Hunting Mya Jones (First Rewrite)

Back Again

            Montgomery has done some growth since helping me. He went from being a total jerk to being a nice guy I consider a friend and maybe one day in the future something more. A few weeks have gone by and I haven't gotten any kind of letter or strange haunting things of any kind. It's nice, the three of us were able to just hang out and be us a few times. It's Saturday and I just finished tutoring Misty. Shower, here I come!

         I'm enjoying the hot water raining down on me, washing away the stress that has built up this year. I close my eyes and just let the water cover me. I know there are far too many questions in this situation, but these last few easy weeks were what I needed. I could get used to this. Soon the hot water starts to cool down. This draws my attention to the fact that I can't hear the vent, just like before. It doesn't take long for everything to go cold, the water, the floor, the air. The light starts to dim like before. "Mantis, leave me alone," I snap. Then, I start to hear music playing somewhere in the bathroom.

You're mine, and we belong together, yes, we belong together, for eternity. You're mine, your lips belong to me, your lips belong to only me, for eternity...

The water turns off and I'm standing naked in the cold dark with a Ritchie Valens cover blasting.

"Mantis! That is enough," I yell. I hear the sound of heavy footsteps walk up to the shower, it's coupled with heavy breathing. The ice under my feet is cracking, causing small scratches to happen on my feet. I hug myself in the cold. I wait for whoever is on the other side of the curtain to do something. Naked or not, I'm going to fight. That's when I remember my necklace. I reach my hands back and take it off. "Okay, let's see what I can do." I hold my hand up and try to think about light. If I was powerful enough to bind my powers to my soul, activate a call coin, and resurrect myself, I should be able to create some light. I try to focus. Suddenly, I can see. There is a little bit of light coming from my hand, it's not much, but it's also not nothing. The curtain rips back. Nothing appears to be there. I hold my hand out to act as a flashlight as I look around. "Wherever you are Mantis, it's game over," I start as I step out of the shower, "I don't know how you expect any of this to win me over?" Then I feel a sharp pain in the back of my head, I got hit with something. Everything goes black.

         I wake up on the floor of a basement. Somehow, I'm wearing an extremely baggy white t-shit. My head is a little foggy, but I try to look around. I recognize this place. It's the basement of the coven house from two years ago. Other graduated teams came in after the incident to clean them out, this house has been empty ever since. I have no idea how I got here or how long I've been here for. I try to stand but when I do my stomach feels woozy. This is where it all started. I need to get out of here. I need help. I think back to what Misty was saying about a psychic connection with Montgomery. My necklace is also back on. There has to be a way to reach out to him for help. I close my eyes and try to concentrate. "The coven house, I've been taken to the coven house. I need help." I mutter.

"Ellora, my love," I hear from behind me. I turn around to see the same ghost from before. He smiles at me, "I finally have you here!"

"Was this supposed to impress me?" I ask.

"What?"

"You gave me a headache," I say as I try to play along.

"Oh, I'm sorry my love!" He walks closer to me.

"It took you long enough! Can I stand up now?" I ask him.

"Oh, yes of course you can," He snaps his fingers, "You will be really proud of me, Flower, I convinced an army of demons to do my bidding!"

"Low-life demons, really?" I ask. "What, you couldn't get a God to help you?" I Stand up and brush myself off. I need to play my cards right if I want out of here.

"You can bring me back to life now, Flower, I've been waiting for you," He smiles. Through his transparentness, I can see a table full of things for some kind of ritual. I just keep thinking about how I had plans to meet with Misty after my shower, and that she should notice that I'm missing. Inside my head, I'm still trying to reach Montgomery.

"Then what're ten more minutes? We have all our lives together, why rush things?" I ask. Honestly, at this point, I'm just trying to stall him.

"My love, we are here, together! It's like my favourite dream has come true!"

I really hope that somehow Montgomery has gotten my message. "Yes," I start, "You've done so much."

"If you bring me back, I could kiss you, my Flower," He says.

Not being able to think of another way to stall him I ask, "Is this everything?"

"Yes, set up like it always is. We've done this more times than I can count," He smiles again.

I walk over to the table and look down at everything that is collected on it. I don't know how to use any of this. Bowls, feathers, eyeballs, elixirs, and candles cover the table. "My memory is still foggy, my love," I say.

"Of course, I'll walk you through the whole thing!"

A loud bang is heard from upstairs coupled with footsteps. Mantis starts freaking out, "I knew I should've gotten rid of them!"

"MYA?" I hear Montgomery yell, "I had a feeling you are here!"

"It worked," I mutter. "I'm downstairs!" I scream and Mantis looks at me. His eyes grow wide.

"What do you mean, it worked?" He floats closer to me as the sound of Montgomery rushing down the stairs gets louder.

"Have you ever heard of Joint-creation?" I ask him. Montgomery has made it down the stairs. He rushes down to the room we are in.

"How did I know you were here?" He asks. Mantis disappears.

"That's a long story," I tell him, "We need to get out of the house." We start leaving the room and we get to the bottom of the stairs. My head starts to feel funny and suddenly it's hard to stand, "I can't walk," I push out as I start to feel weak.

Montgomery and catches me, "Don't worry, I'll get you out of here," he says and then everything goes black.