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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 25, 2011 18:13:40 GMT -5
Alyssa
"Harmony, get out of my head!" I cried as she carried me down the halls. I knew well enough that she obviously wasn't doing it on purpose, but maybe she couldn't get out of my head or something? All I knew was that it felt like I was getting shoved out of my own mind.
Jake
"Wow, this is improvement for us," I remarked. "It's been a whole ten minutes without me trying to kill one of your friends or you trying to kill me. Maybe by tomorrow we'll be BFFs!"
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Post by Callie on Jul 25, 2011 18:22:23 GMT -5
Harmony
"I'm not in your head," I told her, shushing her quietly as we finally reached the nurse, Isaiah basically burning rubber as he flew into the room and around the door frame. I set Lyss down on an empty cot and look expectantly at the nurse, though I wished I could tell her what was wrong. Something was telling me that it wasn't... natural, what was happening.
Jay
I got up from the table, too, following where Fred and Harmony had just disappeared to with Lyssa. Like I wasn't going to be there when she was obviously in pain. I think not. I got into the room shortly after Isaiah disappeared into it, and I took a seat in one of the chairs. I'd like to see the lady try to kick me out. Damn it, she was my sister and if only one person could stay, it was going to be me.
Kialish
I rolled my eyes and buried my face into a pillow. "Don't count on it," I muttered, knowing that turning my back on him was probably not a bad idea, but also knowing that it was likely he wouldn't try anything while Dice was here. Maybe she was pissed at me, but if he killed me, I had no doubt that she wouldn't be too pleased with him. Or maybe he wasn't afraid of Dice. If he wasn't, there was probably even more wrong with him than I'd previously thought.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 25, 2011 18:31:31 GMT -5
Alyssa
"Alyssa, what's wrong?" the nurse asked with a frown. The words didn't sound right in my head. They had a sort of echo, like someone else was listening to, and I was in their head just as much as they were in mine.
'What... What's going on?' a disoriented voice asked.
I looked around, but the voice wasn't Isaiah or Jay, and they were the only guys in the room.
"I don't know!" I yelled, answering both of their questions at once.
"I... I don't know what's wrong," the nurse told them with a frown as Blaze got to the room. "Nothing looks physically wrong with her, her pupils aren't dialating, her temperature's fine. It's almost like she's hallucinating or something. ... She isn't on drugs, is she?"
Jake
I rolled my eyes back at him, then stood up and took off down the hall towards Dice's room, knocking lightly on the door. "Can I come in?"
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Post by Callie on Jul 25, 2011 18:35:36 GMT -5
Harmony
I exchanged a glance with Jay, and he shook his head at the same time I did. "No, she's not," I said. Well, Jay would know what the symptoms were, but we both knew that Lyss wasn't on any drugs.
Dice
I was stretched comfortably out on the bed, staring at the ceiling when Jake knocked at the door. I thought for a moment, then just said, "Whatever" loud enough so that he could hear. I wasn't exactly in the mood to talk, but maybe he just wanted to ask when we could go drinking again? That would probably be better than being interrogated about Apollo.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 25, 2011 18:40:02 GMT -5
Blaze
The nurse shrugged, "I don't know what's wrong with her, then."
"So... We're just supposed to let her continue to cry because she's in so much pain?" I asked sharply.
She shook her head, "I don't know what to do. I could call the hospital, send her home, or let her wait here until it goes away, but you all have to get to class."
Jake
I opened the door, walking in slowly. "Hey, I'm... I'm sorry about what happened to Apollo. I didn't know." I wasn't good at emotional things, especially when it was combined with girls.
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Post by Callie on Jul 25, 2011 18:49:00 GMT -5
Harmony
"Fuck that," I said and picked her back up. "Class can wait until later. If you think I'm gonna sit around trying to learn while by best friend sits here curled up in a fucking ball because she's in so much pain, you can think again," I hissed at the nurse, heading out the door and fast-walking for the exit before she could stop me. Of course, I wasn't actually going to take her to the hospital; this was definitely supernatural, which meant I was heading to Sin's house to see if he or Chloe might know anything.
Isaiah
I looked between the nurse and Harmony in amazement before also walking for the day. Guess I was following her. "Blaze, have I ever mentioned that I love your girlfriend?" I asked him with an amused smile as I walked backwards down the hallway after her, Jay following suit... only not backwards.
Dice
I shrugged, not taking my eyes off the ceiling. "It's fine. I didn't tell you; wouldn't've expected you to know."
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 25, 2011 18:53:12 GMT -5
Blaze
"I hope you understand you'll all be getting sent to the principal's when you feel like you have time for school again," the nurse called after us.
I smirked slightly, "It's been almost too long."
"You better not," I told Isaiah with a small smirk as I ran to catch up with Harmony and Alyssa.
Jake
"I... I can leave, if you want," I mumbled.
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Post by Callie on Jul 25, 2011 19:16:05 GMT -5
Jay
"We have things to do, bitch!" I yelled back to the nurse, grinning as I nudged Blaze in the side. "C'mon. You missed all of this at least a little bit," I prompted. Even Blaze has to admit that this is fun, I thought to myself as we reached the parking lot.
"I don't suppose anyone drove..." Harmony murmured, the frown evident in her voice.
I shook my head; Dad had driven me today, and I saw Isaiah and Finn shaking their heads, too.
"Need a ride?" someone to our right asked, and I could suddenly hear the sound of keys jangling. I turned to see none other than Noel Hart leaning against a black pickup truck that could obviously carry all of us, and I suppressed a groan. The kid annoyed me, and I didn't know why, but if he was our only chance to get Alyssa to safety, I didn't really care.
Harmony looked back at the rest of us, as if to ask permission. I shrugged, and Isaiah walked over to him.
Dice
"I won't stop you if you want," I muttered, rolling over and burying my face in the covers. "I'm just not feeling very talkative." Part of me wanted to tell him to stay, but the other was like, pull yourself together, bitch! He raped your best friend! You should have him six feet under by now.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 26, 2011 18:05:01 GMT -5
Blaze
"Just a little bit," I muttered. Alright, so maybe that was a slight lie, but it was for everyone's good anyways. We all needed someone to be rational and keep us from getting in trouble more than usual again.
Alyssa
I shook my head in protest, squirming out of Harmony's arms. "No... No, I'm fine now." That was the worst lie I could remember telling in my whole life, since I was definitely not fine, but I was not going to let people start saying I'd skipped school to hang out with Noel Hart. That wouldn't help my reputation at all. Maybe the nurse was right, and it would go away.
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Post by Callie on Jul 26, 2011 18:16:34 GMT -5
Harmony
I frowned at Alyssa and started to speak up, but Noel cut me off. "Look, Little Miss Popularity, I know you're worried about your reputation, but with what's going on with your mind right now, I'd be more worried about your sanity. There's some kind of darkness in there, and if you ignore it, I can guarantee that it's not going to be all sunshine and rainbows for you any more than it is right now. It'll only get worse. So you can get in the fucking car and we'll see if your friend knows what she's doing... or I can leave you here to die. Take your pick." He finished this little speech with a shrug and leaned against the pickup, looking at us expectantly.
I just stared at him with wide eyes, trying to remember the last time someone had tried to get Lyss to do something by just being a straight-up asshole about it instead of asking. I honestly couldn't.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 26, 2011 19:15:53 GMT -5
Blaze
I stood there frozen in shock after Noel's speech to Alyssa. Nobody had ever told Alyssa off, at least not when I was around. I'm sure the cheerleaders had their own arguments pretty often, but... Well, if Alyssa had gotten head cheerleader, she obviously didn't have a problem with anyone there. Judging by the mix of surprise and rage flashing through her eyes, she wasn't planning on reacting kindly to him.
"How the hell do you even know what's going on in my head? I swear, if you did this to me..." She left the threat empty as she turned around, trying her hardest to not look like she was in any pain, yet it was easy to tell she wasn't getting any better. If anything, the opposite. I couldn't decide if she was insane or brave as she walked all the way past me to get to class. She only ended up collapsing after letting out a small scream, but I was close enough to catch her.
"She's going to kill me for this," I muttered as I carried her back to Noel's truck.
Jake
"And what if I don't want to go?" I asked with a small smirk.
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Post by Callie on Jul 26, 2011 19:45:12 GMT -5
Noel
Jay groaned and I nodded a bit at Blaze. "She won't," I told him simply. She'd probably be feeling too weak when she actually woke back up. Collapsing at random was rumored to do that to you.
The guy that had sat down at my table earlier stepped closer to me. "What are you doing to her? How do you know all of this?" he asked, his eyes narrowed.
My own eyes changed to a bright red, and he almost stepped back, but he stood his ground. That was admirable, at the very least. "I'm not doing a damn thing to her. How I know all of this is a long and sentimental story that we don't have time for," I told him, looking over to the redhead. "I believe someone knows where we're going?"
She was staring at me with wide green eyes when she seemed to come back to life. "I... had a general idea, but I'm not sure if it's - "
"I guarantee it's better than the only one I can come up with." Making a trip to Hell just didn't really seem advisable right now. I got into the driver's seat of the pickup trip and waited for the others to follow. I assumed they wouldn't be very fond of me leaving them all behind.
Dice
"Then stay," I told him. "They're kind of opposites, if you hadn't noticed." I couldn't help a tiny smirk from making its way across my face now, no matter how hard I tried.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 26, 2011 20:25:23 GMT -5
Blaze
I looked down at Alyssa's unconscious face as I lifted her into the backseat of the car with me. I almost felt guilty, forcing her to ride with the guy she was completely against even talking to, but I wasn't going to just let her die here! I waited for everyone to get in the car before staring at Isaiah with a serious glare. "You didn't bite her, did you?" If she was turning into a Werewolf, I was going to kill him myself.
Jake
"I'm a very contradictory person," I told her with a grin as I dropped down on the bed next to her. She seemed at least a little bit cheered up, but it was hard to tell with Dice.
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Post by Callie on Jul 26, 2011 20:42:33 GMT -5
Isaiah
I almost made another sarcastic jab as I climbed into the passenger's seat, but the look on Blaze's face actually made me stop and think about my words. Which was a first. "No, of course not!" I told him instead, wide-eyed.
Dice
"Okay," I said, not even really knowing what he meant by that one. Normally I would've snooped around in his mind so I could understand but I just didn't feel like it right now.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 26, 2011 21:36:09 GMT -5
Blaze"I hope for your sake you're not lying, because if I find out this was your fault, there's going to be hell to pay. ... Can you even turn someone into a... Well, can you?" Even though I didn't like him, I wasn't going to rat him out in front of this Noel guy. Jake "Well... What do you want to do?" I asked her. OOC: Sin should come back over to talk to Kialish. 
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Post by Callie on Jul 26, 2011 22:49:19 GMT -5
Isaiah
"No, not unless I'm a..." I trailed off too, glancing briefly at Noel, who just rolled his eyes.
"A werewolf? I'm not as stupid as I look, but thanks for being considerate."
Well, wasn't he full of surprises?
Dice
I sat there for a minute; what did I want to do? I honestly had no idea. Part of me wanted to cry until I fell asleep, part of me wanted to stare at the ceiling, and part of me wanted to bitchslap Ki and tell him to get out of my house. Instead I rolled over a bit to face Jake and I kissed him hard. Maybe I was still drunk?
OOC: Not right now. He still thinks they're all talking. xD
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 26, 2011 23:04:43 GMT -5
Blaze
"How do you know about Werewolves?" I asked him warily. Was he one too? I was pretty sure I couldn't handle being in a truck with three of them. Two was already enough to put me on edge, even if I knew neither one of them planned on hurting anyone. It was just instinct.
Jake
I felt my eyes widen for a moment as Dice started kissing me, but it didn't take me long to start kissing her back. She didn't seem drunk at the moment, so I wasn't exactly sure why she was. I definitely wasn't going to question it, though...
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Post by Callie on Jul 26, 2011 23:23:07 GMT -5
Noel
"Like I said, long story. We don't really have time," I said as I put the car in reverse, then drive, then screeched out of the parking lot. "Which way?" I asked the redhead. I really should remember her name, it wasn't like she was unpopular... whatever.
"Left up here," she said simply.
Dice
After a few moments, I pulled away and groaned, covering my head with a pillow. Maybe Ki was right. Maybe I was thinking he was Apollo. It wasn't the same, though, no matter how hard I tried to pretend it was.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 27, 2011 0:03:07 GMT -5
Blaze
Once I'd gotten out of the truck, I reluctantly handed Alyssa over to Isaiah before walking up the porch steps to knock on the door to Uncle Sin's house. It seemed like Mom practically lived here now, which I wasn't particularly fond of.
Chloe
I muted the TV for a moment, looking over at the front door. "Expecting someone?" I asked Sin curiously. We didn't usually get salespeople in our neighborhood after that one incident with that pushy window cleaner guy at Dice's house. ... It was probably best not to bring that story up again.
Jake
"You know... I think I'm going to... Maybe it would be better if I... Come back later or something..." I mumbled. She was confusing me too much right now, and I wasn't even sure what to think.
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Post by Callie on Jul 27, 2011 1:04:51 GMT -5
Isaiah
I climbed out of the truck, and suddenly Alyssa was in my arms. Not that I minded, but I hadn't exactly been expecting it. Nonetheless, I followed Blaze up to the door, Harmony, Jay, and Noel after me.
Sin
Slowly, I shook my head. "Not that I remember," I muttered, getting up from the couch and heading to the door. I stared at Blaze for a moment, then at the group behind him. "Forgive me if - wait, what happened to Lyssa?" I asked, stepping away from the doorway so they could come in.
Dice
I nodded a bit, removing the pillow from my face. "That's... probably a good idea," I murmured, sitting back up. "I'm... sorry." Why was I apologizing? He didn't know I was trying to see if he could remind me of my dead husband. ... Okay, that sounded kinda creepy now that I thought about it.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 27, 2011 1:32:48 GMT -5
Blaze
I looked over at Lyssa with a frown, "I don't know, apparently she's dying, but nobody actually knows what's wrong with her and Harmony told us to come here." It was only when I'd walked inside and noticed Mom staring at us all with worry that I'd realized I'd been rambling.
Jake
"I'm pretty sure you don't have anything to be sorry for," I told her with a small smile before I walked back down the hall and out the door, not bothering to say goodbye to Kialish. I was pretty sure he wouldn't be upset.
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Post by Callie on Jul 27, 2011 1:44:51 GMT -5
Sin
I stared at Blaze for a minute, running a hand through my hair. Fuck. And they expected Chloe or I to know something about this. I snuck a glance back at her, though I didn't think she was any more knowledgeable about this kind of thing... whatever it was... than I was. That Isaiah kid walked in and set her gently on the couch. Normally I would've thanked him, but it was suddenly hitting me a lot more frequently than usual that Lyssa was my daughter.
I would've rathered he kept his paws off her.
Dice
"Shows what you know," I muttered to myself after he left the room, flopping back down on my bed. I knew I should let Ki attempt to apologize, but right now? I just wanted to reminisce. I wanted to think about Apollo and I and nothing else. It was nice.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 27, 2011 2:08:47 GMT -5
OOC:  Sin. Chloe I knelt down on the couch next to Alyssa, ignoring the fact some other kid was here that I didn't even know. ... And the fact that if I was a normal mother, I should have asked why all of them had skipped class instead of just calling us. Alyssa's face was extremely pale and beaded with sweat, but none of it made any sense! She looked completely fine last night! "Did she do anything recently that would have caused this?" "Like what? Turning into a werewolf?" Blaze asked sarcastically. I turned around, looking at Sin with wide eyes. "That's not genetic, right?" |
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Post by Callie on Jul 27, 2011 11:49:41 GMT -5
OOC: xD
Sin
"Well, it is," I said with a grimace. "But about 97% of the time, it avoids the females, and since Jay's got it, Lyssa should be safe." That was what I'd learned, at least. Back when I'd run away from home, from Ki, and I'd had a pack. That was the only reason I wasn't completely clueless about this. It was probably a good thing I'd asked a lot of questions.
"It's something to do with her mind," the kid I didn't know piped up.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 27, 2011 13:40:07 GMT -5
Chloe
I nodded slightly, staying silent for a moment. "... I think I would rather have her turning wolf."
Blaze looked at me like I'd lost my mind, "You want her to be a Werewolf?"
"Well, it's better than not knowing what's wrong with her, now isn't it?"
He didn't say anything after that, and my eyes ended up going wide again. "Sin, what if the Wild Power stuff is genetic?" We hadn't actually told any of the kids about that, but if it was somehow hereditary or something, we'd have to.
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Post by Callie on Jul 27, 2011 14:15:48 GMT -5
Sin
I made a face. It couldn't be... could it? I didn't think that would really be fucking with her mind, either, but when all these kinds of species that hardly anyone knew about existed, you couldn't really be sure of much, could you? "I don't... I don't know. If it is, do you have any idea how powerful she would be?" I asked with wide eyes.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 27, 2011 15:45:29 GMT -5
Chloe
I closed my eyes tightly, shaking my head. I didn't even know how I'd gotten my powers, they must have been so far back. But... Had two Wild Powers ever had a kid before? That probably wasn't our smartest move, but I still wasn't going to regret it. Maybe there was another reason for this, one I just couldn't think of at the moment. "Harmony, can you go get your mom, please?" I asked her, trying to keep a calm tone.
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Post by Callie on Jul 27, 2011 21:28:04 GMT -5
Harmony
"Yeah," I murmured, pushing my thoughts out instead. She was at the door with Kialish behind her in a matter of minutes, and she took a seat next to Lyss. Kialish stood near the door awkwardly, and I could tell from his thoughts that he wanted to hug Chloe, to comfort her, but he knew he couldn't. It was kind of sad, actually, and I walked over to Blaze and squeezed his hand. It couldn't be easy seeing his twin like this, and I wasn't particularly fond of seeing my best friend looking like she was nearly in a coma.
Mom had her eyes shut now, and I could tell she was focusing on Lyss's thoughts, seeing what she could dig up.
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Post by Ashley (; on Jul 27, 2011 23:55:08 GMT -5
Chloe
I looked up as Dice came over, Kialish with her. I knew I shouldn't have, considering he'd just left me so I could be with his brother[/b], but I found myself getting up and walking across the room to wrap my arms around him tightly. He'd still helped me raise Alyssa for eighteen years and right now she was lying on the couch looking like a ghost and I just wanted him to hold me and tell me everything was alright even if it wasn't.
Blaze
I smiled slightly at Harmony's hand, reaching for her other one. "Are you alright being here?" I asked quietly. Obviously she wanted to find out what was wrong with Lyssa, but even I was having a hard time just sitting here and watching here get worse.
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Post by Callie on Jul 28, 2011 1:04:23 GMT -5
Kialish
Instinctively, I wrapped my arms around Chloe, too, brushing her hair out of her face and looking at her seriously. "We'll figure out what this is, okay?" I asked her, shooting her the most reassuring smile I could. "And Lyssa will be okay." She might not have been my daughter, but I honestly didn't care; I'd raised her like she was, so in my mind, she'd always be my little girl, even if she was Sin's in his mind.
Harmony
I nodded firmly. "Yeah. She's always been there for me and I'm not abandoning her now," I told him seriously. "Mom will figure this out," I said, though I wasn't sure who I was trying to assure, him or myself.
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