A/N- Wassup? It be TOBN here with a new chapter of More Than Friends!
So last chapter was interesting! I say it was a great start to a story, don't you think? I was certainly happy with it, and I hope you were as well, right? Even if you weren't, frankly, I don't give a damn :)
Like the Ex-Friends, I will give a little overview of this episode! (chapter, lol) Excited? I hope you are!
Anyway, in this chapter, Sky, Benny and Ethan are investigating a strange hypnotist that comes into town, and Sky can't help but feel like she had met this stranger once before. When she volunteers as a candidate for hypnosis, Benny and Ethan are a bit worried for one of their best friends - especially when she starts acting a bit funny. Especially when she is alone. With Benny. Intrigued yet?
Speaking of Benny, I will be introducing a few sub-plots that will gradually let it's way through the series. I mean, actually. It is going all the way to Family Friends! Because what is a good story without some good drama - we have yet to seen the Shadow...or have we already seen her?
And theory wise, people have been saying that the secret person behind the shadows was our dearest, and deceased Mark, and that I have been mentioning him way to much to be normal/innocent. To be honest, they are good theories, but read again - who has ever became a principal, or at least, vice principal? *DUN DUN DUN!* But then again, I may just be luring you into two different plot lines *strokes chin*
Shoutouts to these lovelies...
Willowleaf- Aw, thanks my friend! I am glad that it made up for the month delay. No rampage for me! Jokes! But in all seriousness, thanks for hopping on board the most confusing plot I have actually ever created. Not as complex as Five Night At Freddie's (sorry, been watching theory videos on that, and I am fucking scared to hell) but you know what I mean. And I can imagine Mark flying back on the back of Shark. Kind of looks funny if you add rainbows and stuff. Anyway, I am rambling so enjoy the story!
MBAV fan66- Of course I did! I had to give you a bit of a fright, am I right? But nonetheless, I am glad you liked the chapter fanfic buddy. And you think whatever you like to think - I am not making things too easy for you, am I right ;) Anyway, thanks for your review as always, fanfic buddy! And the favorite and follow too! It's always good that I have you to rely on for every story I ever write :)
Anyway, here we go! Drop a review, and I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own MBAV or its characters. I don't own any references, or even song references in there - mostly Muse. I do own Sky, and any other OC's you don't recognize from the actual show (although Scarlet is the older nurse from Blood Drive, and I just named her). I also own these plots, because MBAV doesn't have 4 seasons, so I just made my own episodes. A lot of planning, but totally worth it :)
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More Than Friends: Chapter 2: Drifting Mind
Benny trailed behind Ethan, who was walking into his bedroom, a huge, rolled up bristol board tucked under his arm. Benny held an untouched coffee that his grandma had brewed for him, and the heat was warming his cold hand. He was greeted to Ethan's familiar room, that was echoing with 'Survival' by Muse.
"Okay, B, what are we going to do for this project?" Ethan smiled at Benny as he plopped all the materials on his bed. Benny saw the bristol board, a lot of paper, a laptop, and scissors, with some glue and tape.
Benny smirked as his eyes traveled to Ethan's desktop. "We could always just skip this project and play a Supernatural Monsters Of The Future for a while, am I right?"
Ethan rolled his eyes. "We don't have time, Benny. We procrastinated so much that we just don't have time for it anymore."
Benny sighed as he nodded - as much as he hated to admit it, Ethan was right. Benny had asked to play that game for the last three days, and they had did exactly that. Now that the project was due the next day, they couldn't afford any detours.
"Want snacks? I can run down to get some - " Benny tried.
Ethan shook his head disapprovingly, and pouted. "Benny..."
"Alright, alright. Let's get going with this then." Benny gave up, and he climbed onto Ethan's bed and started to research about car accidents that had happened in the past year in Whitechapel, and around the world.
They had been doing world problems in class, and Ethan and Benny were assigned 'car accidents'. Benny didn't quite understand how that was a world crisis, but all he knew that it hit close to home, and Sky wasn't in that class. A few bullies had the opportunity to pick on Benny about that, even if they didn't know the struggle he was going through for that kind of stuff. Benny was glad Ethan was his partner.
But he was pretty sure it didn't make things the same.
"E-Ethan?" Benny started to stutter, his vision swimming. "D-Did yo..you g-get statistics o-o-on..."
Ethan looked up from his computer to realize that Benny's shaky hands were hovering over the keyboard, and he paused the music - even if they reached 'Follow Me' - and crawled over to Benny's side. He could feel him shaking. He placed a hand on his shoulder - he kind of hoped he'd get a vision.
"B? What's going on? Are you okay?" Benny shook his head, trying to blink out the blurs, but there was no use. Something was happening.
"I-I..I d-dunno - "
...
"You don't have to remember, Benjamin. Stop stressing yourself."
"But grandma -"
"I told you. Don't bother. You're probably never going to remember what happened in that crash, and you might as well save yourself the cost of trauma as well. A traumatized child doesn't do very well in school, after all."
"..."
"..."
A sigh.
"...go to bed, Benjamin."
He nodded, and crawled onto his bed - why was grandma being so relentless...?
...
Benny started to pant, and tears were leaking down his face. Ethan managed to catch him, and Benny skipped a breath, causing him to pass out on Ethan's bed. His face made contact with the bristol board, and Ethan was starting to panic - his best friend just passed out. What the -
"Benny." Ethan let the words roll out, "Benny!"
He shook his best friend, and he blinked a few times, groaning into the bristol board, sniffling as he wiped sticky tears out of his eyes. Ethan rubbed his back as Benny slowly sat back, his breathing heavy. He was trying to remember what he had seen...why he was even seeing...
"B? What the hell happened?" Ethan asked, concern growing. Benny shook his head, nearly curling himself in a ball.
"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know." He repeated himself, and Ethan was slowly thinking his friend was going mad. What the hell was he doing? Why was this happening to him? What was plaguing his best friend?
"Benny, calm down." He reeled Benny into a hug. Tears stained both Ethan's shirt, and their bristol board - dammit.
"A traumatized kid doesn't do very well in school, after all." Benny whispered, and Ethan was certainly getting freaked out at this rate. Something was happening to his best friend. Something that was scaring him very much.
He shook his head, confused, and started to literally plead. "Can you please say something that makes sense?"
Benny blinked, and sighed, reaching over for his cup of coffee and sipping it. Ethan's eyes drifted towards the cup and watched as Benny drank it. Ethan frowned - he knew his friend way to well to let this happen to him now.
"Are you drinking coffee?"
Benny lowered his cup. "Yeah, I always do. Why?"
"It's just..." Ethan hesitated, and Benny rose an eyebrow. Ethan sniffed it a bit, and coughed.
"Geez, that ranks." Ethan suddenly said. Benny sniffed it, and frowned.
"It smells perfectly fine to me."
"Benny, there is honestly something wrong with that coffee."
"E, you are being ridiculous."
Their door swung open, and Sky entered. Benny smiled a bit, blinking a bit more rapidly to clear the lines that he was seeing. Sky smiled warmly at Ethan and Benny, explaining how Ethan's mom had let her in, and how she and her partner just finished their project. She wanted to see them, she had said.
"Ooh!" she purred. "Coffee!"
She grabbed the cup in Benny's pale hand and sipped it. Her face turned from relaxed to disgusted, as she nearly spit the coffee on Ethan's white bristol board. It landed on the floor, and Ethan looked at Sky in annoyance.
"Sky..." he whined. "My floor!"
"What the hell is in that?!" Sky nearly shrieked, ignoring Ethan's pleas. Benny looked at Sky, bewildered, and Ethan nodded.
"I told you! There is like, pig's poo in there." Sky smirked.
"Oddly specific," She frowned again, "but accurate."
Benny nearly spilled the coffee throwing his hands in the air in frustration.
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with this cup of coffee!" he protested, and feebly added, "I'll even show you!"
Benny sipped the coffee, and Ethan and Sky gagged. They knew there was something suspicious about that coffee, but it didn't seem to be affecting Benny at all. Benny finished more than half the cup, and smiled in resignation.
"Ahh." He breathed out over dramatically, to make a point. "Delicious."
Sky and Ethan stared at him as if he drank blood.
"Who made that?" Ethan asked. Benny blinked again, feeling a bit lightheaded.
"Grandma. She added a few things, she told me. Regular coffee stuff, honey, something called melato-whatever..." He mumbled, smiling at Sky and Ethan. Ethan rose an eyebrow, slightly intrigued.
"Melato-what?" Ethan scrunched up his face in thought as Sky clicked play on Ethan's computer, so that 'Follow Me' would resume on YouTube. Ethan looked at Sky incredulously, and Sky just shrugged, checking her nails nonchalantly as she beamed at her brown-haired friend.
"What?" She shrugged. "I think if Benny likes his weird coffee, we should let him drink it." Benny smiled at his girlfriend.
"Thank you!" He exclaimed, sipping it until it's done, and Ethan gagged once again.
A few minutes later, Benny had curled up in a small ball and drifted to an unsettling sleep, snoring every now and then. The empty coffee cup was laid down on the floor, and Sky frowned, picking it up and sniffing it again.
"There is something really weird about that coffee."
"I know." Ethan immediately replied. Sky shrugged.
"He said his grandma made it? We could always ask her." She prompted, and Ethan shook his head, staring at the blank bristol board and the amount of information that was still needed to be collected.
"I hate to ask..." Ethan trailed off, eyes flickering to his laptop. "Since Benny is asleep..." Sky groaned, crossing her legs on the bed as she sighed.
"Come on, E, let's finish your project." Ethan exclaimed in joy, a little "Yes!" and they began, Sky ruffling Benny's hair as he slept; a bit more peacefully than he was before.
"I'm sorry, Ethan, but this is important stuff. The Vampire Council might stake me if I don't show up to this mandatory meeting. Rory and Erica are also meeting up with me for the event." Sarah's voice buzzed through the phone, and Ethan sighed, wrapping his scarf tightly around his neck as he looked at the dome-shaped building that towered over them. Spotlights were dancing around the sky, and Benny and Sky were on either side of them. Benny blinked, and Sky just smiled, looking amused at the sight. Ethan sighed.
"I don't know why you guys couldn't investigate this - you guys don't even get hypnotized. Us, mortals, do." Ethan pointed out. Sky looked over to watch Ethan talk to his girlfriend, and Benny just hummed absentmindedly. She could hear Sarah's sigh.
"Ethie, you know yourself that is not true. Remember Erica? Rory? Mark?" Sky could hear Sarah say his name, and she breathed out a little puff of cold air, the wind making it swirl around in the night sky, then disappear. She bit her lip as Ethan looked at her and Benny.
"But Sarah, I am a third wheel!" Ethan pouted, and Benny just elbowed him. Sarah's giggled could be heard above the crowds walking, and she proclaimed her love and gratitude for what Ethan was doing, and hung up after. Sky snickered when Ethan shoved the phone in the pocket.
"Shut up," Ethan mumbled with a smirk, and Benny just barked out in laughter as the three mortals walked into the building.
It was almost nine in the evening, and they were attending a hypnosis show that was apparently overusing the power presented at the show. It was held in the Whitechapel Community Center, and since Sarah, Rory and Erica were at the Vampire Council meeting, Ethan, Sky, and Benny were forced to investigate the show themselves.
"I hope we don't get chosen as voulenteer." Benny murmured, presenting their tickets to the ticket guy, and walking past the gates. They went to the concession stand for some food and as they paid, Sky just shrugged.
"If it is actually supernatural, I am sure the person will probably pick the supernatural people. And we are," Her voice drifted to a whisper. "supernatural."
Her voice was spooky, for the teasing part, and Benny just kissed her cold cheek, allowing a blush to escape Sky. Ethan just groaned, mumbling about being a third wheel, and walked into the theater they were going to be in.
It was almost full, and their seats were conveniently near the front. Benny loudly groaned, but carried his soda and the large popcorn to the front. He didn't quite understand why they were allowing food into a hypnosis show, since it might disrupt the...process, or something like that - it must be a good hypnotist.
"We have all been hypnotized, right?" Ethan suddenly asked when they had sat down. "Just making sure."
Benny didn't feel like he had to answer as Sky just nodded. "I guess, in some sort of way. But as for me? Not as much as you weak-minded boys."
She chuckled, but when she looked over at Benny and Ethan, who were not amused, she turned it into an awkward cough of some sort.
"Too soon?" Benny nodded.
"Yeah."
Sky just stuffed a handful of popcorn into her mouth as she watched the lights dimmed down. She had heard crazy rumors about this hypnotist, and the victims of a few murders were killed by people who had attended this show. The suspects - who all were very close to the victims; either as family, friends, or in romantically inclined - didn't remember a thing about the murders, and Sky knew, as soon as she heard it, that it was something supernatural or just plain devious on the hypnotist's part. She - even having the worst history with hypnosis - was kind of hoping she'd get to investigate the story, since she was a fellow hypnotist-in-training as well, thanks to her dad, and the investigation itself sounded way more intriguing that anything supernatural that she had ever encountered. Overall, she was quite excited.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" The MC shouted through speakers, the voice bouncing through the room. "For his last night in Whitechapel, please give a hand to the famous hypnotist you will ever see - the hypnotist who will give you a thrilling experience, " - the MC sounded way to excited about this - "Walter Wonder!"
A puff of smoke on the stage - Sky could see the little elevator/lift/thingy that allowed that hypnotist to rise to the stage's surface behind the smoke - and he appeared; Walter Wonder. Ethan carefully looked at his features.
He had grey hair, that was as short as his own hair. But he was stunningly tall. About as tall as his dad, but about an inch bigger or so. He was also pretty skinny. His eyes were narrow and blue, and he had wore a traditional magician tux; almost skin tight, with a long tail of fabric hanging behind him. He had some sort of mischievous smile on his face, and his voice boomed, echoing the theater.
"Hello, everybody!" He roared. Sky's eyes certainly widened at the voice.
"You should drink this. All of it. And when you are done, make it again and drink it." She heard a voice in her head whisper, and her mind blurred a bit, turning a bit fuzzy. She slumped a bit in her chair, her arm sagging against Benny, who shook it.
"Sky?" He nudged her.
"Wha - just - buh - yeah?" She stammered. Benny just blinked, and ignored it, letting his attention face the mysterious, pale man on the stage. Walter Wonder soon began to launch into a very scripted speech about what hypnosis is -"the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction.", he had explained - and what he was going to do. To be honest, it was pretty boring, and Benny didn't pay attention, until Walter asked for a volunteer.
"No one do anything." Ethan whispered. "We are just going to investigate, remember?" Sky wasn't paying attention - her attention was focused on the man, whose glare was burning in her skull.
"This encounter should be our little secret, right?" A voice whispered in her mind. Sky closed her eyes.
"Me!" She squeaked, raising her hand, her voice loud enough for everyone to hear. Walter smirked, motioning her to go up as she stood up, ignoring Benny and Ethan's worried whispers of shock as she made a beeline to the stage, in which she didn't actually know if she was being compelled to do this, or -
Walter pulled out a chair before Sky could finish her thought, and smiled at her.
"Well go on," Walter winked. "sit down."
Sky sat on the chair in a swift motion. They locked eyes, and Sky gulped nervously - what was she doing? She didn't want to be here. She didn't want to be hypnotized. What happened to investigating?
"What is your name, darling?" He whispered. Sky gulped as she felt Walter's breath on her cheek.
"Sky Bryans." She responded, watching Walter nod as he looked at the crowd. Benny's palm was starting to sweat - he was so worried for her. If there was actually something wrong with this hypnotist, Sky had a front row seat to a big train wreck.
"Full name, darling." He purred. Sky tilted her head to the side - how did this guy know she had a full name?
"S-Skylar." She ended up stammering, feeling a bit more submissive to him. Benny could see the fear in her eyes, and he looked over at his brown haired friend. His palms were sweating, and his mind was racing with memories of past hypnosis.
"And who are you with tonight?" Sky began to get nervous, but tried to keep her ground - he was a hypnotist; of course he knew that she was with someone. And it could've been just a lucky guess, or just a general question...right?
"My boyfriend and my best friend." Sky decided to answer. The spotlight landed on Ethan and Benny - who looked very bewildered - and the crowd clapped in astonishment. Sky looked fearfully at this hypnotist, really regretting volunteering in the first place.
"These friends?" He rolled out. Sky chuckled nervously, her hands grasping on the edge of the seat.
"How'd you guess?" She chuckled out nervously, and she heard the teasing laughs of the audience. Benny and Ethan exchanged looks, and they were trying to determine whether to break the light switch and drop the show, or to go on.
But it was too late to make a decision, because Walter was already starting to begin the process.
"We can still stop this," Ethan whispered, "right?"
Benny said nothing as Sky just watched as Walter pulled out what seemed to be a pocket watch.
'So this is going the traditional way, huh?' Sky thought, 'Might as well give them a show. Maybe it won't work - he doesn't seem to be too good...'
"So, Skylar, I want you to look at this pocket watch, and let any tension you may have roll out of your system. Imagine it floating onto the ground." Walter's voice was stern, yet oddly relaxing, but Sky saw a flaw - his eyes flashed a familiar yellow.
The man flashed her a smile; he had bent her mind perfectly. Sky's eyes widened - she knew this guy. She met him at the masquerade.
"Why would someone hypnotize someone to get drunk?" Ethan suddenly had a small flashback, the voice in his head matching Walter's perfectly. Ethan looked at Benny urgently, shaking his shoulders quickly.
"Benny," he started saying, "I think that is the guy who hypnotized Sky at that masquerade to get drunk." Benny said nothing as he just stared blankly at the stage, his eyes wide and unfocused, and they weren't blinking either.
"Benny?" Ethan asked a little more quieter, and he shook Benny hard. Benny gasped, snapping out of the semi-trance he was in as he just stared at Ethan in a hurry. His eyes were a bit red from staring too long, but his mind was definitely dull.
"Ethan?" Benny asked, "What happened?"
Ethan sighed as he stared at the stage. Walter was a fraud - he wasn't actually hypnotizing Sky with the pocket watch; he was hypnotizing her with his own mind. He was something supernatural, and it wasn't very good either.
"I think he's a vampire, Benny." Benny shook his head, squinting.
"Not a vampire," Benny said, remembering what his grandma told him. "but a bender."
"Imagine a white staircase, Skylar," Walter said, as Sky's eyes dilated yellow discreetly. "that has ten steps. On the bottom of these steps is the most softest bed in the history of all beds." Benny watched in fear as Sky began to go under, letting Walter's words wash over her.
"We are on the tenth step, and you find yourself growing tired." Sky nodded slowly, sinking a bit deeper in the chair.
"We need to do something, Ethan." Benny said, worried. "I don't think I can let this happen to her again. I can't let something bad happen to her. This is bad, Ethan. This is bad." Benny's rants and panic attacks were starting to worry Ethan as well, because he knew he was definitely right.
"Now we are on the ninth step, and you feel your muscles loosen gradually. Your breathing is on beat, and your eyes are starting to feel a bit more thicker." Sky responded with a relaxed moan, and the audience watched in awe, transfixed by the magic that Walter Wonder was showing.
"The eighth step is here, and you feel like you are very close to reaching the bottom. With every step you take, you are going deeper, and my voice becomes the only thing you listen to. Nod if you agree, dearest Skylar." Sky nodded sleepily, and she began to slip deeper into trance. Benny was biting the edge of his finger nervously - he couldn't stop it. He couldn't save her.
"The seventh step. It feels so good, so relaxing. And you are doing so well, Skylar, as we drift down these velvet covered stairs. I want you to feel happy, and I want you to drift deeper into the trance I am giving you, because you like it so much." Sky smiled lazily, rolling her head on the chair as one of the stage crew people pulled out a couch. Ethan's eyes widened - was this going to get worse?
"We are now at the sixth step, Skylar. You can close your eyes if you are beginning to feel tired, you know? You can do whatever pleases you." Benny hated how he purred commands to his girlfriend - exactly what benders do; manipulate others.
Sky's mind was in a place she couldn't really describe, but her brain helpfully replaced any common sense with the thought of a wonderful staircase. She was afraid this wouldn't work, but why should she be afraid of pure, concentrated relaxation?
"The fifth step means you are halfway, Skylar. The bed seems so close. You don't even need to think about breathing anymore; as long as you are focused on what I am saying, and the sound of my voice, you will find paradise. We have reached the fourth step - fantastic." Sky sighed in relaxation.
"Benny, shut the power," Ethan said quickly. Benny nodded, about to stand when Walter discreetly stared Benny down, eyes flashing yellow with a devious smirk. Benny stumbled onto his seat, and felt himself let go.
"No." He whispered in monotone, and Ethan groaned, trying to get up as well before Walter sent his glare towards him, and he sat back down as well. The two boys exchanged nervous glances - Walter was better than they had anticipated.
"The third step feels so good, doesn't it?" Sky nodded. "Let's drop to the second one."
Sky finally smiled as Walter rolled the couch in front of Sky's chair, grinning.
"And now we are at step one. The final one. One more step and -" Walter snapped his fingers, and Sky fell forward, landing face first on the couch in front of her, completely in trance, and completely open to anything that Walter would say.
Amazed, the audience began to clap in unison, and Benny and Ethan looked at each other nervously as they clapped when they didn't want to; Walter had turned the whole audience into a string of puppets. Walter smiled.
"You know what to do, Skylar." Walter whispered, sending thoughts to Sky through his mind. Sky nodded, receiving each one. Benny looked horrified, and he and Ethan exchanged looks - might as well do this now.
Benny broke free of the invisible bindings that bound him to the chair, and quickly said a spell to cut the power. The audience was stunned, snapping out of the trances they were all in as Walter roared loudly. Ethan tried to calm everyone down as people flooded out of the room.
Benny made a beeline to the stage, dashing past everyone to help his girlfriend, who was passed out on the stage. She had fallen off the bed, and Walter seemed to have disappeared. Benny's eyes widened, and he just sighed, pulling Sky onto his back and signalling Ethan to go.
So they left, leaving the chaos of what Walter had caused, swearing that they heard the evil cackles of Walter drowning behind them.
"And the events of the 'hypnotist mayhem' that had occurred last night is currently being treated for by the police. Police are asking for any witnesses who were at the show last night to please call police as soon as possible - and if anyone finds the girl who was hypnotized at the show last night, that would also be appreciated. Now for the weather, here is Marcus Holida - "
Sky, dressed in a hoodie and Roots sweatpants, sipped her coffee as she turned off the TV. It was Saturday, and she was home all day. After the events of last night - in which she couldn't actually remember, conveniently - she had been feeling really drowsy and lazy, so she had the house to herself while her parents were visiting one of the local supernatural colleges.
Her doorbell rang, and she groaned, pulling herself up and shuffling towards the door. She yawned, slipping the hood on her messy bun of hair and opening the door, greeted with a cold, autumn breeze and two familiar faces.
"Hey." She mumbled lowly, and Benny and Ethan exchanged looks on the spot. Benny nodded, and Ethan smiled weakly, walking past Sky and into the living room. Benny pecked her cheek as she blushed a bit, allowing Benny pass as she slowly closed the door - her head pounded against her skull.
She made them her signature hot chocolate, and Benny smiled thankfully. Ethan looked at the TV, and then at Sky. Sky knew that Ethan was going to start asking questions about the night before, and she wasn't looking forward to them.
"So, are you going to go to the police?" Ethan asked, going straight to the point. Benny looked up, lowering the mug. Sky just sat down on the couch, digging her hands far into her grey pockets, staring at Ethan. Benny smiled at the taste of hot chocolate.
Sky scoffed. "Yeah, I'm just going to tell them everything I remember."
Benny rolled his eyes at the sarcastic remark, and Sky just smiled, sipping her hot chocolate. She looked at the door, desperate to change the subject as quickly as she could. "So...did Rory come with you guys?"
Benny shook his head. "No, he went to visit Erica tonight." Ethan sighed. "I would've went, but I couldn't super zoom there." He paused. "Plus, I wanted to check on how you were doing, so I just stuck with Benny boy here." He said awkwardly, and Benny gave him a weird look. Sky sighed.
"Look, Ethan, I'm doing fine. A bit rush, but I am good." She scowled, and looked blankly at the TV; she knew herself she was lying to herself, and her best friends. She wasn't okay - her head was banging against her skull, and a sudden urge was coursing through her veins. She didn't know what to tell them.
"It doesn't look like it." Benny finally said, and Sky just shrugged. Benny scooted towards her.
"Look, Sky, I really want to help you. If you feel anything, just please tell me." Sky smiled a fake grin towards her boyfriend, and he definitely saw through the lie she was placing down. "There's nothing wrong, Benny. I'm just tired." She had responded.
Ethan sighed. "I'm going to go to the bathroom."
Sky nodded - "You know where it is!" She said feebly - and Ethan had exited the room, leaving Sky and Benny alone. Sky's eyes suddenly widened, the pounding in her head intensifying as she looked at her boyfriend.
"So, Sky, I was thinking that maybe we can go to a movie or something - I am really ready to see the new James Bond movie. Apparently, Sam Smith arranged the soundtrack, but I, along with many other people, still think that Muse should be the people writing the score and -"
Sky just breathed heavily, knocking over her hot chocolate on the couch and walking towards Benny. He scrambled to his feet.
"S-Sky?" He stammered. "I-I have a feeling you don't want to talk about James Bond."
Sky just stared Benny down as she flipped Benny with one arm, face emotionless as Benny yelped, flipping onto his back as Sky pinned him on the ground. Her eyes were dull as she placed her hand on Benny's neck, choking him. Benny sucked in a breath of air, nearly choking at the lack of air as the grip tightened.
"S-Sk -" He managed to choke out, his face paling as Sky just smiled.
"Alone." She whispered. "All alone."
She repeated the five letter word, and Benny was faintly closing his eyes, the air running out. He was once told someone could survive three minutes without air, and he knew that Tom Cruise made it six minutes, so the least he could do was try for four...or maybe three and a half...
"Alone. Alone. Alone." Sky whispered, and Benny blinked - never mind; he was definitely not going to last about two minutes at this rate.
"Sky, I think you are running low on toilet paper. I mean, I was fine, but I think you're going to have to get some more - " Ethan stated, walking in on Sky and Benny on the ground. He saw a glimpse of Sky's hand, which was on Benny's neck. He could hear Benny's pained grunts.
"BENNY!" He yelled out, dashing into the living room and yanking Sky off Benny. Sky growled, hitting her head on the carpet as she was knocked out, unconscious. Benny took the biggest breathe ever, coughing and hacking as color rushed to his face. His blinked, slowly getting up with the help of Ethan.
The two laid Sky on the couch, and she stirred, waking up. Benny sat a bit farther from her, a bit traumatized at what had just happened - his girlfriend nearly killed him, and now she was knocked unconscious, which was also making him nervous.
"Sky?" He whispered. Sky blinked widely.
"Mm..." She moaned, focusing her stare at Ethan and Benny. "What happened?"
Walter stood above the Whitechapel Community Center, cackling - as soon as he broadcast the satellite to send the telepathic rays to make all the supernatural people he hypnotized kill everyone, Whitechapel would have no choice, but to bow down to him. The plan was flawless - he just hoped it wouldn't go wrong because of those two supernatural boys. The Seer, the spellmaster; all could have deadly impacts on the plan.
"Soon, this town will be mine, and soon, the world!" He cackled.
Footsteps were echoing behind him. "Not so fast."
Walter turned around, and scowled when he saw Ethan, Benny and Skylar, the girl he had hypnotized the night before. Instead of showing any fear, he just grinned, clapping at all three of them mockingly. Skylar looked fragile, and Benny was looking a bit paler. Ethan, however, stood his ground.
"Oh, is it not the Scoobie gang. Those meddling kids." He hissed, and Ethan growled at him.
"You're a bender. We know your plan - trying to get all those hypnotized people to kill everyone. Well, the heroes aren't going to give in to anyone - even if you are going to play with our minds like toys." Ethan shot back. Benny nodded, and Sky smiled bravely.
Walter closed his eyes, using his powers to bring forward three bent vampires. Ethan groaned - it was some people he recognized from the Vampire Council. He also saw them at the hypnosis show last night, so he must've bent them too.
Benny kicked one of the vamps in the chin, sending them groaning. Benny smirked, taking the opportunity to lock them in a headlock, and pull out a stake from his sleeve and stab him in the heart - not like Anastasia would ever notice. Plus, he could sense that the charm wasn't going to get out soon. He hated the Vampire Council, anyway.
Ethan, with the help of Benny, fought against the other two vampires, smiling as Ethan landed an uppercut on the vampire's jaw. The vampire hissed, throwing a punch that connected with Ethan's jaw. Ethan growled in pain, tasting blood in his mouth.
Benny narrowed his eyes as he pulled out a Nerf/stake gun from his backpack, throwing it to Ethan, who smiled as he shot the vampire in the eye. Walter watched in astonishment as Benny grabbed the other vampire, pushing him towards Ethan, who plunged a stake in his chest, killing them.
Sky smirked as she walked slowly towards Walter. "It's over."
Walter shook his head, grinning as his eyes started to grow yellow again. "It's not over. It's not over until I say it is, and I am telling you now, Skylar Bryans, that the plan I have made is definitely not over!" He shrieked.
Sky trembled at the power, but fought it hard, focusing on her only master - herself.
"I-I am not afraid of you." She gritted out through her teeth, and Walter laughed at the struggle. "I know you are caving in, Skylar. Join me. Join this cause." Sky shook her head, closing her eyes as she stuttered through a Latins spell and shot it at Walter, who shrieked loudly, disappearing into thin air in black smoke.
Sky had said an oblivion spell.
"And nobody calls me Skylar." She huffed proudly, and Benny tightened her in a hug. Ethan joined in as well, the three of them embraced in the depths of the darkness outside. Sky smiled at her two boys, grinning.
"So how about some Spectre?" She asked. Benny pumped his fist in the air triumphantly, and the three of them walked to Sky's car, and to the movie theater, laughing like the good times.
Talia drove along the empty highway, that lead along the edge of the mountain, humming Adele's new song. She kept her eyes on the road, which was lit up by her car's headlights. She was coming home to make a special comeback - she planned it all weekend with him. It was the best.
But as she drove a corner and stopped, a broke down, red car darted her way. She gasped, yanking against the wheel, but it was too late.
The cars collided, and Talia's car tumbled off the mountain, into the darkness. Some bystander saw it happened, and whipped out the phone quickly, climbing out of the car and trying to get down to help Talia, who was in the car, unconscious.
The man in the mask of the black car smiled, driving away before anyone could say anything.
...
"Do you hear the bones cracking?" The man said ominously.
"That's a warning."
A/N- Was that good? I certainly hope so :)
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