Chapter 8 – Seeing Double
Back at the bar
The bar proceed to empty slightly as they continued to talk and flirt, John disappearing every now and again to serve customers, about 11pm another barman showed up, shortly followed by another. John grinned and closed the till and walked towards the end of the bar where the swing door allowed him to exit. He walked towards her and stretched out his hand, a sign he was ready to leave. She got up and placed her hand in his. John turned back and gave a thumbs up to his mate, which she didn't miss, You wait…I'll be back for you! They entered the crowded street that was LA at night and continued walking along the pavement for a long while not saying anything, until John stopped and turned to her, "Where do you want to go?"
"I know this great place…its just down there…it's a very private place no one will disturb us." She said a teasing smile curling her lips cruelly.
"Down there?" he said looking into the darkness.
"Not afraid of the dark, are we?" she taunted.
"Of course not." He said straightening up, and looking at her, "Its just you know these LA gangs, its not that safe alley ways, a girl like you should stay clear of them…I try to, wouldn't want to run into the wrong people."
"Don't worry, I'll protect you." She said pressing her body closer to his and running a finger along his back. Leaning closer still she kissed his neck softly, moving back up so her lips are against his ear again "please?" she purred.
"Err…sure!" he said grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the alley.
"What's the rush?" she asked innocently.
"Like I said, you never know what psycho's are running around out here, I just think we should hurry."
"Yup…you never what psycho's might be running around…." She twirled her hair absently with her right hand, as she strolled along next to John. As they reached the middle of the alley, she stopped and he continued to walk for a while until he realised she wasn't following.
"Why did you stop?"
"Here's fine!" she said, still twirling her hair, he gave her a worried look but walked towards her never the less, when he was in grabbing distance of her, she grabbed him roughly and pushed him against the wall, kissing him.
"Maybe we should go somewhere else…" he mumbled, as she ran her hands over his now bare chest, not reply she pushed her sharp, red painted nails deeply into his soft skin, just above his heart, he coughed and then croaked in pain "What are you doing? Why are you doing this…Cindy?"
"Having fun" she purred, "You wanted to play…" she said wickedly, feeling the heat begin to radiate from her palm above his chest pure fire shot out burning him, he began to scream in pain. "Shush! Don't scream she said waving her other hand over his mouth she froze his open mouth in solid ice, "Its not so bad if you don't scream…" kneeing him painfully in the crouch he doubled over, he pitifully tried to fight back, unable to scream his mouth frozen open. She pushed him backwards as he tried to kick her, and then conjuring some chains, which wrapped around him chaining him to the wall, she moved closer to him. Trailing her finger along his cheekbone, and then leaning closer still she kissed his cheek, and whispered in his ear 'Sweet dreams' as she proceeded to burn him from the inside out…
Back at Cole's
Cindy shuffled nervously and I watched her, it just occurred to me I'd never seen her so uncomfortable in my presence before, it was usually the other way around! It was rather amusing actually I controlled a smirk though, when Cole glared at me, as if he knew I was going to smirk, and that wouldn't help things. Just then the doorbell rang…"What the hell! What is going on?" I sighed.
"I'll get it!" said Cole, as he left the room closing the door behind him.
"Okay so you going to tell me, or just sit there?" I asked.
"Yes…but if you tell a single person about this…I promise you will regret it!" she snapped and brushed her hand through her hair, "The other day, something really strange happened, I was supposed to go to this meeting…but when I signed in, the guy behind the desk told me that a Cindy had already signed in…"
"And…" I asked, as Piper began cracking her knuckles I kicked her in the ankle, she yelped and stopped doing it.
"She looked exactly like me…"
"You have a twin?" asked Piper suddenly turning her attention to our conversation.
"No I don't." she shook her head, "anyway I continued to the meeting never the less, and I pushed the door open a little, and I saw her, she looks exactly like me but she's not me, and she noticed me but no one else did, and her eyes they turned red! Then I felt this strange force strangling me, it was really horrible I couldn't breathe, it stopped after a while, and I left…but I don't understand what's going on, all I know is that some one out there looks exactly like me, but isn't me and seems to have some sort of power, but not like your power…" she said looking at me, I realised that was the first time she had not insulted me when she mentioned my gift/power, whatever you wanted to call it! "Do you know what's going on?" she asked, jolting me out of my thoughts, "I'm not mad, I saw these things…I'm sorry about telling you, you are a freak and everything." She shrugged, "but I didn't believe in all this stuff until now…."
I could bring myself to say 'its okay' or 'I forgive you' because I couldn't, because when I was suffering due to all the tragedy in my life she only made it worse, she only hurt me. I had the fleeting thought that I should just tell her to leave and I wouldn't help her, but one I was not that kind of person, and two I somehow thought this could be related to the whole Cole thing, and of course my premonition. So I just continued, "No I don't know what it is…I don't even know that much about powers and stuff, I assume that perhaps I'm a witch, since I received my gift, how ever much I hated it, I did some research into this stuff I read that usually natural born witches receive some sort of power in there life time…about the other Cindy, perhaps it's a warlock or something." I saw her worried look, "I don't even know if stuff like warlocks and demons could exists, I've only read about them." Cindy relaxed slightly, "But since I discovered I'm a witch, I can't see why things such as warlocks and demons can't exist, although I rather hope they don't." Just at that moment, when Cindy was about to say something, Cole pushed open the kitchen door, the girl from P3 standing next to him, what was her name 'Paige' yes the one I was talking to, I remembered shaking her hand and feeling slightly strange for a while, but she seemed perfectly normal…but then you never know…anyway what she was doing here was bothering me more.
"Hi…Paige, what are you doing here?" I asked, "How did you know we lived here?"
"I asked one of Piper's workers, I'm here because you dropped this." She said holding up a purse, and looking at Piper.
"Oops, I'm such a klutz!" said Piper, as she got up to take the purse from Paige, "Well thanks, for dropping it off." Said Piper as she held out her hand for Paige to shake, I was standing up now too a little way from them. As Paige's shook Piper's hand, a bright light from the ceiling blinding us all slightly, Piper snapped her hand back dazed, "What the hell was that?" she said shocked. Paige looked shocked but not afraid, like Cindy…and Cole!
"Err…I'm not sure!" I replied honestly a little stunned myself, "Paige?" I asked turning to her.
"You're a witch?" she said looking at Piper, "and you?" she said turning to me.
"How did you?" I asked wide-eyed.
What did you think? Sorry if there is a few mistakes was to tired to spell check the whole thing! Lol!