Chapter 6: followers rendez-vous
Serena whirled around and to her relief saw Jimena looking awfully wet and worried. "You scared me." Serena scolded. "You shouldn't sneak up on a girl! Especially one whose had a rough day!" then Serena got up her courage and asked Jimena "you wouldn't happen to know where Collin is would you? Its just the beach is closed, and he's not home, and everyone knows he has no friends," Serena said, mocking her brothers popularity status. When Jimena didn't say anything Serena whirled around to look at her best friend, afraid that maybe something was wrong with her, but nothing was wrong with Jimena, but Serena noticed something in Jimena that wasn't normal.
That's when she noticed the glow in Jimena's eyes.this wasn't Jimena! (For those of you who haven't read the books, on certain nights, I think it's nights where there's a full moon, the followers eyes glow yellow) This was a follower! Stanton had told her that some of the more powerful followers could shape change! Serena didn't know if she could handle a battle in her present state of near exhaustion. She however gave the follower a meaningful glare as if daring him.her.it to challenge her in her own house.
The follower saw the look, it smirked and went into Serena's brain and words flashed across her brain, "you cannot win," "We will defeat you," "Surrender goddess" then the follower saw Serena's moon amulet, powered up by the full moon, and knew this was not the night to trifle with one of the daughters, so it disappeared into the shadows with one last sentence, "I will be back, one night when you're precious moon won't be there to help you," Serena just stared dumbfounded at the place that the follower, whoever it had been, had been standing a moment ago. Then Serena cursed herself, she could have gone into the followers mind to see if there was any information about Stanton in there. Serena no longer felt safe alone, and with Stanton in danger, so she rushed to the phone to call to see if any of the daughters were available.
Lucky for her Catty and Vanessa were home and available, unlucky for her so was Jimena, which meant Collin wasn't with her, and the beach was closed at this time so where could he be? Serena pushed down the thought with the thought of Stanton helpless in the hands of the atrox and the thought that Collin was a big boy and could take care of himself. So she waited at the door and sure enough in a few minutes she heard cabs pulling up to her house as Catty, Vanessa, and Jimena got out. She ran to greet them, ushered them inside and gave them some some hot chocolate. After they had finished their hot chocolate Serena got up and showed them the pieces of paper she had found and explained the story to them in full detail.
Catty was the first to speak, "maybe it's a trap, I mean maybe the artrox wanted you to think Stanton was free, so that they could "capture" him to trap you," Catty was the one who was least fond of Stanton out of the group and always suspected him of having other motives than love for dating Serena. " I trust Stanton," Serena said, she had made that clear, "yeah, Catty he's never hurt us since he started dating Serena, and in fact he's warned us and saved our butts!" Jimena said sticking up for Serena. Serena smiled gratefully at her best friend. It was always like that, she and Jimena had each others backs.
"Yeah Catty," Vanessa said playfully elbowing her best friend, "give the guy a chance, I've been in his mind and memories I should know, that he's not all that bad," Vanessa said, referring to a time back when she had first found out she was a goddess, Stanton had trapped her in the memory of his being taken by the atrox. Vanessa had tried to save a younger Stanton and because of that kind act Stanton was now unable to harm Vanessa, but no one else had that guarantee so far.
Then the room was quiet for a while, as each of the daughters was wrapped up in their own thoughts. It was Serena this time who broke the silence "So do you guys have any ideas? Hunches? Anything?" she looked at Jimena, half expecting her to say she had a premonition and knew exactly where he was and what was happening, but when that reassurance never came she turned to the other daughters and they had blank faces as well. oh gosh Serena thought frustrated, we're four goddesses and we still can't come up with a plan between the four of us! Secretly all the daughters were having that same thought at the moment.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Serena was about to open the door when Jimena grabbed her hand, "are you crazy? You don't just open the door for any body!" Jimena stood on the tip of her toes and let out a sharp gasp, outside the door were three of their biggest rivals, Morgan, Cassandra, and Karyl! They were three pretty important and powerful followers. "What do we do?" thought Serena, this door won't hold them long! They'll blast it down!" she said, letting her panic show. And sure enough there were blasting sounds coming from outside.
Serena whirled around and to her relief saw Jimena looking awfully wet and worried. "You scared me." Serena scolded. "You shouldn't sneak up on a girl! Especially one whose had a rough day!" then Serena got up her courage and asked Jimena "you wouldn't happen to know where Collin is would you? Its just the beach is closed, and he's not home, and everyone knows he has no friends," Serena said, mocking her brothers popularity status. When Jimena didn't say anything Serena whirled around to look at her best friend, afraid that maybe something was wrong with her, but nothing was wrong with Jimena, but Serena noticed something in Jimena that wasn't normal.
That's when she noticed the glow in Jimena's eyes.this wasn't Jimena! (For those of you who haven't read the books, on certain nights, I think it's nights where there's a full moon, the followers eyes glow yellow) This was a follower! Stanton had told her that some of the more powerful followers could shape change! Serena didn't know if she could handle a battle in her present state of near exhaustion. She however gave the follower a meaningful glare as if daring him.her.it to challenge her in her own house.
The follower saw the look, it smirked and went into Serena's brain and words flashed across her brain, "you cannot win," "We will defeat you," "Surrender goddess" then the follower saw Serena's moon amulet, powered up by the full moon, and knew this was not the night to trifle with one of the daughters, so it disappeared into the shadows with one last sentence, "I will be back, one night when you're precious moon won't be there to help you," Serena just stared dumbfounded at the place that the follower, whoever it had been, had been standing a moment ago. Then Serena cursed herself, she could have gone into the followers mind to see if there was any information about Stanton in there. Serena no longer felt safe alone, and with Stanton in danger, so she rushed to the phone to call to see if any of the daughters were available.
Lucky for her Catty and Vanessa were home and available, unlucky for her so was Jimena, which meant Collin wasn't with her, and the beach was closed at this time so where could he be? Serena pushed down the thought with the thought of Stanton helpless in the hands of the atrox and the thought that Collin was a big boy and could take care of himself. So she waited at the door and sure enough in a few minutes she heard cabs pulling up to her house as Catty, Vanessa, and Jimena got out. She ran to greet them, ushered them inside and gave them some some hot chocolate. After they had finished their hot chocolate Serena got up and showed them the pieces of paper she had found and explained the story to them in full detail.
Catty was the first to speak, "maybe it's a trap, I mean maybe the artrox wanted you to think Stanton was free, so that they could "capture" him to trap you," Catty was the one who was least fond of Stanton out of the group and always suspected him of having other motives than love for dating Serena. " I trust Stanton," Serena said, she had made that clear, "yeah, Catty he's never hurt us since he started dating Serena, and in fact he's warned us and saved our butts!" Jimena said sticking up for Serena. Serena smiled gratefully at her best friend. It was always like that, she and Jimena had each others backs.
"Yeah Catty," Vanessa said playfully elbowing her best friend, "give the guy a chance, I've been in his mind and memories I should know, that he's not all that bad," Vanessa said, referring to a time back when she had first found out she was a goddess, Stanton had trapped her in the memory of his being taken by the atrox. Vanessa had tried to save a younger Stanton and because of that kind act Stanton was now unable to harm Vanessa, but no one else had that guarantee so far.
Then the room was quiet for a while, as each of the daughters was wrapped up in their own thoughts. It was Serena this time who broke the silence "So do you guys have any ideas? Hunches? Anything?" she looked at Jimena, half expecting her to say she had a premonition and knew exactly where he was and what was happening, but when that reassurance never came she turned to the other daughters and they had blank faces as well. oh gosh Serena thought frustrated, we're four goddesses and we still can't come up with a plan between the four of us! Secretly all the daughters were having that same thought at the moment.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Serena was about to open the door when Jimena grabbed her hand, "are you crazy? You don't just open the door for any body!" Jimena stood on the tip of her toes and let out a sharp gasp, outside the door were three of their biggest rivals, Morgan, Cassandra, and Karyl! They were three pretty important and powerful followers. "What do we do?" thought Serena, this door won't hold them long! They'll blast it down!" she said, letting her panic show. And sure enough there were blasting sounds coming from outside.