Snippet #1345927

The first bomb went off. Then the second. But they weren't her bombs, they sounded different. And now Aeron's suspicions were true- but for once in her life, her brain was put on standby. It couldn't process the idea that the Dark Force had tried to kill her. She was merely too intelligent to be expendable, even if it means the end of Locke. Perhaps Locke's words did have that grain of truth. But none of it mattered now, and Aeron's mind went totally and completely blank. She numbly felt being grabbed by Locke and carried out into safety, and her team was nowhere to be seen. Her mind also blocked out what had likely happened.

They trio were now outside. Aeron just stood there when Locke ran off to catch up with the reporter girl. The younger girl stood in shock.

She... she saved me. Why would she do that? Is she that stupid?

Aeron seemed almost furious that her enemy would have done something stupid. Stupidity, in Aeron's eyes, meant that someone was not worthy of thought. She cursed Locke and grew red with shame, still standing there like a stunned statue.

Unless she isn't the real enemy.

She tried to get her mind around the idea that The Dark Force was mistaken. Perhaps Locke was truly the better person here. But the Dark Force promised salvation. This surely isn't salvation.

The Dark Force is all I know. Maybe that's the bst kind of government we could ever hope for.

Up ahead, Aeron saw Locke trip dazedly onto the rough pavement. Without thinking, the younger girl, coughing with acrid smoke in her lungs, ran over and helped her enemy up, but softly, as if not to hurt her. Her eyes were hesitant, but her body language spoke differently. She couldn't even hear the explosions over the pounding of the blood in her ears. She quickly glanced around when She and Locke had reached Andrea's van, and Aeron's friends were nowhere to be found. Her heart sunk and she grimaced painfully at Locke.

"If you want to save my life, you might as well bring me with you. Otherwise your stupid act of pity is wasted."