Author's Note: This one is just short, but I wanted to get it written so that I can move further into the story. I'm quite pleased that I've managed to get three chapters up, I hope that it somewhat helps since I hadn't been updating frequently enough. Anyways love all the reviewers, you guys are great! xoxo

Chapter 14: Explanations

Reid woke up the next morning rubbing his eyes slowly and groaning, Tyler was currently telling him that they had to leave in forty-five minutes to meet everyone for breakfast. Slowly sitting up he scratched his shoulder and glanced around the room, after arguing with Tatianna he had gone back into the party completely ignored Tanya, began drinking a lot more than he should have and starting a fight with Aaron. He remembered stumbling into the room in the early morning hours, waking up Tyler who had left earlier, stripping to his boxers and crashing in bed not feeling a thing. But this morning he had a terrible headache, a sore jaw and he was still slightly pissed at how Tatianna had acted last night especially her not giving him an answer, he was now dreading the next forty-five minutes until he saw her and dropped a bomb on the others afterwards. He groaned again and walked to his shower tote before continuing on his way to the showers, as he entered he looked into the mirror and slightly grimaced. His eyes had light purple bags under them from lack of sleep, he looked like he had been drinking and the left side of his jaw was swollen and bruised. Reid didn't look to great at the moment, he growled walking into one of the stalls and turning on the water.

'What was Tatianna's deal last night, she seemed so angry over nothing. I didn't do anything, I went to the dance, saw her dancing with Tyler and then decided to leave with Tanya to get rid of some feeling that was in the pit of my stomach.' He began to reflect over last night taking every tid bit he remembered before she left and the days before that. As he scrubbed his scalp with shampoo, he understood at least one part 'I can understand why she might be mad at me for not sticking up for her but I know there was something else, she left quite quickly after Tanya and I started making out' Reid's thought's paused at that, replaying the image in his head, 'unless I was right and she was jealous'.

With that thought Reid finished rinsing the shampoo out of his hair before he began scrubbing his body down something that was a ritual after a night of partying. He always had to scour his body clean, he could never understand why but the day after a party he always felt grimy. To many people this would seem weird, but Reid was sure he wasn't the only person to ever feel that way. Once he was done he wrapped his towel around his waist and made his way to his room to change into some clothes, and head out the door with Tyler for breakfast. He felt slightly better, and knew his appearance seemed healthier than it had when he first woke up. Shifting in his seat at the diner he noted that Tatianna wasn't there yet, only her and the girls were late 'Go figure' he thought.

"Sorry we're late" Sarah's voice broke Reid out of his current thoughts, he looked up and saw that Kate was now sitting by Pogue and Sarah with Caleb while Tatianna made her way towards him sitting down beside him she said hello to everyone. She remained quiet until everyone started to pick up into there own conversations, turning slightly towards Reid she glanced up at him.

"I'm sorry about last night, I shouldn't have reacted that way." She softly said to him, he surveyed her facial expression. She was sorry he could tell, but he could also see something was different in her eyes something new. He sighed, while picking up his glass and taking a drink of his water.

"It's okay, don't worry about it. Are you ready for today?" Reid whispered back to her, this part of the conversation was just for the two of them. His eyes watched her as she shook her head, "You agreed we tell them today" her eyes shot back up to his slightly narrowed.

"I know I agreed to it, and I'm going to do it. But it doesn't mean I'm ready for it Reid, please don't assume things. I'm just scared to tell them, telling you was scary enough but now five people two who are normal girls and three who attack me" her response came in a harsh whisper at first before it slowly faded down into a soft and scared voice. Reid sighed again, knowing that she would be worried about telling them after his reaction to finding out but he wasn't about to let that happen again.

"I won't let them do anything" Reid told her, in the most comforting way. He saw her blush slightly at it before turning over to Sarah who was on her other side and tapping her shoulder. 'That was new' he took note in his head of her blush, he'd never really seen her blush.

Everyone continued to talk, even Reid and Tatianna things were good between them again so they spent most of the breakfast joking around and trying to put off what they had to announce to the others for a small fraction of time. As the bill came, and was paid for everyone sat finishing there drinks while deciding what to do next. Tatianna shot Reid a look, and he nodded his head slowly while clearing his throat. The group looked towards him, wondering what he had to say.

"Guys, we all need to have a talk. Tatianna and I we" he paused looking at her for a moment "we need to tell you something important." He finished, looking at the others they all had a look of confusion on their faces and ones of deliberation in their heads as they stood up and walked out of the diner towards everyone's vehicles. The girls decided to ride with their boyfriends, so Reid told Tatianna he was going with her. Just as he was getting into her car Caleb called over to him.

"Where are we going to talk about this?"

Reid looked into the car at Tatianna, before looking back at the others "The colony house" was all he said before he got into the car and drove off with Tatianna in the direction of the next destination, everyone's faces were shocked as they began to get into their cars and drive the same route to the house.

Reid and Tatianna made it to the house a good five to ten minutes before the others, she couldn't help it if she drove faster when she was nervous but she wanted to get there at least a few moments before the others. They were sitting in the covenant hideaway, it was like some super hero lair at least that was how Tatianna had always thought it to be. Except they weren't really heroes, they didn't save people; granted they did have to save Sarah, but they didn't do it just for some random innocent person only if they were in danger, and they didn't have any spandex outfits with capes and funny visors or goggles. 'But they do have speedos' she thought to herself, slightly grinning. 'Why the fuck am I thinking about this right now?' came her next comment to herself. She heard the door upstairs open and then slam shut, and she slightly trembled because she could tell someone was angry very angry. Tatianna looked at Reid who was acting like he was extremely calm, but she could feel his emotions and on the inside he was full of nerves.

"Why did you choose here and why was I not informed that she knew" Caleb's angry voice cut through the air, as his feet left the final step of the stairs and he stood by the blazing fire.

"It's important that we talk about it here and no where else and I'm informing you now!" Reid yelled back, glaring heatedly at the young man that was currently standing in front of him.

"You should have told me earlier" Caleb said in an angry low voice, which slightly frightened Tat. She was now worried more than every of what he would do when they told him, she knew that Caleb was a reasonable and responsible guy but she could tell that when it came to matters of the covenant he had quite a short fuse.

"Caleb, calm down" Sarah soothingly spoke to him, grabbing his hand and sitting beside him on the Danvers seat. Tyler had already sat down, waiting expectantly and trying to not be annoyed with another of Reid and Caleb's small pissing contests. Pogue was standing on the sidelines, observing everyone before he sat down with Kate in his families spot.

"Okay, now the problem." Tatianna sighed, looking around at everyone who were all watching her and Reid with anticipation. She then looked at Reid wanting him to tell the others first.

"Chase is back" Reid bit out, a look of disgust on his face at the thought of the power hungry killer.

"What do you mean he's back how do you know that" Tyler asked quickly, clearly beating Caleb to the question. Caleb merely gave the other boy an annoyed glance before looking back at Reid.

"He isn't back per say, but he is going to be back and from what I can gather it will be soon" Tatianna informed them.

"And you know this how" Caleb questioned her rudely.

Tatianna snapped her eyes to Caleb's and glared at him, he was acting as if she was some stupid little girl sticking her nose in something she didn't belong in. "I know because I have seen it you moron" she replied, almost letting her anger get to her.

"You've seen it?" Pogue cautiously inquired, confused at what Tatianna had meant.

"Yes I've seen it. I've seen a lot of things, I have powers of my own" came her calm answer to him.

Suddenly Caleb was standing up in front of Sarah, and glaring at Tatianna "You have powers? Why are you here and how is that even possible" he was angrier now and she could feel it growing.

"Yes I have powers, I came here for no reason other than my family moved here. I did not come here to hurt anyone or steal anyone's powers. So don't even think that's why I am here" Tatianna was letting the anger he was feeling off of her feed her own. It was one problem of being able to feel others emotions, to have empathy, you could easily feel the exact same way of someone else if the feeling is powerful enough.

"Oh really, and what makes you think I'll believe you" Caleb countered, looking quite like he was superior to her.

"What makes you think that I would, have I given you any reasoning to think that maybe it was just my dumb luck to come here. That I truly didn't come here to wreck anything, if I had why would I be telling you that Chase was here when I didn't even know about him until Reid found out about by powers. So will you shut up because I am not going to continue telling you anything until you CALM THE FUCK DOWN" Tatianna had slowly felt her anger taking over more and more and by the end she was yelling, she was so angry at Caleb for acting just like she thought he might. He was such a glory hog, and someone that always had to be right it was sickening. For once he wasn't right about something and she was proud of it.

Caleb looked at her somewhat astounded, he had seen Tatianna get angry but she was beyond angry right now and he wasn't sure what to think. He glared at her before sitting down in his seat, Sarah immediately taking his hand and trying to sooth his anger. "Fine, speak"

"Thank you" Tatianna replied curtly, after that she had no interruptions as she told everyone and how Reid had found out leaving out what had happened when he had confronted her. She explained to them about each vision, about her seeing Reid and Chase arguing about him not needing her and needing her, she told them about the prophecy and everything else that had happened. Finally when she was done speaking she looked Caleb in the eye, and in that moment she knew he felt guilty for screaming and losing his temper but she didn't feel one bit bad about losing hers. It needed to happen, and it obviously needed to happen for him to take her seriously about the issues.

"So we have to figure out a prophecy and defeat Chase" Tyler summed up everything in that one sentence, he looked stunned while still absorbing the information that had just been given to him. Pogue didn't look much different nor did anyone in the room except for Tatianna and Reid. He had watched her as she stood up for herself, he was ready to stand up and punch Caleb until she had suddenly lost her cool and seemed to make sure that she was the one in control in this discussion which he found to be quite a turn on.

"Yeah that's it in a nutshell, so boys" Reid paused and looked at the females in the room "and girls. What we going to do?" he then asked looking around for suggestions.

"We start looking for information tomorrow after school, after we've had at least twenty four hours to let everything we've heard digest in our brains. If we try to look for anything today we'll just end up going in circles because we haven't had time to think about the situation and put our own ideas on it." Pogue thoughtfully suggested, sometimes he would amaze you by saying the most intelligent statements ever. While other days all that was on his mind was Kate and motorcycles.

"I think that's a good idea" Caleb agreed, his mind was blank at the thought of Chase being back again 'I thought we got rid of him' he thought and immediately felt weak for not being able to destroy him.

"Well, I think we should all go and just think about this" Pogue then motioned while standing up and stretching, they had been sitting there for a good hour and a half if not more, he fixed his clothes and then looked at Kate she was now standing up by his side obviously thinking about what might happen. "It will be okay, I won't let him hurt you again" he whispered in her ear making her smile and hug him.

Everyone followed suit out of the colony house, breathing in the crisp fresh air and enjoying the sun over the candlelit basements dreary lighting. Tatianna walked with Reid behind the others, relieved that things hadn't gone as horribly as her imagination had led her to believe. She sighed, knowing that this was just the beginning of everything.

"Tatianna, can I talk to you for a moment" Caleb suddenly came up to her, she looked at him oddly searching his face for any distrust.

"Sure" she answered, after finding no anger or disrespect towards her in his feelings. Reid looked at her unsure but stayed put as she walked off a few feet with Caleb, she already knew what he was going to do but she knew it better to let him speak than to dismiss him in any way.

"I'm sorry, for acting so rudely towards you. I know I should not have, but after Chase it's hard to know who is true and who isn't he pulled a fast one on all of us and I don't want that to happen again. But now that he's back we'll need all the help we can get, and I'm glad that you decided to tell us even though my behavior was less than civil" he sounded so correct, and Tatianna could see why he was becoming a lawyer but she knew that what he was saying was true and that he was really sorry so she wasn't worried.

"It's alright Caleb, I imagine if I was in your shoes I would have done the same. Thank you for changing your view on me, but I better get going I have a mountain of homework I haven't even touched so I'll see you tomorrow" Tatianna replied, and expressed gratitude towards him. He nodded his head and smiled at her telling her to have a good day and that he would see her in class before he left and went to the vehicle where Sarah was sitting. She waved at Tatianna smiling, since she knew most of the stuff that Tatianna had already spoken about she wasn't as shocked as the others were. Tatianna waved back while making her way to her vehicle and to Reid, she tossed him her keys, which earned her a big grin before she climbed into the passenger side. She was exhausted, discussing all of that was not her piece of cake but she knew it had to be done but all she wanted right now was to have a nice nap.

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