23. Canon

Although he put a lot on effort to just make it to the quarters, the first thing he did was to ask if everybody was already in the bunkers, including his family. While he was healing himself, and waiting for his food to come so he could restore some energy, he was listening to the analysis they were doing over the weapons the ships showed, as their strength inside.

Of course, 1it was out of the question about sending some groups to board the ships, knowing that their weapons may be not enough to eliminate those with powers. Still, no one was saying how weird it was that an entire fleet with prepared men was coming closer to them without a single sign that they wanted to discuss it.

It was as if their aim were to eradicate every person on the island or to invade, whichever their reasons might be. No one but them was more afraid, the air in the headquarters was heavy with all the unsaid possibilities. Even if everyone was focused on their jobs at that moment, some way the protector was able to feel their fears, even above his owns.

“No matter what, the moment the ships are in range, attack with all you got, use the canons and protect here.” He finally said, just when one of the soldiers was serving his food. “I’ll try with all I got to stop theirs from there, to try destroy the ships from outside, trust me, I can handle it .”

“But what if they catch you? What if they know about you already and that’s why they came?” the leader of the operation confronted him, he needed to remain calm for the sake of the rest, however this time it looked like neither he could trust his words.

“They won’t, I won’t allow it, I can’t let the island without protection.” With all his determination in his eyes, no one was able to keep doubting him, even if all their feats weren’t instantly gone, they felt their minds more at ease.

“Sir, Protector, one of the ships its splitting from the group, it might be going back…”

The protector only needed a fast sight to the monitors, before coming out of the headquarters. Now he was more afraid than them, if he needed to give the same speech again, it would be totally unconvincing because the ships knew about him, one of the ships was about to go back to wherever they come from to let them know about that person with supernatural powers, from an island that shouldn’t had any.

But, when before the cliff where he was supposed to jump and go to stop the ship, he froze. In a second, when he should be focusing in controlling the gravity around him so he could fly towards the enemy, his mind was filled with noise once again.

Suddenly it was ten ships in front of him, suddenly all their weapons seemed too dangerous and big, suddenly he could feel all the hungry eyes and hands of the people that could wanted him, suddenly he feared. He was not scared for his life, for the pain, for the tiredness; he was scared of failure and death of others falling in his lonely shoulders.

Although the world around him was extremely quiet, in his head the noise didn’t allow him to concentrate. So, he ran away, to the only shelter he still had left, a new place but filled with the only thing that still calmed him: his family.