Ok, so this chapter might make no sense, just like most of the story. There will be small flashbacks here and there that will explain a lot. It's not going to make much sense until you understand a lot about Lilly and Seth's past. But anyways, don't worry. It'll all make sense soon enough. The next chapter will explain A LOT, so just hold on until then and bear with me through this very confusing chapter. Lol :D
"Seth." I say under my breath, unbelieving of the sight before me. We were in an old abandoned building with only the light of the moon shining in through the windows. He begins circling me like a vulture, looking me up and down with a smug grin on his face.
"That's right Lillian, it's your little baby brother, why don't you give me a hug, it's been a while." He mocks facetiously, intentionally trying to piss me off, and finally stopping in front of me with a proud smile on his face.
"Oh shut up! Stop trying to avoid the subject at hand, I finally caught you. Now stop smiling and let's get this over with." I spit back, completely furious.
"Oh Lillian, you don't want to fight me. You always were the anti violent type, what's changed?" He says with an amused look on his face, raising his eyebrow and smiling just to piss me off.
"What changed was my little brother. You always had to be the best. The people think you're saving lives, and what about Mom and Dad? Do they know what else you're doing? Or why you're doing it?" I say proudly, a smug grin now on my face, whereas his had long disappeared.
"Oh Lillian, what a disgrace, you never could accept that we were different." He spits furiously, now beginning to pace. I don't take my eyes off of him, he was fast, sly, and spontaneous. This innocent act of his wouldn't last long. I knew him too well.
"You never wanted to do anything fun." He says simply, laughing as if it were ironic.
"Fun? You think playing God is fun? Choosing who deserves to live and who doesn't. Seth, you can't just pick and choose who you think deserves to die and go kill them, then cover it up by saving a life so you'll never be suspected. It's wrong! Only God should choose our fate." I say, trying to reason with him, hoping that reasoning would work and we wouldn't have to resort to violence. He doesn't reply, only let's out a small laugh while shaking his head.
"You just don't get it Lilly, I have the power to change things, to prevent.." Before he can finish his sentence, I cringe in disgust at how big of a power trip he was on.
"To prevent what Seth? Another death like Joanie's?!" I spit angrily. Upon hearing her name, He grows furious, with only a flick of the wrist from ten feet away, he slams me against the wall roughly, breaking a large crack in the wall in the process. I cringe in pain, but struggle to move. He still had me secured to the wall with the only power that set us apart. Seth can move things without even touching them, and after years of practice, his powers were becoming to strong for his own good. All he had to do was keep his hand steadily aimed at me, and no amount of strength could help get me out of his grip.
After a few seconds he drops me and rushes up next to me, pulling me off of the wall only to slam my back on it by my neck. He glares at me furiously while continuing to tighten his grip on my neck, pushing me harder into the wall, and causing it to crack more in the process.
"Don't you dare speak of Joanie ever again Lillian! You obviously don't know what love is, so you could never understand the pain I feel." He says slowly through clenched teeth. His words make me furious. He had no idea just how wrong he was, but I too knew what it was like to lose somebody I loved which only made me more mad. I could feel my blood begin to boil as the anger coursed through my very veins. My whole body began to tremble and spasm as I tried to fight back the urge to snap his neck this very moment.
A small smile crept to his face as my breathing began to quicken and my face began to turn red. "Did that anger you Lillian? Why don't you do something about it?" He says with a smile on his face as he tightens his grip on my neck, pulling me back only to shove me further into the wall. No amount of pain could phase me at the moment. My angry glare hadn't left his face. My body began to tremble as I clenched my fists, fighting the urge to fight back, knowing I would surely kill him if I gave into my anger now.
"What? Are you angry? Aww, little Lilly bear is angry." He says, his smile growing wider. Upon hearing this, I grow even more furious, now completely unable to control my powers. I rip his arm off of me in one swift motion, and shove him across the room, causing the wall on the other side of the room to break, sending him through the wall and into the next room. I rush over to him, pressing my foot into his chest to secure him to the floor. He struggles to get back up, but I slam him back down, cracking the cement ground in the process.
"You honestly think you're a match for me?" He says while laughing maniacally. "How. Cute." He spits angrily. He lifts both of his hands, and forces me into the ceiling above him. "Oh Lilly, you've gotten stronger, but you're still so weak." He says while standing up, keeping his hands steadily aimed on my body, keeping me secured to the ceiling above him.
"Yes, but there's something you don't know about me." I say with a confident smile, completely unfazed by the fact that he had me pinned to the ceiling and I couldn't even move a finger if I used every muscle in my body. "I refuse to embrace my powers." I say simply, my smile growing wider by the second.
"Yes Lilly, I know that, you're a pathetic excuse for a super being. Let me rip that smile off of your face." He says angrily. With a swift motion of his hands he slams me down onto the ground face first, only to lift me back up and slam me into the ceiling twice as hard. Despite the pain, the smile remains on my face, obviously making him more furious.
"Why are you still smiling?!" He shouts angrily. I let out a small laugh at his dismay.
"As I was saying, I don't embrace my powers, which is why you don't know about one in particular that I don't use. I have mind control powers Seth." I say simply, smiling wider at how confused he was becoming due to my confidence.
"Yeah, I know, you can read minds, big fucking deal." he says angrily slamming me into the ceiling once again, hoping to wipe the smile from my face. Luckily, I knew what was coming, which amused me far too much to even care about the severe pain I was feeling.
"Yes, but what you don't know is, not only can I see what's inside your head, but I can put myself inside your head. Game over Seth." I say with a smirk on my face. He begins to look even more confused and worried causing my smile to grow wider. I close my eyes, and begin to demonstrate my power on him.
With one word I demonstrate on him just how powerful I was in comparison. With one word he becomes completely paralyzed with excruciating pain.
"Pain." I say simply with a smile on my face. Suddenly, his powers weaken and I gracefully drop to the floor next to him. I smile down at him and continue to put his body in a pain he could never imagine with only my mind. I laugh down at him as his eyes roll back in his head and his body begins to spasm in pain. He begins gasping for air as his veins bulge out of his face and neck. He clenches his teeth, trying desperately to cope with a pain he had not expected and could never imagine feeling. At seeing him struggle against my new power, I feel satisfied. Not only had I proved him wrong, but gave him a greater pain than he could ever give me. I stop my demonstration and let him recover. As soon as I stop, he rolls into a fetal position, holding onto his stomach and gasping for air.
A small smile grows on my face but soon disappears when I remember the words he had spoken.
You obviously don't know what love is, so you could never understand the pain I feel. The words ring through my mind, playing over and over, causing me to grow angrier by the second. I close my eyes and the memories start flooding in. I cringe in pain at the memories of heartbreak and pain he could never imagine.
I open my eyes and look down at him, still not satisfied with myself. With another word, I demonstrate just how powerful I was. I was obviously just as powerful as him, if not more. It was time he knew that.
"Heartbreak." I say simply while closing my eyes and letting my powers go to work. Images of Joanie rush through my mind, causing me to experience the pain I was demonstrating on him. I zone out, completely unaware of my surroundings as memories of my former love flash through my mind. Her laugh echoes through my head as an image of her running happily down the beach plays through my mind. I clench my fists, fighting back against the severe pain in my chest. In order to show him just how much I understood how bad it hurt to lose Joanie, I had to relive a part of my past that nobody else but me knew about. A part of me that laid deep in my heart, long ago buried so I never had to experience the pain again. Seth's cries ring through the air as my power takes double the toll on him than it had on me. I open my eyes, ending my demonstration.
I look down at Seth, satisfied that I had proved my point. He lay there, paralyzed, staring into space like a mindless zombie. It would take about 20 minutes for him to recover. However, it didn't matter. It didn't matter that I had gotten even with him, demonstrated my potential, proved him wrong.. It didn't even matter that I was finally able to show him just how well I understood what it was like to lose a loved one. It didn't matter that I made him experience what exactly I felt, and how he hurt me ten times worse than Joanie's death hurt him. Nothing mattered. I just had to relive the most painful part of my past. A part that nobody but me and Joanie knew about. A part that I had long buried to avoid the pain.
I take one last look at Seth, and begin to walk away. Before I could, I felt like I hadn't quite finished.
"You hurt her Seth, and now, I've hurt you. You'll never know what it's like to love somebody you can't have, and have to sit and watch as they live their life with somebody who mistreats them. You think you're the only one who lost her when she died." a small tear rolls down my face, and I let out a small, throaty laugh. "Join the fucking club."
With that, I was now completely satisfied. I had managed to show him just how much he hurt me. Even though there would be consequences for my confession, it was worth it. Though he was surely furious at what he had just found out, and would more than likely come after me, it was worth it. He had to know. He had to know just how much I knew what it felt like to lose her, and why I couldn't let him get away with what he said.
I let out a shaky breath and hop through the window, not planning on going home. I couldn't go back home, not yet, I had something to take care of.
Ok, so in case you didn't get it, Lilly and Joanie had a thing, and there's a reason why she hates her brother. I'll elaborate more in further chapters, so be patient. And don't judge her just yet, there's more to the story you need to know to understand her reasons.
