A Dangerous Secret

Chapter 02: Lost In The Echo

Chapter 02: Lost In The Echo

June 6, 2012 - 4AM

Allison woke from a nightmare screaming, she tried to get out of bed but found herself falling but not hitting the floor. Allison looked frantically around the room, it was pitch black so she couldn't see a thing. Derek and Piper had heard Allison scream and raced into the bedroom, Derek racing to the bed and catching Allison before she landed on the floor. Derek kept Allison in his arms as he carried her out to the sofa while Piper grabbed Allison's comforter off the bed. Derek sat on the sofa and moved to put Allison down but she clung to the older man.

"Ally?" Piper questioned, Allison shook her head as Derek sat down and kept Allison in his arms. "Sweetheart, take a deep breath for me," Allison shook her head again before Piper was wrapping the blanket around her little sister.

"Something has her terrified," Derek said as Allison buried her head into his shoulder while Piper sat next to them.

"Ally, you're safe here," Piper spoke quietly as Allison glanced at her before resting against Derek.

"Nightmare...bad dream..." Allison mumbled, Derek nodded to Piper, Allison was telling the truth she'd had a bad dream.

"Ally, sweetheart what happened?" Piper asked, Allison shook her head she wasn't ready to talk yet.

"It's okay Allison," Derek spoke calmly and quietly to her as he moved her slightly to get her and himself comfortable.

Allison looked at her sister and Derek and closed her eyes, her mind was going a million miles a second and she was freaking out. She knew that she was in a safe place, that no one could hurt while they were there. She was constantly having nightmares about being attacked by not only the Oni but someone that she thought that she loved. Those nightmares were very real, the only ones that she'd told her sister and Derek about were from when she'd been attacked.

"Take your time," Derek said, Allison nodded taking a deep breath before she started talking.

"I...I can do this..." Allison said pausing for a second more to gather her thoughts as Derek kept his hand on her arm and she noticed that the veins were pulsing black. "Scott...he...he's been..." Allison stopped mid sentence before she found herself being put into her sister's arms as she was shaking.

"Shh," Piper soothed, Allison buried her head in her sisters shoulder before she looked at her again. Since she'd had the stroke and been paralysed her brain didn't always like to cooperate with her.

"What about Scott?" Derek asked, Piper glared at Derek before she looked at Allison who was resting her head against her shoulder. "Allison, it's okay to tell us anything. You know that, right?"

Allison nodded before she was taking another deep breath to start speaking again. "Scott...he's been...taking..." Allison paused she already had tears streaming down her face as she glanced at Derek and Piper. "Pip...he hurt me...took advantage..."

Piper kissed the top of Allison's head and pulled her little sister closer to her. Allison looked at Derek as her hair fell into her eyes before her sister was pushing it back. Derek looked at Allison, he knew that she wanted him to confirm what she was saying. Piper turned her attention to Derek who simply nodded, he wanted to find out more before he said anything.

"First time...was when I couldn't...speak...and barely moved...." Allison mumbled, her brain flashing back to the night that Scott had seen his mother with her dinner and then walked into Allison's room. 'Breathe, Allison, Breathe,' Allison thought to herself before she started speaking again. "It was week two...of being in hospital,"