetic.

Told ya that we should have killed him.

Not the moment voice.

I shrugged. “I don’t care who’s the new leader. All of them can root in hell for all I care. New, let’s talk about me.” I placed my hands on my chest.

“What about you? You are a disappointment, a monster and a traitor. Everyone knows your true face now. The face of a cold murderer.” his tone was full of hate.

We aren’t traitors! We fucking protected this place and we almost died in the last battle against that bitch.

Shhh. Shut up and let me deal with his bullshit. He tries to make us break down.

I rolled my eyes. “I already know those things, genius. I want to know when you will kill me.”

He started to laugh like he heard the best joke while I stared at him with a blank face.

If we kill him, no one will miss him.

It’s too much trouble for such an idiot.

“What’s so funny? Tell me what’s so funny because I want to laugh too.”

“It’s funny that you think that we will kill you.” he said wiping his tears.

Yey!! They won’t kill us!!

Say what?

“I won’t die?” He shook his head no. “Then what’s my punishment because I don’t think that I will forgiven.”

A wide grin appered on his face. “That’s true. You won’t be forgiven, but death it’s too easy for a sadist murderer like you.”

We are sadist, but he wants to see us suffer.

The idea of killing him is, suddenly, sounding very tempting.

“TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK YOU WILL DO TO ME! STOP TALKING SHIT AND TELL ME IMPORTANT THINGS!” I yelled angrily and the lights flickered.

He raised his hands in surrender. “Fine. I’ll tell you. You will leave this academy, tonight.”

“What? That’s how you deal with me? You send me away? And where will you send me?” I fired back trying to calm down.

“At first I wanted to send you at Dreamgrave , which is the best jail from this entire world. It’s a maximum security jail and no one has ever escaped that place.”

“But you decided that I should go somewhere else and that place is.....” I insisted because I was so close to ripping his head off.

Do it!

Maybe later.

He smirked. “I decided to send you to a place that it was special built for people like you.”

I furrowed my eyebrows. “People like me? What do you mean?”

Does he mean murderer, traitor or sadist like us?

Or all of them.

“Crazy like you. Someone told me that, from 2 or 3 days ago, you started to talk with yourself.”

I hold back a growl. Black. That fucker heard me yesterday and told this fucker.

Hey! You aren’t talking with yourself! You are talking with me!

You are me so theoretical, I’m talking with myself.

“I’m not talking with myself.” I tried to convince him otherwise.

“Yes you were and the cameras from your cell, caught you when you were talking to no one and screaming at no one.” he said and in that moment I knew that I can’t trick him.

Fucking prick. He’s smart now.

“Fine. I’m talking to myself, but since when that makes me crazy?”

“You are talking with yourself and attacking innocent people without a reason. This 2 things make you crazy.”

He has a point and I hate that.

Life’s not fair, little me.

Now you’re mocking me??

Yep.

“And where I will go?” I asked after I accepted my defeat.

He smirked and straighten his suit. “You, the ex leader of Team Alpha and ex princess, because after this fiasco you lost your title, will go to H.I.D.E.”

“And what’s hide?” I asked annoyed as I popped my fingers.

“H.I.D.E is the abbreviation for Histpital for the independent and different elementars. It’s a fancy name for a place that treats sick and crazy elementars like you. People from there have problems at their roofs.” he laughed at his own joke and I wanted to punch him for that.

“Fine. I’ll go since I don’t have any other choice.”

H.I.D.E, huh? Well, they have to prepare because I’m coming and I’m ready to destroy that place.