Trapped in Apocalypse Chapter 12
Day 33
Kate was in kitchen, washing the dishes when the front door burst open. Kate jumped and dropped the dishes. She turned around and slowly walked over to the main room. She avoided the broken dishes as she passed by.
Cordelia emerged from the outside. She removed her black hooded cape. Behind her was the rest of the coven: Mertyl, Madison, Mallory, Coco, Hannah, Harry, and Amy.
Dinah refused to help them. After learning that she was the one who betrayed them to Michael, Cordelia made a deal for her soul, in exchange for Marie Laveau. Maria stood with the witches.
Kate looked at them confused but also happy. "Cordelia?" She walked over to her. "Hi."
Everyone looked shocked at the sight of Kate, or more specifically her growing belly.
"Oh my God!" Mallory exclaimed.
"Oh shit." Madison said.
"What did he do to you?" Hannah asked.
"Nothing." Kate said. Her expression changed. She walked over and hugged her friend. "Hannah, you're alive. And Amy! And Harry. You're all here!"
"Yeah. Long story." Harry said.
"We have so much to tell you." Amy said.
"And Marie." Kate said. "And Madison. Mertyl. How are you all still alive?"
"Resurrection spells of course." Amy said. "And they help of a demon. Madison was Michael's doing."
Cordelia took Kate's hands. "We have to go now. We need to keep you away from Michael. He's not what you think he is."
"He's pure evil." Hannah said. "You'll see once we give you your memories back-"
"Wait What?" Kate asked. She stepped back.
"And we need to get that baby out of you." Cordelia said. "It will take on his traits. Look how quickly it's grown."
"Come with us." Hannah urged.
"No!" Kate said firmly. She blasted the witches back, out of the room. They all fell flat on the ground.
Michael walked down the steps at that moment. At first he looked surprised, but then he smiled. He stood next to Kate with a look of pride on his face.
Cordelia got up and tried to re-enter the room but she couldn't. A shield prevented her from coming in.
The other witches stood up and saw for themselves. Mallory carefully touched it.
"Put the shield down Michael." Cordelia said firmly. "Don't make me break it down."
Michael smirked and put his arm over Kate's shoulder. "Oh, but I didn't put up the shield." He turned to Kate with a huge smile on his face. He leaned over and whispered into her ear. "I think I just fell in love with you."
Kate tried to hide her smile, unsuccessfully. She looked at him with loving eyes.
"Oh my God!" Madison said. "She actually likes him!?"
"You can't be that desperate." Mertyl said.
"He's been lying to you all along!" Hannah shouted.
"He killed us!" Amy yelled.
Kate looked over at her. "Amy? Where have you been all this time?"
"Dead!" She said.
"Yeah, he killed all the other witches." Coco said. "And tried to kill the rest of us."
"You're not safe from him." Mertyl said.
"Enough!" Kate declared. "We shall talk in private." She nudged her head to the side. "In the kitchen. Cordelia, you first."
Kate put up the shield across the house. The witches on one side, Michael and Kate on the other. The sheild split up the dining table, with Cordelia sitting on one end and Michael one the other end.
Amy called Kate over to the main room from the kitchen. Kate rolled her eyes but obliged her. Kate stood a foot away from the shield.
"I need to tell you something-" Amy began.
"If it's about Michael, I don't-" Kate interrupted.
"It's not." Amy said. "I woke up."
Kate tilted her head. "Yeah, I can see you're alive again."
"No, no. I really woke up. In the real world! In the warehouse." She explained. "Lily and Charlotte where there with Luke. They woke us up but I had to come back to help you." She took a breath. "The machine has been rigged. I-if we die then we wake up, for real this time. We're going to get out of here. You can go home."
"And what exactly is that?" Kate asked. "The foster home with an overly worked foster mother who will not be happy with the fact that I've been missing for-How long were we gone?"
Amy bit her lip. "Nine months."
Kate let out a breath of shock. "I thought for sure it would be a year at least..."
"I'm sure your foster mom will glad to collect checks for taking care of you, without spending any money on you." Amy rolled her eyes. "Come on. They do care about you at that house."
Kate shook her head. "Why do you even want to get out of here? Isn't your home life awful too? That's why no one has been looking for us."
Amy looked down. "It's true that this simulation or nightmare or whatever you want to call it has provied me and my bother with some security... But I miss school. I miss 2018. Actaully I think it's 2019 now... You don't need to worry about anything else here. You can die here and be okay."
"I'm not going to abandon my child!"
Amy leaned back. She looked down at the floor and shield line across it. "I know you. Okay, you've developed an attachment to this child. A child that is very quickly growing inside you. How are you not worried? I mean, haven't you seen Twilight?"
"Oh shut up." Kate said, coldly. "He's not a vampire."
"Neither was Tate but look what happened to Vivian." Amy said.
Kate glared at Amy.
Back in the kitchen, Cordelia and Michael talked about Kate.
"What are you doing to her?" Cordelia asked. She hit the table.
He put his hands together on the table calmly. "I'm cooking for her and keeping her company. I'm protecting her and-"
"Stop." Cordelia said. She raised her hand. "Did you put a spell on her?"
He laughed. "Wow." He adjusted his blazer. "She made the first move. I was...unprepared but very satisfied."
Cordelia looked away in disgust.
"She is something truly special." He sighed. "She's so good to me. Kate really cares for me and obeys me."
"She won't want anything to do with you when she remembers you killed her friends." Cordelia said. She points her finger at him. "You murdered them."
He tilted his head. "If Kate was from your coven, how could she be alive?"
"Same way I'm alive." Cordelia said. "She got away."
"I never even saw her in the house." He said. He was still calm and cocky.
"She was visiting her good friend Misty Day, who you brought back." She said.
"You can try to twist this all you want, but she's with me now. We're going to have a child. We are going to be a very happy family. You're not going to ruin that." He glared at her. His voice grew more stern.
"You don't care about her. You only care about that demon growing inside her." Cordelia said.
Michael pounded his fist on the table. "Oh, but I do care about her and our child will not be some evil thing. This wasn't planned, but I'm not upset that it happened." He smirked.
Cordelia narrowed her eyes at him. "This is an act. You're not capable of these kinds of feelings."
"Maybe something changed that."
"What? Being laid?"
He folded his arms. "From the moment I saw her, there was something about her. Knowing that she's a witch, it makes a bit more sense. Never thought I could feel this way about anyone, especially a witch. But here we are."
"Enough of this." Cordelia said. "We are leaving." She stood up. The chair squeaked as it scooted against the floor.
"Good." He said.
"With Kate."
"No." Michael said. He flew a strong wind across the room, through the shield.
"You're still just a child." Cordelia said. She shook her head and left the room.
Mertyl stood outside the kitchen. "Ah, is it my turn now?"
Madison joined Amy in their conversation with Kate.
"He may have bought me back to life, but then he destroyed the world. The apocalypse was his doing." Madison said.
Kate looked at her, puzzled. "No, that was the government."
"He has magic. Dark magic. He did it." Amy said.
Kate looked up and grunted. "Why are you doing this? Why now?"
Madison looked down at her belly. "He brought back Queenie too, then killed her a few months later."
"Why would be so that? Why would he do any of this?" Kate asked.
"Because he hates all the witches." Amy said.
"He wants power." Madison said.
Kate shook her head. "You're wrong about him. This is just a huge misunderstanding. Or maybe he's being framed."
"You have your powers. Tell me, what does he fear?" Amy asked.
"Nothing." Kate said.
"You're lying." Amy said. "Open your eyes. He is not good!"
"He caused an apocalypse in an attempt to kill all the witches." Madison said. "He killed 6 billion people."
"Stop!" Kate shouted.
They witches were silent for a moment, yet there was still sound. Not a voice but the sound of something spilling on the floor.
Kate felt the water on her feet and knew. Her face filled with worry and panic.
"Oh my God!" Amy said. She covered her mouth.
"Michael!" Kate called.
Michael ran out into the main room on their side of the barrier. "What-oh." He looked down and saw the puddle. "It's time. It's happening."
"Ahhh!" Kate shouted in pain.
Holly burst into the warehouse, demanding answers. She saw the screens and turned back to Luke, Lily, and Charlotte.
"You did what?" She asked them.
"When they die in Apocalypse, they will wake up for real." Luke said. "This can end."
"No." Holly said. "That's not enough. Sammie is on her way here. She...she's lost it. We need to go one step further."
"What did you have in mind?" Charlotte asked.
"I helped set up this trap." Holly said. "I know a fail safe."
"What would that be?" Luke asked.
She took a breath before speaking. "I can make this machine not only put people to sleep but put their soul in the dreams."
"Meaning what exactly?" Lily asked, skeptically.
"If anyone new enters the dreams and dies, they will die for real." Holly said.
