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Chapter One
Alek's POV
Why did Chloe have to be so infuriatingly hot headed? She berates me for watching her and treating her like a child, but as I chased after her to God knows where, I had never felt more certain that her judgement was one not to be trusted. One that involved no thought at all never was. When I arrived at a building in China Town, I was just in time to see a wisp of red fabric disappear through an open door, and here the unmistakable sound of a door being kicked open. How she managed to be such a gluten for danger was beyond me, but now was not the time to ponder that flaw in her character. I raced down the corridor and through the now splintered door and stopped dead next to Chloe and Paul. Whatever I had been expecting to find, this was not it. For standing in the middle of the room was Chloe's little human friend Amy inside a circle of bloodied and beaten men, and cowering in the corner was a human boy I vaguely recognised from school.
But she didn't look the same. Far from the fiery but ultimately weak human girl I had grown to know, the Amy that stood before us was in a battle stance, blood covering her hands, her normally neat and sleek hair hanging messily in front of her face as she eyed us. I glanced at Chloe and saw her looking as shocked as I was, and Paul looked like he was going to be sick. Clearly, this was too much for the friends to handle, so I stepped up to the plate.
Being careful to keep my body language open, I took a cautious step towards Amy, her attention snapping to me as soon as I moved. "Amy?" I asked, carefully taking a few more steps, but keeping my gaze fixed on hers. She watched me with calm calculating eyes, but slowly I saw the cool recede and the usual fire that blazed from her ice blue eyes returned. Her posture relaxed and she looked around the room, before turning an accusing eye on Chloe and I.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell did you guys do?" she asked, looking almost sick at the sight before her.
Me and Chloe exchanged a confused glance, and Chloe moved to my side, holding her dress high to avoid the blood and bodies. "This… this wasn't us Amy. It was like this when we got here."
"Then how did- how - I-I - " Amy glanced around her in panic, her whole body visibly shaking.
At this point the boy from the corner got up skirting slowly around the wall towards the door, trying to keep as much room between him and us as possible. Amy's attention was drawn to the movement, and she made to move towards him. But no sooner had she taken a step did the boy throw his hands out and yell, "Don't you dare come near me you crazy bitch! I don't want you anywhere near me to do to me what you did to them!" He then ran, and Amy just stood, struck dumb by what he'd just said. I think we all had a bit. It was obvious really, that Amy was the cause of the chaos, but none of us really wanted to believe it.
Amy turned slowly, guilt and fear covering her face. "How is that possible?" she whispered, her eyes desperately searching mine for answers, some indication that this made some sense to me that it didn't to anyone else. And in that moment I wanted nothing more than to be able to give her that comfort. For as much as I mocked her and belittled her for being human, and no longer fitting into Chloe's life, the petite sixteen year old had never once been beaten down by crap; never had I seen a flicker of doubt in her icy eyes. But stood before me was an Amy who seemed to have lost all that confidence and it killed me to say what I had to say next, knowing it wouldn't in the slightest way bring back some of the fire she usually had.
"I don't know." I answered with a sigh. "I've never seen anyone who isn't Mai do something like this." Her whole body seemed to crumple at that statement, and she fell to the floor like a puppet cut from its stings. I rushed on, hoping to give her some hope of answers, even though I honestly didn't know if we'd find any. "But I'm not the expert here; Valentina's who we need to talk to." I glanced at Chloe desperately, hoping she would help me out. To my luck, she seemed to have recovered from her earlier shock.
"He's right, Amy. We need expert opinions." She then moved forward and aimed to help Amy up, but as soon as she touched her Amy flinched away. A second later she was by the door, having moved even quicker than my Mai senses could comprehend.
"You heard Jonah, this was me. I too dangerous to be around and I can't be responsible for hurting one of you." Tears ran down her cheeks as she spoke.
"You won't," Chloe said confidently, "I know you won't. But you need to let us help." Her voice then dropped to a whisper, thick with emotion and venerability. "Amy, you have to let me help you, how can I be your best friend if I don't?"
A sad smile flickered across Amy's face, "And how can I be your best friend if I let you put yourself in danger to get me help that may not even exist."
But Chloe was having none of it. She ran forward, trying to stop Amy by force.
"Chloe, no!" I yelled, but it was too late. As she reached for Amy, the tiny brunette threw out her hand, which hit Chloe square in the chest, sending her flying across the large room. As Chloe got up, wincing slightly as she did, a look of horror crossed Amy's face.
"I'm so sorry." she sobbed, and then she was gone. Chloe made to go after her, but I grabbed her round the waist.
"Chloe, no." I said firmly, keeping my grip on her. "We're no match for her. We need to go see Valentina."
"But I can't just leave her!" Chloe yelled. But after a minute or so of struggling, Chloe calmed. I let go and spun her round, giving her my best 'I'm not fucking around' faces.
"We need to understand this if we have any chance of calming Amy, and you know I'm right." Chloe nodded, her jaw clenched. Her head then snapped round to Paul.
"Go home. If anyone asks, Chloe is staying at Jasmine's with me over boy related crises. I'll call her mum. If she comes to see you, you call me right away." Paul nodded and left. Chloe then turned back to me, her green eyes determined. "Let's go talk to Valentina." She said.
