Darkest Powers: Edition 2 By 331
Hey guys! OMG! I haven't updated in so long! you see, I went to Florida for most of the summer, and my stupid brother said he was going to bring my laptop to the car, but the idiot FORGOT, and I didn't realize until we were at the freakin airport, so I had no laptop or any computer at all for like 2 whole months! But I'm back now, so everything's okay. Here's the latest chapter! Hope you like it!(piece of advice: do not, under any circumstances, trust siblings with important electronic equipment, whether its REMEMBERING TO BRING THEM!, or just handling them, because things can and will go wrong)(and he promised me he would get them, so I didn't think about it!)(Stupid, stupid, stupid! slaps forehead repeatedly*)
This is what happens after the Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (but not the Reckoning), after they had found Mr. Bae (Simon and Derek's dad), defeated the Edison Group and the Cabal, and gone back to their old lives.
I do not own anything and it all belongs to Kelley Armstrong. I am just using her characters and adding a few of my own.
Previously:
"JULIE!" A blonde guy came sprinting out of the bushes. He lunged forward mid stride, and and transformed into a large black wolf, with a gold streak down his left side. The wolf looked at Derek one second longer, then bolted around him straight for Julie. His eyes turned purple, and he stopped in front of her. He made movements with his shoulders and growled and barked, and Julie shook her head. It seemed they were communicating. Julie slumped backward. The wolf transformed again, surged forward, and pulled Julie away from the rest of us. He ran across the yard and held her bridal style in front of him. He looked down at her and said a single word.
"Why?" She smiled up at him, and I gasped as I felt her spirit leave her body. He stood there for a moment, then turned toward us, his eyes burning.
"Who are you and why have you done this to my sister?" He looked like he was going to kill us. Sister?
Chloe's POV
Whoa whoa whoa. Back up a second. Sister? We were all staring open-mouthed. The blonde guy growled, and took a step toward us. Derek growled right back.
"I asked you a question. Answer me!" he snarled. Derek's eyes had turned to ice.
"Why should we tell you? You're the one who came barging in and interrupted us!" the blonde guy snarled.
"Interrupted? Interrupted what? You trying to kill my sister?" He and Derek looked like they were about to start an all out brawl. I put a hand on Derek's shoulder, and he relaxed, but only slightly. I turned toward blondie.
"So you're Julie's brother?"
"I thought I made it clear before, but I guess saying she's my sister doesn't confirm sibling-hood anymore." He glared at me. "But that still doesn't clarify what the fuck you're doing at my house with my sister in the first place! Who the hell are you?"
"We're supernaturals, we came here with Kit because we needed a place to sleep after driving through the night running from a crazy she -devil and psycho werewolves." he relaxed a bit. Derek was still on edge, Kit and Aunt Lauren were inspecting Kari and Nate, Simon was beside Derek, and Tori looked like she was drooling at blondie.
"We didn't do anything to Julie, she did that to herself. She was just nice enough to let us in. When Kari and Nate started Changing, she said she knew what to do, we didn't know she would be hurting herself." Derek said, and blondie nodded. He shifted Julie in his arms and the anger in his eyes evaporated.
"I'm Venn. Sorry about the yelling, but ever since the first time this happened, and then the second, when everything seemed to go wrong, my family and I get worried about Julie. We don't know what will happen, sometime she might not be able to come back, and we don't know what we'd do if we lost her, so we get a little protective." A little? Everyone was staring confusedly at him. Might not come back? What was that about?
He smiled.
"Anyway, maybe we should get them inside, they'll need to rest, I sure did when she did it to me. I slept for 5 days. And I need to get Julie back up to her roof thingy, or she'll be mad at me for not doing this as we planned. Come on!" He turned toward the house and walked briskly over to the slider. All of us looked lost, but we followed him inside, Derek carrying Kari and Simon and Kit carrying Nate. The were both out cold, and we left them both on the bed in the guest room. We followed Venn upstairs and he told us to wait in the family room while he took care of Julie. We found Brent in there watching TV with Beth unconscious on the couch. I was still mad at him for how he talked about supernaturals, but I held my tongue. He still didn't understand the whole story yet. I sat down in the leather chair, and Tori sat down at the foot of the couch next to Beth. Brent occupied the lazy-boy, so the other four sat at the kitchen table. Brent looked up expectantly, after turning off the TV.
"So do I get an explanation now or do I have to wait another eon?" Derek and Simon both frowned at him, but Kit held up his hand.
"We will tell you everything, as soon as Julie and Venn's parents get here. For now just be patient." Brent scowled and grumbled something unintelligible to my ears, but Derek made as if to go slap him. Simon put a hand on his shoulder and Derek slowly lowered himself back into his chair. Venn walked back in.
"My parents will get here shortly. They needed to find a place where they could teleport safely without being seen."
"They can teleport?" Tori gasped. We all had similar looks. Aaron nodded.
"Well, my mom can, my dad has a different power, but my mom can teleport up to 7 people at a time. Its just that she needs a lot of concentration and a secure area. Sh—" he was interrupted by a loud crack, that came from the front hall. We all jumped up and darted in there. A red haired slim woman and a light brown haired tall man were entangled on the tile floor, rubbing an arm or head as if in pain.
"I told you, James, if we had gone to a more secured spot I could have gotten us here standing up, but noooooo, we had to do it in an alley next to an intersection! This is what happens when it's hard to concentrate!"
"Well, sorry, I thought maybe our children's lives were more important than feeling comfortable, but I guess I was wrong! God, Ara, I thought maybe you knew how to use your powers!"
"Well maybe next time you can teleport us here, and you can do it standing up!" They were standing now, and Ara's blazing hair was shockingly straight, with a few wisps sliding in front of her eyes as she yelled. James was tall with his light brown hair messy and tangled, but still looking like he just walked off the runway. They seemed too young to have two teenage children, but maybe they had them early. Her eyes were a light green, while his were a soft chocolate. They didn't notice us and continued to argue. Venn tried to get their attention.
"Mom, Dad, hello? ARA, JAMES!" They continued their spat.
"At least my powers are useful! It would've taken us hours to get home otherwise!"
"What, apparently mine are worth nothing? Don't you think if I could, I would use them to help us? But apparently, being a regular old fire half-demon doesn't equate to being a telekinetic one with the power to teleport. I'm sorry you married such a useless person!" Her eyes softened and her anger faded.
"You're not useless, you're always good for when I'm cold and you can heat up soup in like 3 seconds!" He rolled his eyes and smiled sadly.
"Yeah, like that will help. But at least I can do it standing up." She playfully punched his arm.
"I was complimenting you! A little gratitude from the useless guy please."
"Oh I feel so much better knowing I can make soup! My life's goal has been reached, I am all powerful, knowing that one day my soup will save the lives of millions. I feel so much better now." He put his arms around her waist.
"Okay, king of soup, deflate your big head and come back down to your wife, she needs your soup more than ever, because she loves it so much." Then they proceeded to make out. Venn cleared his throat and they jumped apart.
"Hi guys. Its me, you're-totally put off from soup for the rest of his life-son, who found his sister collapsed on the lawn and a bunch of people he didn't know in his house. But I guess if you think that making out is a better use of your time go ahead, don't mind me, freaking out over here as I vomit in a corner out of nervousness. And that I had soup for lunch." His parents chuckled and then became serious.
"Okay, so we heard Kit was here. Whats all this about?" James had spotted Kit by the archway to the dining room. Kit smiled.
"Nothing immediately dangerous, but we do have things to talk about." James nodded. Ara was looking around the room.
"Venn, where's your sister?" Venn frowned.
"Its...um, well...that thing she does happened again. But everything's fine, I put her body up in the loft house, and no one's injured. She'll most likely be back in a couple of hours." James had paled, and Ara had turned white and started hyperventilating. James calmed her and led her into the family room and set her down on the couch, which had been recently vacated by Beth as she had woken up upon their arrival. Brent started pacing on the carpet in the middle of the room.
"Okay, everyone's here, can you please tell me what the hell is going on?" Beth nodded in agreement with him, and Kit sighed. Venn and his parents seemed confused at Brent's actions, but looked at Kit to start the explanation. Once everyone was seated Kit took a deep breath.
"I would have liked Julie, Nate, and Kari to be here, but we can relay this to them later, I've made you wait long enough. Venn, Ara, James," they nodded in response, "Brent, Kari, Beth and Nate aren't supernaturals, so this will take a bit longer than expected. Even if Kari and Nate are now werewolves, they still don't understand." Brent looked confused and angry.
"What's with all this 'supernatural' crap? Give me the truth right now!" Kit sighed, and Derek smirked. I watched intently. Kit began again.
"Brent, we haven't been giving you crap. We are supernaturals. We have powers, and we use them to do amazing things." Brent laughed.
"Yeah, okay, and I'm a fairy, Beth can shoot lightning, and Chloe can see dead people. Sure." Beth turned white, and I gasped.
"How do you know that? I never told you!" Brent was taken aback.
"You actually believe this shit Chloe? You're smarter than that! And you can't see dead people, you're eyes were just playing tricks on you." I shook my head. Kit continued before I could say anything else.
"She's telling the truth Brent. She can see dead people, she's a necromancer. I'm a sorcerer, and so is my son, Simon. My other son, Derek, is a werewolf, and now, because of the two men who attacked you the other night, Nate and Kari are too. My daughter, Tori," She flinched when he said that, she still wasn't used to it yet, "is a witch. Lauren here has some of the powers of a shaman, but not all, Ara and James are both half demons, and Venn's another werewolf. I do not know what Julie is yet, but she does have extraordinary powers." Brent was shaking his head.
"Stop lying to me! There's no such thing as supernaturals. If there were, then why doesn't anybody know about these 'powers'?" Kit put his hand on his forehead, frustrated.
"We supernaturals keep our world a secret, so we aren't hunted and caged and tested on like animals."
"Not that that hasn't happened." Simon was frowning with a disgusted look in his eye. I shuddered, remembering the Edison Group and the Cabals. Hopefully, they were gone now, and we wouldn't have to worry about them trying to experiment on us or kill us anymore. Brent was still angry.
"Fine, if you won't tell me the truth, then I'm leaving, and so are Chloe and Beth. You people are lying creeps who kidnap kids. I'm out." he made a move towards the door, but neither Beth nor I followed. He gestured toward us.
"C'mon. Chloe, Beth we're leaving." Beth shook her head, and I was openly glaring at him now, for being incredibly stupid.
"What do you think I was doing for the last 2 months, Brent? (A:N/ Chillin' in Florida! Without a laptop! Stupid brother!) being helped through my emotionally unstable hallucinatory state by doctors in an insane asylum? That wouldn't take 2 months unless I was really crazy, and I'm not! I was on the run from psycho scientists trying to kill me and my friends after labeling us as their failed experiments after they messed with our genes and made our powers go crazy! I don't just see dead people, I talk to them, get attacked by them, and raise them in my sleep! I've even set free a demi-demon and been attacked by a full one!" Derek, Kit, Simon, and Lauren gasped. Whoops, I forgot I never told them what happened when we took down the Edison Group headquarters.
"You met a demon?" Lauren shrieked. Derek rushed over and put his hands on my shoulders.
"You released a demi-demon? What the hell were you thinking?" I pushed his arms away.
"I was trying to save us and not get killed, if I remember correctly. I released the demi-demon because she said she would help and it would severely hurt the Edison Group because they were using her powers to do some of their experiments. They thought the building was built over ley lines, but really Samuel Lyle had her spirit trapped to it to give it power. He just never told them. The demon came when I released the demi-demon, and because one of the guards had been killed by Diane Enright to frame Tori, it was able to take over his body. Nothing really happened after that besides them talking, and then the two of them leaving and the building collapsing with the lack of power, so I was fine." Derek put his hands back on my shoulders and I tried to push them off he held on.
"That was incredibly stupid, you could've been killed! Or you could've unleashed a demon into the world! Do you know what that could do?"
"Do you, Derek, because you seem pretty informed on a subject that doesn't concern you, one that I specialize in! Please, enlighten me, because apparently my knowledge of demons is too inadequate for you." He frowned, and when he didn't say anything I continued.
"Yes, I knew perfectly well what could happen, but I also knew what would happen if we were unsuccessful in defeating the Edison Group. We'd probably all die. But I did release the demi-demon, and I did meet a full demon, and I was fine, and we won! We WON, Derek! Everything turned out fine!"
"But what if it hadn't Chloe? Do you know how many people could have died or been seriously injured? What if something had happened?"
"But nothing happened!"
"But what if it did?"
"But it didn't! And right now, that's all that matters Derek. And I'd appreciate it if you'd let go of my shoulders, I'm losing circulation in my arms." Derek didn't move, and he looked like he was about to say something. Simon came up behind him and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Bro, let go," Derek seemed to change his mind, and let go. The look in eyes said that this conversation wasn't over, but I turned away. Brent was glaring at Derek. It seemed like old times again, Derek all up in my face because one little misunderstanding, or one stupid mistake that I made. And I thought we had gotten over that. Venn and his parents were staring at me. I sat down quickly, avoiding eye contact. It was a little unnerving to be stared at. Kit waited until Derek and Simon were seated before continuing.
"Anyway, Brent, Beth, there are such things as supernaturals. The woman who attacked you the other night, Aerona, she was a supernatural, a witch I believe, and Liam and Ramon, the men, were werewolves. They were after Chloe, and still are, and the seem to have figured out that in order to get to her, they have to go through us, so she picked the ones closest to her. First us, and then the four of you. Until she is defeated, we will have to keep running, and so will you, because you won't be safe unless she is gone."
"And why should I believe any of you? For all I know I could be dreaming!"
"Do you really think you're dreaming?" Brent frowned, and Kit continued.
"Kari and Nate were bitten by Liam and Ramon, so they've become werewolves, and Derek and Venn will have to help them through it. Brent, Beth, I know this doesn't sound that convincing, but we are supernaturals. And you're in danger. Do you believe us?" Brent seemed to be contemplating, and Beth just seemed to shake slightly.
"Prove it." We all looked at Brent.
"Really? Two people teleporting, getting attacked by werewolves and a witch, and seeing Julie's performance outside wasn't enough for you?" Tori smirked, and mumbled something like 'he really is and idiot'. Derek laughed, and me and Simon chuckled. Brent was dead serious. Kit shrugged.
"Fine, what do you want to see?" Brent thought for a second.
"I want to see Chloe raise the dead." I gasped, and started freaking out. I couldn't force spirits back into their rotting corpses just to prove a point, it would just be cruel. I couldn't.
"NO!" Derek, Simon, Aunt Lauren and I all shouted. Brent smirked.
"Guess there's no such thing as supernaturals then." I snarled. Literally snarled, and I stopped, surprised at myself.
"I'm not going to shove spirits back into their skeletons just for fun! That's just horrible!" Kit nodded.
"Anything else?" Brent shook his head.
"That's the only thing that would get me to believe," I pleaded with Kit through my eyes, but I knew it wouldn't work. I swallowed my feelings, and my face hardened.
"Fine, I'll raise some corpses," I glared at Brent, and he looked genuinely surprised. Derek jumped up.
"No Chloe! With the amount of power you have, you'll end up raising an entire cemetery! Its too dangerous. Why can't we just have Tori shoot a fireball at his face? Or even better..." his eyes traveled down Brent, and I realized what he was thinking. I slapped his shoulder.
"Derek! No, I'll raise the corpses. But I don't sense any bodies or dead animals around here. Is there anywhere close with dead bodies?" We looked at Venn and his parents. Ara frowned.
"The only place I could think of that's not a cemetery is the old burial grounds that is now woodland. It was where the Indians buried their dead, but it's been overgrown with trees and plants. Now its just part of the woods. We can take you there if you like." I nodded.
"Perfect. We'll go there," Derek frowned.
"No, you are not doing this. It's not safe." I scowled.
"Since when did you become my wife, Derek?" He stepped back like he'd been slapped. I instantly regretted my words. Tori smiled at me.
"Finally, the damsel stands up to the big bad wolf. Look out, wolf boy, blondie has a mind of her own. And apparently a new found mouth to match." I frowned. I turned to Ara.
"When can we go?"
"As soon as the others wake up, we're not leaving them here alone." Kit said. Venn nodded.
"I'm not leaving Julie here alone. Too many things could go wrong. We stay here until everyone's conscious." After that, we were left to do whatever until the others woke up. Brent and Simon both tried to talk to me, but I ignored Brent and told Simon I wasn't in the mood to talk. Or do whatever he had in mind, which I assumed was probably making out. I went out on the back deck, and saw a ladder hanging down from the roof. I assumed it led to the 'loft house' Venn had been talking about.
I climbed up the ladder and saw a little Venn in there, looking after Julie. He was such a nice guy, looking after his sister like that. I walked over to the other end of the roof, so not as to intrude upon his moment with her. I sat down on the edge, watched the clouds and just thought.
I was going to have to deal with the guys sooner or later, and I was not looking forward to it. Nate would probably come looking for me as soon as he woke up, and start being all territorial again. Ugh. He was a nice guy, and I liked him, but after what Julie had said, I think I had lost all feelings for him. Simon was nice, and he definitely cared for me, but he was just as territorial as Nate, and Julie had said the same thing about him too. But then there was Brent and Derek. With them, I was so confused.
After today, I know Derek didn't even like me, let alone love me, and Brent was just so annoying and jerk-ish, I just didn't really like being around him. Yeah, I bet if we were alone and not in the middle of a teenage girl's fantasy book, I bet we could carry on a friendly conversation, like we used to during class before I knew about my powers. Uggghhh! Why do boys have to be so confusing! Maybe I should just dump them all and go out with Venn! It be a hell of a lot easier!
I looked back over at the loft house. Venn was still gazing a Julie's lifeless figure. I bet he'd probably go out with his sister if he could, than go out with me. Sigh, then again, if he was interested in me, I'd probably lose all interest in him.
I turned back to the clouds, and laid back against the shingles. I had much bigger problems than boys right now. For starters, I was going to have to force innocent souls back into their decaying bodies later today. Something to look forward to. And there was Aerona, with Liam and Ramon, out there searching for us, because of me. And Nate and Kari, becoming werewolves, because they had been worried about me. And, if my stroke of luck wore off tonight, I'd have to worry about Aerona in my dreams, torturing me so that I got more rest when I was awake than when I was asleep. I really didn't need more nightmares. I barely got enough sleep as it was. I was so lost in thought I didn't hear him come up behind me. Of course, its not like I ever heard him anyway.
"Chloe." I jumped, but then settled back onto the shingles.
"Go away Derek," He bent his head over into my line of vision. He was standing behind me.
"I need to talk to you,"
"No shit, Sherlock, but not now. I just want to be alone." He didn't move, just kept staring down at me. I sighed.
"Fine, what do you want?"
"You shouldn't go to the burial grounds later. It's to dangerous for you. You could get hurt." I frowned.
"If that's all you came to say, you can either go back down the ladder, or walk in front of me and I'll kick you off the roof. I'm old enough to take care of myself Derek." I could almost hear him scowl.
"That's not what I meant. I know you can take care of yourself. I just don't want you to lose control with all those bodies. You could hurt yourself." My angered dimmed a bit.
"I appreciate your concern, but I've been practicing with you for two months. I think I'm controlled enough to raise a body without releasing an army of the dead."
"That doesn't mean it won't happen." I scowled.
"Thanks for the support." He chuckled, and sat down next to me.
"Seriously, you've only had you're powers for two months, do you really think that's enough time to have mastered them?" I shook my head.
"I never said I mastered them. I know there's a lot I still don't know about my powers, like how far I can go, how much I can do, what's too much, and when to stop before it gets really bad, but I do know enough to keep myself from raising the entire burial ground." Derek nodded, and didn't say anything more. We just sat there, looking at the clouds for a while.
"Its not that I don't believe you could do it, I just don't want you to get hurt. Because if you did, I don't know what I would do. I'm sorry I yelled at you. I don't mean to be harsh all the time, but its how I am. I like you, Chloe, and I don't want you to get hurt."
I felt my cheeks get hot, and that unknown feeling in my stomach made a return trip. I looked up to see his face, but he was already gone. I looked over towards the ladder, and I saw his green eyes staring at me. There was something there I hadn't seen before, and I felt my face heat up. I bet I was beat red. I looked away, my stomach all fuzzy. When I turned back, he was gone.
I was in the family room watching TV with Tori and Beth, when Julie walked back in. we all jumped up. It felt like we were reuniting with an old friend.
"Julie!" I said, and the three of us hugged her. Venn and Simon walked in behind. I noticed how Venn's eyes never left Julie's face. She pushed us back gently.
"Okay, okay, off the Julie. Give me some space, I've been out for at least 3 hours, I want to be able to breath." We backed up a bit.
"What happened while I was out?" We filled her in, and she was so excited when she heard I would be raising corpses.
"Oh My GOD! I can't wait!" Her eyes turned purple, and Beth, Tori, and Simon all paled, like they thought she was going to have another freaky power thingy again. But she was just reading auras.
"But it seems you aren't that excited. Why not? You can raise dead people! You could totally freak people out on Halloween!" I laughed.
"Its not that cool, plus I just don't think shoving innocent people back into their corpses after they've found peace in the afterlife is exciting." She smiled sadly.
"I see. That isn't fair to the souls who've found peace, and you hate causing them pain, but it can't be helped. You do it unconsciously, and you hate it. But its the power you have, and you should know that even though you can take them out of peace, you can always put them back." We all stared at her. Except Venn, he was probably used to her by now. This girl had so many different sides to her personality it was hard to keep track. She laughed at our faces.
"You guys look so funny. I wish I had a camera. Oh wait, I do!" and she snapped our pictures with her phone before we'd realized what was going on. Tori demanded she delete hers, but Julie laughed maniacally as she connected to Facebook. Tori then proceeded to chase her. Soon after, Nate and Kari came up the stairs. Nate immediately moved in my direction, and I sighed as he put his arm around my waist. Kari and Beth immediately started talking with Julie and Tori about clothes (Julie had already succeeded in posting the pictures on Facebook, so after hitting her with a pillow a couple of times, there was really no point in getting her to delete them. They were out there and they couldn't get them back, so Tori settled down quick), but Julie caught my eye, and I told Nate I needed to talk to Julie for a sec. She walked with me into the hall.
"You need to dump him. He's too clingy, and you already know he's a crush. It'll hurt him a bit, but he'll get over it. He already has his eye on two other girls, and he's only staying with you because all the others want you and he feels possessive. Oh, and and tell him I'd rather date my worst nightmare than go out with him, and I fully support you clipping off the loose ends in your life. That way, he'll stay away from me." I stared at her, open mouthed. But she had a point. But I was still nervous.
"What do I say?" She smacked her palm to her forehead. Then she signaled to Nate, and he came out into the hallway. He tried to put his arms around my waist, but I pushed him off. I looked at Julie, but she just gestured to Nate, saying 'do it already, get it over with. I took a deep breath, and... nothing. She sighed and said.
"She doesn't want to date you anymore, get over it, and if you put your slimy little paws on me you'd have wished you had died and gone to hell, because when I'm done with you, you won't even have the guts to look at a girl again, let alone go out with one. So fuck off. And have a nice day, because Chloe still wants to be friends." She smiled and walked off toward Venn, who was having a heated argument with Simon about something stupid and guyish. Nate looked crushed. I smiled sadly at him.
"I'm sorry, but I just don't like you like that, but we can still be friends, right?" he looked down at the floor, not meeting my eyes. He mumbled a 'sure', and walked off. Great, now he hates me. But now I didn't have deal with his uncomfortable territoriality. Yay selfish happiness! whoa, where'd that thought come from? I looked around, and saw Ara smiling at me. She was so much like her daughter. Except she could read minds. Great. I looked away, and saw Derek chuckling. I smiled, and he smiled back, a rarity for Derek. I was so dumbfounded, I didn't see Brent walk up behind me. All I noticed was Derek's smile fading into a glare he aimed over my shoulder.
"So now you're single, eh?" I jumped, and I found Brent leaning over my shoulder.
"Don't go getting any ideas, I have a mind of my own thank you, and I decide who I date and who I don't."
"Oooo, Feisty." I grimaced, he'd made it sound totally dirty. Kit walked in, saving me from a response.
"Okay, now that everyone's awake, we can head to the burial ground." I swallowed. Oh joy.
When we arrived, we were just in the middles of the woods, except there were two stone markers, and they marked the entrance to a clearer than the surrounding woods area, but not by much, area where I assumed the bodies where. The back of my neck tingled, and my head throbbed, and I knew there were bodies. I hoped I was in control. Ara led us over to the left side of the clearing.
"Okay then, prove it to me you can raise the dead." Brent sounded like a total jerk. The others glared at him, and so did I. But I swallowed my annoyance, and sat down, calming myself. I focused on one of the bodies. I imagined pulling its spirit out and pushing it back into its body. I hoped I had pulled a mean one, because I didn't want to cause pain to the innocent. I opened one eye, but nothing had happened. I felt my amulet getting warmer against my skin, so I knew I was doing something right. I ramped it up a bit. I felt the spirit digging up through the dirt, working hard to get its decaying bones to move through the earth. But it didn't seem to be making much progress so I pushed a little harder.
Immediately, I knew something was wrong.
Hello child. The second I heard her voice, my blood turned to ice.
Aerona. Suddenly, about 20 corpses burst out of the ground, clawing and hissing. A couple latched onto Tori's and Kari's and Beth's legs, and they screamed. I tried to stop it, but I couldn't.
My body had the sudden uncontrollable urge to push harder, and I couldn't fight it. All the corpses screamed, and so did I. The last thing I saw, before I blacked out, was the deep red glow coming from the eye sockets of a skull, that was slowly being pulled along the ground by decaying arms. The last thing I heard, was
"CHLOE!" Derek. Help me.