The Search

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Chapter 4: Unknown Destination with Known Confusion

"That was really weird," said Kate, looking really worried, as she watched their retreating forms, "he seemed like a nice guy, he said he was her boyfriend from back home," Caleb's eye twitched at the mention of the word boyfriend, but he said nothing, still keeping an eye on the two.

"I don't think that she is very happy about him being here," said Tyler, "I wish we knew why," The group nodded as they all followed Caleb's gaze to the two in the corner.

Marita was very frightened that he was here. It wasn't that long ago that they had parted ways. She had hoped that the last time she had seen him would have actually been the last. She had hoped that maybe he had died. Harsh words, yes, but he was a monster.

Marita had met him at her friend, Sam's party. He was the new guy in town, and Marita was immediately attracted to him, with his sandy blonde hair, and mischievous eyes. His grin is what got her though, it was so playful. His name was Chase Collins, and Marita had fallen in love with him. They started seeing more and more of each other after the party, and eventually started to date. Marita was pretty happy, and it showed. It wasn't till a month into the relationship that she found out that Chase had the same powers as she did. At first, this was the greatest thing that ever could have happened to her. She finally found someone to share her burden with. After a few more months, Chase had started to get more and more anxious. He had kept using and using, until he finally used on her. It started out small, him just using to push her, but then it escalated in to throwing her into things. It came to a head when one night he was angry that she wouldn't stay over, and he ended up throwing her against a wall. Marita was so scared, that she had no idea what to do, so she just layed there in a crumpled heap on Chase's floor. He started to scream at her to get up, to stop being such a baby. She had started to cry, not for the pain that she was in, but for the fact that the guy she thought she loved had just done that to her. He came to her side, rubbing his hand against her cheek.

"You know, I knew all along that you had the same power as me. You have no idea what you are, do you?" Marita looked up at him with frightened eyes, as she saw his had gone completely black. His playful grin had turned evil. She was about to speak, when all of a sudden she saw lightening strike into Chase's room. It struck him square on the chest, and lifted him up off the ground. His screams echoed in her ears, as she took this as her chance to escape. She told no one of that night, not even her mom for then she would of had to reveal her secret as well. Since that night she had not heard from Chase again. She had always wondered if maybe he hadn't survived.

Yet there he was standing before her, looking ready to kill.

"What makes you think that you can get away from me that easily, hmm?" he asked, the hand holding her arm squeezing, making her gasp in pain.

"Chase, please, stop, you're hurting me!" she said, trying to get her arm away from him. He was too strong.

"Don't you see, Marita, I need you," he said, lust forming in his eyes. Marita shuddered under his stare.

"It's never gonna happen, Chase," she said vehemently. This only caused him to become more angered, his eyes flashing to black.

"Do you want your new friends to suffer, or do you want to cooperate?" he asked, her arm burning under his grasp.

"Please, don't hurt them," she said, afraid more for her friends life. Chase's eyes changed back to normal, as his grasp on her slackened.

"Well, then, you must be with me after you ascend," he said, making no sense to her. 'Ascend?' she thought to herself, confused. "And I must beget an heir, continuing my bloodline," he said, smirking. Marita's breathe caught at his words.

"An heir?" she said, not liking where this was going. He smirked evilly at her.

"Yes, Marita, an heir, my flesh and blood. If he comes from you, then he will never age, and my powers would not become my life." he said, not making any sense to her. She shook her head as if it would help clear it.

"Chase, I don't understand," she said, looking away from him. He pulled her face to look at him again, his hand holding tightly onto her chin.

"You will, Marita, you will," he said, as he slammed his lips onto hers. She tried to push him off of her, but he had already let go of her.

"I will see you soon, dear," he said, as he walked off, waving. Marita stood there, completely dumbfounded. What had just happened? What did Chase really want with her? Her thoughts were interrupted, as Kate came to stand beside her.

"Is everything okay, Mar?" she asked tentatively. Marita looked to her, tears in her eyes. She tried to hide them from her friend. She understood one thing from Chase, was that she had to make them believe that he wasn't going to hurt her, or he would hurt them.

"Um," she said, her voice shaking, "yeah, it's all good," Kate nodded, not really believing her, but not wanting to push. Kate led her back to the confused group. As Marita walked beside her, she wrapped her arms around herself, rubbing them. She knew that by tomorrow there would be bruises where Chase had grabbed her. When she neared them all, she put on a bright smile, yet it never quite reached her eyes.

"Everything good?" asked Reid, tilting his head to one side as if assessing her. Marita smiled at him, touched by his concern.

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked, her voice a little shaky. The brunette hoped that they hadn't heard that momentary shudder in her voice. Reid furrowed his brow intently.

"Oh, well, it just seemed that you weren't very happy to see Chase," he said, trying to explain why he acted worried, for it was not in his nature. Marita smiled again, nodding, not saying a word. She didn't know what to say to them, because all she wanted to do was tell them the truth. Marita looked away from all of the meaningful stares she was receiving, not wanting to give anything away with the hurt and fear that was still evident in her eyes, as she got closer to an emotional breakdown.

"Cut the crap, Mar, tell us what is going on or will we have to beat it out of Chase?" said Tyler, getting annoyed with her coyness. Marita's head snapped up to stare at the youngest of the group, shocked at his almost violent outburst.

"No, just leave him out of it! I was merely surprised to see him, that's all!" she defended, for the last thing she wanted was for them to go after Chase. It would definitely only end in their deaths.

"But when you first saw him, you looked scared," said Kate, stepping closer to her friend, offering support. Marita looked at her through the corner of her eye, seeing that she was worried about her. Marita then looked around the entire circle to find the same face mimicked on all the boys. Well, except for one. The one she had wanted most to show that he cared about her.

"Well, every relationship has its problems," she offered, not even convinced herself, but laughed it off as if it wasn't a big deal.

"Yeah, so? You're not supposed to be scared of the other person!" said Pogue, countering her latest refute of their concerns. Marita was getting upset, and was feeling a bit cornered.

"I was just surprised! That's all!! Stop trying to find something where there isn't," she said, gesturing wildly with her arms.

"Chill, Mar, we're just all concerned about you," said Reid, as he placed an arm around her shoulder, giving her a sort of half hug. Marita smiled despite herself, but then sobered as she looked at Caleb. He looked stoic, just standing there, no emotion evident on his face at all.

"No Reid, not all of you," she said, hurt finding its way in to her words, as she looked to Caleb, then let her eyes fall away again. She shrugged Reid's arm off of her, and walked away from them. The first people to really care about her, and she was walking away. She could feel their stares as she headed to a destination unknown, knowing that she was not safe to let her tears escape yet. She knew that one of them would come after her, if not all, so she had to get away fast. She prayed that they would not find her, she needed to be alone so she could figure out exactly what she needed to do next.

A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! YOU ROCK:) I know that this chapter is a bit smaller than my last few, but I wanted to get something out so you wouldn't get angry with me...or, worse, bored :( So, thanks again for reading, I hop e that you enjoy my story :) More updates will come soon...