Hi! Thanx to Velvet-Chain (glad you have a name that's a little easier on the wrists now!), the lone reviewer who continues to remain faithful...just jokin'. I know people are busy! I'll still keep writing for the faithful few...
Melissa's mind seemed to collapse upon itself as she was forced to choose between her mother and father. They both hung in the air, suspended by an almost invisible strand of silver wire, which held them by their wrists. They didn't know what to make of the situation; neither did Melissa. The demon, disguised as a shady looking man, grinned slightly as Melissa tried to make an impossible choice.
"Hurry up and choose!" the demon commanded.
"I can't!" Melissa cried. "I just can't!"
"If that's your final answer," the demon whispered as he slyly leaned into Melissa's ear, "I guess I'll have to kill them both."
Melissa's screams were drowned out by her parents' yells as the demon's eyes began to glow dark green. Flames appeared from nowhere and engulfed Melissa's parents until there was nothing left. All of a sudden, Melissa was all alone. She thought everything had been a nightmare, but it just seemed so real. She turned around to face where her parents once stood, but only the faint silver wire was visible. The silence of the night was pierced by her cries.
"What have I done?" Melissa asked herself quietly as she held her head in her hands.
"You caused the death of your parents," an eerie voice whispered ubiquitously.
"What am I going to do now?" she asked.
"End it," the voice suggested almost hypnotically. "Think about it; you know you can't live without them."
A knife with a jagged edge appeared in a puff of green smoke in Melissa's hand. She clutched the weapon, tears streaming down her eyes, and gently stroked her chest with it. The mysterious voice kept urging her to "do it" and she trembled with fear. She didn't know what to do. The voice gradually grew into a constant and incessant command, nagging Melissa to plunge the knife into her heart. The same influential voice seemed to emanate from inside her mind as well as around her. Frustrated and devastated, she drew a deep breath before her world became darkness. As she fell over, a pair of hands caught her and raised her face to his. The demon opened his mouth as if to kiss her, but instead he sucked a white aura from her now lifeless body. The demon abruptly dropped the now useless victim to the ground; he had gotten what he had come for.
"Thanks for your power, witch," the demon whispered as he left the area in a cloud of green smoke.
Jason continued to sit on the couch, trying to put together everything he had just heard from Wesley. Wesley had told him about him being a witch and being brothers with James and Matthew, who were also witches. Jason had also found out that they were not only witches, but the most powerful ones in the world. It was a long time before he could force any words out of his mouth.
"Not the remote," he said before realizing what he had just uttered.
"I didn't do anything to it," Wesley said, tossing it to Jason, who jumped away as if the remote was now a poisonous snake. "I just froze it. What's your problem? You wanted to know."
"I..." Jason mumbled, "I didn't know you were gonna drop a bomb on me like that."
"Well, I did," Wesley responded. "You're okay with it, right?"
"I don't know," Jason said. "It's kinda weird to see happening. And, if everything you said is true, doesn't that mean that...I don't know...demons or something like that exist as well? I mean, if you're what you said you were..."
"A witch," Wesley jumped in. "You can say it."
"Yeah, that," Jason said. "Shouldn't they be coming after you?"
"I mean," Wesley said, "they probably will now, since you've mentioned it!"
Almost immediately, Lina appeared in their living room in a flame right behind Wesley. Jason had a look of sheer confusion on his face as he saw this woman just appear in a burst of flame as she did. He was about to say something when he saw Lina pull a katana out of thin air and prepare to strike Wesley. At the sight of that, Jason fell over the couch, pointing to her. Wesley turned around just in time to see a very sharp blade racing toward his neck. With panic dominating his senses, he disappeared in a shower of blue lights as the blade slashed through them.
"Damn!" Lina shouted. "Didn't know he could do that. I guess that leaves you..."
Lina walked coolly towards Jason, who was cowering behind the couch. He hadn't seen anything. Suddenly, he saw Lina standing over him, with her sword grazing his neck. He was on the verge of passing out, but knew that if he did, he probably wouldn't make it to the floor alive. He tried his best to keep perfectly still, but Lina's mere presence caused him to tremble.
"Where did he go?" she demanded, scraping his neck with her katana.
"I...I...don't know what y-you're talking about," Jason answered feebly.
"Don't play games with me," Lina ordered. Her voice had returned to calm. "I'm going to ask you once more. Where did he go?"
Jason looked up over the couch and saw emptiness where Wesley was supposed to have been standing. His mouth dropped; Wesley had abandoned him. Or did he? Just then, a shower of blue lights danced around the living room and rematerialized into Wesley. Jason covered his mouth in fear of saying anything, but Lina picked up on his actions and turned to see Wesley standing there, oblivious to the fact that he had been anywhere in the first place. He threw his hands out and both Lina and Jason froze in their tracks.
He breathed a sigh as he cautiously walked around Lina to Jason. He had never unfrozen specific people before and he didn't want to take his chances, so he did the next best thing he could think to do; he pushed Jason abruptly onto the ground, breaking the freeze.
"What the hell is going on?" Jason asked, looking back at the frozen Lina.
"No more talking for you!" Wesley said. "We're out of here! C'mon!"
The both of them sprinted out of the apartment and into Wesley's car. They sped back to the campus, figuring that they would be safest around other people. Lina smiled as she witnessed them escaping. She had never been frozen at all! She only pretended to do so. Her plan was slowly unfolding. With a slight grin, she vanished out of the room in a flame.
Hmm...if I'm keeping count accurately, this is the second time that Wesley has kinda disappeared and reappeared without knowing it. Between you and me, I think he has some kind of Paige complex or something...but I'll let that story unravel itself in due time...keep reading, and start reviewing please!