Chapter 8

Author: I just wanted to thank everyone for reviewing my story! It really means a lot! I only saw the movie once, so I am trying my best to be able to get everything in, but you guys are awesome by not caring and just letting me put my own thing in there! Some of you have begged me to change the fight scenes and I am! So you can rejoice! Hahaha Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Kegan sat in the waiting room thinking about all the events that happened that night. They had gone by so fast for her to even think about all of them. How could she be so oblivious to everything that was going on around her? Chase, Reid, everyone. She shook her head and just laid it down in her hands. They had been in the hospital for two hours now and still no word on Pogue. She was scared to death to hear what the doctor had to say. She hadn't heard from Caleb either. She was getting real paranoid. Tyler had gone to see Kate for a little bit to see if he could get the doctors tell him anything about her condition. Reid remained distant from Kegan. She was still mad about what happened at Nicky's but couldn't blame him for what happened to her in the woods. She was the one who got out of the car and walked away from him. It was her fault that Reid…Chase found her and threatened her basically. She closed her eyes and leaned back against the couch. She felt the couch shift knowing someone was sitting with her. She leaned up and opened her eyes. Reid was staring at her.

"What?" she whispered. She found that her voice was hoarse. Probably from screaming and crying.

"Are you alright?" he asked softly. It was the first time that Kegan noticed how beautiful his eyes were.

"You have gorgeous eyes." She responded. She looked away from him.

"You have to know that I would never hurt you like that. Even if I get mad I could never even think about slamming you up against a tree or anything for that matter. You mean too much to me and your brother would literally kill me." He laughed little.

"You want to know something funny?"

"What?"

"I knew it wasn't you. I knew, but I guess I just couldn't believe it because I was seeing your face. That anger."

"How did it come to this?" he leaned back against the couch.

"I don't know. I feel like I just moved back here."

"I feel like we are still thirteen."

"I just want to know how Pogue's doing. I just want to know if he's ok." Tears came to her eyes again. Reid leaned up and wrapped his arms around her. She laid down on his chest with her feet on the couch. He rubbed the side of her head. "Shouldn't Caleb be back?"

"He's probably just trying to explain everything to Sarah."

"She told me she knew."

"Amazing what you can find out through library books huh?"

"Yeah." She paused for a moment. "What about my father?"

"What about him?"

"I haven't seen him yet."

"You will." He smiled down at her. "I don't think Caleb knows how to approach that situation. He's scared for you to see him. He wasn't lying when he said that he doesn't look the same. He's not even a man anymore."

"He's still my father."

"That's true."

Tyler came walking up to them. "Did you get anything?" Kegan asked leaning up.

"They said that she was bitten by some kind of bug several times." Tyler responded.

"Is she going to be ok?"

"They don't know."

"Why is this happening? Two people in one day. Is everyone going to die?"

"No, no one is going to die. Chase is going to get what he deserves." Reid responded.

"Where's Caleb?" Tyler asked.

"We don't know." Kegan laid back down. They sat there in silence until Tyler saw the doctor coming towards them.

"Pogue Perry?" the doctor asked with a clipboard in his hands.

"Yes sir." Tyler replied.

"How is he? Is he ok?" Kegan asked shaking. Reid grabbed her hand and held it.

"He's in critical condition. I don't see how he survived the accident. He is very lucky to be even breathing right now. You are allowed to go see him, but he needs his rest."

Kegan covered her mouth and sat back down on the couch. "Reid, is he going to be ok?" she sobbed, not meaning too.

"Yes, yes he's going to be fine." Reid rubbed her back. Reid Garwin actually had sympathy towards someone other than himself. He was being his cocky self. That was his guard on things, he never liked to express emotion. When his father died, he didn't even cry. He just walked away and made some smart comment about him being the dumbass that used too much.

"Come on you guys lets go see him." Tyler whispered. Reid grabbed Kegan's hand and helped her to her feet as they made their way to Pogue's room. As they walked in Kegan looked at the beat up Pogue and just about lost it.

"I cant…I cant." She tried backing away but Reid was behind her not letting her leave.

"You cant what?" Pogue asked barely opening his eyes.

"You're awake!" Tyler responded.

"Yeah, well I cant really sleep. All these freaking beeping noises going on around me."

Reid laughed. "How are you feeling?"

"I could be better. Its not everyday that I get thrown off my motorcycle." Pogue responded.

Reid smirked. "Well we can make it everyday if you would like."

"I'll kick your ass Garwin. They come in here every 10 minutes to make sure everything is ok, I sure as hell don't want that to happen again." Pogue looked over at Kegan who wouldn't even look at him. "Can me and Kegan have some time together?" he asked.

"Sure." Reid rubbed Kegan's back before motioning to Tyler to leave.

"You can come near me." Pogue responded.

"I'm fine right here." Her voice was below a whisper.

"Its ok to be scared."

"Is it?"

"Yes."

"Pogue I could have kill you, do you not see that?" Tears were streaming down her face.

"No Chase could have killed me."

"He threw you in the air and you almost hit my car."

"I know but I didn't. So everything is ok."

"No its not ok! Quit saying that its ok. Kate is dying Pogue. You are in critical condition. Chase is killing everyone one by one and we don't even notice it." She yelled.

"Will you stop!" he yelled but his face turned into pain.

"Are you ok?" she moved closer to him. He nodded his head and breathed deeply before speaking again.

"Come here." He responded.

"No, I'm fine."

"I said come here." He demanded.

"Pogue…."

"Will you just give me a damn hug?" he responded loudly again. "I am in the hospital ok. I'm fine with that, but you need to accept that. Now give me a hug but I get up out of this bed and give you one myself. Don't think I wont do it Kegan."

Kegan sniffed back her tears and walked slowly over to his bed. She leaned down and barely hugged him. She was terrified she was going to hurt him. Pogue lifted one of his arms and winced at the pain, but pulled her closer.

"I'm sorry." She whispered in his ear.

"This is not your fault. Don't make it your fault. You have been with me the whole time, and I thank you for that."

"Pogue, what's going to happen?"

"I don't know."

Suddenly there was knock on the door before Caleb entered the room. His face looked beaten up. Tyler and Reid were behind him. "What happened to you?" Kegan asked wiping her face.

Caleb looked at her before going over to Pogue "How are you man?"

"I'm just peachy." Pogue sarcastically responded. Caleb smiled.

"Caleb, what happened to your face?" Kegan asked again.

"Hey Keg, Sarah's outside. She wants to talk to you." Tyler replied.

"Is everything alright?" Kegan asked.

"You should go see Sarah." Caleb finally replied.

Kegan looked at him, then back to Reid. Reid looked away from her. "You guys what's going on?"

"We'll tell you later, but right now Sarah is waiting for you." Caleb walked over to his sister and placed his hands on her shoulders. "I need to talk to Pogue alright."

Kegan shook her head. "I'll be right outside." She responded to Pogue who barely smiled at her. Kegan looked over at Reid, before leaving the room.

"You better watch out Garwin, or I might take your girl." Pogue retorted.

Reid couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah well I guess that means I get Kate." He immediately regretted saying that. "I didn't…"

"I know what you meant." Pogue replied. "Man, you've turned into a little sissy."

Reid laughed again. "Pogue, just remember where you are because when you get out I am going to put your ass right back in here."

Pogue chuckled. He looked over at Caleb who had a concerned look on his face. "What's up with you?" Pogue asked.

"It's Chase." Caleb finally responded once he knew Kegan was gone.

"What about him?" Reid asked.

"He wants my power."

"Hey…" Kegan whispered walking up to Sarah. "How is she?"

Sarah was sitting in a chair by Kate's room looking in through the window. "She's getting worse, I can tell. Caleb told me it was spiders."

"Yeah it was."

"My dream."

"I know, but you couldn't have known."

"Chase was in my room today."

"What?" Kegan kneeled down beside her.

"He was Caleb and was telling me about Pogue, and then something happened. I can't explain the feeling that came over me but I just went to sleep not even being tired. Caleb woke me up and was telling me what happened. Chase tried to kill him, but he wanted to wait till 11:12 tonight. Why?" Sarah looked up at Kegan for answers. Kegan stood up and walked away.

"It's our birthday." She whispered. "I can't believe I just forgot our own birthday. We were born at 11:12 at night."

"Why would Chase…"

"Caleb's ascending." Kegan interrupted. "I remember!" Kegan yelled.

"What?" Sarah stood up.

"When we were thirteen, why I wanted to leave so bad. I think I just had it locked up for so long and didn't want to remember it that I just forgot about it completely. Me, Caleb, and Pogue were outside one day playing around or something. All the sudden Caleb hit the ground screaming, holding his stomach. It was like something invisible was hurting him. I ran over to him, but Pogue grabbed me and wouldn't let me help him. I was crying because I couldn't help my own brother in pain. He wouldn't stop screaming, I can still hear those screams. The screams of a little boy who looked like he was about to die. Our parents weren't anywhere around and Betty had left for the evening. It looked like Caleb was having a ceasure so I broke away from Pogue and ran over to my brother and kneeled down rubbing his back. He grabbed hold of my hand and quickly turned over to show me his eyes, they would go back and forth from being black to his normal color. I don't think he knew what he was doing but he kept squeezing and squeezing. I remember yelling at him to let me go, but I don't think he heard me. Later that night I was freaking out, my hand was almost broken, I remember not being able to move it too much. My father told me I should have just let him be and I was like I will not be apart of some freak family. So I left. I left to live with my Aunt in New York. I've always known. I just wouldn't accept it." Kegan threw herself in the chair and leaned back. Caleb was standing beside her.

"I was wondering when that was going to come back to you." Caleb responded.

"You knew I knew?"

"Yeah, but you just repressed it and I didn't want to bring it when it was stuck so deep inside of you."

"How's Pogue?" She needed to change the subject.

"He's going to be fine. I just came to see how you guys were holding up."

"There's no change." Sarah whispered. "She's just softly sleeping like nothing is happening and we are watching these things deteriorate her skin."

Caleb wrapped his arms around Sarah and kissed her forehead. "What's the plan Caleb?" Kegan asked.

"You guys are going to the dance." Caleb replied.

"The dance?" Kegan asked. "That's to night!" she sighed and leaned back again.

"You just forget everything don't you?" Caleb tried to lighten the tension, which he was unsuccessful.

"Well its not like you time to remember when you have some guy trying to kill you ever two seconds." Kegan sarcastically replied.

Caleb turned his head from him. "You guys just go to the dance ok."

"Where are you going to be?" Sarah asked.

Caleb softly smiled at her and grabbed her and pulled her close. "You guys ready?" Reid asked walking up to them.

"Are we leaving?" Kegan asked.

"Yeah." Reid whispered.

"Why?"

"Hey Kegan, you guys are almost eighteen." Tyler responded.

"We cant just leave Pogue alone in here." Kegan shot up from the chair ignoring Tyler's comment.

"You don't want to go to the dance with me?" Reid asked smirking.

"You didn't ask." She retorted. She knew that was mean, but she was just too worried about Pogue.

"Well I'm asking now. Kegan Danvers will you go to the dance with me?" he asked grabbing her hand. He saw the worry in her eyes. "Pogue's going to be fine. He is just resting right now." Reid replied.

"What if Chase comes back and we aren't here?" Kegan whispered.

"Chase wants Caleb." Tyler replied. Caleb's eyes shot towards Tyler, who immediately regretted saying that.

"Wants Caleb for what?" Kegan asked pulling away from Reid. "Listen, can we just stop acting this way towards each other. There aren't any secrets anymore. So you guys need to tell us what is going on." Kegan was getting tired of secrets. Reid walked up behind her and gently laid his hands on her shoulders and put his lips to the back of her head.

"We need to get home and get you guys ready." Caleb whispered. He didn't even wait for anyone to respond. He grabbed Sarah's hand and walked to the exit of the hospital.

"Can I at least say goodbye to Pogue?" Kegan asked after him. Caleb turned around and slowly nodded his head. She walked away from everyone and walked to Pogue's room. She walked in and saw that his eyes were closed. She wiped her face and slowly walked over to him. She leaned down and softly kissed him on the forehead. "Goodbye Pogue." She whispered. She turned around to leave.

"Not goodbye, its see you later." Pogue whispered. Kegan didn't even bother to turn around, it would hurt too bad and she wouldn't have wanted to leave. She closed her eyes and nodded her head before leaving the room. Reid was waiting for her outside the door.

She softly smiled at him before grabbing his hand and leaning her head on his shoulder as they walked outside to the cars. "Do you have a dress?" Reid asked once they were in the car.

"My mom made it for me." Kegan smiled. Reid smiled back at her.

"Is it nice?" he asked again.

She just looked at him. "Yeah there's absolutely no material to it at all." She smirked but turned away from him.

"Yeah?"

"Reid!" Kegan yelled slapping his arm. He smiled at her and pulled her over to him. She laid her head on his shoulder as they drove to her house. "What am I going to do about my car? Its still in a ditch."

Reid couldn't help but laugh. "Let's just focus on the night. We will worry about your car in the morning. Which reminds me, you have a birthday tonight don't you?"

"Yeah."

"Hmmmm."

"Hmmm what?" Kegan asked.

"Nothing. So about this dance."

"Reid!" Kegan yelled again.

"Do you actually want to do some dancing? I mean can we just stand there and look like we actually know what we are doing?"

"Why did you say hmmmm?" she ignored his question about the dance.

"I mean I like to dance and all but I just don't like to do it a lot. Maybe like once is enough for me."

"Reid!"

"Ok maybe two." Reid was smirking the whole time. They came to stop in the Danvers driveway. He saw that Caleb, Tyler, and Sarah were already there. He opened his door, but Kegan grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"We aren't getting out."

"We are going to miss the dance and then I will be mad because I didn't get my two dances in." He went to move again, but she grabbed him. He turned around with a smirk on his face.

"Reid, stop teasing me. You know I don't like that."

"But its fun." He whined.

"For you maybe." Reid smiled and got out of the car. He turned around saw that she threw herself against the seat and had her arms crossed over her chest. He laughed before shutting the door. He walked over to her door and opened it. "I love you." He replied softly.

"That's not fair." She replied still sitting there.

"Come on." He replied holding out his hand. She looked down at it but didn't grab it.

"hmmmm." She replied staring at his hand. This caused Reid to laugh before he grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the car.

"hmmmm. Using my own tactics isn't going to work." He replied. They walked up the steps to the mansion. Reid opened the door for her and let her walk in. Tyler, Caleb, and Evelyn were standing in the living room.

"Where have you guys been?" Tyler asked.

"She had to say goodbye to Pogue, then she wouldn't get out of the car." Reid replied.

"Hmmm." Kegan replied walking past him.

"Hey!" Reid yelled pointing his finger at her.

"I am going to go get ready. Is that where Sarah is?" she asked slowly walking up the steps.

"Yeah, she's in the guest bedroom. Your dress is in your room on your bed." Evelyn replied. Once Kegan was out of sight Evelyn began talking about chase.

"Are you guys sure that he is the fifth son?" she asked.

"Positive." Caleb replied.

"How?"

"I don't know." Caleb shook his head. "I just need you guys to watch out for Sarah and Kegan. Don't let them out of your sight."

"You should have never involved that girl Caleb." Evelyn responded.

"I know that. But I cant change what she knows and I know that Chase will use both of them to get to me."

"Cant there be another way?" Tyler asked.

"Let us come with you Caleb." Reid responded. "We can beat him with all of us."

"He's already ascended Reid. He has his father's power too. He's too strong for all of us." Caleb replied.

Reid rolled his eyes. "You just don't understand right now." Caleb replied.

"I don't? Why because I'm not eighteen yet?" Reid was getting mad. "He is going to kill you Caleb. That's how he gets your power. You give it to him and you die. Either way you don't win."

"I have to will him my power for him to take it from me." Caleb retorted.

"Shhh." Evelyn whispered as she saw the girls walking down the stairs. All the boys turned around to the see girls ascending the stairs. Sarah was wearing a very low cut, white, silk dress. Her hair was pulled up letting pieces hang down in front of her face. Kegan was behind her wearing a blue low cut dress as well, with two long slits going up both sides of the dress. She wiped a piece of hair from her face and stared up at Reid.

"Wow!" was all he can say. Kegan couldn't help but blush.

"Well you kids better get going." Evelyn replied smiling. She had tears in her eyes.

"Bye mom." Kegan smiled at her mother. She watched as her mother kissed Caleb on the cheek multiple times before letting him go. Reid grabbed her hand and walked her over to the door. She turned around again but Reid pushed her out the door. He helped her into the Hummer, before going over to Caleb.

"Good luck man." Tyler replied side hugging Caleb.

"Try not to get yourself killed." Reid replied with a smirk.

"I'll call you guys ok. Then I will be back to the dance. Watch out for them."

"Wouldn't take my eyes off of them for a second." Reid replied.

Caleb gave a little smile before going over to his mustang.

"Caleb!" Kegan yelled getting out of the car.

"Get back in the car Kegan." He demanded.

"No." she replied. "In case I don't get to tell you this, I love you ok. I'm sorry for everything that has happened. You are the best twin brother in the world…." She paused for a moment. "Happy birthday."

Caleb threw his keys in his car before embracing his sister in a hug. "I'll be back." He whispered. She nodded her head and closed her eyes. "I promise."

"You know you cant break that now right?" she replied pulling away. "You promised."

"I know, and I don't intend on breaking it."

"Come on Kegan lets go." Reid replied. He let Sarah have the front and he sat in the back with Kegan. Sarah rolled down the window and stuck her head out. He gave her a soft smile before getting into his Mustang. Tyler started up the hummer and drove out of the driveway first, with Caleb behind him. Kegan breathed in deeply. She didn't know what Caleb was about to do, but by the moods of everyone she knew it was something stupid. She laid her head on Reid's shoulder and closed her eyes.

Author: Ok, so I am going to do the dance and the fight scene in the next chapter. I was getting tired of writing and I have a test in 2 hours so I needed to study for that. But I hope you guys liked this chapter. Let me know what you think! Also I don't know if you guys watch this, but I was watching Friday Night Lights, the TV show on Tuesday. That is an amazing show! Wow I loved it! Taylor is BEAUITFUL in that movie! WHOOOO! Oh yeah I am going to see The Covenant again this Monday so I will be able to write more into the story from the movie! Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! REVIEW!

PS I know I probably didn't get the exact time that Caleb was suppose to Ascend so if anyone knows it let me know and ill change it! Thanks!