by CATT
Harris laughs and says, “guess we'd better get started we have a lot of work ahead of us.”
We all changed into workout clothes and meet in the gym. Over the next couple weeks, we work with no luck. We aren’t any closer to finding out any of my new powers than we had been when we first started. We have given up for the day, we are all sitting around grumbling trying to decide what it’s going to take to wake up my dormant powers. Out of nowhere the gym doors come crashing down. They land half way across the gym. In walks six of the biggest demons I have ever seen. Everybody jumps to their feet at the same time. The fighting starts everywhere the demons have something in their hands I can’t tell what it is because no demon has gotten close to me. I watch Lisa go down first. It’s a syringe they are fucking poisoning us. Cain and Harris go down next. I take off at a full run towards the demons. I see Case go down, and I scream loud as I feel my heart breaking as I see the people I love die before my eyes. My anger is growing heat is consuming my body within seconds my whole body feels like it is on fire. I scream out in agony as the fire inside me over takes both my arms. I believe my brain is melting my anguish causing another tormented scream to leave my mouth. Something is about to happen I feel it building my arms proceed to extend out in front of me of their own accord once they reach a ninety degree angle red and blue flames shoot from my fingers hitting two of the demons burning them to ashes in seconds while at the same time releasing some of the heat from my suffering body. I scream again. Not sure what is happening to me.
My eyes shoot to the other demons one at a time while my mind wishes them dead watching as each one explodes front of my eyes sending body parts flying everywhere. I stand their dazed by what all just happened. “Snap out of it Lana we will deal with what you just did later” Summer screams pulling my attention back to the here and now as she runs falling to the floor in front of Harris. “He’s alive his pules is strong” she tells me crying as she hugs his body to hers. I run to Case checking his pules his to is beating strong. We check on Cain and Lisa, and finds they are alive as well. It doesn’t take long until they all regained consciousness almost at the same time. They look around seeing the demons are gone.
“Don't look at me” Summer says “it was all Lana I do believe she found her hidden powers.”
Summer goes about explaining what had happened while I stand there stunned and bewildered about what took place. Everybody is watching me I’m not sure if they are scared or proud they have more of an appearance of being baffled which I understand completely.
“Fuck…have we been invaded again" Cain screams and everyone overcomes their surprised features jumping to their feet at once. We all take off running at the same time but before we get to far the Angle named Michael steps into the gym blocking our path.
“Calm down please” he demands “you have nothing to fear. It was a test. The council has been watching you the last two weeks with Lana. We decided it was time to up the ant’y on her we knew if she thought she was losing the people she loves it would push her beyond her safe spot bringing her hidden powers front and center.”
Harris comes forward. His voice starts out calm but grows in volume with each word. Before he stops speaking he was yelling. “How could you do what you did to us? You drugged us. Knocked us out, my daughter thought we were dead! You’re fucking angels the good guys you’re supposed to save people not scare them to death! What right do you guys have to play with people's lives you’re not God. You don’t have the right to do whatever you want any time you want.”
The Angel speaks “You are wrong Harris. We have every right to do whatever we want. We have to make sure no demons ever get into the Keepers' World again. We also have to make sure Lana can protect herself from demons. If a demon ever got hold of her powers the effects it would have would be unthinkable. We are trying to help Lana we are working on a way to purify her. However, I will tell you this before we let demons kill her and take her powers. We will end her life ourselves."
“How dare you, if you ever touch my daughter, I’ll kill you-all…do understand me?” Harris booms!
“Harris I will overlook your words because I know you are upset and worried about your daughter. Take that anger and put it to a better use by working at increasing her powers. Now that you know what they are.” The Angel says right before he fads away.
Chapter 15
The next week things calm down. I should say Harris is calming down. I don’t like what the angels did, but thanks to them, I did find my hidden powers. Sometimes it scares me at what all I’m capable of doing. It blows my franking mind is more like it. I can make things move by just thinking about it. I can make people do what I want them to by putting the images of what I want them to do in their heads. I can make them forget things see things whatever I want. I can also hide myself from other Keepers. No other Keeper has ever been able to do that.
Furthermore, I can shoot fire from my fingers. I’m the only Keeper who can do as well. I no longer have to fight when we patrol. If we see demons I just tell them to die, and they're gone. I'm no longer afraid I know I can handle anything that comes my way.
“Let’s go out tonight” Lisa says.
“Great want a go to Niles?”
“No I mean let’s go out.”
“You want to leave the Keeper’s World?”
“Yeah I want to leave the Keeper’s World. Let’s go to New York clubbing.”
“Alright…sounds great. Are we going to make it a girl's night out, or are we going to take the guys with us?”
“They can come. They've been working hard they need a night out. Besides I doubt Case would let you go clubbing without him. Lisa says laughing. “But on the other hand, if Case goes with us, you're not going to be able to dance with anyone other him. If some poor guy even looks your way, he’s would go off the chain on him.”
“Maybe I don't want to dance with anyone other than him.”
“You know…you two totally make me sick. Are you guys ever going to calm down with all the mushy shit? It’s not like you just started dating. My God…I thought the new would wear off after a while and you two would stop with your I can’t get enough of your body crap, but I swear Case is getting worse as time goes on.”
“Well get over” I say and start laughing when Lisa rolls her eyes at me. “Besides he’s not that bad, and I happen to like the way he wants to touch me all the time. So deal with it.” I respond then stick my tongue out at her. Hey…can I borrow something sexy to wear tonight?”
“You’re joking right? Shit…you are so going to get some poor guys ass kicked.” Laughing Lisa grabs my arm, leading me to her bedroom. Within minutes I have a black leather outfit I picked out to wear that I know will have Case's head spinning. When I get back to my bedroom I quickly blink myself to the Days' Inn that I had been going to stay at with Angie and Liz the night I met Case and made reservations for the night. It’s not that I’m worried about us drinking and driving; since we don’t have to drive to get from place to place. These reservations are for me and Case only. Tonight is going to be the night I have waited long enough Case is a great guy. He loves me and tonight I’m going to prove to him just how much I love him. When I get back from the hotel, I take off down the hall to find Cain and Case. They aren’t hard to find of course.
They both are sitting on huge beanbags in front of the TV talking smack to each other while playing a football game on the Playstation 3. “You both better be ready by eight tonight we're going out and not to Niles, either.” I watch as they Hit the pause button on the game then turn to look at me.
“We’re going back to the club I first met you guys at.”
“You think that’s a good idea?” Case asks as he stands up making his way towards me.
“Yeah I think it’s a great idea.” I reply as I wrap my arms around his neck pulling his head down to mine and kissing him. His arms go around my waist as he kisses me back. When his lips leave mine, I smile up at him.
“He
llo” he says smiling down at me.
“Hello yourself” I say back still smiling at him. “Ok I’ve got to go. I have lots to do before we go out tonight. You two may continue your game.” With that said I let go of Case to make my exit from the room but Case doesn’t release. “Um…you can let go now.”
“You sure you don’t need me to come help you with anything?” Case questions running his hands up my back while he raising his eyebrows up and down.
Laughing I pull Case's arms from around me. “Stop perving on me and go play your game I’m quite capable of getting ready by myself. He plops another kiss on my lips before letting me go and jumping back on his beanbag and hitting start on the PS3 again. I go to the kitchen and make me a sandwich get a cold drink from the refrigerator then go into the dining room to eat. I pick up the book I have been reading on and had left on the table. It is called “Begins” when I first started reading, it didn’t take me long to realize it was about how the Keepers' World was created. Since I didn't grow up here I am finding the book fascinating. I’m one the tenth chapter now something in the second paragraph causes me to pause. I reread it over again trying to make since of what it is saying “When two of pure and grace come together, their off spring can be un-pure and out of grace. There good and evil will become one. What does that even mean? I ponder, the book does read like something from Macbeth, and I’ve never have been able to understood Macbeth.
I take the book back to my bedroom with me and crawl into my bed to continue reading for a while. After about half an hour of reading I find I’m extremely sleepy glancing at the clock notice I have time for a nap. Closing the book I roll over on my side and shut my eyes it doesn’t take long before I drift off to sleep. I jump awake sometimes later and let out a yep when I see I had been asleep a lot longer than I intended to. Leaving me only a couple of hours to get ready in, I know that sounds like plenty of time but it doesn’t because I want to take my time and make myself as beautiful as I can for Case. By the time I shower get dressed and ready to go, I have used up the whole two hours I had.
I love the black leather mini skirt with the low cut black leather halter and the fishnet stockings with my black leather boots. My hair is down, the thick main laying in wild waves brown and red down my back. Blood red lip stick finishes off the whole sexy look I was going for. Leaving the bedroom, I walk to the library. Case's mouth drops open at the sight of me. I smile and Lisa looks at Cain, “Shit there is so going to be some guys getting an ass-kicking tonight. Let’s go before you’re the first one and shut your mouth your drooling dumbass.” Lisa tells Cain pulling him towards the door.
Chapter 16
We blink into the club at eight thirty. We are a little late because Case wouldn't let me go. He kept telling Lisa and Cain to go on without us that we had changed our minds about going. That we were going to stay at home and have our own fun, he is so bad. The only way I could finally get him to go was to whisper in his ear that I had us a room at the inn, for the night and we wouldn't be coming back home. He understood what I meant as soon as I said it “Now you still want to stay home or have you changed your mind?” I asked him. He took my hand yelled down the hall to Cain and Lisa “Let's go. What are you slow pokes waiting on?” I hit him on the arm and laughed. He looked back at me and moved his eyebrows up and down in the funny way I love so much. Lisa and Cain both looked at him like he is crazy then asked me what had gotten into him.
Case looks at them “are you guys crazy I've got the chance to go show off my girl. Why wouldn’t I want to go?” They both give him that “you’re going crazy look again.”
Cain said, “Let’s go if we're going before he changes his mind again” and
we blinked straight to the club.
“Ok” Case said smiling down at me, “I really had a lot of fun. Are you ready to go now?”
Laughing I hit him on his arm again. I take him by the hand and tell him “Let’s find a table”. As soon as we sat down the waitress come around and our order’s and returned within minutes with our drinks. Lisa and Cain took off to dance floor. “Are we just going to sit here or are we going to dance?” I asked.
“I don’t feel like dancing I’m too tired. We should go ahead and go to the hotel.” Case replied smiling.
“If you're too tired to dance that’s ok you can sit here and rest. I'll just ask somebody else if they would like to dance with me” I said smiling and acted as if I was fixing to stand up.
Case takes me by the arm. “Please don't make me have to kill somebody tonight. I've never killed a human before, but I will if I see another guy touching you.”
“Then I guess you better dance with me then…huh?” I put right back at him. He stands up takes my hand and leads me to the dance floor. His hands go around my waist and mine around his neck. “You know the last time we were here, and I saw you dancing with that door guy I thought he was going to be the first human I killed.”
Laughing I shake my head and tell him he is crazy. However, I have to admit part of me doesn’t believe he’s joking. We dance for a couple of hours. We drank a couple of beers between dances.
“Case I need to go to the restroom I'll be back in a minute”. I bend over to kiss him, and he asked me if I was going to slip out the window and run away again reminding me of what I had done the last time I had been here and went out the bathroom window. Laughing I give him another kiss and tell him I'll be right back. I almost made it to the bathroom when something stuck me in the neck. I turn around and yell for Case right before I felt my mind shutting down. I saw Case jump to his feet. That was the last thing I remember seeing before everything went black.
When I come to I have no idea where I’m at but I hear someone say, “She’s awake.” I try to use my powers, but they aren't working. Probably, because of whatever they shot me with. I hear someone coming toward me. When they come into view, I see it’s a Necromancer. “Good your awake I'm very happy about that. Now I know you know your powers aren't working, and before they have time to return I'm here to pass on a message.”
“What’s your message demon?”
“I'm here to tell you that Lucifer has your parents. If you don't want them killed, then day-after tomorrow you will meet him at this address and give yourself to him freely.”
“My parents are on the Keeper World. I'm not stupid enough to fall for that shit.”
“I don't mean the King and Queen Princess. I mean the parents that raised you. I believe their names are Raymond and Kristie Parker.”
I feel my heart breaking. I know the demon is telling me the truth. “Give me the address" I say. I felt the moment my powers come back. I know I can just say die and every demon, here will drop dead. That’s not what I want. This time I want to kick some ass and watch as the demons die. I said “ropes” and they disappear from my body at once. I see the look on the demons faces as they realize my powers have returned. “If I'm going to have to hand myself over in two days to Satan, then right now I'm going to kill as many of you fuckers as I can.” Before I raise my up I kick the Necromancer in the side of the head. I sit up look at him then say, "Burn." I watch as the demon starts burning. Then I thought about Case and the rest of my family and friends. I hate thinking they are worried about me, but I can’t let them find me until I make sure my Mom and Dad are safe. I put a wall up in my mind blocking them all out.
I leave the basement the demons had brought me to. Every time, I appear before a demon. I see the fear on their face's right before I end their lives. I kill the last demon then step out the door to freedom when I hear a voice say, “Hello Princess.”
I know the voice. It has been over eight months since the last time I’ve heard it, but I’ve never for gotten his sexy baritone. Turning around slowly there he stands as beautiful as the last time I laid eyes on him. My Greek God, he still takes my breath away. He is staring at me his eyes running up and down my body. Making me remember the way I am dressed. I feel a blush rushing to my cheeks. What am I doing I
ask myself I don’t have time for this? “We need to get the hell out of here" I say.
Chapter 17
We are in front of the house I grew up in and nothing has followed us. I run to the front door. Knowing the door is locked, I bent down to look under the flower pot to see if by some chance, they still keep the extra key in the same spot. Sure enough there it lay. Giving Dominick a smile, I hold the key up. He never returns the smile he just stands there looking around like something may jump out on us at any moment. Inserting the key, the lock turned. Walking in I stand in the living room staring. Everything is the same. My heart feels heavy and sad I've been home sick, but it really hit me now how much I still miss my family and this house. The house isn’t anything special but the memories it holds are. Realizing Dominick never followed me inside I turn around and see he is staring at me from the door.
"Would you like to come in or are you just going to stand out there and stare at me?"
Dominick hesitated like he wasn't sure if he wanted to come in. He gives the door a hard glare then walks through it.
“There’s nothing in the world I’d rather be looking at than you Princess.”
