Chapter 29. BAD. LIKE REALLY BAD.
SAMANTHA.
Crap! With a capital C! I was dressed yes, but what I was wearing wasn't snow or freezing friendly. In fear for his life, I decided 'eff' it' and ran out after him. I was just out the door, shouting his name, "Jace!"
He turned around and yelled to me, "Stay in the house!" before he went back to face the hole in my yard that was erupting, and he bent down to touch it. Something there, something I couldn't see whacked Jace hard, and he went flying in mid air, all the way back to where I stood. Landing about a foot in front of me.
"JACE!"
Oh my god JACE! Shocked, I ran to him in fear. What the hell just happened? I was hysterical I couldn't see anything but the trees in my yard, there was nothing here! I was so scared I couldn't move, Jace was limp in my arms, and I was frozen solid with fear. I wasn't breathing It was with held from shock. What to do?
"What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?" I shouted hysterically. My chest started heaving filling and deflating with frozen air, my blood was pumping furiously with adrenalin and fear. And suddenly like I had been smacked hard, I realized I had to get away, get us away and back inside.
With all my might I grabbed Jace by the arms and heaved with everything I had., dragging him until I got him inside the house. I slammed the door shut so hard, the force was so loud it sounded like a gun, that everything on my kitchen wall came crashing down. So harsh that the glass in the backdoor cracked.
I wasted no time I didn't care, I let go of his arms, and they thumped hard to the floor, limp. I stepped over his chest and sat down on it shaking him trying to wake him, when that didn't work I shouted and shouted, until finally I smacked him hard, like I did when I shut the door.
I was sobbing uncontrollably I couldn't handle this, "Jace! Jace please, please wake up!" after the smack, my hand stung bad like I hat stuck it in a pot of boiling water, but it had caused Jace to stir. I cried out "YES!"
He was groggy and slow, but he wasn't dead or unconscious. Thank you god I owe you another one!
"What hap-pened?" he sputtered out. "I don't know! You ran outside, and then suddenly you were flying through the air! Jace I've never been so scared in my life, thank god your ok! Are you ok?"
"Of course I'm ok. Are you alright? Did anything happen to you?" he rushed to sit up immediately, ready for another fight, but I was still straddling his chest and I pushed him down telling him, "Don't be stupid!"
"I'm alright! I'm alright. I'm just a little woozy, really you can get off now!" "No! because your gonna go do something stupid, like fight with things you cant see, look how far that got you!"
I couldn't help the sarcasm, but what I really felt was a deep sense of sadness, mixed with a minuscule of relief. He was ok, but no way in hell was I going to let him go out there and fight with invisible hulks! I have no idea what is out there or what we're up against. Nothing was attacking us now, maybe we where safe?
Yeah right, safe for now anyways...
I just looked at him, he was holding himself up into a sitting position, and I was still on top of him, just staring into his beautiful sea blue eyes. My lips started to quiver before I knew it, and he saw it. Catching me in the act. He leaned in kissing my lips, my tears mixing in with the act, "Don't cry babe, its ok. I swear to you I'm ok,"
"Whatever! You might be, but I'm not! I'm so sick of this crap, all this insanity! Creatures from horror movies trying to attack me and Tiff. Oh god Tiff! Her and Robby are obviously in serious shi-danger, and I cant do anything about it, or any of it! Don't do dumb stuff like that again! When I say 'No don't go!' don't fricken go! Got it?" I ranted, while crying all the while.
"Shh! Shh! Its ok-" but he didn't get to finish because the phone rang. I shot up like a rocket, as did he and ran to the phone, I reached it first, obviously.
"Hello?" I said trying to sound strong and loud, when in reality it was crackly and shaky.
Nothing on the line, not a single sound.
"Hello? Tiff?" and then I heard something, I don't know what it was, or if it was anything but I heard it... and then...nothing.
I looked at the caller ID on my phone, it was Tiffany! "TIFF! Tiff are you alrigh-"
"Ah yes! How do you do Samantha?" a mans voice said on the other end of the line. This man sounded familiar but I just couldn't put my finger on the voice, I mean I knew it, but I didn't Something inside me, vibrated familiarly at the sound, but at the same time told me the voice had changed.
"Who are you?" I asked nervously. "Wouldn't you like to know? I'm no stranger if that's what you ask. Enough of that though, I call because I have gifts."
I could feel my blood run cold at the vehemence in his voice but when he spoke of gifts, my blood quickly went to a boil. "Look, screw the games your trying to play and tell me where my friends are you fu-"
"-Listen you, you insignificant bitch, think twice about how you speak to me, or I'll kill your friends here, then everyone else you've ever loved and known. You got it? You have no Idea who I am or what I'm capable of."
Thinking just how cliché this was, I didn't risk the fact that he was as serious as a heart attack. My friends lives where in his hands. My breath escaped as I said the inevitable words, "What do you want?"
"Why, you of course. While were on clichés, mind as well take it there right? But on a more serious note, yes, it is in fact you that I require. Damn rules!" he spoke as if only a pompous douche bag could. Suddenly I wanted nothing more then to punch him where the sun doesn't shine!
"Well how do I know that you have them? How do I know that they're alright?" I asked, I figured the whole cliché aspect, would allow me to hear her voice or at least Robby's, other wise I wouldn't have said what I said.
"You don't, and your not going to. I have no intentions of letting you know a thing, nor the precise matter of your pathetic piss ant friends..."
I was about to voice my angered retort, when he told me, "A moment please..." baffled, I waited until he returned to the line.
"Ah it seems you have company, and not I'm not speaking of your lost puppy-lust buddy Jace." astounded, and beside myself I stuttered out, "H-how did y-you know t-that?"
"Does it really matter? The line isn't safe and I'm losing patients, lose the winged forces-" and the line went dead.
"WHAT?" I shouted I was fuming and terrified. And never before had I been more confused in my entire life! I wanted to smash things, I wanted to punch somebody! I knew that it wouldn't change a thing but I just didn't care...
I had Forgotten all about Jace, and I turned towards him, all my emotions written on my face. I was at a loss for words and looking at him he seemed to be too. He had heard the whole thing.
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CASPIAN.
Watching on helplessly and utterly outraged, that all my hope has been extinguished, and once again I was lied to, that suddenly I felt the presence of a human. My head snapped around and my eyes seeing red, found the human boy, that has touched my Samantha. Fuming like never before I couldn't control myself any longer, he was here, where we stood unbeknownst to him, calling to Samantha to stay inside. They had noticed the dirt hole, that was clearly the reason for them being out here now. When he spun back around I could smell Samantha on his skin, I could feel the smoldering fire inside him that only consummation could conjure.
That was all it took, my hand flung out striking the boy, sending him flying through air. I didn't even bother to look back, I could care less of his fate.
On a roll and engulfed in agonized anger, watching the last bit of dirt finalize the burial of my brother, I made an advancement on Nay-U, intending... I don't know what? Violence?
When, suddenly I was frozen in place not able to move but a inch.
"Do not Caspian! Where is your trust? You faith? Now, I will let that slide, but never, never again will you do that, is that absolutely clear?"
Even though Nay-U had a child like Tone to her voice, it wasn't here just now. Suddenly it boomed inside my head, crackling like thunder, and in my siblings as well. A universal message. But never the less, as clear as crystal. "Yes." I said begrudgingly.
"Wait, watch that is it..."
It had been but two minutes since Lucas had been covered entirely in the earths frozen ground. Buried.
Suddenly the ground beneath my feet, where we all stood, began to feel warm. The grounds snow began to melt as the heat rose, and continued to rise, turning the ground a glowing red. Steam rose heavily from the hole Lucas lied in, and suddenly the ground began to rumble. Light rose from the scene as well, a soft yellow, I wasn't sure what was happening, but I just knew that something was, and that maybe just maybe, Nay-U had kept her promise...
Wearing wide eyes on us all, we helplessly watched on as the heat and glowing red died down, along with the soft yellow light that peaked through the cracks, and now, all was silent, cold and still.
I hadn't realized my breath was withheld, when suddenly the grounds dirt before us now holding a light layer of snow, began to rupture from deep within, and a hand emerged, causing my breath to whoosh out in shock.
The hand, led to an arm, and so on and so forth until Lucas's fully healed form stood before us.
Exhaling and sighing with utter relief, I along with my siblings, advanced on towards Lucas to embrace him, with gratitude. "Stop! Please just wait. Caspian I have to tell you something, something you'll want to know about Samantha,"
Suddenly I remembered what I had just done. I fell to my knees in such a shame, that I could never begin to describe. I had never before acted in violence, and especially in relation to my Samantha. What have I done? Quickly I turned around to see if his dead body lay behind where I had flung it, and noticed that it wasn't, nor was Samantha.
Seeing no blood, only but broken cracked glass, from Samantha's backdoor, along with drag marks leading to it. I assumed him alright. But that didn't dare remove my guilt.
I lifted my disgusting eyes to where my brother stood, and nodded signaling his turn to speak, "What is it Lucas?" I asked nearly inaudible.
In the moments I waited for him to answer me I couldn't help let the feelings from the knowledge of knowing what that boy has done with my Samantha seep in. How he has touched her, in places only I should be touching her, caring for her and protecting her, how I should be protecting her, loving her the way I should be loving her. I began to lose all hope, feeling consumed by these raw and disturbing emotions, letting all I've been hoping for, all I've been holding on to fade, drifting away...
"I've met with your charge Samantha. When we met, she wasn't clothed, and I kissed her..."
My head already whipping up, from his using her name, and with the revelation of his touching her also... something inside me just...snapped. I unfurled my wings behind me and in one swift motion I'm sure he never saw coming, I flung myself into him my scarlet dagger unsheathed, and stuck him down in the heart.
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SAMANTHA.
Crying, and not sure of how much time passed, Jace suddenly stirred and expressed aloud his thoughts, "I'm going to call the police," and just before his grip on me went lose I stopped him, "Jace no. You cant, its not that kind of matter, please listen to me. I don't know what to do but we cant do that,"
Frustrated, he let me go and huffed out, "So what is it, you propose we should do, if not, call the cops? I mean-what is this? What the hell is going on? Who is this guy?" each question he sounded off, Jace got more and more angered, huffing and puffing, with questions I just couldn't answer. The stress was building up inside me until the lid popped off,
"I don't know! Jace I don't know what to do! We cant call the cops they wouldn't help, we've already tried that remember? I don't know what the hell is going on but I really wish I did, and I don't know who the hell that guys is! Please, don't do this! I cant deal with this too!"
I cried I was so scared, so confused, and frightened. I felt like a mouse, in New York on a road in traffic. I was completely helpless, completely alone, and probably not gonna make it outta' here, and suddenly I thought that maybe Jace feels that way too...
He stormed away, heading towards the coat rack next to my front door. He snatched up his jacket, and reached for the door. I panicked "Jace! Please! don't leave me!" I yelled collapsing to the floor. Jace, not stopping or even bothering to look back, wrenched open the door, and walked out on me.
"Get back inside now," I heard Caspian snarl as Jace slowly backed his way back into my house, and Caspian, nearly nose to nose with him.
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CASPIAN.
Inflated with the sickest rage I've ever known, I lay on the ground atop my brother with whom I just slain.
He was astounded to say the least, never having seen me coming, and his eyes wide open and non blinking told me I had definitely struck home... until he blinked, and sucked in a tremendous amount of air.
Still raging, and in disbelief I hefted myself off of him, eyes traveling to the kill site, where my dagger should be. It was there alright, but wasn't there, it was pointed at his heart, but had never in fact penetrated his chest. Scoffing, while in shock I cock back my arm and try again. Never hitting my mark, this cursed thing was useless.
Lucas looking into my rage engulfed eyes reaches out his hand and touched my forehead, reciting the words, "I forgive you,"
Once his hand had landed its mark, the terrible disastrous feelings inside me, like a fire without oxygen extinguish. Leaving me cold, shaky and incapacitated with the knowledge of what I had just done, what I almost accomplished...
Shudders, passing and coursing through my vessel shaking me so harshly, if I had been in the ocean a tsunami would have ensued. I peeled myself from my brother Lucas and in a pathetic, crumpled disgraceful heap to the earths floor and sobbed for as long as I could, realizing the dagger was still crusted to my hand, I flung it to the ground, as if it had been acid.
Holding my wound inflicting hand like I had been hurt, I sobbed and sobbed screaming out in my personal hell of sheer agony.
Time had passed as it always seems to, and feeling like I expressed all that needed to be expressed I sat up and looked around.
Everyone was gone.
I began to get up from my place in the snow, when Nay-U's voice flitted into my head,
"I told you Caspian... be careful what you do, and especially with that dagger. If your actions are wrong, or not true, being it an extension of you, it will not work if it is not meant to be..."
"Be careful, much more careful from now on. Let this be a lesson to you, had you been in battle and with someone you thought of as an enemy, the same could have occurred, placing your life in forfeit to the real enemy. Stop wasting your self and energy on such ugly emotions and try getting to the root, the heart of what is really bothering you. You just might find out how to make it better..."
As if a door was being shut, Nay-U's voice flitted away as easily as it had come. I rose to a stand, and watched the snow pelt off me onto the ground.
I cannot believe I struck out at my brother with intent to kill! I am despicable, rotten, and no better then demon filth! "Caspian?..."
My ears, tuning into the voice behind me, I turned not wanting to, but knowing deep within me that I had to face Lucas.
I tried but my eyes just wouldn't go up to meet his, I couldn't-no wouldn't dare, look him in the eye, not after what I'd done.
"Caspian Tis' alright, I have forgiven you. All I want, all I ask, is for you to hear me... is that alright?"
He asked voice so soft, so forgiving... it killed me how he could just forgive me, just like that. After what I had done, what I could've done!
Still not able to bring my eyes to gaze into his, and not even being capable to look at his face, I shamefully, and ruefully replied, "...yes of course. What is it Lucas?" barely above a whisper was all I could get my voice to do, but sadly he heard my unworthy tongue to him and continued,
"After Kail had finished severing my birthright, my wings, he had beaten me a few more times before finally deciding to leave and stay gone. Laying there in my own blood in that church, with the last of my power pouring from me each millisecond passing, I used that energy, to find out the obsession with Samantha. Turns out tis not he who seeks Samantha, but tis his lord, whom I do not know of. I managed to find out of a prophecy that somehow in someway pertains to Samantha.
"Upon finding this out, I used the last drop of power I had within me-using my own blood to do so, and in doing so I made my own life expire that much quicker- I tried and tried getting in touch with Samantha, but found out I was being blocked, or it was the wrong moment.
"Repeatedly I called to her when ever she was alone, but that-that human boy, the one you backhanded-"
At his reference to him I sounded off his name, "Jace,"
"Yes that's it Jace, I think-I think he was blocking me. But then no-wasn't him but what was inside him. Something I just didn't have the reach or the power to find out what-was inside him. Always there, always blocking me... I did however manage to get to her, a package and a letter. Carefully-because Kail had previously sent me on a mission to send her such things, I'm afraid you know how that turned out yes?- well I carefully kept those packages, but changed the contents so I couldn't be thwarted.
"Also, I'm afraid I caused some serious damage exposing myself-well my power in such a pure form no matter how diluted to the humans-so much that I nearly killed them. After that, is when that boy came and somewhere down the line, he was tainted. I got her alone, while she was in the shower, and that is why she was naked.
"She stood before me gloriously, in her true form the one she was birthed in, and I couldn't help but be hypnotized by her beauty. I told her as best as I could of the prophecy, and that whom she trusts, may not be who she should trust. I gave her valuable advice, and for it, she's managed to stay alive. And I kissed her, to seal the loss of our meeting. I needed her distracted to do so, I needed her mind on something else, why I carefully pinpointed, and separated those specific thoughts. Then I sent her back."
After hearing everything Lucas had said, I couldn't help but feel worse, and relieved at the same time. I felt disgusting at my behavior towards my brother, and everything else, all except for the way I treated the Jace boy.
Lucas watching me closely, nodded "Aveen," he said, saying goodbye in what used to be our home language. Going through all he had said to me, all the info he just disclosed, got me thinking... Suddenly I knew exactly what I needed to do, and whom I needed doing it to...
The door swung open and the that boy walked into my face. It took heaven and hell to keep my anger inside were it must always stay, and carefully but inevitably I snarled at him, "Get back inside now,"