Chapter Three
They walked through the forest in silence, which was making Sarah quiet a bit nervous, Damien noted, glancing in her direction, and for the second time that night wondered how on earth this beautiful child could in anyway be related to Luke. He'd already made up his mind that he was to have her. The minuet she had turned around and their eyes' had locked he'd known she belonged to him. No one else. Just him.
"Exactly how long is this g, going to take?" Damien pulled himself out of his thoughts and turned to Sarah. Her eyelids were lowered slightly and she licked her lips, which seemed to her to stick together.
"The entire walk takes about an half an hour." He replied softly. She glanced up at him and was about to ask another question when a piercing scream ripped through the deadly quiet of the forest. It came again, and again, growing louder and louder. Sarah was looking about wildly, the shrieking growing closer and closer. She heard sobs too. They rose in volume until it seemed to Sarah, that they were inside her own head, tearing her apart from the inside.
Not being able to take the insane screaming anymore, Sarah through her head back, and gave her own high pitched wail, hoping that she could some how out do the horrendous sounds seeming to swirl about her. Then, in the mist of the screaming she heard her name, and someone shaking her violently.
"Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!" Tears now rolling down her cheeks she pushed with all her might on her restrainer and screamed,
"STOOOP!" And then everything once again fell silent. Giving a small sob Sarah fell backwards onto the soft, wet leaves. She then put her fist in her mouth and bit down hard, shaking, and rocking back and forth. Back and forth.
"Sarah?" A voice said softly. Looking up in confusion Sarah saw through blurred vision Damien's concerned face. She shook her head, taking her fist out of her mouth.
"Didn't you hear it?" She asked, her voice quivering. "Didn't you hear the screaming? It wouldn't stop! I had to make it stop!" She whimpered. Then her sobs became loud, wrenching her whole body. Damien was, for the first time in his life, terrified. Not being able to restrain himself any longer, he kneeled next to her, and gathered her into his arms.
"Shhh." He whispered, and kissed the top of her head. Quickly scooping her into his arms he picked her up, letting her head rest against his chest. She was shaking uncontrollably and he pressed her closer to him. He then started at a faster pace toward the camp.
Not seven minuets later Luke came crashing out of the woods, headed directly for them.
"What happened? We heard screaming… Oh my God! SARAH!" He raced toward his sister, quickly checking her over. Luke, already very pale, became almost albino as the blood slowly drained away from his face. "What happened to her?" He asked again in a horse whisper.
"I don't know." Damien replied. "We were coming back here and she just started screaming and crying. I tried to talk to her but she just shoved me away. Then she screamed stop and said something about hadn't I heard the screaming. Then she just collapsed." Luke, though it seemed impossible, went a shade whiter.
"There's something here Luke." Sarah said, her voice slightly muffled against Damien's jacket. Raising her head she brought her wide green eyes up to meet her brother's.
"Sarah… It's not…" Luke began. Sarah shook her head.
"But it is Luke. They're back. The voices are back." She whispered, then fainted.
They walked through the forest in silence, which was making Sarah quiet a bit nervous, Damien noted, glancing in her direction, and for the second time that night wondered how on earth this beautiful child could in anyway be related to Luke. He'd already made up his mind that he was to have her. The minuet she had turned around and their eyes' had locked he'd known she belonged to him. No one else. Just him.
"Exactly how long is this g, going to take?" Damien pulled himself out of his thoughts and turned to Sarah. Her eyelids were lowered slightly and she licked her lips, which seemed to her to stick together.
"The entire walk takes about an half an hour." He replied softly. She glanced up at him and was about to ask another question when a piercing scream ripped through the deadly quiet of the forest. It came again, and again, growing louder and louder. Sarah was looking about wildly, the shrieking growing closer and closer. She heard sobs too. They rose in volume until it seemed to Sarah, that they were inside her own head, tearing her apart from the inside.
Not being able to take the insane screaming anymore, Sarah through her head back, and gave her own high pitched wail, hoping that she could some how out do the horrendous sounds seeming to swirl about her. Then, in the mist of the screaming she heard her name, and someone shaking her violently.
"Sarah! Sarah! Sarah!" Tears now rolling down her cheeks she pushed with all her might on her restrainer and screamed,
"STOOOP!" And then everything once again fell silent. Giving a small sob Sarah fell backwards onto the soft, wet leaves. She then put her fist in her mouth and bit down hard, shaking, and rocking back and forth. Back and forth.
"Sarah?" A voice said softly. Looking up in confusion Sarah saw through blurred vision Damien's concerned face. She shook her head, taking her fist out of her mouth.
"Didn't you hear it?" She asked, her voice quivering. "Didn't you hear the screaming? It wouldn't stop! I had to make it stop!" She whimpered. Then her sobs became loud, wrenching her whole body. Damien was, for the first time in his life, terrified. Not being able to restrain himself any longer, he kneeled next to her, and gathered her into his arms.
"Shhh." He whispered, and kissed the top of her head. Quickly scooping her into his arms he picked her up, letting her head rest against his chest. She was shaking uncontrollably and he pressed her closer to him. He then started at a faster pace toward the camp.
Not seven minuets later Luke came crashing out of the woods, headed directly for them.
"What happened? We heard screaming… Oh my God! SARAH!" He raced toward his sister, quickly checking her over. Luke, already very pale, became almost albino as the blood slowly drained away from his face. "What happened to her?" He asked again in a horse whisper.
"I don't know." Damien replied. "We were coming back here and she just started screaming and crying. I tried to talk to her but she just shoved me away. Then she screamed stop and said something about hadn't I heard the screaming. Then she just collapsed." Luke, though it seemed impossible, went a shade whiter.
"There's something here Luke." Sarah said, her voice slightly muffled against Damien's jacket. Raising her head she brought her wide green eyes up to meet her brother's.
"Sarah… It's not…" Luke began. Sarah shook her head.
"But it is Luke. They're back. The voices are back." She whispered, then fainted.
