Stone Cold

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I jerk awake sitting up straight in my bed. I breathe erratically as my chest rises and falls quickly.

"Neveah. Hey." A voice says and I whip my attention that way. 

"Ace. I- I'm sorry." I say finally gaining some control.

"You okay?" He asks and I nod as he climbs off of his bed and moves over to mine. My hand starts to shake again and I look down.

"Your hand-

"I know." I say grabbing it with my other hand. My vision starts to flicker again and I curse.

"Neveah." He says grabbing my face. I take a deep breath and the control comes back. My hand continues to twitch and I look down then back up at him. I watch in horror as the snake grows longer.

"What is that?" He asks eyeing the tattoo and I turn my arm over.

"I've seen that before." He says and I nod

"It's the same snake Greg had, that guy at the boat house had, and Olivia had." I say and he traces the design.

"Ace there's something wrong with me." I whisper as he stops tracing it.

"I'm losing control. I can feel it." I say then suddenly a screams rips free from my chest.

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I scream in agony as the flame burns against my skin. I growl as she removes it.

"Strong." She says and I breathe heavy against the post. She puts it back against my back and I let out another shout.

"Is that all you got?" I mutter spitting on the ground. I tense as a whip slashes across my back. 

She goes to hit me again and I shout breaking free from the restraints and spinning and grabbing her by the throat.

"Very strong." She hisses and I shout, falling to my knees as a terrible screech fills my head.

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I scream out covering my ears as I hit the ground. Hands grab at me and I jerk as something whips across my back.

"Neveah!" Someone shouts. I continue to jerk from the pain then everything comes to a stop. I gasp coughing and hacking.

"Neveah." Ace whispers and I turn to look at him.

"Neveah your eyes." He says and I force myself to stand up. I stumble to the mirror and look in.

"No no no no no!" I exclaim seeing their black. I scream in pain as a sudden burn shoots up my arm. I look down as the snake tattoo grows even longer and my skin starts to blister. All that's left now to grow, is it's head. I grind my teeth together and hiss in.

"Neveah, let's go now!" He shouts and I spin throwing my hands at him. My magic hits him and he flies back hitting the wall then landing on his bed. My vision returns to normal and I look down as the glow vanishes from my hands.

"Ace!" I shout then run toward him. I press my head to his chest and feel his heartbeat.

"Ace." I say touching his face.

"Damn it!" I exclaim punching the bed by his side. I look around and spot his keys. I quickly grab them and open the motel door and stick my head outside to look around. Nobody's here.

"Alright, let's get out of here before I have another episode." I mutter then pull him off the bed.

"God damn you're heavy. Fuckin' muscle." I grumble dragging him to the door. I make it outside and huff walking to the car. I drop him to the ground and wince then unlock the car.