"Do not fear, child, it is our time" The reflection said and extended her arm to Jade, she looked at it fearfully and stepped back a little.
"Stay away from me" Jade ordered and turned around covering her face. She opened her eyes in the morning and smiled, this time she could remember what had happened, she could remember going to bed after that thing had vanished.
Jade didn't know what had happened but she was not going to tell anyone about it, she knew no one would believe her and she risked getting locked away; however, after that night she stopped telling herself monsters did not exist, they did and they were just waiting for her to drop her defenses.
Jade went to school and the gang decided to hang out together that afternoon so they all went to Tori's house. They ordered pizza, watched movies and they were now playing cards as they usually did.
"So, what do you guys think we should do for the project?" Tori asked as she put her card on the table.
"I say we should make monologues for all of us" Beck suggested.
"God no, those are incredibly boring" Jade commented.
"Then what do you suggest?" He asked.
"A drama, one that involves actually acting" She responded and they thought about it.
"Okay but what would it be about?" Andre asked and Jade started thinking of ideas but after a few seconds her sight became blurry and it all turned black. Jade's body was just staring into space with a blank expression.
"Jade? What would it be?" Tori asked when they realized she wasn't moving.
"Jade? No girl, much, much older" Jade said in a deeper and raspier voice so they looked at each other confused.
"What? What are you talking about? Is this part of your idea?" Beck asked and chuckled as took a sip of water. Jade simply threw the cards to the center and placed her hands on the table top, which was made of glass.
"So?" Andre asked and Jade stared at him coldly. "Jade, this is not funny"
"My name isn't Jade" Jade said angrily and suddenly the glass started cracking so they moved their hands away and she laughed. They looked at each other confused and then all the lights started going on and off uncontrollably so they stood up scared.
"What's happening?" Cat asked as she hugged Andre.
"I don't know" He said as he, Cat, Tori and Robbie stood a few feet away from the table and Beck stayed next to Jade.
"Hey, what is going on? Jade, talk to me" Beck said worriedly and she turned to him with a malicious smile on her face.
"Sh" She said as she put her finger on her nose and then started laughing, the lights stayed on and the gang looked at each other.
"I wanna go" Cat whispered and they nodded, they tried to walk to the garden because it was the closest way out but then the door slammed closed.
"Ah!" Tori screamed and they turned around to see Jade standing and looking at them.
"Please stop, please stop this" Beck demanded trying to control his own fear.
"Why are you leaving? Come sit down again" Jade said and smiled but they could sense something was off, she wasn't herself yet. "Do it" she ordered and they had to obey, they couldn't escape anyway.
"Who are you?" Beck finally asked, it was clear they weren't talking to Jade anymore.
"It is time, it is time for amunet to be who she really is" Jade said seriously.
"Who's amunet?" Andre asked and Jade smiled.
"You shall see" Jade affirmed and looked at all of them. "Stay out of the way…don't make me hurt you" She said cynically and stood up, she calmly put her jacket on, grabbed her purse and left the house while they stayed there completely frozen.
"What the hell did just happen?" Tori asked confused and scared.
"I…I think we just witnessed a possession of some sort" Beck said, there was no other possible answer.
"Come on, we are adults…the devil does not exist" Andre said.
"Then how do you explain this? The glass, the door and the lights?" Robbie asked.
"I don't know but…it can't be a possession" He responded. "She must've had help, which one of you was it?"
"Don't be ridicuous, Andre, this wasn't a joke" Tori said nervously. "Something is wrong with her"
"I'm scared" Cat said with tears in her eyes and Beck sighed.
"So am I"
Jade opened her eyes next morning and found herself on the sofa of her living room, she didn't remember anything either so she closed her eyes in frustration. "Not again…" She whispered and made her way to the staircase but then something caught her attention, there were marks on the floor, it was a path from the front door to the basement; it seemed something filthy had been dragged down there so she took a breath and decided to take a look.
Jade opened the door to the basement and walked downstairs carefully, she turned on the lights and at first she didn't see anything but then another light turned on by itself and she looked at it, there was a big industrial refrigerator that Jade didn't even remember buying but she walked towards it anyway. "What is this…" She asked herself and opened it only to immediately drop the cover again and walk back in shock.
There was a body inside the refrigerator, it was a young man and his throat had been slit; he had marks of teeth on his face and neck as well and his eyes were open. Jade covered her mouth completely appalled and when she turned to the side she saw herself in the mirror; she was wearing her own clothes but she had blood all over her them and some on her mouth as well.
"No, no, no…" Jade said and shook her head terrified. "Oh god" she said and started crying, she simply ran upstairs and went straight to her bathroom to shower. She needed to clean herself, she didn't know what had happened but she could imagine it and she was terrified but after thinking about it for a while she decided she wouldn't surrender, she would fight and face her reality, she would get rid of the body and move on with her life. She got ready for school and went to the motel as she did every morning hoping for no bad news, she needed to keep everything under control.
"Morning miss" Martha said.
"Hey, um…any news?" Jade asked.
"No, everything has been calm around here and Anne didn't tell me anything" Martha responded and Jade nodded. "Well, there is something but it might not be a big deal"
"What is it?" She asked.
"One of our guests has not returned and he didn't pay off the room, he only gave us half of the money and said he would pay it off when he left but he hasn't returned" Martha commented. "But maybe he will come"
"Who is it? Where did he go?" Jade asked.
"That's the thing, his motorbike is still outside but he is not in the room…He was yesterday but this morning when I knocked for breakfast he wasn't inside" Martha explained and Jade thought about it.
"Let me see his ID" She demanded and Martha handed her the ID card, she looked at it and immediately recognized it: it was the man she had in the freezer but she couldn't show her surprise so she only gave it back. "Well, if he doesn't come back we'll have to keep his motorbike as an insurance" Jade simply commented. "Give him today and then prepare the room for a new guest"
"Okay, will do" Martha said and Jade nodded. "Miss, may I ask you a question?"
"Sure" Jade said not really paying attention.
"Why have you not told your friends that your parents passed away?" Martha questioned curiously and Jade glared at her so she got nervous.
"That is none of your business, Martha but you better not say otherwise if they come again, understood? I told them what I believed appropriate at the moment and it'll stay that way unless I say so" Jade said.
"Yes miss, I'm sorry" Martha said and Jade sighed.
"I'll see you later, bye" She simply said and left the room to get in her car; John Higgins, twenty two, that was the man she had killed and could not get out of her head. "I got this" She said to herself and drove off.
Jade arrived to Sikowitz's classroom and saw her friends so she approached them as usual. "Hey" She said and they looked at her scared. "What is it? It seems you just saw a ghost" she added and laughed.
"You don't remember?" Beck asked and she felt her blood going cold, they knew something but she decided to play it cool.
"Remember what?" Jade asked back.
"You…you changed last night" Tori informed and Jade stared at them confused.
"What do you mean?" She asked pretending not to know.
"Jade, you couldn't have forgotten" Andre said. "You played a hell of a trick on us, didn't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, we only played cards" Jade affirmed.
"You cracked the table, made the lights go crazy and shut the door from feet away" Tori informed. "Even your voice changed, you were terrifying"
"I…I don't remember any of that" Jade said sincerely. "You're lying to me, aren't you?" she asked pretending to be confused, she didn't know if she could tell them the truth.
"We are not, Jade, you scared the hell out us" Beck informed and she looked down.
"Was that all that happened?" Jade asked.
"You wanted more? Yeah, that was it...I mean, all that and you also threatened us and then just left" Tori responded.
"I threatened you how?" She asked.
"You said weird stuff, I don't know…You told us to stay out of the way or that you'd hurt us" Tori responded.
"You also talked about someone called Amunet or something" Andre added.
"Amunet?" Jade asked surprised and they nodded.
"Who is Amunet?" Beck questioned and Jade looked at them nervously.
"I don't know" Jade said sincerely and looked down. "I don't remember any of that"
"What do you remember?" Beck asked.
"I don't know, Beck, I…I was playing cards and then I was home this morning" Jade responded.
"You arrived home at some point so that's good" Beck said and she sighed mortified.
"Didn't your parents see you?" Cat asked and she looked at them confused for a second but then she remembered her lie.
"No" Jade simply responded. "Listen, I know this is really hard to believe but that wasn't me"
"You mean you were possessed? That's impossible" Andre affirmed. "Just admit you did a trick on us, admit it"
"That's enough, Andre" Beck demanded.
"No I didn't, I don't know what happened but it's been happening for days...and this thing, whatever it is, has been chasing me since I was a kid" Jade confessed and took a breath. "It's always been there, I knew it but no one ever believed me, even I started to think I was going mad but it's real, it's here...it's here to hurt me" she said with a shaky voice and teary eyes, it was clear she was freaked out. "I know you don't believe me, nobody does but if you tell anyone about this I'll deny it, I'm not getting locked up" she warned.
"Okay, calm down...let's think things calmly" Beck said. "I believe you, I want you to know that" He added and she looked at him surprised.
"You do?" She asked and he nodded.
"I saw it and I know you are not crazy, until yesterday I didn't think any of this existed but I can't ignore what we witnessed" Beck said and she exhaled relieved as she nodded a little. "If you say this thing has been with you forever then why haven't your parents reached out to the church or something?"
"My parents never believed it" She explained.
"Well, they have to now, we saw it ourselves" Tori said and Jade looked to the side nervously.
"My parents are not part of this discussion, okay? And...now that I think of it, this was a mistake, you all need to stay away too, that thing warned you for a reason" Jade affirmed and looked at Beck. "I think it's best if we stay away from each other"
"What are you saying? No, of course not, we can't let it win" Beck said.
"And I can't let it hurt you, I've seen what it can do" She responded.
"What do you mean?" Tori asked.
"Just..." She started but she couldn't tell them about the murders. "I just know it's dangerous, believe me...I could hurt you and I don't want that" Jade said to them but Beck shook his head. "You have to stay away from me, I don't want you around"
"Jade, don't do this" Beck said as he shook his head but she simply took a breath.
"It's my life and my decisions, it's done, we're done"
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