Patricia's POV
As soon as I heard his voice I froze. No...This can't be happening. I felt my heart beat speed up. It was beating so fast it felt like it would break out of my chest any minute.
It was him
The voice I had been dreading since our first encounter. But it was different this time, this time I knew who he was, and I know he is real.
The idea of bolting through the open door crossed my mind, but vanished when the door closed mysteriously. Damn, I cursed internally. I focused on keeping my eyes on the ground.
"Sorry princess, you're not going anywhere" his menacing voice spoke. I saw his feet get closer to me, sending a shivers down my spine.
I knew what I had to do. I pulled myself together and gave him a cold glare.
"It's nice seeing you too..." He smirked "Edward"
As soon as I revealed his name, the evil smirk that was once on his face disappeared. For a split second I thought I saw his iris flicker from red to white. Though I was taken aback by that, I didn't show it, I couldn't afford to. Not now.
However the smirk quickly returned to his face and he let out a loud menacing laugh.
"I have to admit you're bright... So you know who I am, now what?" He asked folding his arms. I almost laughed, he looked just like Eddie when he did that.
"Now you're gonna tell me why you're haunting me" I stated boldly. He let out another menacing laugh.
"Oh yeah? Or what?" He challenged stepping forward. I don't know, I thought. But I wasn't going to tell him that of course.
"Well you won't need to find out if you do as I say" I said boldly, with a smirk. I was getting more confident by the second and it was just what I needed. Edward nodded in approval.
"Confident…I like it" He said cheekily "But I think you already know why I'm here"
I frowned, why would I know that? The fact that he's right in front of me is confusing enough.
"No, I really don't" I insisted. He raised an eyebrow at me, before pulling a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and placing them over his eyes. He smirked and walked forward, so that we were only a centimetre apart.
"Who do I sound like?…Yacker" He breathed. I winced when he mentioned my nick name. It was so wrong to like the sound, but he sounded exactly like Eddie. I knew this was his way of taking away my confidence. He knows my weakness. I closed my eyes so I couldn't see him and didn't answer, but I know that would only make it worse.
I heard him chuckle as I felt two soft hands touch my cheeks. Ignore him, Patricia fucking ignore him, I growled to myself, I shouldn't be letting him frustrate me.
"Who do I look like?" I then felt his thumb brush over my eyelid and I couldn't help but open my eyes. I saw the…warm smile on his face, his soft looking cheeks. We were so close that…I could see through his sunglasses to his red eyes. I snapped out of my trance and frowned.
"A dick head" I spat, taking a step back. He chuckled darkly, his 'warm' smile disappearing and his hands falling by his sides.
"Maybe" he paused "But you see princess, that's not the only thing me and Edison have in common" He said evilly. I was both scared and annoyed. Scared because I didn't know what he meant by that and annoyed because of the way he called me princess. I don't know whether you can punch a ghost, but I was prepared to try if he was to call me princess again.
"What do you mean by that?" I narrowed my eyes suspiciously.
"Ever heard of twin telepathy?" he asked sarcastically…or so I hoped. I didn't answer and instead waited for him to explain.
"My point it, what he feels I feel. What he thinks I think. I know his strengths…" He trailed off and took a step forward so he was standing beside me. He bent down a bit so that his lips we almost touching my ear.
"and his weaknesses" he whispered in my ear. I shivered, I knew what that meant, it meant he could help the evil one defeat us. I stayed silence, contemplating this thought.
"Senkara knew this so, she turned me evil and sent me on a mission…a mission to get Eddie to give up on trying to save the world" He said casually. This information came down on me like a tonne of bricks. My eyes widened, he's going to use me, to get to Eddie?
"Finally realised? You're Eddie's biggest weakness and I intend to take advantage of it" He smirked suddenly grabbing my arm. My brain suddenly became alert from the contact.
"No!" I yelled "Leave Eddie alone! He's you're brother how could you?" I felt his grip falter for a second but quickly recovered from it.
"Oh shut up" He growled, dragging me towards the window. Then the door open…
"Yacker are you okay? I brought-" Eddie's voice hung in the air, as I turned to see his face. Most of the colour had drained from his face, his tanned skin turned chalk white. His mouth was moving but no words were coming out. Edward seemed to have froze too, because I didn't feel his hard grip anymore.
I took this chance to escape from his grasp and run to Eddie's side. Surprisingly, Edward didn't protest. I paused in the middle of the room, looking and the scene closely. Edward took off his sunglasses to reveal his red eyes, causing Eddie to gasp.
"What the hell happened to you?" Eddie whispered, his voice almost inaudible. I didn't think Edward would hear him but it seemed he did.
"You know what" The evil twin answered, slowly leaving his trance "You're always free to join" he smirked. Eddie frowned.
"Isn't that what Mom told you?" Eddie sneered. This seemed to be a significant comment because shortly after he said it, his brother stormed over to him and grabbed him by the throat. I was thoroughly taken aback by the sudden change in atmosphere. I wanted to shout 'don't hurt him' but Eddie gave me a look that warned me to keep quiet.
"Go on then Edward, kill me" Eddie prompted confidently. I covered my mouth, preventing myself from saying anything about how stupid Eddie was saying that. Edward did the opposite of what I thought and took a step back, letting Eddie fall to the floor.
Edward staggered back and I was a bit confused about what was happening until I saw his eyes. They were constantly flickering from red to white. Eddie and I watched as his lost brother clutched his chest while staggering back, his eyes continuously flickering.
Edward let out a cry before his eyes stayed white.
"I-I'm s-sorry" He choked before his eyes turned red again. Evil Edward shook his head angrily, letting out an angry growl before jumping out the window.
As I gazed at the window, I suddenly felt my heart beginning to race and my breathing became fast and shallow. What's happening to me. I sat down shakily and found myself starting to wheeze. I tried to slow down my breathing but it didn't work, then I started to panic more as I realised I had no control over my breathing.
"Patricia" a soft voice spoke, I realised that Eddie was now crouched down next to me, his hand placed on my back. "Calm down"
"What's happening?" I wheezed. Eddie shushed me, taking one of my hands in his own.
"You're having a panic attack. Your hearts beating really fast that's why you can't breathe properly, you're going to be fine okay? Breathe" He said softly. It was helpful that his voice was so comforting, it kept me off edge. I closed my eyes and focused on his voice.
"It's okay, everything going to be okay, I won't let anyone hurt you" he murmured. I soon felt my breathing gradually slowing down.
"See? You're okay now" He said. I sighed, opening my eyes to meet his warm hazel ones. It was comforting to see that. I nodded as I wrapped my head around his neck.
"I'm tired" I mumbled into his shoulder. I felt him pick me up bridal style and place me on my bed.
"Stay with me?" I asked. Part of me didn't like how I sounded but I couldn't bring myself to care.
"I'll be here as long as you want me" he vowed sincerely before appearing beside me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
At breakfast I could tell Eddie was shaken up by last night. He hadn't really spoken much when we woke up, he probably had a nightmare.
But how he was just stuffing food in his mouth, like he was drowning his sorrows in maple syrup. When I did ask him if he was okay, he just smiled and continued eating. So I just decided it would be best to just let him eat.
I diverted my attention from Eddie to Joy and frowned at what I saw. She was sat in the middle of Chi and Nicholas...that said a lot about her plan. The worst part of it is Nick didn't even seem to mind, he was too busy engrossed in the conversation. I could tell Chi was trying to hide her frown...pretty well but I could see through it.
"I arranged for us to go to a fair today" Trudy announced.
"Yes! That means candy floss and hot dogs" Alfie cheered. We chuckled but soon our laughs died down, as we heard a thump towards the end of the table. Followed by the sight of an empty chair.
Nick gasped and scrambled to the ground and I realised who the empty chair belonged to. Eddie bolted out of his seat and I followed him
"Chi!" He exclaimed as he found her, on the ground with her eyes closed. Sibuna crowded around her while the rest of Anubis house stood up to try and see what was going on.
"What's wrong with her?" I asked.
"It looks like she fainted" Nick replied worriedly.
"Oh dear can one of you boys take her to a room?" Trudy asked. Nick nodded and picked her up, and for a second I thought I saw her lips twitch.
"She'll be fine dearies" Trudy said "She just needs some rest"
"Can we stay with her?" Eddie asked. Trudy smiled at him.
"Of course, but we're going to the fair now so if you want to come..." She trailed off before leaving the room, with Jerome, Joy and Mara following after her. Alfie tried to leave but Amber dragged him back.
Soon enough Sibuna were left in the room, looking at the unconscious girl. I placed a comforting hand of Eddie's shoulder. He looked at me and smiled, before kissing my cheek. When we looked back I noticed something.
"Wait, did she just move?" I questioned. Everyone snapped their heads towards her and watched as she sat up.
"Hey" she greeted nodding her head, her golden iris fading back to her dark brown ones, and getting out of bed. She seemed too energetic for someone who just fainted.
"Wait what the hell, I thought you fainted?" Eddie asked. she shrugged.
"Nah it was fake…well technically it wasn't completely fake, it's a trick I learnt from Osiris" She said casually.
There were murmurs of "Why did you do that?" "You're crazy" but one person said "Cool! can you teach me that?" We turned to the owner of the voice.
"I mean…what's wrong with you?" Eddie corrected. Chi rolled her eyes.
"Well I'm sorry, do you want to train or not?" She asked sarcastically. Oh yeah, today's our training day, I completely forgot.
"Ohh" Everyone breathed.
"Why didn't you tell us you were going to pull a stunt like that?" Eddie asked "You scared me half to death!" she smiled sympathetically, climbing out of her bed.
"Sorry, it had to be realistic" she answered. Nicholas frowned.
"Well why didn't you tell me?" He asked, sounding slightly concerned "I was going to" she started, frowning "but you were too busy talking to Joy" She raised an eyebrow in a challenging manner.
"Point made, sorry" He said awkwardly, looking down. There was a long awkward silence before Chi sighed heavily.
"They've probably gone by now, let's go" she instructed, leading us out of her room.
Damn I'm so sorry this took so long…like I have my exams in less than two weeks so yeah I'm revising. For this reason, I might not update till they are over this chapter was actually supposed to be longer but I thought, why keep you waiting!
So there's tension between Chi and Nicholas…hmm I wonder how this is going to end. next chapter's training! Tehee I can't wait, review! Chi x
