Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from the Covenant… though I'm quite sure I could satisfy Reid's needs and persuade him to sell me his soul.

A/N: Thanks so much for reviewing everyone! I can't belive some of you are ruining your social lives for this story lmao. I'll let you in on a secret, I', nocturnal. I don't go to bed till about 5AM Eastern time. And I usually go straight to bed after I post. So though I'm flattered beyond belief, don't become social outcasts… like me. Ha, ha, ha. I'm so… weird right now because I lost the ball to my lip ring so I had to take it out and I can't find my spares, and I keep biting my lip because I have a habit of chewing it. Grr that means I have to pay 15 dollars for a new pack of them. I hate being a slob! Anyway, the song for this chapter is 'I Must Be Dreaming' by Evanescence.

I Must Be Dreaming by Cara Mascara

Chapter 4: It's Only In My Mind Not Real Life

"Austin?!" the blonde girl with spiky hair exclaimed, looking to the tall, thin tattooed boy that stood behind my fallen form. His eyes looked on wide and he quickly snatched my upper arm, dragging me to my feet painfully.

The blonde Reid stepped forward threateningly, but a tall boy with short dark hair and brown eyes stopped him. "Who are you and why is she here?" the dark haired boy asked.

I moved to go towards my baby, who was crying hysterically, now back in his playpen, but Austin kept his hold on me. "Let her go," the blonde Reid demanded, looking extremely… scary!

"Lux, come over here," the tall boy with long light brown hair said. How does he know my name too? They must be the ones out to hurt me. The ones Austin and Claudia kept me safe from. I took the liberty of shielding myself from them behind Austin, peering over his shoulder.

"She doesn't want to leave, see?" Claudia spoke for me.

"Bitch, who the hell are you?" the blonde girl said, sizing Claudia and looking at her as if she could take her.

"Get out of my house before I call the police," Austin warned them.

"Yeah, call the police. Good idea. They only searched for Lux for about six months because you kidnapped her," the shorter brunette with blue eyes said. What is he talking about kidnapped?

"I didn't kidnap her. She ran away with me. Leave us alone." Austin snapped at the five strangers. "Go upstairs Lux." I nodded, biting my lip nervously and went over to the playpen taking a screaming Connor out and carrying him in my arms safely towards the stairs. The blonde Reid stared at me in disbelief. I wanted to ask him who he was… but I was too scared.

"Wait… is that?" the blonde Reid asked, staring from me to the baby in my arms.

"Get out of here Lux! Get them out of here!" Claudia yelled to me, then Austin and his boys. The three boys advanced towards the intruders and I went halfway up the stairs, trying to hush Connor's crying and watch at the same time.

I gasped as these strangers easily overpowered Austin and the others. I'm in trouble.

The blonde girl had Claudia with here arm painfully twisted behind her back so she couldn't move, the short brunette had the very tall and built Mason on his knees in fear, the tall dark haired boy had Carl knocked out and the longhaired boy had Austin pinned to the wall with his arm behind his back in the same way Claudia's was. That left the blonde Reid to come after me.

"Reid!" the tall dark haired boy yelled, nodding towards the stairs. I gasped and hurried up them as the blonde Reid followed after me. I held onto Connor tightly, afraid I'd drop him in my rush and went into my bedroom, seeing as it was the first door to the left.

I closed and locked the door, only to find it being flung open by the blonde Reid. I cowered on my big bed, holding Connor tight to my chest. "Please don't hurt me," I whimpered.

-Reid's POV-

They were arguing. But I couldn't even hear them. All I could do was stare at her and the blonde haired baby in her arms. Blonde hair. Austin doesn't have blonde hair. Lux doesn't have blonde hair. "Wait… is that?" I couldn't even finish the sentence. The thought alone scared the shit out of me.

"Get out of here Lux! Get them out of here!" the blonde bitch yelled. I immediately broke my gaze away from Lux who ran for the stairs. Were these guys stupid or something? Do they really think they have a chance?

Of course we all harnessed our power and fought what seemed fairly. It took us not even five minutes to overpower these idiots Pogue had Austin pinned against the wall, Dee had the woman with her arm wrenched behind her back, Caleb knocked the fat guy out and the guy that seemed to be the muscle was scared of little Tyler. Ha!

"Reid!" Caleb yelled at me, nodding to the stairs where I saw Lux, her eyes widening as they met mine. I ran up the stairs and chased her, getting the door in my face. Well that was all too familiar.

I used to unlock it and pushed the door open as she climbed onto the bed, crawling towards the headboard. She looked terrified as she clutched the baby to her chest. She looked at me like she was looking at Chase the night I… well, you know. I approached the bed and she whimpered, whispering a barely audible "Please don't hurt me." That's when it hit me.

"Do you even know who I am?"

-Lux's POV-

The blonde Reid asked, "Do you even know who I am?" in a disbelieving voice. I shook my head in honesty.

"You're a-a- hallucination. Claudia… she said so. And-and-and-" I started coughing, feeling my heart rate increase. Jesus I can't breathe. I took in some sharp breaths and the blonde Reid walked over to me, reaching for Connor. I tried to move away but he snatched my baby away as I broke into a coughing fit.

He was a smart one. He put the baby into his cradle and disappeared out of the room. I struggled to get off the bed. I heard footsteps coming up the stairs and saw the blonde Reid walk by the door. Breathing was getting harder and harder and I tried holding it in to make the struggle stop.

"Here," the blonde Reid said, coming into the room with a bottle of my Klonopin and a Dixie cup of water. My shaky hands took the pill he offered and I drank down the water, sitting on the bed while I steadied my breathing. Deep breaths. Deep breaths.

I turned to find the blonde Reid staring down at my cooing baby. He wasn't crying. That's a change. I bean to feel fear. "Don't take him, please," I begged. Anything but Connor.

The blonde Reid turned to me and looked as if I were crazy. "What the hell have they been telling you? Are you damaged or something? Lux, it's me Reid. I'm not a hallucination or whatever. Don't you get it? You've been brainwashed! They kidnapped you and fed you so much bullshit that you believed it!"

"They fed me pills." Reid looked sharply at me when I said that and grabbed my hand, dragging me downstairs to where Austin, Claudia, Carl and Mason were all sitting on the couch, too scared to move because of the four guards infront of them.

"What the fuck did you assholes do to her?" the blonde Reid snapped at them. No one said a word. Reid let my hand go and yanked Claudia from the couch by her hair. "Someone better answer me or I'm going to start breaking fingers and continue until her neck's the only thing left in tact." I widened my eyes at this monster in front of me.

"Pills, they gave me pills. Don't hurt her!" I cried out.

"Lux!" Claudia hissed. I moved away a few steps.

"What pills?" tall dark haired boy asked.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out," the blonde Reid, growled, looking to the three on the couch. He twisted Claudia's arm and she cried out.

"Okay, okay! The pills… they alter memory. I invented them two years ago. They have… side effects though. Headaches that involve flashbacks. Nothing big. Please stop!" she yelped as the blonde Reid thrust her forward and back onto the couch.

"What?" I asked, bewildered. Does that mean… all this is a lie? "Austin?" I asked, hoping he'd tell me she was crazy. He just chewed his lip and turned away from me.

"Tell her. Tell her how you're just some stupid kid who had some psycho crush on her!" the blonde Reid yelled.

"And how you wanted to steal her from Reid! Gram told me about your reading Austin!" the girl joined in.

"Reading?" Claudia asked.

"Nothing! She's just a stupid bitch who thinks she fuckin-" I gasped as Austin was cut off by guy with long hair's fist to his jaw.

"Don't ever fucking talk to her like that, understand?" guy with long hair threatened. I couldn't hold the tears back that began falling. I'm just so confused.

"I'll have you arrested for that!" Claudia yelled at guy with long hair.

"If you-"

"Stop!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. The hot tears fell faster and the blonde Reid looked at me concerned, moving towards me, but I moved back, away from him. I don't even know him and he's trying to touch me?! He bit his lower lip when I moved away, but backed off. "Austin, why are they saying this?"

"Because he's been lying to you Lux," short blue-eyed brunette said. He had a soft, comforting demeanor.

"How do you know?" I asked him. "I don't even know you."

Short blue-eyed brunette looked at me with sad eyes. "What do you mean you don't know us? Lux, you went to high school with us last year. Dee, you've known her since-"

"Forever," girl finished for him.

I shook my head. "I don't… unless…" I looked to Claudia, feeling furious. If what she just told them was true, perhaps she altered my memory. And that's why I couldn't remember anything. Not because I fell off a horse last year. They lied. It was all a lie. Everything was a lie. "All this is a fucking lie?!" I asked, as more tears fell. "You mean to tell me, that you made me forget my whole life?! For what?!"

"We're protecting you," Claudia said in her calm voice.

"No you aren't! Those hallucinations… they aren't hallucinations. They're memories. Of him," I said, pointing to the blonde Reid. He looked startled. "How could you do this to someone?" I whispered before turning and running up the stairs. Connor. I want my baby.

I went into my room and girl came in, sitting beside me on my bed while I held my baby in my arms.

"Hey," she said. "He's beautiful."

"Thank you," I whispered, looking down and smiling slightly as his blue eyes looked up into mine lovingly.

"You know… I know your memory is shot, but you need to get out of here," girl said.

"What's your name?" I asked suddenly. She looked shocked and hurt.

"Deanna. Well, Dee. You really don't remember me?" I shook my head hopelessly. "How about Reid?"

"He scares me," I admitted. She laughed.

"Reid scares you? Girl, you've got to be kidding me. The guy's completely obsessed with you."

"How come?" I asked, feeling a little uneasy about that information.

"Wow… you really are clueless. Never mind. We can help you remember another time. But you need to get out of here and come with us. You have a family waiting at home for you that misses you like hell. They don't know where you are you know," she said, picking up Connor's diaper bag. "C'mon, put him down and pack."

I put Connor down and got a duffle bag from the closet. Am I really doing this? Is this seriously happening? How can I trust them? Well, I know I can't trust Austin and Claudia, so what other choice do I have? This can't be happening. I must be dreaming.

A/N: You guys are going to love this. I was planning on ditching The Covenant after I finish this story for Harry Potter, Lords of Dogtown or Jeff Hardy (my first love), but I've just come up with another story idea for the Covenant. I don't know how far I'll take it. It might only go for a few chapters, but I think you'll all like it. It'll be called The Life Ruiner. It'll be a Reid/OC (sorry, I have such a soft spot for bad boys). I have another Reid story in mind too, but … I'm not as sure about it as I was before. If I do it, it'll be called Black Liner Run. We'll see. Anyway, why the hell doesn't this site let real people stories on here? Like, I want to write a Synyster Gates fic, but apparently is being a prick and doesn't let you write bands/actors. Lame.