Chapter Two
People make jokes
Cos they don't understand me
They just don't see my real side
I act like it don't faze me
Inside it drives me crazy
My insecurities could eat me alive
-Gwen-
Lora, Acy, Jessica and I were sleeping over Cam's house. I woke with a sudden urge to take a walk. Not really my thing, pointless walks with no real destination. But I felt like walking nonetheless. What the heck. I needed the exercise anyway.
I changed quickly, took my bag and wrote a note for the others to find when they got up. My bag contained the some aspirin, three books, two notebooks, five pens, 2 CD cases a CD player, headphones, a radio, and a wallet. In other words my necessities. Before coming to Cam's house I had stuffed a book of Egyptian gods into the bag. Which was old, coming from way back when, when I was, uh, eleven? Yeah. Old for ME, anyway.
I had always loved ancient Egyptian religion. The stories always felt more intriguing than the stories of Jupiter, Zeus and all the other Roman and Greek gods. They seemed so much more connected with the world and not totally concentrated on themselves. Okay, moving on.
I walked with some sort of sub-conscious mission, although what it was exactly, I had no idea. I felt my feet taking me towards the high school. I felt tired, but something kept me going. Well, maybe my feet weren't sleepy but the rest of me sure was.
At last I found myself in the middle of one of the fields next to the high school. And there I saw Josh. Luck was on my side. My heart began to thump and I shivered. Oh, damn. Here is Josh and I want to go home! I thought to myself.
"Hi, Josh. I was just-" I began, wondering what I was going to say. In the end I didn't really say anything.
He stopped me from doing that. "Something's going to happen Gwen. Will you help me make things right?"
I frowned slightly, confused by his unusually serious and deep voice. "What's going to happen? I something wrong?"
"I can only see outlines. But it's coming soon. We can just wait." I stood in silence for a moment or two. Then I heard a noise behind me. I looked over my shoulder nervously. I felt like there was an electric storm going on, that was how static-y I was. My hair was frizzy enough without an electric storm, thanks.
When I turned back around, I saw it. It was a whirlwind of purples, blues and yellows. The spin was not unlike that of a washing machine. Yet there was something forbidding about it, so I didn't approach it. Not that I really had a choice in that.
Josh then whispered into my ear, "The time has come. And I have chosen for you." I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head. My last sight was that of the whirlwind looming closer, and then all went black.
~*~*~*
There's no mountain I can't climb
There's no tower that's too high
No plane that I can't learn how to fly What do I have to do to get through to you to show you there's nothing I
can't take this chainsaw to
-Acy-
Cam and I had woken up at the sound of rustling sheets. I had looked over in the direction of sound. Guess who I saw. There was Gwen, looking as if she were going out for a walk. I knew for a fact that Gwen hated pointless, directionless walks. If that was true, then why was she taking such a walk now? Weird and mysterious. Maybe the work of unknown forces. Maybe she was possessed. I read about something like that one time. But that time the person had ended up splattered in the middle of the street, so that wasn't the best example.
When she was gone, Cam and I looked over the letter. Nothing suspicious was mentioned in the note at all. Except that Gwen never left notes. Very interesting. That possessed thing was sounding more possible all the time. "Should we follow her?" Cam thought out loud.
I shrugged. I wouldn't go if Cam wouldn't, but I thought it was a good idea. No offense to the others, but I was the only one with possessed people knowledge. Well, more than the others did. "You want to?" I asked. Cam sighed, "I suppose so." Cam laid the note back on the table. We both threw some clothes on (or to be more specific, Cam passed me a shirt so I wouldn't take long picking which to wear). Hey, I could have met my soul mate during this walk. I had to look good, right? Then we grabbed our coats (it was almost Christmas) and we ran to see if we could catch up to Gwen.
Gwen seemed to be going somewhere specific. Cam and I later suspected it was the high school. Didn't she see enough of it during the week? Well, I couldn't talk. I loved school. That hot guy, Doug, had NOTHING to do with it. Really.
She seemed to yawn and looked around as if just suddenly waking up. God, something was seriously wrong. I could tell, by just looking at her. Now I was seriously wishing for some instruments to sense spirits or something. Anything. Something really bad was going on. I could feel it in my bones. I couldn't tell specifically what was wrong, but I've learned to trust certain instincts.
Josh? What was HE doing here? Gwen walked up to him, gripping a strap on her bag tightly. If you didn't know her, you'd think that was a sign she was nervous. But it's hard to image Gwen nervous. They talked quietly for a few moments, and then stood in silence a few moments after that.
Then it appeared this weird kind of portal thing. And Josh was dragging an unconscious Gwen towards it. While I had been looking at the portal, he must have hit her. Soon he had gotten her in and they disappeared. And slowly the portal began to close too. God, Gwen HAD been possessed! If only I had a camera. But there was more at stake.
"Oh my god! Cam! We have to follow her!" But Cam wasn't listening. I grabbed her hand. Right then I heard a yell behind us. "What the fuck is that?" But I was already dragging Cam hard toward the smaller portal. Soon we were in and I felt and saw no more.
~*~*~*
Wanted to stick out my neck for respect
If it meant life or death
Never lived to regret what I said
-Cam-
After Acy had stupidly dragged both of us into the portal, I felt nothing. After a while, I woke up, feeling achy all over. "Ugh, thank you Acy!" I muttered angrily. Then I remembered the voice I had heard right before I had entered the portal.
"What the fuck was that?" It had said. And I knew that voice too. It was my brother's voice. Wonderful, I thought. Hopefully he had made the smartest decision of his life and hadn't acted hero, ending up here (wherever HERE was). She didn't have the strength to look up and see where he was though. But knowing her brother, it was hard to think that he would take a chance and actually do something smart.
"No. It wasn't supposed to be like this! I don't even know this girl. And here's Cam and her brother. No, no, no. They must be taken out of the picture. They cannot stay. But..I can't kill them. Not yet. They may be of use." Huh? I had been thinking here, dude!
I couldn't quite place the voice, but in the shock of hearing of someone planning the death of Acy, my brother and I, well, shocked me. I looked up and found the only person sitting up was Josh. All around were the bodies of Acy, my brother and Gwen. Gwen was starting to wake. Josh kicked her in her side, causing her to open her eyes groggily and groan. Poor Gwen. I couldn't let Josh treat her like this. I looked back at Josh, but saw he had changed.
He looked like Acy now. Oh my god. How had he done it? I could see Acy from across the body of my brother. It was Josh for sure. But when he spoke, it was Acy's voice and came out.
"Go to sleep, Gwen. Sleeeeeep." With that, Gwen's eyes shut tight and she smiled happily in her dreams. What had he done to her? For once I was totally for all of Acy's spiritual beliefs.
I popped up finally. Well, pop isn't the best word. I more pushed myself up, trying not to groan as I did. "What do you think you're doing, Josh?" I added his name, so he wouldn't think I though he was Acy. Jerk. But I'm merciful to even jerks. Well, not quite merciful, but kind. Yeah, kind. Nice word.
"So you're awake, Cam? Good, I was beginning to wonder when you'd speak up. I didn't think you'd stand my little trick." He meant what he had done to Gwen. He had known I was awake. How? And all that had been a show. That little creep!
"Look, Cam. Do not get on my nerves. All of you are mistakes, except for Gwen. I will eliminate any of you if I have to. I will not have my position threatened. I am looking for my mother. And I will find her." I didn't answer, but my silent glare got my message through, I think.
"What would you possibly need Gwen for? Where are we anyway?" I was impatient for answers, but I wasn't about to risk anyone's life on my urge for answers. And now that I knew Josh's obviously lunatic attitude, I had to be careful. Didn't he live with his mother?
"It won't hurt, I suppose, to let you know of our placing. We are in Everworld. I need Gwen to help me find my way to my mother. My mother has something to do with Isis. And I know Isis is an Egyptian goddess. Gwen knows about that stuff. She'll help me." Okay, now Josh thought he had dragged us into another world? He was getting weirder by the second.
"She won't help you, not after you've dragged her in here. Not after she finds out what you've done. How you've threatened us all." I was angry at Josh's newfound superiority. But he wasn't the boss of ME.
"We'll see," he said with a strange grin on his face and a mysterious look in his eyes. I was scared for the first time. I finally got hit with reality. I was far from home, with no exit in sight. Not that I believed Josh's story. I just knew had dragged me SOMEWHERE. Nowhere near our fair city was there such a place where there were endless and endless fields. I was stuck with a lunatic who had abducted my brother, my friends and I. What had I gotten into?
~*~*~*
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow me
Cos we need some controversy
And it feels so empty without me
-David-
I had heard my sister and Acy get up for some strange reason. It was freezing out and inside it was warm. There was nothing more to say about it, was there. Obviously, for them there was. So I decided that if there was anything worth them going out and seeing, I might as well come along. Why not? And if they got hurt, they would get in trouble and I would get applauded for saving them.
I was not being nosy, just curious. Curiosity might have killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. I think, I read about it in this book we read in school, and it stuck. Kind of, I guess. It didn't stick too well if I forgot it, then.
So in a nutshell, I followed them. They got to the high school. When I saw that they were heading there, I slowed down. Anything in the high school wasn't worth seeing. But it was early, so it couldn't be teacher related. Plus, it was the weekend.
When I finally got to the spot my sister and Acy were at, I cried, "What the FUCK is that?"
For there was a whirlpool portal thing. And it was getting smaller. And Cam and Acy were running towards it. Were they some species of idiots? If I were in their position, I would be running AWAY from it.
I could believe my sister would do anything so STUPID!
After all, we share genes.
But they disappeared into the portal, even though with all my heart I wished they hadn't. And I couldn't appear back home, with this kind of news. Anyway, SOMEONE had to protect them. Why not me?
Even if I was doing something unbelievable stupid. I was strong enough to protect myself, but would I be strong enough to protect Acy and Cam?
So, knowing it would be the stupidest thing I had ever done in my life, I ran towards the portal, and barely had room to get through it before it closed. The it went dark, for I don't know how long. When I woke, I heard Acy's voice saying mysteriously, "We'll see."
But damn! There was another Acy, right besides me, unconscious! What the hell was going on here?
"Hello? People? Where are we?" I cried out to the sitting up and Acy and Cam. They looked over. Cam looked surprised, while Acy just looked bored. But while I looked at Acy, I saw her change. And change. Until she became-
Josh.
He smiled, then. I different smile than I had ever seen on him. An evil smile, if I might say. I half expected him to cackle.
"Maybe it's time to tell MY tale. Then, I'll see what use any of you can be. Meanwhile, let Gwen sleep." Then he looked me in the eye and grinned, as if he couldn't wait to see me hurt or dead. And worse. Wouldn't care.
And Gwen was there. She looked pretty beat up. I hadn't seen her leave. Had she led us here? Wait, no it seemed more likely that was Josh's part in all this. But what did Gwen have to do with all this.
I thought for the second time if I was strong enough to save the others.
And, by the way. Where were we?
I was a baby; maybe I was just a couple of months
My fuckin' father must have had his panties up in a bunch
Cos he split, I wonder if he even kissed me good-bye
No I don't, on second thought I fuckin' wish he would die.
-Josh-
This was surprising. Even if Cam, her brother and this girl named Acy had had time to get into the portal (which they shouldn't have), why had we landed here in the middle of nowhere?
Had Everworld been turned into nothing? Had I risked everything for some plains? It was too weak to call any helpful gods. It would take me a week or so. I wasn't very strong with my powers, or even used to them. I barely used them, except to practice, in case I needed to call up all my powers for something.
There was reason to my madness.
But now all but Gwen and Acy were awake. Gwen, she could sleep. Acy, not so much. So a gave the slightest nudge with my mind, to find I could barely do even the simplest of jobs. But I could do this.
Acy sat up, gasping. I had shut off her breathing for a moment, not much more than pinching her nose. But it had the necessary effect. "Where the heck are we?" Her eyes focused on me. "You!"
"Yes, me. Thank you for the wonderful greeting." I would not let any of them see I was weak. I simply wouldn't allow it.
Cam moved towards Acy, quickly. I didn't move to stop her. I pretended as if I didn't care, but it was actually because I wasn't sure I could move with the proper timing.
Cam said to Acy, none too silently, "Don't trust anything he says. He's probably lying. He's trying to use Gwen to find his mother. He might try to hurt the rest of us." Understatement, Cammie girl. What, trying to protect your friend from the truth. Well, I'll tell her that I'm not just trying to hurt her, but aiming at a higher thing called DEATH. I'll tell her when she's on the brink of death.
Acy looked at me again, with more hate, but also with more fear. Yes, things were getting better. Hate and fear were very good combinations. Very good too use against people. And it's fun when they figure out I can use even their emotions against them. Teehee!
[Author's Note: It would help if someone could tell me what gods the Everworlders killed. If any. Hehe. Anything that'll save me from going to the library {gasp} and actually taking out a book {I always have fines and never have any money. Hehe. *evil face*} So, HELP WANTED. Except I won't pay. But the satisfaction of making me feel good should be enough {sure} I'll shut up now.]
People make jokes
Cos they don't understand me
They just don't see my real side
I act like it don't faze me
Inside it drives me crazy
My insecurities could eat me alive
-Gwen-
Lora, Acy, Jessica and I were sleeping over Cam's house. I woke with a sudden urge to take a walk. Not really my thing, pointless walks with no real destination. But I felt like walking nonetheless. What the heck. I needed the exercise anyway.
I changed quickly, took my bag and wrote a note for the others to find when they got up. My bag contained the some aspirin, three books, two notebooks, five pens, 2 CD cases a CD player, headphones, a radio, and a wallet. In other words my necessities. Before coming to Cam's house I had stuffed a book of Egyptian gods into the bag. Which was old, coming from way back when, when I was, uh, eleven? Yeah. Old for ME, anyway.
I had always loved ancient Egyptian religion. The stories always felt more intriguing than the stories of Jupiter, Zeus and all the other Roman and Greek gods. They seemed so much more connected with the world and not totally concentrated on themselves. Okay, moving on.
I walked with some sort of sub-conscious mission, although what it was exactly, I had no idea. I felt my feet taking me towards the high school. I felt tired, but something kept me going. Well, maybe my feet weren't sleepy but the rest of me sure was.
At last I found myself in the middle of one of the fields next to the high school. And there I saw Josh. Luck was on my side. My heart began to thump and I shivered. Oh, damn. Here is Josh and I want to go home! I thought to myself.
"Hi, Josh. I was just-" I began, wondering what I was going to say. In the end I didn't really say anything.
He stopped me from doing that. "Something's going to happen Gwen. Will you help me make things right?"
I frowned slightly, confused by his unusually serious and deep voice. "What's going to happen? I something wrong?"
"I can only see outlines. But it's coming soon. We can just wait." I stood in silence for a moment or two. Then I heard a noise behind me. I looked over my shoulder nervously. I felt like there was an electric storm going on, that was how static-y I was. My hair was frizzy enough without an electric storm, thanks.
When I turned back around, I saw it. It was a whirlwind of purples, blues and yellows. The spin was not unlike that of a washing machine. Yet there was something forbidding about it, so I didn't approach it. Not that I really had a choice in that.
Josh then whispered into my ear, "The time has come. And I have chosen for you." I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head. My last sight was that of the whirlwind looming closer, and then all went black.
~*~*~*
There's no mountain I can't climb
There's no tower that's too high
No plane that I can't learn how to fly What do I have to do to get through to you to show you there's nothing I
can't take this chainsaw to
-Acy-
Cam and I had woken up at the sound of rustling sheets. I had looked over in the direction of sound. Guess who I saw. There was Gwen, looking as if she were going out for a walk. I knew for a fact that Gwen hated pointless, directionless walks. If that was true, then why was she taking such a walk now? Weird and mysterious. Maybe the work of unknown forces. Maybe she was possessed. I read about something like that one time. But that time the person had ended up splattered in the middle of the street, so that wasn't the best example.
When she was gone, Cam and I looked over the letter. Nothing suspicious was mentioned in the note at all. Except that Gwen never left notes. Very interesting. That possessed thing was sounding more possible all the time. "Should we follow her?" Cam thought out loud.
I shrugged. I wouldn't go if Cam wouldn't, but I thought it was a good idea. No offense to the others, but I was the only one with possessed people knowledge. Well, more than the others did. "You want to?" I asked. Cam sighed, "I suppose so." Cam laid the note back on the table. We both threw some clothes on (or to be more specific, Cam passed me a shirt so I wouldn't take long picking which to wear). Hey, I could have met my soul mate during this walk. I had to look good, right? Then we grabbed our coats (it was almost Christmas) and we ran to see if we could catch up to Gwen.
Gwen seemed to be going somewhere specific. Cam and I later suspected it was the high school. Didn't she see enough of it during the week? Well, I couldn't talk. I loved school. That hot guy, Doug, had NOTHING to do with it. Really.
She seemed to yawn and looked around as if just suddenly waking up. God, something was seriously wrong. I could tell, by just looking at her. Now I was seriously wishing for some instruments to sense spirits or something. Anything. Something really bad was going on. I could feel it in my bones. I couldn't tell specifically what was wrong, but I've learned to trust certain instincts.
Josh? What was HE doing here? Gwen walked up to him, gripping a strap on her bag tightly. If you didn't know her, you'd think that was a sign she was nervous. But it's hard to image Gwen nervous. They talked quietly for a few moments, and then stood in silence a few moments after that.
Then it appeared this weird kind of portal thing. And Josh was dragging an unconscious Gwen towards it. While I had been looking at the portal, he must have hit her. Soon he had gotten her in and they disappeared. And slowly the portal began to close too. God, Gwen HAD been possessed! If only I had a camera. But there was more at stake.
"Oh my god! Cam! We have to follow her!" But Cam wasn't listening. I grabbed her hand. Right then I heard a yell behind us. "What the fuck is that?" But I was already dragging Cam hard toward the smaller portal. Soon we were in and I felt and saw no more.
~*~*~*
Wanted to stick out my neck for respect
If it meant life or death
Never lived to regret what I said
-Cam-
After Acy had stupidly dragged both of us into the portal, I felt nothing. After a while, I woke up, feeling achy all over. "Ugh, thank you Acy!" I muttered angrily. Then I remembered the voice I had heard right before I had entered the portal.
"What the fuck was that?" It had said. And I knew that voice too. It was my brother's voice. Wonderful, I thought. Hopefully he had made the smartest decision of his life and hadn't acted hero, ending up here (wherever HERE was). She didn't have the strength to look up and see where he was though. But knowing her brother, it was hard to think that he would take a chance and actually do something smart.
"No. It wasn't supposed to be like this! I don't even know this girl. And here's Cam and her brother. No, no, no. They must be taken out of the picture. They cannot stay. But..I can't kill them. Not yet. They may be of use." Huh? I had been thinking here, dude!
I couldn't quite place the voice, but in the shock of hearing of someone planning the death of Acy, my brother and I, well, shocked me. I looked up and found the only person sitting up was Josh. All around were the bodies of Acy, my brother and Gwen. Gwen was starting to wake. Josh kicked her in her side, causing her to open her eyes groggily and groan. Poor Gwen. I couldn't let Josh treat her like this. I looked back at Josh, but saw he had changed.
He looked like Acy now. Oh my god. How had he done it? I could see Acy from across the body of my brother. It was Josh for sure. But when he spoke, it was Acy's voice and came out.
"Go to sleep, Gwen. Sleeeeeep." With that, Gwen's eyes shut tight and she smiled happily in her dreams. What had he done to her? For once I was totally for all of Acy's spiritual beliefs.
I popped up finally. Well, pop isn't the best word. I more pushed myself up, trying not to groan as I did. "What do you think you're doing, Josh?" I added his name, so he wouldn't think I though he was Acy. Jerk. But I'm merciful to even jerks. Well, not quite merciful, but kind. Yeah, kind. Nice word.
"So you're awake, Cam? Good, I was beginning to wonder when you'd speak up. I didn't think you'd stand my little trick." He meant what he had done to Gwen. He had known I was awake. How? And all that had been a show. That little creep!
"Look, Cam. Do not get on my nerves. All of you are mistakes, except for Gwen. I will eliminate any of you if I have to. I will not have my position threatened. I am looking for my mother. And I will find her." I didn't answer, but my silent glare got my message through, I think.
"What would you possibly need Gwen for? Where are we anyway?" I was impatient for answers, but I wasn't about to risk anyone's life on my urge for answers. And now that I knew Josh's obviously lunatic attitude, I had to be careful. Didn't he live with his mother?
"It won't hurt, I suppose, to let you know of our placing. We are in Everworld. I need Gwen to help me find my way to my mother. My mother has something to do with Isis. And I know Isis is an Egyptian goddess. Gwen knows about that stuff. She'll help me." Okay, now Josh thought he had dragged us into another world? He was getting weirder by the second.
"She won't help you, not after you've dragged her in here. Not after she finds out what you've done. How you've threatened us all." I was angry at Josh's newfound superiority. But he wasn't the boss of ME.
"We'll see," he said with a strange grin on his face and a mysterious look in his eyes. I was scared for the first time. I finally got hit with reality. I was far from home, with no exit in sight. Not that I believed Josh's story. I just knew had dragged me SOMEWHERE. Nowhere near our fair city was there such a place where there were endless and endless fields. I was stuck with a lunatic who had abducted my brother, my friends and I. What had I gotten into?
~*~*~*
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow me
Cos we need some controversy
And it feels so empty without me
-David-
I had heard my sister and Acy get up for some strange reason. It was freezing out and inside it was warm. There was nothing more to say about it, was there. Obviously, for them there was. So I decided that if there was anything worth them going out and seeing, I might as well come along. Why not? And if they got hurt, they would get in trouble and I would get applauded for saving them.
I was not being nosy, just curious. Curiosity might have killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. I think, I read about it in this book we read in school, and it stuck. Kind of, I guess. It didn't stick too well if I forgot it, then.
So in a nutshell, I followed them. They got to the high school. When I saw that they were heading there, I slowed down. Anything in the high school wasn't worth seeing. But it was early, so it couldn't be teacher related. Plus, it was the weekend.
When I finally got to the spot my sister and Acy were at, I cried, "What the FUCK is that?"
For there was a whirlpool portal thing. And it was getting smaller. And Cam and Acy were running towards it. Were they some species of idiots? If I were in their position, I would be running AWAY from it.
I could believe my sister would do anything so STUPID!
After all, we share genes.
But they disappeared into the portal, even though with all my heart I wished they hadn't. And I couldn't appear back home, with this kind of news. Anyway, SOMEONE had to protect them. Why not me?
Even if I was doing something unbelievable stupid. I was strong enough to protect myself, but would I be strong enough to protect Acy and Cam?
So, knowing it would be the stupidest thing I had ever done in my life, I ran towards the portal, and barely had room to get through it before it closed. The it went dark, for I don't know how long. When I woke, I heard Acy's voice saying mysteriously, "We'll see."
But damn! There was another Acy, right besides me, unconscious! What the hell was going on here?
"Hello? People? Where are we?" I cried out to the sitting up and Acy and Cam. They looked over. Cam looked surprised, while Acy just looked bored. But while I looked at Acy, I saw her change. And change. Until she became-
Josh.
He smiled, then. I different smile than I had ever seen on him. An evil smile, if I might say. I half expected him to cackle.
"Maybe it's time to tell MY tale. Then, I'll see what use any of you can be. Meanwhile, let Gwen sleep." Then he looked me in the eye and grinned, as if he couldn't wait to see me hurt or dead. And worse. Wouldn't care.
And Gwen was there. She looked pretty beat up. I hadn't seen her leave. Had she led us here? Wait, no it seemed more likely that was Josh's part in all this. But what did Gwen have to do with all this.
I thought for the second time if I was strong enough to save the others.
And, by the way. Where were we?
I was a baby; maybe I was just a couple of months
My fuckin' father must have had his panties up in a bunch
Cos he split, I wonder if he even kissed me good-bye
No I don't, on second thought I fuckin' wish he would die.
-Josh-
This was surprising. Even if Cam, her brother and this girl named Acy had had time to get into the portal (which they shouldn't have), why had we landed here in the middle of nowhere?
Had Everworld been turned into nothing? Had I risked everything for some plains? It was too weak to call any helpful gods. It would take me a week or so. I wasn't very strong with my powers, or even used to them. I barely used them, except to practice, in case I needed to call up all my powers for something.
There was reason to my madness.
But now all but Gwen and Acy were awake. Gwen, she could sleep. Acy, not so much. So a gave the slightest nudge with my mind, to find I could barely do even the simplest of jobs. But I could do this.
Acy sat up, gasping. I had shut off her breathing for a moment, not much more than pinching her nose. But it had the necessary effect. "Where the heck are we?" Her eyes focused on me. "You!"
"Yes, me. Thank you for the wonderful greeting." I would not let any of them see I was weak. I simply wouldn't allow it.
Cam moved towards Acy, quickly. I didn't move to stop her. I pretended as if I didn't care, but it was actually because I wasn't sure I could move with the proper timing.
Cam said to Acy, none too silently, "Don't trust anything he says. He's probably lying. He's trying to use Gwen to find his mother. He might try to hurt the rest of us." Understatement, Cammie girl. What, trying to protect your friend from the truth. Well, I'll tell her that I'm not just trying to hurt her, but aiming at a higher thing called DEATH. I'll tell her when she's on the brink of death.
Acy looked at me again, with more hate, but also with more fear. Yes, things were getting better. Hate and fear were very good combinations. Very good too use against people. And it's fun when they figure out I can use even their emotions against them. Teehee!
[Author's Note: It would help if someone could tell me what gods the Everworlders killed. If any. Hehe. Anything that'll save me from going to the library {gasp} and actually taking out a book {I always have fines and never have any money. Hehe. *evil face*} So, HELP WANTED. Except I won't pay. But the satisfaction of making me feel good should be enough {sure} I'll shut up now.]