Chapter 9
Lizzie's mouth dropped open and her heart jumped into her throat as the nurse spoke. 'Pregnant? No way,' she thought. 'She just can't be.'
She ignored the boys around her, knowing they'd sort it out amongst themselves or she'd heal the bruises when they were done, and followed the nurse down the hall. She caught up to her quickly, and said, "Excuse me. You were talking about Raven, Raven Downing, right? Not some other Raven?"
The nurse looked at her like she was crazy and nodded. "Yes. There is no other Raven here in the clinic."
"And she's pregnant? Are you sure?"
"Of course! You mean to tell me that you didn't already know?"
Lizzie shook her head slowly, and the nurse frowned. "I should have been more careful with what I said. Come on, let me take you to see Raven." The nurse turned into a side hall and knocked on the first door. They entered, and Raven was sitting on the edge of the exam table, face pale.
The nurse walked out and Lizette sat next to her. "Raven, are you all right? The nurse told me about... She said that you were... pregnant."
"I don't know. What if it's not Tyler's?" Raven said breaking down sobbing. "How am I going to tell Tyler and my brothers?"
Horrible thoughts ran through her mind. It could be Chase's or Shane's. What would she do if it was. It would kill Tyler, and she'd lose him. She was scared to death.
She felt someone using. She looked at Lizette. "Do you feel that? Someone is using."
Vincent held Rade back who was fighting him trying to get away. Reid had jumped up blocking Tyler from Rade. Reid pushed him away from Tyler, who was holding his hand over his bloody nose.
"Let it go Rade!" Vincent said. "Raven's going to kill you."
He felt Reid go limp, and he pushed him back over to his chair.
"You all right Tyler?" Reid asked turning back to Tyler.
"Yea." Reid moved to heal Tyler's nose, but the doctor walked in then.
"What is going on here?" The doctor asked.
"Umm nothing." Vincent said.
The doctor shook his head. "Rade, I just got off of the phone with you're brother Rowan, your to stay here with you're sister till he gets here to pick you up."
The doctor headed back to his office.
Reid healed Tyler's nose after the doctor left.
"Thanks." Tyler replied.
"Yeah, yeah I do. I wonder who it... Oh, God, I hope it's not the boys! I better go check on them, they were looking ready to fight when I snuck out." Lizette hopped off the table and crossed to the door. She paused, and looked back at Raven. "Don't worry, Rave. It's Tyler's, I'm sure."
She walked back to the waiting room, passing the doctor in the hallway. The boys were settled down, and Reid was just passing his hand across Tyler's face, healing what must've been a bloody nose or lip.
"Have you guys been using?"
They shook their heads, and Reid said he'd Used on Tyler just now.
"No, that's not what we felt. You guy's must've been too busy fighting to feel it, but someone was just Using, and I couldn't tell who it was."
"How is Raven?" Rade asked Lizette.
He glared at Tyler as he sat there worrying about his sister. She didn't need this right now. Not after all that had happened in the last two months. He reached in his coat pocket to get his phone, but it wasn't there, he must have left it in the dorm.
"You got you're phone Vin?" He asked.
He'd missed it if someone had been using, and he shrugged.
"My phone's on the charger in the dorm." He answered. "How long before Rowan will get here Rade?"
He was stressed with all the tension in the room. He tried to project to Marcus.
'Marcus?' It felt like something was blocking him from doing so.
"Can you guys project?" He asked. "It feels like something is blocking me."
Thane Archer sat in the waiting room watching the two Master's of Ipswich left in the room. He smirked a little. He couldn't have planned it better. That worthless son of his wife, was outside with that other boy. He'd never truly been a Master of Ipswich himself, just made himself one, when his wife's first husband Sloan Downing had died.
The bitch had only given him one son though, and her son's had killed him. They would pay for it. He'd make sure what Shane had done to Michael killed him. The stupid boys didn't even know they we're really Downings. He'd made his wife and the Master's of Ipswich parents agree never to tell the boys who their real father was, and he'd raise them as Archers.
He looked over at the Downing boy. Rayne was his name. Storm tying him up was like a Christmas present. He closed his eyes and when he opened them they we're black. He bound the Knight boy's powers first. Then he sent out a stream of power at the Downing boy.
His wife jumped up screaming. "Stop! Leave them alone!"
"Stupid bitch." He muttered waving his arm and flinging her against the wall, he heard her neck snap when she hit the floor. He laughed realizing he was finally rid of her.
Rayne cried out in pain when the power hit him. He opened up his mind to project to Ryder for help, but he opened up to all of the Master's of Ipswich.
'Ryder! Help!' He struggled against the ropes holding him. 'Mr. Archer he...'
He watched in fear when Mrs Archer flew through the air and hit the wall. He saw her eyes still wide open when she hit the floor, and he knew she was dead.
He screamed in pain when he was hit again and again by Archer's power.
'ROWAN!' He cried letting all the Master's of Ipswich hear his pain filled voice in their heads.
Marcus tried to put a shield on Rayne, but his power was gone. He looked at Mr. Archer realizing he must have bound his power. He looked on in horror watching. He finally jumped up and jumped in front of Rayne, and took one of the balls of energy being thrown at him, and he was knocked out into the hallway knocking the air out of him. He finally caught his breath, and saw the blood on the floor, his arm was bleeding from a big gash.
He could hear Rayne's screams. He had to do something. Matthew and Chandler! They we're outside. He heard running footsteps heading toward him. He looked up to see Matthew and Chandler running toward him.
"Help him. Mr. Archer bound my power." He cried.
"What's going on here?" He heard a nurse ask. She was thrown backward into the wall knocking her out.
Screams echoed down the hallway. He looked on helplessly at Matthew and Chandler.
Chandler felt someone using again. He looked at Matthew as Rayne's pain filled voice cried out to Ryder. They looked at one another, before jumping up and running inside.
Chandler saw Marcus laying out in the hallway, with a gash on his arm, and he was shocked when Marcus told them Mr. Archer had bound his power.
'Storm! Trey!' He projected.
'What's going on Chandler?' Storm projected back.
'Mr. Archer he bound Marcus's power, and knocked him out in the hallway. Mr. Archer is attacking Rayne.'
'Be careful Chandler.' Storm said.
Chandler hurried to the doorway, shocked at what he saw. Rayne's face was bleeding, and he could see blood dripping on the floor from his arms trying to get them out of the ropes.
'Unbind him Storm! Hurry!' He cried.
He watched the ropes disappear, and he cringed seeing Rayne's arms. Rayne started to raise his arm to use, but he was knocked unconscious when he was hit again.
"No!" Chandler cried using on Mr. Archer.
He could tell he took him by surprise. He backed up in fear then seeing the angry look on Mr. Archer's face. "Storm! Trey! Help!' He cried in fear, before everything went black.
Matthew had stopped to heal Marcus's arm. He turned back to Chandler seeing him flung into a wall knocking him out.
"Get out of here Marcus. Wait for the others!" He pulled him up, and pushed him toward the doorway.
He went to the waiting room then. His eyes fell on his mother, and he knew she was dead.
'Matt!' Sloan was projecting to him.
'Mom.' He said tears falling from his face.
'What about mom?' Sloan asked.
'Dad killed her.' He said.
"Well if it isn't one of the bitch's sons." His dad said sending power into Rayne again.
Matt watch his body jerk in pain. "Stop!" He cried.
Power was thrown at him then and he was held up against the wall.
"You we're never as good as my son Shane. I should have taken Shane when he was born and left, leaving you damn Downing brats. I put up with that bitch of a mother of yours for too many damn years."
Matthew looked at his father. Downing? What the hell was he talking about. He looked at his mother crying.
'SLOAN!' He cried accidentally sending to all the Master's of Ipswich as Rayne had done in his fear.
Fear flooded through him. He couldn't let him knock him out or kill him, he'd go after Michael then.
'Matthew!' Sloan projected.
'Help me!' He said back to his brother as he was flung across the ceiling and dropped to the floor landing beside Rayne.
He felt a couple of his ribs break, and he cried out in pain. His father stood over them flinging power into Rayne again.
"Only good Downing is a dead one. I'll kill this one, and you then you're brothers, just as I killed you're father!" He threw a ball of power at Matthew.
Matthew screamed in pain.
'SLOAN!' He projected in fear.
Marcus looked at Chandler laying on the floor. His arm lay at an odd angle probably broken. He heard Matthew cry out in pain, and he ran. He couldn't do anything to help them right now, not without his power.
He got outside and went to Damien's car. His knees gave out in fear and he sat down hard on the pavement leaning up against his brother's car. He sobbed in fear. His friends we're being killed by someone they had trusted, and he couldn't even help them. He pulled out his cell phone calling Damien.
Damien was frantic worrying about his brother after hearing both Rayne and Matthew cry for help. His phone rang startling him. He saw it was Marcus and answered and was shocked to hear his brother sobbing.
"Marcus? Are you all right?"
"Rayne, he's killing him...and CCChandler he's hurt bad. Matthew was screaming when I ran. Mr. Archer he bbbound my power. I can't help them! I'm scared Damien."
His sobs got even louder and harder.
"He's going to find me."
"Where are you Marcus?" He asked his heart pounding. He'd never heard Marcus so scared before. He thought he'd left him in a safe place. Vincent probably needed him also.
He looked at Storm who was looking at him.
'Chandler's hurt.' He projected to Storm.
The using they'd felt earlier had stopped. Vincent could be hurt also. What we're they going to do?
'Rory and I are on our way to the hospital. Keep going to Spenser's. Get the kids to the house." Rafe projected to the other Master's of Ipswich. 'Rowan is going to meet us there. After you get the kids to the house, go to the hospital.'
Rafe knew it was going to be hard for all of them to keep going. They all had brothers at the hospital. Ryder and Damien must be going through hell having siblings in both places. He did as well, and he could feel the power flowing off of him wanting to be used from his controllable emotions.
Marcus was freezing. His coat was in the waiting room. "In the parking lot by you're car." His teeth we're starting to chatter.
"The spare key is under the front tire rim Marcus. You're freezing, get the key and get in the car. Listen Rowan, Rafe, and Rory are on their way there. I've got to get to Vin. I can't even project to him, he might be hurt." He said. "God Marcus I wish I could be in two places at once, but I can't. Just hide till the Downings get there okay?"
Marcus found the key letting himself into the car, and locking it. He started it turning the heater up to get warm. He was shaking, whether from the cold or from being scared he wasn't for sure.
"I understand." He said worried about his little brother also. "I'll stay put. I just hope they hurry."
His sobs had quieted down as he heated up.
"I love you Marcus, and I'll be there as soon as I can." He said hanging up the phone.
"He said Chandler's hurt, and Mr. Archer is killing Rayne and Matthew was screaming. Archer bound Marcus's power."
He hated this! He looked at Sloan sitting beside him. Sloan's eyes we're closed. He realized Sloan was crying, when he saw him shaking.
"Sloan?" He asked putting his hand on his arm.
"Matthew..." He sobbed. "He told me dad killed mom, and now he's killing Matthew."
Rafe's tires squealed as he pulled into the hospital parking lot. He looked at Rory, and it was like looking into a mirror. He sighed.
'Rafe, Marcus is in my car hiding, make sure he's ok please.' Damien projected to him. 'Archer bound his power.'
'I will.' He said parking his pickup beside Damien's car. He jumped out running around his truck, and knocking on the driver's side window. He scared the shit out of Marcus, who still hadn't quit crying.
Marcus unlocked the door. Rory was the one who held him for a moment, and used to calm him.
"Where's Rayne?" Rafe asked him.
"They we're in the waiting room when Matt made me run." He said still shaking a little. "Go help him."
He looked up to see Rowan pulling into the parking lot.
"Get in my pickup Marcus." Rafe said opening the back door of his pickup, and reaching in grabbing an extra coat throwing it at Marcus. "Put this on."
He shut the door of his pickup after Marcus got in waving his hand and gave it extra protection.
He and Rory turned to Rowan then, who was waiting on them.
"Let's go." Rowan told his brothers.
They walked into the hospital. Rowan in the lead, and the twins flanking him, Rafe on the right, and Rory and the left. They walked down the hallway, seeing Chandler laying in the hall. Matthew's screams we're echoing down the hall.
Rowan quickened his step, his eyes turning black. He'd never liked Archer. His father never did either, but he'd never tell him why. He walked into the waiting room, his heart sinking when he saw Rayne laying in his own blood. He used watching Archer fly across the room hitting the wall, and sliding down it. He saw one of his brothers putting a shield around Matthew as he fell to the floor unconscious.
He turned back to Archer.
"Heal them Rory." Rowan said as he and Rafe started throwing balls of energy at Archer.
Rory rushed to Rayne's side. He turned him over on his back, thanking god he was still breathing. He put his hands over him healing him. Rayne's eyes opened much to his relief, and he pulled him up into his arms holding him tight for a moment. He pulled him up off the floor.
"Are you all right?" He asked seeing the fear in his younger brother's eyes.
Rayne had never been so afraid in his life. He clung to Rory who hadn't totally let him go yet. He watched his other brothers battling Mr. Archer.
He looked down at his arms seeing Rory had healed them. He trembled in fear remembering being tied to the chair, and being attacked. He'd been helpless.
He felt Rory using on him again calming him.
"I'm okay." He said.
Rory could feel Rayne still clinging to him like a lifeline. He pulled him into his arms again holding him. He pulled away a few seconds later.
"Chandler's out in the hallway hurt. Can you go heal him?" He asked wanting to get him out of here."
"Yes." Rayne said heading toward the hallway.
"No!" He heard Mr. Archer cry. "I'm not finished with him yet."
Rayne turned to see Mr. Archer staring at him, and he froze in fear.
Rory thinking that Rayne had went to help Chandler, and was safely out of the room, bent down and healed Matthew. He jolted, when he felt pain, and he knew Rafe had been hurt. Matthew came to sitting straight up. Rory pulled him to his feet.
"Get out of here." He said pushing him toward the door, planning to go help Rafe, and Rowan, when he saw Rayne.
"Rayne!" He cried seeing the ball of fire hurtling toward him.
Rory's eyes turned black as he shielded Rayne, and the ball hit the shield. Rayne was still knocked a few feet back. He ran over to Rayne, pulling him up, and taking him to the hallway himself.
Matthew was just finishing healing Chandler who was getting to his feet.
"Get Rayne out of here now!" He hissed. "Marcus is in Rafe's pickup, get in there with him. There's protection on it only one of us can get in. You'll be safe there."
Chandler didn't hesitate, he pushed Matthew toward the door, and grabbed Rayne, who he actually had to lead out of the hospital. Matthew had stopped right outside the door, and he grabbed his arm pulling him along also. He opened the pickup door when he got there, and he saw Marcus jump seeing them. He pushed Rayne in the backseat with him, then pulled Matthew around to the other side putting him in the passenger side, before he went back around to the driver's side.
He looked at his friends, who he could tell we're all scared out of their mind.
'Storm.' He projected needing to hear his brother's voice.
'Chandler thank god!' He said opening their connection to Trey. "Are you okay little brother?'
'Yea. I'm fine. Rowan, Rafe, and Rory showed up. The others are healed, but there not doing to good right now.'
'I never wanted to hear anything more than you're voice right now Chandler.' Trey said.
'Marcus told Damien you we're hurt.' Storm said.
'I'm fine really.' Chandler said breaking the connection as he heard Marcus cry out in pain. He turned toward him. His power was returning to him.
'Chandler?' Storm said getting the connection back after Chandler broke it.
'Archer must be dead, because Marcus just got his power back.'
'Thank god.' Trey said.
'We're at Spenser's. We need to go now Chandler. We'll be with you soon ok!' Storm said.
'Cya.' Chandler said turning back to his friends.
Rowan walked out of the hospital into the cold night air, breathing in the fresh air. He felt alive after using. He hadn't used like that in a long time, and it felt good. He headed over to Rafe's pickup, and went to Rayne.
"Rayne?" He said.
Rayne stared into space.
"I'm so sorry Rayne, if I had any idea something like this would happen, I'd of never asked Storm to bind you. I only wanted to keep you safe. I was wrong, and I'm sorry little brother."
Rayne was trembling, and he broke down into sobs. Rowan pulled him into his arms holding him tight.
"I love you Rayne." He said using on him to calm him.
Rafe and Rory joined them a few minutes later. Rowan was still holding his little brother who was still scared.
"Rafe I want you to stay here, and wait to see how Michael is. Heal him, and make sure you alter their minds so they never knew he was here. Make sure you disable their security tapes."
He looked at Rafe who nodded at him and went back into the hospital.
"Rory take the boys back to the house. Don't let them leave. I'm heading to Spenser's." He said though he still didn't let go of Rayne. He finally reluctantly pulled away. "I'll be back Rayne. Rory is going to take you home now." He pushed Rayne's hair back from his face wishing he could turn back time.
Chandler got out of the front seat and got in pushing Marcus over. Rowan shut the door watching as Marcus put his arm around Rayne. He looked over at Matthew, who was staring into space also. He remembered how he'd felt when he lost his parents, and had a feeling he knew what the boy was going though. He waited till Rory pulled out of the parking lot with the boys, before he headed to his Mercedes and headed to Spenser.
Raven felt she wasn't alone anymore all of a sudden. She started to get up off the exam table, but was knocked back by a force, and she couldn't move. She felt the gown she was wearing start to move up.
She tried to say no, but she couldn't talk. The gown kept going up till it was up under her breasts. She was so scared she could hardly breathe.
"So you're afraid the baby is mine are you?" A voice said that she hoped she would never hear again said.
'Rade.' She tried to project, but she couldn't.
"Oh trying to call for you're twin? I have it blocked it isn't going to work." He said touching her leg and Aaron Abbot appeared before her, only his body she told herself, it was Shane's voice coming from him.
His hand traveled up her leg, touching her everywhere, till it finally came to a rest on her stomach. He caressed her stomach, and she tried to close her eyes to block it all out, but she couldn't even do that.
"Did you miss me baby?" He asked leaning down and kissing her.
She was petrified. His hand moved up under the gown fondling her breasts.
"I'm here to take you to the after life with me baby. I've already sent Michael there. Did you enjoy those pictures I left for you?" He asked as he climbed up on the table straddling her. He took off the spell he used to freeze her.
His hands came to a rest on her stomach. She watched his eyes go black.
"No!" She cried.
She screamed in pain when he sent the power through her. Her screams echoed in the room as he sent wave after wave of energy though her. She felt something sticky between her legs and she realized what he was doing. Killing the baby to kill her. She felt the blood oozing out of her.
He took one hand off sealing the door shut. He laughed enjoying her screams. She was going to be his forever!
Shall I quit here? Also a reminder Lizette's actions and words are done by Draco's Secret Lover now.