Chapter 18

Day 14 (well, night 13 to day 14)

Jess immediately started to panic when she realized that she was in the same barn that Caleb had 'killed' Chase in. She hoped that whoever was watching her on the other side would get her out of this one before it was too late.

Looking around, Jess didn't see anyone, but she was too nervous to sit down. Pacing near the rear of the barn, Jess gasped when she felt a cold gust of wind. She looked towards the doors, straining to see if anyone had entered, but it was too dark to tell.

"Hello pretty," Chase whispered in her ear. Turning swiftly, Jess saw no one, and her state of panic increased exponentially.

"Chase! Stop being a pussy and get your slimmy ass out here," Jess yelled fiercely, proud that her voice hadn't betrayed how scared she was.

"Patience comes to those who wait my darling," Chase said, appearing a foot away from her.

Jess screamed, and turned to run out of the barn, but immediately slammed into something. Jess looked up, but then immediately wished that she hadn't because it was Jason that was keeping her from escaping.

Jason looked down at her sadly shaking his head, "if you had just given me the information I asked for, Chase wouldn't have needed to torment you like this."

"Do you really believe that Jason? This BOY is psycho. He would have done anything to get to me."

"Only because he loves you," Jason said.

"WHAT?! HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ME! HIS FAMILY IS THE REASON FOR MY FAMILY'S DEATH! HE WANTS ME SO HE CAN FINISH THE JOB!!"

Jason looked down at her worriedly, noting the earnestness in what she spoke. He opened his mouth to question Chase, but Chase had better ideas.

"Oh poor Jason, got caught up in the game because he couldn't see a liar. Well Jason you knew the deal. You helped me get her so tomorrow when I kill her you can have your soul back since I won't need yours anymore."

Jason glared at Chase and immediately put Jess behind him.

"Your act of chivalry is useless my friend, I intend to kill her no matter who is in front of her."

That's when a voice that Jess didn't recognize at first broke into the dream.

Reid felt a strange pull wake him up. Actually he had tasted blood in his mouth, and the sensation had pulled him from sleep. Looking around he saw Caleb watching a movie with head phones, and everyone else fast asleep. Because it was too dark to see facial expressions, Reid didn't see Jess' look of torment as he got up to go to the kitchen for a snack.

Sneaking back into the room just as Caleb put the movie away, the two boys stayed up and started to chat.

"Caleb, how bad is tomorrow going to be? Just be honest."

"It's going to be bad. I don't want to put anymore pressure on Jess, but if she can't keep up the barrier, we're all going down."

Sighing, Reid glanced over at the girl in question and immediately stood up. Caleb, following Reid's gaze saw that Jess had definitely slipped into another nightmare, at the worst possible moment.

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Hours later everyone was awake trying desperately to pull Jess out of her trance. Reid sat with fists clenched away from Jess at the order of Caleb, who feared that Reid would either use out of frustration or accidently hurt Jess.

It had been Mrs. Danvers that walked in on the scene that was able to calm everyone down. She crouched over Jess' thrashing form and whispered not to Jess but to Chase, "Chase…oh Chase-i-poo…. How many times do your relatives have to go through other people to get to the sons before they realize they are just too weak? Come on, fight like a man for a change. Don't worry, you'll get your chance with them tonight…"

Jess actually woke up giggling from a nightmare that should have left her severely upset. Mrs. Danvers smiled pleasantly at her and helped the girl up, glaring at everyone to give the girl distance until she got her bearings.

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That night everyone made their way towards the barn, and prepared for the night to come. Kate and Sarah were nervous about being the only defenseless ones in the clearing, but were happy that Caleb had decided they should be there for this. Reid hadn't moved from Jess' side, still worried that Chase would take her before they set their plan into action.

Pacing the clearing, Jess and Becca started to get nervous as the clock counted down: 3 minutes until 9:10… then 2… then 1… thirty seconds now…10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2..1………………..

Once again sorry for the long wait...i actually started to not like my story (i just got sick of it)...but then this week i read through it again and didn't remember half of the stuff i wrote so it was like reading a whole new story...anyways im working on the next chapter as we speak so please review even though i was an asshole that didn't update quickly