Chapter 9. There's probably going to be three chapters after this and then the epilogue and the sequel will be out soon after.
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Madi snapped awake. Someone was using. She grabbed her phone and a text popped up.
'Did you feel that?' Reid's message said. Tyler and Pogue had sent the same message. Madi checked for a text from her brother. The phone vibrated. Reid.
'I swear it's not me.' He said.
"I know it's not you. Caleb went out with Sarah…" Madi said. "Shit, shit, shit. Why'd he pick now to bind the visions?"
'Wait, Caleb bound your visions? Can't that kill you? Shouldn't it have killed you?' Reid asked.
"No… My life doesn't depend on my visions the way your lives depend on your powers. He didn't bind my power just my visions. If he bound my power I'd be dead. It's complicated and I have to find Caleb…" Madi scoffed.
'I'll call the others and we'll meet you at the Colony House.' Reid said…
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Madi sped to the colony house. Tyler's Hummer was sitting there. Pogue's pick-up sat beside it. The three boys were sitting on the fence.
"I can't believe I let him go alone." Madi groaned.
"And I can't believe I'm driving my dad's old truck again." Pogue stated. Madi glared at him. "You can't change it, Mad. Now we just have to find him."
"What is Sarah even doing?" Tyler asked.
"I don't know. I can't see anything. Pogue, I need you to un-bind my visions." Madi stated.
"I can't. It might kill you." Pogue said. Madi groaned aloud. Reid stood up and wrapped his arms around her.
"Caleb's a big boy. He can handle himself." He promised her. Madi let her head hang.
"Tyler, go get Lauren and meet us at my house. It's about time she gets in on the fun." She said. The three boys stared at her. "Just trust me." Tyler shrugged and got into his car. The Hummer was gone as soon as Madi looked up…
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Reid and Pogue sat on the bottom steps of the garage as Madi paced back and forth. Tyler pulled up. Lauren jumped out of the Hummer. Tyler followed her.
"I'm not so sure about this." Reid mumbled. Madi kicked her boyfriend. He caught her foot. "Don't kick me."
"Big baby." Madi mumbled. "Anyway… remember me telling you guys that Lauren was from Salem?"
"Technically we're all from Salem…" Pogue said.
"Christopher Parry! Do Not Interrupt Me! Lauren's ancestors are the Proctors. As in John and Elizabeth Proctor." Madi said.
"No fucking way… are you saying that Lauren's a witch?" Reid asked. Lauren giggled. Tyler looked down at his girlfriend.
"Does it surprise you?" Lauren teased. Tyler laughed into her hair.
"Baby boy knew?" Pogue yelled, jumping up. Tyler shrugged and Madi waved it off. Lauren kept giggling…
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Colony House Basement…
Caleb fell into a chair. Déjà vu. Sarah stood in front of him.
"I didn't want to hurt you… I mean… I did actually like you after a while." She told him. Caleb banged his head on the back of the chair. "You're going to give yourself brain damage."
"I tell Madi that all the time." Caleb murmured. Sarah giggled a little.
"Then why do you do it?" She asked.
"Helps me clear my head." He said. Sarah cocked her head to the side. Caleb looked kind of cute sitting in that chair. He looked at her. "What?"
"You look cute that way." She said.
"Thanks." He remarked. She shrugged her shoulders. Her eyes bled black again.
"Madi's just now telling the boys about Lauren… Brave…" She said. Caleb looked confused. "Lauren's a witch. Only slightly different than the Covenant."
"What is it? Every body's a witch now?" Caleb groaned. Sarah laughed.
"Kate isn't. I can't do this. We need to split up. I'm gonna end up hurting you." She said.
"So? I like you Sarah. I love you more like it." Caleb said.
"And I love you and that's why we need to break up. That and if we're broken up I won't feel so bad about this…" She told him. The chair flew out from under him. Caleb landed on his hands and knees.
"What the fuck?" He asked.
"Welcome to Hell, Brother." Chase's voice said. Sarah laughed and vanished. Caleb shook his head once and looked around for the siblings.
"Try up here." Sarah sang. Caleb looked up. Sarah and Chase were standing on the steps of the basement in the Danvers Colony House…
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Lauren closed her eyes. Tyler held her still.
"He was right under your noses at the Colony House." She said. Madi looked at the boys.
"The basement." All four said at the same time. Lauren looked at them.
"Better move it's two against one. Even though Sarah hasn't ascended that still leaves Caleb outnumbered." She said.
"Pogue, you stay here with Lauren. See if you two can find anything on banishing these two pains." Madi ordered as Pogue started towards the garage door. "Ty, Reid, and I will go." The biker grumbled about being babied. Reid and Tyler disappeared. Madi's eyes flashed and she was gone. Pogue looked at Lauren.
"Witch, huh?" He asked. Lauren shrugged.
"Warlock huh?" She returned.
"I knew I'd like you." Pogue said.
"Back off, biker boy. Taken." Lauren laughed. Pogue shrugged and muttered to himself…
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Madi landed on her knees. Chase was standing in front of her. He jerked her up. Tyler and Reid were helping Caleb up.
"Told you I was coming after you." He whispered in her ear.
"You know normally most bad guys take a little bit of time before coming back." She growled.
"Hate to inform you, Sweetheart, we're not in the movies." Chase laughed. "And if we were you'd still be in this position… Only a little later…" His hand slid up under her shirt, snapping her bra.
"Fuck you." She spat.
"In front of your precious boyfriend? If you insist" Chase laughed. Madi saw Reid's eyes flash. Chase flew off of Madi. He slammed against a wall.
"You really should have willed me your power, Caleb. Then I wouldn't have to do this… she's just too pretty to die." Chase laughed. Madi looked up at him.
"You're threatening me stuck against a wall?" She asked.
"I'm stuck to a wall, but she isn't." Chase remarked. Madi groaned.
"Why me?" She asked, seeing Sarah.
"Not really sure. But I never did like you." Sarah stated. Madi looked over at Caleb.
"This is why I HATE YOUR GIRLFRIENDS. They all HATE ME." She groaned. Caleb shrugged.
"I hate you sometimes too." He offered. Sarah flung an energy ball at Madi. Madi's eyes flashed and the energy ball froze two inches from her face.
"Mother trucker." She said, sending it flying at Sarah who didn't even attempt to dodge it…
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The mother trucker had to be said. It was stolen from Jason Aldean's song "She's Country".