Nothing belongs to me.
LXXVIII: Abandoned
The second Tory entered her apartment, she sensed something wrong. Though nothing appeared to be different, she could feel it – a disturbance. What kind of disturbance though, she didn't know, not until she entered the kitchen and found it sitting at her breakfast table.
Instinctively, Tory seized a knife from the counter; she wouldn't hesitate to use it, if needed.
"Who are you and how did you get into my home?"
The intruder only smiled chestershirely. She didn't look like a burglar, or a criminal, at that. She must've been about her age, seventeen or eighteen.
But Tory wasn't fooled that easily – or reassured.
"I said, 'Who are you?' What are you doing here? And what do you want?"
The girl's sapphirine eyes twinkled. "Relax, Taurus."
Her grip on the knife lessened. Tory had never told anyone her full name. "H-how do you know – no! Stay back!" She stumbled backwards, staring fearfully at the pretty girl sitting. "I'm warning you!" she screamed, brandishing the weapon with newfound vigor.
The knife was wrenched from he hands suddenly by an invisible force, and it fell with a clatter on the floor.
Tory gazed at the fallen knife and then at the trespasser. "W-why are you here?"
"To answer all your questions."
"Oh?" said Tory distractedly, reaching backwards for another kitchen utensil, her eyes never leaving the stranger.
"Yeah." The girl's grin broadened, and she continued, "Like why you could always do things like this…"
The knife on the floor quivered slightly and rose upwards, suspended in midair.
Tory blanched, the rolling pin slipping from her trembling hands. "How – ?"
"And then," interrupted the girl, "there's the subject of your murky past and…"
Tory's eyes flickered back onto the stranger.
"…your mother…"
"My mother abandoned me when I was a baby."
The girl threw her wavy brown hair back; her smile had faltered at last. "You seem quite sure." she whispered finally.
"Of course!" said Tory bitingly. "What other explanation could there be as to why I was found randomly on a doorstep?"
The airborne blade fell once more, and the girl once again smiled her mysterious smile. "Come with me, and I'll tell you."