Disclaimer: Okay, everyone. There are some new characters
introduced in this chapter, and I need to get this out of the way. I do
not own the usual (Micah, Zeke, Gabriel, HWWBTR, or COTC). I do own the
usual (Alley, Julie, Edward, Nick, Chuck, Chasity, and Bailey. the story
line of course). Here are the new characters I don't own. (Ruth). Here is
the new one I do own. (Officer Martini). Sorry about the delay. Read on,
and enjoy. I know this one is kind of bad, but bear with me. I'm going to
try to better it into a little series, and add more characters along the
way, and no. There is no romantic connection between Micah, and Alley.
JUST FRIENDS. LoL.
CHAPTER FIVE;
OLD FRIENDS:
"Rise and shine."
Micah shielded his face from the sun, as Alley pulled back his curtains. "My God!" He yawned. "What are you doing?"
"Get up. Edward wants to take you clothes shopping."
"What? You mean go out? Into public?"
"Yeah." She smiled. "That's where the clothing stores usually are. Kid you worry me. Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot."
"Do you always wear black?"
"Yeah, I uh. I do. Ever since my mom died."
"Just your mom?"
"Yeah. It's a long painful story. I'll tell you later."
"When ever your ready, and comfortable."
"Hey, I'm really sorry for my behavior last night. I just."
"Oh, it's okay. Don't worry about it. Just go shopping and get you some nice clean clothes."
"Who. I don't have money."
"Edward is paying for them."
"Oh, Alley, he doesn't."
"Oh, it's okay! He's manager of the store. He gets big discounts. Now get up, and come on."
Bailey Schwartz sat at the registration desk of the Hilton, reading a book, when Chuck entered. "I would like to talk to a girl."
Bailey looked up, and gave him a friendly smile. "Okay. Is she a guest?"
"No." he answered, wearing his usual smirk. "She works here."
"Oh! House cleaning, or."
"I'm not sure. Her name is Alison Felks. Alley, I think is what everyone knows her as."
"Oh, Alley isn't working today. She only works Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."
Chuck sighed, irritated. "Can you give me her address?"
Bailey was beginning to feel suspicious. "Um. are you family?"
"Yes, miss. We're family." Another young man answered, entering the hotel.
"Ah, Gabriel. How kind of you to join us." Chuck smirked.
"N-now, see! I know you're lying! Alley has no other family except Edward! And I know you aren't Edward, cause I've met him! Y-you two."
"Calm down." Gabriel said, soothingly. "Why do you care what we want with her, or what we're going to do with?"
"She's my friend! I'll call the police right now if you don't leave right this minute!" she shouted, picking up the phone.
"Okay, alright. We're leaving." Gabriel smiled.
He, and Chuck headed toward the door. Once Bailey saw them exit, she picked up the phone, and dialed Alley's number. She got the machine. "Alley, it's Bay! You have got to call me back as soon as you get this message! It's vital! There were two odd balls in here looking for you. I didn't give them anything! Just. be careful, and call me to let me know you're alive. If you don't call me within an hour, I'll just call your cell. just call, damn it!"
Bailey hung up the phone, and looked towards the door. They were gone, but she was still very frightened. It was the aura around them that made her skin crawl.
"Welcome to O'Grady's. One of the biggest clothing stores in Omaha." Alley told Micah, and Zeke.
The two boys looked around in awe. There were miles, and miles of clothes, and accessories. "There was nothing like this in Gatlin!" Zeke exclaimed.
"Or Hemingford." Micah added.
Chasity hooked arms with Zeke. "Come on. We'll walk around." She smiled.
He smiled back. "Uh. sure."
The two of them walked off. "I'm going to go walking around. I need a couple of things for that dinner party. You find what he wants, and use this card."
He gave them an employee discount card. "Okay, sure." Alley agreed.
Then Edward walked off.
"Come on." Alley smiled.
"They have everything here." Julie sniffed.
Suddenly, she sneezed, and bumped into someone.
"I-I'm so sorry!" Julie apologized.
"No, no. It was my fault. I'm."
The blonde woman suddenly looked horrified. She was staring at Micah as if he were the apocalypse. "What?!" he asked, confused.
"Please! Please don't hurt me!"
"What's going on?" Alley asked, also confused.
"I." Micah began.
"You died! I saw you die!" the woman screamed.
"Shhhh!" Alley exclaimed. "It's okay. Julie, take Micah, and show him where everything is. You, blondey, come with me. I have a bit of explaining to do to you it seems."
"I'll say!" she sobbed.
Bailey was almost finished with her book, when she heard noises coming from upstairs.
"Okay. Call me chicken, but I'm no idiot. There's no way I'm playing super girl, and checking that out."
She slowly, and quietly got out of her seat. She tip toed to the door, then bolted out of it. She ran to her car, jerked open her door, got inside, and then locked all the doors. She got out her cell phone, and called the police.
"Yes, this is Bailey Schwartz. I work at the Hilton, in Omaha. And I need you to send someone over, quickly."
"The Hilton? Okay, miss? Are you alright?"
"No. There were two strange, and suspicious men here earlier, and I think they're back to hurt me, cause I wouldn't give them information."
"Alright, honey. Someone will be there, shortly."
Bailey hung up. Worry, and fear began to take over her thoughts. She closed her eyes, and actually fell asleep.
Tap, tap, tap.
Bailey jerked herself awake. She peered out her window to see an officer looking back at her. She rolled her window down, and poked her blonde head out of it. "Hello, miss. I'm officer Martini." The officer smiled. "You called in a complaint?"
"Uh. yeah. In the hotel."
Bailey opened the car door, and got out. "You lead the way, honey."
Bailey led the officer to the hotel door. She hesitated, then opened the door. Bailey gasped. "Jesus!" the officer exclaimed.
The whole front desk was a mess. Papers were everywhere, and the file cabinets were turned over. "It was them! They did this! Alley is in major danger! I have to warn her!"
So. He's alive, for revenge on He Who Walks Behind The Rows, who goes by Gabriel, cause he possessed him, and caused his death, and the kid Zeke's death as well?"
"Make sense?"
Ruth smiled, nervously. "Nothing makes sense to me right now, kid. But I feel a little better."
"So. how do you know him?"
Her expression saddening, she sighed. "I was fifteen. Micah, his possessed form, anyway, was so convincing. He convinced me adults were evil, and to join him, and the Gatlin children in destroying the Hemingford adult population. I watched my parents die in a burning church." She wiped a tear away, then continued. "After he died, I was alone, besides the other kids. I was convinced, by then, that I had been made a fool of. I wanted nothing to do with them. About a year later, a beautiful, and understanding family adopted me. I never want to go back to Hemingford. I guess, however, now that I know it wasn't the real Micah in there, it wasn't really his fault. He wasn't in control of his actions. I can forgive him."
Alley smiled. "Forgiveness frees the soul."
Ruth smiled back. "Yeah. You're a pretty smart kid. How old are ya?"
"Eighteen. I'll be nineteen in May."
"Two more months, huh? Well, you aren't exactly a kid, then, after all."
"It's okay. I get it a lot."
"Alley!" Julie called, running toward them. "Bailey's on the cell." She told Alley, when she reached her. "She's spooked out of her wits about something. She wants to talk to you."
Jules handed her the cell phone. By now, Micah had joined them. He waved nervously at Ruth. She returned a wave back to him. "Bailey?" questioned Alley.
"Alley, thank God I've found you!"
"Calm down, Bay. What's wrong?"
"T-two guys. scary, suspicious. the whole freakin' deal! They were in here looking for ya. oh, but I never gave them anything! I promise!"
"Bailey, it's okay. Calm down. You're okay. Who are they?"
"I-I hear one of them say the other's name. I think it was Gabriel!"
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CHAPTER FIVE;
OLD FRIENDS:
"Rise and shine."
Micah shielded his face from the sun, as Alley pulled back his curtains. "My God!" He yawned. "What are you doing?"
"Get up. Edward wants to take you clothes shopping."
"What? You mean go out? Into public?"
"Yeah." She smiled. "That's where the clothing stores usually are. Kid you worry me. Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot."
"Do you always wear black?"
"Yeah, I uh. I do. Ever since my mom died."
"Just your mom?"
"Yeah. It's a long painful story. I'll tell you later."
"When ever your ready, and comfortable."
"Hey, I'm really sorry for my behavior last night. I just."
"Oh, it's okay. Don't worry about it. Just go shopping and get you some nice clean clothes."
"Who. I don't have money."
"Edward is paying for them."
"Oh, Alley, he doesn't."
"Oh, it's okay! He's manager of the store. He gets big discounts. Now get up, and come on."
Bailey Schwartz sat at the registration desk of the Hilton, reading a book, when Chuck entered. "I would like to talk to a girl."
Bailey looked up, and gave him a friendly smile. "Okay. Is she a guest?"
"No." he answered, wearing his usual smirk. "She works here."
"Oh! House cleaning, or."
"I'm not sure. Her name is Alison Felks. Alley, I think is what everyone knows her as."
"Oh, Alley isn't working today. She only works Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."
Chuck sighed, irritated. "Can you give me her address?"
Bailey was beginning to feel suspicious. "Um. are you family?"
"Yes, miss. We're family." Another young man answered, entering the hotel.
"Ah, Gabriel. How kind of you to join us." Chuck smirked.
"N-now, see! I know you're lying! Alley has no other family except Edward! And I know you aren't Edward, cause I've met him! Y-you two."
"Calm down." Gabriel said, soothingly. "Why do you care what we want with her, or what we're going to do with?"
"She's my friend! I'll call the police right now if you don't leave right this minute!" she shouted, picking up the phone.
"Okay, alright. We're leaving." Gabriel smiled.
He, and Chuck headed toward the door. Once Bailey saw them exit, she picked up the phone, and dialed Alley's number. She got the machine. "Alley, it's Bay! You have got to call me back as soon as you get this message! It's vital! There were two odd balls in here looking for you. I didn't give them anything! Just. be careful, and call me to let me know you're alive. If you don't call me within an hour, I'll just call your cell. just call, damn it!"
Bailey hung up the phone, and looked towards the door. They were gone, but she was still very frightened. It was the aura around them that made her skin crawl.
"Welcome to O'Grady's. One of the biggest clothing stores in Omaha." Alley told Micah, and Zeke.
The two boys looked around in awe. There were miles, and miles of clothes, and accessories. "There was nothing like this in Gatlin!" Zeke exclaimed.
"Or Hemingford." Micah added.
Chasity hooked arms with Zeke. "Come on. We'll walk around." She smiled.
He smiled back. "Uh. sure."
The two of them walked off. "I'm going to go walking around. I need a couple of things for that dinner party. You find what he wants, and use this card."
He gave them an employee discount card. "Okay, sure." Alley agreed.
Then Edward walked off.
"Come on." Alley smiled.
"They have everything here." Julie sniffed.
Suddenly, she sneezed, and bumped into someone.
"I-I'm so sorry!" Julie apologized.
"No, no. It was my fault. I'm."
The blonde woman suddenly looked horrified. She was staring at Micah as if he were the apocalypse. "What?!" he asked, confused.
"Please! Please don't hurt me!"
"What's going on?" Alley asked, also confused.
"I." Micah began.
"You died! I saw you die!" the woman screamed.
"Shhhh!" Alley exclaimed. "It's okay. Julie, take Micah, and show him where everything is. You, blondey, come with me. I have a bit of explaining to do to you it seems."
"I'll say!" she sobbed.
Bailey was almost finished with her book, when she heard noises coming from upstairs.
"Okay. Call me chicken, but I'm no idiot. There's no way I'm playing super girl, and checking that out."
She slowly, and quietly got out of her seat. She tip toed to the door, then bolted out of it. She ran to her car, jerked open her door, got inside, and then locked all the doors. She got out her cell phone, and called the police.
"Yes, this is Bailey Schwartz. I work at the Hilton, in Omaha. And I need you to send someone over, quickly."
"The Hilton? Okay, miss? Are you alright?"
"No. There were two strange, and suspicious men here earlier, and I think they're back to hurt me, cause I wouldn't give them information."
"Alright, honey. Someone will be there, shortly."
Bailey hung up. Worry, and fear began to take over her thoughts. She closed her eyes, and actually fell asleep.
Tap, tap, tap.
Bailey jerked herself awake. She peered out her window to see an officer looking back at her. She rolled her window down, and poked her blonde head out of it. "Hello, miss. I'm officer Martini." The officer smiled. "You called in a complaint?"
"Uh. yeah. In the hotel."
Bailey opened the car door, and got out. "You lead the way, honey."
Bailey led the officer to the hotel door. She hesitated, then opened the door. Bailey gasped. "Jesus!" the officer exclaimed.
The whole front desk was a mess. Papers were everywhere, and the file cabinets were turned over. "It was them! They did this! Alley is in major danger! I have to warn her!"
So. He's alive, for revenge on He Who Walks Behind The Rows, who goes by Gabriel, cause he possessed him, and caused his death, and the kid Zeke's death as well?"
"Make sense?"
Ruth smiled, nervously. "Nothing makes sense to me right now, kid. But I feel a little better."
"So. how do you know him?"
Her expression saddening, she sighed. "I was fifteen. Micah, his possessed form, anyway, was so convincing. He convinced me adults were evil, and to join him, and the Gatlin children in destroying the Hemingford adult population. I watched my parents die in a burning church." She wiped a tear away, then continued. "After he died, I was alone, besides the other kids. I was convinced, by then, that I had been made a fool of. I wanted nothing to do with them. About a year later, a beautiful, and understanding family adopted me. I never want to go back to Hemingford. I guess, however, now that I know it wasn't the real Micah in there, it wasn't really his fault. He wasn't in control of his actions. I can forgive him."
Alley smiled. "Forgiveness frees the soul."
Ruth smiled back. "Yeah. You're a pretty smart kid. How old are ya?"
"Eighteen. I'll be nineteen in May."
"Two more months, huh? Well, you aren't exactly a kid, then, after all."
"It's okay. I get it a lot."
"Alley!" Julie called, running toward them. "Bailey's on the cell." She told Alley, when she reached her. "She's spooked out of her wits about something. She wants to talk to you."
Jules handed her the cell phone. By now, Micah had joined them. He waved nervously at Ruth. She returned a wave back to him. "Bailey?" questioned Alley.
"Alley, thank God I've found you!"
"Calm down, Bay. What's wrong?"
"T-two guys. scary, suspicious. the whole freakin' deal! They were in here looking for ya. oh, but I never gave them anything! I promise!"
"Bailey, it's okay. Calm down. You're okay. Who are they?"
"I-I hear one of them say the other's name. I think it was Gabriel!"
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