Part 19
"So do we have any sort of plan or is this just one of those seize the moment things?" Raven asked. So far neither she nor Alice had done anything about catching Evangeline...or Dusk for that matter.
As far as she could remember they hadn't been to clear on what they were going to do about Dusk.
Alice sighed and shrugged. "David and I were planning on getting the twins by killing the people around them, turning them against each other.
Raven's eyebrow arched. "And we're not doing that, why?"
Alice seemed surprised. "I didn't mention it because I didn't think you guys would be interested."
Raven didn't say anything. She didn't really have a problem with killing any type of villain. Night People especially. Isis, however, was somewhat more ethical in those terms. What she and David were going to do, Raven had no idea. "You think they're going to do the same thing?"
Alice shrugged. "David is hell bent on making Ashael pay. Which I can understand." A shadow fell in her eyes.
Raven didn't say anything. She couldn't possibly begin to understand what David and Alice had been through at the hands of the Redfern twins, to loose the people closet to them. Who looked after David now? Did he stay with a new family, or did he live alone and take care of himself?
The only person that mattered to her was her sister. She would anything to save Isis's life. *Anything*.
"Have you heard from them?"
"Not since yesterday."
Again Raven remained silent. She was getting a very uncomfortable tingling sensation at the back of her neck. "So how do you want to start? You know these people better than I do."
Alice eyed her suspiciously. "I was thinking we start with the minors then - " she broke off. "What's wrong?"
"I'm not sure," Raven felt as if her blood was running cold. The tingling feeling was increasing, growing worse by the minute. "Something's wrong."
"There's a surprise," Alice snorted.
Raven wasn't in the mood for sarcasm. She knew something was happening, but had no idea what, or where, and it was driving her fucking nuts. "It's Isis," she whispered. She didn't *want* to be poisoned with the desperate need for revenge like these two were. She needed to *act*. She couldn't sit around and do nothing.
~I'm in a bit of a situation~ It was Isis's mental voice.
~What?~ Raven demanded. ~Tell me you're alive.~
~At the moment. She was hiding in the back seat of my car. How 'bout that?~
Urban Legend had always been one of Isis's favourite movies. The first murder had been the killer with an axe hiding in the back seat of the car. You never expected it to happen to you. And Ashael Redfern was twice as scary as a maniac with an axe.
~What does she want?~
~She wants us to meet in an hour. There's a tour bus that leaves for Red Rock Canyon at three pm. You're to be on it. Once you get through the national park entrance, and past the visitor's centre, about fifteen minutes or so later the bus will stop for viewing. You're to meet us there. Don't and I'm dead.~
The connection was cut short.
"What?" Alice was alarmed, alerted by the look on Raven's face.
"Ashael has Isis."
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"So do we have any sort of plan or is this just one of those seize the moment things?" Raven asked. So far neither she nor Alice had done anything about catching Evangeline...or Dusk for that matter.
As far as she could remember they hadn't been to clear on what they were going to do about Dusk.
Alice sighed and shrugged. "David and I were planning on getting the twins by killing the people around them, turning them against each other.
Raven's eyebrow arched. "And we're not doing that, why?"
Alice seemed surprised. "I didn't mention it because I didn't think you guys would be interested."
Raven didn't say anything. She didn't really have a problem with killing any type of villain. Night People especially. Isis, however, was somewhat more ethical in those terms. What she and David were going to do, Raven had no idea. "You think they're going to do the same thing?"
Alice shrugged. "David is hell bent on making Ashael pay. Which I can understand." A shadow fell in her eyes.
Raven didn't say anything. She couldn't possibly begin to understand what David and Alice had been through at the hands of the Redfern twins, to loose the people closet to them. Who looked after David now? Did he stay with a new family, or did he live alone and take care of himself?
The only person that mattered to her was her sister. She would anything to save Isis's life. *Anything*.
"Have you heard from them?"
"Not since yesterday."
Again Raven remained silent. She was getting a very uncomfortable tingling sensation at the back of her neck. "So how do you want to start? You know these people better than I do."
Alice eyed her suspiciously. "I was thinking we start with the minors then - " she broke off. "What's wrong?"
"I'm not sure," Raven felt as if her blood was running cold. The tingling feeling was increasing, growing worse by the minute. "Something's wrong."
"There's a surprise," Alice snorted.
Raven wasn't in the mood for sarcasm. She knew something was happening, but had no idea what, or where, and it was driving her fucking nuts. "It's Isis," she whispered. She didn't *want* to be poisoned with the desperate need for revenge like these two were. She needed to *act*. She couldn't sit around and do nothing.
~I'm in a bit of a situation~ It was Isis's mental voice.
~What?~ Raven demanded. ~Tell me you're alive.~
~At the moment. She was hiding in the back seat of my car. How 'bout that?~
Urban Legend had always been one of Isis's favourite movies. The first murder had been the killer with an axe hiding in the back seat of the car. You never expected it to happen to you. And Ashael Redfern was twice as scary as a maniac with an axe.
~What does she want?~
~She wants us to meet in an hour. There's a tour bus that leaves for Red Rock Canyon at three pm. You're to be on it. Once you get through the national park entrance, and past the visitor's centre, about fifteen minutes or so later the bus will stop for viewing. You're to meet us there. Don't and I'm dead.~
The connection was cut short.
"What?" Alice was alarmed, alerted by the look on Raven's face.
"Ashael has Isis."
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