Chloe's pov
I shouldn't be so cold. Its actually really warm in this room, but I can move, I cant see, I cant do anything. I wish I knew exactly what Cassey did to me. What she probably did to Simon too. I cant even think about Derek not being okay. I wont survive this without him. I wont want too. Why was she doing this? Yes, I killed her but I'm her mother! I gave birth to her and raised her! Doesn't that count for anything? Apparently not, since she has taken you captive. Kyle was manipulating her, I was sure of it. That would be the only way she would ever kiss him and let him touch her. She hadn't forgotten anything, so she knew what she was doing to Simon. She was breaking his heart. If she didn't care about me anymore she should care about him. She loved him. Love doesn't just disappear, though sometimes I wish it did. I cant tell how much time has passed since I've been here, but I feel stiff and grimy. It was probably more than a day, meaning Kit has already been killed by now. That whole trip was a failure. I wanted so badly to save him, to save everyone. That way no one was alone. I just wanted everyone to be happy. Was that such a bad thing? Sacrificing my daughter in order to get what I wanted was a bad thing. I don't deny that, but I was in pain and I wasn't thinking straight. The most horrible thought is that I would have still chosen to do exactly what I already did. I wouldn't change anything. Derek was my everything, and why should I be punished by losing him? I haven't done anything that I'm not aware of, and trying to fix. I've helped people, saved lives, protected my loved ones, but I still get the short end of the stick? Where's the justice in that? Derek should be my reward, without my daughter as the cost, even if I was willing to pay it.
I'm stuck here in my daughter's hold, defenseless. I failed everything I came here to do. I didn't save anyone. I killed everyone. How did things become so messed up? Where did I mess up? All the small slip ups must have added up. The outcome was astronomical. I've lost everyone. Derek, Simon, and Cassey. Everything I've ever had. And I'm still here. I'm still alive, and fighting. What am I fighting for though? Clearly not Derek, Simon or Cassey. They're already lost. So am I fighting for revenge? Yes, that must be it. I could live a full life, even live to be a hundred years old, and never stop fighting for them, for the loss of them.
A tear leaked out of my froze eyes, despite what my own daughter had done to me.
Derek's pov.
I cant move, and I haven't the slightest idea why. That strange women called me dad. Then she kissed me and I don't remember anything else. I'm so confused. First, Chloe comes out of nowhere and stakes her claim to me. Then, she makes us leave Lyle House and try and save my Dad. We didn't fail that part. I got him out while I told them I was just checking for guards. He's on a plane to Africa. Well he should be, if he had half a mind. Chloe really is something, but I don't know why she loves me. Why should would ever even think of the possibility. No one else ever did. Maybe, she's just special. She's sacrificed so much, mostly for me. She didn't think of the guilt that put on my shoulders. I was the reason she killed her daughter and someone's father. I was indirectly at fault. Chloe thinks she knows everything about me, in truth, she only knows as much as Simon does. I wish I had the real Simon to talk to, not the 30 year old one.
I miss her too. I miss Chloe because I love her. I don't know when that happened, maybe it was when she clung to me for help when releasing those ghost, or maybe how she helped me when I was in pain from changing. I guess it doesn't matter, but I don't want to lose her. I don't want to lose anyone. I don't want to lose the future before I have a chance to live it.
A sigh escapes my immobile lips, and pain fills my heart.
Tori's pov
I'm a traitor. I led Cassey to them and then fled to the airport leaving them to die. I'd suffered enough. Chloe never asked if she could just hit the reset button on all of our lives. She had no right, but neither did I. they just started boarding my plane. I stand up but cant walk towards the gate. Why cant I walk?
I'm not frozen or anything, but I cant walk onto that plane. I drop my ticket on the floor and run towards the exit. I cant leave them there. I don't care if I die, I have to try and help. That's what Chloe would do. And even if she's ruined everything I still admire her strength. I could never survive what she did, and I've already died once. I hit the gas on my car, not wanting to teleport and drain myself. The tires screech as I speed away.
Simon's pov
I know exactly what happening. A kiss from the girl I love made me fall to my knees, but failed to knock my out. She had been so surprised but she kissed me one more time and I was lost. I couldn't fight the toxin in her breath.
"I'm so sorry. I really am." She whispered into my ear, as if that made it better. I was surprised that she had kissed Derek and her mother to capture them. I guess that was her advantage. No one had expected her to do it, so we weren't prepared, not that we even knew she was alive at all. I miss the innocent little fourteen year old that I loved. I wanted Cassey to be human again. She isn't now, no one human could do this without changing their minds, or having some form of doubt.
"She's a monster."
The words slipped from my lips, while I forced my frozen eyes to close.
Cassey's pov
I'm terrified. I didn't want to hurt them, I really didn't, but I didn't have a choice. I wont die, and I'll do anything to survive this. I pass Simon's cell and cant help but peak in.
"She's a monster." I hear him say, and then he closed his eyes. He shouldn't be able to move!!! I pulled the door open and walk over to him. My resolve falters when I look at his peaceful face. He is so beautiful. Hesitantly I take his hand and kiss his forehead.
"Goodbye." I whisper, but he doesn't realize that I'm the one who will be leaving.
Maybe I'll prove that I'm not just a monster. Maybe I'll fix everything, ill try even though I wont win.
