Tavin:
Almost ten minutes after Aaron let to go get his medication I decided to go find him. He wasn’t telling the truth and I knew that. I just didn’t know what he was actually doing. I stood up and began to walk towards the door “Where are you going?” Amber asked as she petted Sia. I looked at her then to the others who where waiting for my reply as well. “I’m going to go help Aaron find his medication.”
“He said he didn’t want help though besides he tried to kill you just a little while ago.” Chem said
I shrugged my shoulders “He didn’t know what he was doing and without that medication he’s more likely to act that way.”
I saw Spark begin to stand up “I don’t think that would be smart.” Spark has not quite been himself he has been taking Fawn’s disappearance the hardest out of all of us. I think he was happy to just get rid of Aaron for awhile due to the things he’s done. Spark tried not to show it but I could tell he wanted to go after Fawn but he knew he had to stay with the group. “The group always comes first.” he had thought awhile ago.
“Don’t worry. If I see anyone suspicious I’ll call you.” I reassured
He still wasn’t convinced but he sat back in the chair “Fine.” “His powers are improved enough he should be able to handle himself. Or Aaron...” Before he could change his mind I hurried out of the room.
Once outside I tried to focus on finding which way Aaron had gone. Something that I have been practicing to do is find people. I shut out all the sounds around me and tried to picture Aaron. Moments later I could see Aaron storming off in to the direction of the Retter experiment place. Where is he going? I thought as I began to jog down the road.~
By the time I finally caught up to Aaron we were standing in front of the terrible place that I swore I’d never visit again. I didn’t want Aaron to know I had been following him so I stayed hidden behind a tree. “They’re both in there.” he thought. I wanted to know who but before I could listen anymore Aaron was surrounded in shadow and disappeared then moments later appeared at the building. Following him was not going to be easy. What I should do is go back and tell the others but if I did that I would be wasting valuable time. Those Chosen kids are still in there, hopefully alive, if I could get in there I could save all of them. I know Spark would kill me but I think I’ll risk it.
I went over to where Aaron had just been “Since I can’t transport through shadow...” I say to myself. How am I supposed to get in there? I wonder... I know it would be stretching my abilities but it was worth a try, if I could just get the cameras to break I could get in.
Ten minutes passed with no success. What I was able to achieve was a terrible headache. I just want it to work!! I felt like kicking something. Suddenly I heard loud pops and I turned my head to see that four of the cameras had broke and where now smoking. Did I really do that? Now wasn’t the time to wonder, the Retter would soon notice them broken and come out to fix them. “Now or never.” I say to myself and run for the entrance. ~
This place filled me with dread. Being here once was bad enough. Whatever drove Aaron to come back must be really important. I walked down one of the many hallways and I could hear many different thoughts from all the rooms. Some I could tell were Retter while the others sounded as if they were being tortured. “I’m scared.” “Why can’t they kill me?” “I want to go home.” “I miss my mom.” And many more similar to that filled my head. It took all my might to try and keep their thoughts out. I wanted to help them all but I couldn’t put myself in the situation of being seen.
It seemed like I have been searching for more than an hour and I haven’t seen one Retter. Which made me happy and nervous. I took another left and I heard a familiar voice “You told me they wouldn’t take him!” I stopped instantly hid around one of the corners. That voice belonged Fawn. What was she doing here?
A voice of a man that I didn’t recognize replied “We had to make sure Aaron would believe us.”
“You’re sick! He’s only a little boy. I hope you rot in hell when this is all over.” Fawn yelled
I then heard a loud smack and Fawn gasp. “Now,” the man said coolly “you don’t speak to me like that again. Is that clear?”
“Yes.” She replied softly
“Good. Now Noah you take her to go see Aaron. Show her if she doesn’t behave that’s how she’ll end up.”
It couldn’t be him. It had to just be a coincidence right? Of course it wasn’t. Noah walked out of the room with Fawn beside him. She had a large red mark across her face and I saw she had a silver band on her arm. Noah showed no emotion what so ever as he walked by. Rick had been right about him all along. We should never have trusted him. I knew I could have sent Noah to the ground crying in pain but I had to find where Aaron was.
Fawn and Noah walked in silence but Fawn’s thoughts were racing. “I got to get out of here. I need to save Brandon and get Aaron out. This is all my fault! I just wanted to help the group. They could do anything to me I don’t care as long as they let Brandon and Aaron go.” Noah on the other hand was thoughtless. I couldn’t hear anything from him.
I made sure I stayed far enough back from them so that I wouldn’t be seen. They soon walked into a room and left the door ajar. I quietly crept towards the door and I saw Aaron strapped onto a bed and he looked terrible. A woman stood beside him and I knew she was one of the Retter. She and Noah exchanged a few words to each other and I heard Aaron mumble something I couldn’t understand. Then the woman released Aaron from his restraints and began to lead him to the door. I quickly ran to the other side of the door and prayed it wouldn’t slam open in my face. Thankfully it didn’t first it was Noah and Fawn who came out and turned down the opposite direction, moments later the woman and Aaron came out going down the way I had came. Should I go after Fawn or Aaron? I wanted to say Fawn but Aaron was more likely the one in need of help. Besides wherever they took him would probably lead to other Chosen. However both of them lead to trouble, I have really gotten myself into a mess.~
Noah had called it a cellar but if you ask me this is a dungeon. Cells lined each side and chains hung from the walls. I could almost see my breath as I waited for the woman to leave. I had managed to follow them through an oak door and now I hid behind what looked like a medieval torturing device.
When the woman was finally gone I went instantly to the cell I saw her throw Aaron in. I could hear the whispers of questioning about who I was. I ignored them the best I could. Aaron must have heard me because he turned around and with surprise on his face he asked“Kid? What the hell are you doing here? Do the others know you’re here?”
“No,” I reply shaking my head “And I followed you. I knew you were lying.”
“How did you manage to not get caught?”
“I have my ways... Now I need to get you and,” I looked down and saw at least fifteen pairs of eyes watching me “them out of here.”
Aaron shook his head “No, you get the others and get out of here. Then once you’re out get the hell as far way from here as possible.”
“I can’t just leave you!”
“You have to kid, they have my nephew and you guys aren’t getting out of here without being noticed. If I leave they will kill him.”
“But,”
“No.” He said grabbing my shirt through the bars “Go now.”
“Okay.” I reply reluctantly as he released me.
Without another moment of hesitation I walked by each cell picturing each lock and it would instantly unlock. I ignored the thanks that came from all of them until the last cell was opened. So I wouldn’t have to make to much noise I sent a message to all their heads “You guys follow me. Keep as quiet as possible we want to avoid the Retter for as long as possible.” They all nodded their heads in reply and just as we began our march up the stairs I heard Aaron say “Hey kid, try and not get yourself killed.”
I looked back and replied “You too.” Though I honestly couldn’t believe that we’d ever see each other again.~
As we walked through a hallway one of the 16 (I had miscounted) Chosen (who’s name is Steve) stood beside. He was at least in his sixties. When I first saw him I was worried we’d have to take a slower pace, there was no way I was leaving anyone behind. The man surprised me though and was almost going faster than me. He also seemed to know the exact way out of here, which to me seemed impossible because of the hundreds of turns. When I read the old man’s thoughts all I read were him thinking of the way out of here. I doubt even the Retter know it this well. The man must have noticed me watching him because he said “I have really good memory.”
“I can tell.” I replied looking back at the others to make sure no one was falling behind. “How long have you been here?”I asked the man
He scrunched his eyebrows then answered “I think it’s been six years.”
I was completely shocked. Why would they keep him around for so long? Before I could ask I heard voices approaching us. “Stop!” I whisper stopping Steve.
“You go find him now and I will meet you later.” A man’s voice said. I stopped instantly, I knew that voice. I haven’t heard it since the day Aaron and Fawn came to take me to the group and I had a knife close to being stabbed through me. It was no other than Anna’s dad.
I couldn’t let him find all of us. I had hoped that he’d just go the other way, but the footsteps began to get louder and louder. I looked back at the others and sent the thought “I’m going to distract him. When you guys see the opportunity run.Then you need to find a man named Spark, he’ll help you guys.” I headed towards Anna’s dad and I felt a hand on my shoulders. I looked back and saw Steve who thought “What about you?”
“Don’t worry. I’ll be okay. Just make sure to lead them out of here.”
The old man nodded his head and backed away towards the others. I gave one last nod to the others and walked towards Anna’s dad. I tried to get into his head to see if I could stop him that way but there was a mental wall put up not allowing me to. Looks like I have to do this the hard way. “Hey bozo, ready for another go?” I said as I stepped around the corner. Had it been two months ago I would have never done this. Heck I wouldn’t have even bothered going after Aaron.
He gave me shocked look then asked “Tavin? How on earth could you get in here?”
“Guess I’m smarter than you think.” I mocked
“Well, I wouldn’t go so far.” He replied. Moments passed with us glaring at each other. Both of us waited for the other to make the first move. “Shouldn’t have come here Tavin. You should have known you’d just get yourself killed.”
“I don’t know that.” I taunted
Suddenly he had a knife in his hand and he lunged at me. I barely dodged him by ducking quickly but I managed to loose my balance and fall. My hand to hand fighting definitely needed improvement. I looked up and saw him grinning down at me “Not too powerful when your powers are useless are you?”
“Kill me now and you’ll never see Anna again.” It was my best alibi.
His eye softened a moment then became angry. He lifted me up by the collar of my shirt and threw me against the wall. “Where is she?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know.” I spat
“Tell me now and I’ll kill you quickly.” he threatened
“No good.” I reply. I really hope Steve is getting the others out of here. This distraction has gone on long enough, even if I don’t know how I will get away yet. Then the thought of me being tortured like Aaron flooded my head because the chances of getting out of here was getting worse and worse.
He tightened his grip and put the knife closer to my neck “Where is she dammit?!”
“Obviously not with you!” I snapped
I saw worry and sadness fill his eyes and he lowered the knife slightly “Why? Why did you take the one thing I care most from me?”
I was surprised by how he was acting. I expected to be lying on the ground dead. “Honestly? It’s because we didn’t want her to be like you!”
“I never wanted this life for my daughter! Did you ever think maybe that’s the reason I never told her about this life?” He said defensively
“Then why did you try and kill me in front of her?” I demanded
“I couldn’t let you get away. You have some of the strongest powers I have ever seen, sadly for you you have weakness like anyone else.” he brought the knife back towards my throat.
Then I thought of an idea, I closed my eyes and pictured the knife in his hand. I imagined it to fly down the hall and you know what? It worked! He cursed and I saw the knife get knocked away from him. I grinned at his expression on his face and say “I’ve been practicing.” I then pulled his grip off me and held him against the wall. “Now listen to me,” I begin “I don’t want to hurt you, but only because your Anna’s dad, but I swear if you let me go and quit hunting me and my friends you will see Anna again. However if you want to fight then you can almost bet you won’t see her again.
“You can’t keep her from me!” he yelled shaking his head. I knew that someone would have heard us and would come looking, then I’d be out of luck.
“Wanna bet?” I replied harshly. I then lowered my voice and said “I don’t have to read your mind to know you love your daughter and that you miss her. She misses you too. We can’t risk anything though, so please if you want to see your daughter, let me go.”
Before he could say anything a voice filled the hall coming from a speaker “We have a break out, they have escaped. Everyone is to search the area and are not to stop until they are found.”
Anna’s dad looked at me and said with shock and anger “You got them out.”
I nodded my head “Sure did, and I distracted you long enough for them to get out... So do you want to see Anna or not?”
“How do I know you’re telling the truth?” he asked skeptically
“You don’t. You just have to trust me.” I answer releasing my grip on him
“If you are lying to me I will find you and kill you.” He warned
“Fair enough. Now you can either tell me how to get out of here we can wait for the others to get here and you can do what you please with me.”
I could tell that’s what he wanted to do but he loves his daughter too much to do it. “Fine. There’s a fast way out of here.” he said and motioned me to follow him. I could hear Retter beginning to flood the halls and I prayed that the others had gotten out. After passing many doors we finally stopped. He opened the door in front of us and pointed to a small door that you would have to crawl through to get out. “Go out that and take a right. It will lead you outside of here. Once you are out it’s up to you to not get caught.”
I nodded my head and replied “Thanks.”
He shook his head “I don’t need thanks, all I need is my daughter.”~
“What do you think you were doing?! You could have been killed!” Amber yelled shaking my shoulders. I expected Spark to be the one freaking out at me but not Amber.
“I had to follow Aaron. If I had come back to tell you guys who knows what could have happened!” I reply
“Explain to me what you saw again.” Spark said as I sat on the small couch with Amber and Anna beside me. The other Chosen were currently resting and being taken cared of by the others. Thanks to Steve he was able to get all of them out of there. I was able to catch up to them once I was out of the building and take them to Spark and the others.
“I’ve told you everything.” I reply not knowing what else I could tell.
“Noah really is one of them?” Chem asked
I nodded “Yeah,”
“Can’t believe we didn’t know that... I of all people should have been able to tell.” Bryn said while shaking her head
“He had us all fooled...” I say
Anna had remained rather quiet even with the news she’d see her dad. “I hate how you used me as a threat to him.” she thought knowing I’d be listening to her thoughts.
“I’m sorry.”I reply “I didn’t know what else I could do.”
She bit her lip and looked away. I saw Casper come over and she stood up walking towards him. “So what’s the plan?” Sonic asked
“Why do we need a plan? We have the other Chosen so let’s just get out of this town.” Twilight blurted out.
I let my anger get the better of me “Because Aaron’s still in there! Along with his nephew,” I paused a moment then added “And Fawn...”
“If we go back we may not come out again!” She replied though I knew she really didn’t care about Fawn.
“If it was you in there wouldn’t you want us to come help you?” I yelled
“Of course, but”
“But nothing! We can’t just leave them!”
“Fawn obviously chose to go with them! Why does she need saving? She’s just a trader!”
“I heard her thoughts! She did it to save us!”
“What if she’s lying?”
“She wasn’t.”
“How would you know? Fawn’s never been the most reliable.”
We both stopped arguing when we heard Spark stand up. He then walked out of the room without saying a word. “What’s his problem?” Twilight asked
I wanted to smack her across the head and I knew I wasn’t alone. “You are definitely not the brightest crayon in the box.” Chem said with a chuckle
She glared at him and threw a pillow at him “Shut up Chem!”
Chem laughed again and just shook his head “Kids these days.”~
Fawn:
I paced back and forth in the room they had thrown me in. 16 Chosen escaped and I prayed one of them was Aaron. I tried to itch my arm where they had put a band on my arm that kept me from changing forms. Being locked in this room isn’t helping either. I feel like one of those animals you see caged at the zoo. I've been in here for at least two hours now. I haven't been able to sleep a wink since I've been here. I can't block out the cries from the people being tortured in other rooms. Every time I did hear them my heart would sink and I wish I could kill all those murderers.
I stopped pacing when I heard my door beginning to open. I expected to be Adalrik, he's the leader of this whole operation here, my face still had a faint outline of his hand print. Instead it was Noah, his eyes were cold as he looked at me. I couldn't stop myself from asking "Is he still here?"
Noah knew I meant Aaron "Yes." he replied coldly grabbing my arm
"Where are you taking me now?" I asked
Without looking at me he answered "Adalrik wants to talk to you again."
"Joy..." I mumble
He ignored my comment and quickened his pace. We passed groups of Retter talking about the Chosen who had escaped. They would all stop and stair when they saw us. One would give a smart comment "Here kitty kitty kitty." or "Look what the cat dragged in." I wanted to rip all of their throats out.
Once passed them I could hear sobbing from a small child. Brandon. I completely stopped as we were walking by a room and a small cage was on the ground inside it I saw Brandon. His face was covered in tears and the Retter watching him merely laughed. "You're all sick." I said just loud enough for Noah to hear me.
"Be quiet and keep walking." He said tightening his grip
I gave one finally look at Brandon and continued walking. I don't know how I'd do it but I was going to get him out of here. I'll do whatever it takes...
Each room we passed I wondered if Aaron was possible in there. I couldn't even imagine what they would be doing to him. When the forced me to see him I was flooded with guilt. I didn't want to make that call, but I had to, I had to save the group.
We finally reached the other end of the building to Adalrik 'office'. Noah knocked on the door and we waited. I then turned when I heard growling coming from behind us. Standing in front of us was a black wolf baring its fangs at us. If only I could turn into my panther form, I'd show the dog a good show. "Nox that's enough." Noah ordered. The wolf then turned into a woman with dark hair and was surprisingly still clothed. She must have noticed my surprise because she said with a grin"New clothes that allows me to change and keep them on. They're quite convenient." I tried not to roll my eyes at her. Nox then looked back at Noah "What does Adalrik want with her?"
I clenched my fist and bit my tongue to not snap at her. Noah looked at me then to her "I don't know. He didn't say."
She nodded her head "Probably just wants to play with his new toy."
"I'd shut your mouth dog." I snapped
She gave me a furious look ""I don't think you have any room to talk cat."
"At least I'm not someones little guard dog!"
"Get in here!" Adalrik's low voice yelled ending out argument. We exchanged final glares and I walked into the room. I could barely breath in there the room was filled with cigar smoke and the smell of vodka.
When he saw us he sat the cigar down and said "Took you long enough. You can leave Noah."
I saw a flicker of worry go through his eyes "But sir..."
"No buts about it. Just get out of here and I'll call you when I'm done."
Noah hesitated a moment but nodded his head and left the two of us. "Sit." He ordered pointing to worn chair in front of his desk. I sat without saying a word. "Cat got your tongue?" He chuckled
Okay I was seriously getting tired of all these cat jokes. Adalrik then stood up and walked around his desk towards me. He placed his hand on my chin and lifted my head up "It's a pity a pretty girl like you had to be a vermin." That's not the first time I've been called that. He the moved his hand to my shoulder "If you please me, I'll see to make sure you get to live long here, assuming you follow all the rules."
I gave him a sickened look and hit his hand away "Don't touch me!" I yell jumping to my feet.
"You're quite the spirted one." He said coming towards me.
I backed away from him "Get away from me."
When my back hit the wall panic began to set in "Please." I begged as he approached me. I hated feeling weak. Knowing that there was nothing I could do to stop this man honestly scared me.
"Oh sweet heart don't be this way." he said locking me with his arms on the wall. His face so close to mine I could smell the cigars and alcohol.
Suddenly the door flew open and the woman who killed Jane walked in. She acted as if there was nothing going on and said in a panicked voice "Adalrik come now! There's been a breach and we're being attacked!"
He released me and said "By who?"
"The Chosen that had gotten in here earlier!"
My heart began to beat faster. Spark and the group were here? I wanted them to get away as far as possible. Adalrik swore in German then said "Get everyone ready."
The woman nodded her head and left. I hoped he had forgotten about me, but he turned around and grabbed me by my hair "You stay here and behave like a good kitty."
He threw me to the ground and walked out of the room locking the door as well. I stood to my feet and began to search the room. There has to be a spare key somewhere! I know this would be my only chance of getting out of here. "There has to be something!" I say desperately going through Adalrik's things. "What's this?" I picked up a small pocket knife, I had unlocked many doors and this would be easy.
It took only a few minutes of prying to get the door unlocked. I could hear people yelling mixed with gunshots. I swear I could hear the sound of thunder in the distance. "Spark." I say as I run down the hall. I'd find Spark and the others later. Right now I have to find Brandon and Aaron.
I finally came to the room I knew Brandon was in and the door was wide open, thankfully all the Retter were gone. He looked up at me with big eyes and said "Kitty." I was surprised that he even remembered. I knelt down beside the cage and took his small hand "Yes, Kitty's here, and I'm going to get you out of here." I let go of him and began to look for the key.
"Is this what you're looking for?" My heart nearly stopped when I heard Aaron's voice.
"Oh my god Aaron." I say but when I turned around it wasn't Aaron it was the woman who killed Jane. In her hand she had the key. I saw the mark on her arm glowing just like mine.
She grinned at me and said in her own voice "Oh I love when that happens."
"Give me the key." I said clenching my fists.
"Or what? At the moment you're pretty powerless." she replied pointing to my wrist
"I don't need my powers to take care of you." I growled lunging at her. Her grinned disappeared as I knocked her to the ground.
The woman glared at me as I placed my foot on her neck. "Move and I'll break your neck." I threaten
"You know you could have been very useful here. At least you would have lived, this is the winning side."
I put more pressure on her neck "At the moment you seem to be loosing."
"What will you do if you get out of here? They won't want you back you lied to all of them and betrayed them." Then her voice changed sounding like Aaron "Not even he will want you here. Because of you he and his nephew are dead."
"Shut up!" I yell kicking her hard enough to knock her out. I took the key from her hand and went to Brandon who had started crying again. I opened the cage and I picked Brandon up. He wrapped his small hands in my hair. "Shh." I say trying to sooth him. "It's okay, we're getting out of here now."
"I don't think so." a voice said accompanied by the click of a gun.
I turned around and saw Adalrik pointing a gun at me. "Put the child in the cage and come with me." He said
I shook my head "Not gunna happen."
"Then you better say goodbye, because I don't miss."
"Put the gun down."
Adalrik and I both turned our heads and saw Noah. "What are you doing Noah?" Adalrik asked still pointing the gun at Brandon and I.
"What do you think? Now put the gun down." he replied coolly
"You're making a mistake Noah." Adalrik growled "Be a good boy and leave me and the cat alone."
Noah shook his head and walked towards him. I could tell Adalrik couldn't decide who to point the gun at. "Interfere and I'll kill her and the child." Adalrik threatened.
I tried to sooth Brandon who had begun to shake in fear. It wasn't easy because my own legs were beginning to knock together. "Get back." Adalrik yelled at Noah who was only feet away from him "Come any closer and I'll kill them."
Noah stopped and I thought he was actually going to listen to Adalrik. "Good." Adalrik said with a accomplished grin. Before I could completely comprehend what was going on Noah reached for the gun. I watched in horror as the loaded gun moved around wildly.
"Fawn go!" Noah yelled as he struggled for the gun. I couldn't move though, my body froze. I was shaken from my trance by the whizzing sound of a bullet passing beside my head. Another bullet was fired and I heard Noah cry out in pain.
"Noah!" I exclaim as I watched him fall to the ground. He somehow managed to bring Adalrik down with him sending the gun across the floor. I ran to it instantly and with my free hand I pointed at Adalrik's head.
He noticed me hesitate and said "Kill me. You may never get the chance again."
My arm shook wildly. I want to kill him. I just couldn't. If I killed him I'd be no better than him. I felt Brandon's small hand touch my cheek as he whimpered "Kitty. Kitty I wanna go home." This kid has been put through hell and I don't want his innocent eyes to look at me as a murderer.
A single tear rolled down my eye. I looked back at Adalrik and said "Go." I then unloaded the gun and threw it to the other side of the room. Adalrik glared at me and disappeared through the doorway. Without another moment's hesitation I knelt beside Noah who had a bullet wound in his chest that was bleeding very bad.
"The key to unlock your arm band is in my shirt pocket." Noah managed to say.
I nodded my head and found the small silver key. Once it was off I could feel my powers surge through me. Noah then said "Go Fawn. There will be more Retter here soon."
"I can't leave you here, not like this!" I said forcing back my tears
"You have to." he replied "I'll be okay."
"They'll kill you."
"I've done a lot of bad things Fawn. Maybe karma's coming back to finally get me."
"Noah..." I say desperately
"No. Please Fawn just go and find Aaron."
I leaned over and kissed Noah softly on the lips and prayed I'd see him again. I knew though I was praying for something that would never happen. I stood up and gave one final look at Noah. "Bye Noah." I whisper and with Brandon in my arms I walk away.~
"Fawn?" Aaron's surprised voice said as I walked towards him. It didn't take me long to find him. He looked horrible. His face was badly bruised and cut and his arms were even worse. He wasn't alone however, standing beside him was the wolf girl, Nox, who I had met earlier. Without saying a word I handed him Brandon. I tried to not look into his green eyes that were filled with relief and anger. I can't blame the guy for hating my guts now. Aaron hugged his nephew tightly then looked at me "Why Fawn?"
I shook my head. I couldn't answer that question. "Take Brandon home." I turned quickly and began to walk away.
"Fawn!" Aaron yelled.
I wanted to turn around and run to him, beg for his forgiveness and hope he wouldn't hate me. That wasn't an option right now. I had to leave before I convinced myself to stay. I have done more harm than good and it was time for me to go on my own even if it means loosing everything I know and love.~
Spark:
The echo of a gun shot filled the room but suddenly became silent. Everyone including the Retter stopped. I felt my body shake when I saw Chem fall to the ground. "Chem!" I yelled shoving the Retter in front of me to the ground. It wasn't supposed to happen like this. The group and I came here to get Aaron and the other Chosen trapped here... and Fawn. Seven of the Chosen that Tavin brought earlier had come with us to fight as well. The other eleven were either too hurt or afraid to come back here and I couldn't blame them.
We were way out numbered from the beginning of the fight. We had managed though, thanks to the extra seven it did make it easier. I didn't expect to get out of here without any of us getting hurt, but nothing could have prepared me for this.
I knelt down beside Chem who I could tell was having a difficult time breathing. I looked down at his chest and saw the wound. It was bleeding fast. I tore a piece of my sleeve off and tried my best to stop the bleeding. "Don't worry Chem. We'll get you out of here and mend you up." The others were all around us now, tears filled all of their eyes. "Chem look at me!" I say desperately slightly shaking his arm.
Chem let out one chuckle and difficultly he said "What are you kids gunna do without me?"
"Don't say that." Sonic said kneeling down on the other side of him. He was trying to keep back his tears.
Chem slightly turned his head towards him "Come on Pinky you know as well as I do..." He stopped and winced "I've... never been afraid of death.... It's... quite... peaceful."
"Chem don't talk like that." I say. This was all my fault. I shouldn't have brought all of them here. We should have gone back to Rick's and I would have come back on my own.
"It's alright Spark. Just make sure... when I'm gone... to take care of these guys."
I nodded as I choked back tears "Always."
"I love you guys." Chem said and I could see the light begin to fade from his eyes.
"We love you too Chem." Tiny replied as tears flooded down her face.
"I think it's time to go... I hope I don't... see any of you soon." With one final breath I knew he was gone. I closed his eyes and stood up. Not one of us could keep from crying now even the seven others were crying. We had lost our partner, our friend, our brother... I felt like I was going to be waking up from an awful dream but it never happened. This was realality
After nearly fifteen minutes of crying I wiped my eyes and say "We have to go." The Retter had all disapeared now but I knew they'd be back. We came here to save three but instead we lost one. I looked at Casper and asked "Can you get all of us out of here?"
He nodded his head as we all joined hands, Sonic was kneeling on the ground holding on to Chem's. I could have sworn before we left I saw Fawn with tears pouring from her eyes. I couldn't go after her though not now.~
We all had said our final good byes to our beloved friend as we watched the fire engulf Chem. This was the way any Chosen would want to go. The girls had gone and picked flowers and lined Chem in them. Sonic stood beside me and I heard him say "Bye Brain." I couldn't believe that he was actually gone. It felt like I'd wake up in the morning and find him drinking his coffee as he finished the crossword puzzle. That would never happen again though. Chem was gone. Why had it been Chem who got killed? Why couldn't it have been me instead? Without Chem I don't know what we'll do. Chem had always said he was the 'adult' of the group and now I wonder, will all us 'children' fall apart?
I wrapped my arm around Twilight shoulders as she sobbed. "I shouldn't have fought with him so much." She cried into my shoulder.
I patted her back and said "You couldn't have known this would have happened. Besides Chem always enjoyed fighting with you."
I wish I could hear Chem ask his once familar question "So what's the plan?" but instead it was Tavin who had asked. "What are we going to do now?"
I wanted to answer the question but I didn't have an answer. "I don't know." I reply shaking my head. "I just don't know what to do now..."
Tavin nodded his head and wiped another tear from his eye. He then looked towards the nearby forest as if he had seen something. "What is it?" I ask walking towards him.
He looked at me then back to the forest "I could have sworn I something."
"What?"
"It looked like a giant black cat..." He replied
Fawn... She had come. How did she find us here? "Stay here." I say and jog towards the trees. There was no sine of her anywhere though "Fawn? Fawn come out please."
I then heard her voice in my head "I can't Spark. I came here to say my final goodbye to Chem..."
"Just let me see you."
"No, I'm leaving Spark. I've done more harm than good and right now you need to be strong for the group. Without me..."
"Fawn!"
She didn't reply though. She was gone. I had lost her as well. Fawn was right though I need to be strong for the group. They'll need me more than ever and I'll need them. I turned away and walked back towards the others, this is not how I wanted things to be but life has ways of giving you the worst of things. I had to go back and be strong because without the group I was no one. Chem wouldn't want us to sulk and be in misery without him. I don't know what we're going to do now but we'd have to figure something out. We are a family and we need to stick together.~
Picture made by Wolfgrrl
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Aaron/Anna (19)
Aaron:
I opened my eyes slowly as I let them adjust to the light. I yawned and stretched out on the bed. It had been ages since I’ve slept this good “Some night last night huh?” I laughed and turned my head to see Fawn’s reaction but she wasn’t there…instead laid a note in her place…maybe she just went out for a little bit? God I hope so…I reached over and unfolded the note and started to read it until there was a knock at the door. I got out of bed quickly and pulled on a pair of pants before I slowly went to the door and opened the door…of course though I didn’t see anyone until I looked over to my left and a bunch of kids ran away. Obviously I had been part of the game ding don ditch. Really? I thought but shook my head and closed the door.
I sat there as a light burning started to appear from behind my eyes making them water. I sat up slowly, robotically, and grabbed my shirt off the floor and pulled it back on. I walked into the bathroom and washed my face and looked into the mirror.
If it weren’t for me a lot of things wouldn’t have happened! Her voice yelled in my head
You sound like you were worried.
I don’t want your sympathy! I don’t want anything! Especially from you!
“You selfish bitch.” I muttered and felt a single tear fall “I cared about you…” I whispered and as my anger got the best of me I slammed my fist into the mirror “I cared about you!” I yelled as more tears fell. I took a few deep breaths as my head bent and my body shook. I ignored the pain in my hand because right now I’d rather feel physical pain then this…
I backed away from the sink then and walked out of the bathroom. I looked around the room and saw the note still lying on the floor. I picked it up as I put on my jacket and left the room and went back into the cold morning air. The day seemed to try and mock me by its beauty; white snow sparkling everywhere where the sun’s rays hit it, only a few clouds in sight, and a light breeze making the leaves rustle on the trees as they broke off and flew across the parking lot. I flipped the collar of my jacket up and shoved my hands in my pockets as I left the hotel.
I guess there’s no point in sticking around anymore then I thought to myself as I walked down the sidewalk I mean everyone hates me anyways back there…I guess that’s another thing Fawn and I had in common; Being hated by everyone…then again Spark doesn’t hate her, he’s just mad. No, he loves her too much to hate her that I can tell.
Thinking about that made me start to feel guilty about what Fawn and I did…maybe I should have just backed off and left well enough alone with her and Spark. Then again…I shook my head She’s gone so why does it even matter? Neither one of us has her now.
I rubbed my hand at its soreness as I continued to walk to the hotel. I really shouldn’t have punched that mirror.Ë
Anna:
I sat on one of the beds fingering the wooden heart necklace that I had had since day one with these guys. After Aaron had left last night Spark had left soon after. Spark had come back two hours later but we haven’t seen Aaron or Fawn since then. Aaron’s dog Sia sat on the other bed whining, I felt bad for her because I knew she had to be worried about her master.
I looked up when I heard Casper coming over and he gave me a small smile as he sat down (Sia now sitting between us). A few small cuts on his arms and face were surprisingly all he had got compared to the rest of the group who had suffered a lot worse. Everyone else was patching each other up in the kitchen as Casper took my hand in his and started dapping at a cut that I had on my arm with a hot rag “I’m sorry.” He said
“For what?” I asked
“For letting you get hurt…I should have gotten you out of there sooner.”
“You got me and everyone else out just in time.”
He sighed and nodded but I could tell that something else was on his mind…”What’s wrong?”
“Hmm?” He looked up “Nothing’s wrong…”
“Casper come on what’s wrong?” I asked. I’ve been around people enough lately to tell that something was on his mind
He shook his head “It’s nothing…just thinking about some old memories.”
“Memories about what?” I prompted. I knew I might sound a little annoying but I was curious about what the quiet boy had to say. He looked up at me meeting me with his blue eyes but then looked away. I sighed “It’s ok you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to.”
“Thanks.” He replied
“But I have to warn you,” I smiled “It’s not healthy to keep things locked up inside.”
He smirked and looked up at me “I’ll keep that in mind.”
The next moment we heard the door unlock and everyone looked over as Aaron walked into the room. No one bothered asking where he had been as he walked past everyone and sat on the other bed. Sia looked over at him but when I expected her to go over to him her ears laid back and she growled at him. He looked up and glared at her and she quieted down into a whine. I don’t know if it was just me but Aaron seemed…different.
“You ok man?” Sonic asked from the kitchen
He ignored Sonic’s question and laid back on the bed and sighed “So when are we leaving this hell hole?”
“Did you find Fawn?” Spark asked
“Yah.” Aaron answered
“and?”
“Doesn’t really matter does it? Come on the girl wanted to leave since day one.”
“You let her leave?!” Spark said raising his voice “with all these Retter around you just let her go off by herself?!”
“Yep.”
“Are you insane?!”
Aaron let out a laugh “You have no idea.”
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” Spark snapped and Aaron sat up and glared at him and suddenly the room felt cold
“That means…to back off before you do yet another thing you’ll regret.”
“Is that a threat?” Spark asked coming towards him but Sonic stopped him
“To you it is.” Aaron replied
“ You son of a-”
Aaron just started laughing again though “Now now John there’s no need to curse.”
Spark stopped “…How did you know that? You were passed out when-”
“Jessica called you that?” Aaron finished as a question “You could say that it was a lucky guess.” Aaron smirked
“Better then a guess.” I heard Chem mutter
“Besides don’t get mad at us, we weren’t the ones yelling at her earlier.” Aaron said looking over at Spark
“I didn’t see you standing up for her either.” Spark retorted
“True.” Aaron agreed
We all went silent then as the room still kept dropping in temperature. Aaron and Spark glared at each other but Aaron still had a smirk on his face. I still had the feeling that something about Aaron was different and I still couldn’t decide what it was….he didn’t seem drunk.
“We all have a question though…” Aaron finally said “If you really care about Fawn then why didn’t you go after her?” Spark was silent in reply and Aaron sat up with a bigger grin “What’s the matter Spark? Cat got your tongue? We can tell you that one got ours.”
Why was Aaron talking like that? I thought
“You son of a bitch!” Spark yelled and the next moment there was a flash and one of the wall lamps shattered next to Aaron but this seemed to amuse him even more.
“Close,” Aaron laughed “but you missed by just a tad.”
“That was just a warning to shut your damn mouth.” Spark growled
“Oooo we’re so scared.” Aaron smirked
“Aaron I’m warning you…” Spark snapped
“And we’ve considered your warning…but the truth is, is that we don’t give a shit about it.”
“That’s too bad…because you should.”
“What are you going to do? Fry our insides like you do the Retter?”
“It’s an idea.”
“A bad one in our opinion…” He replied but then he went silent for a few moments and looked over at Tavin “What did we tell you about reading our mind boy? You’re not going to like what you find.”
Tavin just stayed silent and his eyes still focused on Aaron as he stood up. The others started to stop him but something slammed them back and a dark wall went around them. We all ran over to the wall that Aaron had created and tried to break past it but no matter what we did couldn’t faze the wall even a little bit. We all yelled for Tavin, Spark cursed, and Sia barked in frustration as we all tried to get to them. I prayed that Aaron wouldn’t hurt Tavin…
Minuets of banging and trying to destroy the wall of shadows passed by when all of a sudden they started to fade. When the wall had fallen down Aaron was on the floor and Tavin looked up at us “…He’s fine…” he said hesitantly and walked over to the group
“Seriously what the hell?” Sonic questioned
“What did you do to him?” Chem asked looking over at Tavin
“….I calmed him down…” He replied
“Calmed him down?” Chem asked skeptically
“Yah.”
We all looked over when we heard Aaron groan and a few of us took a few steps back “Ouch…what happened?”
Now we were all confused. When none of us replied Aaron stood up and looked over at us “Did I miss something?”
“You mean to tell us…that you don’t remember what just happened?” Spark asked and I could still hear the anger in his voice but it was mixed with a sense of confusion like the rest of us
He shook his head “Why was it something important?”
“You went all psycho.” Twilight answered
Now Aaron was confused and he hesitated for a while before he asked “What did I do?”
“Well…you seemed normal at first…” Chem said “You and Spark were arguing for a little bit but you started talking abnormally and it just went on from there…you then went after Tavin when he tried to read your mind.”
“Yah that does kind of sound like me…except what do you mean that I was talking abnormally?”
“Well for one you were using a plural tense. Instead of saying ‘I’ and ‘mine’ you were using ‘we’ and ‘ours’…”
“I was? Well I don’t know why.”
“You sure about that?” Spark asked
Aaron sighed “Yes I am positive, I don’t know why the hell I was talking like that, because I can’t even remember it right now.”
“What do you remember?” Tavin asked
“Uhm….” Aaron hesitated but I noticed that there was a sudden sadness in his eyes but he shook his head and it disappeared “To make things short I remember everything from yesterday and today except for what just happened. The last thing I remember is that I was coming here to get Sia before I left.”
“Could be worse.” Chem said
Aaron muttered something that I couldn’t hear but replied “Fawn’s gone.” He said and I could hear the coldness come back into his voice as he said it
“We know.” Spark replied
“You guys want to go after her?” Bryn asked
“She said not to bother…” Aaron said quietly “I say just let her go. If she wants to leave that’s her choice.”
“I’m going to try and call her.” Spark said as he walked out of the room
“It’s not going to make a difference Spark. She’s not coming back this time.”
“Yah and how would you know that?”
“Just like you do.”
Spark and Aaron looked at each other for a moment but Spark just sighed and walked out of the room. We were all silent for a few more moment before Sonic said “Come on guys let’s get patched up before we do anything else.”
We all nodded in agreement and did as he said. I looked over at Tavin and thought You alright?
Yah His voice replied in my head you?
I will be…what happened with Aaron?
I have no idea
Well at least everyone’s alright
Yah I guess so
I smiled and looked back when I felt Casper’s hand on my shoulder “Everything alright?” He asked.
I nodded “I think so.” I replied as I looked back over at Tavin who was now talking to Amber.
“Good.” He replied and I took the rag from his hands and went into the kitchen and ran hot water and soaked it before going back over to him and applying it lightly to his cheek where one of the only deep cuts he suffered was.
“Casper?”
“Yah?”
“Do you ever miss your family?” I don’t know why but I had just been thinking about it lately
He hesitated and for a while I didn’t think he was going to reply until he said “All the time…”
“What were they like?” I asked
He looked away and went silent “I’m sorry but I can’t talk about them.”
“Why not?” I asked
“I just can’t.” He replied and pulled away before brushing past me
“Casper wait!” I said as I followed him out of the room but when we got out to the hallway he was gone “Casper…”
“Don’t worry he knows not to leave,” I heard someone say and turned around to see Chem “He’s always been kind of touchy when it came to his family.”
“Do you know what happened?” I asked him
He shook his head “No one does, we’ve tried to get him to talk about it but it’s just one of those things that you can’t force someone to talk about. I’d just leave him alone for a little while though, he’ll come back in a few, but come on let’s take care of that cut before it gets infected.” He said as he gestured to my arm and I nodded following him back into the room with one last glance down the hall.Ñ
“There we go.” Chem smiled as we finished patching up my arm
“Thanks.” I smiled
“No problem.” He replied
I looked over towards the door opening that I would see Casper walk through it but he didn’t. Why wouldn’t he talk about his family? I know he must have his reasons but I can’t help but want to be able to help him like he has been doing for me…
“I think I’m going to go look for Casper.” I said and Chem laughed
“Good luck with that.”
I shook my head and walked out of the room. I looked up and down the hall but didn’t see any sign of him coming back. I turned left and walked down the hall passing a couple people along the way. I walked to the elevator and pressed the down button and waited…It dings a couple seconds later and the doors opened. I walked in and pressed another button and the doors slowly shut. I sighed and pressed floor one and the elevator started to go down. Classical music played while I waited and when the doors opened I walked into the lobby. I looked for Casper in the small crowd of people but of course I couldn’t see him even if he was in here. Chem was right this is going to be impossible! I shook my head and walked back to the elevator and searched almost everywhere in the hotel I could think of but Casper was still nowhere to be found.
I ended up going back to the lobby and fell back in a soft chair. Maybe if I just wait here he’ll come to me? I doubt it but I don’t feel like getting up at the moment. A few minutes of sitting in alone in silence I thought I heard footsteps coming over towards me. I turned my head and Casper stood there looking down at the floor.
“There you are!” I said standing up “I’ve been looking everywhere for you!”
“I know…” he replied
“What?” I asked confused
“…I’ve been following you to make sure you don’t into any trouble…”
“and you couldn’t just show yourself any of those times?!” I said getting a little irritated that I did all that looking for nothing when it turns out he has been right behind me all along.
“Sorry.”
I sighed “No…it’s ok, I shouldn’t have tried to pry.”
“It’s ok…” he replied “I’ve been thinking…you’re right.”
“About what?”
“About it not being healthy to hold things in…”
I looked into his blue eyes and I could see the sadness in them “Ok…so do you want to talk about it then?” I asked him
“Not really,” he replied “…but if I’m going to tell anyone it might as well be you, but not here though…”
I nodded and I took his hand as he led me away from the lobby and the moment we were out of sight I felt the feeling of lightness return as we vanished.Ñ
We ended up going down to the basement of the hotel where only the staff came in there from time to time. Casper explained that if they somehow caught us off guard and heard talking though they’d probably just think it was ghosts, so to not worry too much about it but still keep paying attention to what’s around.
“Ok…” he said as we sat down in one of the many corners and I smiled
“Ok…” I replied
“So what do you want to know?” He asked me
“Well…let’s start with what your family did for a living.”
He nodded and took a deep breath before answering “My family was in the magic business. My dad was a magician and my mom was hired as his assistant back then and had been ever since. I kind of just ended up joining the crew after a while with my twin brother Fred…”
“You had a twin?”
“Yes…I did…” He said and looked away
“What was he like?”
He looked up at me “He and I were almost complete opposites…he was always the more talkative one. He was my best friend…” He said and I saw the sadness in his eyes deepen…I knew this had to be hard for him. I squeezed his hand in reassurance that I was here for him.
“Was your brother like you?”
“Sometimes I asked that myself,” he let out a laugh “not that my parents or I knew of anyway.”
“Did your parents have powers too?”
“No…” He smiled “Not like me at least…” and his smile then faded “but they grew up knowing about the Retter though…they were kind of like Rick in a way.”
“What happened to them?” I asked then
He was quiet for a long time and just then we heard talking and we both looked up to see two of the cleaning people come down as they opened a door and grabbed some supplies for the hotel. I knew they couldn’t see us but I couldn’t help but be nervous. We watched as they walked off though and I let out a sigh when we heard the elevator go up. I looked back at Casper who leaned back against the wall and I moved over so I could sit next to him.
“It was May 31, 2000,” He finally spoke up after awhile “It was one of the last shows until July. My brother was up backstage somewhere while I sat in the audience. We were going to be part of the last act…I remember being so nervous while I watched my father was on stage because I knew my brother and I would be coming up soon…we had done the act a dozen times before though but I still couldn’t get over the feeling of the audience watching…it was during the act right before ours…the dove act my father called it when they came…” He said and paused
“The Retter…” I said slowly
He nodded “My father was shot from the back of the room while he was on stage…we all knew they’d find out about me sooner or later even though we had been trying to keep my powers seem fake and tried to make it obvious to the audience that it had to be an illusion…I remember my father yelling out to the audience for me to run and I did, but I couldn't just leave my mom and brother either. I found my way backstage after trying to push my way through the crowd as gun shots went off…there was so much blood and screaming…” he said quietly but then continued “I just made it back there in time to see one of them kill my mom…” he said and a tear fell down his face.
“Casper…I’m so sorry.” I said and wrapped my arms around him
“I tried to find my brother after that but he was nowhere in sight…I yelled out for him but he never answered…it was as though he had vanished too. I haven’t seen him since that night.”
“Do you think he made it out alive?”
“It’s possible…” he replied “but don’t you see Anna? It’s my fault all those people and my parents were killed that night…all because of what I am…”
“Casper that’s not true.” I told him in a firm voice
“It is though…if it wasn’t for me they all would be alive…my parents would still be alive…I don’t even know if my own brother is alive…It’s all my fault Anna…” he said and more tears fell from his eyes and I hugged him tighter. I understood why Casper never told the others…I was surprised he even told me because it would seem like he would have told Tiny first…
“We should get back.” He said wiping his eyes and I nodded in agreement as we stood up with our hands still interlocked “Anna?” He asked
“Yah?”
“Thanks for listening…”
“No problem,” I replied “we’re friends after all right?”
He smiled and squeezed my hand “Right.”Ñ
Aaron:
I walked out of the hotel with Sia while everyone tried to figure what their next move was. I knew I should leave and yet I found that I couldn’t…I didn’t know why because no one was trying to keep me here anyways…and yet…
She’s gone I told myself but what if I was wrong and she came back? No, the letter made it clear she wasn’t…I should have stopped her…I shouldn’t have fallen asleep.
Figures that the one time I get a good night’s sleep is the time where I shouldn’t have fallen asleep at all. I felt the bottle of anti-anxiety medication in my pocket. At least I remembered to take that last night before falling asleep... Just then a vibrating went off in my other pocket and I took out my phone not to recognize the number “Hello?”
A panicked voice answered and they were talking so fast that I could hardly understand what they were saying. I then started to recognize the voice as they rambled on though. I sighed what does she want now? “Fawn calm down I can’t understand a word you’re saying.”
“Aaron they took him!” She answered in a stressed voice
“Fawn what are you talking about? Who took who?” I asked trying to stay calm as I walked over to Sia. Why was I even talking to her? But what she said next stopped me dead in my tracks.
“Your nephew…the Retter have your nephew…”
It took everything out of me to not crush my phone into a million pieces at that moment “You’re lying.” I said hoping that she was.
“Aaron I’m not joking around here!” She said getting mad “they have me too and if you don’t get here they’re going to kill him.”
“Well how the hell did they find out about him?!” I yelled “and it’s your own damn fault for getting yourself caught now isn’t it?!” My voice started to break on that last sentence
I bet she wishes she didn’t leave now I thought bitterly
“Aaron please…” She pleaded “I’m sorry I-”
“Doesn’t matter…” I said pinching the bridge of my nose “where are you?” I asked heading back to the hotel
“Aaron no!”
“Fawn damn it where are you?”
“Oh we’re still here in the same place you left us.” A lower voice replied with a German accent then
“I swear to god if you hurt them-”
“You’ll what? Kill us?”
“No…” I let out a laugh “but you’re going to wish I did.”
“Come get them then…” And then the line went dead and I tried to hold back my screams with every ounce of my being.
“Come on Sia…” I said trying to hide my worries from her as I headed back to the hotel. I was quiet as I passed people but inside my head I was screaming at the top of my lungs as my heart beat started to pick up again. This had to be the dream right now. There was no way that they could have Brandon, but every passing moment proved to me that this was reality…but this reality was a nightmare coming to life. I never wanted something like this to happen…I should have never came home.
I walked into the room trying to keep my thoughts calm and on the down low but it was one of the hardest things I had ever done. Brandon kept on passing through my thoughts whether it was his smile or his laugh. What would I tell my brother if I was too late? How could I ever face Becky and him? What would I even tell them? The truth…
“Hey Aaron you ok?” I heard one of the others ask “you don’t look so well.”
“Yah,” I replied “…I accidently dropped my medication while I was on my way back here and I need to go find it…”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea with all the Retter around…” Spark said
“I’ll be fine.” I replied
“You want some help looking for it?” Tavin asked and I could tell then he knew something that none of the others did
I faked a smirk though as Sia jumped back up onto one of the beds “Nah I’m good. It shouldn’t take me too long anyways.”
H e gave me a skeptical look but I just shrugged my shoulders and said my quiet goodbyes to Sia because to be honest I wasn’t sure I’d see her again, but I could promise that I would get Brandon and Fawn out of there somehow…even if that meant that I had to pay the price for it.
You be a good girl while I’m gone I thought to her
“You guys mind if I leave Sia with you here?” I asked everyone “I don’t want her to run off while I’m looking.”
“Yah sure.” Amber replied and I nodded in thanks and headed out the door
When the door closed I let out a sigh of relief. Now I didn’t have to worry about the others coming and getting in the way of things. Some things you just have to do alone. This was my problem and my problem alone…at least that is what I kept telling myself as I walked down the empty hallway.
“Aaron..” a raspy voice called out and the back hairs of my neck stood up but I forced myself to keep walking forward. I had more important things to worry about then the voices in my head.Ë
I knew from the moment I heard Fawn’s voice that this could be a trap, but I couldn’t just sit around and wait for the others to come up with a plan while Brandon was with those monsters…I shoved my shaking hands into my jacket pockets as I started to near the building. He’s in there I told myself They’re both in there…even though I was still mad at Fawn I wasn’t going to just leave her to the Retter either. I put my back up against the corner of the building and the memory of me stopping Fawn in this exact spot flashed in my mind but I shook my head Just get in there and get them out I told myself no detours or anything else…just stick to the path.
I took a deep breath and closed my eyes as the shadows around me came to life and I grabbed one and immediately watched it as it formed into a knife. Hey I might as well have a backup if I couldn’t count on my powers. I slipped the knife into my jacket and muttered “Here goes nothing.” And focused on the shadows of the other building and the next second I was beneath the camera’s view So far so good.
I slipped into the building then and kept an eye out for any Retter coming down the halls. The more turns I took though the more I came to realize how empty it was…I knew they had to know that I was coming but still…I heard crying then and stopped to listen. I heard it again and knew it could only come from a toddler. Brandon…I’ll tear them apart I thought to myself as I started heading that way.
Just when I started to make another turn I heard voices and stopped again as I leaned against the wall.
“You think he’ll come?” a voice asked
“I would bet everything I have that he’s already here.” Another voice answered and it sounded familiar
I watched as they walked past and I scowled. I should have known. I started to reach for my knife but told myself that I would have to wait. No detours…No now was not the time to kill that bastard Noah. Maybe if the group wasn’t so engrossed into thinking that I was their enemy we all would have seen that it was Noah all along. When they had disappeared down the hall I hurried quietly down the opposite way as I could still hear Brandon’s wails.
I backed up against the wall next and peeked into a large room where five Retter stood around and right in the middle I could see Brandon caged like an animal crying for his mom. As Brandon’s cries became louder I saw a Retter kick the cage and told him to shut up and my anger flared like you wouldn’t believe Now they’re dead I thought. A few feet from there was other set of five Retter walking around. I couldn’t see Fawn anywhere in sight though which was going to complicate things even more. Ten Retter though…should be a piece of cake right?
Just as I stepped away from the wall and out into their view two of them charged at me but with a wave of my hand shadows burst from their places and slammed them down onto the ground. I heard laughing then and looked over as another Retter with red hair and a scar coming down the right side of his face stepped out “We were thinking that you wouldn’t show up for a while.”
“Well you know with traffic and all.” I smirked
He laughed and waved his figure at me “I heard you were a cocky one” he said as he walked over to Brandon “Sweet family you have really. It’s too bad they had to get in the middle of all this…”
“Yah…too bad…” I said as I noticed that the other Retter were starting to close in. I knew this wasn’t good. I heard movement behind me then and ducked as I felt a knife cut through the air and grabbed the Retter’s arm and twisted. They cried out and swung their knife at me and I caught their other arm and kicked them in the chest sending them ten feet across the room. I felt a hand on my shoulder then and before I knew it my back slammed onto the hard floor but before they could bring their knife down a shadow slammed them back.
I got to my feet quickly just in time for two more Retter to come at me. I dodged the first but the other’s knife sliced my cheek and the other Retter grabbed me from behind. I broke their grip and ducked just as the other Retter stabbed his partner. One more Retter charged at me but I wrestled him to the ground and brought out my knife and plunged it into his chest and quickly got to my feet just in time to hear the sound of a gun being fired. My head snapped up and the red headed Retter had his gun pointed up at the ceiling but then pointed it Brandon and I stopped cold.
“I would be very careful to chose your next move Chosen.” He said but all I saw was that gun and Brandon’s tear filled eyes focused on me.
I hoped he would forget what he just saw…
“Drop the knife.” He ordered
Time seemed to freeze but I nodded “Ok…just don’t hurt him.” I said and did what he said and placed the knife on the ground and raised up my hand in defense Shit I thought.
I felt two Retter grab a hold of me then and as one held me at gun point, the other picked up my knife but it faded at their touch. They then forced me to my feet and I felt the cold feeling of metal against the skin of my wrists “Handcuffs…how classic.” I said but one of them shoved my head forward and told me to shut up. I then saw someone come up in the corner of my eye but before I could react I felt the pinching feeling of a needle and the cold fluid pass into my bloodstream and my muscles slacked almost immediately.
“Take him away.” I heard the red headed Retter say as my vision flickered. The last thing I saw was Brandon’s face before everything went dark.Ë
I sat up against the wall with my eyes closed. I didn’t want to see what I knew was happening. I must be seeing things because only crazy people see what I’m seeing now and I’m not crazy! Why was this happening to me? This is the third time this has happened! I wrapped my arms around me knees and hoped that they would all just go away. My body twitched and shacked as I felt them brush against me. I opened my eyes and saw one of them floating right in front of me. I slapped it away and ran for the door and turned on the light. I saw all of them disappear like they had never been here to begin with.
I walked back over to my bed and slowly laid down. With the light on it was hard falling back asleep and sometimes it was near impossible but it was worth losing a night of sleep if that meant no shadows looming over me. I heard footsteps walk across the hallway and pass my door before they stopped and came back. The door then opened and my brother (who was sixteen at the time while I was thirteen) looked into my room and squinted his eyes at the sight of the light on “Aaron, turn your light off.”
“I can’t.” I managed to choke out and the lines of his forehead creased
“Why not?” he asked me
“I…I-I can’t let them get me…” I stuttered looking over at the dark spaces in the room
“Who?” He questioned still confused
I went silent. I knew I couldn’t tell him; I’d be sent to the nut house for sure then.
“Hey,” He said calmly as he came and sat on the side of the bed “It’s alright. Mom, Dad, and I are just down the hall if you need us, but you won’t get any sleep with the lights on.”
I won’t get any with them off either I thought but nodded
My brother smiled and ruffled up my hair as he stood up and walked back over to the door. He looked back before reaching for the light and said “Aaron I know you’re afraid of the dark, but there’s nothing to be scared of.”
That’s what you think I thought and he sighed when I didn’t answer. Before I knew it the room was dark and the door was shut tight…soon after the nightmares of the night came back to life.Ë
The next time I woke up and I started to feel the feeling of pins and needles everywhere. When I opened my eyes I was blinded by a bright light and I squinted and looked away from it. I tried to move my hands but something held them behind my back. I tried to snap my hands apart but for some reason I couldn’t…why was this being a lot harder than it should be? Double shit I thought after several attempts to free myself. Maybe I could have used some help after all…
“Oh look who’s finally awake?” I heard a voice say from the shadows
My limbs felt like lead when I tried to move as I tried to look around the room, but the light was too bright for me to see almost anything.
“Where’s Brandon?” I croaked
“Oh he’s fine…for now…” The voice replied and I started to get the feeling that I knew it
“I won’t let you hurt him I swear to god if you do-”
“I wouldn’t worry about him as much as I would yourself.” The voice interrupted
I tried to conjure up a shadow but an intense throbbing in my head forced me to stop.
“Not so tough without your powers now are you?” The voice laughed
“Screw you.” I growled
“Now, now Aaron that is no way to treat an old friend now is it?” The voice asked “I mean how long has it been? Almost eight years…”
Eight years…wait a second…I thought but just as I started to put a face to the voice they stepped out into the light with a grin across their face. Of course she was older now but how could I forget the woman that still haunted my dreams from time to time. The one who kept on trying to kill me over and over. Ever since she found me at fourteen. If it wasn’t for Sia she would have killed me a long time ago…but Sia wasn’t here now.
“Ivy…” I said the name feeling like acid on my tongue
“Hello Aaron,” Ivy smiled “Good to see you again.”
“Yah like a rash.” I muttered and I felt a hard slap across my cheek and it started tingling in result
“To be honest I didn’t actually think I would see you again…” She said as she circled me “It’s amazing how things turn out in the end though…but enough talking…let’s have some fun shall we?” She asked and I cried out as a knife went into my leg “Hold that for me would you?” She asked as she disappeared for a few moments and I gritted my teeth as the pain set in. I tried to take deep breaths and tell myself that it wasn’t so bad because I mean come on I’ve already been shot twice before…but damn it, it still hurts!
“What do you want?” I asked her
“Oh…I don’t want anything…I’m simply just doing this to pass the time by…that and you got my brother killed just a few minutes ago…”
“Aww, you want me to say I’m sorry?” I faked a pout
“No,” she laughed but it was short lived and her expression turned venomous “I want you to bleed out…but sadly I can’t let it get that far…you know orders and all,” She said and then leaned down and whispered in my ear “but that doesn’t mean I can’t make you hurt a little…” And I grunted in pain as She jabbed the knife into my ribs. As though that wasn’t enough though she turned the knife sharply and a yelp escaped my mouth and my head fell back as the muscles in my neck tightened “That’s a little better.” She said and slowly pulled the knife out “Get comfortable though…this is going take a while. You’re lucky we have bigger plans for you.”
“Oh yes lucky me.” I replied and got another slap across the face for itË
Who knows how much time had passed, how much pain I went through when I heard the door open. Ivy and I looked over and my eyes narrowed when I saw Noah…but who I saw next confused me “Fawn?” I croaked almost doubting that I was even seeing her but no it had to be her…but…why…how? God my head hurts! So Fawn was in on this plan all along?
As I watched her line up against the wall with Noah and a couple other Retter though she tried to keep her eyes down and from looking over at me. I also noticed a metal band around her right wrist as she kept scratching at it. I didn’t know whether to feel angry…or disappointed “Fawn…you knew this was going to happen didn’t you?” I asked in a ragged voice her but she wouldn’t answer me…so Noah answered for her
“Of course she did, why would she call you in the first place?”
“Was I talking to you?” I snapped at him and a Retter came over and took a hold of my head and the next thing I felt was white hot metal against my skin and I cried out in pain.
“Come on it wasn’t that bad was it?” I heard Ivy ask as the Retter shoved my head down and walked back over to the door. I looked up and I caught Fawn gaze for another second before she looked away and started walking out of the room.
“Ivy why don’t you take him to one of the cellars?” Noah asked “I think he’s had enough punishment for the day.”
“I suppose I could use a break…” She agreed and he nodded and followed after Fawn and ordered the rest of his buddies to get back to their other responsibilities. A few of them complained but he repeated his order in a louder tone and they did what he said.
I tried to steady my breathing as I looked down at my feet. My body ached and bled and all I thought was how much I had let down Brandon…how long would it be before they started to hurt him too? It’s all my fault I thought as my eyes started to burn. I should have just let Mr. Miller kill me when he had the chance…
Ivy started to un-cuff me then but I was too tired to do anything but try to stay upright. I let her and another Retter drag me out of the room and hit me when I slowed them down. I didn’t see any sign of Fawn as we walked down the halls and then down a flight of stairs; to be honest I was glad. My feelings about her were still in too much of a mess at the moment for me to even know what I would say to her. I guess one question that had been passing through my wind was why?
Once we got down to the end of the stairs Ivy and the other Retter had us walk a little longer down a small hall where I could see hands sticking out of the bars of their cells. Their ages ranged from probably seven to people in their twenties like me. We then stopped and they opened an empty cell and threw me to the ground and locked the door behind me. I laid there for a second but then forced my body onto the side which sent stabbing pains through my body. I heard them walk away and I heard another door close shut.
“Hey…Hey kid,” I heard a hoarse voice speak out I’m not a kid I thought but lifted up my head a little to see an older man probably in his sixties with thin white hair and dark eyes in the cell across from me “You alright?” He asked
“Oh I’m just peachy.” I grumbled.Ë
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