Terror

Chapter Four

The two of them walked in a field on the outskirts of the power plant. It was eerily quiet, with the only light being the flashlight the two of them held. Greyson was in front of Jason, while he almost had to rush to catch up to him.

"Obviously that stupid stepsister of yours can't see in the dark," Greyson provoked.

"It's dark like everything around here," Jason said.

Greyson stopped, turning to shine the light directly in his face. "Whose fault is that?"

Jason disliked the idea of them working together, but given the circumstances, it was the only option. They were the high ranks who were capable of standing up to Ashley's growing powers.

"Where did that thing even go?" Greyson spat, flashing the light around the field, but it had just been snow and trees.

"Well, you are the one who threw her with your mind," Jason pointed out. "Along with shooting a white light from your palm."

He knew that had to be the baby that took control of him. Scarlett had displayed the white glow from her hand, but it didn't do much else. He wondered if the mutant child had the connection of Greyson and Scarlett being parents to this access to power. It's similar to what Divina does to Emma, except she isn't exactly controlling her.

"Yes, because my mutant child can take control of my body like a puppet," Greyson said, his hand on his hip. "Shows that it's intelligent."

Greyson started walking again, flashing the light through the field. "Should we have taken those five with us?" Jason asked.

"No, because I'm sure you don't want to see your housewife burned to a crisp," Greyson snarled.

It was the first time he had seen Bella in months. He didn't react because he didn't know how. Yes, she had been burned, but his mind knew they had to go chasing after whatever had happened.

"They can find their own way back," Greyson said.

Jason knew he couldn't save everyone, despite wanting to. If he could, Ilya would still be alive, and Bella wouldn't have left.

"Has it ever crossed your mind that this is Ashley's endgame?" Greyson provoked. "It wants Scarlett dead because of our mutant child, which means Ashley has to kill everyone."

Jason has had that thought cross his mind. Everyone knew she couldn't create the illness or storm anymore because the baby was the barrier to the situation.

"Then when this ends, we'll probably end up sharing a jail cell together," Greyson muttered.

Jason forgot about laws because it had been lawless in this place. Some of them are mayhem, theft, breaking and entering, plus driving underage, with the list increasing.

"See, all of it is starting to click together," Greyson snapped him from his thoughts.

"They will listen to our side," Jason said.

"We aren't getting a free pass because we're children. I don't see Heather paying your bail," Greyson sneered.

"You don't seem to miss her," Jason implied.

"That woman wasn't a mother. If we get out of this place, we won't have those welcoming arms. It will be shock and horror, with a small dash of happiness, for some parents. TMZ or CBC will be hosting reports with police crowding us all." Jason didn't want to listen to Greyson's statement, but he continued. "Unless that Highlighter ends up paying off all our charges, everything will point back to us and that god."

"What about the mutant child?" Jason challenged.

Greyson stopped, turning to look back at him. "It has plans, which start with the darkness. Scarlett probably knows more," he remarked.