Leaving With Heavy Hearts
Location - Sally's Old house
A week after Allie left with John...
Charlie brought down the mighty axe with all his force and succeeded in cutting the firewood in half, and then he picked up another one and chopped that in half too. It was almost noon, and his stomach was rumbling. The small breakfast he ate this morning gave him little energy to do work but still he continued. Just as he was about to pick another block of firewood, Lisa called out his name. He left the axe on the ground and went to Lisa.
'You called for me?' said Charlie
'Charlie... Could you go to town and get us supplies?' asked Lisa
'Okay...just make a list and I'll get them for you' he replied
'Thanks, you should shower first though you kind of smell a little' she smiled
Charlie responded with a smile 'Give me five minutes to get ready'
Lisa went to the kitchen to make the list, as she approached the table she saw Allie's journal lying on top of the table. Emotions of sadness flooded her heart. A tear came down her cheek, try as she might she couldn't hold back the tears. She knelt on the floor her face in her hands, crying.
'Lisa where are you?' Charlie shouted 'I'm already finished...' He walked in to the kitchen and stumbled upon a crying Lisa. Immediately he rushed to her side.
'Lisa, what's wrong?' he asked
She hugged him and continued to cry on his shoulders.
"Lisa...' Charlie embraced her and the two were there for quite some time.
Location – On top of a cliff
The calm sea soothes anyone who feels its harmony. Merlin stood on the very edge of the cliff, his head looking high up into the clouds as if communicating with someone. His eyes were focused on to a point in the sky.
'The mission is going along well...' he spoke
'Has he been reclaimed?' asked a deep voice
'Not yet, but Jonah is on his trail' replied Merlin
'Jonah...He has not the power to take down Judas...'
'He may be a level 4, Kiera Hunter...'
'Enough! your bickering is wasting time, Our time, I shall send someone to assist you' cut the voice
'But I don't think that will be necessary, Jonah and I will do perfectly well' replied Merlin
'This is an order from the council... Obey or be forced to obey!' boomed the voice
'I obey' Merlin replied in a shaky voice.
'He will arrive soon, end of report' with that the voice disappeared into thin air
Merlin looked out to the sea, fear and anger in his heart.
'So they think I'm not capable of handling Judas huh!'
He curled his hands into fists 'Argh!!!' he screamed throwing his hands high into the sky
The sea in front of him split into two, a one kilometer long trench was embedded into the sea bed. Water flowed back into the open area and covered the trench. A sign of his devastating power.
Location – a Motel in Lubbock, Texas
Judas woke up in shock, he trembled slightly, and he rubbed his arms
'I never knew he was that strong...' feeling the power surge made by Merlin hundreds of miles away.
He smiled, 'This is going to be interesting, I look forward to meeting you again...'
He rose from the bed and took a quick shower.
'I wonder what she's doing now? John really took her away or was it her own intention...'
The sound of a key inserted into the door knob caught Judas's attention, the lock clicked as the door was unlocked. Judas instantly disappeared with a click of his finger. The door opened, two cleaners came into the room and cleaned the room.
'Hey, I thought this place was supposed to be empty, Mary?' asked Sandra
'Maybe the previous guys who slept here left this mess' replied Mary
'Yeah, I guess you're right'
Location – Sally's house, Lubbock Texas
Lisa sat quietly on the couch, holding a cup of tea in her hands. Charlie looked worryingly at Lisa. She seemed to be in another place. Charlie got up from the couch and stood on the porch. He looked to the fields in anguish, then he went back in, Lisa was still in her state of mind. He sat next to her.
'Lisa...' he softly spoke, 'I think we should go back...back to Seattle'
This caught her attention 'Go back? and leave?' she replied, 'We can't, we have to wait for her here'
'She's not coming back Lisa' he replied, 'She's gone now...'
Without hesitation Lisa slapped Charlie, tears in her eyes.
'How dare you lose faith! She will come back' she replied in rage
Unfazed by the slap, he replied, 'But we have lives Lisa! Friends who are waiting for us to get back, we can't wait for her forever!'
Lisa continued to cry, while Charlie went out in anger.
'Why won't she realize that she may not come back' he asked to himself, he sighed and looked out to the fields.
Moments later Lisa came out and sat on the porch next to Charlie, silence filled the air.
'I...I guess you're right, maybe she won't come back, maybe she will, we too have our own lives to consider, I'm sorry I slapped you' she apologized
'No you were right, I should have had more faith in Allie, she is our daughter it's just that when she left I was afraid that she won't ever come back and that scares the hell out of me' he replied
Lisa hugged Charlie and the both of them watched the sun set in each other's arms.
'Charlie, we'll go back home tomorrow okay'
'But I thought you wanted to stay and wait for her?' asked Charlie
'I do...But we can't just go on waiting for her forever, I want to live my life to the fullest until she comes back' she replied
'Okay, if you say so...'
That night Lisa slept soundly, but Charlie barely slept at all, he looked towards Lisa, sleeping beside him. He kissed her on the forehead and quietly crept out of bed. He looked back at Lisa from the doorway and then he went out.
The next morning Lisa woke up to notice that Charlie wasn't beside him, she rose from the bed and cleansed herself before trying to find Charlie. She went into the living room and found Charlie sleeping very soundly. She walked up to him slowly and planted a kiss on his cheek. Charlie deliriously woke from the kiss, and sees Lisa.
'Good Morning!' she said 'How did you get out here?'
'Last night I had to do something very important...' he replied
'Doesn't matter anyway, you ready to go?' she asked in a cheerful manner
'Wait! Before we go, there's something I want you to see first'
Charlie got up from the couch and grabbed Lisa's hand, he brought her outside and to the back of the house. Lisa was surprised at what she saw, it was a shed that had been burnt down ages ago by her grandmother.
'Charlie you built this last night?' she asked in amazement
'Yep, but you haven't seen nothing yet, wait till you get inside'
The two of them went into the shed and Lisa's eyes swelled up with tears.
'Thank you Charlie' she hugged him immediately
On the wall of the shed, a frame was hung. Inside the frame were written a jumble of letters and a picture. It was a picture of both Lisa and Charlie, and the writing was 'Allie, We'll love you always. If we're not here when you return, we'll be waiting for you back home, in Seattle'
Lisa gave one final gaze to the old place, and they went on towards Seattle. As their car got out of the drive, a black Ford Coupe passed by them.
The Coupe waited for them to get out of sight, and then the car went into the drive. Two figures came out of the car, one a woman and the driver a male.
'Allysa, call the boss tell him we're here' said the man.
'Okay, Michael' she replied
Michael scanned the surroundings, after finishing he walked towards the house. Allysa was still trying to get connected to Pearce. Michael surveyed the inside of the house with extreme care, whilst Allysa is still trying to get connected with Pearce. Finally the phone call got through.
'Mason here' said Mason
'This is Allysa, tell Mr. Pearce we've arrived at our destination' she replied
Mason knocked Pearce's office twice before letting himself in. Pearce was looking out the window.
'Boss, Allysa's on the line' handing the cell phone to Pearce.
He took the phone signaled for Mason to get out, 'Pearce speaking'
'Boss, we're at the site' she replied
'Good, Find anything unusual and then report back to me in an hour' he turned the phone off
Michael was already halfway through the house by the time Allysa was finished. They searched the house for any clues, but to no avail they didn't find anything. They decided to continue their search outdoor. Michael checked out the front end while Allysa checked out the back end of the house.
Allysa got out from the back door and was puzzled by a new building behind the house.
'I thought their shed was burnt down a long time ago...' she walked to the shed and went inside. She smiled to herself 'The boss is going to like this'
To be continued...
