Yay double the updating, from LoveSparkle-san and Raven! Okay, this my continuation from where my dear friend left off, hope this is as good as her chapter! Hope everyone who's following, has favorited and reviewed this story reads these new chapters because they are chuck full of sweet moments and surprises! Disclaimer: I nor LoveSparkle-san own BTR! We just own the idea of this story's plot and the insanity that comes with it, nothing else! Enjoy!
James slammed the door of his room and sunk to the floor, the apple he had taken from the cafeteria soon turning black and sizzling away into nothing in his left hand.
Well, there goes his breakfast.
'My powers…I'm losing control over them!' That thought pounded against every wall of the pretty boy's skull as he scrambled across the room and sunk his fingernails into the wooden frames of the bookshelves, yanking one large and thick in a pitch black leather coat and falling to his bed.
He threw the book open on its spine against his pillow, ignoring the small paper cuts forming on his fingers as he flipped page after page until he reached a section about one-half through chapter five, scanning over the words with an air of desperation.
'Come on, come on where's that stupid…aha! Here it is! Okay…! Spirits of the darkness hear my plight, restrain these evil desires and form a binding chain against their flight!'
"Open the gate to my mind, grant my wish and leave nothing in sight!" James choked on thin air, eyes rolling into the back of his skull before they went a rich, pupil-less crimson; the incantation he mentally cast was sealed with his final words, the echoes of them spoken out loud ringing in his ears.
The floor of his room began to fall away, replaced by what seemed like the bottomless stomach of a cave; shadows with humanoid shapes rose like stone pillars, all faceless apart from the mouths full of jagged teeth and glowing red eyes. They lifted their long, muscled arms, large swords in hand.
"Do it already, hurry before I-" James' eyes went wide as…black aura poured from his mouth, thick, black markings resembling tattoos forming at the back of his neck; they started to glow the same red of his eyes, fire soon forming around him in a circle.
"DO IT NOW!" The shadows lifted their swords and swung.
James willed every part of him not to scream as a rain of blades sliced right through him, getting caught on a rib or organ; he fell out of bed, thrashing and kicking and hoping the pain would stop soon.
He's done this before; it was the only way to keep his other self at bay but the pain, oh the pain was so great it always felt like the first time even when it wasn't.
The black aura spilling from his paling lips poured like ink onto the shadows' fronts, the fire surrounding him…letting out blood-curdling shrieks before the shadows opened their jaws and inhaled with all their might; the fire and aura came together in a large swirl of red-orange and black before the shadows devoured all traces, moaning as the raw power scorched them from within.
The swords still in James' flesh blew up and dusted away like ashes of a fireplace, his body too weak to hold his weight as he collapsed face-first to the floor.
The shadows' moans grew louder and louder until they, like their swords, exploded in fine splashes of soot and smoke, the floor returning to normal as James' eyes were hazel-green once more.
"Ugh, oh God I hate that…" James groaned weakly, forcing himself to his knees and clasping both hands around his own neck; the inside of his throat felt cut and badly bruised, walls rubbed red and raw from the outburst of power he just had.
With the little energy coming back he focused his mind on his abandoned book; it levitated off the pillow, it rocking badly once or twice from side-to-side, before sluggishly meeting James' outstretched hand, he flinching when the paper cuts got irritated.
Panting he flipped the book back to the page he was on, reading it over once more.
'The effects of this damn thing are supposed to last for at least two months; I've done this already twice this week, the lapses between them are getting shorter and shorter, what's happening to me?' James thought, now worriedly, in his head; he struggled to get to his feet and dumped his book back on his bed, still open on the now marked section of chapter five, before he reached into the pocket of his white skinny jeans and pulled out his small mirror.
He pushed back his sweaty hair and looked closely at his reflection. For someone…not like him, it would only show their physical reflection; for him, however, it showed what was going on inside him.
He saw his face: one eye completely crimson without a pupil, the other still a soft hazel-green; half a section of his soft chocolate hair was longer, at his neck, the other spiky and windblown like normal; the teeth in upper jaw were long and coated in blood, the bottom ones normal; half of his face still had the strange, black chain-like markings against his skin, the other half normal.
A majority of his face was unfamiliar, all dark and…sinister-looking.
" No, no this can't be happening…'What you have concealed, you shall become; when the time is right, your kingdom will arise', no that can't be right! It's all just a stupid legend, it isn't true! Just a story, a fairy tale with no meaning, all just some made up crap. As long as I keep this up, as long as I keep my other self under control and don't lose control over my emotions, my powers will not do a thing. Just stay focused, find your center and make sure all emotion is under control. I can do this, I can keep control. James Diamond does not lose control…" James whispered to himself, gripping his head as a sharp pain started, he dropping the mirror.
What you have concealed, you shall become…
"NO!" James' pillow exploded, the feeling of dread too much for him to contain in his weak state that his powers broke through; tears filled his eyes, eyes on the burned and sizzling fabric.
H-He could hear him still, so loud and clear!
When the time is right, your kingdom will arise…
"Stop it; I won't listen to you…!" James hissed, making for the door only to collapse to his knees when he found the handle.
What you have ran away from, you shall be…
"Stop it, stop it!"
And when you call upon the powers of the dark, no life behind you will leave…
"LEAVE. ME. ALONE!"
James! JAMES!
'I-Intelligence, Intelligence it's you!" The emotion's voice soothed the poor boy, making him lose edge.
James, listen to me! Repeat the spell, change the first line but repeat the seal now!
'O-Okay; My soul, my heart please hear my cries! Block the voice inside until his haunting lie dies!'
"Open the gate to my mind, grant my wish and leave nothing in sight!" Aura once more, though this time pure white, poured from James' lips and engulfed him in seconds, a crimson light struggling to break free from his body only to be tangled amongst the white chains and forced back inside, the white glow leaving him immediately a few minutes later.
James shivered and gripped the door handle tight in spidery, trembling hands; he pulled hard, the door swinging back and he staggering into the hallway, his white sweater's hood following over his head.
Two drains in one day; he was dead on his feet.
"Therapy, group therapy better get over there; wouldn't want the witch to come looking for me", he growled under his breath, straightening his posture and lifting his head.
If anyone could, they would look directly in James' eyes and see those now crimson red and white, crimson and red dead, cold eyes.
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Kendall was nervous.
Kendall was nervous. He fidgeted in his seat, bottle green eyes on his hands across his lap and back prostrate.
Group therapy had started about twenty minutes ago, there were about seven patients in this slot: Logan and Carlos, one sitting on either side of the blonde, a girl named Lucy Stone (an S like them) with red-streaked black hair who could transform into any creature she wanted and take on their animalistic personalities, the blonde Jo Taylor Kendall saw during breakfast (surprisingly an S too, she throwing lustful glances the half-android's way), the other blonde Kendall saw yesterday, Jett Stetson, who apparently died last month but came back to life (again) three days ago, and James himself, sitting cross-legged in his chair with his fingers to his temples.
James was the only C-patient there.
Kendall forced himself to calm down so not to throw up his breakfast, brain reeling.
"And how do you feel about your powers, Lucy?" Kelly asked, writing everything the girl said down on her clipboard. The circle of teens were supposed to be talking about their powers, simple stuff like when did they realize they had them, how they worked and what they felt about them. A majority of the circle already endured the torture, like Carlos and Logan and Jett and Jo; Lucy, Kendall and James were the only ones left.
Lucy leaned back in her chair, smile sadistic. "I love them, which means I can 'prank' those that tick me off and show them not to mess with me; kind of gives me an edge over people, if you know what I mean." She finished with a wink and flash of her perfect teeth.
Logan gulped loudly; Carlos' face was pale like a ghost's, Jo glaring coldly at the other girl while Jett's all-white eyes looked away from her deadly, yet beautiful, smile. Kendall bit his lip, keeping his cool yet the way she said pranking made his skin crawl.
James showed no emotion, eyes closed peacefully.
"Thank you Lucy, I'll have this reported to Gustavo shortly after classes. Kendall, it's your turn dear." Kendall swallowed the lump in his throat and nodded back, Kelly turning to his evaluation sheet with pen ready.
"Start off with your name, dear."
"Kendall, I'm Kendall Knight. Umm, there's not much to tell about me; I'm new here, just came in yesterday and…I'm an android, umm half android and the first bio-tech android ever to be here." He recalled Kelly's words from yesterday, tongue and mouth dry.
Carlos and Logan looked at him in a mixture of awe and shock; they didn't bother to ask their new best friend why he was here during breakfast, it completely slipped their minds!
And Kendall hadn't been thinking about that at the time, so Carlos didn't pick it up via mind-reading either!
"An android huh, ah cute and dangerous…" Jo purred, placing her chin in her palm and leaning forward on her left knee; Lucy just shrugged with another smirk while Jett scoffed; clearly the other blonde boy wasn't impressed.
Logan shot a glare Jo's way, Carlos picking up Kendall's distress when he touched his shoulder.
"Hey being half robot's cool, you get to blow stuff and be like a superhero!" He said, snickering when Kendall stared dully at him.
"I know it's not the point, but hey there are perks!" He added, responding to Kendall's mental droll.
"Right, whatever you say buddy."
"Shush, no more interruptions now. Continue Kendall, we're listening." Kelly butted in, shaking her head at the Hispanic before having her eyes lock with the dirty blonde's.
"Umm…"
"When did you realize you were such a unique young man?" Wait, what kind of question was that? She was there when he woke up.
"I-I don't remember…" The others watched him without a word as Kelly scribbled away, pen tip scratching the paper.
"How do your powers work?"
"I-I don't know, I have no clue what they even are." 'Except for that laser thing', Kendall added mentally; he noticed Carlos's mouth twitch at this.
"I see, and how do you feel about that?" How did he feel, how did he feel? He didn't know if he COULD feel, at least not entirely!
"Kendall, answer the question please." Kelly's tone was harder, colder now; at this Kendall's temper, something he didn't know he had, flared.
"I don't know okay, what's with the questions? Y-You were there when I woke up, you and Gustavo! I don't know anything about my powers or how they work, I woke up yesterday, and Gustavo said I had to be patched up because I was practically dead meat! I don't remember anything; all I know is what you've told me!" The room was dead silent, everyone excluding James staring at Kendall with wide eyes.
Kelly cleared her throat and flipped Kendall's sheet back, angling her body towards James; she was done with the dirty blonde now.
Anger boiled inside him, suddenly everything he was seeing now in a grid-like pattern.
'What the…?'
Carlos reached out and took his hand, flinching and gritting his teeth when the anger, misery and confusion hit him full force along with the swearing echoing in Kendall's head.
"Logie, a little help here please?" The ravenette nodded and grabbed Kendall's other hand, closing his eyes as a light blue glow surrounded Kendall.
In only seconds all his frustration webbed away, as if a giant weight was now off his chest.
He took a deep breath and looked at Logan with wide eyes. "How did y-you…?"
"He'll explain later." Carlos said, he not letting go of the blonde's hand still; neither did Logan.
Kendall wanted to ask more but merely nodded and held his tongue; Kelly moved her stony stare from the three back to James, who was now with his eyes open but his hood up, legs uncrossed.
"Now let's see if we can make some progress time today, James", Kelly began but the pretty boy cut her off with a shark-like grin, eyes in slits.
"Go suck Griffin off, witch." He hissed, forked tongue between his teeth; Lucy and Jett bursting out laughing; Jo looked bored while Logan, who was sitting right next to James, stiffened.
"James, don't go there today."
"Or what, you'll throw out the drug card again? Kelly, Kelly, oh Kelly how stupid can you be? We both know you can't do a thing to me; you're scared, just like everyone else in this hell-hole." James sneered, mouth in a tight line; Kelly opened her mouth but again James cut in, grinning again.
"But I'll humor you; hey you ugly, useless rejects! James Diamond's the name; C-patient is my game! Let see what to tell about me, this idiot here doesn't know what the hell I am because I'm good at keeping secrets, I don't let her or the fat turd try to turn me into an obedient mutt and fun fact, boys and girls! Kelly here is still traumatized from when she was left in charge of me one day two years ago, my first year here! Don't you remember, Kelly? How I was forced to spend the night in that room strapped to a table with a gag in my mouth so no one would hear me scream?"
Kelly's expression was mortified; Carlos' face followed suit as he read her mind, hearing her terror-filled words and feeling the immense waves of fear coming off her.
"J-James, don't bring that-"
"How I'd scream and beg to be let go but you didn't do a damn thing, and when I finally snapped all went black? I made your worst nightmares come alive and attack you, hold you down and laughing in your face as your screamed? How your delicious screams and tears just made music to my ears?"
Okay, now things were getting creepy!
Jo and Lucy and Jett shakily got to their feet and began to back away into the nearest wall, Kelly standing too and clutching her clipboard to her chest as she tried to keep the memories away.
"You don't scare me, James; you're just a kid."
"Oh really now, I'm just a kid?! Can 'just a kid' do this?" James gripped one fist, on his feet; a heavy wind blew, knocking Kendall and Carlos and Logan out of their chairs and into the opposite wall, all the while their…shadows began to rise and grow to the size of stone pillars, all with glowing red eyes. Their arms reached out, fingers stretching and gripping for Kelly's feet.
Kelly's brown eyes grew wide and a choked gasp left her, back meeting the room door. "S-Stop, James stop it right now!"
"What's the matter, Kelly? Are you afraid of the dark?!" James' voice was deeper now, eyes shining as he threw his hand out; the shadows swarmed and tackled Kelly, each striking her like a bullet to the chest.
"AHH!"
"Hey stop it, you're hurting her!" Carlos grabbed James around the waist and tried to force him back but the taller boy was quick on his feet; he snarled into the older boy's face and punched him, hard, in the stomach. Carlos toppled backwards and hit his head on a fallen chair, out cold.
"CARLOS!" Logan shouted, Kendall left to stare wide-eyed at James.
James turned back to Kelly, one shadow's hand around her neck; he walked over and leaned closer to her face, expression showing no remorse.
"Don't. You. Ever. Try. Me. Again. Hag." The shadows dispersed as he snapped his fingers; Kelly was left, pale and violently shaking, by the door, the others frozen in fright.
"Now I'm done today, if you excuse me…" The door was thrown open, what looked like black…magic fading as James stalked out of the room, leaving a mess behind.
Logan looked up from Carlos' still face to Kendall's shocked one; it was obvious the same question was running their heads, they could tell as if they were reading each other's minds like Carlos could.
Just…what the hell is that guy?