Forever

~18~

"How did you find us?" I spit grabbing his shirt and yanking him towards my face.

"It wasn't exactly difficult, you aren't hard to find."

"Who sent you?"

"Nobody, I came alone."

"Why?" I growl out and he smirks.

"Wanted to see you, check in on Ya-

"And fight me, don't leave that part out." I hiss and he smirks.

"And it was fun while it lasted, then your whoever over there had to go and ruin it."

"My pleasure." Isaac says and I smirk.

"Who all knows where I am?"

"Nobody, again I'm alone here."

"Where were you bringing me in to?" I ask remembering his words as we were fighting.

"Myself."

"Lies! Who are you working for?"

"What's it matter? You've caught me now, what's there to worry about?"

"The fact that more might come, and I won't be as lucky." I say and he laughs.

"You don't need luck Skylar."

"Then what do I need?"

"To accept the fact that nobody will ever stop hunting you, to accept the fact that your not like everyone else-

"I've already accepted both of those."

"Oh really? Sure you may have accepted the fact that you'll always be chased, but you haven't accepted the fact that you're not like others."

"Oh? And how not?" I ask

"You're hiding your greatest gift of all, and you still have hope you'll find love and be able to have a family. Just like every other woman in the world, you hope for your life to be simple again, yet it never will be. You weren't created to have a normal life, and just like you, we plan to have many more hmm, what's the best word?"

"Don't." I spit and he looks at me with a raised eyebrow.

"What? Did I offend you? Did you really think you'd be able to be rid of this life? Did you really think, you'd be able to love Jason freely, get rid of everything that haunts you?"

"I don't love anybody."

"In denial, that's a step closer to turning over to the evil within."

"I will never go dark, I'm stopping people like you from creating more like me, from taking innocent lives and making them hell like mine. And when I've stopped every last bit of you people, I'll find my own vaccine to this curse that's taken over me." I spit then throw his chair back into the wall. He turns his head back up to me and meets my eyes from the several feet away.

"You can't." He says with a laugh, his eyes never leaving mine.

I slam the door shut and back away crossing my arms as I watch him through the small glass window.

"Sky-

"Be sure he doesn't try anything stupid." I say cutting him off them turn and go up the stairs.

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I walk into the bedroom and find Jason asleep. I walk by him and walk into the bathroom turning the shower water on. I pull off my clothes catching sight of my tattoo on my shoulder blade in the mirror, and I look away from it stepping into the shower.

I shut the curtain behind me and look down at my hands as the water runs over me. I shut my eyes and then reopen them and stare at the blue surrounding my hands. I move my hand around then clench my fists and look down at my arms as the tendrils of black start crawling up them. I slide down the shower wall and land in a seat my knees to my chest. The water washes over me pushing my hair all into my face, but I front move. I stare at my hands unable to pull my gaze away from the blue light around them. I push up to my feet clenching my fists and watching the blue shine brighter. I step out of the shower and walk over to the mirror and stare at my own face. It looks back at me but the blue of my eyes is intense. I don't even recognize myself anymore. I grab a cup and throw it at the mirror and watch as the mirror shatters. I clench my fists on the sink and lean towards the mirror seeing my true self:

Broken, worthless.

I look away from the mirror and take a deep breath just as the banging on the door sounds.

"I'm fine!" I shout not even recognizing my own voice.

"Skylar, what happened? I heard the shattering."

"I'm fine!" I shout again looking back at the shattered mirror. I release my clenched fists and watch as the blue vanishes and my eyes go back to normal.

"I just need five minutes!" I call swiping my had over the mirror and watching it re-fix itself. I look back at my own reflection then turn away yanking on a towel and leaving the bathroom. Jason looks over at me but I don't look at him as I walk over to the drawer and grab shorts and a T-shirt, he looks away as I change then looks back at me as I sit down on the bed beside him.

"Are yo-

"Yes." I say then lay down my back to him and shut my eyes.

"You'd tell me if something was wrong right?"

"Like you told me?" I ask sarcastically and he sighs.

"Yeah." I say and he scoffs.

"That's not fair."

I laugh and sit up turning to face him and losing it.

"Oh really? Huh that's funny! So I have to tell you everything wrong with me yet you can keep your attitude and your secrets to yourself! That is what's not fair Jason! I'm not telling you shit when you won't tell me shit!" I shout glaring at him.

"I had reason-

"And I have mine! I'm not saying crap!" I shout and he grabs my wrist yanking me back down beside him.

"Let me go." I bite out

"No, you're angry! Calm down!"

"I won't!"

"Then I'm not letting you go, you do this all the time! Get mad and walk off!"

"Oh you're the one to talk!" I shout yanking at his grip.

"I am! Now stop!"

"You-

"Jackass, bastard? Jerk? Over heard them all Skylar! It won't offend me! You've gotta calm down!"

"I am calm!" I shout and without thought I shove the power into my hands and he shouts letting me go. He looks at his hand and I gaps seeing the red welts now covering his hand. I look down at my hands then up at him and he looks at me in fear, disgust, and like I'm a monster.

"Skylar?"

But I'm already sprinting out of the room and jumping over the rail.

"Skylar stop it!" He shouts following after me as I slam out of the front door and taking off into Isaac's acres of land.

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