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Post by Kàylà on May 16, 2009 14:53:21 GMT -6
Oni's POV~
I dragged the pathetic human outside towards a small dark green van. Cecil was dead weight over my shoulders but caring Cecil wasn't difficult at all compared to trying to fighting off Valkyrie when she finally realizes that I took her human pet captive. The thought humored me for a second as I visualized the rage that would over come Valkyrie and the fear and sadness that would take its toll on Kynaree. How delightful the image was in my mind until I remembered that, that rage would be pointed towards me.
Even before Valkyrie had become queen she was still a lot stronger than me. Royal blood did that to a vampire. I threw Cecil into the open door of the van and gave my instructions to the nymphs that would be driving Cecil to a remote location. How I couldn't wait to play my little game with him. The nymphs gave out a shrill laugh and slammed the door shut before speeding off. Now it was time to take care of Lian.
Lian had become quite annoying as of late. He has no patience. Always wondering when the next attack would be or bugging me about taking to long with my plans. That's what's wrong with him though and that's why he fails. He doesn't have patience. I made sure that the nymphs had not been followed before heading off to kill Lian.
I watched as the attack took place, the look of concentration on Valkyrie's face mesmerized me while I watched. I shook my head, getting myself out of the daze that she hadn't even tried to put me in. It wasn't hard to find Lian in this mess. He was on the outskirts of the battle only attacking when he absolutely had to. It was just like him to not do his dirty work. I on the other hand loved to get my hands dirty.
I quietly made my way over to him so as not to alert Valkyrie had her friends to my presence. "So how goes the battle Lian?" I asked him.
"They don't stand a chance we have them out numbered three to one." Lian gloated. How disappointing he was. When he first decided to help Dr.D and I, I had thought that he would make a good ally. How could I have been so wrong? He was impatient, annoying, and worst of all he was soft. While he stayed on the outskirts of a battle I plunged right in, killing as many as I could. He needed to die. He was no longer an advantage now he was a liability in my little game.
"Well maybe we should even the odds a little." I grinned.
"What are you talking about we finally have them right where we want them." Lian argued.
"Well Lian if they die today how will I finish my game?" I asked him curiously.
"You're a freak Oni, you need to just be happy that they are all going to die today." Lian growled.
"They aren't the ones who are going to die Lian. You are." I laughed as I saw a small look of horror cross his face. The look stayed plastered on his face for in the next moment his head was lying on the ground and blood was squirting out of his neck where his head used to be. I laughed again but louder this time letting out the humor I found in this moment. After I started laughing I wasn't able to stop there was just something so funny about Lian's head frozen in horror lying on the ground.
~Valkyrie's POV~
The fight was finally over. At first the other Dartans hadn't really joined in on the fighting they had mainly just ran away to safer parts of the battle. That was when I had actual doubts that we wouldn't survive this attack but then they finally started to play offense instead of running away from the fight like a bunch of humans. I looked over at Rayna and Tryst, they were bloodied but seemed to be unharmed. I looked at the other wolves who were just changing back to their human forms and then I turned my head to look at the Dartans. Everyone that had been here earlier was still with us.
Nathan was a few feet away from me. During the battle he refused to leave my side and we fought together. I smelled smoke and looked at the school. It was on fire and I noticed that Cecil, Trudie, Kynaree, and Theo were not outside with us. "Nathan the school's on fire and Kynaree and everyone else are still inside!"
"Do you know where they are in the school?" Nathan asked worried.
"Nope but it shouldn't be to hard to find them." I told him. Nathan followed me into the school along with Rayna and her pack. The Dartans stayed outside in case Oni had reinforcements waiting somewhere near by. I focused on Kynaree's loud thoughts that were going on about some human named Rivers White and how great him and Trudie looked as a couple.
"Kynaree really needs to get a hobby."I muttered. Nathan chuckled besides me and we followed Kynaree's scent to the Orchestra room. We went to the closet where their scent was stronger and tried the door. It was locked. I heard Trudie's in take of breath as she thought we were the enemy trying to open the door. There was another person in their besides Kynaree and Trudie. It was the Rivers kid that was in Kynaree's mind. Instead of wasting time trying to find the key I kicked the door down instead.
"God I love that!" I grinned as the door came crashing down.
"Valkyrie you're alive!" Kynaree yelled in happiness.
"Of course I am Kynaree. Pfft so much faith you have in us. We go to fight for what ohhh probably half an hour and you think we are gonna die in the first five minutes." I continued grinning.
"Well it was Oni so yea...." I shook my head and smiled at her and then focused my thoughts on Rivers'. He had no idea what was going on and thought that we were all a bunch of freaks.
"Where's Cecil and Theo?" I asked Trudie and Kynaree. They both shrugged and I sighed we had to get out of the school soon before the fire started to spread.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on May 16, 2009 15:42:16 GMT -6
~<>~Theo's POV~<>~
My head was throbbing, especially after the orchestra room door opened and collided with my skull. "Ow" I mumbled and lifted myself from the ground, feeling dizzy.
"There he is" Valkyrie announced, the others following closely behind her.
"What happened?" Kynaree blurted, her eyes were wide and full of worry. I had to think before I answered, what did happen? How did I pass out in front of the Orchestra door?
"I'm.. not sure" I finally said.
"Where's Cecil?" was her next question as her eyes darted around the area frantically.
"I don't know" I shrugged and grabbed her extended hand to help myself stand on my feet. My head was still fuzzy but was good enough to where I could walk in a straight line. Even though I was already standing she didn't let go of my hand, instead she squeezed it harder. When I looked back into her eyes they were panicked.
"Come on, we need to get out of here. The school's on fire" Nathan reminded us.
The group made it's way out of the school and I tried to remember what happened seconds before my black out. "Oni's definitely getting braver" Valkyrie noted and that's when everything clicked. Oni, Oni, Oni, he took Cecil with him after freaking him out a bit. He was the one that knocked me out. Taius happened to be standing next to Valkyrie so she didn't hear my mind. I could make up something quickly. If I didn't tell them they wouldn't feel the need to save him, it would be safer for them, and me, if I didn't tell them.
"I wouldn't say braver. More like insane" Nathan replied.
"Where's Cecil?" Ethan asked. Before Valkyrie could tell them I couldn't remember I opened my big fat mouth.
"He--" I thought over my story for a half a second, "He ran off"
"I thought you couldn't remember" Valkyrie glared in my direction.
"I remember now... He was being a cowardly"-I looked at Kynaree-" Jerk" I had much better words in mind. "And knocked me out with the butt of his gun before he ran off. He knew dragging Trudie and Kynaree and me after him would be too much trouble. That's they he left us there" I told them sadly, perfect acting.
Valkyrie looked at me skeptically and I avoided her gaze. Instead, I rapped my arm around Kynaree's waist, trying to look like I was comforting her. She looked totally confused. "Cecil wouldn't do that" she finally squeaked.
"I didn't think so either"
Her frown increased and she still looked like she was in denial. "The school's on fire. So I'm getting out of here" Trudie said.
Kynaree broke away from my arm and grabbed the random tall human's arm. She didn't seem like herself after hearing my news, well, lies. She grabbed his ear and made him crane his neck so she could whisper something in his ear, she seemed kind of back to normal now though because she gave him a big smile afterward. He nodded and walked away to his car.
She walked back to us and grabbed Trudie and I. "Let's go" Trudie and I agreed and we drove off to Valkyrie's so everyone could talk everything over. I decided I needed to stay close to Valkyrie or not think about Cecil at all. I couldn't show any type of guilt because everyone was skeptical enough as it was.
Why didn't I just tell the truth to begin with? It isn't really that hard is it? After a little while I convinced myself it was the right thing. I was protecting everyone from the truth, not lying.
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Post by Kàylà on May 16, 2009 17:08:18 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~
I left the school not seeing the reason to stay there now that it was burning to the ground. I was actually kind of happy that the school had caught on fire. It meant that now I didn't have to worry about dragging myself out of bed in the morning to come to school when I had more important things to worry about. Like what Oni possibly had up his sleeve next. I hadn't realized how much time school had taken up in a day when what we really should have been doing was getting ready for Oni to do his worst.
Now with Cecil gone I had to worry about how Kynaree might react to his disappearance. We were going to have to be careful with what we say or do over the next couple of days. Running off didn't seem like something Cecil would do which made it very hard for me to believe Theo's story. His mind was a little jumbled from being knocked out but the story seemed like he had just made it up on the top of his mind. It seemed more like something Theo himself would do rather than Cecil.
I easily drove to my house even with a higher amount of traffic seeing as how everyone one else wanted to leave the school too. I was driving so fast and lost in thoughts that I almost missed my driveway for the first time ever. The school burning down was defiantly going to do wonders for my focusing. I made a sharp turn and easily made it onto my road. A car's horn blared behind me and I grinned. Yea I deserved that one. I closed the door to my car and headed inside and into the living room where everyone gathered when we needed to figure out our next move.
I slid down into the couch cushion and looked at the dirty faces around me. Rayna and Tryst looked like they wanted to speak first so I motioned for them to start.
"Rayna and I agreed that we need to leave this area. It's to dangerous for her at the moment." Tryst told us. I nodded my head in agreement. As sad as I would be to see Rayna and Tryst leave I knew it was best for the baby that was slowly starting to grow in Rayna's stomach. Of course with how much that had happened today I forgot that there was only three of us in the room who knew about this.
"What? Tryst today was nothing compared to a few months ago. How was today more dangerous than then?" Mase asked confused.
"Rayna wasn't pregnant before." I muttered. Everyone's heads turned toward me and then looked at Rayna and her slightly larger stomach. "Oops." I sighed. Well they all needed to find out somehow.
"Wait Rayna's pregnant?" Rem asked.
"Yup we only found out because I heard it's thoughts." I explained.
"Well is it a boy or a girl?" Rem asked excitedly.
"Not sure the thoughts are still pretty jumbled and it's hard to tell if it's the thoughts of a boy or a girl." I shrugged. Rem looked disappointed but then grew excited again.
"I agree though Tryst I think for Rayna's and the baby's sake you need to find some place safe to stay until this is all over." I told them. Rayna and Tryst left after they got their congrats from everyone. I looked around the room and decided that this meeting could wait. Everyone looked burned out and in need of a shower.
I looked down at myself and realized something I also need a shower but more importantly I needed to hunt. In fact I couldn't remember the last time I had hunted.
Oni's POV~
I need to hunt. In fact I couldn't remember the last hunted. The problem was that I didn't have time now. I needed to take care of Cecil before I did anything else. A thought popped into my head and I grinned evilly to myself. I truly was turning into a sick bastard. I walked over to where I had Cecil tied up. His thoughts were incoherent as he was still groggily waking up from when I knocked him out.
I knelt down besides him and grinned again to myself. Oh how interesting this was gonna make my game. If this had been a mystery book then the evil character would have laughed mercilessly but I didn't want to make my game predictable.
"Well Cecil you can either cooperate and not have this hurt a bit or you can struggle and have your whole body in so much pain you would wish that you were dead." I told him softly. Cecil started to struggle but I quickly grasped him and his struggles were pointless. I bit down into his neck and even though he was behaving I left him feel every once of pain that was normally dulled when a vampire fed.
He screamed in agony which only made me send the pain through his body harder. Through his mind I could tell that the pain felt like a thousand nails being driven into his body. Even his eyes hurt from the intense pain that was flooding through him. I ripped my teeth out of his neck and smiled as he fainted again from to much blood loss. Thankfully I had visited the hospital earlier preparing for this exact event.
I stuck an IV into Cecil's arm and hooked a bag of his blood type to the other end and let it drip life slowly back into him. Tomorrow the whole process would happen again.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on May 16, 2009 17:58:53 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
I was discombobulated. In other words, confused and upset. Cecil wouldn't just run away like that, but Theo wouldn't lie either. Maybe I was wrong about Cecil, but that means I could be wrong about Theo too... I guess my judge of character wasn't the best. I laid on my bed pouting while Trudie read a book in the corner in her own world.
I was probably sad enough to cry, but I didn't feel like it. Crying had too much of a draining effect, I didn't like being sad. There was a loud crash downstairs and I hurried down to see what was wrong. I needed distractions.
In the kitchen Valkyrie looked like a schizoid, she reached for other glass to throw at Theo. "Ohmigosh, what are you doing?!" I cried racing towards Valkyrie, then towards Theo, then towards Valkyrie again.
"What's wrong?" she asked sarcastically, her eyes bore into Theo's skull. "Your so-called boyfriend lied about Cecil!" she yelled in savagery.
"Theo wouldn't lie" I argued, not so sure, but impulsively protecting him.
"Kynaree, Theo always lies. I can read his mind"
"People can lie through their minds" Theo defended himself.
"That still makes you a liar!" she shrieked. "And who told you to speak?" He shrunk away from her.
"Let's just calm down. This is just a misunderstanding, an overreaction" I told them with a smile. Smiles make everything better.
"This is not an overreaction or a misunderstanding. Theo," she said it almost like a curse-word, "Lied about Cecil running away. Oni captured him and they're who knows where, doing who knows what! All because Theo is a cowardly liar."
"You're not actually going to believe her are you Kynaree?" he asked it as a rhetorical question, so certain that I would believe him over Valkyrie. However, for the first time since I met Theo I doubted him.
I knew Cecil longer then Theo, Cecil wouldn't run away. I also knew Valkyrie wouldn't lie just to pit me against Theo. That was more reason to believe Valkyrie than to believe Theo, besides I had a instinctive feeling about this. Where did this feeling come up all of a sudden? "Valkyrie" I whimpered, "Where's Cecil?"
She sighed, "I don't know. He's with Oni somewhere, that's all I know" I was in a daze for a bit until Valkyrie told me she needed to hunt and left. I pouted again, Why did Theo have to be so mean? Was this what Valkyrie was trying to tell me all those times? Even Cecil had hinted it before. How blind could I be.
Theo didn't say a word, he just walked back upstairs into his room. Ember walked through the kitchen doorway but when she seen all the broken glass on the floor and me standing in the middle of the kitchen she walked away. I sunk to the floor and sat there waiting for Valkyrie to come back and trying not to feel sorry for myself. Mostly just feeling sorry for Cecil.
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Post by Kàylà on May 23, 2009 14:09:38 GMT -6
First day after the school attack~ It was all over the news. The school being attacked was the biggest thing that had happened to this place in years. Everyone was confused as the news anchors described the people who had attacked the school as terrorists suited in outdated Halloween costumes. A total of 20 students were killed and many more harmed. Some students were interviewed to talk about the attack, many had the same reply when asked about the attack. They all seemed confused and slightly dazed as they spoke.
"It just came out of nowhere the chemistry lab just started to go up in flames and no one seemed to be able to get the fire under control. They tried everything to tame the fire but nothing worked against the agonizing flames." One student reported.
"They just kept coming and no one was doing anything to stop them. Everything was in complete and total chaos. Everyone was running around trying to make calls on their cell phones for someone to pick them up or frantically searching their purses or backpacks for their keys to quickly drive to safety. No one knew what was going on just that if they didn't get out their they were going to die."
~Day 2~ The attack was still all over the news seeing as how the culprits( dont know if that is spelled right) still hadn't been caught. There still wasn't any leads on the people who had started the fire and attacked. A bigger mystery that was going on though was who had stopped them? When police came on the scene there was no sign of an attack except for the blood that stained the earth.
~Day 3~ Things were finally starting to calm down but the attackers had still not been caught. Talk of rebuilding the school was filling the air and funerals for the kids that had died were starting to take place. There were many mourning faces in the streets and families visited the remains of the school wondering why their child had to die.
~Day 4~ With Cecil still in Oni's clutches everyone didn't really know what to do. Valkyrie did her best to keep Kynaree from sinking into a depression but it couldn't be helped. With each day that passed Kynaree seemed to become joyless. She became more and more quiet where before the silence drove her mad.
~Day 5~ Still no news from Oni. Trudie started to seem happier as she started to hang out with Rivers more often. He seemed to take her mind off the disaster that was taking place. Theo stayed out of everyone's way knowing that everyone was mad at him for lying. Even Kynaree was mad at him which was definitely out of character for her.
~Day 6~ Kynaree was getting worse. Grief was taking over her life. No one knew where Xian and Ethan were.
~Day 7~ There was a phone call.
~Valkyrie's POV~
I heard Kynaree's phone start to ring and I heard her answer it.
"Hello?" I heard the next voice in my mind as it went through her's.
Hey there Kynaree how's life?
"O-Oni?" Her voice shook.
That's right Kynaree. I'm accompanied by a couple of friends of yours and if you're not careful you might not get to see one of them again.
"Oh can I talk to one of them." Her mood seemed to lift. Poor Kynaree she just didn't understand the situation that Cecil and Rodger were in.
I'll think about it let me talk to Valkyrie first. I know she's listening in anyways.
"Okay let me find her real quick." Kynaree chirped. Kynaree came running downstairs and almost tripped on the last one. I caught her before she fell and she shoved the phone in my face. "Oni wants to talk to you." She semi smiled. I grabbed the phone from her and placed it to my ear and waited for him to speak first.
Through the other end of the phone I heard the snap of a bone breaking and then the scream of someone in the background. "Hello beautiful. Nice weather we are having. Destruction with a bit of fear. my favorite kind of weather." Oni's voice drifted through the phone.
"Who's leg did you just break?" I tried to sound perfectly at ease when really my mind was racing with different thoughts at who it could be.
"Wow very impressive Valkyrie I can't believe you figured out that it was the leg of my poor victim that I just broke. By the way it was Rodger, Cecil, some random victim. You figure it out." Oni laughed. "Well my victim did taste really well, maybe I'll feast on them again tonight. I'll just have to make sure that I don't take too much now what fun would that be?" His voice was filled with equanimity.
"You sick bastard! This is not a game Oni!" I came close to yelling.
"Well this is news to me I thought everything was a game. For me it is anyways. What fun is life if you don't turn it into a game my dear Valkyrie?" Oni sighed.
"Can I talk to Cecil?" Kynaree burst into the conversation with hope in her eyes. Oni laughed on the other end of the phone.
"Tell her he is unavailable right now. He's kinda withering in pain right now. Rodger is also unavailable for he is still unconscious from making to much noise." Oni chuckled again. "Well it was nice chatting with you again Valkyrie but I really have to go now. Tata for now." He hung up before I could demand more information.
"I'm sorry Kynaree he hung up." I told her. Kynaree pouted and stormed off. I sighed and shook my head. Things were becoming very difficult as of late.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on May 29, 2009 20:49:37 GMT -6
~<>~Cecil's POV~<>~
No matter what position I laid in pain still shot through my body, specifically my now broken leg. I hated Oni beyond imagination, loathed him beyond belief. I knew I needed to keep my mind going, being unconscious for too long would do me no good.
I rested on the cement floor soundlessly, barely breathing. Oni usually liked to come bug when my dad and I were fully awake. I just had to stay like this for a while. Coffee deprivation and blood loss was doing my brain no good as I tried to come up ways for escape. I gave up after the first few minutes. When Oni got tired of his foolish games he would just finish us off, what was I thinking about escaping for? There was no possible way of escape. I wouldn't ever smell or drink freshly brewed cup of coffee or pet a sleek shiny new laptop again. I wouldn't get to see the beauty of nature again, the trees, the grass, the breeze, even the rocks. I wouldn't ever get to see my smelly house again or Kynaree. The last one chimed in my head, then I remembered my brain wasn't functioning properly and I had to remind myself I wasn't in love with Kynaree.
Thankfully, something disrupted me from my thoughts, "Cecil?"
"Hm?" I replied almost absent-mindedly.
"I could really go for a corn-dog right now" my dad said in a slurred voice.
"Coffee" was all I said and we both did a quick mumble in agreement. "Oni's a sick twisted nincompoop" I hoped so much he was listening into our conversation.
"Nincompoop is right. What one does for love..." he trailed off.
"Love? Oni's a heartless psychopath" again, I hoped he was listening.
"He's just doing this to impress Valkyrie"
"Yes, marvelous plan. 'Let's steal her human pets, that'll make her like me!'" I mocked, feeling kind of giddy even though my body still ached and I had no sense of where up or down was.
"Well, everyone has there own way of impressing the ones they love..." he continued with one of his psychiatric speeches and finished with, "So, in conclusion, he just wants to rule the world so he can make Valkyrie his queen and then she'll finally love him"
"That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard... "
"Well, you don't really understand love. It makes you do crazy things. It's almost like an obsession" I thought he was going to go into another one of his speeches but he didn't.
"You mean like giving someone a serum that makes them despise your very existence, that hasn't even been tested yet, just because there's a chance they might be murdered in the middle of the night by some inane leprechaun who thinks he's an orc?" It sounded kind of harsh but it needed to be said.
All he said was "Yep, but you don't understand these things. You've never been in love" For some reason I felt very angry at this being said.
"I'm tired of hearing everything being blamed on love. Love is terrible all right? Why can't everyone just accept this?" "Yes, quite terrible indeed" and that was the end of that conversation, because neither of us had anything further to say.
~<>~Theo's POV~<>~
Lately, I'd been trying to stay out of everyone's way. Whenever I passed I would get this look, it wasn't just any normal look. It kind of said "Look here, buster, you'd better move before I spit on you" and that was that, I'd simply just meekly walk away trying not to make eye contact with anyone. Did I feel bad? Probably not as much as I should, it was nice not listening to constant chatter in my ear.
However, as much as I hated to admit it. I did get kind of lonely and felt a little abandoned. I mean come on, it was just one little mistake, it wouldn't happen again. One little li--'save from the truth'.
I made my way up the stairs and headed for my lonely room. When I entered I felt off balanced, this wasn't how I left it. My gaze searched for the problem and found it on Cecil's bed. Previously, Cecil's bed was exactly the way he'd left it before being captured, I didn't bother touching the thing. But now the covers were pulled all the way up and looked like it was covering a heap of blankets or pillows. A heap of blankets or pillows that were whimpering slightly. When it clicked in my head it was an actual person it didn't take me long to realize who it was, "Kynaree?" I called.
"Go away" she squeaked back.
"This is my room" I told took her, feeling kind of bad afterward. She replied with nothing but continued sniffling. I walked closer to her and poked her shoulder lamely. "Come on, cheer up" I insisted. No reply again. Finally I pulled the sheet off of her head, I got a mean glare from her. She didn't pull the 'mean face' off very well. "What's th--," I started then I realized what was in her hand, "What are you doing with a bag of coffee beans?"
She wiped eyes little until she finally said, "Smelling them"
"Oh.." I trailed off and finally added "You can't get high off of coffee beans" She gave me a confused look, and I asked something I knew I'd regret, "Why are you smelling coffee beans?"
Her face almost turned into one of disgust but decided to be thoughtful instead, "Do you remember" she began, "On Saturday mornings when I would come over to Cecil's when you and him were living there. We would watch cartoons all morning until Cecil finally made us turn it to something educational and we'd laugh at him?"
"Er... yeah" I finally answered.
"Well..." she lost her composure and burst into tears, "I-it.. It al-al-always smelt li-like... Coffee beans" and then she turned her head into the pillow. Oh wonderful, I needed to get Valkyrie, I couldn't handle all these waterworks. Before I could leave she burst into the room, surprisingly without breaking the door, and took a seat on the bed next to Kynaree.
"Er.." I said.
"Go get Trudie" she instructed and tried to pry the coffee beans out of Kynaree's hands without breaking the bag.
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Post by --Kyle-- on Jun 5, 2009 22:58:22 GMT -6
--Xian's POV--
After the attack on the school, Ethan and I needed to get away for a while. Now that the school was burned down, there was nothing to do.
On the 5th day after the attack at the school, Orian had decided that they were going to leave. The days in between were filled with silence. Orian, Ray - Raius' new nickname that sounded more human -, Luana, and Ty - Taius' new nickname - had been deciding whether or not it was safe in this place. They wanted to move on. Ethan had been missing Cecil, I wondered how Kynaree was holding up.
I had been getting to know Addy. She was a very intelligant little girl. She had so many thoughts that it was hard to keep up. For four days Addy had talked about her mother, her father, and her step-brother, Jake, and how they got along.
On day 6 after the attack, Luana had over heard Addy talking about her parents.
"Wait, your father is Dr. Dartan?" Luana had interrupted us.
"Um...Yes. My mother is Elaina..." Addy had said, she still wasnt a fan of the new kids.
Luana had gasped. "My parents."
"No, my parents..." Addy had said getting annoyed.
"No, Addy, I think she means that you two are sisters." As bright as Addy was, it hadnt clicked in her head.
"What?" Addy said, shocked.
After that, Luana and Addy had spent every moment together.
The next day-
I woke up feeling tired. Getting up from sleep was annoying lately. Everyone for the last week have been going in the same routine.
I would get up first, make Ethan his coffee, and start breakfast for Addy and I. Addy would get up next and we would eat together. Then I would bring her to school, although it had been cancelled for the first few days, it was open again, with heavy security, police and everything.
I would come back at the moment Ethan would be getting up and drinking his coffee. Orian would be up, making breakfast for everyone else.
The rest of the day would be us watching TV, me reading, and Ethan on the computer - he was new to Myspace and he was in love with it in an obssesive way, although he knew no one, only a few others from school, Tom, and some guy from India named George -.
But today, it was different.
"HEY GUYS! George knows who Tyra Banks is!!! I didnt know people from India knew her..." Ethan started to tell us but slowed to a stop when we all gave him a 'you poor weird little sap' look.
The phone rang and I weent to get it.
"Hello?"
"Xian, where the hell have you been?" I heard Valkyrie's voice on the other end.
"Umm...here....dealing with some stuff of our own..." I looked around the room, seeing Ethan on the computer, and the rest sprawled around the living room watching America's Next Top Model.
"Whatever." She then told me an update on what had happened and what we were going to do. (Kayla you do this part cause I dont know what they are going to do lol)
I hung up the phone after Valkyrie told me the plan.
"Hey, listen up." No one looked up... "HEY! LISTEN! Chip, chop, chip!"
They proceeded to turn their heaads slightly over. I told them the plan, but Orian had other ideas.
"I think that it is the right time for us to go...we need to be going, to much drama and violence here for us..."
"I completely understand. But we need to have someway to contact eachother...we need to stay some what in touch."
Orian agreed and we decided to get a cell phone for Orian. Luana did not want to give up her new found sister, and decided to stay behind for awhile. She would call to see where they were when she decides to leave. Orian reluctantly agreed to let her stay.
Ray, Ty and Orian left. They were heading west to find a place to stay...I - surprisingly - was going to miss them.
Ethan, Addy, Luana, and I headed out to go see Valkyrie, it was time for us to get back in the loop of what was going on. We needed to stick together.
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Post by Shinju on Jun 6, 2009 9:37:37 GMT -6
It had been seven days since the battle at school. I rubbed my still aching muscles. That had been an intense fight. It was dusk now. The mingling of colors were quickly fading into an inky hue. Since the fight I had been having strange dreams. Dreams about a dark figure with wings and glowing crimson eyes. The last one had scared me. Meet me at the ancient oak in the forest... It was almost completely dark outside now. I slowly approached my window swinging it out quietly. I leaped as gently as I could landing nimbly. I started toward the forest. The woods were completely black. Even with eyes as good as mine I almost got lost. The darkness was bone chilling. Finally I made it to the century old oak. It sat on one of its gnarled roots protruding from the ground. There was a light breeze that swirled around stands of my hair in front of my face. The weather was cool, but it could not compare to the chill that slid down my spine like a sharpened dagger. The darkness seemed to deepen, the moon's gleam devoured. Suddenly I wished I would have asked Valkyrie to come with me. “Ember.” A silky deep voice whispered. The air seemed to drop ten more degrees. My eyes were widened and glassy. I slowly tilted my head back. My eyes met swirling storms of crimson. My stomach seemed to drop onto the forest floor. He was hauntingly beautiful. Pale skin that rivaled snow, tousled raven hair, horrifyingly alluring scarlet orbs. His face was sharp and angular. Sable wings protruded from his back. They seemed to be gently illuminated in the darkness, even though the moon seemed to have faded. The mystifying demon came down one branch of the ancient oak. My legs screamed for me to run. I bony pale hand reached down for me. Even though my whole body told me to flee I couldn't move. It was like an invisible rope was biding me. His fingers curled around my shoulder and I got a horrible sick feeling. His fingers were so cold it soaked down into my bones. I kept staring at the swirling orbs. What was he doing to me? It felt like all the warm happy feelings I had ever had in my life were being sapped from me. “Ember, calm. I have no intentions of bringing any harm to you.” Evander's POV Ember's eyes were completely consumed by fear. The expression on her face was an exact replica of the one her mother wore the first time I approached her. I felt a slight pang of regret for using my sorcery on Ember, but I did not want her to flee. I could hear her heart pattering quickly in her chest. It reminded me of a humming bird's heart. “W-what...” The poor thing couldn't even form words. I was a complete creature of darkness, while she was one of mostly light. If she even spent five minutes in my world she would probably die. Not of injury, but because of her light. The people and animals of this world rely on there inner purity to stay alive, if that is taken away they simply die. “I am your father.” Ember's POV No that couldn't be true! “You can't....” I couldn't even talk I was so scared. My “father” let go of my shoulder and then I felt like I could breathe and move again. “Sure, you have my hair and eyes, but you most certainly have your mother's soft little face.” He gently traced his finger against my cheek and I felt like I wanted to scream my heart out. “You need time to adjust to this, next time I will come see you.” He faded away into thin air. “Please try not to be afraid Ember.” The forest seemed to echo with his disembodied voice, and then he was gone. I immediately stood up and ran as fast as I could to get out of the woods. I never wanted that to happen again...ever.
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jun 6, 2009 11:11:36 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
The day after the attach, Rivers called me and asked me to go to a movie with him. When I said I would, he got exited and said he would pick me up at eight. I got a little worried. I surprisingly liked Rivers and wanted things to work out, just didn't know if it was the best time to get involved with someone with all that was going on with Cecil and Roger.
I went to try to cheer Kynaree up, and tell her i'm going on a date with Rivers. She got exited for a second, then felt guilty for being happy and started grieving again. I felt bad for her and talked to her for a little while, but she didn't cheer up at all. For all she knows Cecil is laying in the middle of the rode, dead, from being hit by a car. Or at least thats what she tells me.
Seven O'clock finally came around and I went on a date with Rivers. It was a little weird saying how we left it off in the closet at school. I would have to talk to him about that. Later.
The Movie we went to see was as boring as a Wuthering Heights (jk Kate, I was trying to think of something that’s boring to *cough cough* normal ppl lol. even though they are the farest thing from normal). It was a love story that Rivers picked out. When it was about as good as any time would be to talk about when he kissed me. We were sitting in his car, and he kissed me again. I was going to ask him why, but then he would stop and I didn't want that. He drove me home and Kynaree asked me how it was in a slumpish way, when I told her my nights story, I missed the old Kynaree, the one that would usually be out of her mind ecstatic for me. This Kynaree is out of her mind bored.
The next few days go by non-normally. The way they usually would if everybody was themselves but nobody is.
It's been a week since the attack and Theo comes and interrupts me and says that Kynaree needs me, and that Valkyrie sent him to get me. I follow him into his and Cecil’s room and sit down next to Valkyrie on the bed. What I find is not what I expect. I find Kynaree huddled on Cecil’s bed sniffing Coffee Beans. ‘This can’t be good’ I think. ‘She found the Coffee Beans…’
I sit down by Kynaree and start to talk to her. “Valkyrie, Theo, will you give us a minute?” I ask.
“But it’s my ro—“ Theo started to argue before Valkyrie cut him off “It’s my house.” She said, and dragged him out of the room.
(I'm leaving it like this. I have to leave now. Ya know, go back to my moms with no internet.)
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jun 7, 2009 19:10:07 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
I after I heard the door shut I mumbled a quiet, "What?" Trudie poked me on the shoulder and told me to look at her. She was smiling, and for some reason that made me want to throw something at her. I didn't, but I still wanted to.
"Wanna hear some good news?" she almost sang.
"Sure" I replied unenthusiastically. I rolled on my back and stared at the pale ceiling as she spoke.
"Rivers is great" she started, "Tomorrow I'm going to his house to meet his parents, and I have this feeling that--" I interrupted her.
"Well, isn't that lovely?" I noted in a tone I never used, a sarcastic one. She gave me a sympathic expression and before she could say something in an attempt to make me feel better I continued, "Too bad I'm paying him, huh?" I kind of regretted it after it came out but my face was still set in a glare.
"Kynaree, I know you're mad, but you don't need to start lying to make people feel as bad as you do" she didn't sound as happy anymore, which made me feel a little better.
"I'm not lying. I really paid him" I told her and my mouth slowly formed into a sly grin, "You do think he randomly just stumbled into the orchestra band closet?" I laughed.
"You need some sleep. Besides where would you get the money from anyways?" she sounded like she was in denial.
"Theo's wallet, I took three hundred" she looked confused, "I don't know where he gets the money either" I shrugged.
Her expression remained confused, she finally just left the room. Good, now I can mope all by myself. That's what I thought until Valkyrie came in.
"Kynaree, get up, Xian and them are coming over, I think we have a new plan"
"To get Rodger and Cecil back?" I wondered excitedly. Now that my mood was brightened slightly I realized I had to go apologize to Trudie.
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Post by Kàylà on Jun 9, 2009 19:22:06 GMT -6
Nathan's POV~ It wasn't long till Xian and Ethan came over. Surprisingly enough they had also brought Addy and Luana with them. Valkyrie came downstairs with Kynaree in tow and Ember not far behind them. Ember had a slightly troubled look on her face and I wondered what could be causing it. I looked at Valkyrie sending my thoughts to her and I saw her shrug. She didn't have a clue either.
Addy greated Valkyrie with a big huge and I had to cough to hide a chuckel that started to form in my throat when Valkyrie stiffened at Addy's touch. Even with the bonding time they had, had when Xian went to look for Ethan after he killed Aurora she still wasn't used to Addy's clingyness.
They followed Valkyrie into the living room after she pried Addy off of her. I sat down next to her on the couch and took her hand in mine. She looked at me and I smiled reassuringly at her. Even though I couldn't read her mind I knew the stress that she was facing everyday wore her out. She put up a good act for the others but when it was just the two of us she would let her guard drop and I could tell how much weight was on her shoulders.
"Okay as everyone knows Oni has Cecil and Rodger." Valkyrie started and we all waited for her to continue after Kynaree finished with her sobbing from hearing both of their names. "Now we just have to figure out a way to get them both back safely." Just as she finished speaking Theo walked into the room and I could feel the hatred radiating off of Valkyrie. She opened her mouth to say something but her phone began to ring. She looked at the caller ID and from the look on her face I alread knew who it was.
"Hello?" It took years of self control and practice for her to keep her voice steady and calm.
"Ah my dear Valkyrie so glad you answered your phone. You see I was thinking and you know what a genius I am, but anyways I was thinking that we could make a trade. I want Trudie for sure and then one other person, you're choice Valkyrie. So I would take Trudie and then one other person and not just some random person off the streets but some one from your little group there that is probably sitting around the living room with you listening to this conversation." Oni chuckled.
"Why the hell would I wanna do that?" Valkyrie asked into the phone, closing her eyes. I squezzed her hand assuringly but I knew that it wouldn't help much.
"Well if you don't then there really is no reason for me to keep Rodger and Cecil alive now is there? And if you let them die Kynaree would never forgive you now would she." Oni's voice was filled with glee as he talked about death.
"We...We need to discuss this Oni..give us time before we decide please." Valkyrie kept her voice calm but with her eyes reopened I could see how much she wanted to get down on her knees and beg for everything to be alright again."
"You have one hour." Oni's ghostly laugh came through the end of the phone and then it was silent. Valkyrie's hand was shaking as she set her phone down. Whether from anger or fear I had no idea. She looked up at all of us and I saw the anger and fear in her eyes.
"Where's Trudie?"
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Post by --Kyle-- on Jun 19, 2009 18:22:06 GMT -6
--XIANS POV-- We all frantically went to find Trudie. But as soon as Valkyrie reached the stairs, Trudie started to come down. "Whats everyone freaking out about?" She asked, in a weirdly happy mood. "We thought you were missing too!!!" Kynaree started sobbing again. "Oh well Im not." She replied. "Well duh." Valkyrie said back. "Whats going on?" Trudie now looked concerned now that we all were staring at her. "Oni wants to trade you and someone else for Roger and Cecil." Valkyrie explained. "Why ME?" Trudie was surprised. "I dont know. We dont know what to do." Valkyrie said. "Who else would go though?" Kynaree asked. "We would need a volunteer...I guess...I never had to trade off one of us before. I dont know how to do this." Valkyrie said. "Any volunteers?" she paused and looked around the room, no one raised there hand or stepped forward...no volunteers. "Theo then, thanks for volunteering." Valkyrie said. "Bu- Wha-" Theo tried to say but Valkyrie looked at him, a deep glare..."Yep..okay..." He sighed...Did Valkyrie develop some new skill of mind control? Whatever...as long as it was someone I didnt care about. "Then I suppose it is settled then...wait...Um Trudie...are you going?" Valkyrie asked. "Um.."
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Post by <^>Krustine<^> on Jul 1, 2009 20:15:16 GMT -6
~Trudie's POV~
I looked around at all the hopeless faces staring back at me. I had to think about what I wanted to do. "Well, I have to think about it." I said a little confused. I wanted to help, but I didn't want to die.
"You can't think about it, you only have an hour." Valkyrie stated.
"Oh, well, I'll be back in a half hour then... or I'll call you, or something." I said walking out the door. I didn't know what to say. I mean, I just got to know Rivers. I didn't want to go off to be tortured by some psychopath. I had to talk to Rivers, get his opinion, but how would I tell him. 'Hey Rivers, I'm gonna go risk my life to save Kynaree's best friend... I mean after all, she was the one who brought us together' Yeah right. Should I tell him I am going on vacation to find my long lost sister? I'm going to fulfill my life's dream to move to Alaska? Should I tell him the truth?
By the time I got to Rivers house, I was still thinking of ideas to tell him. But in the end I decided to tell him that I was going to a mental institution, and at this point even thinking about doing this.
His mother answered the door and told me he was upstairs in his room. I told her thanks and went to find him lying on his bed listening to Linkin Park. He jumped when he saw me, obviously not expecting me. "I need to talk to you." I said entering his room. I went over to his stereo and turned it down, cause it was blaring. He sat up to make room for me to sit next to him.
"What about?" He asked. He sounded kind of nervous. Probably thought I was gonna dump him or something... Hey why didn't I think of that?
"I don't know how--" I was interrupted by his cell phone ringing.
"Sorry, I have to answer this one." He said walking out of the room. I was looking around his room, and my eyes caught a bright orange sheet of paper that looked like it was opened and folded to the point were it was about to rip. I knelt down to look at it. I thought I saw a notepad that color in Kynaree's room. I unfolded it carefully so it didn't rip and saw a scribbley neat writing on it in purple pen.
Rivers, I will pay you $150 cash now and another $150 when you complete this mission. First, Kiss her Second, Get her to like you Third, Meet Parents Fourth, Dump her Fifth, Get back together That should last about a month. Love, Kynaree
I can't believe it. She did pay him. She didn't feel bad for me. She tried to get my to fall in love so she could break my heart again. I got up to leave, shredding the note. I just happened to run into Rivers on my way out. Just what I was hoping for. I through the remains of the note at him and pushed him to the floor, and slammed the door behind me.
When I got back to Valkyrie's I was crying in frustration. "Call Oni," I said walking through the door. "I'm going." I turned to Kynaree. "I hope your happy. Did you get what you wanted now? You don't have to deal with me and you get your precious Cecil back. Oh, and don't forget Rodger, he'll be safe and sound too. Ya know, while I slowly get killed." I yelled at her and ran up to my room, which will probably be given away shortly when I die.
After a while of thinking, I tried to think positive thoughts. Cecil would be okay. Even though he'll probably be with Kynaree in a short while, but I'm sure I could fix that when I get back.
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Post by ×|{å†ìe× on Jul 1, 2009 22:26:35 GMT -6
~<>~Kynaree's POV~<>~
Trudie stormed off and I stood there with my jaw ajar. Finally when my lips closed they started to tremble, I didn't know what to say and I thought about crying again but decided I didn't want to look like a cry baby. "What was that about?" Xian asked.
After taking a few deep breaths, making sure I didn't burst into tears, I answered "She's just overreacting because I paid Rivers to date her"
"You paid Rivers?!" Valkyrie involved herself into the conversation.
"Yeah.. you make it sound like it's a bad thing"
"Yes it is. If Rivers doesn't feel the same way about Trudie he'll just break her heart" she scolded.
"I just wanted her to be happy for a change... I don't see you all doing anything about her happiness" I folded my arms across my chest and continued after everyone gave me a stupid look, "Besides Rivers might really like her and everything might workout fine"
"Might" I thought I heard someone mutter. Valkyrie redialed Oni's number and told him that Trudie was willing to go and that we were trading another member too. When he asked who the other 'guest' was she answered Theo. Oni still believed Theo and I were together and didn't ask any further questions. After getting the address Valkyrie hung up and the household rushed into cars.
Luana stayed with Addy at the house because we figured Addy shouldn't really go. They tried talking me into staying too but I refused. I didn't think I could stand it if everyone got to see Cecil before I did. It was definitely the longest car ride I ever took, it was only an hour but it felt like a day, maybe even two. The whole ride Trudie didn't make eye contact with me once. Instead she just glared out the window or at the seat.
We were in Valkyrie's car, we being Trudie, Ember, Valkyrie and I. In the car close behind us rode Nathan, Xian, Ethan and Theo. I made sure to sit in the backseat so when Cecil was back I could talk to him the whole way home. Then I felt a twinge of guilt, I was so excited to see Cecil again I didn't even care that Trudie was going to be gone for a while. I should probably apologize before she goes..
"Sorry about that whole paying Rivers thing," No response, I continued "I think he really likes you though, he just had to realize it."
"Well, at least you get your boyfriend" she said coldly.
"I broke up with Theo, besides he's going with you" I pointed out.
"Oh give it a rest. Were you ever even in love with Theo? Did you ever even like him? Or was he just some pretty-boy?... I don't even know why you bothered with Theo when you already had a guy who was in head over heels for you."
"Trudie, you're just talking crazy and I don't think anyone in this car knows what you're talking about" I was mad at her again. She was accusing me of something, and I didn't even know what that something was.
Finally Ember piped in, "Kynaree, I've only known you all for a short while and even I know she's talking about Cecil"
"Thank you, Ember" Trudie growled.
After that I sat there in complete awe. Cecil. I began putting pieces together and remembered all the times Valkyrie had tried to point it out. I even started recalling times Cecil himself tried to tell me. "Huh, that's weird. I wonder why he didn't tell me"
"Probably because you're an airhead" Trudie mumbled.
Then I just sat there thinking some more. Maybe I kinda liked Cecil too. I mean, I've never really missed someone so much before, not even my mom. Usually I could just distract myself with something else, like a shiny object, but the last week all I'd been doing was thinking about was Cecil. Before I could think more we finally pulled into a deserted parking lot in front of an old, what looked to be abandoned, building.
"You don't need to go in Kynaree. We'll just be a second" Valkyrie said.
"Nah, I'm coming with yous. You're not allowed to see Cecil or Rodger before I do"
The eight of us strolled into the building and when we arrived a large black van(usual bad-guy vechical) with some scary looking people stood there waiting for us. Even though I was kind of mad at both Theo and Trudie I hugged them before we handed them off to the creepy people.
Instead of seeing two figures walking out of the van they handed each Nathan and Valkyrie what looked like to be two huge potato sacks. Valkyrie immediately looked concerned, especially when one of the bags was leaking a red substance. The van was off and out of the garage as soon as Theo and Trudie were shoved into the backseat.
Nathan tore open his bag and Valkyrie shakily opened hers. As soon as I seen the inside of the bag I wished she hadn't. The bag was definitely bloodier inside then out. Cecil face was a papery white and which made the blood all over his neck and shoulder stand out. It also made the rings under his eyes look darker.
Rodger seemed to be in a lot better shape then Cecil and as Nathan lifted him out he was becoming aware of his surroundings. However, Cecil made no movements at all, even as we gently rested him in the backseat of Valkyrie's car.
"He's going to get my seats all bloody" she joked, trying to lift the mood. No one laughed. Cecil couldn't really sit up so I made sure his head rested in my lap and I petted his hair. He was breathing softly and I could see his chest slowly rise at the intake of air. At least I knew he was alive.
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Post by Kàylà on Jul 6, 2009 6:49:37 GMT -6
~Valkyrie's POV~ The smell of blood was strong when the two thugs handed Nathan and I the body bags. It was a good thing I had hunted before this other wise the blood would have tempted me to no limit. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the concerned look on Nathan's face and I gave him a small assuring nod that I was fine. I opened my bag already knowing it was Cecil from the smell of his blood and wasn't as prepared as I should have been for the sight that I was about to see. Normally a sight like this wouldn't bother me but seeing Cecil in that bag blood half gone, pale faced and beaten, I felt like I was going to throw up.
Nathan opened Rodger's bag and he definatly looked a lot better than Cecil. Compared to Cecil, Rodger looked like he could run a marathon. He was starting to come to his senses and I knew that we had to find out exactly what Oni did to Cecil so we knew what to treat for. Knowing it would be better to treat Cecil and Rodger at my house I carefully put Cecil in the back seat of my car with Kynaree who was handling this surprisingly well and Nathan took care of Rodger in his car.
Going as fast as my car would allow (Which was a lovey 120mph) we reach my house in 20 minutes. Carefully and quickly I picked Cecil up and ran inside. Nathan pulled up right besides my car and Rodger came out himself, he seemed to be fine except for a bit of blood loss and starvation. He seemed to still be out of it a bit though for the first words out of his mouth weren't to see if his son was ok. "I want a corn dog!" Rodger yelled out and then started laughing. Yep he was definatly out of it still.
I shook my head and looked for a clean flat surface to lay Cecil on so we could examin his injuries. I headed to the kitchen, looked at the island that still had some dishes on it and then in one big sweep they all went crashing to the floor. Making sure there wasn't any broken glass or porcline from the dishes I gently set Cecil down on the table. There was to much blood to be able to pin-point ever wound itself. "Nathan go into the basement and in the large fridge there should be a couple bags of Cecil's blood type get them and an IV drip please. He's lost way to much blood." Nathan followed my orders and headed down into the basement.
"You have bags of blood in your basement?" Ember asked raising one of her eyebrows at me.
"After the little bit of time that you've spent with us does that really surprise you? Vampires get lazy too ya know. Plus it's good for when we have company." I answered her quickly. Kynaree started to head into the kitchen but I grabbed her by her shirt and made her stay out. "You are way to sensitive for this Kynaree."
"But I wanna see Cecil." She whined.
"After we've got him treated." I promised her. She glared at me and I glared back at her. Before she could get a word in I headed back to the kitchen and ripped Cecil's shirt off to get a better look at the possible damage. I already knew his leg was broken and that it was starting to heal improperly. I was going to have to rebreak it. "Ember can you get me a bowl of hot water and a rag please, I've gotta clear some of this blood away if i'm going to find his wounds." She nodded her head and turned the faucet on as hot as it went.
Nathan came back up stairs with the IV and the bags of blood and I smiled gratefully at him. It didn't take long for the water to heat up and Ember came back over to me with a rag in one hand and the bowl of steaming water in the other. I dipped the rag into the bowl and was about to start clearing away both dried and fresh blood when I suddenly felt very dizzy. The blood was starting to get to me. I had to step away and take a deep breath. "Nathan maybe you should take over." I suggested.
"I'm sorry Valkyrie but I havn't hunted in a few days." He told me. I looked at Ember for help.
"I'm no doctor." She said shaking her head.
"We can't take him to a hospital either. To many questions." I noted. Nathan nodded his head in agreement and I looked around helplessly. "We need someone trained in medical procedures that knows about our existance, and is human so they don't feel the need to kill Cecil." I continued. We all thought about it for a moment.
"I know someone that could help us." Rodger told us quietly.
"Who?" I asked curiously.
"Cecil's mother."
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