So that was quick…. It's not as long as one of my chapters usually are, but I wanted this done and I like it as is…
Chapter 19
"Where the hell am I?" Chase asked as everyone just stared at him. "You're alive. That's all that matters. Now let my sister go." Riley said calmly, but the anger was evident on her face. "I'm only gonna ask one more time." He said, letting his eyes bleed black and tightening his grip on Mia's neck. "Where am I?" Vikki's eyes turned white and Chase grabbed his head and doubled over in pain, letting Mia run over to Reid. "Bullying anyone won't get the answers you want." She said, folding her arms across her chest. "All you have to do is ask nicely." Chase looked up at Vikki and his eyes went back to normal. "I'll play nice if you do." He said, and Vikki's eyes went back to normal. "What's going on?" Chase asked, turning to Caleb and staring him in the eye.
"They brought you back to life because we need one another." Chase scoffed and shook his head. "The only thing I need from you is your powers." Chelsea laughed at him and put her hands on her hips. "If you don't help us, you won't be alive long enough to even try to get them." Chase looked Chelsea up and down then quickly glanced at Vikki. "I don't even know you two and you're threatening me." Vikki and Chelsea smiled and looked over at each other. "That's honestly a technicality at the moment." Riley said, rolling her eyes. "What you need to know is that we're all involved in a prophecy and we all need to work together to fulfill it." Chase turned away and thought about it for a minute. "How do I know this isn't a trick?" Reid laughed and Mia him in his chest.
"Because we brought you here." Mia said, staring at him. "Don't you think that we would've left you wherever you were after everything you did to us? To me?" Chase looked at her and slightly softened his expression. "We thought you were a good guy once. And probably deep down under all that…" Mia started but then struggled to find a word that would suit the sentence. "Sociopathic, power hungry psycho-ness." Riley said, making Vikki, Reid and Chelsea laugh. Mia looked at Riley and sighed. "What?" Riley said innocently. "That's me being nice." Chase laughed and nodded. "What I'm trying to say is that maybe deep down, that guy we thought you were is actually in there somewhere. You wouldn't have been able to pull it off if it wasn't." Mia said, and Chase just laughed. "Maybe I'm just a good actor." Vikki laughed when she heard this, drawing the attention back to her. "You may be able to fool everyone else, but you can't fool a telepath or an empath." She said, seeing the slight change in his eyes and demeanor. "That little piece of humanity that Mia's talking about is still in there. And it's what's making you even consider what we're saying." Riley quietly chuckled to herself and looked at her sister. "You've always manage to always see the good in people. Even before we knew about this magic stuff." She said with a smile on her face. "Why else would you be with the jackass blonde guy?" Mia shook her head and laughed. "I'll help." Chase said, looking at Mia. "Only because she's very persuasive." They all nodded and relaxed in the room.
"Well now that that's over with, introductions should be made." Agatha said, making the teens remember that the adults were in the room. "I'm Agatha James, Riley and Mia's grandmother. These are my daughters, Katherine and Lauren." She said, signaling to each woman. "And those are my son-in-laws Mathew and Zachary." She said, signaling to the men. "Your parents are married?" Chase asked, turning to Mia. "No. At least I don't think they are." Katherine shook her head no and laughed. "Those two girls that you don't know," Agatha said, and Chelsea and Vikki let out exasperated sighs. "Victoria. Mia and Riley's cousin." Vikki said, seeing him nod. "Thought so." He said to himself. "What's that suppose to mean?" Tyler said, quickly jumping to her defense. "Just that they look alike and I read about cousins when I did my research. Calm down." Chase said as Tyler backed down. "And you are…" Chase said, looking over towards Chelsea. "Sarah's sister. Chelsea." Chase looked over towards Sarah confused. "Sister?" Sarah waved it off and chuckled. "Long story." He nodded and looked around the room. "What now?" Most people looked around the room, not knowing the answer. "We catch you up to speed and get you on the same schedule they are on." Mathew said, walking out the room. Everyone started to follow, but Vikki stopped Chase.
"I just wanted to verbalize the threat lingering from the many skeptics in the room." She said, watching the smile creep on his face. "If you turn on us, I won't hesitate to kill you. I will slit your throat faster than you can even think about using your powers on me. I don't take traitors lightly." Chase put his hands up innocently, the smile still on his face. "As you can probably tell, I have a bit of a violence streak." Chase nodded and she walked away to meet with the others.
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