--Chapter Nine--
Just as that was happening, Pogue and Caleb heard a glass break and looked over.
"Hey it's Reid and Tyler." said Caleb.
"You guys need some help?" Chase offered.
"No man… just stay with the girls." said Pogue walking away.
Caleb and Pogue went outside and saw Reid and Aaron nose to nose.
"What's the problem?" yelled Caleb.
"None of your damn business." said Aaron.
"What happened?" asked Pogue.
"Aaron decided to be an asshole and smack my ass while I was playing pool." said Alyssa.
"It shouldn't have been sticking out." said Aaron trying to get closer to Alyssa.
Caleb pushed Reid out of the way to get into Aaron's face and said "You need to stay the hell away from my sister."
"Or what? It doesn't look like you are going to do anything. How bout I take her off your hands and have my way with her… free of charge."
Then all of a sudden a fist came out of no where and knocked Aaron to the ground. They all looked and saw Tyler shaking his fist in pain.
"Tyler!" Alyssa was shocked.
"I suggest you get the hell out of here or I'll do worst than Tyler did." said Caleb.
"This isn't over… I'll get you. You little bitch." Aaron said looking at Alyssa and walking away.
Reid flashed his eyes fire around them and made Aaron's pants fall making Aaron trip and fall to the ground.
Reid busted up laughing then Caleb glared at him.
"What are you thinking, Reid.?"
"What? He was talking shit to Rox."
"So you don't go Using on him like that. What if he thinks you did it or something?"
"Would you quit being so paranoid… he's too stupid for that."
"I'm serious Reid… you need to be more careful."
"No shit."
"Are you okay Lys?" Caleb asked.
"Yeah… I am fine. Are you okay, Tyler?" she asked.
"You hit him hard enough, he'll have a fat lip." laughed Pogue.
Alyssa went to grab Tyler's hand to look at it, but he ripped it away and said "I'm fine."
"Okay okay." she said.
"Let's just go… we have school tomorrow." said Caleb.
"Yeah… let's get the girls." said Pogue.
Later on that night, Alyssa was sitting on her bed looking out the window listening to the rain. It was just her in there since Angela and Reid were still hanging out. When her and Tyler got to the dorms earlier, he just walked to his room without saying a word to Alyssa. So she just let him cool off.
It was dark out, all you could see was the moon shining and the light house shining the light. Alyssa was sitting on the edge of the cliffs listening to the waves crash below on the rocks. Then all of sudden she heard silence followed by twigs breaking behind her.
She slowly turned around but got sent in the air over the cliffs by a dark shadowy figure. She tried screaming but nothing came out.
"You just float there and listen. I am sick of all of you. I will get all of your brother's powers if it's the last thing I do. Have a nice fall." the voice said letting Alyssa free fall to the sharp razor rocks. Before she hit the bottom, she woke up.
Alyssa sat up in her bed with a cold sweat and she was breathing hard. She looked at her alarm clock, then called Tyler.
He answered his phone and mumbled "Hello?"
"Ty… it's me. Can you come down to my room please. I am here all by myself."
"Aly… what's wrong?" he looked at the time. "It's three forty five."
"Just please get here."
"I'll be right there."
He hung up his phone, got up, and saw Reid and Angela asleep on Reid's bed. Tyler put on sweats and a hoodie. Then he grabbed the stuff he needed for school and went down to Alyssa's room.
He walked right in, shut and locked the door. "Aly… what's wrong?" putting his stuff down on her desk.
"Um… can you stay with me?" she said trying not to cry.
He sat down next to her, giving her a hug, and said "What's wrong?"
She broke away from the hug and said "Um… nothing." looking down.
He lifted her head with his fingers having him look at her and said "How am I supposed to help you or know what's going on if you don't tell me."
She nodded and said "Okay… it started earlier when I was getting ready to go to Nicky's. I saw someone in here with me. Then when I told Cal about it he said that it was the same thing he saw."
"What was it?"
"A darkling."
"What? Who would send you a darkling?"
"I don't know Ty, neither does Cal. But the other thing was, before I called you I was having a bad dream."
"About what?"
"I was over by the cliffs listening to the waves crash against the rocks, it was dark. I heard nothing then twigs breaking behind me. As I turned around I got lifted in the air over the cliff. A dark figure told me that who ever it was is going to take all of your power if it's the last thing they do." tears started falling down her cheeks. "Then I was let go and before I hit the rocks below I woke up."
"Oh no… Aly, Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine once you guys figure out what the hell is going on."
He wiped her tears off her face and said "Yes, I will stay with you."
She nodded and said "Okay."
"Look I'm sorry about earlier… I was just so pissed off at Aaron talking about you like that."
"It's okay… you were defending your girlfriend."
"I just wanted to kill him, but Caleb was in the way so I socked him as hard as I could."
"Babe… Aaron is slime we all know that. Don't let his stupid remarks get to you."
"But he also smacked your ass."
"If I wasn't paying attention, he wouldn't have touched me. He caught me off guard. But Ty, I can take care of myself. Come on, power aside… I grew up with all four of you boys so I know how to fight... if I had to."
"He lays one finger on you…"
She cut him off and said "Ty… it's going to be fine."
"Okay." he gave her a hug. "It's my duty to protect my girlfriend."
She laughed and said "You are so cute… Ty."
"Thanks… I try."
Then her and Tyler got into her bed, he laid flat on his back and Alyssa cuddled up to him laying on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and gave her a kiss on her head.
"I love you, Aly."
"I love you too, Ty."
Alyssa fell asleep with ease feeling safe in Tyler's arms. Tyler waited til she went to sleep, then he drifted off to sleep too.