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A/N: Anything in italics is going to represent a dream, so it's not happening IRL.
Chapter 11 – Freaked Out
Once the guard left, Pogue and Caleb descended themselves and Rylie down gently, closing the file and leaving the Administrative office through the attached church. Rylie was jogging behind the two taller, faster boys; they were walking swiftly between the pews trying to leave as quickly as they had gotten there.
"That was close…" She murmured coming between the two boys. "Sorry Pogo…" She gave him an apologetic glance.
"Very," Pogue nodded his head, "its ok squirt…" he smirked messing up her hair.
Caleb was in deep thought repeating the name "Goodwin Pope…" over and over again. Then he stopped and turned to them. "Goodie, Goodie Pope…" He paused and looked Pogue in the eye. "Agnes Goodwin Pope!" He stated as if the two younger kids knew what he was talking about.
"What?" Pogue asked.
"Agnes Goodwin Pope, they called her 'Goodie' Pope…" Caleb snapped his fingers. "She was one of the people who signed the petition against John Putnam, in the Book…" He stated.
"I don't know… I haven't read the book since we were kids…" Pogue admitted his cheeks flushed.
"Call Reid and Tyler… we need to meet…" Caleb stated as he looked down at Rylie.
"I'm going to go out with Kate and Sarah, keep them occupied while you guys do… whatever it is that you do…" Rylie stated as she followed them out to the cars.
Caleb dropped Rylie off at the dorms so she could meet up with Sarah and Kate. She went to their room and knocked; no answer. She bit her lip and knocked again waiting patiently. She opened her phone and called Sarah.
"Hello?" Sarah's saddened voice came over the line.
"Sarah, what's wrong?" She asked. "Where are you?"
"The infirmary… Kate's got a fever and the chills, so I'm here waiting on her…" Sarah stated.
"I'll grab some coffee and meet you there, ok?" Rylie asked.
"Ok…" Sarah sighed.
The two girls hung up and Rylie bit her lip nervously, what if Chase had done something to Kate? What if something happened to the guys while she was away? A thousand questions plagued her mind while walking back to her room; she grabbed her car keys and walked back towards the parking lot. She fidgeted with the keys, walking done the lone, empty halls of Spencer's Dormitory. Once she was in the parking lot she found that it too was as dead as the dormitory.
She was almost to her car when she felt a presence behind her, and evil laughter filled the surrounding air. She turned abruptly seeing nothing, she turned to run to her car and ran straight in to something, she fell back on to her rear and looked up in to the blue, menacing eyes of Chase Collins.
"Wha-what do you want?" She asked nervously looking up at Chase.
Chase knelt down next to her, brushing some of her dark blonde hair out of her face, "You're beautiful…" He whispered. "You would be the perfect woman to bare my children…" His voice was serious and cynical.
"What?" Rylie's eyes grew wide as Chase grabbed her arms forcefully. "No way…" She shouted trying to push him off of her. His lips hovered over hers as he glared down at her. "I don't have the power if that's what you're talking about…" She stated moving her face to the side to keep her lips away from his.
"Oh no, I know my dear. I just need a woman, to bare my child…" Chase's voice hissed in her ear. "Because what if something happened to me," He asked in a mocking shocked tone. "Oh no the fifth bloodline would really die out and we couldn't have that… no could we?" He asked moving so he could hold her face in his hand. "And you…" He pulled her to stand up, she reluctantly followed suit. "You my dear…" He pulled her close to him he held her against his chest. "Are perfect…"
"No," She shook her head violently. "I could never do that…" She stated.
"What do you have to care for?" Chase asked with an evil laugh. "Your father's dead, your mother could care less about her children, your brother is selfish, and the rest of the Covenant…" he stopped to laugh. "Tyler is afraid of his own shadow; Pogue won't be a problem after tonight…" He whispered in to her ear harshly. "And Caleb," He smiled sinisterly. "He'll be willing me his power tomorrow night… if he knows what's good for him…" Chase told her.
"My brother does care… and Tyler isn't afraid…" She huffed tears streaming down her face. She was fighting against his tight grip on her. He turned her around and stared her in the eye. "Don't hurt them…" She whispered.
"Oh but they have what I want…" Chase stated simply, his grip never loosening on her upper arms.
"What?" She squeaked out.
"The Power…" He smiled at her forcing his lips upon hers. She tried to push him off of her, but there was no use he was stronger than her.
She took her foot and stomped down hard on his insole hoping that he would let go, and he did. She turned and ran towards the woods between the school and the dorm. She ran as fast as her long legs could carry her, she ran until she couldn't breathe any longer. It seemed like eternity until she collapsed to her hands and knees, heaving up and down trying to catch her breath. She looked up and saw the sun setting in the background, she sat back leaning against the tree, she had to call the guys and warn them.
She took her phone out and dialed Pogue's number, something was going to happen tonight, and she knew it. His phone went straight to voicemail. She cursed knowing that their phones didn't have very good service out in the original colonies.
She leaned her head back against the rough bark of tree and let out a heavy sigh, there was no way of getting around this… she knew that they would have to use, use and fight for the well being of not only themselves but for their families.
She stood up holding on to the tree as she looked back, no sign of Chase Collins anywhere. She hadn't realized how far she had run off in to the woods; he probably left to go find the Sons, which wasn't good for them. She started walking back up the rolling hills of the woods.
Fifteen minutes in to her walk she looked around, wondering if she had gone in the right direction. She took out her cell phone and tried Pogue again; it rang three times and went to voicemail. She sighed and started hiking back up, she pressed speed dial 3 as the phone rang and rang and finally someone answered it.
"Rylie!?" Caleb's concerned voice came over the line.
"Caleb, where's Pogue?" She asked rushed.
"He just stormed out of the den," He stated. "Why?"
"What? What happened?" She asked, pushing his question aside.
"Chase, he put a spell on Kate, when I told him Pogue ran out of her and got on his bike…" Caleb stated huffing a bit as he ascended the concrete steps from the den to the first floor of the Danvers' Colony Home. "Where are you? Sarah said you called her and told her you'd meet her at the infirmary but you never showed…"
"Oh my god, Caleb you have to find Pogue… Chase is going to hurt him…" Rylie stated her breath was short and huffy.
"What? How do you know this?" Caleb asked looking back at Reid and Tyler.
"Chase, he… he came to the dorm after you dropped me off, just as I was getting to my car…" Rylie stated.
"Hold on I'm putting you on speaker so Reid and Tyler can hear…" Caleb announced pressing a button and holding the phone away from his ear. "What happened?" He asked.
"I was walking to my car to go meet Sarah, and I turned around thinking someone was behind me. I turned around and started running to the car and I ran right in to him and fell flat on my ass," She took a deep breath and got to a top of a hill. "There was Chase, he pinned me down to the ground and told me that I was beautiful and that I would make a great woman to bare his child…" Rylie literally shuddered at the thought.
"What?" Reid and Tyler yelled at the same time.
"Go on," Caleb stated as the three boys got out to their vehicles.
"Then he said that he was going to hurt Pogue… and then make you will him your power tomorrow night…" Rylie stated as she reached the edge of the woods finally seeing the dorms. "Then that bastard forced himself on me, but I got away and ran in to the woods…" She stated glad to finally see the dorms.
"Stay there, Reid and I will come pick you up…" Tyler announced.
"I'm going to go and find Pogue, and then I've got to go see Sarah…" Caleb stated.
Rylie hung up her phone and started towards the school, she was nervous as to what could possibly have happened to her friend. She started walking towards the dorm and saw Sarah walking back from the infirmary. She ran up to her and literally wanted to hug the blonde girl.
"Sarah!" She smiled seeing her.
"Rylie, my goodness what happened to you?" She noted the dirty jeans and tousled look that was now adorning the younger Garwin sibling.
"Chase, he came after me…" She whispered.
"Oh my god!" Sarah exclaimed as they walked in to the dorms. "Are you ok?" She asked.
"I'm fine… just a bit freaked out is all…" She answered truthfully.
"I know what you mean, they just took Kate to the hospital… her fever is up to 108, they said she's going in to an allergic shock…" Sarah stated her cheeks were tear stained.
"I just got off the phone with Caleb; he's going to come get you to bring you there. He said to just stay in your room, and he'll meet you in a few, ok?" Rylie announced trying to keep her composure.
"Rylie… what's going on?" Sarah asked. "Does this have to do with all the stories about them?" Sarah asked grabbing on to her arm.
"I've got to go find Pogue… I'll see you at the hospital, ok?" Rylie asked her trying to get away from the questions regarding the Covenant.
She ran to her room and shut the door behind her, she couldn't say anything, and she couldn't divulge their family secret. Though it seemed Sarah did a bit of research herself about the history of the Sons of Ipswich. She sat down on her bed and sighed heavily wanting to believe that this was all just some bad dream.
"Ready for me already, my dear?" Chases sickeningly sweet voice came. She could feel someone touching her leg gently, but couldn't see anyone.
"Stay away from me…" Rylie stated in a low voice as she crawled to the top of her bed.
She looked around her room not seeing Chase anywhere in sight; but she had seen Reid do this trick a hundred times. He got his cheap fix this way, turning himself invisible as he snuck in to the girls' bathroom or locker room.
"Oh but you're mine, lovely…" He said as he materialized at the side of her bed.
She jumped off of the bed, "What did you do to Pogue?" She asked lividly.
"Big bad Pogue…" Chase laughed. "Was on his way to save his little Miss Muffett…" He smirked. "And he was speeding along the way, the roads were really wet from all the rain… and he crashed…" Chase stated mockery apparent in his tone.
Rylie felt the tears in her eyes as she shook her head violently, "No…" She whispered. "You can't hurt them…" She felt the warm liquid touch her cheeks as Chase backed her against the wall.
"Oh but I can… and I will…" Chase stated running a finger down her cheek. "But you can help them…" He whispered as he leaned down to her ear. "Come with me…" He let his lips linger by her ear.
"No," She shook her head. "I can't," She insisted.
"You can, I'll spare your brother and Tyler…" He whispered. "For now,"
"Don't hurt them…" Her teeth were grinding together. She was upset and pissed off at this point. He was threatening the only family she had left. "I swear to god,"
"What are you going to do?" He asked a twisted smile forming on his lips. "Beat me up?" He laughed.
"Don't do this…" Rylie stated looking him in the face. "It's not going to solve anything…"
"What do you know?" He asked pushing her harder against the wall of her dorm room. "They grew up with friends they could talk to about this… and me?" Chase laughed coldly. "I had to find out on my own…no one to talk to… no one to console me when I ascended painfully… I had NO ONE!" His voice was angry with rage.
"But we didn't even know you existed…" Rylie she squeaked out scared to say something that might disturb the older boy anymore than he was.
"Maybe they should have done their research then…" Chase stated as he vanished as quickly as he had appeared.
Rylie slid down the wall and sat with her arms wrapped around her legs, how had she gotten in to this mess? How had her brothers gotten in to this? Her thoughts were disrupted when knocks on the wooden door became deafening. She didn't want to move, instead she shouted for them to come in, sensing it was her brother and Tyler.
The door swung open, the knob never turning, she looked up and saw Reid's eyes were black, indicating his usage of the Power. They slowly dissolved back to their normal color as he and Tyler rushed to her side.
"What's wrong?" Tyler asked looking her over as if she was bleeding from every place imaginable.
"Chase…" She whispered looking up at the two pairs of concerned blue eyes. "He came back…"
"What did that bastard have to say this time?" Reid asked.
"He said that I could save you guys if I just went with him…" She repeated what Chase had told her.
"No way," Tyler shook his head.
"That bastard…" Reid growled, a snarl replacing his normal smirk.
Rylie felt the tears in her eyes as Tyler wrapped his arms around her shoulders trying to comfort her. She instinctively jumped back a bit by the physical contact between them, while Reid simply sat back and thought for a moment, putting his cell phone to his chin.
"Is Pogue ok?" She asked.
"Caleb just said that he was in an accident… nothing more…" Reid answered.
"We have to go see him…" Rylie insisted standing up bringing Tyler with her.
Reid stood up and followed her out of the door, she didn't give either of them a chance to argue. Tyler and Reid jogged to keep up with her, her legs taking her carelessly out to the parking lot where she had been first approached by Chase. She climbed in to her car as Tyler climbed in to his. Reid got in to the passenger's side of his sister's car.
Without saying a word the threesome made their way to the hospital. They arrived 20 minutes later, ambulances and medics scattered all over the place. The three teens barged in to the lobby heading straight to the front desk.
"Can I help you?" An older woman asked looking the three over skeptically.
"We're here to see Pogue Parry…" Reid retorted shooting her a glare for judging them quickly.
"He's currently in ICU at the moment, only family members are allowed." She stated blandly.
"We are family, he's our brother…" Tyler stated slamming his palms down on the desk.
The woman looked over the three, judging them carefully; neither of them looked like the young man that had been wheeled through just forty minutes ago. She sighed heavily and gave them the room number he was in. The three teens rushed to the ICU center and found Pogue's room. The waiting area for his room was small, a plate glass window and door separated them from their childhood friend.
"Oh my god…" Rylie gasped taking in all the bandages and the half-conscious biker boy, her eyes automatically filling with tears. Reid let his sister bury her face in to his chest, wrapping his arms around her in a comforting fashion.
"He's going to be alright… don't worry…" Reid hushed her silent sobs.
"How is he?" Caleb's broken voice came from behind them.
"We just got here…" Tyler stated looking back at him; his hands shoved in his front jean pockets.
Rylie looked up from Reid's comforting hug and saw Caleb running a hand through his hair. He looked tousled and stressed.
"What happened?" She asked.
"Nothing, don't worry about it…" He stated in a hushed tone. "I'm going in to check on him…"
With that Caleb walked through the doors in to Pogue's room. The Garwin siblings and Tyler looked on as Pogue tried to talk to Caleb, but he could barely say what he had to get out. Caleb came back out a few minutes later rubbing his eyes tiredly.
"Caleb, what's going on?" Tyler asked.
"Chase wants my power…" Caleb stated sighing. "He used Kate to get to Pogue to get to me…" He growled.
"We can help you…" Reid stated as he lurked towards the older boy.
"No, you guys stay here; let me know if there are any changes…" Caleb stated before walking out of the room.
Rylie sighed leaning against the Plexiglas window, her forehead rested against the cold as she peered in on the long haired boy hooked up to several machines.
"We can't just sit here and watch him…" Rylie mumbled.
"We have to listen to Caleb; he knows what's going on better than we do…" Reid stated. Rylie stared up at him, never for once thinking that her brother would ever say such a thing; the words seemed so foreign coming out of Reid Garwin's mouth.
After a few moments Rylie sat down next to Tyler staring up at her brother who stood his arms crossed over his chest, she glanced at Tyler's attire and smirked to herself. He was wearing Reid's orange hoodie, the one he always wore underneath his black hoodie he was donning at the moment.
"Raiding Reid's closet again?" She whispered softly.
Tyler looked down at the jacket, a smirk graced his lips, "Something like that," He answered.
The three of them sat there in silence for awhile longer until Rylie stood up abruptly, her nerves getting the best of her.
"I'm going to see how Kate is…" She stated. "I'll be back…"
"Rylie, wait…" Tyler stood up.
"What?" She asked; Reid looked from his best friend to his sister.
"You shouldn't go alone, should you?" He asked. "I mean, what if Chase shows up again…" Quickly explaining where he was coming from.
"I should be ok; I don't think he'll try anything in public…" Rylie answered.
Tyler simply nodded as Rylie walked out of the ICU waiting room for Pogue and asked a nurse what room Kate Tunney was staying in. She pointed down the hall and let her know the third door on the right. She walked down the sparsely populated hallway and found Kate's room. She looked in seeing the large welts all over Kate's body, a breathing machine attached to her; Rylie felt a lump in her throat as she looked in on her friend.
"She looks a lot better than I had expected…" A sinister voice came from behind her.
She froze as a hand placed itself on her hip, turning around she came face to chest with Chase Collins, yet again. She stared up at him in complete shock.
"How in the world…" She whispered.
"Have you made up your mind yet, pumpkin?' He asked placing his hands on her face, gently rubbing his thumbs back and forth over her cheeks.
"About?" She asked her voice trembling.
"My little offer, I'll leave Reid and Tyler alone if you'll be mine…" He whispered down to her.
She stared up at him, she saw what he had done to Kate and Pogue, and knew what their powers were capable of. She simply nodded her head and looked up at him.
"I will if you leave them alone…" She stated. "Don't' hurt them…" Her voice lowered.
"Good, I'm glad you came to your senses. I'll meet you at the dance; I love that little blue number you'll be wearing." He pressed his lips against hers and disappeared once again.
Rylie pressed herself against Kate's door and took a deep breath; she wasn't going to tell her brother or Tyler about this encounter with Chase. That would only worsen their over protectiveness, it was bad enough as it was. She waited outside Kate's room waiting for a doctor to come by, 10 minutes passed before a doctor came by to check on her.
"How is she?" Rylie asked.
"We got her stabilized and got her fever done a bit… but still not so good…" He answered truthfully.
"Thank you," She nodded her head and walked back down to Pogue's private ICU room.
Tyler got off of the couch and looked at her, "How is she?" He asked.
'"They stabilized her, but she's still not doing well…" Rylie answered shaking her head.
She took a seat next to her brother and Tyler, within a few minutes she was fidgeting beyond belief, "I can't stay here…"
"Where are you going to go?" Reid asked.
"Back to the dorm I suppose… there's nothing else we can do really…right?" She asked him.
Reid and Tyler both agreed with her and they spoke briefly with the nurse and the doctor letting them know to call them if anything had changed with either Pogue or Kate. The threesome made their way back to the dorms, Reid followed his sister back to her room, flopping himself on the extra bed.
"You can go back to your room Reid…" She retorted in silence.
"You're my baby sister… I can't let anything happen to you…" Reid told her.
"FIVE minutes Reid, five!" She held up her hand and flashed her five fingers in his face.
"That's five very LONG minutes…" Reid smiled over at her.
"You're terrible…" She smiled at her brother.
He sat up on the bed and grinned at her, "Yes, I am…" He nodded. "So you told Tyler yes then?" He asked glancing over seeing the azure dress hanging off the top of the closet door.
"Yes," She nodded her smile fading.
"What's wrong?" Reid asked.
"Nothing, I'm just worried about everything…" She sighed looking at him with a forced smile.
"We've all had a long day… why don't you get some sleep and I'll come check on you in the morning?" Reid asked.
"Ok," She nodded her head.
He got off of the bed and walked to the door, "And hey, when this is all over and Caleb defeats Chase… we'll have a party at the Garwin House… since mother dearest won't be there…" He smirked.
"Always looking for an excuse to party…" Rylie smirked back.
"It'll be kick ass…" Reid stated as his eyes turned black and he opened the door.
"Reid." She stated flatly. His eyes turned back to the crystal blue color and he put on an innocent smile. "Don't even try it…" She pointed her finger at him.
"Wouldn't dream of it…" He laughed closing the door behind him. "Sweet dreams little sister…"
Rylie laid back in her bed, exhausted; three freaky run-ins with the evil Chase Collins in one day, running for her life, and seeing her friends in the hospital. It was enough to drive a normal person insane.
"Good thing I'm not normal…" She stated out loud to herself before drifting off to sleep.
"Oh my dear…" Chase's voice echoed in her head. "You didn't possibly think you could escape me by sleeping…did you?" His speech stopped and he let out a cackle. "Think again babe…"
She appeared before him, dressed only in a small, barely there night gown. Her hair was down and curly and full of body, how she had anticipated wearing it the next night at the Fall Fest. She looked up and his cold blue eyes were peering back at her.
"What do you want with me?" She asked softly.
"Didn't you hear the story?" Chase questioned skeptically.
"What story?" She asked dumbfounded.
"Of how the fifth bloodline still exists?" He circled around her, peering down as if she were his prey.
"No," She shook her head watching him circle around her, scared out of her mind.
"My great-great-great, well you get the point, grandfather… John Putnam… came to Agnes Goodwin Pope… in her dreams… as an incubus…" Chase's smile twisted in to a smirk as she looked at him startled. "After she was widowed, her son Hagan Goodwin Pope was born, 10 months after her husband's death; making him the continuing fifth bloodline of John Putnam…"
Rylie glanced up at him and shook her head, "So what are you saying?" She asked him.
"Even if, by some ungodly chance that Caleb happens to 'defeat' me…" He laughed at the thought. He closed in the space between them; "I can still continue the fifth bloodline… by simply…" He came closer to her, brushing her dark blonde hair out of her face. "… coming to you… in your dreams…" He was centimeters away from her, causing chills up and down her spine.
"I already agreed to it, why do you insist on tormenting me?" She asked trying to walk away but she couldn't' move, not even an inch.
"I want to make sure that my point is clear…" Chase stated.
"Crystal…" She glared at him, trying to hide the fear in her eyes.
"You can't fool me…" He laughed. "Too bad if something miraculous happens and I end up disappearing…" H e laughed running a finger down the side of her body. "I would much rather take what's mine in person…" He stated grabbing her closer to his body.
He hovered over her again; his lips inches from hers, "I can almost feel your soft skin under my touch, just anticipating every move I'd make…" He pulled something form behind his back as he leaned in to her. "And this is so you won't forget that you belong to me…" He whispered before pressing his lips, and whatever he had in his hand pressed against her hip bone.
Rylie could feel the burning sensation pierce through the silk of the nightie and on to her skin, burning relentlessly. She pulled away from Chase and saw him pressing something that looked much like a brander in to her side. She looked up at him and that sinister smile placed itself on his lips as he removed the brander.
Rylie's eyes grew wide at the sight of the pentacle that was now burned in to her hip, "You're mine…"
Rylie shot up, sweat pouring down her face as she looked around the room for any signs of the creepy fifth son. Nothing, not even the irking feeling of him being around lingered in the air. She pushed the covers off of her body and looked around the room, it was so real.
She shook her thoughts and looked down to see she was still wearing the same clothes she had worn to the hospital and grabbed the edge of her shirt. She pulled it off roughly glancing down at her left hip bone, sure enough burned in to her was a pentacle about the size of a silver dollar.
She scooted her body up and rested her head against the head board, her eyes drifting to the digital clock on her night stand. The neon green numbers read 3:45 AM. She sighed resting her arms down in defeat, she couldn't escape him, no matter where she went or what she did.
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