Earthquake

Chapter 2: Part 1

(Okay before I start I'd like to say thank you to JessicaKraemer5 for my new character enjoy chapter 2!)

“Did you not hear me? I said identify yourself.” Scott repeated.
“Why should I trespass passer? tell me your name first then I’ll reveal my name after,
looks like you have some friends with you too….. I’ll need their names too.” said the girl.
“My name is Scott, that’s Steven my cousin, Kyle, Julie and Tony, Now your name?”
“My name is Jessica, I’ve been here since the first quake.”
Steven woke up and looked at Jessica “You’ve been here the entire time? Is it safe to be
here then out there?”
“Yes, we are talking about demon pets coming to kill us this is the safest place to be,
they’re too afraid of the cross to enter here and when they do they disintegrate back to their
masters.”
Steven was shocked to hear this “So if we take stuff from this church you mean they
could help us kill the demon pets?”
Jessica nodded once “And I will join you on this mission to kill these demon pets I’ve
killed a couple so I can teach you…… also when you kill a demon pet you obtain the power
that it possesses but you only get the powers of the first demon pet you kill.”
“So you know this how?” Kyle sounding really confused said as if he wasn’t listening
to a word in the conversation.
Jessica sighed making a fist with her left hand then rising it made the earth around
her rise up forming a wall “The very first one I killed could use any power possible making it
really hard to kill….. all of my team died but me.”
Kyle looked amazed “That’s awesome!!! So you’re saying that the first monster thingy
we kill we can get powers!?”
Jessica nodded “Each demon pet has its own ability, now you should get some rest,
we start training at dawn.”
Steven mumbled to himself “When did she become the leader?”
“What was that Steven?” Jessica said in a stern voice.
“Uh….. good night!” he laid down quickly.
In the morning Jessica got everything set up for training before everyone was awake.
“That oughta do it” she set up the last couple parts of the training area.
Steven woke up to the sound of her voice then walked out to see a lot of different obstacles
set up from jumping over things to slicing them in half.
“What’s all this?” Steven walked over to Jessica.
“Your training as I promised.” she stood back to look at what she had built.It didn’t take long for the others to wake up one by one they came out the church to look at
the obstacles. Scott walked over to what he thought looked interesting, of course it being him
it was heavy lifting he had no problem with that. Once everyone got separated into what they
wanted to practice, Jessica walked by each station one by one explaining what they were.
Steven was confused at the fact that Tony chose one of the hardest looking tests.
“Three, two, one….. Start!” Jessica yelled signaling them to start their obstacles
“loser has the nightwatch.”
Steven stood there before he had started his obstacles, his vision fading, a voice
whispered in his head “They’re coming……. don’t let him see you or let her catch you….”
Repeating over and over until when Steven had collapsed to the ground “You must be
careful, trust no one but the light, follow the light and you will be safe Steven.”
“STEVEN!!” Scott jumped over Tony with ease to his cousin’s unconscious body “Hey wake
up…..” he gently tapped Steven’s face, but he was too far into the darkness.
Steven was in a dark room when waking up in his dream laying on the hard and cold
floor “Where am I?” he looked around to find nothing there in the room with him but darkness
and the scent of blood not knowing what to do he stood up, but only to find that he had
chains stuck to his wrists.
“Well well looks like we have a new toy for the pets now don’t we?” it was a females
voice, unfamiliar but it was full of hatred.
“Where am I!? Who are you? And what do you want?” Steven yelled at the voice not
knowing what direction the voice is coming from.
“You’ll find out soon enough” she giggled
Steven woke up to the feeling of cold water being dumped on his face making him cough
awake. He was laying on the ground he still couldn’t quite see who was with him but he
knew that what he had just been through was just a dream.
“Hey you alright?” he could just make out the fact that it was Scott talking.
Steven slowly stood to his feet “Yeah….. fine just confused….”
“About?” Scott stood up.
Steven shook his head “You wouldn’t understand if I hardly do.”
All that Steven thought about while standing there was that one voice telling him not to trust
anyone and to follow the light to be safe, suddenly he remembered his imaginary friend he
had when he was really young named Imelia, she had always been there when Steven
needed someone to help him out of trouble. What he found scary is that the voice telling him
what to do was in fact her voice, did she actually exist to protect him?
The sound of a demon pet called everyone inside, Scott quickly barricaded the door
but the demon pet had already gotten half way into the church the next thing they knew was
that the demon pet started disintegrating after walking past the first row of benches.
“Man Jessica wasn’t kidding when she said that they disintegrated when walking into
the church…..” Scott dropped the piece of wood he grabbed to defend himself.
Steven’s head felt light, he held onto the wall for balance “You’re no longer safe in
this area…..” the same female voice who was talking to him earlier spoke up “They know
you’re here and the will kill you…… Go to New Jersey that’s where you’ll find them…...”
Steven wasn’t sure what to do, but he knew that the voice could be trusted, “We have
to head to New Jersey…… That’s where we’ll find them….”
“Find who?” Kyle stood up“It would be a quick death is you wanted to do that’s where most of the Demon pets
are.” Jessica walked into the door.
“What makes you think we can find whoever we’re looking for in that city?” Scott was
actually thinking that Steven had a good idea.
“The voice, I don’t know why but I feel as though I could trust it as a sister….” Steven
thought that the others thought he was crazy.
Although he had been off his medication for about three and a half months he hadn’t
heard that voice for yearn. He slowly slid to the floor.
“I know it sounds risky….. But you’re going to have to trust me on this, please.”
Scott nodded his head “I trust you.” he looked at the others behind him who all
nodded.
Steven sighed in relief, something caught his eye but when he went to look at it the
small figure he had seen wasn’t there anymore.
“Man……. Now I remember why I need my medication….” Steven thought to himself
For most of the day Steven was seeing things that he thought shouldn’t be there or just not
in the right order. But the save voice echoed in his mind over and over before he yelled out
“STOP!!! Leave me alone!!” as he fell to his knees holding his head.
“Steven, you all right?” Scott asked kneeling down.
“Steven had a blank look “......fine…. can you keep a secret?”
Scott nodded.
“I….. I keep hearing this woman’s voice in my head telling me ‘They’re coming…….
don’t let him see you or let her catch you….’ also ‘You must be careful, trust no one but the
light, follow the light and you will be safe Steven.’..... I didn’t want the others to think that I’m
crazy….”
“Well….. who ever this voice belongs to….. it sounds like she’s trying to protect you
and give you advice…. maybe you should give into the sound.” Scott suggested
All Steven could do was nod before walking back to the group, he decided to take
Scotts advice and listen to what the voice had to say.
“Hey Scott?” Steven spoke up “do you remember my imaginary friend Amelia when I
was younger?”
Scott nodded.
“Well….. It’s her voice that I keep hearing and it feels like we’re somehow
connected.”
Scott let out a deep breath “There’s something your parents never told you
Steven…..”
“What is it?”
“You had a sister, you don’t know about her much because she died when you were
about the age of three years of age, there could be a good chance that her soul never left
you.”
Steven was in shock “So you think that it’s her voice I’m hearing? You mean that
Imalia was actually a person? and above anything my sister?”
“Yes she always wanted to protect the thing that she loved most, before she passed
away she said that she would always keep an eye on you and help you if she could when
you’re in trouble but I guess it took until now for you to need it. You’re the only one in your
family who can see her when needed and hear her.”
Steven processed this in his mind.