Song List:
Chasing Cars-Snow Patrol
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-Naomi-
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When I wake up, everyone is already heading out the door. We're in the truck instantly, it packed with a bunch of shit that looks very unnecessary. I'm sitting in the front seat next to Dylan and the girls in the back.
I lean against the window, a small, tight pain gnawing at my stomach. Dylan continuously glances at me every now and then, making me roll my eyes. So far I've been containing the 'hunger' and been keeping my mouth shut.
Elena hasn't talked to me, I know she's mad at me. And if she isn't she's just staying away from me. Which is good.
When we get to the warehouse, we all quickly jump out of the truck and head inside. Once Dylan slides open the door we all stand there, frozen. It's empty.
Completely empty.
"Dylan?" Taylor whispers, her voice shaky.
"I-I-" He shakes his head before walking inside. "Dad!? Dad!"
"Dad!" Taylor joins, shouting loudly. "Dad!"
"Adam!" Elena walks inside, following Taylor.
I furrow my brows before walking inside. As I step foot inside, I hear a very quiet tapping sound. I look around, trying to see if anybody else notices. But they're still shouting for Adam.
"Uncle Chris!" Taylor shouts.
The tapping sound begins to get louder, "Do you guys hear that?"
Dylan turns to me, brows still furrowed. "Hear what? I hear nothing! They're not here."
"It-It's a tapping sound." I turn around when it gets louder again.
"I can't focus on a fucking tapping sound when my dad isn't here!" He shouts at me, but it doesn't faze me.
I walk towards the spiral staircase and look up it. "It's coming from up here," I mutter before running up the stairs.
"Naomi?" Taylor follows me quickly.
When I get up the stairs, I stop dead in my tracks. Taylor stops abruptly behind me, furrowing her brows at the back of my head before looking ahead.
An old woman is sitting at a rusted table, tapping her long, sharp nails on the top. Her gray hair is ratted and messy, her black dress is torn and shredded, and her face is all wrinkly.
"Hello." Her voice is raspy and harsh.
"Hi," Taylor responds.
"Taylor," I hit her side and she hisses at me. "Who are you?"
"My name... is Maiette." She states.
"Naomi!" Elena comes running up the stairs, bumping into Taylor. "What the hell?"
"Shh!" Taylor pats Elena.
"Where's Adam?" I ask. "Christian?"
"Not here, of course." Maiette slowly turns her head towards us and my eyes widen at her.
Taylor grips onto my wrist in fear. "Where are they?" I ask.
"She took them."
"Who?" Elena barks.
"Natasha."
"Fuck." I cuss before rubbing my hands over my face.
Taylor, being Taylor, goes around me, towards the old woman and slams her hands on the table. "Where did she take them!?"
"Taylor," Elena calls but she ignores her.
"Where is my dad!"
"Taylor."
Her head spins towards us when Dylan stands at the top of the stairs behind Elena. "They're not here! And they're probably dead, she probably murdered them all." Tears fall onto her cheeks.
"They're not dead," Maiette states, making Taylor jump.
"How do you know that?" I ask.
"For I am a seer." She says weirdly.
"Who is she? Yoda?" Elena whispers in my ear.
"More fucking seers. Great." Taylor hisses.
"What does Natasha want with them?"
She doesn't answer. Her eyes wander the rusted area. "You wish to find them." Her eyes meet Taylor's.
"DUH!" Taylor shouts at the old woman.
Maiette's eyes then flicker to Elena. "You wish-"
"I need to use the bathroom." Elena interrupts with wide eyes. We all look at her with furrowed brows. Her lips are in a straight line and her giant brown eyes are wide. She quickly turns around and walks back downstairs.
I look back at Taylor who looks slightly more at peace. "You," Maiette's voices causes me to look at her. "You wish to understand yourself. To know who and what you are."
"Do you know what I am?"
"A demon." She nods slowly, eyes narrowed.
"Basically," Taylor shrugs helplessly.
I roll my eyes. "How do you know what I am?"
"I'm a seer. I just said that." Maiette states. "I see your future."
"Will we find my dad?" Taylor asks, now with more concern.
Maiette's head snaps towards Taylor. "The future can change, love. In my eyes you do. But... he's not alive."
Taylor's eyes widened instantly. "WHAT!?" She begins to panic as Maiette watches her every move. "My dad can't be dead. No! He's not supposed to die yet!"
"You're lying," I state and both women look at me. "You're lying to us. You know the real truth. You know where Adam is and you know he isn't dead. You just want something in return for information." Maiette's eyes glitter slightly.
"What do you want?"
"You do know of the ritual? Yes?"
"What ritual?" Taylor barks, her eyes watering.
"Natasha and Nadir had planned to bring all four of you together," she states, making Taylor look towards me, "Naomi, Neve-"
"Her name is Aunna," I growl deeply.
"Aunna." Maiette barks. "Nora and Nathaniel."
"What's up with your family and all the N-names?" Taylor asks. I shrug slowly.
"Excuse me!" She huffs and Taylor and I look back at her again. "Nadir was bringing you all together. To kill you."
"Big whoop." I roll my eyes.
"Natasha has a witch that is going to bind all of your magic together and take it for her own. That would kill all of you." My eyes widen. "When she took you and your friends and chained you to those daft walls, she fed you her blood. That blood was supposed to persuade you to follow her every command. But with you, it didn't work. Your must've burned it. Your father has done it with Nora and Nathaniel, but when he tried to do it to Aunna, it didn't work."
"He killed her." The words fall out of my mouth in a whisper and a wave of pain washes over me. Taylor's head snaps towards me. "He killed Cora." Again Maiette's eyes glitter. "My father killed Cora in order to fuck with her head! B-But it didn't work because that bitch told my sister not to drink his blood. Cora is dead! She died for nothing!" I shout, my eyes watering.
"Naomi?" I turn around quickly when I hear Elena's voice. She's standing at the stairs again, her brows furrowed. Her eyes widen at the sight of me and she quickly grabs hold of my wrist. "Come with me right now."
Before I can protest, Elena pulls me down the stairs. She pulls me out of the warehouse and to the truck. "Elena, let go!" I bark but she ignores me.
She shoves me into the front seat and I growl at her. "Look!" She shouts at me before turning the rear view mirror towards me. I look up to see my red and black eyes.
A shiver runs down my spine before I rub my eyes. My breathing becomes short and detached as I rub my eyes a little too hard.
"Stop, stop!" She grabs my hands and pulls them from my face. "It's okay. It's okay." She grabs my cheeks and holds my face up to I can look at her. "What happened?"
A few tears fall onto my cheeks as I stare at her. As I'm staring into those giant brown orbs, I think back to when I woke up to them. When I woke up from my mind. When I watched Cora die, when I watched Aiden die. I watched the only two people my sister has loved her entire life die.
I wasn't there for her. I couldn't do anything. Because all I was focused on was myself. I never thought about how terrible her life was.
"She's dead. He's dead. They're both..." I look down at my hands. "My father killed both of them."
"Who?"
"Cora and Aiden. The two people Aunna loved. They're gone."
Elena cups my cheek and slides her hand into my hair. I look up into her eyes, "What if I am all she has left?"
"You are all she has left. That is why we have to kill your mom. And your father."
"He's already dead." Elena quickly turns around and I look past her to see Taylor, Aiden, and Maiette's standing outside the warehouse.
"What?"
"Nadir," Taylor states. "He's already dead. Aunna killed him."
"That's the pain I felt then," I whisper. "He's dead and now it's just her."
"She's going to find her. And then she's going to come for you." Dylan declares with sad eyes.
"We need to find Aunna, then." Elena states.
"Aunna does not exist."
My eyes widen and so Elena's. "What are you talking about? If Aunna was dead, I would know."
"I did not say she was dead." She shakes her head. "Aunna does not exist. She died. But Neveah is alive."
"What the fuck does that mean!?" Elena and I shout.
"Aunna is Neveah," Taylor speaks. "But She isn't Aunna anymore. She's Neveah."
"And who exactly is Neveah?" I raise a brow.
Maiette slowly walks towards me, glancing at Elena. Elena quickly steps out of the way so that Maiette can stand in front of me.
I stare at her with wide eyes before she takes my hand and wraps it around her wrist.
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