AN: Thanks to all the guests and Kat for your reviews. This is another chapter. Hope you like it. Please read and review. Thank you!

Chapter 3: Mind Playing Tricks

"Thank you!" said Kai.

He stepped out of the car after killing the driver. Of course taking a life didn't mean anything to Kai. He pretended as if he hasn't done anything terrible. Kai started walking towards the Whitmore campus. He was there to finish what he started eighteen years ago. He was there to kill the twins. Kai wanted to eliminate his competition before finding out Jo and merge with her.

While Kai was walking across the parking lot, he suddenly stopped in his track and the smile from his face dropped as well. He quickly turned around but didn't see anyone.

"That's weird." Kai said to himself because he could swear that he just saw a glimpse of Evelyn. She was talking on the phone. Kai closed his eyes shut and sighed out heavily. Evelyn couldn't be here. She wasn't alive anymore. He killed her himself. Kai inwardly scolded his mind for playing tricks with him. He again started walking not knowing that his mind wasn't playing any tricks at all.

On the other hand, Charlene was talking to her mom over the phone. "Yes mom, I've already submitted all my forms. I've checked out my dorm room too. It's great."

"Haven't you unpacked yet?" Charlene's mom asked.

"I'll do it tonight. But first I need to buy some supplies. I'll give you a call tomorrow" said Charlene. She spotted a taxi and started to walk towards it. Since she didn't have her own car yet in the new town, she would need a taxi to get to the grocery store.

"Okay honey, take care of yourself."

"Okay mom, love you!"

Charlene pushed her phone into her jeans pocket. She doubled over to talk to the driver. But then she saw that the driver was sleeping. He also had a earbud in his ear. Something didn't seem right to Charlene.

"Excuse me? Hello!" Charlene said loudly enough but the man didn't wake up. She frowned in confusion. Then suddenly Charlene's eyes fell on a red line on the man's throat. Her eyes widened and she immediately checked the man's pulse on his neck. It didn't take time for Charlene to realize that it was a dead body. And not just a dead body but a murder case. Someone must have strangled him to death. How cruel! Charlene quickly stepped away from the taxi and pulled out her phone to dial 911. The operator picked up quickly.

"911, what is your emergency?"

"I- I found a dead body, there's a dead body in the taxi" said Charlene with shaking tone of voice. To say that she was freaking out, it would be an understatement. Charlene never saw a victim of a murder case before. In films sure but not in real life. She was absolutely terrified. Charlene even looked away from the dead body because she couldn't stare at it anymore.

"Miss. what is your location? Can you tell us your location? Please do not panic. Try to calm down."

"I- I'm at the Whitmore college campus parking lot. Please come soon."

While Charlene was waiting for the cops to come, Kai found out that the twins weren't attending any classes for that day. He asked around a little bit and found out where Olivia worked. Kai decided to go over there and pay his little sister a visit. While he was walking out of the campus, he noticed that the cops were surrounding the taxi. Obviously someone has found the dead body and informed the cops.

"Boy, things sure work here fast in this decade." Kai said to himself. He was about to walk away but again he saw a glimpse of Evelyn. Kai immediately looked back and there was a girl but the cops were surrounding her. Kai tried to get a better look at her but couldn't. Not to mention he gave up pretty easily too because Kai knew that his Evelyn was gone. She wouldn't be here. Shaking his head to himself, Kai walked away from there.

"How long have you been a student here?" A female cop asked Charlene.

"I'm a freshman. I just got here. Today I submitted my papers. I haven't even started attending my classes yet. I was gonna go to a grocery store, that's why I stopped by the taxi and then, I-"

"You found the dead body." The cop completed the sentence for her. Charlene glanced at the dead man. The cops were taking him away. Most possibly for autopsy.

"He must have a family" said Charlene more to herself than to the cop. She felt sad for the man. The cop also sighed out heavily.

"Right now we don't know for sure but yeah, it's possible that he has a family." The cop put a hand on Charlene's shoulder as a comforting gesture.

"Don't worry you'll find the killer as soon as possible and punish him for such a heartless crime." Charlene nodded her head.

"Please let me know if I could help in any other way officer" said Charlene. After the cops let her go, Charlene started to think whether she should tell her parents about what happened or not. They would certainly get worried and most probably fly to Whitmore right away to see her. Daniel would do the same thing if Charlene told him about it. But she didn't want to bother or worry anyone when everything was alright. Besides, Charlene was a big girl now. She could take care of herself.

After thinking for sometime, Charlene decided not to tell anyone about her finding a dead body. However she decided to get a drink. After what happened, she definitely needed a drink. Charlene checked the google map and found that there was bar nearby the campus. She decided to go there. Only if Charlene knew the day wasn't done traumatizing her.

On the other hand, Kai was already in the bar Liv worked in. He handed over Liv his ID card when she asked for it. Liv looked at the birth date and smiled. "1972, nice try."

"No. True story, but that's not the most interesting thing on that I.D. Here. Look again. Name, address..." As asked Liv read the ID carefully this time.

"Malachai Parker. Oh, my God!" Liv finally realized that her psycho of a brother was out of the prison world. Kai didn't waste any time to hold Liv's hand and siphon out some of her magic.

"Ahhh!" Liv groaned in pain. She tried to get away from Kai but he restrained her using magic.

"Last time I saw you..."

"Aah!" Liv screamed a little. But Kai ignored that completely and kept talking.

"I was trying to kill you. Why don't we pick up where we left off?" Kai asked cheerfully. Liv glared at him.

"I don't think so." She stabbed Kai with something and ran towards the door. But Kai locked it with magic that he just took from Liv.

"Life is so much easier with magic." Every door Liv ran to, Kai closed it and locked them with magic.

"Feels kind of like cheating. I'm sad you didn't recognize me. That means dad erased all trace of my existence- family pictures, movies, little hand print turkey I made. What a dick!" Liv finally ran up the stairs. Kai followed her.

"You stay the hell away from me." Liv used her magic that she recovered a little bit and pushed a table towards Kai.

"You were always so bad at hide-and-seek. I mean, you were 4, but still, find a better hiding spot." Kai used Liv's magic and pushed that table out of the way. He was approaching Liv but suddenly Tyler appeared there and shoved Kai over the balcony edge. When Kai fell, he hit his head and blacked out.

"I think she did just fine." Tyler spat out to the unconscious Kai. Then he looked at Liv.

"Let's get out of here." They ran away from there together. Not long after that, Charlene came to the bar obviously unaware of what just happened there. When she saw the entrance door closed, she thought that the bar was close but there was no closed sign on the door. So, she twisted the doorknob, just to check. The door indeed opened for Charlene. When she poked her face inside, she saw that the entire bar was empty. And not only that but a man was lying unconscious on the floor.

"Oh my god!" Charlene rushed inside. The surroundings told her that a fight took place in that bar. The unconscious guy must be the victim. Charlene thought. Obviously she had no idea who he was. She rushed to the stranger and nervously checked his pulse. Charlene dreaded the thought of finding another dead body on the same day. Thankfully this guy was alive.

"Hey! hey! Wake up!" Charlene tried to wake him up. But he didn't move. Charlene looked around and spotted a bottle of water on the counter of the bar. She quickly grabbed it and came back to the poor soul. Charlene sprayed water on the stranger's face. This time he moved a little. Charlene smiled to herself seeing that the stranger was waking up. Kai tried to open his eyes. His vision was quite blurry. But still he could see a face. He saw that Evelyn's face was hovering over his. This time Kai didn't let his mind fool him. Evelyn can never be here. It was all in his mind. She was nothing but his hallucination. Kai firmly said to himself in his mind.

"Are you alright?" Charlene asked worriedly.

"Not really." Kai said with dark sarcasm in his voice. Great, now his hallucination was even talking to him. Kai groaned out a little bit when he felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Okay, just lay here and be still. I'm gonna go get help" said Charlene and she rushed out of the bar. She was already calling 911 as well. When Charlene got out of the bar, she saw an old man getting into his car across the road. Charlene waved her hand at him.

"Excuse me sir! Please I need your help!" The old man crossed the road.

"What happened?"

"There's a man inside the bar. He was unconscious. I woke him up but I don't think he's alright. It seems someone has beaten him up. He needs help." The old man nodded his head in understanding.

"Alright, don't worry. I'll help. Where is he?" Charlene took the man inside the bar. But there was no one there. The bar was completely empty.

"Where did he go?" Charlene asked herself. The old man didn't think she was lying because he saw the state of the place as well.

"I think he has left" said the man.

"But he-" The old man interrupted Charlene.

"Look dear you tried to help him but he's gone now. There's nothing you can do." Charlene nodded in understanding.

"Thanks for coming to help sir." The old man left. Charlene stayed behind though. She couldn't help but wonder where did the stranger go and so fast. He could barely move. Charlene sighed out heavily. She couldn't help but wonder whether she was just having a bad day or this town itself was weird. Little did Charlene know that it wasn't the town but her fate that was going to get her into a lot of trouble in the near future? A lot of trouble indeed.