Grey – Chapter 5
Cassern
Julian's POV
I wake up the next morning in my bed, I feel arms around me I try to pull them off me but they grip me tighter. I sigh "Wayland… get off of me." I say irritated, he whines "But I'm so comfortable." He said "Get. Off." I say coldly, it's too early for this crap. Wayland sighs annoyed and lets me go, I get up from my bed when I hear a knock on my bedroom door "Come in!" I say.
The door opens and reveals my Brother, Logan, he sees me, then he sees Wayland and glares at him. Logan looks back at me "Julian, we need to talk." Logan said in a serious tone "Morning to you too." I say getting off my bed to head to the bathroom "I'm serious, Julian." Logan said getting angry "I know your serious, Logan. You even used my first name." I say sarcastically. I walk past Logan and enter the bathroom but I'm stopped by invisible wall, I sigh, a barrier spell.
I turn around and face Logan "Really." I say starting to get pissed, I mean seriously, it's too early for this. Logan just stands there with his arms crossed, glaring at me "Fine, you want to talk, let's talk." I say, Logan calmed down a bit "Why didn't you tell me you were on a hit list of supernatural creatures?" Logan asks, I look down at the floor then I look back up at Logan "I thought that you'd be too busy with work, I didn't want you to worry about this." I say.
Logan gives me an incredulous look "Julian, I'm the adult. I'm suppose to worry about you, I'm suppose to watch out for you and take care of you. Doesn't matter if I'm too busy." Logan said. Logan embraces me in a tight hug "Sorry." I whisper "It's okay, just don't keep stuff from me." Logan said, I nod. We both hear a throat clear, it's Wayland "Jules, I told you I would take care of that list." He said, ruining the moment. Logan and I turn towards him "Don't you have somewhere to be?" Logan said to Wayland, he smirks as he walks toward us from my bedroom but he's stopped by an invisible wall.
Wow, Logan is really good at barrier spells "A barrier spell." Wayland said as he shakes his head and chuckles "I see why my older brother is so enamored with you, your almost as powerful as him." Wayland said, yes, you heard that right; my brother Logan also has a stalker but unlike Wayland and I they're more like rivals. Wayland's older brother, he's more subtle than Wayland, he's a devil in a suit. Hell, he's probably the reason Wayland was able to find me.
Logan's expression turns cold at the mention of Wayland's Brother "Where is he?" Logan asks solemnly "Oh, he's busy but he said that he'll be coming to town soon, to see you." Wayland said smirking, Logan's expression is still cold "I have to get to work. Julian, get ready for school." He said then goes downstairs.
I glare at Wayland "Why did you do that?" I ask angry, he shrugs his shoulders "Can you siphon this barrier, I love it when you siphon." Wayland said. I siphon near the bathroom door then I look at Wayland "Either get out of that barrier yourself or you'll wait until I get ready for school." I say smirking, Wayland frowns, that's what he gets for messing with my Brother.
About thirty minutes later, I leave the bathroom and I still see Wayland standing there near my bedroom door, his arms crossed. I walk towards him and he smirks, I put my hand on the barrier and start to siphon it away. Wayland's smirk disappeared the second I siphoned away the barrier, suddenly I'm pushed up against a wall his forearm on my throat. He glares at me, I glare back at him. Apparently, I pushed him too far; it usually takes more than this. He lets me go "You antagonized my Brother." I say "I know, I deserved it." He said, yeah, you deserve a lot more.
It's after school, I'm putting my stuff in my locker I turn around to leave and almost bump into a red-haired girl "Sorry." I say "It's alright, your Julian, right?" She asks, I raise an eyebrow "Yes… and you are?" I ask "Lydia. Stiles told me about you." She said, of course, he did "What are you?" I ask bluntly. I know it's very forward but I'm in no mood for this "Banshee." She answers, I'm stunned, I didn't think those were real "We completed the list but I found another cipher, maybe it'll tell us of a way to stop the Deadpool." Lydia said, that's interesting, I would love to stop this thing before someone attempts to murder me.
I look up at her "How can I help?" I ask, Lydia smiles "Come with me." She said and I follow after her. We get to Stiles' house "Hey, Lydia… what are you doing here?" Stiles asks looking at me "To help." I say. We're in Stiles' room, I look around in his room, it's quite messy, I see a board with a bunch of stuff and names. I see my name and friend with a question mark written next to it, hmm, I'll ask him about that later. Then I see Wayland's name on the board and the word threat with a question mark next to it. My eyes widen slightly, I definitely need to talk to Stiles about this.
We've been trying to figure out this cipher for a while and we haven't come up with anything "Our guesses. They're all about Lorraine. Right? We keep trying to guess a word that has something to do with her. So, maybe we should be trying to guess one that's about you." Stiles said to Lydia "Me? What about me?" Lydia asks.
Stiles thinks for a moment "What do you remember doing with your grandmother? You know, what was your guys', like special thing? Did you guys go to the beach? You know, did you like ice cream or…" Stiles asks waiting for an answer "We read." Lydia answers. Stiles seems a little surprised at her answer "Okay. What did you read?" Stiles asks "The Little Mermaid." Lydia answers "You read that movie?" Stiles asks, I stifle a laugh, oh Stiles "It was a book first. Hans Christian Andersen." Lydia answers. Stiles sighs "Type it in. 'Little Mermaid'." He said, Lydia types it in and it was still incorrect.
We all sigh "We read it every night. I got so obsessed with it, for three month I wouldn't respond to anything but Ariel. It drove my parents crazy, but… Grandma thought it was adorable." Lydia said, I think she just had a eureka moment because she started to type a word, it was 'Ariel' and it worked. It opens the list "You recognize any of these?" Stiles asks "Just my Grandmother." Lydia answers "Lydia… we need to call Scott." Stiles said.
We leave for the Sheriff's Station, I ride with Stiles because I need talk to him about that board "Stiles." I say "What's up?" He asks "What's with all those names on that board that was in your room?" I ask "Your name or… his name." Stiles answers, I stay silence for a few moments. I clear my throat nervously "Well, you should just avoid him, okay." I say trying to warn him because Wayland is dangerous. Stiles sighs as he drives, we reach the Sheriff's Station and he parks his jeep then he turns to face me "What about you, should I avoid you?" Stiles asks, I shrug my shoulders "That's entirely up to you." I answer, Stiles gives a 'are you serious' look.
I leave his jeep and walk into the Sheriff's Station, I see my Brother "Logan." I say "Hey, little bro. what are you doing here?" Logan asks "I was helping out Stiles." I answer, Logan glance behind and sees Stiles and Lydia enter the station "Ah, I see you met Lydia." Logan said "Yeah, she's a banshee." I tell him. Logan is stunned "Those are real, how did you find out?" He asks "I asked her." I answer, Logan chuckles "Well, one of my co-workers is supernatural, not sure what he is but another deputy burn him alive and he came back unscathed." Logan tells me. My eyes widen slightly at what he told, who could withstand fire and not be burned alive?
"Can I get a ride home?" I ask Logan "Uh, sure, I was about to take my break." He said as he gets up but he glances behind me and his face turns cold. I turn around to see who he's glaring at, it's Wayland, how did he know I was here? "What's he doing here?" Logan asks coldly, I shrug my shoulders. I approach Wayland "What are doing here?" I ask him "I'm here to give you a ride home." He answers, I narrow my eyes at him, has he been following me all day? How have I not noticed? I tell Logan that I'm getting a ride with Wayland, he tells me to be careful.
I get in the car with Wayland, were both in the back seat of the car, he has his own driver that drives him around. The car ride was silent all the way to my house, I get out of the here and Wayland follow after me. I enter my house and go up to my room but Wayland grips my wrist before I can go upstairs and pulls me towards him "Aren't you gonna ask me how I hid my presence from you all day?" He asks. I pull my wrist from him and think for a moment, I think of all the spells he could've used to hide his presence from me but I thinking a cloaking spell.
I mean, cloaking spells can hide your presence but not from me, I can always tell when someone is hidden. I look up at Wayland, who's smirking "It was a cloaking spell." He said, my eyes widen "How?" I ask "It's a cloaking spell I learned from a coven in Oregon." He answers. I stare at him curious "Show me." I say, he smirks again "Invisique." Wayland chants then he disappears.
I look around, I don't feel his presence at all "Jules." I hear whispered into my ear, I turn around and see Wayland smiling "Now you try." He said. I concentrate "Invisique." I chant, Wayland looks around, I guess I'm cloaked. This is a powerful spell, I go upstairs to my room "Jules?" I hear Wayland call out as I go upstairs. When I get to my room I find a pen and drop it on the floor, I hear Wayland run up the stars. I uncloak myself and sit on my bed as I wait for Wayland to enter my room. He enters my room a little out breath and glaring at me, I stifle a laugh "Not funny." Wayland said "Wasn't it?" I say sarcastically. Wayland chuckles and sits next to me "You know what's funny? Nox." He chants in my ear in a whisper, my eyes start to become heavy "Did you… just…" I say but I can't finish my sentence because everything goes black.
I wake up the next day, did Wayland do a sleep spell on me? That son of— my bedroom door opens and it reveals Wayland. I get up from my bed, ready to hex him "Jules, your human friend Stiles is in the hospital." Wayland said, my eyes widen then I glare at him "What did you do?" I ask calmly. Wayland smirks "Nothing, he got hurt trying investigating the creator of the hit list." He answers, I relax a bit "Come on and get ready." He said and goes downstairs, I narrow my eyes; what is he up to?
We get to hospital then we go to the room that Stiles is in but the door is locked, Wayland unlocks it with a spell and it opens, I see Stiles and Malia and they see us. Malia sees Wayland and her eyes glow blue and she growls a little, Stiles holds her back "What are you doing here?" He asks "I… uh, heard you were in the hospital. I just wanted to make sure you're alright." I answer "Well, I have a mild concussion but other than that I'm good." Stiles said, I smile slightly "We find this tape, it has something to do with the Deadpool. Wanna listen to it?" He asks, I nod.
We get to Stiles' House, we're all in his room Stiles, Malia, and Wayland are listening to the tape while I half-listen and look over the hit list again. Stiles told me that one-hundred and seventeen million dollars, worth of bearer bonds were stolen from a vault to fund this list but when I look over this list I count one-hundred and twenty-one million dollars. So, where did the extra four million come from? I glance at Wayland, who's listening intently to the tape with Stiles and Malia.
No, he wouldn't… he wouldn't go that far… I can't believe it, because if I do… I take a silence deep breath. After listening to the tape, we all go to Lydia's lake house. Stiles sighs "What are we doing? This room wasn't even made for us. No, we need someone like Lydia or Meredith, and we're just sitting here listening to a stupid record player play a record that doesn't play anything. Come on, there's plenty of other things that we can totally useless doing." Stiles said.
We start to leave "Stiles." Malia said "Yes?" Stiles asks "I can still hear it." Malia answers "But it's not on." Stiles said "Then it's something else. Something spinning." Malia said. We all look around in the room, Stiles sees a wire coming out of the wall and he starts to pull it, tearing at the wall. We all start to rip out pieces of the wall and it reveals… well, I'm not sure what it is? It looks like some kind of old technology "It's an old computer." Wayland said "And it's running the Deadpool." Stiles said, what?! Well, we gotta shut this down somehow.
Malia goes to smash it but Stiles stops her "You can't just smash it to pieces. Okay? If this thing's being used to disseminate the list, then it's probably gonna keep going until everyone's dead." Stiles said "Then what do we do?" Malia asks "It needs some kind of prompt or command or something, right? No, no, no." Stiles said, Malia looks at the old computer "What about a key?" She asks as she look spots a key slot.
Stiles video calls Lydia and explains the situation to her then she notices that there's no stain on the carpet. Lydia thinks out loud saying 'the wine isn't wine' then Stiles sprints downstairs and comes back with a bottle of wine, he shakes it and we hear something rattling in the bottle "I think there's something inside. Do you have a wine opener or…" Stiles said, Malia snatches the bottle from him and smashes it on the ground. We find a key that was hidden inside the bottle, Stiles picks it up the key and puts it in the key slot and turns it; turning off the computer. I let out a sigh of relief, it's finally over. I glance over at Wayland, who's also relieved but he seems more relieved than me.
Wayland drives me home, we enter the house, I guess Logan is still at work. Thank god, we were able to stop that Deadpool but I can't help but feel that there's some unfinished business. I face Wayland, he has a blank expression on his face, I let out a nervous breath "I saw you looking over the list and I know figured out that the math didn't add up." Wayland said, I stayed silence waiting for him to continue "You're wondering where the extra four million came from. Especially since you just came into town before the Deadpool even started." He said.
My eyes widen "You… you knew who created the list?" I ask stunned "No, but I found out how to contact them." He answers "And you got them to put me on the list." I say in realization, I start to back away slowly "Why?" I ask deadly calm. Wayland walks towards me slowly with his hand up in surrender "When you moved away without say anything, I was angry, furious even. I thought you abandoned me but when I heard you were actually exiled by your vile family… it then I realized my mistake, I should've never put your name on that list in fit of rage. I apologize, Julian." Wayland tells me.
A fit of rage… a fit of rage "Get out." I say numbly "What? Jules, I'm sorry." Wayland said "I said. Get. Out." I say then I magically throw him out the front door and put up a make shift barrier spell, he tries to come back in to my house but is stopped by my barrier. He bangs his fist against my barrier "If you try to come in, I will kill you." I threaten, Wayland is shocked at what I said then his expression goes blank "Okay, I see you need some time to cool off." He said, I scoff and slam the door in his face.
Time to cool off, that son of a bitch tried to have me killed because of something that was beyond my control. I start to magically throw stuff all around in the living room in a rage then I sit on the couch, breathing heavily. I'm done with him.