Chapter Thirty Five

Natalie paced the room furiously as she called and texted John over and over again.. "Damn it!" she yelled angrily as she contemplated throwing her phone against the wall. How could he do this? He was ruining everything and with that she spun and headed to the door. If he was going to do this then she sure as hell was gonna be there too..

"hey.." her uncle Bo said as she nearly crashed into him in the hall, he looked a bit bewildered..

"I dont have time to explain" she said as she went to walk past him but he got in her way..

"natalie whats wrong" he said with concern..

"whats wrong? You wanna know whats wrong" she huffed angrily.."John ok" she continued.."He is about to make the worst decision ever" she could barely contain her emotion, they were suppose to do this together, that was the plan..

"alright just calm down, tell me what happened" Bo said as he put a supportive arm on her..

"I just cant do this right now Bo, I have to go" she huffed as she went to walk past him but seconds later Cris was racing down the hall and over to them..

"whats going on? I heard yelling" he said as he looked at them..

John stood in front of a large iron gate that surrounded the old property. He glanced at the address in hand, he would have to remember to thank Zach for this when everything was said and done, he quickly shoved the paper in his pocket and contemplated scaling the gate when the doors began to open suddenly.. He stared at them suspiciously, apparently who ever was inside knew he was there and that wasnt necessarily a bad thing. Zach wasnt able to give him a name just an address and that was good enough for him but who was inside? He had no idea but he was sure as hell was about to find out..

"He left, where?" Cris said as he looked at Natalie in shock..

"I dont know ok, he just left and if he screws this up for me" she huffed angrily..

"Listen I think we just need to figure this out calmly ok, you said a man called, did you recognize his voice" Bo asked her as she looked at him..

"I never heard his voice before in my life" she said honestly.."But he knows something Bo, he knows something about Victoria" she said with worry..

"Let me see if I can get some voice recognition done on the message" Bo said as Natalie reluctantly handed him the phone..

"we dont have a lot of time Bo" she said with anxiety..

"yeah well we have state of the art technology, so let me see what I can do" Bo said as he began walking past her and Cris and then he stopped.."Just dont go anywhere ok"

"Please just hurry" natalie said quickly as Bo disappeared down the hallway..

"were gonna get to the bottom of this Natalie, we will" Cris said with a supportive smile as he looked at her..

John made his way up to the massive door of the estate. He had no idea who was behind it but his anger was rising as he went to knock but the door opened before he could and with wide unblinking eyes he stared at a face he thought he would never ever see again..

"I need a drink" Natalie said as she walked past Cris and he followed her...

"what can I do to help Natalie, just tell me" Cris said as he walked next to her..

"Yeah well if you could take me to John" she said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes..

"You know I may be able to do something" Cris said as she stopped now and turned to look at him.."I know Bo said not to go anywhere but, you know what nevermind" he shook his head..

"wait, what? If you know something Cris" she said quickly..

"well I might be able to get some information, you know I have contacts" he said quickly..

"contacts?" she said with confusion..

"yeah well your not the only one who doesnt play by the rules" he said nonchalantly..

"then what are we waiting for, lets go" she said with a sudden bit of hope..

John stared at the face before him, for a second he thought he was maybe hallucinating because this couldnt be real, could it?

"well you could say Hello" Evangeline grinned big..

"how are you..." his voice trailed as he looked at her..

"alive? Not split into pieces" she smiled wickedly..He went to lunge at her with all the anger in him but instead of reaching her he was held back by an invisible force.."well thats not very nice" she grinned..

"How the hell did you do that and how the hell are you here" he snapped at her..

"do you really think that you should be taking that tone with me John" she shook her head..John fought against his invisible restraints once more but to no avail, he was completely and utterly powerless.."I swear to god Evangeline if you dont" he snapped at her as she began to laugh..

"Oh come on John you know that god isnt here, hell god isnt anywhere" she laughed at him..

"this isnt real, your not real" he snapped at her, this had to be a trick, someone was fucking with him..

"Oh please John, this coming from someone as yourself, you should know better then that" she rolled her eyes at him once more..

"No your dead, I tore your head off with my own two hands" he yelled at her..

"and I expect an apology for that" she smirked as he once more tried to fight against the restraints he could not see.."you really should calm down" she smiled at him..

"fuck you" he snapped at her and then within seconds an immense pain came crashing down onto his head as he grabbed at it and it quickly took him to his knees as she laughed and laughed..

Natalie looked at Cris as he drove..."who are these contacts cris"

"Oh you know just someone" he said as he continued to drive down the darkened road.."why did you let him get involved anyway" he asked as he looked at the road..

"I really dont want to do this with you Cris" she said quickly..

"No I mean I get it, he's your baby daddy and such" he said quickly..

"its not just that Cris" she sighed, she really didnt want to have this awkward conversation with him..

"Im not judging its just" he began as she looked at him now..

"Its complicated ok" she said with another sigh...

"the guy is bad for you, I said it ok" he said as he looked at her..

"what happened with no judging Cris" she snapped at him...

"You know its his fault that Victoria is missing, his own damn brother doesnt trust him" Cris snapped at her..

"You know what, stop the damn car Cris" she said angrily but he kept driving.."Stop the car" she snapped but when he spun his head over to look at her, she gasped when she saw a pair of bright red eyes looking back at her. She immediately grabbed the door handle and pulled but to no avail..

"I didnt want to have to do this sweetheart" Cris said as she turned to look at him and just as she did something hard slammed into her head as everything went black..

The last thing John remembered was pain coursing through his head and then everything had went black.. He groaned as he blinked open his eyes, his head hurt something awful and it wasnt getting better.. A light above him hang on a short cord illuminating the small wet room that smelt of musk and mold, where the hell was he? He slowly sat up as he tried to look around the room but a groan in the far right corner caught his attention as he saw a darkened figure laying there..

He searched his body for a weapon but there wasnt one in sight and the groan got louder but this time it sounded familiar as he squinted his eyes more and then he caught sight of long red hair and a gasp left his mouth..

"Natalie" he said as he scrambled to his feet in shock and ran over to her as she lay on the ground. He knelt down as he brushed a piece of hair from her face and then he saw the blood coming from the gash on her forehead.."Natalie!" he said again as he quickly pulled off his shirt and pushed it to her bleeding head as she groaned over and over..."Its gonna be ok, do you hear me Natalie, its gonna be ok" he said as he pulled her head into his lap and kept applying pressure to the wound..

Natalie felt cold and damp as her head throbbed and she went to touch it as her hand met cloth and she gasped as the memories came crashing back. Cris had red eyes, he had hit her, knocked her out and with the flood of memories she lashed out, hitting into hard flesh..

"Hey...hey, its me, its John" his voice startled her as she pushed off of him and began to scramble to her feet..

"what the hell is going on, where am i" she said with confusion and fear, her eyes landing on a shirtless John in the dimly lit room..

"Just relax ok" John said quickly as he went to move closer to her but she jumped back some, she didnt know what was real or fake, was she dreaming?"Ok ok...just calm down"

"who are you" she said as her back hit into the cold hard wall..

"Natalie its me...John, you hit your head, your bleeding" he tried to keep his voice calm for her because it was apparent she was about to flip out and that was the last thing they needed right now..

Natalie touched her head and then looked at her blood soaked hand.."Oh my god" she began to hyperventilate as she saw the blood, there was so much blood..

"Natalie" John said quietly now..

"Stay away from me, stay away" she snapped at him as she began to frantically look around the room.."where am I, what is this" she said as she looked left and right, it was an empty basement room, no windows and one door..

"Natalie freaking out isnt going to help anyone" John said as she looked at him now..

"How do I know that your real" she said with a panicked voice.."How do I know any of this is real" she began to breathe heavy...

"Just breathe ok, I wont come closer but you need to relax yourself" John said as she looked over at him...

"No your not here, your not and his eyes, his eyes were red" she began to shake her head..

"i am here, whose eyes were red" he asked...

"No..no...stop messing with my head" she yelled at him as she ran over to a corner and backed herself into it..

"Natalie look at me, im real, your real" John said as he put his hands up in a defeat position.."Im not going to hurt you"

"No stay back" she yelled once more as he stopped walking towards her..

"I can prove it, ask me anything" he said quickly as she just looked at him.."just ask me anything"

"this is a dream, a nightmare, it cant be" she began to say with choked tears...

"we were in your room ok, I listened to the message and I left, I should of never left" He said as he ran his hand through his hair..

"John, is that really you" she said in a voice just above a whisper..All he did was nod his head yes.."Oh god what happened, how did we? How did i" she shook her head as he began walking over to her once more and she swallowed hard now as he got in front of her..

"its not good, Evangeline is back" he said as Natalie's eyes got wide..

"what? How, you killed her" she said with a gasp..

"Natalie what is the last thing you remember" he tried to piece this all together because none of it made sense..

"I was trying to find you and then... and then" she said as she gulped as she looked at him..

"and then what Natalie" John said softly..

"Cris, his eyes...his eyes were red" she barely got the words out as she shivered with the thought..

"thats just fucking great, so someone is fucking with us" John snapped as he spun from her and ran over to the door, pounding on it hard with his fists.."show yourself fucker!" he yelled as Natalie watched on in fear...