My Gladiator Family

Chapter 24

~ELLEN'S P.OV.~

 I was sitting on the couch. Alone. That isn't good. I should go find someone.. No, too much.. Sam is with Grian.. Can't be alone.. Must be alone..

No, stop thinking. Sam might hear me..

 I laid down on the couch. "I know you're there.." I said aloud. Evil Ellen came from the shadows. That eerie black silhouette and two blue-green lights. "I could help you." she offered. "You make things worse.." I said. "Emotions suck." she stated. "They do.. No, feelings.. are nice.." I tried to say to make myself feel better. "It'd be easier if you just let me.." "NO, never!!" I exclaimed. "Come on, just let me handle Sam!!" she begged. "NO!!" I demanded as I swatted her away into the air. Alone again.

Why does she want to control me? She wants to do something, but what? I probably don't want to know.. I need to stop thinking about her so she won't come back.

Someone knocked.

I inched closer, closer to the door. I gripped the handle and slowly opened the door. Just Orchid.

 "Hey, what's up?" I said. She looked nervous about something. "Can we talk?" she asked. "Sure, are you ok?" I asked as I let her in. "Ya, I'm fine, I just have a few questions." she said as she sat down on the couch. I sat by her. "Ask away, I guess." I said. "Well, do you think that perhaps, everyone has an evil side?" she asked. "Umm.. ya, I do think everyone has an evil side.. Why?" I asked. "I'm worried about that.. Lately, I've been feeling an evil presence, but I'm not a hybrid, I'm so confused!" she exclaimed. "Do you have a history of anxiety or something?" I asked. She nodded, "I tend to have bad anxiety when something goes wrong, I think at the time, I was worrying about Dom or something!" she said. "That'd make sense, worrying causes anxiety, and anyone's evil side sees that as an opportunity to take over." I said. "Thanks, I guess, I can count on you." she said. "You're welcome, well, good day." I said as she left. "Bye" she said. Everyone has an evil side apparently..

 This makes me worry more. What about Mary? What about J and Grian? Brittany? What about Sam? He has the hardest time controlling Evil Sam! Winter is working with Jasper and he's already improving, but Sam? I worry every time he's alone, which I try to prevent from happening. I think I need to talk to Mary. I left my dorm and walked over to her dorm room. I knocked on the door, and Mary opened up. "Hey, Ellen!" she greeted. "Hey Mary!" I said smiling. "Do you have time to talk?" I asked. She said, "Ya, what's up?" she let me in. "Well, Sam, I'm worried about him. I think Evil Sam is too much for him to handle. Can you see into his past?" I asked. "He is a hybrid, so I wouldn't need his hand, but I'd have to focus much more than usual. Ya, I can try." she answered. She closed her eyes. Waited a minute. She gasped and grabbed my hand and I got tapped into the vision.

 Sam looked about nine years old. He was holding a gun, blood red eyes. The scene changed. He looked a bit older, about ten. He was wielding a knife, blood red eyes. Scene changed again. He was eleven or so. He was trying to strangle someone who was making fun of him, blood red eyes again. Everything went back to normal.

 Mary let go of my hand. "Sometimes my visions are dreams since I'm still young, but still, you could tell he wanted to do those things." she said. "Thanks, Mary." I said. She nodded and I left. I went back to my dorm. Evil Ellen was waiting for me by the couch. "Well, that was something." she said. "Get out." I said. "So rude, calm down, I'll be gone before Sam gets here!" she said. "NOW!" I yelled. "Chill, girl, I just want to torture you with my presence for a minute or two!" she exclaimed as she summoned a knife out of thin air. "Wow, this would be useful!" she said. "Ya, it would if you existed physically!" I said. "WOW, that was uncalled for! Well, enjoy your puny misery-filled life!" she said as she disappeared into thin air. My life is misery-filled...NO, I can't let her get to me!!

 Sam walked through the door. "Hey Ellen!" he greeted. "Hey Sam!" I said smiling. He continued walking to his desk. His ear twitched and stopped midway. He slowly turned to face me. "Ellen?" he asked. "Ya?" I asked. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Nothing?" I lied. I can't let him know I'm depressed. He walked closer to me. He crossed his arms, waiting for me to say what's wrong. "Nothing's wrong!" I insisted. He got closer to me, trying to read me. "Are YOU ok??" I asked, trying to change the subject. "I'm fine!" he insisted. His ear twitched. "LIAR!" I yelled. His eyes widened. "What's wrong?!" I exclaimed. "NOTHING!" he shouted. Dom busted through the door. "Yo, shut up!" he yelled. "Sorry!" me and Sam said. He slammed the door closed and went back to his dorm. "I'll leave you alone if you leave me alone." Sam said turning back to me. "Nope, not happening, I'll tell you if you tell me!" I said. "You know what's wrong? I'm tired of Evil Sam! Always trying to get to me!" he said. "Is that what's wrong?" I asked to confirm that was it. "Yes!!" he insisted. HIs ear didn't twitch. "OK!" I said. "Now you tell me what's wrong!" he said. "Nah, I'm good!" "WHAT?!" His eyes flickered a light red. "Sam, calm down." I said. He took a deep breath. "Look, I understand you obviously don't want to tell me, but I want to help you!" he said. "I don't need help!" I said. Dom busted through the door again. "I CAN STILL HEAR YOU!" he yelled. "SORRY!!" me and Sam shouted. He rolled his eyes and left again. "Fine, you win." Sam said. "I can't believe you." he admitted. I stayed silent.

 We stood by each other in anger for a minute. Sam grabbed his stomach. "Sam?" I asked. "I'm f-fine.." he said. "GOTTA CONTROL.." he said. "Sam, you can't!" I said. His eyes started turning a deep red. He fell to the ground clenching his stomach. "ELLEN!" he screamed. I sat by him and started crying. I grabbed his shoulders and he screamed in pain. He suddenly swung his arm and hit me in the face. I screamed in pain as the punch stung. I fell to the ground and placed my hand on my cheek, where he hit me. Sam jumped up and stood on top of me, eyes a blood red. "RUN!!" Sam screamed. I got up and Evil Sam pulled me down again. "STOP!!" I screamed. I looked behind Evil Sam to see Evil Ellen stepping closer to me. She summoned a knife and smirked. "You know he deserves it!" she yelled. Dom busted through the door one more time. "SHUT UP- OH MY GORD!!" he yelled as he realized I was being attacked by Evil Sam. He charged him and pushed him down to the ground. Evil Ellen gasped and disappeared with the knife. Dom kept him pinned to the ground and Evil Sam struggled to get up. "HURRY!!" Dom screamed at me. I got up and ran over to Evil Sam. I began feeling around Sam's head, looking for Evil Sam. I found him and Sam screamed in pain. Blue ran in and helped Dom keep him to the ground. Evil Sam fled from Sam's brain and ran down into his arms. I pushed Evil Sam out and he left. Sam took a deep breath and Dom and Blue let go of him. He sat up and grabbed me and pulled me into a hug. I hugged him tightly, and Sam rested my head on his chest. Sam fell asleep right there. "Thank you" I mouthed to Dom and Blue. They nodded and left, closing the door quietly. I stayed there laying on his chest. I grabbed the TV remote laying down close enough for me to grab it. I turned on the TV  and listened to it for a while, waiting for him to wake up.

~30 MINUTES LATER~

 Sam grunted. I sat up by him. "You up?" I asked. He nodded. He sat up by me and hugged me again tightly. I hesitated for a moment. I thought about it. I gently pressed my lips against his forehead, as a way to make sure there was no trace of Evil Sam. No, no sign of Evil Sam. Sam blushed crazily, a deep shade of crimson red. I blushed lightly and smiled. He got up and reached out his hand to help me get up. I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up off the ground. He hugged me again and I hugged him tight. He let go and smiled. "It's time to eat supper." he said. "Right, can you just make some of your ramen things?" I asked. He laughed, "Ya sure, you want chicken?" he asked. I laughed, "Whatever, I'm just hungry!"