The next day Electra called me at 6 in the morning wanting to hang out. And though everything in me wanted to go back to sleep i got out of bed anyway. She seemed like she really wanted to talk more. And i wanted more answers so maybe we could both get what we wanted. She had told me to meet her at the park across town so i grabbed my keys and was headed out the door. But when i walked downstairs she was waiting in the kitchen. She put down the coffee she was drinking and stood up. "You ready to go terrorize some people?" She smiled as if this was some joke but i had a major feeling that she was serious. On the way to the park we rocked out to some ACDC and i could already begin to see we were going to get along. But something made her really different and i was begining to believe her demon story more and more by the minute.
When we parked the car Electra pulled a gas can from the back seat and box of matches. And if i didnt know any better i would think she was going to burn me alive. But i did trust her...for some unknown reason. We walked out into a clearing in the woods and she poured the gasoline in the shape of a circle and then she asked me to step inside it. Although hesitant at first she convinced me it was nessicary so i did it. While i stood in the cirlce she lite it on fire and i grew more and more scared of what was going to happen to me. "Now try to step out of the circle." She had to be crazy. "Just trust me Luke. I promise im not here to kill you or anything. This is just a test." I didnt want to but i stepped inside the circle anyway. "Now try to step back out of the circle." Electra stepped back and watched me very closely. I did my best to step over the fire just as i had gotten in but something stopped my foot from crossing over the flame before me. I tried to take a running leap over the flame but it was as if i had hit a brick wall. I fell hard to the ground and Electra dropped her head in what seemed like disappointment. But i had no idea what i had done wrong.
"It's no use trying to get out of that circle Luke. Fire circles hold demons in a bubble that they can't pop." Electra still did not look happy and suddenly i knew why. If only demons got caught in fire circles then that must mean i was a demon. Electra stood in front of the fire and blew over her hand as if blowing a kiss. And i watched as the fire dissolved at my feet. She did have fire powers. I only now wondered if i had any.
"Am i a demon Electra?" I knew the answer but i wanted a conformation that i wasnt crazy. And i sensed that Electra had needed someone like me for longer than i realized.
"Yes Luke and the worst part is that i have no idea what your powers are yet." Electra looked worried now. "When experimenting with your powers you never know how poweful thay can get. When i first started exploring my fire power i burnt down my foster family's house. Needless to say they got me replaced again. That's why i went to find mom. Although she wasnt happy to see me, she did help me find my power." Electra looked as if she was in a zone now. "Maybe you should come visit mom with me. But if you did you would have to leave this town behind and everyone in it. Are you prepared for that?"
I wanted to meet mom and grow more powerful but i didnt want to leave my friends or my dad. They had done so much for me and accepted me into their lives. Now i had to choose between them and my real family that i had never meet. "I honestly dont think im ready to do that E. So much of me is built into this town. My whole life is in this town. Why would i have to leave it?"
"You don't have to it's just you wouldn't be the same when you came back. No one would even reconize you anymore. If you want to think of this as a family vacation you can but im am warning you everything changes after you find your powers." Electra seemed like she knew what she was talking about. I had a feeling she had given up alot to figure out who she really was and now i was going to have to do the same. I could always come back as Electra said, It could be like a family vaction and i could just disappear for a few months.
"When do we leave? And what do i need to pack?"
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The next morning i was throwing bags of cloths out my window. I wasnt allowed to tell dad i was leaving but i wrote him a note saying i was going to see mom and would be back in a month. And although Electra told me not to i brought my cell phone. I knew i would be getting alot of calls from Layla and James that i could not answer. I was happy to getin the car with Electra but i felt a twinge of sadness as we left the town in our rearveiw mirror. I was going to miss this place. But i had coming back to look forward to.
We drove straight through the night and when i awakened the next morning we were already three states over in Texas. We had driven along way from Nashville. And i was starting to grow tired of sitting in the car. It was going to be a longer trip to california than i thought and i wished so badly that i could go home. But the worst part was that Electra was relentless to stoping. She was so convinced that she could drive all the way through. After 4 long days of driving we made it to our destination.
It was a slummy looking hotel on the outskirts of LA. Our room had shabby gray curtins and hard beds with bacteria infected sheets. I knew Electra knew what she was doing when it came to finding mom. But i didnt trust her hotel choices anymore. She brought in our bags and plopped down on the bed without even a second thought. She pulled the pony tail out of her hair and kicked off her shoes. It was after all this that she finally looked up to see me still standing in the middle of the room. "Make yourself at home. We're gonna be here a while."
I took a couple of steps towards my bed and sat down slowly. "It's not gonna bite you. Just chill out and relax. We'll go find Mom tommarow." Electra pulled over her bag and drug out some cloths and took off towards the bathroom. I missed home already but she seemed fine. I pulled out my phone and for the first time checked my messages. I only had 5 but they said enough. The first one was from dad. It read, "I knew this day would come and i was waiting for it. But i wished you would have told me you were leaving. Keep in touch and please make the choice to come home." That one hurt. I know dad was only over-protective because of how mom left and he was right I should have talked to him first. The next message was from James. It read, "Dude where are you we have a game tonight and the ice queen will not be pleased." I didn't even think about that. What was going to happen to the baseball career I had worked so hard to maintain? Then I had 3 from Layla. All of them had something to do with my disappearence and how disappointed she was of me. But i couldn't help it. This was something I needed to do. Maybe if i finally meet mom it would stop haunting that I hadn't. I was thinking about home when Electra walked back into the room.
"I'll get you home to your precious family in a few days I promise. Don't cry on me or anything."
"You know I actually kinda wonder why you don't miss your home and your family." It was then I realized that was a question I should not have asked.
"You have to have a home and family before you can miss them and in foster care you don't get either. Although I did live with mom for awhile I wouldn't say I missed her." Electra spoke of this so openly and zero emotion ran across her face. She had grown cold and it was easily visable. I wonder though, if she even knew how cold she appeared to other people.
I finally let myself fall to sleep at around midnight. But the thoughts didn't stop there. I dreamt of home all night. I saw the best plays i made during my high school games. And the time Layla and I went out for the first time. And of course my dad going to practice with me to keep track of all my baseball records. It made me so homesick. But above all it made me feel more sorry for Electra. She would never understand how it felt to have a hometown or a family. I only hope when she takes me home that she will stay. I'm sure dad wouldn't mind and school would be good for her. Even if she did hate the thought of people.
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For Love or Death
HorrorLuke the perfect child discovers his main flaw and his flawed family
