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Chapter 4
Isabel
"What? You think that Chloe did this?" I ask incredulously.
Matt nods. "Well, is there any way to get her out of my husband?"
"I'm not entirely sure," he says. "Although, I suppose that I could ask Dartemis for you."
"Would you please?"
He nods and does so. After what seems like an eternity, he opens his eyes once more.
"Well?" I demand.
My brother runs a hand through his hair nervously. "There's only one way, and I'll need Neriah's help."
As soon as he says these words, Neriah comes over. "You'll need my help for what?" she asks.
A silent moment passes between them, assuring me that whatever this plan is, I'm not going to like it.
Neriah looks at me reassuringly. "Don't worry, Isabel, it's not dangerous. The only thing we're going to do is gather enough power between the two of us to gently push Chloe out. That is; if she's really in there."
I gulp. "And…if she's not?"
Neriah looks at Matt nervously. "We don't really know what would happen in that case. But I'm sure it wouldn't hurt him," she adds, seeing the look on my face.
So, the two of them walk over to where Arkarian stands. By now, everyone else knows what's going on, and Mom and Jimmy come over to me, ready to be there.
Matt joins hands with Neriah, and the two Immortals create a large amount of power between them. They then push the energy towards Arkarian. It all seems to happen in slow motion; the ball of energy hits Arkarian, going straight through him, and then a misty form comes out through his back.
He falls to the ground, unconscious, and I rush over to him. Meanwhile, the misty form starts to take the shape of Chloe. I feel a whole lot of anger and frustration build up inside of me, and I stalk over to Chloe, punching her.
Matt comes over to restrain me. I know that it must pain him to see me this upset, and he pulls me aside. "Isabel," he says calmly, "I know how much you want to hurt Chloe. We all do. But if she's unconscious, we'll have to wait even longer to figure out why she did what she did."
As angry as I am, his words make sense. So I allow myself to be escorted back to the rest of the group, then I simply stand there, watching like everybody else.
Matt walks over to Chloe. "Tell me why you did this. What were you hoping to accomplish? Or were you just following orders?"
She swallows hard. "Well, after you killed the Goddess for the second time," she begins, her voice as cold as the Underworld, "the rest of the Order and I decided to get revenge. On you, Matt. We're not stupid; we know that an Immortal can only be killed by another Immortal. That's why the plan was never to kill you. No. Only to cause you as much pain as physically or mentally possible.
"We decided to do the classic, cliché, villainy thing: getting to you through the people you care about."
Matt raises an eyebrow. "So you used Arkarian?"
Chloe sighs and puts her head in her hands. "You don't get it. I never meant to overshadow him in the first place! It was supposed to be Isabel. I figured that she'd be unable to sleep, what with…" she trails off, staring pointedly at my stomach. Keep your anger under control, girl, I tell myself.
Matt continues as if nothing happened. "And when Arkarian showed up instead of my sister…?"
Chloe looks back at him. "It was just an added bonus. I figured that if I pushed him away from Isabel, it would push her closer to you. After that, I would simply have to switch from Arkarian to Isabel, push her away from you, push everyone else away from you, and then you'd be ours."
"That's quite the elaborate plan," I say, narrowing my eyes.
She narrows her eyes back at me, and Dillon screaming suddenly breaks the tension. "Why do I always have to give up everybody I love?!"
We all stare at him in disbelief. "You…loved Chloe?" Matt asks.
Dillon looks uncomfortable. "Uh…oh crap. I'm stuck here, aren't I?"
Matt lets go of Chloe to round on Dillon. "Were you two dating?"
"Uh…maybe?" Dillon replies uncertainly.
"Guys!" I yell, pointing at Chloe…or, the spot where she used to be. As soon as Matt let go of her, she turned into smoke and drifted away.
Everyone gets into a huge frenzy, while Neriah and Matt try frantically to search the air around them for signs of where Chloe went. But my eyes flick to Arkarian, who gets up off the ground.
How'd you like it? Just remember one simple thing; I'm crap at writing action scenes, but awesome at evil villain speeches. You'll see that soon enough…yeah, you think you've seen it already, and you have, but…I can't say any more for fear of ruining something.