True anchors

22||Family

inside Theos mind

They all appeared in a house. It was Theo's old house. The sun was shining in from the windows. Outside in the garden, the sounds of kids screaming escaped throughout the house. They all made their way out. There was three children outside playing together.

Two younge girls oldest 8 youngest 6. And there was a boy aswell. Around the age of 5. They all looked so happy together. They were all sat on the swings laughing. The boy tried to get off and fell. He grazed his knee and started crying.

The oldest ran inside to where their parents sat talking. And the other girl moved straight over to the boy. Hugging him telling him it was going to be okay until their parents came outside.

The scene changed this time they were sat in the living room. The boy now 6 years old and one of the girls, 7. The eldest wasn't there. They all sat in silence crying. The children embraced in a hug.

The lights were dim and it was dark outside the windows. The house phone was laying on the table untouched. This was the day after their eldest sister had gone missing. And they were broken.

The scene changed once again and they were in a underground lab. Needles and test tubes everywhere. Three men covered in metal for helmets and clothes. The young boy now nearly nine years old stood in the corner of the room trying not to cry.

"She wants you to take her heart. It will be beneficial to all." One of the men turned to the boy. Who looked up scared.
"But what if she changed her mind?" The boy was doing every he could to get out of this. He didn't want to.

Yet they still convinced him in a way. Convinced him to kill his sister. Then they would be there to remove her heart and replace his with hers. Even after she died and he had her heart. He was petrified. He felt overwhelming amounts of guilt.

The scene changed again. This time it was the same boy but 16 years old. He stood on a bridge. Lilly's in his hand. He dropped them gently into the small stream of water. He whispered something ever so quietly.

"Im sorry for what I have done. And what I'm about to do. But I owe them. I owe them my life." Then the boy picked up his bag and walked away. The three in Theo's mind followed them. They boy got in the truck and drove to the school. Fidgeting in his seat for all that's he's about to do. Then they got to the school. It was the day of the senior signing. The day the pack met Theo.

The scene changed once again and they were in the hospital. It was dark. The lights flickering. There was a large bang from the morgue. Then the doors open and the boy came running outside. A ringing voice echoed through the building.

"Theo," the boy turned towards it. A young girl appeared and moved towards him. It was his sister. The one he had killed years prior. She dug her hand deep into his chest. He crumbled to the floor as she retracted her hand. Covered in blood. Holding his heart.

This pattern continued over and over. The only difference was he stopped fighting it. He let her take his heart.
"Its okay, you don't have to stop." He spoke with tears in his eyes and pain when his heart was ripped yet again. But he felt he deserved it. He deserved to have his heart ripped out time and time over again.

In the real world.

The three awoke breathing heavily. All people outside waiting. Nothing had happened. It was silent in the building. Everyone waiting anxiously for signs of life in the dead building.

Theo fell to the ground with a thud. Almost passed out. Liam felt a heavy weight in his head. And Tara looked around confused and disoriented. She sat on the ground against the wall. Head in her hands. Processing all of the information she had just consumed.

"Theo! Are you okay? Why did you do that. You could have been hurt. That was so dumb. So very dumb." Liam ran over to Theo. Crying. He pushed him slightly. And repeatedly hit him over and over. Before breaking down in his arms.

Tara watched the scene. Seeing her brother hug his boyfriend and cry together. She saw Theo cared. About him about her about everyone. He was ready to give up his life to save everyone. Her beliefs had been disproven in that moment.

"Theo?" Her voice cracked with the speech of the caring words. Tears welled in her eyes.
"I'm- im sorry I see that I was wrong. And you cared. And I will leave now. You can kill me send me to hell anything."

"I couldn't. Everyone came in with one goal. I came in with two. To stop you and to save you. I believed you were in there. So I knew I should help you." Theo responded to her. Sorrow on his eyes arms still around liam on the floor.

"You should get in contact with you friends. I placed explosives in your truck Liams house masons Scott's stiless Lydia's mom and dads everyone's living space. Loaded with bombs." Theo's face lit up in alarm. And liam looked up aswell.

"Guys we need agents to every house and car connected to people in the pack. they are rigged with explosives. go now!" people outside started rushing around. getting addresses and license plates. then setting of to defuse the bombs. panic struck everyone at the thought on of the bombs could be missed and kill and innocent life.

"Im so sorry. i didnt realize. but we need to get to the nemeton. the spirt doesnt belong here. and it will find someone new soon. someone to complete its objective if it does not return to its dimension."
"what about harlows family? where are they? can they come back." Tara looked at the ground and shook her head. liams small smile faded once again. he couldnt bring happiness to the young girl in the way he had hoped to.

"lets go down. be prepared. they may not take well to seeing you." Theo warned its older sister. they took the stairs. they didnt think the elevator would be suited for this situation. theo was still slightly wobbly from having two people enter his head. tara was still processing and liam, liam was scared. he was scared someone else had got hurt. scared scott wouldnt approve of their decision about tara. scared for harlow and harper and alessia and his mom and step dad. he was scared tara was lying. he was scared theo would be hurt. he was scared he would be hurt. He was scared this wasn't the end like they had hoped.