Chapter 9
A/N
OMG I am seriously anticipating the reviews for this one... The song quoted below in quotation marks is not mine. It is Shut up and Dance by Walk the moon. Its one of my favorite songs... Anyway enjoy the chapter
"Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me
I said you're holding back
She said Shut up and dance with me
This woman is my destiny
She said oooooh Shut up and dance"
The song blasted out of the car. Phee and Yves had been arguing over the radio station all the way home.
Phee had won and was now celebrating in the front seat. Yves was driving and this car held Zed, Sky, Phee and Crystal.
Xav was driving his parents home and everyone else had jobs to attend to.
Karla had overruled school and said this was family time. "Hey you OK?" Zed nudged Sky who had been staring out the window, her eyes blank and unfocused.
"Yes." "No your not." "I'm fine." Zed shot her a worried look and was about to respond when
Yves called out "Home."
Crystal sighed with relief and they all exited the car. Yves twirled the key around his finger as they walked up to the house.
"Hello!" Yves called pushing the door. It swung open. Crystal turned back to see no other car parked in the driveway.
Shrugging she followed the others into the house. "What the hell?" The living room was ripped apart.
The furniture was in shambles, the windows all broken. Phee ran upstairs to check on everything up there. "Nothing's broken up here!" She called.
"Why just the living room?" Zed kicked the wrecked couch.
"Its where I was."
Every eye spun towards Sky. Even Phee, slightly out of breath and leaning against the staircase stared at her.
She raised her hand calmly. Too calmly. They spun to see written on the wall in a liquid that looked suspiciously like blood, there was a message.
Truth won't set you free bitch. Dead girl walking.
...
"No no Victor, they were in our house. We could be dead right now. Sky could be dead." Saul argued on the phone.
Zed shot him a angry look as he sat beside Sky who looked shell shocked. Her hands were wrapped around a drink.
But they still shook. The entire family was camped out at Traces as when Karla and Saul got home, they immediately declared a lockdown.
Except Victor who was at the office trying to figure out what had happened. "This is all my fault." "No its not baby. It's not your fault!" Zed wrapped his arms around Sky but it seemed to bring little comfort to her. "I need some air."
Karla looked at her in worry. "Do you want someone to come with you sweetie?" She shook her head, "I'll be fine. Thanks though."
Sky leaned down and kissed Zed before walking to the door. She pulled it open stepping out onto the porch.
She took out a little iPhone from her pocket and flicked it on. She hit the speed dial and waited as it began to ring.
"A. I need help. Asap."
...
It was maybe 10 in the morning. The family had spent an uncomfortable night at Trace and Diamonds as there was not really enough room for everyone.
Currently everybody was eating a late breakfast
They had decided to let Sky sleep in so she was the only one absent.
The revving of a car engine, alerted everyone to a new presence. They rushed to the window, everyone crowding in to get a good look at the cherry red Ferrari.
"Maybe their lost?" Yves suggested.
Whoever it was stopped the car and waited, engine idling. What they were not expecting was a small blonde girl crossing the yard to meet the car.
A duffel bag was slung over her shoulder. "Sky!" Zed was off and running followed by everyone out onto the yard.
"Sky! What are you doing?" She turned, "leaving. What does it look like?" "You can't leave. Just please let us help you!" Karla stepped forward begging her to stay. The anguish in Zed's face was too much for anyone to bear.
"Don't you understand. I can't put you in danger like that. Not now. Not ever. Why do you think I stayed away? I can't lie to you anymore and I can't tell you the truth either." She snapped.
"Just tell us. Tell us what really happened. We know you lied to the police, we read your diaries. Things don't add up. Please just be honest."
That was Victor. Sky laughed. But she didn't look like Sky anymore. There was a cold cruelty on her face that didn't add up.
She looked like she wanted them to hurt.
(These next few lines are inspired by Pretty little liars, Alison Dilaurentis. When Ali visits the girls. All credit goes to Pretty Little Liars.)
"You think the truth is this big shiny disco ball of purity, go ahead try it. Be honest see what it gets you. Telling the truth to the wrong person at the wrong time is how I ended up where I am. Take it from me, you are always better off with a really good lie."
"No. We can help you. Don't do this." She shook her head laughing softly.
"You guys are idiots. That way you would all get when you just had to win the game, solve the puzzle. But this isn't Monopoly. This is some seriously messed up stuff. Stuff that can't be fixed. So stop trying before you get yourselves killed. Because you will. In this war, there no winners or losers. Just the living and the people who were too stupid to stay alive" She turned towards the car.
"Sky!" Zed pleaded, one last broken plea for her to stay with him.
For a moment it looked like she would turn back. "Don't ever try to find me. Trust me you're much better off forgetting all about me. Doubt I'll see you again. Oh and sorry about erasing every single thing you had on those under cases. It had be done. You guys were going in the wrong direction but it was still enough to get you killed."
"Sky, just tell us what to protect you from. Tell us what happened. We can help. You don't have to do this." She squared her shoulders, Turning back once more.
"You forget that two can only keep a secret if one of them is dead. I don't exactly feel like committing more murders today. You want some more advice? Stop jumping head first into an inferno. Fire burns. And I don't care what shields you have but you come into this fire." She jerked her head towards the car, "you are getting burned big time."
With that she ran towards the car, throwing herself in the shotgun seat.
The car kicked into high gear immediately. Racing away, leaving a man with a broken soul and a broken heart at the house.
...
The car raced down the highway, its two passengers completely silent.
"Am I a horrible person?" The blonde driver raises her eyebrow.
"Well you do spend a bit too much time in the bathroom, curling your hair and that's pretty horrible of you especially when other people need the bathroom to do their own hair with the pretty clip that sparkles and then wear it with the pretty dress but those two don't really go together, maybe the shorts... Wait what was the question?"
"Horrible person. Me? And seriously what is wrong with you? You went from whether I was a horrible person to planning your own outfit!"
"Oh no." The driver waved an airy hand. "Your kind of okay. And sweetie, that's a talent. It means I'm an excellent conversationalist." She stared in the mirror, slightly more focused on putting on her lipstick.
"But A, I literally just destroyed their lives. I certainly almost killed him. I never meant for anyone to get hurt but I just keep hurting people!"
"You didn't ruin his life. You saved it. We're poison to be around them. Ally, you did what you had to do to keep them all safe. That little girl, whatever her name was, was just the beginning if you had stayed. You saved them. Sweetie, you're best person I know and I'm not just saying that. Everybody makes mistakes but you always try to fix it best you can. And you're trying your best right now. Trust"
The passenger laughed wiping away a tear. "Thanks little sister. You know in your own special way, you're the nicest of all of us."
She laughed. "Not likely, I'm a bitch and you know it!" Ally laughed half heartedly, her mind still in the broken look the boy had given her as she turned around.
The look that had almost convinced her to turn back. Almost.
But his safety was more important than her happiness.
As long as he would be safe there was nothing she wouldn't do to keep it that way.
Authors note
Wow I kind of hate myself with this chapter. This was depressing to write. But I'm pretty excited for what's going to come next! Anyway looks like Sky is pretty scared of someone... Anyway what are predictions for next chapter?
*Hint*
Slow down sister