Chapter 2 – History Repeating Itself
She reread the letter but the words didn't change. She read it over and over, but the words stayed the same. She started to panic and didn't notice herself scream.
Everyone came out of their rooms almost immediately and went over to her.
"Clary, what happened?" Kendall asked.
Clary shook her head and pointed at the letter, which she dropped to the floor. Logan picked it up and read it, and his eyes grew wide. He gave it to Kendall, who read it along with everyone else, except Clary, who was sitting on the couch, crying.
The letter said,
Dear Clary,
Happy Birthday my young niece. I hope you enjoyed your day quite happily, cause I'm gonna make it your worst nightmare. I'm back, and trust me, you won't be happy about it. And I'm working with someone your brother and his friends are against, and if you want to know, his name is Hawk. I hope you enjoy the present I gave you. Don't worry, you may get scared. It won't matter anyway, once all the people you love are dead. I'll see you very soon, and when I do, you'll wish I killed you.
Lots of hate,
Uncle Derek.
Everyone, including Clary, looked at what was in the box, and Clary screamed when she saw it. In the box, were Melissa's clothes covered in blood – the one she wore when she was shot. And there was a picture of Melissa's dead body, which below it was written; This will be you, soon.
Kendall hugged Clary in a tight embrace as she sobbed into his chest. She wanted all of it to be over. She thought it was, but she was wrong. She would always be wrong. She was healed – except the scar on her shoulder, but it faded a little – from all of her injuries, including the scars in her heart, but now, the scars are back, and she's not gonna be okay this time, she knew it.
"Clary, please don't cry. We'll protect you, or we could call the police. If we can't protect you, they will. They'll watch over you. You'll be okay." Kendall assured her, but it was no use. She was back to being the scared little girl of 7 years ago and a few months ago.
Suddenly Clary was back in the huge room. Her bruises were back on her body. The whole pain was back. Then Derek stormed into the room, carrying a belt. He made his way towards her and started beating her. "No!" she yelled. "Please stop! It really hurts!" Derek just laughed. "You think that hurts? How about this?" He lit a cigarette and pressed it against her skin. She yelled and screamed and cried, but he kept doing it. She just wanted it to stop. She wanted the pain to go away. "Clary." She heard someone say. "Clary." She heard it again. "Clary, shh, it's okay, it's not real. You're not there. He's not hurting you." She recognized the voice, but she wasn't sure who it belonged to. Then she saw Derek raise his belt again, about to hit her. She closed her eyes and waited for the pain, but it never came. Instead of pain, she felt comfort.
She opened her eyes to see that she was in 2J, the sake of her home. The voice she recognized belonged to Katie, and her cheeks flushed because her little sister was the one calming her down. The comfort came to her when Katie wrapped her arms around her.
The bathroom door opened, luckily slowly, and James walked out. When he saw what was happening and opened his mouth to ask some questions, a small gesture from Logan told him everything. He sighed and closed the door, slowly, and without a sound. But when he turned back around, he tripped and fell with a small thud. Apparently, the small sound scared Clary because she screamed. James quickly got up and wanted to apologize, but Carlos went over to him and said, "It's not your fault. It's Derek's." James nodded.
Clary was already sobbing in Kendall's chest again and Mrs. Knight was stroking her hair. It turned out that all of these had tired the young girl down, because she fell asleep not 5 minutes later. At least she didn't have her nightmares… yet.
Everyone else looked at one another and nodded. Her worst fear was back. Derek was back. Her scars were back. And it was history repeating itself.
Hey everyone, new chapter of 'Unbroken'. I know it's short, but I'm posting 2 chapter of this for today, and trust me, the other one is long.
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