Chap 3



After sorting, signing, reading and writing many contracts Maria is exhausted and decides to go to bed. She falls instantly into a deep sleep but her sleep is anything but peaceful as another vision comes to light and it's anything but good. In this vision, she finds herself walking down a street, tears blinding her. It's not long after that she discovers she being followed by two mysterious black figures and eventually breaks into a run. Her attackers chase her and she eventually ends up down an alley. Her attackers appear to be two men, they launch at her she kicks one of them in the shin and punches the other but they don't even flinch. A sudden wave of fear washes over her and she breaks down I sobs. She tries to fight them but they block every punch, every kick. All of her efforts prove to be an attempt in futility, as they eventually knock her down to the ground. They beat on her. They beat her till she is black and blue, till she can't move and she is coughing up a lot of blood. Just as she is beginning to get sleepy one of them picks her up by the neck, while the other stands in the background and watches.

Attacker 1: Now look who we have here...

Attacker 2: This insignificant little thing? She can't be the one.

Attacker 1: Her no… but the child she's gonna carry yes. We just can't allow that to happen.

Tears stream down Maria's cheeks and she begins to tremble. She begins to think that this is really the end, the end of her life.

Attacker 1: Now, now what are the tears for? We're not gonna kill ya… just yet.

Maria: Why?

Attacker 1: Cause your death depends…

Maria: Depends on what?

Attack 1: On whether you listen what I do to you in the next 10 seconds will have any effect on your willingness to agree to the demand that I'm about to make.

Maria: What demand?

Attack 1: You will not bare under any circumstances, any children.

Maria: What? Why?

Tears begin to steam uncontrollably down Maria's face. She begins to tremble as her attacker places his hand on her face. Her eyes instantly close.

Attacker 1: Because…

As the attacker touches her face she sees a finds herself in a pink circular room, where she's standing at the centre. Suddenly, her attacker appears before she realizes then that he is not human and begins to fear even more for her life. He raises his hand before her and instantly she is blasted back, a scar forms on her face. He continues to blast her while she is in this room and eventually she finds herself paralysed. Suddenly he disappears and leaves her lying in the pink room on the ground. Her attacker removes her hand and Maria's eyes flutter open. She horrified to find she's lying on the ground with her attacker looming above her. She is furthermore horrified to find that she can't move or even talk, all she can do is look on and pray that her attacker does not kill her.

Attacker 1: That's why.

He waves his hand over her and suddenly her physical scars disappear but she finds she still can't move.

Attacker 1: Your probably wondering why you still can't move? Let me answer that question for you… you can' t move because you see, the damage I did to you in that room wasn't damage to your physical body. It was damage to your brain. I need for you to feel what will happen if you do refuse to meet my demand. By now your probably wondering why I need for you to meet that demand… let me fill you on a little secret. You're part of a prophecy. One that I cannot, under any circumstances, allow to come true.

She looks at him pleadingly and talks to him with her mind she begs for him to heal her.

Attacker 1: I guess I should heal you now… or maybe not.

He begins to walk away but stops and decides to give Maria a little added incentive to agree to his demand. He waves his hand above Maria's head, and what appears to be another black hole begins to appear. It gets bigger and bigger. The bigger the black hole became the clearer it became, and Maria begins to realize that it is a portal. Where this portal leads to on the other hand was another question. As the image cleared a bit more she was able to see where the portal lead and began to panic. She looked up at her attackers pleadingly, begging them with her eyes not to. But her silent pleas fall on deaf ears as her attackers enter the portal. She watches with horror and sadness as they find her mother and begin to torcher her. Just as they are about decapitate her mother, the image disappears and Maria wakes up drenched in sweat. She begins to cry realizing it was a vision of the future, the future of both her and her mother.

Meanwhile in the group gathers in Ava's room and the mindwarp begins. Feeling very jumpy and scared Maria decides to go to Michaels room to tell him about her vision. As she walks, she hears a noise and wonders where it is coming from. She soon realizes that the closer she gets to Michael's room the louder the noise gets. Eventually she arrives at Michael's door. She finds it slightly ajar and decides to go in but just as she is about to push the door open she peers through the crack and is shocked by what she sees. There, in a bed is Ava and Michael lying in a bed naked kissing each other. Shocked, and broken by what she sees she stumbles back and races down the stairs, out of the restaurant. Ava stops the mind warp. The gang sits there saddened by what they've just done. They are unaware Maria has left. Maria begins to walk down the street, tears blinding her. Unbeknownst to her, two figures are watching. Soon after she realizes she is being followed and breaks into a run. The figures follow, chasing her. She ends up down an alley… shock sets in as it hits her where she is, and what is about to happen.

TBC