Discovery
Mitch hissed at the girl between his teeth, fumbling for his gun at the same time. "Now, a pretty little piece like you shouldn't be out here all alone on a evening like this. "
Seri nodded, frozen with fear though her mind and heart were going a hundered miles per hour.
Try your ability, she suddenly though. Wait, he's got his hand over my mouth. Seri bit down hard, ignoring the taste of blood as the man hollered, letting her go.
She felt to the ground, as he shook his hand, pulling his gun as he did. "Now look what yew did! I was just gonna rob you, but now... " He pulled the trigger as she ducked relxivly, letting out a silent sceam as she did so.
Silent though it was, it still had an effect. Mitch let out a cry of pain, holding his head as he fell to the ground, gritting his teeth in pain. Seri took a deep breath, and ran past him, falling as he grabbed her ankle, twisting it. Seri heard it snap, and felt pain shoot up her leg.
Mitch grabbed at his gun, and Seri let out another scream, half delirious with pain and fear. The man gasped, blood welling up behind his eyes as he collasped.
Seri twiched with shock as the blood began to pool in front of her. In a trance she got up, dusted her self off, and limped home.
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Ken Lansya turned around, shock written on his coarse features as Seri limped in.
"Seri? What happened? " He barked out, devoid of sympathy or concern as Seri swallowed hard.
"I got attacked, and I killed him, Dad.. there's blood everywhere, and... oh, my voice. "
"Show me. "
Seri picked up a glass bottle, took in a deep breath, and seemed to almost sigh. The bottle promptly shattered. Ken got up, mind working swiftly. His gaze swept over an old piece of paer, with a phone number on it.
He remebered who gave him that piece of paper. A man with horn rimmed glasses. Said he was a friend of the family. Time to give him a call.
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Mr. Bennet look cuiriously at his ringing phone. I don't recognise this number, he mused. Ah well.
"Hello? "
"Mr. Bennet? This is Ken Lansya. You told me to call a few years ago if my daughters began to show anything unusal... "
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A deep knock sounded on the door. Maggie, home from her date, left off tending to her sister to answer it.
"Hello. Are you Serena? "
"No. I'm Maggie. You must be the people my dad mentioned. Please, come in. "
Seri sat on the ditry old couch, face pale, shivering slightly, eyes wide open. A man and blonde teenager sat down across from her, concern of the former's face, distain on the latter's.
"Can you tell me what happened? "
Seri explained in full detail the events of her trip, eyes still staring into nothingness. Maggie gave her sister a hug as the man nodded.
"We'd like to bring your daughter in, run some tests. "
Maggie looked up suddenly. "How long will she be gone? "
"Just a day or two, maybe more. Nothing for you to worry about. We'll even clean up the whole... incident with the man for you. "
"Why are you doing this? For money? There's nothing we can give you in return. " Maggie said, eyeing the blonde girl with supspicion.
"Shut up, Maggie. " Ken spat as his daughter before turning back to the man, voice as smooth as oil on ice. "Perhaps we can work something out later, Mr. Bennet. " He smiled, baring his teeth in a nightmare of a smile.
"Friend of the family? "
"I knew your cousin. "
"Sarah? You knew Sarah? "
"Yes. Exept, I knew her as Eden. Come on Elle, help Seri out to the car. "
"'Kay. " Elle smiled cheerily, and helped the still stunned Seri to her feet. "Come on, up you go. "
Maggie watched the black car pull away. "Goodbye, sister. "