The Search

Chapter 14: Sacrifice

It didn't take long for Reid to find the address, and the four sons were speeding their way to the next town over. All Caleb could think about was how much pain Marita was in, and how he should have protected her at all times. If only he had escorted her to the Simm's residence, then maybe they could have taken on Chase together. This way of thinking was getting him absolutely nowhere, and they needed to discuss their plan of action.

"What exactly are we going to do when we get there?" he asked, for once, not having all the answers. Tyler never took his eyes off the road, the scenery whipping by them at break neck pace.

"I'm going to try to connect with her again, see if being closer can make it easier to talk to her, or maybe make it clearer to see where exactly she is being held" Tyler said, determination set in his voice. Reid looked to his friend, worried that he may just do something stupid. He looked at his phone and saw that it wouldn't be long before Tyler and Marita would ascend to their full powers, and if Tyler did what he was planning, things could get really messy.

Ten minutes later they pulled into the parking lot of Lo's Palace, immediately smelling westernized Chinese food.

"Well, this is the place," said Pogue, "did you want to try it from here?" he asked, looking to Tyler who had just turned off the ignition. Tyler nodded in response, as he unbuckled his seat belt. The three sons sat in silence as they watched Tyler try to reach out to his sister. No one moved a muscle, fearing that if they even took a breath that it could have some effect on the connection. Caleb prayed to any God that would listen to let Marita come back to him.

"Marita, my dear, this is no fun with you unconscious," said the vindictive voice from her conscious world, as she felt something cold and wet being thrown on her person. It merely served to make her shiver, but she was not going to let herself be jolted back to reality. She couldn't survive more of Chase Collins's brand of torture. Marita knew that it had to be over soon, she knew it, she could feel it. All she had to do was wait it out and it would all be over; she would be dead, and happy to not be in this hell. It pained her to think of her brother, and the sons, and her Caleb. She could feel Chase all over her, making her feel pain more than she has ever felt before, and that was saying something from what she had gone through in the last day or so. She was hoping that he would go overboard one time, and go a little too far with his torture and finish her off. Marita couldn't believe it, but she had lost all the fight in her, she was completely broken. She heard Chase scream at her vehemently, calling her something akin to a slut, and vowing to beat it out of her, but she couldn't make sense of his words, the blackness calling to her once again.

"Mar?" Called Tyler, as he sensed that she was near, closer than she was before, "Mar, where are you?" he called. He heard a faint whisper in the distance, and went straight to the sound. This world seemed darker than it was before, if that was possible, and he ran with his arms out stretched, not able to see even an inch in front of him.

"Tyler" said his sister as he once again stumbled upon her, "you shouldn't be here, not now, it is so close…..so close…." Marita whispered, wanting her brother to just leave, to be safe. She couldn't lose him, he was all that she had left in this world by way of family.

"Marita, I am NOT leaving you! Please, can you tell me anything else? Can you help me find you?" he said, as he held her in his arms, her body limp with fatigue. She looked up at him with sorrow filled eyes as she reached her hand up to his cheek.

"I can't, I can't help you, want you to live…" She said, it was getting harder for her to speak, "please, go…go….." she trailed off as her hand touched his cheek.

Tyler was not prepared for what happened next. As soon as her hand touched him, it was like he was in the room with her. He saw all the pain and torture she had gone through in the time that Chase had taken her. Tyler couldn't believe his eyes as he saw Chase grabbing at his sister's body, pawing at her, scratching at her. He wanted nothing more than to go to Chase and kill him right then and there, but he could not move, he was merely a spectator. He was merely seeing the memories that Marita was trying to forget. Time seemed to slow down as he realized that they were now in the present. Chase was yelling at her, calling her horrible names. Something wasn't right, Tyler knew that Chase was crazy, but this was above and beyond. Something wasn't going right in this little plan of his. Tyler wished he could figure out what, for he could use that when they confronted him, but he couldn't quite make out the words. As he tried to listen he also looked around the room, trying to see if there was anything there that he could use to figure out where Marita was being held.

The room was small, wood from floor to ceiling. There was one window, but chase had it boarded up so no natural light would fill the room. From the snippets that he had seen before from Mar's memory, he knew that there were other rooms in this place, for Chase had moved her from the chair to the bed. He just couldn't figure out the connection between the Chinese restaurant and this room. All of a sudden Chase went completely quiet, as if he could sense someone else in the room. Tyler automatically went completely still, not moving a muscle, not even to breathe. Chase walked over to where Tyler was standing, and his eyes went completely black. Tyler knew he was found out as soon as a smirk appeared on Chase's face.

"Well, if it isn't the oldest Simms, come to have a chat with his baby sister," he mocked, but couldn't continue as Marita screamed out in rage. Tyler saw his sister fling herself off the bed and at Chase, completely breaking their connection. Tyler was suddenly back in his hummer, his hand still outstretched, reaching for his sister. "MARITA NO!" he yelled, the words were forcing themselves out of his throat, even though he knew he was no longer with her.

"Tyler!" said Reid, "you're back with us, it's okay," he said, trying to calm his brother down. Tyler looked at Reid, but Reid knew that he wasn't really seeing him. Tyler quickly opened the door to his vehicle, and was immediately sick. The other three quickly followed him, worried expressions on their faces.

"Tyler, what the hell happened in there?" asked Caleb, fearing the worst. Tyler looked at him.

"You do not want to know, Caleb, you really don't" Tyler said, his eyes conveying the horror that he saw. "There is nothing more debilitating than the fact that you are witnessing you're sister being violated by some maniac and not being able to do anything about it." He stated, sorrow and anger fighting against themselves in his demeanour. Tyler's entire body was shaking, both from shock, and from the prolonged time he spent with his psychic connection with his sister.

"Tyler, we need to know, everything. Anything you tell us could lead us to where that creep is keeping her," said Reid, trying to get his best friend to open up to him about what he had seen would be no easy feat. Not for anyone, but he knew that it was their only chance at being able to help Marita.

"Well that was completely stupid!" yelled Chase, as he wiped at the blood that was now oozing from a cut on his face. He kicked Marita as she lay in a heap on the ground, "but at least it got you up and awake!" he smiled vehemently as her eyes looked up at him with disdain.

"You stay the hell away from what's left of my family!" she yelled with what little voice she had left, "you have me, you don't need them!" Chase laughed maniacally.

"Yes, my dear, it is true, I do have you," he said, kneeling down as he grabbed her chin to make her look him in the face, "and you're so called family is merely the icing on the cake. Oh, how sweet it is". He jerked his hand off of her face, jolting her neck, as he stood up. "You know who I will have the most fun torturing? Your dear Mr. Danvers. I just can't wait to tell him that I killed his first born; you have no idea how much fun that will be. At first, this was most unexpected, but I always like to see the silver lining in things. Caleb's little heart will break once he realizes this little fact, and then he will see how you are completely and utterly mine."

"Wait, what are you talking about? Caleb's first born?" Marita was dumbfounded; she had no idea what Chase was going on about. Chase looked to her, and smirked.

"Well, my little hussy, you are carrying Caleb Danvers's first born, and once I kill that child, Caleb will not be able to continue his less than honourable lineage!" Marita stared up at him, her eyes wide, as he hand went subconsciously to her stomach. Chase laughed again, very pleased with the scene that was to come in only a few hours from now, ascension was near, and so was his immortality.