UNLEASHED: The power within

Chapter 24

"Black, no, please Black don't go. Black stay back, Black, Black."

A scream tears through my throat as I wake from a terrible nightmare only to realize it's my new reality. My body is drenched crashing start in sweat as I sit upright on the bed. The scene of Black being thrown across the room and crushing against the wall kept replaying in my dreams. He is no longer here, he is dead. Black is gone. I choke on my spit when the thought finally hits. And I think it is because of me. I am a magnet of danger.

Tears starts falling uncontrollably from my eyes. My best friend is dead. The only person I have in this life is gone. Just like that. When I try to get out of bed, I notice I am not in my room. This bedroom is huge and a mess. There is shuttered glass everywhere, even the sliding doors are cracked. A vas that was on the side of the bed shuttered, flowers and water on the floor everywhere. It looks like there has been a war whilst I was asleep. What happened in this luxurious room? Better yet, whose room is this?

Carefully, I get out of bed and walk around the water and glass to the sliding doors that lead to a balcony. This must be the tallest building I have ever been. Whose penthouse is this? I try to pull the doors, but they won't budge. I guess whatever happened here must have affected them. I just stand there watching the clear skies and the busy town. I have to admit, this is a great view. I almost forgot what happened yesterday. Just thinking about it makes my heart sink. How am I going to survive?

A knock sounds on the door before it is opened slowly revealing Ares. ''Great, you are up'' he says walking in. Eros enters too but remains standing by the door.

I wonder who the owner of this house is. Maybe both of them. I envy them, they don't have to struggle for anything that involves money. I wish I grew up in a house like this. my best friend just died and here I am thinking about my poverty-stricken life. Black deserves better. I wipe a tear from my cheek with the back of my hand. They won't stop. I have to be strong but I don't know if I can be strong enough to face reality.

"Hey, are you okay?" Ares' concerned voice snaps me out of my thoughts.

"Did I do this?" I ask subconsciously looking at the mess in the room. I don't know why I asked that. I'm sure I must have been possessed by something whilst I was unconscious to be able to make this mess. Silly me.

Ares clears his throat, " do you remember anything?" He asks with a guarded expression. Almost as if he is nervous, why is he nervous?

I look at him confused, "Am I supposed to .... Black" A lump form in my throat instantly as memories from last night starts flooding back in my head again. For a moment I had forgotten what had happened. A cry escapes me when Ares gives me a sad gaze.

" Shhh it's okay." he walks up to me crushing glasses under his boots and caresses my back as I cry my eyes out. How am I going to face his parents and what am I going to tell them? That he was killed by a ghost? How can I tell them anything when I don't even understand half of the things that happened yesterday myself?

What happened in our apartment? What was that thing? I thought ghosts are only seen in horror movies. More tears flood my eyes. My heart aches so much, I don't know what I am going to do without him. As more thoughts plunge into my head, my crying decreases to sniffs. "Come with me I want to show you something" Ares extends his hand for me to take.

I look at Eros leaning against the door, he hasn't said anything. He is just watching quietly. I wonder what he is thinking. A tear silently slides down my cheek as we leave the room. Eros silently follows us. We don't go far, the room that is next to the one I was in is ajar when Ares opens it. It is just the same as mine but a little bit cleaner and more orderly than mine.