Disclaimer:Cara Mascara: "I don't get paid to do this (sadly) and I don't own anything you recognize. All I own are my OC's... and Reid at pool."
Reid: "Yeah because you cheat."
Cara Mascara: "Because using powers is fair play?"
Reid:-broods- "Shut up." –stands over me trying to be intimidating-
Cara Mascara: "Reid… you might want to rethink trying to intimidate me in that." –points to speedo-
Reid:-smirks- "You know you like it."
Cara Mascara: "And you're lucky I do. You're also lucky I don't write slash, because that little number is certainly inspiration to pair you up with Tyler. And I'd make you take it."
Reid:-stares horrified-
Cara Mascara: "That's what I thought. So don't sass me boy."
A/N: Thanks for reviewing. This story is coming to a close. I can pretty much guarantee you won't like the ending, but keep in mind there is a sequel. I've decided to end the story at 35 chapters. So there will be two more, which with any luck, will be out today. I was going to go to my boyfriend's band's show but I have sunstroke from being at Six Flags all day. So I have a fever and don't want to be that far from home. The song is 'Save Yourself' by Stabbing Westward.
Wild Pagan Heart by Cara Mascara
Chapter 33: Save Yourself
"Reid?" I whispered in a shaky breath. The blonde broke out of the trace he'd been in. He'd been staring at the knife in his hands. He dropped it and looked to me as I got up from the sand. He blinked a few times, then turned away. I saw the glint of a tear run down his cheek. He just killed somebody. When he turned back the tear was gone, but I could still see the horror in his eyes. I touched his shoulder. "Reid… are you okay?"
"Of course," he snapped, shrugging my hand off. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"You just killed somebody," I said as if he were stupid.
"So? Not like he didn't deserve it. Besides, someone had to do it right this time," he said coldly. I frowned as he picked the knife up and walked over to Chase, using the dead boy's jacket to wipe the blood from the knife. I knew he always had it tucked in a pocket in case he got jumped. There were a lot of people he'd cheated money out of that didn't like him. He stood up from his crouched position and smirked at me. He went towards Caleb, who was helping Pogue up. "It's done! I killed the mighty Chase!" Reid bragged as if it was his crowning achievement. Caleb and Pogue just looked at him unbelievably. How could he be acting like this?
I looked over at Chase's fallen body and grimaced at the gaping wound in his back. Reid killed him. Reid actually killed him to save me.
"We need to get rid of his body," Pogue said, standing beside me and looking at Chase as well. "Are you okay?" he asked.
I shook my head. No I'm not okay. I was tortured, almost raped, just saw someone I care about kill someone and was the cause of a magic battle. Tears streamed down my face and Pogue opened his arms, offering me a hug. I hesitated but buried my face in his chest and cried.
"Jesus Reid!" Pogue yelped out, pulling me back away from the now inflamed body of Chase. I gasped as the flames engulfed his unmoving corpse, burning all evidence away. Not that anyone would miss the bastard. Burning flesh is not pleasant smell. I looked to Reid, seeing his eyes were black as he concentrated on turning Chase's body into ashes. Reid had blood on his right hand and all over his clothes. I assumed the blood on his clothes was from me. I looked at my arms to find all traces of the cuts from Chase's spell had disappeared.
The fire in the sand died down to reveal nothing left of Chase. "Well, let's get the hell out of here," Reid said all too naturally. How could he be so unaffected by killing someone? Caleb shook his head and followed after the blonde up to the cars. "Hey, where's Baby Boy and Red?"
"I told them to go back to the dorms. Mel was freaking out," Caleb said. Caleb then pulled his phone from his pocket and, presumably called Tyler or Sarah.
"Thank god you found her," I breathed a sigh of relief. I had forgotten all about Mel momentarily.
"How else did you think I found you genius?" Reid snapped. What the fuck is his problem? Well, I'm going to find out.
I moved away from Pogue who'd been walking beside me, hand on the small of my back in unnecessary support. I pushed Reid from behind, causing him to stumble forward. "What the hell is your problem?!" I yelled. He turned and glared at me.
"Me? You're the psycho who's lashing out at the guy who just saved your miserable life! Save yourself next time!" he bit back, getting in my face. He knows I hate when people call me psycho. It has a completely different meaning when it's being said to someone who's been there and back then it does when it's just being used as a general insult. I couldn't tell if it just slipped out or if he had intended on hurting me.
"Stop acting like this! Like you're too good to even give me the time of day! You just stabbed somebody and killed them! Stop pretending you're unaffected by it Reid because I know you are!"
"I'll stab you if you don't get out of my face," he hissed, pulling his knife back out. My eyes widened and I backed up a few steps. He was crazy!
"Reid!" Pogue's voice boomed. The blonde glared at his friend and closed the knife sticking it in his pocket. He stepped close to me.
"Listen, we don't all need to be institutionalized like some people when we kill something." He smirked and turned, obviously satisfied that I was on the verge of tears. Pogue was at full attention at that last comment. Kill something. He meant the baby. How could he say that?
"Reid, stop being an asshole. Get over yourself. You aren't that great," Pogue said in a dark, scary tone.
"Too good for her," was Reid's answer.
"You have no idea what she went through," Pogue defended me. In any other situation I would've rolled my eyes because neither did he.
"You mean what she went through because of you?" I gasped as Pogue hit his friend in the jaw.
"Hey, hey! Stop!" Caleb shouted. He ran over and got between the two fighting boys. "This is not the time!" The boys settled for glaring and stopped fighting. "Are you seriously going to let her come between you two?" he asked, gesturing to me. Ouch. He looked to me with a look of realization on his face. "Lux… I didn't mean… not like that… just… sorry. Mel wants to talk to you." Caleb held out his phone to me and I walked over to the rock I'd hid behind, sitting on the ground and leaning my back against it.
I looked to the three boys, Caleb and Pogue had walked over to the cars, but Reid stood where he was, just staring at me.
"H-hello?" I said into the phone softly.
"Lux! Are you all right! Oh my God! I was so scared! Lux…" she kept talking and I tore my eyes away from my blonde love, not wanting him to see the tears that were threatening to spill form my eyes again. He was hurting me… and badly.
-Reid's POV-
I can't believe what I just said to her. What I did. I'm losing it. This was supposed to be my time for redemption. I save her life, she runs into my arms and I tell her sorry for being a jerk. She forgives, we forget and we go back to my place, right?
That's not what happened though. Why would it? I didn't deserve to be happy or loved by her. Instead of running into my arms, she's in the arms of one of my best friends. The one who acted like a man and admitted he was wrong when he hurt her. Not like me. I just keep pushing the knife in deeper and deeper. I had to light Chase on fire when I saw him holding her. I knew it would get them apart since they were standing so close to him.
I don't know why I threatened her. I pulled a knife on her. A knife I'd just used to save her by killing someone who was trying to hurt her. I killed someone. Chase was dead. Dead because I killed him.
I inhaled as she walked away, phone in hand. She slumped down against the rock I'd made her hide behind. She caught me staring, looking right back at me. I could almost feel all the pain in her eyes as she spoke softly on the phone, her eyes, tearing away from me when she turned. Her body racked with sobs and I sighed. I'm so stupid.
I walked away, over to Pogue and Caleb. "Sorry bro… I just… why do you have to say things like that to her? She loves you," Pogue said as I approached. I shook my head.
I don't know why I say those things to her, because I… "She deserves it." …too.
That's not what I wanted to say. What I was thinking was what I wanted to say. But it just came out like that. Pogue sighed and climbed into his car.
-Pogue's POV-
"I'll bring them to the dorms," Caleb said. "I want to check on Sarah anyway."
"I don't think. Lux needs to be in the same car as you know who right now. I'll bring her. I want to make sure she's okay anyway," I told him.
Caleb gave me a look. "I know you like her again… but she seriously doesn't need you letting your feelings out all over the place right now. She's had enough for a while."
"I know… I'm not going to. Like I said, I just want to make sure she's all right. And I don't think she can handle him right now," I said, pointing to Reid who was leaning against the hood of Caleb's car. "I won't do anything stupid." I'm not going to tell her I want to be with her. Ever. She doesn't want me. I can see it in her eyes. She loves him. I know it. And I'm okay with that. But I'm not okay with the way he's been treating her and I won't sit there and watch him do it.
A/N: Just out of curiosity, what the heck are those C2 things? When I joined this site under my old penname, they weren't there. Then I abandoned ship. Then came back and posted this story and that C2 stuff was there. Anyone care to tell me what it is?