A TALE OF A THOUSAND YEARS

one can only hope

Justina had never been so relieved to be in someone's house as she is now, less alone the house of her kidnappers, she's just glad she is out of that musky basement, it will definitely make for a new addition to her nightmares.

"I will get him settled he should rest" said Elliot as he climbed the stairs

"took you guys long enough" said Red as she walked down the stairs drying her hair with a towel

"you were backup" said Lilith with a frown

"oh nothing you guys couldn't handle, a Dir'enek and some werewolves, you guys got it covered"

"if you knew why didn't you help us?" asked Justina, she is beginning to dislike Red, oh wait she already did.

"I'm not the boss" shrugged Red

"Ryan" glared Justina, she is going to give him a piece of her mind.

"not my call either" said Ryan as he jumped down from God knows where and landed on his bare feet

"you were busy" said Lilith gesturing to her wet hair.

"I got sticky" she winked

"I better go check on my brother" said Justina as she hurried up the stairs, she doesn't want to know what Red meant by her statement.

Justina rushed through the hallway wondering which of the many rooms he was placed in. she hits a brick wall that has no business being in the hallway, wait it's not a brick but a chest, a very firm chest, a little too firm if you ask her but you aren't and she is still griping the firm chest and the chest groan deeply, she felt it vibrate on her hand, wait that chest belong to a person and that person is glaring at her with black eyes or is it deep brown, she couldn't tell the difference because the owner of the chest is the owner of the fingers that pulled the trigger on her. she recoiled away as if bitten by the lizard scorpion thingy.

The owner of the chest has wet hair just like Red.

"you got sticky too huh?" she asked trying to relieve the awkwardness. but Mr dark eyes and firm chest said nothing and continued on his merry way.  "I dislike brooding introvert" she said under her breath as Elliot came out of a room, she runs over to him.

"he is still out but he will be fine by morning"

"thanks Ellie" smiled Justina

"Ellie, I like it" he smiled

"call me Tina"

"I like that too" he chuckled "I have never gotten to first name basis with someone I have to kill before"

"can you stop talking about how you all want to kill me, I get the message"

"go be with you brother, if you need anything just yell, Ryan and Red have sensitive ears"

"I don't want to speed up my death" she said earning a laugh from Elliott

"she is harmless"

"is she really?"

"nah, you will be a fool to believe that"

"good thing I don't"

"we were like this once you know" he said wishfully

"we were?" she asked wondering when she would understand her kidnappers

"it was a long time ago, even then you and Red never agreed on anything"

"I can see why" she said with an eye roll as he chuckled

"it was inevitable"

"when will you guys tell me why you hate me so much?" she asked

"Wasim already did"

"yeah right and I am the evil Queen"

"you don't believe because you don't remember, you don't remember because you don't believe"

"wise words, Sir Elliott"

"well thank you, your royal evilness" he made a slight bow.

"thank you kind sir" she said as he gave a slight nod and walked away. she sighed as she entered the room he came out from. her brother layed on the bed with his back to the door

"you can stop now Justin, we are alone"

he quickly turned, jumped off the bed and ran into his sister's arms, they hugged eachother for a while before letting go.

"come,  you need rest" she said as she led him to the bed.

"I killed someone Ti, I burned someone, how?, I'm a murderer, I should turn myself in. quick, call your annoying ex, he should lock me up and throwaway the key" he said hurriedly

"calm down jus, no one is getting locked up"

"you don't understand Ti...."

"I do, I stabbed him remember" she said as reality  sets in, she stabbed a human, well not a human but still he was a living hum.... something.

"when I saw him throw you, something snapped, I just wanted to hurt him so bad, I wanted to make him beg and scream. Jesus Christ when did I become such a bed person"

"you are not a bad person jus, I felt the same as you and that's why I stabbed him, it was self defense okay" she said looking at her brother who looked as pale as a ghost. "come on let's sleep, everything will be better in the morning. she said as they both got into bed.

"you know that's not true right" he said after few minutes

"one can only hope jus, one can only hope."