Marked

A Nine Lives of Chloe King Fan-fiction

by: Avvithespaz

Genre: Romance/Comedy

Rated: T/M

Pairing(s): Slight Chloe/Brian at the beginning (barf) but a happy ending! ***Chloe/Alek***

Summary: Meredith goes on a business trip for a week, and refuses to let Chloe stay home by herself after she was "mugged." So Chloe ends up staying the week with the Mai, fun fun!

Setting: The general hangouts of one Miss Chloe King! Around March/April of 2011

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN CHLOE KING! If I did Brian wouldn't exist and Alek wouldn't own a shirt.

Warning(s): Yeah, I don't think this is a comedy anymore... huh... will probably be changing the genre to General by the next chapter. There will be M in later chapters but it will be posted as a different story so those who don't wish to read it don't have to.

Chapter 5

I slowly opened my eyes only to immediately snap them closed, feeling blinded. Yet, I could still see the flickering of the flames behind my eyelids, feel the heat of it licking my skin fiercely. I threw my hand over my eyes to shield them from the harsh light as I tried once more to open them. As my eyes adjusted, I began to look around; I was in a beautiful village, or a village that would have been beautiful had it not been in flames. Humans in black were fighting the Mai, I could only make out Jasmine and what I think was Lilah, the She-Mai from Brazil who tried to kidnap me. My head whipped around frantically; my eyes searched in longing for one person.

When my eyes landed on that beautiful form, I made a beeline for him.

"Stay back, Chloe!" Alek warned me as he fought the assassin that stood in front of him. I kept looking around, expecting someone to attack me, yet they weren't coming. Hell, they weren't even coming near me, I went to attack one but they just moved away. Assassins were purposefully avoiding me! My eyes zeroed in on Alek, watching his large, yet lean body fight; it made my left thigh burn. I stood there surveying the area; stock still, anticipating an attack with every one of my senses open to my surroundings.

Finally, someone moved. I saw the attack happen in slow motion. The black clad mercenary, pulling out his sword and approaching his prey. My heart stopped momentarily before I moved to intercept the oncoming blade. I rushed towards him, twisting my body in an almost awkward direction as the blade slid through my chest like I was made of butter. I looked down, my eyes widening at the sight of the blood, and at the blade making its way from my heart to my pelvis. My world went dark as I heard a very British voice screaming in turmoil.

"You don't need to die; I can't live without you. I can spare a life for you." I hope I sounded comforting to him.

"I can spare a life for you!" I screamed, coming back to my reality as I shot straight up in bed. I was in Mai mode when Valentina, Alek, and Jasmine rushed through my door, prepared to fight. Valentina rushed towards the window; opening it quickly, her eyes scanning the perimeter before moving back into my room. I could see that Alek and Jasmine were on alert; their ears were practically twitching as they listened for any noise. It took them a few moments before they turned to me questioningly; probably wondering why I woke them up at, I looked towards my clock, 1 am.

"Chloe?" Jasmine asked, stepping closer towards me. My eyes teared up and I reached towards my protector. Alek quickly came to my side and I snuggled against him.

"I had another horrible dream." I shuddered, unconsciously curling into Alek.

"Again?" Alek whispered, running his hands through my hair. I nodded.

"What kind of dreams are you having Chloe?" Valentina asked taking a seat at the edge of my bed.

"My future." I spoke weakly.

"Were you pregnant again?" Alek asked me.

"Pregnant?" Jasmine asked skeptically, but Valentina stopped her before she could question me.

"How long have you been having these dreams?" Valentina questioned.

"This would be the third night." I grumbled, finally feeling strong enough to leave the arms of my protector, for now. Jasmine had turned the light in my room on before taking a seat on the bench at the foot of my bed.

"Could you give us more detail on your dreams?" Jasmine asked.

"Yes, we may not be Dream Readers but we can speculate." Valentina encouraged. I nodded, taking a deep breath while grabbing Alek's hand for strength.

"The first one was a good dream, I think it was after I had done my job as the Uniter. People were practically worshiping me, and I was being carried on a litter, and the outfit I was in remind me a bit too much of a Cleopatra costume." Jasmine chuckled at this. "There were a few people riding on horses in front of me but the only one I recognized was Alek. He just mentioned something about staying with me through all of my lives." I took a deep breath and looked at Valentina, who nodded looking thoughtful.

"What was your next dream about?" Jasmine eventually asked me.

"I was pregnant." I stated. "I was walking and talking to my belly when an assassin came out of no where. I begged for the life of my child but he didn't spare me. He ran me through my stomach with a sword, then he stabbed me in the chest." It took a lot not to tear up when talking about that dream, though I still felt a pang of pain for my unborn dream child.

"Oh my, Chloe that's horrible." Jasmine whispered. Alek sat stiffly beside me, squeezing my hand occasionally for comfort. Valentina eventually nodded before asking me to tell her about my last dream.

"I was in a burning village and there were Mai and Order members all around me fighting each other, but none of them were coming after me. So I just watched the battle until an assassin was sneaking behind Alek's back. He was going to stab Alek, so I stepped in front of the blade and he slit me in half vertically. I just heard Alek screaming after that." I whispered, Alek's eyes were wide when I looked at him.

"Valentina, what do you think they are? Are they like visions of my future or something? Please, let them not be visions of my future!" I looked pleadingly at her, making her give me a soft smile.

"I think Baset is trying to lead you to something." Valentina stated, shrugging her shoulders.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Well I wouldn't know exactly; like I said I am no Dream Reader or a Prophetess. She could be pointing you to the path she wishes for you to take when being The Uniter; or she could be leading you to something a bit more personal."

"So they aren't visions of my future?" I asked.

"I don't think so; but I could be wrong. I just think they are subconscious thoughts brought to life to achieve Baset's goal with your life." Valentina shrugged.

"Wait, what?" I asked confused, making Valentina chuckled.

"I'm sure that you have imagined the ways you will lose your lives or what it will be like when you have finished your destiny. As well as I'm sure you've imagined losing or sacrificing yourself for your friends or family." Valentine explained. "At least your subconscious has, so Baset is using them to create visions to lead you toward a part of your destiny. You have to figure out what she is trying to tell you on your own; or her whole plan is ruined." Valentina finished.

"Alright." I stated nodding that I understood. "This may sound dumb but I don't want to sleep alone."

"Well, I'm sure Alek's bed is open to you again." Valentina smiled ushering Jasmine out of the room.

"Night, Chloe." Jasmine waved.

"Night, Jazz." I replied.

Alek and I sat in an awkward silence before he pulled my hand gently. "Come on." He whispered.

I winced getting out of bed, making Alek look at me oddly. "Stiff from tonight's training." I laughed weakly making Alek smile as he continued to guided me to his room, and pulling me onto his bed. He pulled his covers over both of us and brought me into his arms; we lay like this in silence. I was just drifting off when he spoke.

"Never take a knife for me." He grumbled out.

"It was a sword." I corrected him.

"Never stand between me and any type of weapon, regardless of the situation." Alek clarified.

"Why? I have eight lives Alek. You only have one." I tried explaining my reasons to him.

"Every hour of every one of your lives is more important then my entire existence." He stressed.

"No, its not!" I exclaimed sitting up, so I could give him a disbelieving stare. "If I have a life to spare and you're about to be killed, I will intervene." I narrowed my eyes out him. Alek sat up beside me, his eyes blazing.

"Like hell you will!" He fired back at me. "Why would you cut another one of your lives out for anyone? They're too precious to be wasting! I demand that you-"Alek started ranting at me fiercely. He was making me angry; he needed to shut up! So I made him.

Our lips were sealed together, from them sprouting electricity though my entire body. It took Alek only a moment before he caught onto what was happening. I had my arms wrapped tightly around his neck, my fingers twirling the hair at the nape of his neck around them; just like I had read in those romance novels. He quickly buried his hands through my hair, using my head as leverage to pull me closer. We pulled apart briefly; leaning out foreheads together as we breathed harshly.

"What would any of my lives be without you in them?" I chuckled out breathlessly, not understanding why they came out of my mouth; but they got me the reaction I wanted. Alek slammed his lips back against mine and started to lightly push on my shoulders with his own, making us both lean back; him hovering between my legs. He bite my bottom lip harshly before sucking it into his mouth, I gasped in pain and pleasure? I didn't know I was into biting. He quickly took advantage of my open mouth and began to explore it with his tongue. I stayed still mostly, unsure of what to do as this was my first kiss with tongue; but Alek realized this and took the lead.

He noticed that I wasn't really responding, so he reeled in his animistic nature to gently nudge my tongue into a playful dance. It made me moan as I shyly began to play with him. I moved my hands from around his neck, down his sides and onto his back. There was no fight for dominance in our kiss, like every romance novel said there was; the kiss was dominated by Alek effortless. He moved his one of his hands from hair to cup my neck as he left my lips, making me whimper.

"Now, now, love. I'm not going anywhere." Alek teased, I could feel his smirk on my left cheek, the very corners of our mouths still touching. "Are you?" He asked, I shook my head side to side making out lips brush against each other. "Good." He chuckled before he began kissing down to my jawline, moving until his mouth rested above my pulse point, which he ran his tongue over making me gasp. Alek chuckled deeply before continuing to kiss and suck lightly on my neck. Never staying in one place long enough to leave a hickey; yet he did leave teeth marks on my collar bone. The hand that had been cupping my neck traveled down to my rest on my arm as his lips returned to mine with a quick nip. We continued to kiss deeply; I was loving his taste, it was indescribable. My head was foggy and honestly I don't think I could have told you what my full name was right now. I felt his hand begin to move inward, resting for a moment at my waist before traveling north to cup my right breast.

Suddenly my mind snapped back into focus and a small voice that sounded suspiciously like my mother whispered 'Remember Chloe, never give in to a guy too soon.' I moved my hands to Alek's chest and pushed him slightly. He pulled back immediately in confusion.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"This is moving a little bit too fast. I mean I-I liked it, loved it actually but its just too fast." I rambled my hands flinging themselves in every which direction, making Alek smirk.

"Alright." He shrugged, rolling off of me and opening his arms, "We should probably get some sleep anyway." I smiled gratefully at him before cuddling up to his side and slowly drifting off into a dreamless sleep.

My eyes snapped open as an alarm blared through the room, making me groan and put my head under the covers. I heard a chuckle behind me; so I hit the smug British boy that lay there.

"Time to wake up King." He laughed removing his warm body from my back. I sighed deeply and emerged from my fort of blankets glaring at him before stomping back to my room. I prepared for the day in my bathroom before returning to the bedroom. I quickly got dressed in my the outfit I had picked for myself last night. A grey mildly bubbled skirt that went around my waist with a thick belt and hit my legs mid thigh, paired with an emerald green long sleeve v-neck that I tucked into the skirt. Under the skirt I put on some black lace tights and my knee high winter boots. I paired all this with my favorite leather jacket and threw my hair into a side braid.

Grabbing my book bag I headed into the livingroom where of course the other two Mai were already waiting.

"Took you long enough" Alek teased as we walked out of the condo and to the parking garage, making useless chatter as we got into Alek's sports car and he drove us towards school.

I so didn't think this through. As I stepped out of Alek's Jaguar I could feel the eyes of every person on me. I stayed close to Jasmine and walked quickly to my locker, hating the feelings of shock and jealously I was getting from my empathy hits, as Paul calls them. Then there was the noise.

"Is that Chloe King?"

"With Alek Petrov?"

"... dating..."

"... sleeping together..."

"... whore..."

"... heard she was living with them!..."

"... pregnant..."

"... never thought Alek would sink so low..."

"... lucky bitch..."

"... hate her..."

It was all such a jumbled mess in my mind, then more emotions started hitting me: anger, sorrow, giddiness, superiority. It was all too much. By the end of third period I was sobbing in an unused classroom.

"Chloe?" I heard Jasmine whisper by the door making my head shoot up. I saw her fact crumble as she walked forward and put her arms around me. "Its going to be okay, Chloe. Everything is going to be okay." Jasmine kept whispering to me while she rocked me and I sobbed into her shirt.

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