Sadly I do not own CHLOE KING, this story is purely my own twist on an already amazing series.

I must have received over seventy messages from Amy in the last few days. Each message was more alarming than the other.

Amy 5:06pm: "Please tell me that you are fine?"

Amy 6:10pm: "Are you ok? Any sign will do…"

Amy 6:35pm: "You had better be out of battery! Charge your phone!…Are you ok?"

Amy 6:38pm: "This is getting ridiculous…please don't be dead in some alleyway with crack whores stealing your stuff….call me!"

Amy: 1:40am: "Please be safe"

Amy 7:20am: "Your mom just called, I said you were in the shower! Call me."

Amy 9:10am: "CALL ME!"

"You should stop reading those messages." Aleks comforting hand took mine and gave it a slight squeeze. "It's just making you even more nervous."

"Amy's just worried, and Moms been trying to get in contact. I can't wait to see what excuse I come up with for this weekends disappearance." Looking down at our joined hands I gave a slight smile. Despite the impending doom, which I am sure is awaiting my return in the mask of my mother; it was nice to just spend a few more moments alone with Alek.

"You're going to have to keep your goo-goo eyes to yourself when we get back." Well almost completely alone. Jasmines motorcycle wouldn't start, so she was sitting in the back seat. Arms crossed and scowling. "I don't think Valentina is going to be very pleased."

"Well it's a good thing that Valentina doesn't have a say in the matter." Alek responded narrowing his eyes at Jasmine in the rear view mirror.

"Why wouldn't she be pleased?" I asked turning to face Jasmine. "Mai and Mai is a good combination...right?" Jasmine sighed.

"Because both of your safety is now compromised. She'll most likely keep you two separate, so you won't do anything stupid." Jasmine quickly glanced at Alek.

I know what she was getting at. Jasmine thinks that by us two exploring what ever this thing is between us, will most likely lead to one of us getting killed. I almost shuddered at the thought of Alek's face after the Jackals attacked us. There was no possible response. If it came down to it, I would give up my lives for Alek, just like I would to save any person I cared about.

"I don't think we need to talk about this right now, Jasmine" Alek mentioned before turning on the radio. I got the feeling that there was something I was missing, but I let it go.

…

I called Mom when we pulled over to fill up the car. She wasn't pleased in the least.

"So I'm assuming you're tv and phone privileges grounded, again?" Alek asked as he handed me a gas station coffee.

"More like locked in the basement with no contact with the outside world for the rest of my life, kind of grounded." I was looking at the ground. "Goodbye life and after I just seemed to get one." Alek chuckled slightly. He kissed me softly on the forehead.

"Come on you two, we have to keep moving." Jasmine called from the car. I must have fallen asleep somewhere between the gas station and crossing the border. Alek and Jasmine were speaking in soft whispers in the front seats. Trying not to move and keep my breathing even, I reached out my supersonic hearing to listen. I know, I know, eavesdropping is bad. And one day I'll hear something that I don't like, but I'm pretty sure that if caught I would be awarded for embracing my Mai powers… I'm just saying.

"Something isn't right." Jasmine was saying lowering her voice.

"More like it doesn't make any sense. Why would Valentina be compromising the lives of the Mai like that?" Alek was using his concerned tone.

"I'm not sure." Jasmine paused. "There is something incredibly unsettling about this whole situation."

"I've got the same feeling." Alek admitted slowly.

…

Their voices slowly drifted away and I awoke on a hill surrounded by burning grass. I stood up turning in circles, looking for an escape. There was none. Through the flames I saw the remnants of a city, crumbling to pieces as I watched. In the distance the Golden Gate Bridge was no longer standing, but falling apart into the polluted water. My attention became averted by the shouts and screams of Alek on the other side of the circle of flames. He was kneeling in the singed grass, tears streaming down his face. Why couldn't he get to me? But Alek wasn't looking at me, we was looking down at the body lying in his arms. As I tried to move closer the heat of the flames almost became unbearable. The hooded figure was standing over him now, with one clawed hand resting on his shoulder. I started to run towards him, but the ground began to shake. As the earth was split in two, I fell into the darkness.

…

"Chloe! Chloe!" I was jolted back into reality. Jasmine and Alek were standing over me.

"Yoooouuu…cacaan..sstttooop..shaaakiing meeee" I stammered, trying to push Aleks arms off of me.

"What the hell just happened?" Jasmine was furrowing her brows, looking at Alek with a panicked expression.

"It has happened before." I said trying to sit up.

"You…were dead" Jasmine exclaimed. "You just started convulsing and then you weren't breathing.." A tear escaped from he eye.

"I thought the first time, you might have just slipped and knocked your head…but Chloe what is going on?" Alek's was resting his hand behind my head, helping me up into a seated position. He began to check my head for any signs of damage.

"I keep on having these flashes." I began slowly. "Of San Francisco in flames." The cousins weren't saying anything, and I couldn't bring myself to look at either of them, so I continued. "There is this hooded figure, that has been warning me that I will die. Like really dying…for good." Alek shot a worried gaze to Jasmine. "I think it's just my nerves, finding their way into my dreams." I piped in trying to relax the mood. Alek shook his head.

"What else do you remember?" Jasmine asked.

"It's all kind of a blur" I hope that none of them have a lie detector hardwired into their abilities. I tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.

"You're lying" Shit!

"No…No, I'm not." I tried to keep my voice even as I stared at Alek for his accusation.

"You always play with your hair when you are lying." He admitted. Ahhh Double shit! I sighed.

"I think we should let her be for a while Alek." Jasmine turned her attention towards her cousin. "Chloe will tell us when she needs to." She gave me a slight smile. Alek helped me back into the car. They had pulled over on a suburban street, about three blocks from my house. In the distance I could see the hill that I had just been standing on. My breath caught in my throat.

"I can probably walk from here. No need to add greater suspicion to my disappearance this weekend." Jasmine nodded.

"Ill walk with you." Alek said grabbing a hold of my hand and pulling me out of the car.

"It's ok, I know my way." I tried to joke but, he wasn't going to take no for an answer. "Fine" I said with dismay, he was going full frontal concern on my ass.

"Ill see you tomorrow then." Jasmine said climbing back into Alek's car. "Valentina's eight am."

"You know I can always pop over there now." I suggested putting my other hand on the car door handle.

"No way King." Alek pulled my hand away. "You're mine tonight."

"Gross" Jasmine muttered under her breath as she drove off. Crapidy, crap, crap, crap. Alek was giving me his 'explain yourself' expression. It was going to be a long night.