**More added to this chapter. Sorry for all the grammar mistakes! I'll try
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Maya woke just before sunrise. Outside the window the night's darkness grayed as it struggled with the coming sun. In the living room, she found Dylan asleep in the couch and Kage asleep against the door of the bathroom. The door to the cottage was open and outside, leaning against one of the porch's beams, was Victor.
His back was to her and it was shirtless, with all its sleek muscles expose to her eyes. She had the irrational urge to circle his waist from behind and rest her tired head against the glorious back. She bit her lip. -Stupid thoughts, Maya, stupid-
Instead she went to sit down next to him. He didn't even look down to acknowledge her and kept staring into the thicker parts of the woods.
"I couldn't sleep." He told her. "I kept thinking that they are out there and that they want you. Tell me why?"
-He's talking to you like a human. Don't just sit there, answer him!-
"I wish I knew. I was thinking maybe they don't mean any harm. What would they want from me? Maybe it's a misunderstanding."
He looked at her and shook his head. "I don't think so, they attacked us. I hate this you know. I don't want to be part of this."
"I know Victor. How do you think I feel? So far we've been taking this as a joke but this really is serious, but I don't know what to do. I'm scared."
He sat down next to her and gently took her hand. "If I could take away the fear, I would." He honestly told her.
She looked into his eyes, and now they weren't blue or black or any other exotic color they usually were, they were simply brown. "Why do you do that?"
His eyes never lost contact. "Do what?"
"Act like you hate me sometimes and sometimes like you like me?"
He looked down at their intertwined hands. "Because Maya, sometime I do hate you and sometimes I do like you."
She took away her hand. "You don't even know me Victor and you hate me. I don't think that's fair."
He signed. "You're wrong about that you know. I do know you" His gaze again turned to the forest and widen at what they saw.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Kisha opened the bathroom's door only to have Kage fall in backwards. His head thumped on the floor. She looked down and he looked up. He smiled. -Are we going to be okay?- He asked in her mind.
She smiled and nodded. Suddenly, there was a loud noise from outside. It echoed through the house rousing its wake.
And then the fear was back in Kisha's eyes.
* * * * * * * * * * *
There were about twenty of them now. Their ropes flapped against the morning breeze and their bows and arrows were poised to attack. From behind them there was a small commotion and the front row parted to reveal a small dark, hair boy.
His eyes were black and emotionless. His bonny body was all in black. He stared at them for a moment before he raised his arms, cupped his hands, and orange energy began to form.
Victor grabbed Maya and ran in. They closed the door just before they felt the effects of the energy. The house shook and Dylan woke. Kage and Kisha dashed in.
"They're here" Victor told them even as the house trembled against the force of energy that was being sent to it, yet again. "And they have some kind of kid with them."
"Is that what's threatening to bring down this cabin?" Kage asked bracing himself on the couch against a new onset of quakes.
"Is there another way out of here?" Victor asked Kisha, who was now hugging herself and moving her gaze in private panic. "Kisha!"
She stared wide-eyed at him. "No"
"Jesus, are we going to die here?"
Maya scolded at Dylan. "Shut up"
The windows exploded with a boom, glass shards blew into them and sent Kisha huddling in a corner. She closed her eyes and began rocking herself. "Not again, not again."
Kage was instantly at her side. "Kisha, its okay. I'm here honey." He reached out to bring her into his arms put she pulled away.
"Don't touch me! I wont go through it again. Don't touch me!"
Victor crouched down at her side. "Think! You have to think!"
Kage pushed him away. "Stop pressuring her."
"She's our only hope to get out."
Kage turned to her and tried to reach her with his mind. It was like being hit by a brick wall. A high wall of defense guarded her mind. -Let me in baby. Let me in- But it was not use. Her mind to him was blocked and it hurt his heart.
So he broke his promise to her and kissed her.
Their soulmate link connected and their minds merged.
They looked on astonish until Kage broke away. "Move the couch."
Dylan and Victor did what he bid. Under it was a cellar door. They opened it to find stairs that lead under the house. Dylan went in and then Maya. Kage scooped up a fainted Kisha and led her down, Victor had barley latched the door close when the house exploded.
The cellar was a small dark, room full of basic emergency supplies.
"Over there." Kage told them. "Move that shelf."
Under the shelf was another door. Opened, it revealed a tunnel. No matter how hard they squinted against the darkness, nothing could be made out.
"Where does that lead Kage?" Maya asked.
"Deep into the woods. Kisha's friend found this when she bought the house." He said as he and Kisha went in.
"How do you know so much about Kisha?" Dylan asked behind him.
"Because we're soulmates." He told him and Dylan didn't ask anything else.
Maya and Victor looked at each other and followed them, the last one closing the door and casting the group into complete and utter darkness.
Maya woke just before sunrise. Outside the window the night's darkness grayed as it struggled with the coming sun. In the living room, she found Dylan asleep in the couch and Kage asleep against the door of the bathroom. The door to the cottage was open and outside, leaning against one of the porch's beams, was Victor.
His back was to her and it was shirtless, with all its sleek muscles expose to her eyes. She had the irrational urge to circle his waist from behind and rest her tired head against the glorious back. She bit her lip. -Stupid thoughts, Maya, stupid-
Instead she went to sit down next to him. He didn't even look down to acknowledge her and kept staring into the thicker parts of the woods.
"I couldn't sleep." He told her. "I kept thinking that they are out there and that they want you. Tell me why?"
-He's talking to you like a human. Don't just sit there, answer him!-
"I wish I knew. I was thinking maybe they don't mean any harm. What would they want from me? Maybe it's a misunderstanding."
He looked at her and shook his head. "I don't think so, they attacked us. I hate this you know. I don't want to be part of this."
"I know Victor. How do you think I feel? So far we've been taking this as a joke but this really is serious, but I don't know what to do. I'm scared."
He sat down next to her and gently took her hand. "If I could take away the fear, I would." He honestly told her.
She looked into his eyes, and now they weren't blue or black or any other exotic color they usually were, they were simply brown. "Why do you do that?"
His eyes never lost contact. "Do what?"
"Act like you hate me sometimes and sometimes like you like me?"
He looked down at their intertwined hands. "Because Maya, sometime I do hate you and sometimes I do like you."
She took away her hand. "You don't even know me Victor and you hate me. I don't think that's fair."
He signed. "You're wrong about that you know. I do know you" His gaze again turned to the forest and widen at what they saw.
* * * * * * * * * * *
Kisha opened the bathroom's door only to have Kage fall in backwards. His head thumped on the floor. She looked down and he looked up. He smiled. -Are we going to be okay?- He asked in her mind.
She smiled and nodded. Suddenly, there was a loud noise from outside. It echoed through the house rousing its wake.
And then the fear was back in Kisha's eyes.
* * * * * * * * * * *
There were about twenty of them now. Their ropes flapped against the morning breeze and their bows and arrows were poised to attack. From behind them there was a small commotion and the front row parted to reveal a small dark, hair boy.
His eyes were black and emotionless. His bonny body was all in black. He stared at them for a moment before he raised his arms, cupped his hands, and orange energy began to form.
Victor grabbed Maya and ran in. They closed the door just before they felt the effects of the energy. The house shook and Dylan woke. Kage and Kisha dashed in.
"They're here" Victor told them even as the house trembled against the force of energy that was being sent to it, yet again. "And they have some kind of kid with them."
"Is that what's threatening to bring down this cabin?" Kage asked bracing himself on the couch against a new onset of quakes.
"Is there another way out of here?" Victor asked Kisha, who was now hugging herself and moving her gaze in private panic. "Kisha!"
She stared wide-eyed at him. "No"
"Jesus, are we going to die here?"
Maya scolded at Dylan. "Shut up"
The windows exploded with a boom, glass shards blew into them and sent Kisha huddling in a corner. She closed her eyes and began rocking herself. "Not again, not again."
Kage was instantly at her side. "Kisha, its okay. I'm here honey." He reached out to bring her into his arms put she pulled away.
"Don't touch me! I wont go through it again. Don't touch me!"
Victor crouched down at her side. "Think! You have to think!"
Kage pushed him away. "Stop pressuring her."
"She's our only hope to get out."
Kage turned to her and tried to reach her with his mind. It was like being hit by a brick wall. A high wall of defense guarded her mind. -Let me in baby. Let me in- But it was not use. Her mind to him was blocked and it hurt his heart.
So he broke his promise to her and kissed her.
Their soulmate link connected and their minds merged.
They looked on astonish until Kage broke away. "Move the couch."
Dylan and Victor did what he bid. Under it was a cellar door. They opened it to find stairs that lead under the house. Dylan went in and then Maya. Kage scooped up a fainted Kisha and led her down, Victor had barley latched the door close when the house exploded.
The cellar was a small dark, room full of basic emergency supplies.
"Over there." Kage told them. "Move that shelf."
Under the shelf was another door. Opened, it revealed a tunnel. No matter how hard they squinted against the darkness, nothing could be made out.
"Where does that lead Kage?" Maya asked.
"Deep into the woods. Kisha's friend found this when she bought the house." He said as he and Kisha went in.
"How do you know so much about Kisha?" Dylan asked behind him.
"Because we're soulmates." He told him and Dylan didn't ask anything else.
Maya and Victor looked at each other and followed them, the last one closing the door and casting the group into complete and utter darkness.