Chapter 17: Chapter 17

CHAPTER 17

Opening the door, Hudson and Alvara stared at the stairs leading down into the basement. They both exhaled before heading down not minding the darkness that engulfed them.

Bringing out his touch, Hudson turned it on . Locating the switch, he turned it on.

“ Much better” He heaved, putting his phone back into his pocket.

“So……why are we here?” Alvara asked.

“ You’re seriously asking me that? Weren’t you on earth when we were both assigned to go clean the basement?” Hudson hissed stressing the ‘basement'.

“ Oh, yeah, true” Alvara rolled her eyes. Of all things she wanted to do, why must she be assigned to work with Hudson?

“ So where do we begin?” She inquired.

“Maybe we can begin with arranging all these stuffs littered around” Hudson replied and Alvara hummed.

“ Nah, I don’ think so. I think we should start with dusting first, then arranging later” She suggested.

“Seriously? And how are we gonna dust without arranging first?” Hudson asked.

“ Come to think of it. If we arrange first, we're still gonna scatter everything while dusting and then start rearranging yet again. Isn’t that a big all waste of time?” Alvara implied.

“ How are we gonna start dusting without arranging first?” Hudson questioned once again.

“ Arghhhhh, what’s wrong with you? What’s the point if we’ll have to rearrange again after dusting?” Alvara groaned.

“ Shouldn’t I be the one asking if you’re ok?” Hudson sassed.

“ Are you this dump? Use you’re no.6 dude” Alvara hissed getting a glare from Hudson.

“ You know sometimes I wonder if your brain is still intact and working” She mumbled.

“ Hey, enough of the insult. If we’re talking about someone being dumb then it’s you. How can we start dusting when this place is a mess?” Hudson glared angrily at her.

“ Oh jeez. God please give a little percentage of sense to some people, they seriously need it” Alvara muttered but Hudson ignored what she said.

“ So we’re starting with arranging things first?” He inquired instead.

“ No. We’re dusting things first” Alvara replied.

“ We’re arranging first” Hudson insisted amidst gritting teeth’s.

“ We’re dusting first” Alvara objected.

“ Arranging first” Hudson glared angrily at her.

“Dusting first” Alvara glared back, making Hudson let out a frustrating loud groan.

“ What’s wrong with you?!” He yelled at her.

“ You, what’s wrong with your brain?” Alvara yelled back, getting a loud snort from Hudson.

“ Do you think you’re always the smart one here?” Hudson fumed.

“ Well maybe” Alvara shrugged.

“ And who are you, Marian Betchel?” Hudson scoffed.

“ Maybe” Alvara shrugged again.

“ You know what…. you’re…. I don’t even know how to classify you” Hudson threw his hands up in a dramatic manner.

“ Then keep shut” Alvara snapped, making Hudson’s blood boil the more.

“ Why the fuck do you even think highly of yourself, who do you think you are?” Hudson seethed.

“ I am Alvara Lopez and…. I can never be wrong, get that shit into your dumb brain” Alvara hissed.

“ You’re unbelievable, seriously unbelievable” Hudson scoffed.

“ And trying to explain things to someone like you is a totally waste of time. And you know what….. I’m outta here. Do whatever you like” Hudson added in a surrender.

He turned to leave but the door of the basement slammed close by itself, startling the both of them. They both swallowed nervously, staring at each other, then back to the door.

“ What was that?” Hudson managed to ask trying not to shutter.

“ Well, it’s obvious. You ain’t going anywhere so better start dusting” Alvara replied.

“ If we aren’t arranging things first…then sorry to say, you’ll have to do the dusting yourself” Hudson pointed out.

“ If we aren’t dusting first then sorry to say, you’ll have to do the arrangements yourself” Alvara mimicked, staring daringly at him.

“ Oh jeez, tell me we ain’t fighting over this?” Hudson mumbled with a groan.

“ Fine you’re so adamant in arranging things first, right?” Alvara asked, stepping closer to Hudson.

“ How about you do your arranging stuff and I’ll do my dusting. Last person to be through is the twat here” She added with a raised brow.

“ You accept the challenge?” She asked and Hudson stepped closer.

“ Challenge accepted” He smirked.

20 MINUTES LATER

They two teenagers were now lying on the floor, sweating and panting heavily. Looking around, the basement was still as it were when they came.

“ This is hard. It’s just as if we haven’t even done a thing here" Hudson grunted.

“ Mehn I’m exhausted. What have we been doing all these while?” Alvara groaned.

“ Well, how will we accomplish a thing when we can’t even work together? “ Hudson asked.

“ Us, work together?..... Not happening?” Alvara said, standing up.

“ Yeah, like I wanted to work with you at the first place” Hudson hissed, standing too.

“ Fuck you” Alvara spat. Using her telekinesis she threw a heavy box at Hudson who dodged it just before it hits him.

“ Darn you” Hudson spat back, using his telekinesis to send a box at Alvara who of course dodged it

“ Go to hell, idiot” Alvara hissed angrily, throwing yet another box at him.

“ When you get to hell, you can overcome the king of hell and become the queen instead” Hudson hissed back, sending her a box.

“I hate you” Alvara snapped throwing an abandoned electric cooking at Hudson who dodged it too.

“ Hey guess what… I hate you more” Hudson snapped back and was about throwing another box at Alvara when the lights of the basement went off.

Their heart skipped in fear immediately at the darkness that engulfed them. And to make matters worse, they both saw the shadow of a monster approaching closer to their direction.

“ Arghhhhh!!” They both yelled and didn’t even know when they both jumped on each other in a hug. Quickly bringing out his phone, Hudson turned on his touch only to see that there wasn’t any monster, just some pile of boxes.

“ Oh jeez that was close” They both heaved only to look up and their nose touched. Their hot breath were fanning each other’s face.

Hudson could feel his heart skip as their eyes interlocked and his pupil dilated. Alvara’s lips slightly parted and Hudson’s eyes landed on it.

To his surprise, he felt this weird urge to taste those lips.

“ Why are her lips so tempting?” His inner self cursed.

“ Will you quit staring like an idiot” His inner self slapped him but he wasn’t even looking away. His heartbeat became so rapid that he quickly pulled out from Alvara so it won’t explode anytime soon. He let out a slight cough, snapping Alvara out.

“ You can quit staring, if you’re done” He shrugged making Alvara hiss.

“ How can I stop staring? I’m not done admiring how ugly you are” She mocked.

“ Oh, you mean to say, how handsome and breathtaking I am” Hudson bragged, combining his hair with his fingers, making Alvara roll her eyes.

“ Oh please. I prefer having a bigfoot as a boyfriend than having a duff like you” She hissed and Hudson’s face died down in a frown.

“ Mehn that hurts” He mumbled to himself.

“ Good. Now we’re locked in here and the lights are out, how are we gonna get out ?” Alvara asked.

“ Oh wait, I know” She gasped as an idea popped up her head. Bringing out her phone and turning on the touch, she headed to the stairs.

“ And what are you trying to do?” Hudson’s question halted her.

“ Breaking down the door of course” She replied as she positioned herself.

“ I’m gonna use my destructive telekinesis to break down the door” She added but was interrupted as Hudson stood in front of her.

“ Hey, get out of my way or else I’ll treat you like I’m about to treat the door” Alvara warned.

“ You can’t break down the door” Hudson said.

“ Why not? That’s the only way for us to get out of this useless basement” Alvara claimed.

“ If you break down the door, you’re already adding to the expense, ok?” Hudson replied.

“ I don’t get you” Alvara said.

“ Listen…..

“ Can’t you utter a word without having to say ‘listen’ first?” Alvara hissed making Hudson roll his eyes.

“ John and the rest are already trying handling the responsibility of everyone in the underground. They feed hundreds of mutants and shelter them all. Aren’t you only adding to their expenses by breaking down the door?” Hudson tried reasoning with Alvara.

“ What do you want me to do then, stuck in here all day?” Alvara asked.

“ We can call Paisley to come unlock the door from the outside” Hudson replied making Alvara let out a mockery scoff.

“ Oh sure. How about you go ahead and call her then…, go ahead” Alvara said.

Bringing out his phone, Hudson’s face dropped in disappointment. Stylishly looking up, he met the glaring eyes of Alvara piercing his, her arms folded.

“ What?” He snapped, trying to hide his embarrassment and giving Alvara the ‘stop giving me that look’ look.

“ Wait what happened? Why aren’t you calling Paisley, I mean what are you still waiting for, huh?” Alvara asked in a clear sarcastic tone.

“ Have you called her already? Is she on her way coming? Oh wait…. I think I hear someone calling our name…..

“ Ok, that’s it. Can you stop being sarcastic?” Hudson cut her off when he couldn’t bear her mockery sarcasm.

“ Oh, I’m I being sarcastic?” Alvara inquired.

“ Why won’t I....when you clearly don’t know that there are no signals in a basement” She snapped angrily.

“ Ok, ok, fine, you won. I was wrong, you were right, you can go ahead and break down the door” Hudson said, throwing his hands up in a surrender.

“ Idiot” Alvara hissed, positioning herself for action.

Widening her palms, she stretched out her hands. A strong wave emitted from her palm and just when the wave was about striking it’s target, Hudson stepped in the way in an attempt to stop Alvara.

The strong wave ended up sending him flying to the iron door of the basement and he strike his head on the door. He slumped to the floor immediately and passed out.

Alvara eyes widened in shock.

“ Hudson!” She yelled, rushing to where he was lying. Squatting to his level, she placed his head on her laps. Staring at her hand, Alvara’s heart skipped in fear on seeing the blood stains.

“ Fuck he is bleeding” She cursed.

“ Hudson.. Hudson, open your eyes” She called, tapping his cheeks gently.

“ Fuck! I thought I told him not to try to stop me. What were you thinking stepping in the way moron?” She half yelled at Hudson who was still unconscious.

Staring down to his chest, she noticed he had stopped breathing. Placing her ear on his chest, she couldn’t hear his heart beating.

“ Hudson” She called, her fear slowly rising.

“ Is he dead?” She mumbled.

“ Nah, nah, you can’t die Hudson, get the fuck up!” She yelled at him in frustration.

“ What should I do?” She asked, ruffling her hair while trying to think of something.

“ A CPR!” She exclaimed almost immediately.

She quickly started unbuttoning Hudson’s shirt, revealing his naked upper body. Even though Hudson was slim build, one could clearly see his strong and firm abs with some tiny biceps.

Placing her palms on his chest, Alvara exerted pressure on it.

“ One, two, three” She counted as she exerts pressure on his chest. Doing it three more times, she placed her right ear on his chest to check his heartbeat and luckily it was beating slowly.

“ But he’s still not breathing” She muttered.

“ What else should I do?” She asked.

“ Think brain think” She fritted. Her eyes almost popped out at what her brain told her to do.

“ What?!” She half yelled.

“ Are you crazy? How do you expect me to do a mouth to mouth CPR, can’t you see it’s like kissing him?” She snapped at herself.

“ No, no,no, that is totally against my rule” She mumbled, nodding negatively.

“ Is your stupid rule more important than his life?” Her subconscious snapped at her.

“ You know I can’t kiss a guy. That is kicking against my rule and you know I can’t do that” She objected.

“ Is there no other way?” She asked herself.

“ There is no other way you idiot,just do it. Besides it’s not like your actually kissing him, you’re giving him a CPR idiot” Her subconscious hissed.

“ Oh yeah, you’re right. I’m not even kissing him” Alvara exclaimed happily.

“ Ok. I can do this” She gingered herself, breathing out deeply.

Pinching Hudson’s nose close and slightly opening his mouth with her other hand, she breathed out once more.

Just when she was about placing her mouth on Hudson’s, Hudson slowly opened his eyes. His eyes widened a bit on seeing her face very close to his.

“ What are you trying to do?” He asked and Alvara stopped halfway, her mouth still hung open and eyes closed…….