Chapter 2
After some time had passed Mary was soon out of the clinic. She didn't text her dad yet, since he'll call Rachelle to pick her up, which will end horribly since she is with her boyfriend. So she start to walk around the town. She knew at least she needed to keep an eye out, but it confused her a bit. She never slept in the clinic before. Not because it was just fun to stay awake, as much she wanted to sleep before in the past, but it was more so since she knew the needed to be taken out after the blood bag was empty. Yet she had to be woken up to a nurse taking it out of her.
She made her way to a café, and ordered herself a simple meal so that she could eat quickly. She soon went out of the café, but blinked her eyes a bit when she could have sworn she heard a voice. She looked around as tried to make sense of it. She slowly start to follow it, but stopped when she felt her phone vibrate. She looked to see it was Rachelle calling her. She gulped, and answered it.
"Yeah? What is it?"
"You're not at the clinic. Where the hell are you?" She could tell she was angered by something, but she was just tempted to ask for a few seconds. "I went out to eat. You know they don't give me food afterwords." There was a long silence after Mary said that. She could tell this was bad, but in a way she knew she needed to head back.
"Fuck it, you're walking back home."
"Wait, what?! Rach-" She was about to say more, but she heard the call end. "Why that fucking… Seriously, does she think I can walk home?" She narrowed her eyes at this, and made sure that her phone was put away in a safe place. She start to at least make her way back at the clinic so she can make her memory work of going back. Though mid-way through she heard the song again. She blinked her eyes, and looked around. She was a bit worried now since she could tell whoever is singing it was the same person.
Robert was making a small meal, but stopped when he saw Rachelle come in. He did notice that Mary wasn't with her, which made him raise an eye brow a bit. "Where's Mary?"
"She decided to get out of the car. She got pissed off somehow." He stayed silent, and went to at least make sure the stove was on low heating. "I'll go look for her. Just make sure to do you're work." He soon left, and got on the car. He was worried for one thing though. Whenever he would pick them up in the past, he did notice people were following them in a way. He gotten a good look at them, but he knew this was connected to Mary. Yet she didn't notice it for some reason.
He pulled up his phone, and tried to call her. He made sure it was on speaker as he went to drive out of his home. A mixture of shock going through him as he soon realized that her phone was off. He knew damn well that she never had her phone off, yet she had it off. He started to drive to the clinic first since he knew that if he started from there he might be able to find her.
After some time he soon saw Mary going about. He soon stopped the car, and got out. "Mary, what the hell? You know you had to come back home." He went to get her shoulder, but soon saw that she… Well he had a different face. He was about to go back, but he was pulled back into the boy, and stabbed in the gut. "You won't have Mary… You and your Red Shield won't have her." He gasped in pain when he felt whatever the boy used to stab him pull out. He held onto his wound, and fell on his knees. "I… I won't let you-" His vision was becoming blurry as he tried to at least stay awake. He saw the boy's lips move, but couldn't hear him what so ever. He heard some movement, but couldn't figure out what he was going to do.
"We will take good care of her. Unlike you, I'm sure I'll tell her everything."
Mary soon arrived at her home, and sighed in relief. Though she noticed her dad's car wasn't there. She went inside and saw that no one was really inside. "What the hell…?" She went to go upstairs, and saw that Rachelle's door was closed. She figured that she wanted to be left alone, so she went to her room. She took off her jacket, and laid down on the bed. She couldn't really understand what was going on. It didn't help with those damn dreams. It was like they were trying to remind her of something, but it wasn't making themselves clear to her.
She cursed at herself a bit, and sat up. She went back out, and sat on the porch. Though she was worried. She could still hear the song, and it was getting to her a bit. The one thing she couldn't get is Rachelle didn't ask her about it since no one seemed to hear it but her. It didn't help that her worry was going off the charts since her dad haven't arrived wherever he was since it was getting dark.
Though she soon saw a car drove up, and she looked up to see that was her dad's car. "Dad!" She sat up, and went down the stairs. "Calm down, Mary." Though she went to hug him. "I'm so sorry." She looked up at him, and was a bit confused of why he wasn't mad at her at least.
"It's alright. How about we go inside. You'll catch a cold." He put his hand on her shoulder, which caused her to follow him taking her inside. "I had already made dinner for you." She gave a small nod, and went to the kitchen. Besides, she wasn't going to test her luck of him not being angered by her at this point.
She went to get her bowl, but noticed that there wasn't another bowl in the sink. She was a bit worried, so she went to get another one.
"You're extra hungry?" She stopped for a few moments, and looked to see him there being close to her. "Rachelle didn't get dinner. So I'm going to bring it to her." When she said this, she noticed his face expression change for a split second. It worried her since she never seen her with that expression. "I'm sure she won't need that. Not after what happened today." She rolled her eyes at this, and went to get Rachelle's bowl. "I'm sure she won't. Besides, you made her favorite meal." She walked out of the kitchen, and to the stairs. She could hear her usual music blazing, which caused her to open the door. "Hey Rach. Brought you your dinner." She went in, and put her bowl on the table.
"Sorry about earlier… Just that Blake was being a dick, and decided to piss me off." She couldn't help to smile at Rachelle, and noticed she was doing some school work. "It's alright. Maybe tomorrow we can go ahead and see that movie you wanted to see."
"Are you sure…? I mean, you were saving money to get that new laptop." Rachelle shrugged her shoulders at this, and looked at Mary. "It can wait. Now, can I go back to my study?" Mary gave a small nod, and walked away. Though she stopped, and looked at her. "Maybe if that happens again I can go ahead and punch Blake." She soon left the room with a slight smile on her face, and went downstairs.
She saw her bowl was empty now, but the meal was being heated up again. She blinked her eyes in confusion, and looked at her dad. "It gotten cold. So I decided to heat it up." Mary gave a small nod, and went to sit down on the bar stool. "But I like eat it slightly cold."
"It's unhealthy for you to eat it cold. Even for you." She noticed the tone in his voice, which made her look up at him. Though she soon realized that his eyes were blue. She tensed up, and got off the bar stool. "You're not dad… What did you do to him…?!" Her stomach turned when he saw him smirk, and walked to the window. She kept her eyes on him, but made sure to keep her distance. "Observant as ever, my little Mary." She felt a slight shiver as he said this. She gulped, and took more steps back. "Tell me, have you noticed things happening odd around you?"
"Answer my damn question! What did you do to my dad?! And who are you?!" The man smirked at her as she said this. "Seems your memory hasn't returned. Tell me, what do you remember?" She tensed up a bit, and gulped. "Why should I answer that?"
"I'm here to help you. Your family, these people, have been telling you lies." He walked to the shelves that had picture frames of all three of them, and picked it up. He laughed silently, and made her look at it. "You've been living in a lie." Once he said that, she had an expression with a mixture of shock, and confusion. "They were here to put false hope, and make you think you can live among them."
She took more steps back, and started to run upstairs. She made her way to Rachelle's door, and went in. She noticed that she had fallen asleep on her desk, and went to shake her a bit. "Come on Rachelle, wake up!"
"She won't wake up anytime soon." She tensed up again, and looked to see another man. Amshell had changed from the appearance into his normal appearance. "The meal had a drug so that she won't be woken up even if she was in pain."
"Wh-What do you want?" Amshell couldn't help to smirk, and looked at her. "For you to come home to your true family." She was more confused at this, and gulped. "M-My mom and dad died… I was the only one-"
"Another lie that they had fed you." She gulped, and couldn't help to somewhat believe him. "Your family isn't dead. They're alive and well." She went somewhat pale at this, and stood still as he walked closer to her. "You have 2 sisters. Saya, and Diva." Amshell looked at her face to see it held the same expression. "Saya plans to kill you both and Diva. Diva wants to protect you along with the others."
"The others…?" He could tell that she was lost of all of this, but in a way he knew it helped him. After all, if she was lost she'll listen and believe anything he'll say. "People who care for you, and want you safe. These… People just want to use you for their own means." She continued to stay silent as she tried to at least remain calm. "B-But they care for me, they took me in when they didn't need to!"
"To gain your trust." He put his hand on his shoulder, and looked at her. "Come, I'm sure Diva will love to see you. We can speak more there." She stayed silent, and looked at the drugged 'sister'. "She won't care for you when you leave. You two did say you had a somewhat a 'difficult' relationship." She continued to stay silent, and gulped. "O-Okay… I'll go. As long as I can know more." He couldn't help to smirk at this, and held his hand out. She seemed nervous, but put her hand in his. "Now you'll know the truth that has been hidden from you, my little Mary…"
