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to attack.”
    “We can’t just sit here and wait to be eaten.”
    “Let me…try something.”
    “You think you can?”
    “Maybe?” I answer with a shrug.
    “Go ahead and try, but if it doesn’t work, I’m going to kick some shark butt.”
    I close my eyes and focus on the sharks swimming away from us. I picture it in my mind as I look for the threads of their feelings. It’s different than experiencing the feelings of a roomful of humans, but I can feel a mental wall crumbling around me as the sharks swim away.
    “Well, that was pretty cool.”
    I nod. “Let’s get them on the boats, and call for help.”

Abigail
    I saw what happened to Sabrina and Michaela’s boats. How could I not see it? I was right behind them, and it looked pretty awesome. The captain of my boat didn’t think so, but I backhanded him, and he shut up pretty quick.
    I have a mission to complete, and if my comrades have to fall in order for me to succeed, so be it. I’m not like them, and even if they don’t know it yet, I do. I am the only one supposed to fulfill the destiny we were created for. The Creator didn’t tell me this, but I know . I will make him proud, and he will let me lead whoever is still alive once we finish here.
    The sharks were circling the bloody water as we stayed on our course to the center of the island. A niggling part of me hopes they survived, but it’s small and pesky, so I give it a mental slap as well. Death is going to happen, and sometimes sooner is better than later.
    “You can go check on the corpses of your friends,” I tell the man as he drops me on the shore.
    “You are not concerned with your own friends?”
    “They aren’t my friends.”
    He looks at me with wonder and compassion in his eyes, which makes me angry. I pull one of the knives from my messenger bag, and wave it at him. He gets the hint, and makes a hasty retreat from the island.
    I make my way across the hard-packed sand to a low outcropping of rocks. This entire island is made out of rock, although trees and brush spring up here and there above me. The islands in the Archipelago are typically close together, but this one is a little more isolated than the rest and definitely not inhabited by any humans. I should be worried about the non-human inhabitants, but snakes don’t scare me, and neither do any other animals I may encounter. I understand survival of the fittest, and yes, I know that’s me right now.
    I choose the easiest path to the top of the island, knowing I could climb if I had to, but why would I want to exert the extra energy now, when I might need it later?
    As I walk through the trees, I start to sense that I’m not alone. I can feel eyes on me, and strangely, I somehow know that they’re not human.
    “Show yourself!” I yell into the thick trees on my right.
    A bullet zings past my face, close enough to make my loose hair move. I reach for my gun, but I’m too stunned to move as fast as I should. Either that, or they’re better than me. No…that’s not an option. Whatever just happened, I’m suddenly being held in a hold that I’m having a hard time breaking free of.
    “Stop struggling. It’s no use.”
    I look up and see a boy about my age in front of me. He’s got mocha colored skin, brown wavy hair, and eyes that are a color between blue and green; turquoise maybe, although I’ve never seen eyes that color before. He’s also got lean muscles, and I can tell he’s stronger than he looks. If I could feel scared, I might right now.
    “Who are you?”
    “You can call me Levi,” he says with an Australian accent.
    “Why are you and your friends attacking my country, Levi ?”
    “We’re protecting ourselves, Abigail . You should appreciate that since you’re one of us.”
    “I’m nothing like you.”
    “We have different Muses, and different Creators, but otherwise, we were built exactly the same way.”
    “You’re lying to save yourself.”
    “Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I don’t