Come Running To Me
Chapter 10: Thudding
Laurana felt her vision go blurry, she reached out and grabbed onto Beetlejuice's arm. He looked at her as she swayed. "What's wrong?" he asked holding onto her as she tried to restabalize herself. She shook her head when her vision cleared, "We're getting close, is all." she said blinking a few times.
She flashed him a crooked smile, like his own, "I'm okay." she said nodding a little, before walking forward.
He followed her closer than before, just in case she had another episode.
Laurana walked up to a lark oak door with a lock on it, "Whaddya think's behind here?" she asked sarcastically.
"You wanna open it?"
"I don't know how." she said looking at him with a 'Duh-Dad' expression.
"Hold your hand up to the lock."
She lifted her arm away from her side and held it level with the lock, "Kay."
"Now, concentrate on the lock."
She stared at it intentsly.
"Imagine it the way you want it."
"I want it gone." With that the lock came off the door and flew down the hallway, "Well, damn." she said laughing a little.
"Good girl." Beetlejuice said, "Now open the door."
She raised her hand up, and snapped.
The middle of the door, where the lock had been, exploded. Sending wood into the room and onto the surrounding floor. She walked into the dust. She heard a voice couching, "You couldn't have given a warning?"
"Back up, we're gonna blow the door up."
"Thank you, Laurana. You're so thoughtful."
"You're welcome!" she said happily as she knelt next to her brother, "Look who I found." she said nodding her head towards their father as she snapped his ropes free, "Hey, I'm getting good at this." she said looking up at Beetlejuice.
"Yeah, now let's get out of here before something finds us."
"Come on, Chase."
Chase stood up and hurried out the door in front of Beetlejuice, Laurana stayed behind.
"Laurana, come on, let's go."
"I... I don't think I should."
"Why?"
"I don't know... Just get Chase out of here. I'll meet you back at Juno's."
"Chase, go."
"What?"
"Go to Juno's and find your mother... Go." he said harshly, Chase glared a little but nodded and ran off.
"Why do you think you should stay?"
"I can't explain it... It's just like... Something's keeping me here."
"Laurana."
"Prince Vince!" she said turning to look at him, "What are you doing here?"
"I live here, child." he said, "Come, you need to talk to someone."
"Who?"
"The darkness your sensing, it needs to talk to you. Alone."
"Why?"
"I do not know." he said sadly, offering his hand.
She took it slowly, "Go back to Mom."
"No."
"Please." she said, though it really wasn't a request.
"No."
She rolled her eyes, "Fine." she turned to Vince who led her to the middle of the room and then let her go.
She turned and looked at him, before she felt herself being lifted off the floor. She looked around, then over at her dad who had taken a step forward. She looked upwards and her eyes began to glow, the dark clouds she had not noticed before took her in gently, and she vanished.
She was lowered down to the floor some time later. She was rested on her knees when her eyes stopped glowing. She collapsed onto the floor with no noise and lay motionless. Beetlejuice hurried over to her, and gently lifted her up. She was still for a moment before a thudding sound filled her ears and she began to breathe. Her eyes opened, yet she saw nothing.
"Laurana?"
"Daddy?"
"Are you alright?"
"I gave them up."
"Your powers?"
She nodded, "He gave me a choice. My family or my powers. I chose you. I won't be able to get my powers back, no matter what. My vision either. But I'll have my family, that's a lot better than my powers."
"I couldn't agree more. Come on, let's go home."
She nodded and let him lift her off the ground and carry her away.
Yeah, I know. Crappy ending.
But I was having a really hard time writing this, so this is it. The End.
Maybe, I might come back to it one day, but for now. This is The End my friends.
I enjoyed the ride, I hope you did too.