Still Here (Zak Bagans fanfic)

Chapter 11

I screamed out in pain as the priest flicked holy water on my forehead, and began reading form the Bible. Zak was holding my arms, attempting to keep me still in the chair, but it wasn't working as my body was contorting in all different ways. I felt my back arch and lift from the chair before everything went black, and I couldn't hear anything any longer. I was scared, felt as if I was alone in a dark room with no place to go as something else was trying to take over my body. I faintly could hear Zak's voice coming to me, begging me to come back to him and to stay strong through this. All I could see what blackness, and all I could feel was what seemed to be my body breaking into a million pieces. The pain was unreal, and how scared I was didn't even match up to it. I focused on Zak's voice, trying to fight off whatever it was taking me over, and soon started seeing light again. I opened my eyes and looked into those beautiful blue-green eyes that I had come to love so much. He was saving me, he was pulling me back to reality and helping me fight. I felt his hands on my shoulders, and heard his soothing voice calling my name. I was focusing on his voice, rather than the priests, just so I could get through this.

"Sarah!" I heard the Priest yell as my body went limp in the chair.

I felt myself falling, almost as if I was falling  into an endless pit, even though it was the short distance from the chair to the floor. Zak's arms were quickly around me, holding me closer than ever before. I felt his tears falling onto my skin as he was sobbing holding me in his arms, scared that I wouldn't be coming back to him.

"Zak, she will be back. Her body needs rest." I heard the Priest softly say to him.

"What do I do?" Zak softly sobbed out.

"I will be at the new home you bought and perform a cleansing tomorrow, in the mean time you need to get her home and in the bed. She needs to let her body rest and recover from what it just endured."

I flittered my eyes open, looking at the both of them looming over me. I immediately looked into Zak's eyes and tried to force a smile.

"See? I'm okay." I choked out in a whisper.

"Shhhh. Baby you need rest." He said to me ever so lovingly.

"You saved me."

Zak leaned down and kissed me gently on the forehead, showing me how much he loved and cared for me. I felt him lift me off of the ground and gently carry me to his truck. I don't remember what I had went through that day, the last thing I remember is being with Zak at the new house and walking into the stairwell behind the secret door. After that everything is a mystery to me.

I woke up in our king sized bed, wrapped up in our black silk sheets, with sweat beading down my forehead. I slowly stirred and turned to my right, being greeted with the sleeping figure of Zak. I reached my hand over and gently caressed his face. His eyes fluttered open, a grin spreading across his face.

"I wondered when you would wake up." He sleepily said to me, kissing my forehead.

"Zak, I don't remember anything. What happened? How long have I been asleep?" I asked him, tears beginning to well in my eyes.

"You were possessed. That house was infested with dark entities, and I didn't know. I had a priest go over there, the same one that performed the exorcism on you, and he blessed the whole house getting rid of all the dark entities residing there. You have been out for the last three days."

I looked deeply into his eyes and could tell he felt a tremendous amount of guilt for buying me a building that would later cause me to have to have an exorcism to be performed on me. I gently placed my hand on his cheek, reassuring him that none of what happened was his fault.

"How were you to know what was in that house? Please, do not blame yourself for something you had no control over." I said to him, pulling his face closer to mine.

"I could have checked it more thoroughly before buying it, so in a way this is my fault, and I cannot believe the pain I have caused you. I can't tell you how sorry I am, Sarah." He said to me, tears starting to gently fall down his face.

"You thought in the back of your head that a secret door could have existed? I know you didn't, so why blame yourself. I am alright, aren't I? You saved me."

"I love you, Sarah. I will never cause you pain like this again."