Chapter 3: Unusual you
okay, sorry it took so long, life gets in the way. Please review! *heart* you guys!
"Well, I'm Anna. This is obviously my house. And I'm not a telepath. My gift is envelopment. I experience moments in people lives secondhand, like a vision, only it's much more personal. I can see their perspective, and I hear everything that's happening in crystal clear detail. I can only describe it as watching a movie clip in super HD. I never know when the visions are coming, but usually I have enough time to sit down before I slip into it, and then I just snap out of it. The details are so crisp it's like experiencing the moment myself."
"That's great. Fucking great. How many other assholes out there can get into my head like you can?"
"I've only ever known of one," she said looking pointedly at the floor "but he won't be a problem for you. Ever." Anna looked at Wade and he smirked and huffed at her.
"The author was trying to get you to look of into the middle distance with a melancholy sadness, but you just weren't having it." He raised his eyebrows at her. "So tell me, this other- just guessing- a lover or a brother?"
Although his face was completely covered by the mask he wore, she could see the mock concerned expression. It was as if the mask was just as expressive as a normal face despite its lack of features. She wanted to punch him, but found herself stifling a giggle instead. Not quite sure this wasn't a dream, she found herself very intrigued by the man who she ought to fear.
"He was my twin. My brother. When we were little we were inseparable, there was nothing that could tear us apart. We had the same friends, the same interests. Our mother loved our bond, seeing us thrive together was everything she wanted. But our father thought differently. He said that we were two separate people who needed to be individuals. He said our relationship was unhealthy. He even accused us of having some gross sexual obsession with each other."
"Wow I thought I was messed up. This takes daddy issues to a whole new level. I can help you fix those."
"Okay take it down a notch before I shut this down for the night."
{We can definitely shut that down. For three days!}
[It's not gonna happen.]
"Don't give up on me yet boys!" Wade whispered to himself. He stopped to look at Anna realizing that had she understood the previous conversation she probably would have protested or slapped him or both.
"So you talk to them out loud? Whitey and Yellow, I mean. It's just strange now that I only hear one-third of the conversation."
"Yea. I do. So what's the deal with your brother?"
"I was afraid you'd ask... anyway, his name was Alexander. Alex. Long story short, my dad convinced my mom thay the only way we would ever have normal productive lives would be if we learned to rely on ourselves and not each other. So they sent us to separate boarding schools, no communication, nothing. The only time I saw my brother after the age of 11 was during Christmas leave. Even then dad kept us apart. When we were sixteen we received a notice that my brother went missing. Of course, being as his school was in England, by the time my parents arrived the police told them that he had run off and aside from posting information on TV and putting his picture everywhere there really wasn't much they could do. It's been 12 years and there's been no sign of him. I figure my father had him killed. I tried to focus on him and force the vision to come, but I could never find him. If he was alive, I'd know."