Chapter Ten: The Discovery

Suddenly, a voice echoed through the speakers, a voice as cold as ice that went through her skin like a knife and chilled her down to the bone.

"DIE."

Riley screamed and fell out of her chair.

"What's going on? Ri?" she heard Robbie ask. "Who's saying 'die'?"

But her eyes rolled up in the back of her head and she blacked out.

…

When she awoke, she was lying on her bed with the lights on in her room. She could hear Robbie moving around in her office, talking to himself and inspecting her computer. Next to her, she could feel movement. She turned, and Will was sitting next to her.

"What happened?" they both asked at the same time.

"You first," they said again in unison.

"Ladies first," said Will, grinning.

"All right… well… I was answering a few emails and an instant message popped up. You do know what that is, right?" she asked.

Will nodded. "It was in one of the books you gave me," he replied. "Now continue…"

"The screen name was 'shadowstalker', and they wouldn't tell me who they were, only saying to 'look at the name, it says it all'. So I asked if they were stalking me, but they wouldn't answer. I got back to my emails, and then the screen went black and, well, you know the rest."

"The voice?"

She nodded. "What I don't get though is who's voice was it?" she asked out of frustration.

"I'm not sure, I'm just glad you're okay," Will replied, leaning in for a kiss.

CRASH. "OOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!" Will turned his head and moved away, looking at the doorway.

"RI! WILL! A LITTLE HELP, PLEASE!" Robbie's voice became a bit more squeaky and pleading for the last sentence. The next second, he was at the doorway, hopping on one foot, clutching at the door frame for support. "Oh, you're awake," he said once he saw Riley sit up. "BUT YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOUR BOOKS WOULD ALL FALL ON MY FOOT!" he roared. His face was screwed up in pain, and Riley was fighting the urge to laugh. "What are you smiling at?" he asked angrily. "I think my toes are broken!" His eyes were watering in pain now.

"I'll get you some ice from the freezer," said Riley, getting up and walking out of the room. He always seemed to ruin perfect moments…

"Hey! Wait! What, no help on getting me to a chair?!" He tried to hop off after her, but had no avail, and fell back on the floor right on his butt.

He groaned. "Make that two ice packs!" he called.

…

"Will! I'm going to run a couple errands!" Riley called the next day, grabbing her purse and keys.

"Where are you going?" Will asked back, appearing in the room.

"Well, to my studio first to work on the paintings for my art show," her stomach lurched because the clock was ticking until the day of the show, "then to the library to find some books on how to get you home, then the store, we need more food since there's hardly any left."

"Can I stay here instead?" asked Will.

"Go right ahead, I'm sure it will get boring if you come with me. Make yourself at home, I'll see you in a few hours!"

One painting down, one to go. Riley stepped back to admire her work. "Perfect," she said to herself. She figured she could do the other painting some other time, what she really needed was to get back home. Who knows what Will could have gotten into by now. She looked at her watch. "Holy moley!" it had been about four hours. Quickly, she changed out of her paint clothes and into some regular ones and went out the door.

…

Will was incredibly bored. He had watched all the movies Riley had rented a while ago on the new TV that her insurance had paid for. He popped the last one out of the VCR and sighed. He looked at the remote for the DVD player, wondering if there was something in there he could watch. He pressed play. Suddenly, he heard a door creak open. "Riley?" but it wasn't the front door that was opening. Then, he heard a thump coming from the hallway. Swiftly, he got up off the new couch and walked to the hall. The closet door was open, and a box was lying on the floor.

Something was hanging out of it, a long, glossy sheet of paper. He picked it up and frowned. It was a picture of Jack. He moved back to the living room where the movie was playing. His frown deepened and his face grew darker as he saw none-other than himself in the Governor's house.

GASP! Will's found out something BIIIIIIG! Oh what will Riley do?! REVIEW!