Time Warp (Alastor x OC)

Ch 59

Mindy's final song...

Fawn's POV

My heart dropped, and she started giggling quietly.

Quickly I turned and ran, but without shoes on I couldn't get any traction with the ground being so wet.

I barely got even a few feet before I slipped and fell into the mud.

Her laughter rose in volume, and I tried to help myself up. My nails dug into the mud, and my heart was pounding in my ears. I could hardly see a thing, the only light I had was through brief flashes of lightning.

Suddenly there was a sharp pain in my back, and I yelped. It felt like she'd kicked me, and it made my elbows buckle, sending me face down into the mud.

"Oh, such a bleeding heart..." Mindy said, her tone mocking, "so venerable and kind."

I screamed when I felt her grab me by the hair, yanking my head up.

Tears quickly fell from my eyes and I tried to claw myself away from her, but she's a lot stronger than I am apparently.

She pulled me up, then shoved me to the ground on my back. Now standing above me, I could see that Mindy isn't herself any longer...

The look in her eyes and on her face is reminding me of Alastor in the worst possible way.

Once again, lighting lit up her features, showing me the psychotic look in her eyes.

"You took everything from me...everything I earned...everything I worked for. You took it all..." she began, walking closer to me. 

I drug myself back, slipping and scraping my arms against rocks and roots. My eyes darted around, and my breathing was ragged and panicked.

"The moment you arrived, it was like a curse," she hissed, "you ruined my life!"

She pounced on me, and I screamed, trying to fight her off of me, "I didn't do anything! Get off of me!" I wailed.

She cackled, "didn't do anything?! Because of you, he hates me!" She screamed, and I heard the way her voice wavered and cracked. For a moment, I stopped struggling against her, and looked up into her eyes.

The rain was pelting both of us, but even through that I could see the tears streaming down her face.

"I thought that maybe if I played nice he would accept me again! Maybe h-he'd stop looking at me like I was dirt, like I was nothing!" She sobbed, "I've worked with him for years, we were partners, we worked together! What do you have that I don't!"

She had me pinned, both of my wrists being held down.

I shook my head, "Mindy, I already told you..." I started, "I don't have anything that you don't have...you are wonderful all on your own...Alastor doesn't hate you, please...it doesn't have to be this way. Please...let me go before he finds us, I'm begging you..." I pleaded with her, a few tears slipping from my eyes.

She sniffled, shaking her head, "no..." she said, and then let my wrists go only to wrap her hands around my throat, "no, once I get rid of you, it'll all go back to normal...it'll all go back to how it was..."