Chapter 14
I'm lying on the couch, looking at the telephone, please somebody, call me! it has been four days since the last mission with Dante, I still feel like somebody's looking at me.
That's when I gave up, nobody was going to call me, today or tomorrow, Dante probably doesn't trust me anymore, or maybe he has found another girl.
I walk to the TV and look at The 25 most interesting killers.
While somebody picks up the phone and gets a as in her head I hear the phone, I pick up and sight softly 'Zhalia speaking'.
'Zhalia, it's me, Dante. Are you busy these days?'.
I look at the TV and turn it of 'what do you have? An interesting mission? Because I'm probably not leaving my house if you don't ask me to come with you'.
'we're waiting on Volos, Greece'.
'I'll get the next plain, wait for me on the airport'.
Xxx Volos, Greece xxX
While I'm walking over the airport I look at the restaurants, I'm starving so maybe I can get something before I seek for Dante and the teens.
When I taste my cappuccino and donut, I feel like I'm on vacation, however, I still didn't find the teens, and I'm waiting on the agreed place, for like an hour, however, I'm sitting in the sun with a cappuccino and a donut, and I'm relaxing for once in the last eight years.
When somebody stands in front of me I open my eyes to see Dante smiling.
'I hope you've got a good explanation for your good timing' I grin while taking my back and food.
'however, you don't seem very angry about it' he walks next to me, I feel Sophie look at me, her eyes burn through my back, I can just hold my laugh.
'we had a little delay, I'm sorry we kept you waiting' he smiles softly while seeking for his sunglasses, I'm glad I took my swimsuit and dive suit with me.
'yeah, sure, then you can get a taxi, because I'm not' I grin, he grins, Lok chuckles softly and Sophie mumbles something like "Lazy Bitch" I don't mind her, she's just a rich foolish girl.
Xxx
When we came into the hotel we agreed we would get a good sleep tonight and tomorrow care about the mission, of course Lok and Sophie soon got in the swimming pool, Dante was sitting in chair in the shadow, while reading a book over the legend of Jason and the Argonauts. When I came in and took a seat next to him, he fast looked at me and then looked away, probably just a quick check, if I whore a bikini.
But while writing in my diary, I felt he looked at me again, and when I felt his glare again coming over me I couldn't hide a smile 'can you see it already?' I didn't have to turn my head to know he was blushing.
'how did you know?'.
'because I'm not stupid'.
'alright, but I just have to ask, how do you do it?'.
'do what?'.
'make every man stare at you if you just walk by, and don't say you don't see it, that man on the airport was undressing you in his thoughts' he looks at me.
'what do you want me to do? Say "back off, don't have any ideas"? it's no use' I close my diary and stand up.
'maybe' he still looks at me, I take out my sunscreen and see him still looking at me 'if I have to do something, alright I do. So, back off, don't have any ideas' I look at him angry.
He just smiles and begins to laugh 'you're an interesting woman Zhalia, but don't think I would ever look at a woman like that man did' he walks to the pool noticing I stand up too.
'of course not, detective' I grin while throwing him into the pool and walk to the bar.
XxX
After I got only nightmares when I fell asleep, I'm standing on the balcony, we're all sleeping in the same room after there was only one room left in the hotel, after all, it's summer vacation for half Europe.
They all really stayed out my way and the boys gave us privacy, but we still sleep in the same room, and after hearing the snoring of Lok I knew this night would become a very hard one for me, Cherit was probably somewhere flying around the beach, the beach! Good, there's enough privacy for me.
So, after a few minutes I'm walking with my feet through the water, I look at the moon and the stars, the calm sea and the blue water. I close my eyes and let the wind play with my hair, for a few minutes I feel happy, very happy. I don't know how long it last but is was a great feeling, nothing but great memories in my mind, at the same time they make me wanna cry.
When I feel tears roll down my cheeks, I throw my slippers in the sand and walk into the water, I push my head under water, for a long time. When I get above the water I feel like crying heavily, but I don't, because I see Dante sitting next to my slippers.
'if you stayed longer under the water, I would have saved you' he grins softly 'what are you doing here?'.
'can ask you the same'.
'well I can't sleep, so I was going for a breath of fresh air'.
'well, fresh water maybe'.
'very funny, but you didn't answer my question'.
'I woke up and checked on you, but you were gone, so I guessed you were on the beach, and I found you, holding your head under water'.
'now I know you check on me when I sleep'.
'why can't you sleep Zhalia?' I feel caught, did he knew about the nightmares? In every dream I died, I got hurt, I got punished, or he told me he knew my secret and wanted revenge, however, those weren't the worse, memories of the night when Becky got killed, when my family died, I just didn't want to remember such things and I dreamed about it, there were a lot of people in this world that wanted to kill me, but there were three people I was afraid off, 1. Klaus 2. The people who killed my family and 3. Dante Vale.
I see him look at me like he wanted to read it in my eyes.
'maybe I'm not tired'.
'Zhalia, you fell half asleep when we had dinner, you was the first one who got into bed, and every morning we wake up on a mission you're still tired, when you sleep you're always talking or sometimes screaming! Like somebody is killing you, you're even crying while we're talking about it' he looks at me, I quick wipe away the tears, could I trust him? The one I was afraid for? I wasn't afraid of anything but those three people, and he was one of them… I sit next to him, wrap my arms around my knees and look at the sea.
'I'm having nightmares all the time, people out my past who want revenge, people who found out I'm still alive and want to kill me, I've got much enemies Dante, almost all of them want to hurt me or worse, and my memories are teasing and following me wherever I go, I've done much things I'm not proud about, but in a live you have to stay strong and have no fair, no mercy, in the end, you pay the bill, and I don't want to know what reckoning is, for me' I look at the moonlight, don't hear him anymore, till he lays a hand on my shoulder, it's warm and feel comfortable, I want to hug him tight, never let go and cry like I never did. But if I did that, Klaus would punish me badly with a painful new spell as punishment.
'so you're just scared for every moment you live'.
'I can't sleep anymore, I have the feeling people can see through me, I get the feeling I'm not safe anymore, I'm getting weaker Dante, I'm losing my focus, strength and attitude, I'm getting weaker mentally and physically. I don't know what to do Dante, it's exhausting me. When it comes to fighting for my life, I don't think I'm able to fight or kill that person… to defend myself….' I feel tears drop down my cheek, I feel a warm finger wiping them away 'it's such a silly thing to cry for...'.
'it's not, I think I would do the same thing if I was just as scared as you were, not be able to defend myself, you don't have to hide it Zhalia, we're your friends'.
'you just know me for a few weeks and I'm already your friends?'.
'of course, why else would I ask you on a mission with us?'.
'because I'm a good seeker, and you need help with the missions and the teens, I don't know if I could teach them something, Lok is just so… clumsy and Sophie just so annoying, how can you just not snatch your hair out of your head?'.
'you've to stay calm and patient'.
'yeah, I'm not made for that job' a stroke my cheeks dry and walk to the water.
'Zhalia… there's something I wanna for such a long time' he takes my hand and gently pull me into the sea, when we're standing there with the water till our knees he ask me if I want to close my eyes, I do what he says I don't know why but I trust him in some way. Then I feel water around me, I try to come above the water but I feel his iron grip in my neck, I can't breathe I'm fighting for my life, I feel my last breath fade away, I can't use a spell I'm too tired, I'm dying!
I feel my body stop moving, I feel the iron grip getting weaker, and everything went black.
With a scream, coughing and heavily breathing I jump of the bed, I look around, Lok and Sophie are looking at me with frowned eyebrows and Dante just wakes up, probably from my screaming.
'everything alright? Is somebody attacking us?' he then looks at me and the teens.
'no, Zhalia was just having a nightmare, looks like she's afraid for something too, probably love and emotions' Sophie grins evilly.
'I dreamed about you' I know I made her very angry now, if looks could kill, then she was already death, I walk to the bathroom and undress myself, when I'm standing under the shower I think about the dream, it's one of the many dreams I got, it seemed so real, in the dream I told Dante about my feelings and fairs, about the nightmares I have, and in the end he kills me! maybe that means I can't trust him.
'Zhalia? are you done?' Dante, he knocks on the door.
'almost' I turn the hot water into cold water and hold a scream while the coldness is letting my body tremble.
XxX
When we're sitting on the wharf, Dante's standing next to me, the teens ask around about the Argo and we're disguising the best place to find it.
'Zhalia… it looks like you didn't sleep well last night, has it something to do with that nightmare?'.
Was he the one who gave me my nightmares? That couldn't be.
'nothing, but I thought about Jason last evening, and I think I know where the Argo might be'.
'where?'.
'a river nearby, Stavropoulos, I think it's the perfect place to sink the Argo, where no one can find it' I smile softly if he smiles back and nods softly.
'you might be right'.
'there's a river a several miles North of the coast' Sophie and Lok are back, yippee.
'yeah, it's called, Stavopop something or other'.
'the fishermen call it: Stavropoulos'.
'right, Staphedipooplose' that boy is such a small minded creature! What a waiste of my time hearing this news.
'that's what we got'.
'it may be a local legend, but there's a chance the original Argonauts sank their ships there so no one else can use them, so let's find out'.
XxX
While we're shooting through the water, I feel the sea air stroking my hair, I look at the sky while assisting Dante who's sitting next to me, the teens are fighting about having lunch and after three hours just seeing sea water I felt kinda… well kinda hungry, because before we got a boat, it last maybe two hours seeking for one, I know we're seekers but I didn't become one with the mission to seek a boat, one you don't have to paddle by yourself.
However, I was in for lunch and I knew Dante was too, of course Sophie thought he doesn't want lunch and he said he doesn't want it, but I know better (matter of fact, I think I can hear his stomach protesting against his words). But Sophie doesn't and she still tries to get Lok away from the fridge.
'can't you wait till all of us get hungry? You're so rude!'.
'but I'm starving and I bet if those guys see food, they wanna have something too! Nobody can live without eating in five hours! Except for Miss Casterwill who's trying to watch her diet!'.
'Lok! You're just an hungry rude child! You're acting even more childish than Zhalia!'.
I let go an annoying sight, to let them know that I heard that.
'she heard you' Lok laughs stupidly.
'like I care!' screams Sophie in a most hysterical way of madness, well maybe that's a bit to undue, but she just is Princes Bitch! But what she doesn't know… I'm a goddess if it comes to bitchy stuff.
'let him just have lunch already, I'm getting tired of you two screaming around like toddlers' I roll my eyes and hear an angry reaction of Sophie, a relieved sight of Dante and a fridge going open, probably Lok who knows he's safe.
'but Zhalia, it's rude to eat alone, and if we don't eat, he eats everything!'.
'well if you don't want to be rude you eat something too and he can't eat everything if you do, so make yourself useful!' I don't have to look in to her eyes to know she's looking at me like she's killing me now.
'what's with the look? You know I'm right princes'.
'don't call me princes'.
'of course your majesty'.
'Arg!' she turns around and walks away, probably going down for her diary.
'I thought she would never leave' I softly sight again and look at the land in the distance.
'I know, she didn't sleep well last night'.
'probably dreaming about you refusing her to marry her' I mutter it soft almost whisper, so he can't hear me, but I only see him smile softly.
This man really is a mystery.
XxX
'let's have a look over there!' calls Dante when we get closer to the land, we see a big cave, probably big enough for a boat, The Agro.
After a few minutes we have to chance and I just can't close it from behind, with a lot of struggling and using stuff it still didn't come very close to closed.
'Zhalia? are you ready?' I hear Dante knocking on the door.
'give me a minute' I try again and almost kick a gate in the wall when it doesn't close, I don't do it, because else we would get a second Argo to emerge.
'Alright, I can fix that' I feel a hand closing the suit and feel my cheeks getting red, I move my hair and he closes the last part in my neck.
'Thanks' I whisper it soft and then feel his hand still on my shoulder, I pick up the rest of the suit and walk up, how did he get in? I mean I closed the door because I knew Lok would be the fool running in and I would be the one screaming and shouting dark spells at him, which meant… well you all know it.
I look at Sophie who's trying to be sexy, her short of cloth was only a bit… not necessary, I could tease her with what just happened (Dante saw only my back, half naked, because there was only one little string from my bikini top) But that would be swanky.
When we dressed fully up, I sat on the border, ready to make my fall backwards and dive into the water, but of course Dante was first and Sophie quick followed, hoping he would notice she was a fast one, I didn't want her to have that much fun, so I quick follow too.
When I get down on the other side of Dante I see Sophie stare jalouse at me, I mentally laugh at loud and just follow Dante's signals.
When we're in the coat I see lots of old stuff, boxes, old tables with old banks, and everything was, of course, filled with sea creatures, while Dante was looking around I see Sophie glare at me when Dante beckons me and points at something on the wall, I read the words and shake my head, it were just a few words in the local languages of area, it said it's the door to the kitchen of the ship, maybe he was hungry, but I am not.
When Dante's a few feet away from us Sophie is looking at me from my toes till my highest hair, I look back and see her looking angry.
I only grin and swim to Dante, laying a hand on his shoulder and quick thinking of a reason to lay my hand there, I look at Sophie who's looking at me with disbelieve and anger, it was worth the trouble.
I quick see something shine and swim to it, when I try to push the plank away I feel I got Dante's attention, he pushes it away with me and we look at a door, this was getting interesting, the shining thing was the doorknob.
He gently pays a hand on my shoulder and swims to the next door.
While Dante tries to open the door and I shine at it with the lamp, he looks back, I ask him if it's opening but he just shakes his head.
He waves the question if he can use magic, we nod and he uses Touchram, the ship shakes and we dodge the falling beams.
He looks at us if we're alright and I look at Sophie, she was thinking the same thing "he looked at me first!" I didn't know where that feeling came from but my play was getting real! I really have to do something about that! I remember the dream I'm getting weaker Dante, Mentally and physically Weaker for letting feelings do their thing! I wasn't only getting weaker with giving up, I was getting weaker with controlling my emotions and feelings too! I was too weak to not fall in love with my biggest enemy! This wasn't a really good thing.
Then we notice he's gone, we notice Lok is gone too, wait, I didn't see him after we just came in! great, the kid was lost!
When we get out we see Dante with Lok in is arms swimming up, we swim after them and see Lok lying in the sand with Dante next to him.
'what happened?' yells Sophie when we run to them, like that wasn't clear, the boy got into trouble.
He tells his story and Dante tries to cover his clumsiness with a pretext.
'I don't think he has an element, he should know his own limits for his safety' I tried to bring it in a nice, wise and caring way, but of course I couldn't make it sound that way, great, now Dante would never like me, wait! Where did that come from? I'm getting crazy and weaker! And I'm falling in love with the man I must kill! Don't lose your head Zhalia!
This wasn't good, not good, really NOT GOOD!
TBC
Hope you liked it, I know I didn't update a for a long time but hope this is good enough!