"Can you say Papa?" asked Matthew Pryce to the little baby girl in his arms. She looked up at her father, with her amazing piercing blue eyes, which where identical to her fathers. "Pa pa pa?" he said in his "baby voice".
"She's only a month old Matt." smiled Elizabeth Wattson.
"Well well look who's up." he said turning to Liz who was standing in the doorway of the kitchen.
"Yes, and look who's crazy." she teased.
"I'm not crazy." he said smiling.
"Yeh then what are you?" she said walking over to the pair. Matthew merely looked at his daughter, his face a glow, nothing but a smile on his face.
"In love." he merely said as he cradled the baby girl in his arms. Emma watched from the stairs, her face covered in darkness, yet her green eyes could be seen. Glaring at the little baby in her watchers arms.
Emma awoke, with lighting flashing, and thunder booming. And the sound of a baby crying, and footsteps running. Getting up quickly she dashed down the hallway, from her room which she shared with Joni and to the scene of the crime. The basement was over turned in Liz and Matt's room. Liz was holding Wilona looking at Matt in disbelief. Matt was backed up against the wall, a knife in his hand, and nothing but fear in his eyes.
"I-I"
"Matt whets wrong with you?" asked Liz, partially angry, partially concerned.
"I-I...I didn't mean to. I-I..."
"What going on?" asked Luke running to the room, standing next to Emma.
"I-I...I didn't mean it, s-she, and I-I" Emma had never seen Matt so scared before. Never...she didn't even know if it was possible for him to be scared.
"Emma, Luke go back to bed." commanded Liz sternly.
"But Liz-"
"Go!" she commanded venom in her voice, as Luke and Emma nodded and went off to their rooms. Yet Emma left the door open a crack. she had to figure out what was wrong.
"Matthew please talk to me." pleaded Liz as he left the bedroom, a duffle bag in his hand.
"Liz, I have to get away from here...I can't afford it to happen again."
"We'll find a wizard, we'll get help just don't leave please." she whispered grabbing on his hand stopping him. "I can't do this alone." she murmured tears in her eyes. He merely turned to her and cupped her cheek as he kissed her passionately, yet it was an obvious departing, goodbye kiss.
"Until I can control him...I can't afford to be around Wilona, or anyone." he merely whispered as he left her, his family, and the home he once knew.
Matthew drove in his jeep, and passed a sign that read "You are know leaving Virginia" and another sign that read "Welcome to Maryland". He merely sighed as he lit a cigarette. He hadn't smoked one in years, not since the Marines, yet he had to do something. Suddenly from the back seat Emma Wattson popped up.
"Hey those are really bad for you!"
"W-what!" he screamed shocked he pulled over at the side of the road. "Emma Elizabeth! What do you think your doing?"
"Saving your life." she said taking the cigarette out of his hand and throwing it to the ground. "I mean really Pryce!"
"Emma, why aren't you at home?"
"I wanted to come with you, I wasn't going to let you just leave and forget about us!" Matthew merely chuckled and he whispered which is something he does when he becomes serious.
"I would never forget about you Emma, you, or your sister."
"Then why'd ya leave?" she asked crossing her arms as she crawled into the front seat.
"I lost something." he said as he started to drive again.
"What did you lose?"
"Control" he merely replied.
"Control of what?"
"Shadow" he merely whispered.
Emma had heard stories, from Luke, and she knew about him and his siblings and about them all being part god. Yet she never thought that they were like two separate things. Like theirs a demon parrot of a vampire, and a sort of human part. So does Pryce have a human side and a god side? It really made her head hurt.
"So were are we going?"
"Not sure, but I can't go back now...Emma...I want you to promise me something." he whispered.
"What?"
"If I come near you with a knife...or I want to kill you...don't be afraid to hurt me, and then run for your life got it?"
"Ok," she said in an oddly cheery way. "So where are we going?"
"Maryland"
"I know that, I can read ya now." she said rolling her eyes. "But where in Maryland?"
"I have a friend up north who's a very powerful mage. He might be able to help me control him."
"Right, so...are we there yet?"
"Dear god, this is going to be a long car ride." Matthew thought to himself.
