Chapter 3

As Kegan was walking out of the school following after Pogue and Caleb, Chase came and grabbed her by her arm. "Hey, I honestly didn't think that Pogue would get kicked out of his place on the team. I just wanted to let you know that. I'm sorry. I know how upset he is and I didn't mean for that to happen. This doesn't ruin anything between us does it?" Kegan couldn't believe him. He still thinks that there is something going on between them.

"As friend's… no." she told him. "I have to go. Pogue is really upset." She turned around to see Reid and Tyler staring at them.

"Bye I'll see you later." He replied after her.

"That asshole. What is he thinking?" Reid spat.

"I don't like him." Tyler stated.

"Neither do I." Reid replied before Kegan came up to them.

"Lets go." She told them. She climbed into the back of Tyler's Hummer. Caleb and Pogue had already left for Nicky's.

"Hey you guys go on ahead, I need to get something out of the room." Reid replied opening the door to the passenger side and sticking his head in.

"We'll wait." Tyler told them. Reid glanced at him before turning back to Kegan.

"Yeah, hurry back." Kegan told him with a soft smile on her face.

"I got something on my pants and I wanted to change them. You guys go on, I'll meet you there. I just want to change." Reid told them.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Kegan asked a huge smile came across her face. Tyler looked at Reid with a smile too. Reid glared at him.

"It'll just be a minute." Reid told her. "I'll be right back."

"Am I waiting or not? You just confused me." Tyler chimed in.

"Yeah wait." Reid told him annoyed. Kegan looked over at Tyler who shrugged his shoulders. Reid pulled his jacket tight around his body as he made his way back to the school.

Chase was fixing to go into his room, when a pair of hands grabbed him by his jacket and threw him up against the wall. Reid was in his face in a second. "Listen, we need to get some things straight." Reid spat. "Stay away from my girlfriend. She's not interested. Second, you think you're all badass because you got Pogue's spot on the team, don't get too comfortable. That's going to change real soon. I know you had something to do with him losing today and I am going to find out what it is. Stay away from Kegan if you know what is best for you."

"We are just friends. I'm sure she can have friends and doesn't need your permission for that." Chase was brave.

"You asked her out already." Reid told him.

"So what. She is a pretty girl. I didn't know if she had a boyfriend or not."

"Just stay away from her. You don't know who you are messing with."

He let him go and walked away. Chase had a smile plastered on his face before sticking his key in the door. Reid straightened his jacket and walked outside letting the cold air hit his face before pulling his toboggan down. He made his way to the Hummer.

"I thought you were changing your pants?" Kegan asked as he opened the door.

"Yeah I didn't feel like it. Once I got into the school, I thought about walking up those stairs and I was like um..no." Reid smiled at her. "I don't think the spot is noticeable."

Kegan laughed. "Well can we go now. I am hungry and Caleb is probably wondering where we are at."

"Yeah." Reid climbed in and shut his door. He looked over at Tyler and nodded his head. Tyler looked back towards the front before putting the hummer into drive and driving out of the parking lot.

Soon they pulled up to a very packed Nicky's. Kegan sighed as she got out. She knew Pogue wasn't in a good mood. She didn't know why he decided to come here, but she saw his motorcycle parked close to the door. "This is going to be a fun night." Reid replied sarcastically approaching Kegan. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders as they made their way into the bar. Kegan spotted Caleb and Pogue sitting at a table.

"Where have you guys been?" Caleb asked.

"Reid needed to change his pants." Kegan told him, "then he decided not to."

"I didn't feel like walking up the stairs." Reid admitted. Caleb laughed shaking his head.

"You alright?" Kegan asked looking over at Pogue.

"Yeah peachy." He replied. Kegan nodded her head and turned to look to see who all was there.

"Hey you guys want to go play pool?" Tyler asked noticing a table was open.

"Sure I'm in." Caleb got up from the table.

"Yeah me too." Reid took of his jacket and scarf before smiling at Kegan who was shaking her head.

"Naw, I'm just a going to sit here." Pogue told them. They watched as the boys walked away.

"Do you want to talk?" Kegan asked.

"No, not really." Pogue told her.

"I'm here." She replied.

"I know." He laid his hand over hers and gave it a little squeeze. "This sucks so bad." He finally replied. "My mom is going to be pissed."

"Pogue, its just one meet."

"Yeah I doubt that."

"When you show coach Rogers that you are doing better, then he will give you your spot back. He has to."

"No Kegan. He doesn't. He wants to win. Did you see how Chase swam today? He did awesome. Coach wants awesome."

"You are awesome Pogue."

"Just stop ok. Its not going to make me feel better."

"I'm not trying to make you feel better. I am trying to tell you that you don't suck. You are awesome. All of you are. You had one bad day. Everyone is bound to have one bad day."

"I've never had a bad day before in the four years that I have been swimming for this team."

"You just need to practice. If you want, I'll practice with you. The boys will practice with you."

"I don't want to practice. I want to be on the damn team!" Pogue slammed his fist down on the table before getting up and storming away. Kegan sighed before looking towards the door. In walked Chase. He looked like someone beat the hell out of him. Immediately Kegan rushed over to him.

"What happened?" she asked looking at him. His face was bruised and he had a busted lip. "Who did this to you?"
"It's nothing." Chase told her.

"Nothing? You looked like someone took a baseball bat to you."

"It doesn't hurt as bad as it looks."

"Chase what happened?"

"Nothing, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Where at?"

"School. I was going to my room."

"Who?"

"I don't know. He came up from behind."

"Come here, let me look at you." Kegan grabbed his hand and brought him over to their table. "Does it hurt?"

"Not too bad."

"Let me get you some ice." She quickly got up and walked over to the bar. She was gone long enough for Reid to look over at the table and see Chase sitting there. Reid glared at him before looking closely. He noticed someone had beaten the hell out of him.

"You guys what happened to Chase?" Caleb asked looking over at him as well.

Tyler looked up and saw Chase's face. He quickly glanced over at Reid, who shook his head. "I don't know." Reid replied.

"He looks like he got hit by a truck." Tyler said.

Caleb laughed. "Let's finish this game later. I want to go see what happened to him." He laid down his pool stick and walked over to Chase. Reid and Tyler followed.

"Here's your ice." Kegan replied softly laying the ice on his face.

"Thanks." Chase replied laying his hand over hers. But she quickly pulled away when she saw Caleb coming.

"Hey man you ok?" Caleb asked.

Chase looked over at Reid. "What the hell happened to you?" Tyler asked.

"He was jumped in the dorms." Kegan told them.

"Who?" Caleb asked.

" I don't know, I didn't see his face."

"One guy did this to you?" Reid asked.

"Yeah." Chase replied coldly. Kegan looked over at Reid.

"Are you alright?" Tyler asked.

"I'll live." Chase told him. "I just need to watch my back from now on."

"Yeah I would do that." Caleb told him. He looked around the table. "Where's Pogue?"

"He stormed off." Kegan told him. "He's still pissed." She regretted saying that with Chase sitting there. "Sorry." She replied.

"Don't worry about it. You warned me." He told her.

"Yeah, well I didn't think you would get beat up for it." She told him.

"I'll be ok. Don't worry about me." Chase got up from the table. "I am going to go though. I need to get some rest."

"Do you want someone to go with you? I mean I don't think its good that you are alone." Kegan suggested.

"No ill be fine." He smiled at her, but then looked over at Reid who was glaring at him. Kegan looked over and caught the glare. She stared at him until she saw Tyler nudge him in the arm. Reid glanced over at her and smiled.

"Listen I am going to go find Pogue. I think I pissed him off." Kegan replied. "Be careful."

"I will." Chase told her. "I'll see you guys later." He turned around with a smile on his face as he made his way to the door.

"Ok, someone needs to tell me what is going on?" Caleb asked turning his focus back to his friends. "There was a lot of tension in this group right then."

"I don't know what you are talking about." Tyler replied.

"Reid spill it." Caleb told him.

"Why do you always think its me?"

"Because he kept looking at you. What did you do? Did you do that to him?"

"No." he looked at Caleb, who didn't believe him. "I swear!"

"What did you do?" Caleb asked.

Reid groaned, he knew he had to tell Caleb. "I just told him to stop going after Kegan. I swear I didn't beat the hell out of him. I don't know who did that to him. I just pushed him up against the wall and got in his face. That's it. I didn't 'use'. I just simply pushed him up against the wall, my eyes were blue the whole time. You would have known if I was 'using' anyways."

"Why did you do that?" Caleb whispered.

"He wont leave her alone Caleb. You know damn well what he's been doing. He wont stop touching her and grabbing her. Its getting on my nerves."

"Reid, he is just being friendly."

"He asked her out already."

"So did Chase Collins."

"He's dead."

"Do you believe that? Because earlier today it sounded like you weren't convinced of that." Caleb was in Reid's face.

"Caleb, I don't know what is going on in that head of yours, but you bossing people around it getting a little old. Chase is dead I know it. I didn't touch Chase today. So you can stop thinking that I did that to him. I swear to you I didn't."

"So who did then Reid? Huh?"

"I don't know."

"Here comes Kegan you guys. You need to stop." Tyler told them laying a hand on Reid's shoulder.

"Why don't you ever trust me huh?" Reid ignored Tyler.

"Because half the time you are lying."

"I never lie to you Caleb. You always just assume things." Reid replied. "I am getting tired of it."

"What's going on?" Kegan asked walking up.

"Ask your boyfriend." Caleb replied.

Reid glared at Caleb. "Nothing." He wouldn't take his eyes off Caleb.

"Reid." Kegan replied.

"I said nothing. Your brother just gets into my business too much."

"What business is that Reid? Why don't you enlighten us on that." Caleb told him.

"Stop." Kegan replied.

"Go to hell Caleb." Reid spat.

Caleb smiled. "No, that's where you'll be going."

"What's your problem?" Reid got up in Caleb's face.

"You are Reid. You don't know when to stop." Caleb told him. Kegan got in between them and tried pushing Reid away.

"To hell with this. I'm leaving." Reid grabbed his coat and scarf and stormed out of the bar.

"Well this is just nice. Pogue stormed out and now Reid. Anyone else want to go?" Kegan replied.

"I'm done with this." Caleb replied. He grabbed his things and left as well. "I'll see you at home."

Kegan looked up at Tyler. "What's going on?" she asked. "What's happening with everyone?"

"Change." Tyler replied.

"Tyler, talk to me."

"I cant." He told her grabbing his coat and walking past her.

"Do what?" she asked after him but he didn't turn around. She grabbed her things and followed him. She watched him get into his Hummer and drive away. She looked to the side and saw Reid standing against the wall. He looked over at her. "Care to explain?" she asked walking over to him.

"Not really." He replied leaning off the wall and walking over to her.

"Well I guess we have to walk, so I guess you can summarize the story for me."

"Can we just go to the cliffs for a little while?"

"Reid what's wrong?" Kegan asked.

"Nothing I just want to be with you." He replied softly.

"Reid, some things wrong. Why wont you talk to me?"

"Let's just go to the cliffs." He told her. He held out his hand for her to grab it. She hesitated but grabbed it. He squeezed it and pulled her along as they began walking along the road to the school. Reid watched as a black Navigator passed them.

"We have been walking for a while now and you haven't said one word to me." Kegan stated as they began walking through the woods.

"Just thinking." He replied.

"About?"

"Life."

"what about it?"

"What it would be like without the covenant."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah."

"Reid, what's going on with you? You've changed. Is it because you are ascending soon?"

"No."

"Then what?"

"Have you ever wondered why you were put on this earth? I mean what our purpose is?"

"No not really." They got to the clearing in the woods leading to the cliffs. "Reid." She stopped and looked him in the eyes. "Are you alright?"

He pulled her into him and kissed her. It caught her off guard but she gave in and kissed him back. He pulled away "I love you." He told her.

"I love you too." She replied.

Chase climbed into his black Navigator and started the car but didn't move. He knew what was about to happen. He looked in the mirror and touched his eye. It hurt. Its amazing how bad you could make your face look by just slamming it into the wall and few times. He flinched as he touched his left cheekbone. He looked through the window and saw that Reid had stormed out of the bar and was leaning against the wall. Then came Caleb, with Tyler right behind him. Then Kegan. Chase smiled. He watched as she turned around and found Reid up against the wall. He looked in the mirror again, but this time it was the new Chase, it was Chase Collins. He laughed. He looked back through the window and watched as Reid reached for Kegan's hand and as they began walking towards the school. His plan was working, he knew it would only take time. Pogue was off the team and he made sure that he wouldn't be back on for a while. It looked like Reid beat the hell out of him and Caleb didn't believe him. He was tearing the covenant apart one by one. He smiled to himself before putting the car into reverse and backing out of the parking lot and driving to the school for his next plan of action. He couldn't help but laugh at how easy things were.
Kegan sat down on the edge of the cliffs and put her legs over. Reid sat down beside her and pulled her close to him. "You know what I want to do?" she replied.

"What's that?"

"I want to fly."

Reid laughed. "Fly?"

"Yeah. I want to be a bird and just fly to wherever I want."

"Well you cant fly, but you can disappear to wherever you want." He smiled at her and bumped his shoulder into hers.

"Yes, but still. I would like to just soar the skies."

"Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah."

"Don't you find it weird that this guy Chase comes just when the other Chase disappears. He gets Pogue's spot on the team, he asks you out, and he's already friends with half the school now?"

"Who told you he asked me out?"

"Pogue."

"Well yeah its kind of weird. I mean I don't think he's apart of the covenant if that's what you are asking."

"No, I'm not asking that. I just think that weird things are happening and they began happening when he arrived."

"I don't know, maybe we are just paranoid. Caleb is the only one I think who believes that Chase is really dead."

"You still don't think so?"

"No, I really honestly think he is waiting for his next attack. I think it might be at your ascension."

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about this anymore." Reid suggested.

"Yeah maybe not." She replied "What do you want to talk about?"

"hmm…." Reid put his finger to his lips. "Does it have to involve talking?" he asked looking over at her with a smile on his face.

"Um…" Reid was on top of her in an instant. Kegan couldn't help but laugh as his lips came down upon hers. "Ok wait." He replied leaning up.

"What?"

"We make a pact right now and here." He told her. "No disappearing."

Kegan laughed. "I'll try not to."

"Nope, you are going to learn to control this power of yours once and for all and its happening tonight."

"Alright." She nodded her head. Reid nodded his before moving back over to her. He kissed her lips and laid her back on her back. She smiled at him. "Its cold." She told him.

"Not for long." He whispered. "I'll keep you warm."

She smiled at him and nodded her head.

Chase made his way back to the school just as Caleb was pulling up in his mustang. He knew Caleb would be looking for his sister. He smiled to himself before putting the new Chase's face back on. He got out. "Hey man." He replied shutting the door to his navigator and locking it.

"Hey." Caleb did the same with his mustang.

"Decided to come back?"

"Yeah, it wasn't fun anymore."

"Oh sorry.

"Hey did you see where Kegan went?"

"I saw her and Reid walking back to the school. Tyler left them. I think she said something about going to the cliffs."

"The cliffs?"

"Yeah. I think she wanted to be alone or something I don't know."

"Oh ok. Well I am going to go check on her. You might want to put ice of that." Caleb pointed to his face. Chase nodded his head before moving towards the school. Caleb got the flashlight out of his car before walking towards the cliffs. He turned it on once he got into the woods part to see where he was going. He should know these woods like the back of his hand. He saw the clearing through the wood and decided the moon was giving enough light off to lead the rest of the way without his flashlight. He stuck it in his pocket including both his hands so they could keep warm. He heard a sound and stopped to listen. He heard nothing and started again. He walked a little further and heard another sound. This time he turned around. Nothing and he didn't hear anything. Then he heard giggling. He walked faster to the clearing and saw something he never wanted to see in his entire life. "Son of a bitch." He spat.

"Caleb!" Kegan yelled.

Author: UH OH!!! This isn't good. Ok, so you guys found out that it was Chase and he is back!! YAY! No really…haha! Yeah so you got part of his plan, but its not even the biggest part of it. I plan on writing this story all of my Christmas break, which is to Jan 10, so then I will end it then because school is going to kick my tail this next semester and I just want to focus on that for a while. But thanks to you guys who are reviewing. It really means a lot. I hope you guys are liking it. Let me know what you think!! REVIEW!