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Chapter fourteen.
I moved over to the window, my gaze looking out at the large apple tree. I remember the days of my childhood when my twin and I ran around and around it for hours playing tag, no matter how fast I ran he always seemed to catch up with me. I smiled warmly as another, not so pleasant memory trickled out of my locked box.
I stood outside the front of my car, my parent's Land Rover wrapped around the tree a few yards down the road from our home. Flashing blue and white lights lit up the summer night sky and officers rushed around the scene as the ambulance and fire crews worked to get my mum and dad out the car.
"Are they..." I whispered, my eyes locked onto the car.
"Yes. They said it was instantaneous..." Paul stated, his hands clenched into tight fists.
"How did this happen... Dad's such a careful driver, I don't understand." Tears streaked down my face now and I saw my brother dip his head, a deep sigh leaving his lips.
"The police think he swerved to avoid hitting a deer."
"What?" I turned to him, my teal eyes gazing at him as his dark brown ones looked back at me. He took after my father; tall, slim but strong build with dark features - nobody ever guesses we're twins let alone brother and sister. I however took after my mother, she was fair haired and shared the same colour eyes as me. Or she did. "That can't be right..." I shook my head as I turned away from him, my fingers tapping repeatedly against my collar bones.
"Amy you won't want to look at his..." Paul took my hand and my eyes moved from the police to my parent's limp bodies being pulled out of the car.
"No..." I pulled my hand away from him and covered my mouth, my body shaking. "No!" I screamed, running forward towards them before an officer grabbed me and held me back.
"Sweetheart you don't want to see that." He spoke into my ear, trying to sooth me but I fought in his arms before I slipped out of his grip. I ran over to them as the medical crews covered them with a blanket.
"This can't be real... Please let this be a nightmare..." I dropped to my knees, sitting in between them both as I took their now cold hands in my own. "You can't be gone... You were supposed to grow old together, you were supposed to watch me grow up, you weren't supposed to die..." I burst into tears, kissing the back of their hands as I placed them back on the floor.
"Miss, we need to take the bodies now." A medic said behind me and I stood, nodding slowly as I wiped the tears away with my sleeve.
"I'll see you again soon... I love you..." I walked past the medic and through the crowd of officers, my brother opening his arms for a hug. "No! No don't you dare touch me." I barged past him and got into my car.
"Amy don't! Please come back!" Paul stood at my door, banging on the window before I started the engine and drove off.
I came out of the memory, my cheeks wet with tears. I hadn't thought about that night for a very long time, I hated the way I felt and being here – where it all happened reinforced the idea of wanting to crawl up into a ball.
"What's with the tears princess?" Shift was standing beside me now and I pursed my lips, turning away from him before he grabbed my arm, tugging him back toward him. "Thinking about your mummy and daddy?" He smirked and I yanked my arm free, my eyes narrowing.
"Don't you dare speak about them." I hissed at him, taking a few steps away before bumping into Thanatos.
"Now that's not very polite is it darling?"
I glanced at the two of them, my heart picking up as he took another step towards me – blocking me into the corner.
"I... I'm sorry I didn't mean.." I stopped, my back pressing against the cold wall.
"Be quiet." He growled, his hands either side of my head. Shift was grinning like a mad man behind me and I let out a shaky breath. "I've not got much patience left girly." He stroked my cut on my face and I turned my head away before he grabbed my jaw, turning it back to face him. "Look at me when I talk to you." I whimpered at him and I felt a strange sensation, as if I was having blood drawn.
"S-stop it..." I whispered, he ignored me and pressed his body into me just before my knees buckled.
"But you taste so good." He breathed. I could feel my energy leave my body, hell I could see it leave my body as he sucked it in.
"I can't..." My head rolled forward and he let me drop to the floor, my head smacking the edge of the slate fire place.
"Let that be a warning girly." My eyes just focused on his boots before he kicked me a few times in the ribs and back. I didn't make a sound, I was so spaced out I barely felt a thing. I know that I would later but for now I'm grateful for the peace.
"Put her in the hole." Thanatos ordered, I could hear Shift mutter something before he picked me up – carrying me outside into the cold mid day sun. I wanted to ask him where he was taking me but I couldn't speak, my body wouldn't obey my mind so I just blinked slowly. After a few more strides he stopped and my gaze rolled onto a deep pit in the ground, it must have gone down at least ten or more feet. I could see the reflection of muddy water and if I wasn't completely drained I would have kicked and screamed. I hated confined spaces like that.
"Night princess." He grinned at me and dropped me over the edge. I fell for a few seconds before I landed in about a foot or two of water, my head only just above the surface. I could start to feel my body listen to me again and I instantly felt the cold, the water completely soaking my clothes as I tried to sit up.
"Victor hurry..."
I didn't get a reply this time and I pulled myself into a seated position, my eyes resting on two corpses. I recognised them, they owned the little tea shop in the village.
"Oh my god..." I screamed and tried to get onto my feet, my fingers clawing at the sides of the hole as I attempted to escape. "Please let me out!" I cried before my legs collapsed, my head resting against the muddy prison wall as I shut my eyes, my body shaking.
"Princess?" I felt someone nudge me and I opened my eyes, it was night time now and my body was frozen. "Aww you don't look so good.." He pulled me to my feet and I shivered in his arms. In a blink of an eye I was no longer in the ditch of doom, I was in the middle of my old bathroom. "You need to shower. Get yourself cleaned up." Shift walked out and I turned to the shower, turning it on – surprised to feel the water was still hot. I quickly stripped and stepped under the warm spray, I could see the water turn a dirty reddish brown colour and I shuddered under the warmth.
"Amy?" Paul's voice popped into my head and I froze.
"What do you want." I growled, he was the last person I wanted to talk to. He lied to me.
"Victor told me everything, I know that I lied to you but this really isn't the best time to discuss it. Are you hurt?"
"There's never a good time with you Paul! You made me think it was an accident, you lied to my face! Why didn't you just tell me the truth!" I finished washing all the blood and dirt off my body and I turned the shower off, quickly grabbing the towel before wrapping it around my broken, bruised form.
"Amy will you shut up. You need to stall for at least another hour."
"Another hour?! I've not got another hour, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what he has planned for me."
Speaking of the devil, Thanatos stood in the door way admiring my figure with an excited glint in his eye.
"You have definitely grown into a beautiful woman."He took a few steps forward to stand in front of me, his fingers caressing up my arm before gliding across my collar bone. "So elegant..." He whispered, I could see the lust in his eyes and I stepped away from him – causing a laugh to escape his lips.
"What are you afraid of girly? Does your dear soul finder not attend to your needs?" I didn't react and he laughed again. "Get dressed." His tone was cold now and he walked out, returning with a pair or my jeans, a thick jumper and a pair of Victors socks, he must of taken them from my flat when he tore it apart. Thanatos left me and slammed the door shut. Slowly I grabbed the clothes, being careful not to make too sudden of a movement.
"I miss you..." I cried out to my soul finder again, waiting for his reply which never came. Where the hell was he? I held back my sadness and quickly changed, pulling on Victors socks at the end before making my way to the door.
"Come on girly we haven't got all day!" Thanatos shouted as I opened the door, slowly making my way down the stairs. "There you are. Looking beautiful as always."
His words chilled my core and I stood on the bottom step, the pain in my wrist throbbing. "Why are you dragging this out... Why don't you just kill me and be on your way." I looked directly at Thanatos, his eyebrows raising in surprise.
"What fun would that be?" He stated, walking over to me to tuck a few wet strands of my hair behind my ears. "You definitely have your mothers eyes." He watched me for my reaction but I gave him nothing, I was too busy imagining that I was smashing his head against the wall, over and over again.
"I think it's time for another hors d'oeuvres." He rubbed his hands together and I turned on the spot, making a run for it up the stairs before he grabbed my ankle and yanked me back down. My bruised body taking even more hits.
"No! Let me go!" I screamed as he picked me up, his arms tight around me as I squirmed in his grip.
"Relax..." He whispered, that pulling feeling returning to me as he took more of my life away from me. After a few seconds I stopped fighting, my head rolling back onto his shoulder as unconsciousness tugged at me. "That's more like it." He placed me on the ground, my eyes struggling to stay open as I watch him straddle me, he face close to mine as he caressed my thigh. "You really are something girly. I get such a hit from you." He breathed over me and black spots tinted my vision. "Maybe I'll just keep you around as my little... toy..." His eyes trailed down my body and I tried to sit up before he slammed me back down. My head was spinning as I felt my power being drawn from me again, his hand sliding up underneath my jumper.
Suddenly, before things took a darker turn, the door was kicked down and Victor ran in, sending a mind strike into Shift before tackling Thanatos to the ground. "Get. Your. Hands. Off. Her!" Victor punched him repeatedly across the face and I just watched him, my eyes rolling back into my head before I passed out.