-Still Rhuben's POV-
The guy disappeared. What does he mean he "always wins"? Why did he write revenge on my stomach? Why me? What does he want from me? I don't even know who he is! I'm scared and confused. At least he listened when I asked him to let James go. As soon as we were sure he was gone I hugged James really tightly.
"What's happening to us Rhubes?" James asked
"I don't know Jamie, I don't know" I replied
-The next day-
James and I got out of the house as quickly as possible. We went over to Carlos' house to get away from that house. When we got to Carlos', he immediately wanted to know if anything happened last night. We told him of our experience and what the entity said to me. Carlos was really interested in what was going on.
While we were hanging out I decided to look at what was going on with my stomach. Carlos was encouraging me to do it so I peeled off the bandage to check it out. I touched my stomach and winced. It still hurts pretty badly. The letters were bumped up and raw still. I placed the bandage back over the word. James placed his hand on my knee as we watched TV.
"James" I said quietly
"Hm?" he asked
"Did you feel that?" I whispered so Carlos wouldn't hear
"No, what?" he asked
"It just got really cold in here" I said
"I don't feel it" James said
"He's breathing down my neck" I whispered, frozen
"There's nobody behind you" James said nervous
"He's found us" I whispered
"Carlos, we have to go" James said standing up
"Ok, bye guys" he replied
We walked out the door and started to walk down the street. We were speed walking and I knew the spirit was following me. We were at our door when I got pushed. Two hands just violently pressed my back, pushing me to the ground. I face-planted on the sidewalk.
"Ow, thanks whoever you are!" I said as James helped me up
"Inside" I heard the thing whisper
James and I walked inside and waited for something to happen. I could feel a weird breeze coming through the house. The breeze was circling around us close up to our bodies. We froze. It was like winter where we were standing. I suddenly could feel cold lips on my neck.
"Stop" I said flatly
"I'm not doing anything" James said
"Not you" I whispered
"Rhuben, don't deny me Rhuben" it said menacingly
"Who are you?" I asked
"You don't know me?" it asked
"No, I have no idea who you are" I said
"Stop talking to him" James whispered to me
"I heard that" it said angry
The entity stopped talking and vanished. I looked at James.
"I could have learned something!" I said
"What did he do to you?" James asked
"I think he thinks I am someone else" I said thinking
"Why? What did he do?" James asked
"He kissed my neck" I said, my thoughts far away
"That isn't cool! You're only fourteen!" James said angrily
"I told him to stop didn't I?" I yelled back
James didn't reply. He only stood there shocked at my yelling at him, I never yell at him. I gave him an apologetic look and he softened. We stood there for a few minutes before walking over to the couch and sitting down.
We sat there, saying nothing, watching nothing, just staring blankly forward. The silence was broken by my phone.
"Hello" I said into it
"Rhuben, we aren't coming home" my mom said on the other end
"Why?" I asked
"The meeting is going to last a little longer than expected" my mom said
"In other words, you are scared to come home" I said
"Maybe a little" she replied
"Thanks mom" I replied sarcastically
"James can take care of you" she said
"I know he can" I replied starting to get a little pissed off
"Good luck" she said before hanging up
"What's up?" James asked
"Mom and dad are too scared to come home" I said pissed off
"Great" James said sarcastically
"It's up to us" I said
"I guess so"
"We will have to stay together almost all the time, or be with Logan, Kendall or Carlos." I said
"Why?" James asked
"Because we all know what's going on if something bad happens." I said
"I see, yeah it's probably a good idea to be around people who know"
"However, we can't go to their houses, it will follow us" I started
"They have to come here" he finished
We nodded. It's go time. We will survive this! It won't be easy, but we can beat this thing and get our house back. We can reunite our family.
-That night-
James and I slept in his bed again. We huddled together in hopes we would have one full night of sleep. Our hopes had failed. I woke up screaming again. The spirit was carving something on my stomach again. It seemed to be angry. It pressed down hard. I screamed and cried and pleaded for it to stop, to no avail. James tried to get him to stop too. It was carving over the still unhealed skin and it hurt so god damn bad. Whatever it was using pressed into my flesh and cut in long strokes as if I were a piece of meat you were eating for dinner. Cutting back and forth like a saw, pressing harder with each stroke. I continued to scream and cry. When it finally stopped I continued to cry and I couldn't move.
"James, what does it say?" I gasped
He lifted my shirt and looked at it. His eyes widened in horror.
"Oh my God" he said with wide eyes
"What does it say?" I demanded
"It says… 'Rhuben I will get revenge on you, I will kill you'" he said scared
"What did I ever do to you?" I yelled
James suddenly started to scream, laying down on the bed. He was screaming the as badly as I was. He gripped his stomach and tears rolled down his face. The spirit was writing something on him to.
"Jamie! Jamie!" I yelled "PLEASE STOP HURTING HIM" I screamed
James kept screaming. After a few more minutes he stopped. A few more tears rolled down his face. I pulled his shirt up, revealing the answer to my question.
"What does it say?" James asked
"It's the answer to my question" I replied
"Which is?"
"It says, 'you killed me, so I will kill you. I loved you.'" I said
"I'm only fourteen! I don't even know who you are! I have never been in love! You must think I am someone else!" I shouted
No response. James and I sat in the middle of the bed and hugged. I cried into his shoulder. It's going to try to kill me!
-James' POV-
I can't even begin to imagine how scared Rhuben must be. This thing is going to try to kill her! I can never leave her side now. I have to protect her. If she gets killed , I will never forgive myself. I blame this on myself. Why did I have to act like a stupid teenager and play with that Wigi Board? I can't believe this is happening. This entity is obviously straight from Hell.
Rhuben fell asleep on my chest. I laid down with her still on my chest and fell asleep.
We woke up the next morning to the summer sun shining in our eyes. Rhuben's eyes were still stained red from all of her crying the night before. The first thing we did was look at our stomachs and take pictures for proof. Time to call Logan.
Logan walked in the door and walked over to us. We lifted our shirts to reveal the messages. He immediately got the stuff and began to clean them.
"Thanks Logan" I said after he was done
"No problem" Logan replied
"So this ghost wants to kill you?" Logan asked worried
"Yeah" Rhuben said barely audible, looking down
"I'm scared for you" Logan said putting his hand on Rhuben's knee, looking her in the eyes
Rhuben started to tear up but pushed them back. She sniffled once and stared at her hands. I started to rub circles on her back.
"I'm scared for me too Logan" she said looking up
"Hey now, don't be scared, I'll protect you" I said
"I'm here too" Logan said rubbing her knee. "And I'm sure Kendall and Carlos are too" he added
"Yeah, I know, but that doesn't make it any less scary" Rhuben whispered
"Well, we know, but we are still here for you" Logan said
"Thanks" Rhuben said
"So why did I have to come here instead of you guys coming to my house?" Logan asked
"Because it followed us to Carlos' house" Rhuben told him
"It did?" Logan asked shocked
"Yeah it took a while but it found us at Carlos' yesterday" I added
"How do you know?" Logan asked
"Because it got cold and I felt him breathing on my neck" Rhuben said
"Oh, well, that is a giveaway" Logan said
"We can't go anywhere anymore" Rhuben whispered
Logan hung out with us for the day. One of us always stayed with Rhuben, if one left, the other didn't. Logan is a good friend, helping me protect my sister like that. We both sat on either sides of her with our arms around her, it was probably the only thing keeping her sane. She would start to shake with fear every time a cold breeze would go through the room. Imagine a fourteen year old girl being so scared and even though you think you can protect her from anything, you can't, there is absolutely nothing you can do.
a/n: so, whatcha think? Let me know!
Jenna