#hatchverse

“Have you ever thought about training your powers again?” the General asked, glancing up at Lex from the other side of the small campfire.

“No,” Lex continued to stare into flickering lights of the fire, running her hand through Hannah’s hair who was curled up in her lap.

The General didn’t bring the idea up again for the rest of the night.

* * *

Lex woke up suddenly by the sound of a sharp scream cut off after a moment. She jumped up almost immediately trying to shake the sleep out of her mind. Glancing over she saw that the General had risen to his feet, staring into some point far off in the forest. Hannah was sitting on a small fallen log the glint of the embers of the dying fires reflected in her wide eyes.

The General gestured for the two of them to stay where they were as he began to quietly head off further into the trees. Lex took a small step forward, putting herself between Hannah and the source of the scream. A few moments after the General had disappeared a series of gunshots sounded before everything went silent again.

But then Lex realised something, it was silent, too silent.

A quiet voice in the back of her head yelled out startling her out of her thoughts.

Spinning around on her heel she saw Hannah struggling in a faceless agent’s grip. “Let go of her!” Lex growled sprinting forward and slamming her elbow into the shoulder of the man. Hannah dropped to the ground and let out a small sob. The agent stumbled back a few steps before sliding into a solid stance, even though she couldn’t see his face Lex could practically see the glare.

She ran forward again stomping on the man’s foot and landing a heavy punch in his gut. The man let out a small grunt and managed to land a blow onto Lex’s jaw which forced her back a few paces. The soldier darted forward and slammed his fist into her shoulder.

Lex and the man continued to pass blows back and forth for what felt like hours. Lex stumbled back out of breath and every bone of her body aching. The man didn’t look much better as a small trail of blood leaked out from underneath his helmet and stained a trail down his neck. She ran up to the man aiming to hand another kick on him, but he managed to catch her leg.

The next thing she knew she was on the ground staring up into the broken visor of the agent. She scraped against his shoulders and chest trying to push him off. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something gleam as he flicked a knife out. In a split-second decision, she managed to knee him in the stomach. Throwing him off of her and jumping to her feet Lex snarled at the man who was a few meters away from her the knife still in hand. Lex ran forward and slammed the baseball bat in her hand against his head, knocking him to the ground.

Lex paused for a moment.

The baseball bat in her hand was spattered with the man’s blood.

“What the fuck?” Lex quietly whispered staring between the body of the man and the bat over and over again. “What the fuck?” she repeated louder taking a step back from the scene and dropping the bat on the ground. The bushes behind her rustled and Lex spun around instantly, ready for a fight. But it was just the General.

“What happened?” he asked glancing around at the scene.”

“Lexie summoned,” Hannah spoke up very quietly from her spot in the middle of the clearing.

The General glanced at Lex for a moment and the baseball bat still lying on the ground. “Are you two okay?” his voice was soft and kind, which startled Lex for a moment. But of course, it was like this, he wasn’t the Colonel.