Daughter of Ipswich

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole

It Begins Tonight

Pogue was racing down the wet roads of Ipswich, with me on the bike and with his spare helmet on my head. The smoke blurred my vision at times, as we raced towards the hospital, via the back roads.

But I couldn't help but noticing something moving in the trees alongside us. I knew this had to be impossible, since Pogue was going well over any speed an animal could obtain. Thus, I began to feel the fever of worry wash over my body. I just hopped to god it wasn't Chase.

But there he was, standing in the center of the road, looking at cocky as ever.

Pogue instantly hit his breaks, as we kept a big gap of distance between us.

"Pogue," I begged quietly," don't do anything stupid."

But Pogue did not respond, making it feel as if he was ignoring me, as I overheard Chase loudly taunt," Come to save Little Miss Muffet, have we?"

Pogue didn't move or respond, again, making me sigh in relief. Hopefully he wouldn't do anything stupid. Or anything that could possibly put other of us into trouble or danger.

"Well, you're too late!" Chase shouted, in a taunting tone.

Pogue revved up his engine, making me squeak," Pogue, don't!"

"A spider came and sat down beside her, and freighted Miss Muffet away."

With that Pogue went racing towards Chase, thinking he was going to be able to run him over.

But I felt a power surge coming off of Chase, making me tense up, as I held onto my brother tightly, not willing to let go of him.

But when we were mere feet away from, he pulled out his hands, and began to lift my bike up the air, and spinning it backwards.

Instantly Pogue and I were beginning to fall off, but I let go of my brother. I had to defend myself.

As quickly as Chase had flipped on his powers, I gave myself a small energy boost, and sent myself back off the bike. Thus I landed on my feet, like cat woman, as I stood several feet away from him.

Yet I watched as my beloved brother had been helplessly thrown, and landed on the asphalt, ruining his bike.

My brother growled to himself, as he struggled to sit up and pull off his helmet, while Chase ignored me.

Chase kept sauntering over to my brother, while my brother shouted, in a raspy tone," You hurt Kate, and I will kill you!"

"Hurt her?" Chase chuckled. "I only used her to get to you. It's you that I'm gonna hurt. Then you're just my bait to get to Caleb."

He then paused and looked back at me. "And you, well you...you shall help bring back the Putnam family line. After all, no matter what child you have first...boy or girl, it is bound to be magical. Then I'll take your powers from you."

I pulled off my helmet and looked at him, swallowing my fear of Chase trying to rape me or using an incubus on me.

"You won't touch my sister!" Pogue shouted, as he stood up, getting ready to bum rush Chase. Yet I saw my brother being lifted into the air, go white, and his eyes close, before being dropped roughly to the ground. I was pretty sure the fall alone probably would have severely hurt him.

"Pogue!" I shrilled, about to run over to him, but I stopped myself. Chase could hurt me before I even realized it.

"Little girl, little girl, little girl, come let me in." Chase taunted as he turned around.

"What is it with you and nursery rhymes?" I hissed, placing my hands upon my hips, trying to seem unafraid.

He just let out a bellowing laugh. "Are you not the child you dreams of nothing but those dreams. I saw those minuscule dreams of yours. You like Caleb! The poor fool didn't even realize anything was happening until you decided to tell the truth about your powers."

He the paused and smirked," We could have been a great team, you and I."

"But," he snarled," you had to decide to stay with the coven that rejected its women."

"That was a long time ago," I told him, trying to repeat it to myself, trying to believe that Tyler, Reid, Pogue, and Caleb didn't mind me being there at their meeting.

Chase opened his mouth to say something, but I had enough of this talking. So with one great push of power, I successfully slammed my power into him, causing him to slide back several feet, past my brother's limp body.

"Kitty's got some bite," I heard him chuckle, as he raised his hands, and I prepared to bock him myself. "We'll let's see if Kitty can protect herself."

With that he sent his own power ball at me, and I caught it, with a little difficulty. It was obvious his power was much stronger than mine. Almost like it were two ascended people working against me, not one.

I feebly pushed his power ball back at him, only to have him send another stronger what at me, thus I was thrown up into the air, before landing back on the asphalt.

"Did I hurt you?" I heard Chase teased, as my body was beginning to feel numb. I hadn't ever used this much power before. Never.

I pushed myself back up, swaying slightly from side to side as I stood up. I wasn't going down just yet.

"Want some more?" Chase smirked, as he placed his hands back inside his pockets.

Without answering him, I let the emotional female inside of me run forward, the very short distance between us, and reach up and choke him.

At first he stumbled back, but before I knew it, my back was on the ground, he was on top of me and choking me.

I suddenly found myself in the same position I had been in before with Aaron. He was on top of me, sitting directly on top of me, pinning me down to the ground. His hands were forcefully wrapped around my small slender neck, easily choking the life out of me. My legs were failing around like fish out of water, helpless to aid me. And my hands were aimlessly clawing at my own throat trying to pull off his hands.

"Doesn't this seem a little familiar?" He teased. "Except this time I don't want a sexual favor from you. I just want you to submit, and say that you will help me with bringing down your precious covenant."

I chocked and shook my head in refusal. I was not going to be his little puppet. He wasn't going to take me without a fight.

"Never," I gagged, and with my last bit of energy, blasted him with a small power ball, but he seemed unaffected.

He sat there laughing, while my world seemed to be getting fuzzy around the edges. "Little girl, little girl, little girl, come let me in."

"No" was all I thought, as I struggled to remain awake and fight against him.

"Come, Celeste," Chase teased, as his grip remained stead-fast upon my neck. "You think your Alice, in Alice in Wonder Land. Didn't you ever learn her lesson?"

My eye sight was beginning to fade, and my hands fell limp on the ground.

"You have to fight your own battles, and you can never dodge anything. And you should never ever…ever fall down the rabbit hole."

With that my eyes rolled back, as the last of the air in my lungs escaped out of my gasping mouth. My head fell limply to the side. I was gone.

I should have listened to Caleb. I shouldn't have left.