Stolen Minds

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  Hannah watched the Guardian return to his colleagues but didn’t see Nathan, she decided not to worry because she thought that if it had gone badly, then this scene would be very different. She glanced to her right and saw Lola patiently surveying the bar and Hannah reached for her fruit drink. However, as she lifted the glass, her hand froze and she was unable to move it. She brought her other hand down and tried to force the frozen hand down; but then her field of vision changed. She saw everything with a thick red hue and everyone else seemed frozen in time. She looked to the Guardians, not really sure what she was expecting to see, but instead saw the silhouetted figure from before; this time however, it wasn’t facing her. It seemed to be muttering something that was progressively getting louder.

  “…m…min…mine…” Hannah strained to hear. “Mine,” said the figure in an affirmative tone and it turned to look directly at Hannah, and it was then that she saw its bright red eyes. “There you are!” screamed the figure and it burst into a blinding bright light and Hannah felt a sharp pain in her head.

  “Hannah…” Lola said. “Are you listening?”

  “What is it?” Hannah asked, while resisting the urge to rob her head, to relieve it from the pain that was now subsiding. Hannah wondered what was happening to her, but decided not to dwell on it. There was too much at stake, in a sense, Safe Haven’s fate depended on this mission.

  “I got it,” Nathan stated.

  “Great, now we can get going,” Hannah replied.

  “Hannah, are you OK? You’ve been pretty distracted…” Nathan asked.

  “I’m fine Duke, thanks. I guess it’s just this place, you know what I mean?” Hannah decided not to mention her headaches and hallucinations.

  “Yeah, I understand,” Nathan replied.

  “If you two are done with your moment, I’m ready to get going,” Lola said anxiously and Nathan smiled.

  “After you,” Nathan said and the trio walked out of The Point.