Chapter 66: Chapter 66

MYSTIC HOLLOW

Homicide

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BY NAOMI INNOCENT

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CHAPTER 66

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"Laura... " Bonnie called her name as she stopped, they were already in Bloomspring and were walking to her grandma's house.

"Yes, Bonnie?" She asked squatting beside her.

"Will everyone be ok? Will things get back to normal? Will Mystic Hollow be that happy town I once knew?" Bonnie asked as the tears formed in Laura's eyes.

"It will... Of course. Everything's gonna be ok" Laura assured while wiping her tears.

"I don't know, but I think how the situation of things is going, Mystic Hollow might be one chaotic land. Filled with deaths, sorrows, and anguish" Bonne said sadly as a flicker of tears dropped from her eyes.

"It's ok now, come on, let's go. Grandma would be waiting for us" Laura said carrying her up as she rested her head on her shoulders.

She walked till she got to her grandparents' doorstep. She was about to knock as the door flung open.

"You're here," Grandma said hugging them as she carried Bonnie from her.

"How are you doing little angel?" Grandma asked patting her back as she kept mute but just rested her head on grandma's shoulders.

"Tell Peter that, I love him," Bonnie said as Laura gave a faux smile and nodded.

"And he loves you too," Laura said.

"I wished he could say that by himself," Bonnie said as she curled her hands around grandma's neck which she has grown fond of.

"Goodbye Bonnie, goodbye grandma," Laura said waving them as they waved back.

Edward came out of the house as she nodded to Grandma indicating he needed some privacy with Laura.

Grandma nodded and went inside the house with Bonnie.

"Send my love to grandpa," Laura said to her not knowing if she heard or not.

"You're still here," Laura said placing her hands in her jeans pocket.

"Yh, how would you expect me to go back to Mystic Hollow. The whole place is chaotic. I've been watching the madness displayed by Emily Bellos. That woman is a witch" Edward said as Laura shrugged turning back to leave.

"Wait, you're leaving?" Edward asked perplexed.

"Of course! Why would I stay when my town and people are in danger? If we don't man up and fight, who will?" Laura asked as Edward breathed down.

"You're not gonna kill yourself because of some silly town, are you?" He asked feigning annoyance.

"Edward... " she said walking very close to him as she whispered something to his ear even though they were just the only ones outside.

"I'm not a coward. Mystic Hollow is my home and if I'm gonna die protecting it, so be it. Just take Care of the little girl for me" she said referring to Bonnie as the little girl before she finally left.

Edward stood there watching her leave, not knowing what to say or do. He knew his parents would be so ashamed of him. His sister is doing what he was supposed to do.

But to him, dying is not an option, she was just being stupid. Why are the police there? If they can't handle it anymore, they should get the FBI. It was as simple as that.

*. *.

The Mayor watched on the TV as Emily destroyed the mall with her allies.

"This is bad, this woman is destroying all I've worked for!" Frederick said angrily as Liam stood beside him, watching the TV too.

"What are we to do now?" He asked without getting any response from Mayor as Frederick dialed a number and the receiver took at the third ring.

# "Mr. Brohms?" Frederick said angrily as the receiver chuckled.

#"So that's how you'll address your father-in-law with his last name? What has gotten into you Frederick, you used to be my favorite boy" Mr. Brohms, Emily's dad said.

#"Not anymore Mr. Brohms, I grew up. That's by the way, without wasting much time because I have no time for exchanging pleasantries, I wanna lay a complaint about your daughter, Emily" Frederick said and sighed.

#" Emily? What is she up to this time? Is it some family matter?" Mr. Brohms asked.

#" Come on Brohms, don't act as if you've not been listening to the news about all that has been going in Mystic Hollow. I know you have spies all over here" Frederic yelled at him as he gave an annoying chuckle

#" "Don't call me if it has to do with Mystic Hollow, it's your town now, you're the mayor. Your dad wanted the mantle of mayorship so bad that we made him. I've long retired from being a council member in Mystic Hollow, it's your town now. So do whatever you wanna do with it" Mr. Brohms said making Frederick angrier.

# "You know what? I regretted everything that happened. If only I pressured hard and disagreed. I'm so ashamed of myself. And at least, I'm not as scared as you are. Hiding in Mexico because of fear of your town" Frederick said.

# "Send my love to my daughter and...

#" You know she hates you now. When Sarah died, you never came or send your condolences" He said.

#" I never liked Sarah. She's not the grandchild I had ever wanted. Seriously, who would want a mute for a child?" With that, Mr. Brohms ended the call, making Frederick yell in agony.

He threw his phone at the TV as he scratched his hair.

"My world is tearing apart" he muttered lowly to himself

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"Can I... Can I touch you..?" Elena stuttered as Sarah smiled.

Sarah walked up to her and hugged her.

"I've always wanted to do this Elena. You know I liked you. Because when others thought I was a psycho, you believed in me" Sarah said as Elena bat her lashes.

"Wow, this is outrageous. How come you can talk now and back in 2023, you couldn't?" Elena asked as lots of questions flooded her mind.

"I could talk all along. But decided to keep mute because of what I was going through. Seeing the deaths, anguish, and agony of people was a lot to take in. I couldn't bring myself to say anything because I was so scared" Sarah said as she held her ribs.

She staggered as Elena rushed her from falling, then she saw the black blood dripping from a decayed wound.

"What happened to you? We have to take you somewhere you can get help" Elena said panicking as they walked away from the lake.

Walking down the streets, they saw lots of cars, buildings, furniture, and humans, all burning.

"You know I've been here, for weeks now, trying to decipher why Mystic Hollow would be like this. This is how it would be in 2033" Sarah said bitterly.

"It's your mom. Emily Bellos. She declared war in Mystic Hollow because of your death. She killed lots of people at the Grill, school, and right now, I don't know what she's up to" Elena said as Sarah's eyes became wet.

Elena felt like crying too when she saw her that way.

"We have to go back and stop her," Sarah said sniffing as a car exploded at their back. Pushing them forward as their heads hit on the ground making them pass out.

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Laura got to Alex's house and met no one there. She took out her phone from her pocket and dialed Alex's number.

#" Where are you guys?" Laura asked seeing that the door was locked from inside.

#"We're at the basement. Trying to get my dad's ammo" Alex said.

#" Great, I'm outside and the door is locked from within," she said with gritted teeth.

There were lots of dead bodies on the streets.

The door cracked open revealing Peter's face as she hugged him.

"How's she?" He asked referring to Bonnie as they entered the house and locked it from within.

"She's fine. She said I should tell you she loves you" Laura said as they both walked to the basement, seeing Alex on Laura's seat.

"I'm glad you are ok," Laura said walking up to him as they hugged.

"Me too" he mumbled before disengaging the hug.

"How's Bonnie?" He asked as Laura occupied her seat.

"She's fine," Laura said bluntly.

"And Elena?" She asked as Peter and Alex gave her a look.

"We've not been able to find her," Peter said as Laura breathed down.

"How about, we track her cell phone?" Laura asked smiling as she switched on the systems and they started booting.

"How about the ammo?" Laura asked waiting for the systems to boot.

"My dad took them all. Heard the police are in gunfire with Emily's allies at the mall. Heard 4 Policemen are dead" Alex said as the systems finished booting then she started operating on them.

"We'll think of a way to stop them. But for now. Let's track Elena's cell" She said with her fingers working very fast on the systems as they began initializing.

"Peter, please call Elena's line. I just hope she picks" She said as Peter dialed the number.

It ringed as they prayed she picks but then it stopped as her voicemail answered.

"Hi, it's Elena, I'm probably busy, that's why my voicemail is answering. Just leave your message" the voicemail said as Laura smiled.

"Sweet, now I can track the phone," she said operating the system as she brought out her phone, inputting a cord on it. (This story is written by Naomi Innocent)

"Sweet! I've gotten it. Let's go" She said standing up as Peter smiled.

"Wait wait wait. What about Emily Bellos?" Alex asked as they all stood still.

"Ok, we'll think of a plan to make her allies stand still for a while. Then we'll go look for Elena" Laura said as they agreed.

They walked to the sitting room and started mapping out their strategy.

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The sun was getting high as Emily remained in her limo. She removed her sunglasses as the windscreen was taken down.

She watched in her limo from afar as the gun battle continued at the mall.

"Zoe!" She called as Zoe walked up to her and squatted so her height would be at the same length as the windscreen.

"I'm going home now. I think I'm having a headache. Make sure things go as planned here" She said as Zoe nodded.

"Have you heard from my husband?" She asked.

"Yes ma'am. He's having some meeting with the council members right now" Zoe said as Emily smiled.

"They should have all the meetings in this world if they wish. Nothing can change my mind" Emily said and wore back her sunglasses as her driver drove away with the guards and her allies remaining there.

*. *.

Sarah sat up as her body became very hot. Her head was bleeding as she looked at Elena who was still lying on the ground.

"Elena wake up!" She said shaking her vigorously as she slowly opened her eyes.

Her vision was blurry as the heat there was tormenting her.

"Are you ok?" Sarah asked as she saw Elena's nose bleeding.

"I'm fine, I'm fine" Elena lied as she became very dizzy.

"Before we go back to 2023 to stop whatever that's going on there, we need to take Care of these wounds before they turn to something else' Sarah said helping Elena stand up as they both staggered away.

"We need to get to Mystic Hollow Hospital," Sarah said as they staggered there with buildings falling and burning, cars exploding and people on the streets either shot or burnt and none paid attention to them.

There were aircraft in the air as they destroyed whatever moving objects they saw on the ground.

"We need to be very careful so they wouldn't see us. Else we'll be dead meats" Sarah warned as they dodged and passed.

They got to Mystic Hollow Hospital as Elena couldn't believe her eyes.

"Don't tell me this is... " Elena said shocked as tears fell from her eyes.

"Yes, this is Mystic Hollow Hospital," Sarah said crying too as they looked at the destroyed building.

They leaped inside the building with both supporting each other as some parts were burning while some were falling. The whole place was scattered and there wasn't a sign of living souls there.

They got to award which they didn't recognize, some medicines were on the ground, liquors and half-burnt plasters and medical equipment.

They heard the sound of a bomb from outside the hospital as their heart raced.

"We need to do whatever we are gonna do now and get out of here else we'll never survive it in 2033. We might die" Sarah said as Elena's nose kept bleeding.

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TBC