Chapter 14
Rochelle
I watched as Isabel closed her eyes and remembered her vision for the Truthseers to see. It was painful for her I could tell. The signs were all there; the sagging against Arkarian as the remembered vision took place, the shaking and the pained expression on her face. I felt so bad for her, I really did, but we had to see that vision.
I shuddered as I felt the evil emanate from the vision and the demented being in it.
Suddenly I heard a gasp as Isabel fell to her knee's coughing.
"Isabel!" I heard Ethan yell as he ran to her side. None of us Truthseers could do anything as we were reeled into the vision. 5 minutes later the vision was finished and I looked around and what greeted my eyes was this: Neriah with tears rolling down her face, Matt with his fists clenched, Arkarian looking around for Isabel, Isabel on the floor with glazed over eyes as she shook, and Ethan, Dillon, Jimmy and Shaun at her side trying to calm her down.
"Isabel!!" Now Matt and Arkarian have noticed that Isabel was on the floor, slightly coughing every now and then.
I tried to tune into her thoughts but hit a mind wall as she still pushed us out.
"God, what now?" Dillon asked as he stood up and ran his hand through his hair.
"Shut up Dillon," everyone froze as Neriah spoke those words quietly but deadly.
"… Neriah?" I asked quietly as I watched her through her hand over her mouth in shock.
"Oh… Dillon I am so sorry, I don't know where that came from," I saw tears well in her eyes in shame as she apologized.
"It's… it's ok, we're all high strung, especially with Isabel wigging out." Even with what he said, I knew Dillon took it to heart. I could see it in his eyes. I knew he was still in love with Neriah.
"Gah!" We all simultaneously turned to Isabel as she withered on the floor, whether in pain or distress we couldn't tell.
"Shhh," I watched as Arkarian brought her head to his lap and stroked her hair calming her slightly.
We all watched Isabel as she came out of the vision, her eyes losing the glazed look and slumped into Arkarian.
"Isabel?" Arkarian softly said to her as he helped her sit up.
"…it was nothing, forget it. Just a… it was a repeat of… her death." I watched as Isabel looked up at me, not able to say my name yet as if she didn't quite believe I was real, but not able to believe anything else.
We all knew she was lying as she stood shakily and walked away.
"I'm going home, ok? Mum's worried," Isabel said to Matt as she continued walking out the mountain.
"…ok…" Matt trailed off slightly as the mountain wall reappeared as Isabel disappeared.
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"She's lying," Dillon stated 10 minutes later.
"I think we all realised that Dillon," I rolled my eyes at his stupidity.
"Well, jeez, Ro, maybe not everyone did," but then when he realised everyone was looking at him and nodding as if to say 'yes we did', he sighed in defeat.
"Why? What did she see? It must have been something really bad if she is lying to all of us," Jimmy stated as he scratched his head in thought.
"Hmmm, maybe one of our deaths?" Shaun offered.
"No… she would have reacted differently. This vision made her uneasy, upset, confused. If it was one of our deaths she would feel terrified, distraught, all of those kinds of emotions." Wow, Neriah is good. Even I have to admit it. Oh damn, she heard my thoughts. She flashed me a smile. It's all good.
"Hey guys… I think I'm going to follow her." Well, this brought heads snapping towards me.
"Huh, why?" Ethan asked, confused.
"Well we need to sort things out with one another, so I'll go see if she's ok and then we can have a–" and before I could finish, I'm interrupted by Dillon.
"Heart-to-heart?" Great… a heart-to-heart.
"Yeah… a heart-to-heart…"