Alpha Two

Beating Around The Bush

Chapter Six:

Beating Around The Bush

I started to run to Eli's room, but Emsley stopped me.

He locked the door and herded me to a corner of the room, then stood in front of me, facing the door. He spread his arms around me, protectively.

Nick came sauntering in, with a bloddy knife in his hands, "Who's next?"

Emsley stayed firmly planted in front of me, but I didn't see how that would help.

Nick ran and not a second too soon, Emsley jumped in the air and used both of his fists to punch each of his cheeks.

Nick started to spit out blood and cough hysterically.

"Your little angel boy's protecting you, eh?"

Like a coward, Nick jumped out of the window and stole Eli's car. He quickly sped away and then I rushed to the dead man's room.

"Eli?" I cried, "Eli!" I was choking back tears

When I saw him, I almost passed out.

He was hanging from the ceiling, with a noose at his throat. His silver, wise eyes were now rolled up to the back of his head. Blood dripped from his mouth, his nose and his ears.

I grabbed his desk chair and stood on it, trying to get his horrible rope necklace off.

Emsley came in and helped me. Together, we cleaned him up by wiping up all of his blood, closing his eyelids and setting him gently on his bed.

Tears poured down my eyes as I ran downstairs. Tyren, Eric, and Brent were all hanging out in the kitchen, oblivious to the previous scene. Sabrina was putting a cloth on Jordan's head, trying to help his fever go down.

"Nick- Eli- dead!" I choked out, stumbling into the kitchen.

"Nick and Eli are dead?" Brent asked.

"No! Nick killed Eli!" I sobbed.

Everyone's face fell, "What?!"

"Bloody knife, he was-- hanging from his ceiling!! Nick killed him!!" I shrieked.

Brent ran forward and embraced me, patting my back.

"It's gonna be okay," Eric comforted.

The reason I was so miserable was because Eli was my cousin. He was engaged too. And his fiancee was pregnant.

I cried into Brent's shirt as Tyren and Sabrina left to see if they could find Nick anywhere.

Eric ran upstairs to check the scene out for himself, after all, Eli was his twin brother. They both looked the same, with their jet black hair and dark tones. Eric had piercing green eyes though and Eli, cloudy gray.

After Brent's shirt was soaking wet, I went upstairs again to see Eli. Eric was weeping at his brother's deathbed, and ripping the coiled rope that took Eli's life in his hands.

"I'm going to kill Nick," He was muttering.

And I was sure he meant it.

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Later that day, we sent the news out to everyone and to keep and eye out for Nick.

I went to Eli's fiancee's house. Her name was India. Her copper skin and thick, midnight black hair were beautiful. Her eyes though, showed her sadness. Her eyes were hazel with little gold flecks in them, even though they were still glowing, they made her look like she had aged ten years.

Her belly was swollen with the unborn child, that would never know his father. Her family was all there, mourning the loss of their newly acquired, and freshly lost family member. I wept with them, and after a few hours, after reviving stories of reasons why they always loved and will always remember Eli, I bid them farewell.

Just as I was leaving, India called my name and beckoned me over to her. She took a necklace out of a beautiful velvet box and put it around my neck, "Por suerte a mi hermosa prima," India smiled.

"Gracias," I breathed.

"No me das las gracias, gracias a Eli," she said, "Que iba a darle a usted en nuestra noche de bodas,"

As I drove home, I rubbed the good luck necklace between my fingers.

I knew this was an important key in defeating Lucifer and Nick.

Because, I was going to be the one to kill them.

A/N Hopefully, these chapters will last through the week. If I don't have too much homeowork, I'll post then. Love you darlings!

~ForTheGlory/Topaz