Chapter 38: Chapter 38

"Oh come on now. Who are you looking for?" I heard making me snap my head to right.

"Your friends? They knew what was best for them and ran away some minutes ago. Just come along." The man said and waved me off.

"Shut up." I said and he frowned throwing me a slap across the face.

I fell to the ground yet I still clutched the wrapped pictures in my hand.

"Boss said he wanted her alive." Someone said in gruff voice.

I looked up at him feeling a metallic taste in my mouth. He looked down at me and I glared.

"So? He never said she had to be complete." He replied pushing the first man away.

He raised his head to give me a kick and I closed my eyes to embrace the impact.

"STOP!" I heard suddenly and the kick never came. I heard shuffling and then people greeted saying "Boss."

I peered one eyes open and then the second one at the man crouching in front of me. I shifted a little to the back involuntarily.

"Hi there. Don't worry, you'll be safe soon." He said rubbing my hair which I moved back to move his hands off it.

His breath smelled like cigarettes and his teeth were yellow and dirty. I held my breath to not smell the foul breath coming out of it which failed miserably when I released my breath.

A scab of already healed yet scarred injury drew from underneath his eyes down to his lips making him look more horrifying.

"Bring her back to the base." He said and turned around.

Immediately, a man held my upper arm and another held the other one. Even if Elena and Dolores had gone to look for help, they should be back by now.

But I still had to have faith and believe. And so, I slipped off my sandals once we were at an alleyway.

"Drop her." The man that slapped me said and immediately my knees hit the ground harshly causing me to hiss.

"Why did you ask your men to drop her?" The man they called Boss asked.

"I want to play with her a little." He said giving me a stomach churning smile and a sick smirk.

I was dead. I knew it.

"Play with her?" He asked and his eyes moved to mine for a brief second before he looked back at the man.

Please, say no. You seem nice. Just say no.

"Alright then." He said and my heart dropped to my stomach.

"Just not too much." He added walking off.

I saw him pull out a pack and then a cigarette before my vision was blocked by legs in black pants.

I looked up at the man that was smiling at me just now and shivered. No,no no.

Does no one pass by here?!

"Chris would kill you if he finds out what you're doing to me." I said and he looked at me for a while before he threw his head back and laughed.

The other joined in his laughter except the man that was still smoking. I looked around them as they taunted me.

"You'll die here like you should have 18 years ago." I heard from behind me. A voice I knew too well. A voice that haunted me till this day.

"I won't die here. I would be saved. I can't die like this. You'll see." I said with a smirk and then the voice laughed.

"And you're not even real. You're dead! Go away from me! Enough is enough!" I yelled and then I heard nothing again. I smiled giving myself a pat on the back.

"Bind her. Let's return." The man with the scar said after one long drag.

The man grumbled and then reached out to man beside him. He collected something that I now recognized to be a rope. He grinned at me and bent down to my level.

He binded my hands tight and I realized someone had done the same to my leg. I blinked my eyes feeling something tingle my neck as I dropped the pictures that were still miraculously in my hand.

"Chris." I whispered and then I was being dragged.

I didn't know what I was injected with but I knew I felt weak. Weak as hell. I couldn't even open my own mouth to just let out air.

"Drag her now. Let's go." The man with the scar said again and walked to the mini van. I don't know why people like Mini Vans when they kidnap people.

This bastards did as well. Goodness.

"What's wrong with you?" I heard after he had closed the front door to the van.

"Get up!" The same voice said and then I heard a thud.

I slipped back out of the man's grip and frowned at the sight of a man on the ground. Soon, I saw a flash of red and then another was on the ground.

"Hello." I heard a female's from behind me.

I recognized it. The man that went into the van was already out as well.

I said nothing and I only stared at nothing with half closed eyelids.

"Duck!" She yelled and I tried to do what she said but unfortunately I couldn't.

I felt my head pushed into the ground and a familiar scent was whipped into my nose. The scent of blood.

Soon, more men came was though they had planned this out. Yeah, no shit.

I watched Dolores shift into her auburn wolf and then I saw another wolf beside her. Almost her size, just bigger.

Someone nuzzled me and I blinked breathing heavily. A familiar scent rushed to my nose yet again. I found every strength left in me and turned my head a little.

A familiar looking black wolf with red eyes was staring back at me and I couldn't help the smile that pulled itself unto my lips.

'Hey.' I heard in my mind.

Oh that right. The mind link!

'Hi. Oh my God... You have...' I stopped breathing heavily and I couldn't form any words anymore.

'I'll get you safe. I promise. Now close your eyes and count to 100 for me.' He said and I raised a finger to tell him I had heard him.

I closed my eyes and felt myself being slipped more into the darkness. I didn't want to faint. And so I opened my eyes and breathed through my mouth watching these bastards fight my mate.

Chris had a man's neck between his teeth as he tore it away from his body with an ear piercing scream tore itself away from the man's throat.

After give men had been killed by Chris, I saw that more men were still coming and my consciousness was now little to nothing.

I saw Xerxes grabbed in one arm and then another. Soon, Dolores, Elena, Mike and Antonio were now held.

No one was fighting again. I saw the man that had slapped me slip out a knife and flashed it in front of Chris who struggled to get out of about 10 men grip.

He slowly took the knife close to Chris while I watched in agony of what was about to happen.

No. No. No. No. No. No. Don't do it... Please.

I heard a growl suddenly and I felt tears rip itself from my throat. I opened my eyes to an open gash on his stomach and I felt a feeling.

It started from my heart and spread to my body to the tip of my fingers before I could stop it. My eyes were solely trained on the gash on his chest that blood was now pouring out of.

My anger rose as the blood fell to the ground. I pushed myself up feeling this weird profound courage and strength as I heaved heavily.

Everyone's eyes was now trained on me and I glared at them feeling that anger like never before. I yelled out in horror when someone came near me with the same knife. I stretched my hand forward and the knife was in my hands now.

"Focus. Just focus on who you want to use it on." I heard and then I stood up glaring at the man. I threw the knife making sure the sharp edge was facing him and the next thing I knew, the knife was embedded into his chest right where his heart was supposed to be.

I crawled to him and smiled. I removed the knife and he spluttered choking on his own blood.

I used the bloodied knife to cut through my binds before I lowered my lips to his ears.

"That's for the huge gash on my mate's chest and this..." I stabbed his stomach "is for slapping me earlier."

I smirked at him as he glanced at me in horror before life slowly left his eyes. I cracked my neck standing up.

"Now to use your power, I need you to imagine yourself in- your happiest moment." I heard again.

I stared at Chris's now human form as he stared at back at me in pure shock. The same way Elena, Dolores, Mike and Antonio were staring at me.

I took a deep breath releasing it as I imagined myself in my happiest moments. They were not one... It was all the time I spent with Chris.

I felt something bubble inside my chest and when I opened my eyes, I spread my hand and suddenly there were replicas of the knife in my hand.

"Now direct that happiness and shoot the knife. Careful enough not to hit the ones you want to save."

I grinned at Chris and the knife shot out of my hand. Some embedded itself in feet, some in hand, some chests, some eyes and the most brutal of all, the head.

Soon, all the men had fallen to the ground right when the sun set. I took a deep breath and released it.

"That's my girl. Very good. See you soon." I heard the same voice that had been instructing me on how to use whatever that was just now.

"Belle!" I heard and as I looked up, my body finally gave in and I fell to the ground. Someone caught me before my head hit the ground and I succumbed to darkness.

"Who knows what happened?" was the first thing I heard.

"I don't know. I heard she was shooting fireballs from her hands." Someone replied.

"Fireballs? That's so stupid." Someone said and I heard a smack on the head.

"Ow! What did you do that for?!"

My brows furrowed as I moved away from the voices. I soon saw Elena, eyes closed aitting on a couch and her hand was still under her tummy that was now slightly bigger than the last time I saw it.

Her head was on Antonio's shoulders whose eyes was on her stomach as he tapped his fingers on her stomach.

I smiled at them and walked away. Soon, I saw Dolores eyes all swollen and Mike's own too as well.

What happened? I wanted to ask but my voice wouldn't come out or they couldn't hear me. Soon someone opened the door and the four of them jumped up. I turned my head to where they were all looking to him.

Christopher. The man of my dreams.

"How is she?" Dolores asked with a quiver to her voice.

"Same as before." Chris replied dejectedly and I frowned at them.

Dolores broke down into tears again and Mike pulled her into his embrace as she bawled into his chest.

I saw a tear roll down Elena's face as she sighed. She took a deep breath perhaps trying not to cry.

"Guys don't cry, I'm right here." I said.

They didn't look at me no matter what I did. I crouched down in front of Chris trying to hold his hand. To at least let him know I'm right here.

I couldn't hold it. I frantically walked away and tried to touch Elena, still the same story. I went to Dolores, it was still the same.

Chris then stood up and walked out of the door slamming it. Antonio kissed Elena's forehead and walked out. Dolores went to sit by Elena and Mike followed Antonio.

"Let's go and see her." Elena said.

"See who? I'm right here guys. Look at me." I said and Dolores nodded her head.

They stood up and walked out the way Chris, Antonio and Mike had.

"But... I'm standing here. Can't you guys see me?" I said almost crying.

"They can't see you." I heard and I turned my head.

The whole place turned white in a second. No chair, no door, no ground... No nothing. It was like I was floating yet I was standing.

"Where is this place? Where am I?" I asked the older woman in front of me.

"Calm down my dear." She said and instantly I felt calm.

" There are some people who wants to meet you. That's why I brought you here." She continued.

"Meet me? Who?" I asked in confusion.

She only gestured towards behind me and I turned my head to see two figures approaching.

I squinted my eyes to get a clearer view of them. It was a man and a woman.

The man had golden yellow hair just like mine and the woman had black hair that cascaded down to her waist. I knew them.

How could I not? They looked so much like me and Matilda.

I ran to them before they could even reach me. They ran and we met midway. She cupped her cheeks looking at me with tears in my eyes.

"Mom?" I cracked and she nodded her head letting the tears fall.

"Dad?" I called turning to the man beside her.

"Hola!" He called and chuckled.

I hugged them both at once opening my hands wide as tears rushed down my tears. They hugged me back in no time.

"I missed you guys so much." I said laughing and crying at the same time.

"I know... I know... We missed you too. And Matilda. How is my little baby?" She asked.

"Oh she's fine. Even she's old, she says she's going to go to school." I answered breaking the hug.

"Oh please. She's never too old for school." Dad replied chuckling.

"Yeah well." I said rolling my eyes.

"You're so grown up." Mum said cupping my cheek again.

I raised my hand up and held her hand.

"I know. I don't look like your little girl again, do I?" I asked tilting my head.

"You'll always be our little girl." Mum replied.

"How is Christopher?" Dad asked and I blinked at him before a smile broke out on my face.

"Ay, look at that smile. She's so in love." Mum said with a smile on her face.

"I never said I approved of him." Dad replied folding his arm.

"I brought him to you the other day." I retorted.

He said nothing and only rolled his eyes. I chuckled and laughed.

"As much as I would like for you to catch up, we're running out of time." The older woman from earlier said.

"Right. Come here dear." Mum said and we all made our way to a chair that had miraculously appeared.

I took a seat there and then looked at my parents. Mum glanced at Dad and Dad did the same.

They turned to look at me and I blinked at them.

"Baby, I want you to listen to me carefully." Mum started and I nodded my head.

"Do you remember when you were captured and all that controlling a thousand of knives without using your hand?" She continued.

"Yeah, was that real?"

"Very."

"But how?" I asked looking at both Dad and Mum.

"Cause I'm a witch." She said and I blinked at her before I laughed.

"You guys aren't laughing." I stated looking at the both of them.

"That's cause your mother isn't joking."

"So I'm a witch?" I asked.

Mum nodded her head. "And Mat?" Another nod.

"But- how... I mean how is that possible?" I asked.

Mum took a deep breath and then she sighed.

"It's my fault." She said and Dad shook his head negative.

"You were trying to protect them. And you did. You protected them successfully. So don't beat yourself up over this." Dad said grabbing her shoulder.

She sighed and the looked at me taking my hand in hers.

"I sealed away your powers the moment I have birth to you. Same as Matilda. I wanted to keep you away from that world. I left it a long time ago to marry your father." She said and took his hand.

"After some years, they started coming... Asking me to come back. And the next thing I knew, they sent someone to kill us. The whole family. I'm very grateful you and your sister made it out." She concluded.

"Time's up." We heard from behind us.

"Hold on, no wait... I have said what I want to say. Please..." I said turning back to my parents.

They soon began to fade.

"We love you."

"I love you too!" I yelled before they could fade entirely.

They gave me a smile and then turned around holding each other and then they vanished.

"Go on now, dear. They need you." I heard from behind me.

"What?" I asked cleaning my eyes.

"Chris needs you. He needs you by his side. Now go on child. You know you want to be by him." She said cleaning my eyes.

"Where do I go?" I asked getting up.

"Through that door." She said pointing at another door different from the ones my parents came from.

"Thank you." I said sincerely and she smiled at me.

"You're welcome." She replied.

I nodded my head and took a deep breath walking out of the door. My eyes was blinded by the bright light in the room I just entered as I squeezed my eyes shut. I opened my eyes to a white ceiling with a gasp.