she was there.
there
heather breathed in deep, and reached for the door…
it opened at her touch
Heather walked in. Her breathing had sped up
quickly so quickly
she stumbled, nearly falling again-
But no.
No, this time, there would be no more falling.
Heather turned the corner of the room.
and
there
SHE
WAS!
SAMMY
lying
white as the sheets.
the image distorted in front of heather's eyes
quicklysoquickly
Heather crept forward
THIS time, Sammy would NOT escape!
"this time," heather whispered to herself.
"thisssssssss time…"
.
The door behind her opened with a bang.
.
"Heather?"
.
she didn't turn around
but
she HEARD THE VOICE
"C-C-Casey.
Leave. now."
.
"Heather, what's going on?"
.
Heather's heart raced.
nononononononononono!
he couldn't be here!
refusing to look at him
don't look
Heather closed her eyes, sinking to the floor, to think
IF she stopped now, then EVERYTHING would be ruined.
s-s-stopping wasn't an answer
still the thoughts swarmed around her head
Things weren't clear with HER around
with SaMmY heeerrrrre
but, no, think
if EVERYTHING is wrong WITH sammy
then SAMMY has to go
but if Sammy dies
then Casey will see
and everything will still be horrible
.
He rushed to her side.
"Heather, what's wrong?"
.
Heather was trapped
if she killed Sammy
Casey would see
if she didn't
things would STILL BE HORRIBLE
her life was RUINED
unless…
she could convince Casey
not
to
tell
but how?
It would never work…
but
if Casey didn't tell…
be
cause
he
couldn't…
.
.
was it worth it?
.
.
her whole family was at stake
but
just her parents
was better than no one at all
.
wasn't it?
.
Heather's head snapped up.
She looked her brother in the eye.
.
He took a step back. He had never seen that look in Heather's eyes. He suddenly wondered why she was here…
.
"Caaaaaaaasey," her voice hissed. "Why? Why… Sssssssssammy? Things were better withOUT HER."
The look in his eyes conveyed the thoughts he was trying to fight.
like the demons heather was fighting
no
THEY would be gone
"Don't you seeeeeee! IT'S BETTER withOUT HER!"
he
just
stared.
a look of realization crossed his face.
.
"You-you didn't."
.
Heather stepped forward, tears streaming down her face.
"She would never let GO!"
She pulled her knife out
and
stepped
toward
Casey
"it has to be this way," her voice whispered.
"but know.
that our family…"
she took a step closer, pinning him against the wall, knife raised-
"is now
whole again!"
She brought it down…
.
He barely had time to comprehend what was going on.
So he stopped trying, and started focusing on survival.
.
"NOOOO!
heather's voice screamed, as he fell to the ground
avoiding what would have fixed EVERYTHING
"YOU!" she shrieked, lunging again
"DON'T YOU CARE!"
He dodged, again.
Heather gave a half sob half scream
trying again
"YOU ALWAYS CHOSE HER OVER MEEEEE! DON'T YOU CARE! WHY IS SHEEEE ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT!"
heather desperately attacked again.
things
WOULD
get better.
she would see to it
but why!
WHY did he always chose SAMMMY over her!
"I'M YOUR SISTER! YOU'RE ALWAYS SUPPOSED TO CHOSE ME OVER ANYONE!"
why why why!
then she had him trapped
"please," she whispered "let me do this and everything will be fixed"
but
as she brought her knife
down
down
down
he
caught her hand
and
twisted
the knife
away
heather stumbled back
unarmed
she couldn't see straight
why did the world chose now to fall apart?
so
she lunged at Sammy
whose life hung on
by the grace of the wires around her
which would be pulled out
by
HEATHER!
she grabbed them
prepared to
finish
this
.
She felt to arms
grab her around the waist.
she was knocked
to
the
ground
and her hands were tied
with rope.
.
heather pulled
desperate
the world continued to shatter in front of her
"casey, no. please. no."
her goal
in front of her
so tantalizingly near.
and he went to her
to see if SHE was okay
.
and she was
.
SHE was okay!
she was always okay
she would always be on top
heather would never
never
never
never
.
The world EXPLODED in front of heather.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
.
.
.
.
Hmm. Well, I hope that no one is too disappointed.
And I hope that this is somewhat satisfactory. Sorry it took me so long to update, but I had completely lost my ability to sit down and write anything. Thank you to all the reviewers. Please review!