That's all for right now folks, I need to focus on finals for the next two weeks. I might get a few more (longer) chapters up. We'll see. For those of you who have finals as well, good luck :)
-Gabs
"Brooke, there's another break in; we need to get there ASAP." Blaire exclaimed heatedly through my cell phone. Distractedly I shot in the sky as I pocketed my cellphone. The only other jewelry shop in town was in the uptown area, near the park, so I wasn't too far away. When I landed beside my sisters, they were already making a plan to investigate the area.
"Brooke can you check inside the shop, see if you can find any clues?" Bridget offered as I made my way up to them. I nodded curtly and made my way inside the shop. Broken glass crunched under my feet as I entered the ransacked shop. The lights flickered like someone had tugged at the lighting sockets. It seemed eerily like one of those horror movies.
I sifted through some of the larger shards of glass for some kind of clues, but there wasn't much to see. Whoever had broken in was good. "Your sisters actually trusted you alone?" I straightened and charged some power in one of my hands as I glanced over my shoulder. The voice seemed familiar. Impossible. Boomer stepped out from the shadows. The contours of his face appeared sinister in the flickering lights. "You like my handy work? I guess you can say I'm one for a dramatic atmosphere." He gestured to the room, and it seemed to send a chill up my spine.
"Boomer?" I gasped, the power in my hand flickering out. A wicked smile crossed the blondes face as he offered himself to me, his arms spread out.
"The one and only doll face. You really thought I had changed, for you, of all people." He charged a power ball and shot it at me. Before I could react I was sent flying backwards into a pile of glass. I felt the shards dig deep into my forearms, but I bit back a yelp as my face darkened. "Next time, watch your back before you leave in the hands of the enemy." Boomer kicked debris out of his path as he made his way towards me. He was moving unnaturally fast.
"You tricked me you-" I snapped as I tried to sit up, but Boomer was too quick. He grabbed me harshly by the shoulders and shoved me back into the shards of glass. They dug deeper into my forearms and I begged that the pain I was feeling didn't reflect on my face.
"Ah, watch your tongue doll. You don't want to ruin that perfect act of yours." I fidgeted under his grip, he was stronger than I had thought, even for a Rowdy. "You and your sisters need to learn a lesson about meddling in the affairs of us villains." Before I could register what was happening, Boomer charged his hands with his powers. Pain cut through me like a knife, leaving me breathless when he finally released my arms. I ignored the smell of burning flesh, which I knew all too well was my own. My vision blurred and dulled around the edges, as I tried to sit up.
"I trusted you," I hissed through my teeth. Boomer smirked crookedly, his cerulean eyes had since gone dark, nearly black. He bent down so that his nose was inches from mine, the smell of blood wafted off him. I shuddered, I didn't want to know whose blood he had spilt.
"I know you did, and doesn't that just make you feel horrible. You've put a lot of people in danger, the town, your sisters, but I'd worried about yourself." Boomer knit his fingers through my hair and smashed my head into the glass. He did this several times until I finally let a scream escape me. "Not so tough now are you doll?" He delivered a swift kick to my gut and I groaned. I tried to wipe some of the blood that had begun running down the side of my face. "I wouldn't go telling anyone that it was the Rowdy's you saw here today, otherwise your sisters are next." He delivered one last kick to the side of my head, and that was the last thing I remembered before everything went black.