Ch. 2. It starts.
We were discharged from the office quickly seeing as none of us were really hurt. We went back to the music room but all of the others had left. I raised a hand to wave goodbye and headed to the door.
"Wait Rae! Want to walk home with me?" Kelsey said. "I have to tell you something." I looked back at her and tilted my head in confusion. I nodded after few moments and then waited for her to catch up. Together we walked out of the doors and into the gathering darkness.
"Ok, what is it Kelsey?" I asked as soon as we had gotten a good distance away from the school. I will never forget the look in her eyes when I asked that.
"I need somewhere to stay. My parents just kicked me out. Could I stay with you?" She asked. I couldn't believe that she was asking that. Everything was supposed to be perfect in her house.
"Sure Kelsey. It gets a little lonely when the only other living thing is a cat." I said as I watched relief come into her eyes.
The city was quieter than normal tonight even though every one of my senses was on high alert. The dark streets seemed to dark to even see into as the fog crept in slowly from the bay. We walked with quiet steeps towards an old apartment.
"There's something else. I know that you have déjà-vu moments and I think I know why. Do you have visions too?" Kelsey said as we stepped up to the door. I stopped and froze up completely. How could she know about that, the only people who knew were Shadow and Geoffrey.
"Get inside, now, please." I hissed through clenched teeth. Her eyes opened to their widest point and she pressed closer to the door. "Kelsey." She quickly opened the door and hid within the entrance.
"Rae you're scaring me." She whispered, "Where is all of the power coming from?" Her eyes seemed to glow in the darkness. Then again I must have scared the poor girl out of her wits.
"I'm sorry, but that's something you can't say in public. Now tell me what you know." I said hoping to sound calm as I suppressed the power surge. My powers were still a little off at the moment.
"Rae, I've known you for years, do you not think I've seen the changes in you're personality and moods?" She asked. I had to give her that one of course she would notice she was my oldest friend. She continued on and I helped correct her at points. In the end it turned out that she really did know a lot. In the end I made a mental note to and introduce her to shadow in the morning.
"Meow-ow" Came an annoyed mew from around my feet. Kelsey jumped back a few feet and looked a little startled. I Bent down to grab the little bundle of soft silky black fur that was my kitten. She instantly started purring and cuddling up a storm. I bent down and kissed her on the head and she licked my nose.
"You are such a sweetie, Echo." I said addressing the cat. Then turning to Kelsey, "Would you like to hold her?" I knew that the way people reacted to echo and the way she acted towards them helped me in a lot of decisions. She held out her hands and I gently placed the cat there. Echo never stopped purring and a smile gradually crossed Kelsey's face. That is such a good sign.
"When did you get a kitten?" Kelsey asked as she cuddled Echo.
"I got her after the accident." I said as I looked at a picture on the wall. The two of the faces smiled back while two just looked bored. If I had only known that that had been my last picture with them I would have smiled.
"Oh." Kelsey replied and she left the subject there. "Where should I stay?" She asked looking around at the small place.
"I have a guest room." I suggested as I walked down a darkened hallway "It's this way." I watched Echo jump out of her arms and down onto the floor to follow me with Kelsey at her heels. I opened a door showing what would have been the master bedroom as Echo stopped at my heels and mewed again. "Yes Echo, she's staying with us if she wants too." I said to the cat. Echo looked content and went back to Kelsey, begging to be picked up again."
"You can understand your cat?" Kelsey asked as she as me the 'Are you sure your not crazy?' look. Then she remembered when I got the kitten. "Never mind." I thanked her silently for dropping the question. She yawned and I passed a look at the clock.
"Good night." I said as I left the room. "I'm just two doors down on the right if you need me." then I hurried back to my room. Echo padded quietly behind me never mewing once. It was almost as if something was wrong. I stepped into my silent room, wait silent that's weird I always leave the radio on. It was dark too and I cursed having the light switch on the other side of the room. I took a few steps into the darkness when the door slammed shut and something grabbed onto my shoulders.
From down the hall a scream pierced the silence and I cold only guess the same thing was happening to her. I moved to hit the figure when the hands that were at my shoulders slid down and pinned my hands to my side. I instantly started to struggle wildly I had to help Kelsey but how could I if I was trapped like this.
The thing bent down until it seamed to graze my neck. I felt its warm breath as it sunk its fangs into my neck. I couldn't help it now, I screamed in pain and fear. It withdrew its fangs and seamed to start lapping the blood off the wound as I stopped screaming and began to feel light headed. I could hear sobbing faintly in the background and guessed it must be Kelsey.
The door opened bringing in light from the hallway and another shaded figure with blood on its hands. "Come on. You've finished the first stage." The figured growled at the one holding me.
"Why? Her blood is so good." The one holding me whined. The other figure strode into the room and whispered something to the one holding me. "Fine." She hissed as she hit a point on my neck and I dropped like a rock. I felt a pair of arms grab around my waist and caught a pair of glowing topaz and glowing grey eyes as they dragged me out of the room and it all faded in to darkness.