CHAPTER 55: "Just Come With Me."

"B-but how?! Nobody loves me! All because of a couple of flaws and a some other crap!" I sputtered.

"Somewhere out there, somebody loves you dearly. They're watching out for you . . . they're wishing that you were there with them . . . they're looking for you." Teresa replied calmly.

"Oh, yes, yes! In fact, several plants are looking for me, so that they can kill me! Yes, how lovely indeed!" I huffed sarcastically.

But before Teresa could use one of her calm sayings as a rebuttal, I felt myself being swept up in a tornado of grey. I yelped in surprise as the tornado started spinning faster and faster . . .

. . . until I landed on what looked like Spadina road. In front of me stood two plants that I never wanted to see again.

"Elias, did you do this?" I spluttered.

"Peater really needed to talk to you, Elyssia. I just wanted to make him happy . . ." Elias mumbled.

"Okay . . . what was that all about if you had to make me cross the international date line just so that you could talk to me?" I demanded, giving Peater an unsympathetic look.

"Elyssia, I know about your nightmares, and I just want to fix that." he began.

"Okay . . . meaning what?" I grumbled.

"I tried to prevent you from having those nightmares, but . . . it didn't work. I know because I feel a hanging evil in your soul." Peater replied.

"So . . . I need you to come with me. Together we can overcome this."

I rolled my eyes. "Sure . . . in your wildest dreams!" I scoffed.

"Elyssia . . . listen to me." Peater whispered, holding both of my leaves tightly. I experienced a tight bit of pain in my head, which subsided shortly after he let go. "We can do this. Just come with me. Please." he murmured.

"I'll be there for you . . . always. Every step of the way. Just come with me, please." "No!" I snapped, with a lot more force than intended.

Peater recoiled in fear, and Elias put a leaf on his shoulder. Realizing what I had done, I bowed my head.

"I'm sorry, Peater. I just . . . don't think I'm ready. I just . . . need some alone time, you know?" I whispered.

"It's fine. Just gimme a shout when you're ready." Peater replied with a wry grin on his face.

With a little nod, I was spinning back into Teresa's office.

"Where were you, Elyssia? You just randomly disappeared out of my office!" she shrieked.

"Teresa . . . it's fine. I just need to . . . go and rest." I mumbled before I stumbled out of the office and into my room.

I looked around and sighed. I had no idea how long I wanted to wait before letting him take me again. I also had no idea how long he was willing to wait before . . . nah, I'm not gonna think about it. Peater does care about me, even if it didn't seem like it.

FOUR WEEKS LATER . . .

I woke up early one Saturday morning and sighed. Another lonely day. Loneliness that no psychiatrist could figure out was eating me up from the inside out. I only drank water and ate a few crackers. I was depressed, and I couldn't figure out why.

"What is happening to me?" I sobbed as I hugged my pillow and looked at the two pieces of jewellery that I hadn't worn in four miserable weeks.

First, I slowly picked up the silver necklace and held it close to my heart. I could feel an odd tingling spread through my body from holding the necklace. Finally, I put it around my neck, before examining the gold pin that Peater gave me before we battled the zombies in Nathan Phillips Square, which was a crazy long time ago now. I tucked it into my crystals, before looking out the window, and wondering where he was.

"Psssst!"

I heard someone hiss from behind me. I turned around, and saw Peater and Elias.

"Oh, goodness!" I shrieked as I pulled them both into a hug.

I then pulled away abruptly, with a confused look on my face.

"How did you find me here?" I asked.

"We have our ways, Elyssia." Elias answered simply.

"H-hold on!" I sputtered, before I collapsed into fits of laughter.

"This . . . this is a girls' home! How'd you get in here without setting off an alarm?"

Peater smirked for a bit, before his expression became serious.

"I came here to ask if you were . . . ready to come with me." he whispered.

I looked into his eyes, before I launched myself onto him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Oh, yes . . . I'm coming with you, Peater. I'm coming." I cried as I hugged him tightly, tears of joy coursing down my cheeks. Elias tapped my shoulder, causing me to pull away.

"What happened?" I asked.

"The zombies have been sinking into some sort of hibernation in the winter months. But now . . . look what they've done in Markham!" Elias answered.

With that, he pulled out a newspaper that read La Libre Plante along the top, with a headline that screamed:

1036 Plants Killed In Markham Zombie Attack!

I gasped, and hatred towards Zomboss filled me up.

"N-no . . . this is way too close! We need to do something about this!" I gasped.

"And that's what we're about to do, Elyssia. Say . . . what would you think about a rebellion?" Elias suggested.

My eyes lit up.
"Zomboss' main base is in Toronto, considering that it's the capital of Ontario. So, maybe, if we drive the zombies out of Toronto, we can drive the zombies out of Ontario!" I exclaimed.

"Good idea, Elyssia. But to get that started, we need to go somewhere!" Peater replied.

"Where would that be?" I asked, curious about this new plan.

"That place would be the none other than Toronto Eaton Center, dear." Elias answered with a wink. I tilted my head to the side and bit my lip.

"This will be interesting . . ."