Chapter 7

"Oh…wow…" Tom spoke.

Lillith held her breath. End of the world? Couldn't it just be a small, humanized killing spree? She could enjoy that. Hell, she'd join in it if it meant protecting innocent lives! She shut her cell phone and placed it in front of her on the bed. As she noticed breathing had now become an issue, she inhaled deeply, but quietly. She didn't want her friends to know how scared she honestly was, if at all.

Bill's voice was slightly shaky, "Please, tell me he's lying, joking…something…"

Lillith shook her head with a disturbed look crawling across her face.

Bill stood and began to pace, muttering, "Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God…" He placed his hand to his forehead a couple times as he paced. Talk about being scared out of your mind!

Lillith, the frightened look having vanished, smirked, "Perfect."

Everyone looked at her in surprise. "WHAT THE HELL!?" Tom yelled. "OH, YEAH! SO FUCKING PERFECT, LILLITH! THE WORLD'S GONNA COME TO A FUCKING END IN WHO KNOWS HOW MANY DAYS, IF THAT! HOW CAN YOU S--"

Lillith cut him off with, "I don't mean 'perfect, the world is ending'; I mean 'perfect, we have a chance because I've got connections'. Y'know, you should really let me get through a sentence without interruptions for once! You might enjoy what I've got to say." She didn't move her gaze as she replied to him. She just continued to stare at the ground at the edge of the rose blanketed bed.

The room grew silent after Lillith snapped at Tom. After a few minutes, she moved to the window with her cell phone in her hand. She flipped it open, searched the numbers, then pressed the speaker to her ear as it rang. "Hello, love," Lillith began. Bill looked over at her, eyes wide, thinking, Who the hell is she calling "love"?

Lillith continued, "I know, it has been a long time…so you heard, then…yeah, I am for now, at least…back home? Yeah, I can manage…everyone? Um…" she gazed at the boys for a second, then turned her attention back to the window, "Sounds awesome, babe…okay…see you then." Shutting her phone, she said, "How do you guys feel like a quick visit?"

Tom hesitated the question, "Where?"

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Through the hallway of swirling rainbows and out onto the other side, the gang appeared in a beige room that contained hardwood floors, a red couch, a matching floral print loveseat and chair, and flat screen TV. Lillith was the first to be greeted with an enormous hug from a brunette, "LILLITH!" Hugging back, Lillith said, "Katherine!" Katherine wasn't the fastest to catch onto things, but her lagging made the situations hilarious, no matter how intelligent her glasses made her look. Katherine had the power of earth, plant life, etc.

Lillith gazed around the room after the hug was released. She saw all of her friends, Abby, Katherine, Perla, Dylan, Will, Travis, Marcus, Tanner, Daphne, and Kristen. Abby and Travis had the power of air, wind, whatever you want to call it; Will and Daphne controlled water and ice, Marcus had power over earth too, Tanner and Dylan controlled fire, and Kristen and Perla preferred lightning over all of the weather they directed. Out of everyone, Katherine and Abby we the only ones that looked the same but weren't related in anyway…well, not biologically, anyway. After the exchanging of hugs was over, Lillith introduced the band. Her friends weren't all that skeptical, neither was most of the band; Bill was the only one who eyed one other person while greeting him…Dylan.