Stranger Things Happen

Chapter Twenty Three

Alex's POV

Jiall flung me to the ground and I landed on my face before rolling over. He just tortured me for no reason. I had to beg Niall to kill me. These people are the cruelest beings on Earth. Jiall stepped over to Niall with the knife, slicing his own hand with the blade before plunging it into Niall's heart.

"Ahhhhhhhh!" He screamed in pain as I jumped to my feet.

I began running over to him before I was flung back against the wall. My head hit the wall and I could feel myself slowly slipping. I watched as Jiall dragged the knife down Niall's chest before I was swept into the darkness.

I woke up and my vision was blurry. My head hurt as I looked around the room. Niall was still pinned to the wall, although now his shirt was missing and he was absolutely covered in blood. There wasn't a single soul to be seen. So I got up and walked over to Niall. When I reached him I realised his eyes were closed and his lips were slightly parted, small breaths escaping from them.

I pressed my hands to his chest and he suddenly jerked forward, his fangs snapping at me. I jumped back and tripped on something, falling onto my backside, hard.

I heard the door creak open and watched in terror as Jiall and Abby strolled through it.

"Ah, what do we have here?" Jiall's amused voice said as they both stepped inside.

I backed up into the corner as far away from them as possible. Jiall stepped too close to Niall and Niall snapped his fangs and Jiall, and it was the first time I realised that they were twins. Jiall stepped away and looked at me.

"You see Alex, Abby and I have turned Niall into a ripper." He told me as he smirked.

A ripper? That's what Liam is or was or whatever. But it's really bad. Rippers feed on people until they literally rip them to pieces. I remembered.

I shook my head in disbelief as Jiall nodded at me.

"Don't believe me?" He said and my head shook in the slightest movement, before he disappeared.

He returned and had a boy not much younger than me. Then I realised it was James my friend from school before he transfered. My eyes widened at him and a single tear escaped my eye as he spoke my name.

"Alex? Everyone thinks your dead." I sobbed a little as I shook my head again.

"Abby, if you would?" Jiall spoke as he gestured to Niall.

Niall suddenly dropped to the floor as he attached at little before baring his fangs.

"Alex, what's going on?" James said with a shaky voice as I sniffles and looked away.

I heard a scream from James and thumps on the ground before I looked back up to find James's body in front of me and his head across the room. I whimpered as Niall smirked and began walking toward me. He then turned his head towards Abby and sped over to her before he snapped her neck. He then turned back at me and began stalking over. I began to get up and bolted for the door.

He grabbed my shoulder and pushed me against the door before I could open it. He spun me around and bared his fangs, going in for the kill. I screamed and kicked but before he could pierce my skin his was thrown back across the room by Jiall.

I took this as an opportunity to open the door and run, which is what I did. I ran and ran trying to find my way out of the maze of mirrors. I made it to the center and tripped falling on my face. I began to get up and all I could see were reflections of Niall's smirking appearance.

"You'll never get away from me." The hundreds of Nialls spoke.

I felt the familiar burning in my head and instantly knew this was an illusion and that Niall was in my head. Before I knew it all the reflections of Niall disappeared and I ran for the exit near my right. As I reached it I felt a and on my arm and I was spun in his hold.

"Gotcha."

"Ahhhhhhhh!" I screamed as his fangs pierced the flesh of my neck.

He gasped as he quickly retreated from my skin. Realisation hit him as he looked me up and down.

"I smell it now. That scent. How could I have not known before?" He said as he stepped closer to me.

I backed up against the wall and tears began to fall over my face. His hand caressed my cheek as he wiped the tears away.

"I'm so sorry." He said and I looked at him in the eyes and his expression became sad, and guilty.

"Niall?" I asked half expecting him to say 'nope, guess again' and lunge at me.

"Its me." He said as he kissed my forehead and I instantly relaxed in his grasp. "Let's go home." He said and I nodded as I fell into his chest.

In an instant we were outside in the parking lot. He put me in the car and told me he just had to go tell the others what happened. I nodded and he gently closed the car door.

He came back minutes later and jumped in the driver seat. He turned the engine on and heat instantly blasted heating me up. He shut his door and pulled out of the car park.

"Niall?" I asked.

"Mmm?"

"What did you mean by 'I can smell it now'?" I asked curiously. I wanted to know what all the fuss was about me.

"You don't want to know." He replied.

"Niall, you can't keep me in the dark forever. I want to know why everybody wants me. Why I'm so important. Why Jiall called me the 'key'." I countered.

"Alex, you're an entity."