THE PLAYGROUND

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

Emily's pov.

"Where am I, and who're you?"

"My name is Josie and I'm here to help you."

"Help me?"

"Yes. Help you harness your power, help make you stronger."

"What're you talking about?"

"Listen child, you're special. So special because in your body you have the power to make all of new York under your control."

"Listen lady, I think you have me mistaken with someone else cause I have no idea what you're talking about."

"I know you're confused and that's fine. If you don't want to talk yet, we can meet some other time."

"How do I get out of here?"

"A girl is going to visit you today, don't trust her and make sure you don't listen to a word she says."

"Why?"

"She's evil. She has powers just like yours but she isn't as powerful as you are so she will try to take away your powers."

"What?"

"Yes child, and if she does, you'll die. However, If by some miracle you don't die, you'll be left as just an empty shell."

"That's terrible. Why would someone want to do that?"

"Yes she's very terrible indeed. But beware, she's a great pretender. She'll act like she's nice to get you to like her so it'll make her work easier, don't fall for it."

"I won't. Thanks for your advice."

"No problem."

"How do I see you again?"

"I'll let you know."

She opened her eyes to find to people staring down at her. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, "so it was a dream." She muttered.

"What was that?" The man asked her.

"Nothing. You were the one who saved me yesterday right?"

"Yes."

"Thank you so much."

"It's okay, I was just doing my job."

"Are you okay?"

She turned to face the lady that asked her the question. "I'm-" she started to answer but she remembered what Josie told her. "What do you think?" She replied rudely and focused her attention back on the cop. "Thank you once again."

"No need to thank me. This is Alexa, I told her what happened and she was concerned."

"Why?, It's not like we're related or anything."

"Why are you being rude to me?"

"What do you mean?, You look like you're my age so you can't expect me to address you as ma'am."

"That's not what I meant. You're acting like we're enemies or something. Don't you remember me?"

"I don't think we've ever met."

"I'm Chris's twin sister. You came with him to see me while I was in the hospital."

"Oh" she said simply and lowered her gaze.

"Apart from last night, have you seen the man who tried to abduct you?" Gale said to get rid of the deafening silence that lingered among them.

"No, I don't think...oh right, we met some days back."

"You did?"

"Yes. I was going out with chris and I bumped into him and that was it."

"Okay."

"Did someone tell you something about me?" Alexa asked because she was curious as to why she was acting that way.

"No, I don't know why I acted that way. Can you forgive me?"

"Of course. I just wanted to know if maybe there's a reason for your behavior."

"No, I was just grumpy that's all."

"Okay."

"Alexa, can I see you?" Gale gestured towards the hallway.

"Oh sure." She followed him out and waited for him to start.

"I just got a text from Larry, he said that man wants to see you."

"Did he tell you a reason?"

"No, he just said it was urgent."

"Okay. Should we get going then?"

"About that, can you head on first?, I don't want to leave Emily by herself."

"Oh... okay."

"Call me when you get there?"

"Sure okay."

"Thanks for understanding."

She smiled and he kissed her forehead before heading back to the room to stay with Emily.

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When Alexa arrived at the station, Larry directed her to the interrogation room where Morris was waiting for her. When she walked in, she noticed Aiden and his wife seated next to him.

"Why did you want to see me?" She asked as she sat down.

"We would like to talk to you." Aiden was the one who spoke. "There's something we'd-"

"Why did you ask me to come here?." She asked again, ignoring Aiden.

"Can I trust you?" Morris asked.

"I can't answer that question until you tell me why I'm here."

"Miss Alexa, I know you probably hate us now but please try to understand us."

"Mr Morris, I came here because you wanted to see me. Why are they the ones speaking?, I have nothing to say to them, and I don't want to hear anything from them either."

"We all have something to say. There are things that I know and things that they know. If you ignore them because they've offended you, you'll never know the truth."

She looked at them for a second, as if trying to decide either she should listen to them or not. "Fine."

"Alexa, I know you probably hate me for what I did,"

"Probably?, You lied to me!, You used me!, And worst of all, you killed my sister. You're a monster Aiden, and I can never forgive you."

"He was just a pawn in his mother's game."

"Oh please, what else are you supposed to say. He's your husband so of course you'd support him."

"No that's not it-"

"I hope this isn't why you asked me to come here?"

"Of course not." Morris said then cleared his throat before continuing. "Josie is planning something big, and it's not good."

"Yeah I think I know that much."

"But you don't know what it is exactly."

"No. Do you?"

"Not exactly, but I have an idea."

"So tell me."

"Not so fast. We can't just tell you, we want something in return."

"You're trying to make a deal, so why ask for me?, Why couldn't you make it with one of the officers?."

"The information would be more useful to you, besides you're in the best position to convince your cop friend. So, can we trust you?"

"You'll have to tell me first then I'll let you know what I can do."

He remained quiet for a while, trying to decide whether or not he believed her. "Fine. Josie wants to destroy your family and your father made it easy for her."

"What?!"

"While your dad was with us, he overheard Josie talking about taking your soul and he offered his instead."