Mindless Souls

Chapter 4

Quinn

When we pulled up to my house it was as if my dad knew what had happen that day. He was waiting for me in the yard. "Oh sweetheart are you alright. I was so worried about you." "With all due respect sir but I think that it's time to tell Anna Beth everything." Christian said to my dad with the look of concern upon his face. I was confused. He said that my dad would tell me what was going on but he just said something about a girl named Anna Beth.

"Who's Anna Beth?" I asked looking from Christian to my dad and back again. "This isn't your concern Christian, not anymore; not when..." "Like hell it isn't. My brother is out there after her again. You're not going to keep me from protecting her this time. So you'll either agree that she stays with me until we find my brother and you tell her everything or I can take her with me and still tell her everything. It's your choice James." Christian said to him. It then dawned on me that this Anna Beth person and I must be connected; we must be the same person. Why else would Christian have said the name if it weren't true.

"Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on here!" I said. Both my father and Christian looked a little surprised as if they forgot I was even there. "Sweetheart, this is going to be so hard to explain, but our family; my family were not like most people. We never die, and if we do were reborn. I've been around for a very long time and well Christian here he's been one of my closes friends. He's been with me since 1584" My dad pauses and looked at me to see how I was taking all of what he was saying to me. "Does it look like I'm flipping crazy, and you said I was the one that need therapy maybe you need it Dad because that has to be the biggest load of shit I ha..." "You watch your language young lady and if you don't believe me let me show you what I'm saying is true."

He walked over to me and placed both his hands on my head. In an instant I could see my fathers' life from the beginning I saw everything through his eyes I saw the first time he met Christian and his twin Sebastian. The first time I was born in 1820, and how Christian and I made a vowel to be together forever no matter what happens. I saw scenes of, my life of loving Christian of dying; a feeling that I know I don't want to experience again.

My dad took his hands from my face and put them on my arms to try to steady me. "I forget that doing that makes people really dizzy, but do you understand now dear?" my father asked me. The memories kept flashing in my mind, ones my dad showed and ones I had from my former lives. I couldn't make out much but I knew that I could tell the twins apart based on one simple thing. And if this truly was my Christian standing in front of me I'd be able to tell from a kiss.

I walked over to him and put my hands to his face, gently sliding it back towards his hair as I moved my lips closer to him. When our lips met it was as if I were home, everything was and would be ok. He put his arms around me and held me. Suddenly I felt something wet on my face. I glanced up at him and saw he was crying. "Why are you crying Christian?" I asked him. "Because, love, I don't ever want to lose you again. I've gone so long without you; I can't bare not having you with me." He said to me.

I looked into his eyes. I never seen him more scared in my life. "You won't lose me. I'm not going anywhere." I told him although I couldn't tell if I was telling him or trying to convince myself. "Not even you know that love, with my brother anything could happen." Suddenly there was a knock at the door and we all stood frozen in time staring down the door.

Sebastian

It's not that I want to do the things that I do to my brother, I just hate that he gets all the attention and everyone acts as if he's the golden child. Always got what he wanted. Always said and did the right things. 'Sebastian why can't you be more like your brother Christian. He knows everything.' Why can't you just accept me for the twisted soul that I am and always will be? Not once did I know what it meant to be accepted completely by someone to be loved wholeheartedly by someone until I met you Raquel. My poor sweet Raquel, right from the moment I met you I knew you would be mine. But that my brother took you from me all too soon and now you are lost to me forever. It's because of him that you couldn't be reborn. It's because of him that I'll never feel your touch. It's because of him that any light left within me has turned black with hatred. They just let him take you from me. My poor sweet, Raquel I will make him suffer. I'll make him pay for what he did to us. He will both know my love what it means to be in pain and alone......forever. For you my love, I'll do anything.

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Cali

Christian opens the door almost immediately. "Hello there lover boy". I say to him. "Ra......Raquel? This is impossible I watched you die. You never cast the spell. How the hell are you here? Does he know you're here, he's been looking for you. He's trying to kill Anna Beth because he thinks I let you die." "Christian calm down. No one's going anywhere near her. You know we were fine before you boys decided to interfere in our lives but I don't think we would have wanted it any other way" I told him. "Christian who's at the door?" I hear my sister ask. "Does she remember yet?" I looked up at Christian asking? "We just told her." "We...we who?" "Christian seriously who's at the...oh hi Cali... Did we have a meeting or something that I missed?" She looked at me like she always did like she had no idea I was her little sister. We'd been friends for year's; best friends in fact. I always thought she was the greatest person in the world. So kind always wanting to help where she could, she'd give her last to help anyone in need.  " Nope, i'm just stopping by because we need to talk hun." I told her. " Talk about what?" She asked me concerningly. " You going to tell her Dad or should I?" I looked at my father.  "Raquel...and just where have you been young lady?" " Not even in the door for five minutes and i'm getting yelled at. I've been keeping an eye on our bigger problems than Sebastian. I can handle Bash you leave him to me. But first things first I want to talk with my sister." This was going to go one of two ways and knowing my sister the way I do we were going to need to talk alone.