The S.T.F. Files, Book 4: DIATON

A Big Day

Simon

I laid on the soft grass looking up at the sky wondering when this will all be over and I can go home. It's been a while since I left the facility grounds and I was glad. It was so peaceful here in the woods. No simulations, no drama, no people.. just peace and quiet.

"Hey... Psst.. over here," a voice whispers. I sit up, looking around, but i couldn't hear anything.

"Maybe it was just my imagination..." I sigh and lay back down.

"Psst!!! Simon!!" the voice whispers again. This time when I look around, I spot Emily walking up to me.

"And you found me how?" I roll my eyes.

"You aren't even a mile away from the place. I thought you would do a little better than that," Emily puts her hands on her hips. I sigh and continue to look up at the sky.

"So..." I mumble.

"When you left, did you ever see Isabella? I can't find her anywhere," Emily tells me. "When I left the dorm, she was asleep. But when I came back, she just vanished."

"I can't help you with that," I roll onto my side. Emily nudges me with her foot.

"Come on Simon... Please? You're the one she claimed," Emily whines.

"No, she claimed Dimitrius too. Why don't you ask him?" I start to get irritated. I could feel Emily glaring at the back of my head.

"Fine then," she stomps off back to the facility. "Stop being so damn stubborn! She chose you! Personally, I'd choose Dimitrius over you in a heartbeat but it's her life, not mine."

When she finally left, I groan and get up.

"Moron," a voice huffs. I turn around, expecting to see Emily again, but instead I see a girl staring back at me with her arms folded in front of her chest.

"Moron?"

Isabella

I banged my head against the wall, not caring if I was hurting. I had ran out of pills and forgot where Mel would put the other bottles of painkillers. I was no where near my dorm... I actually didn't even know where the heck I was. I guess I was sleep walking or something.

"Mel..." I groan, banging my head against the door again.

"So you're telling me that I am this girl named Riza's stepsister or that kind of crap," a familiar voice says. A deeper voice answers it and it sounded like a 'yes' but I wasn't exactly sure.

Ignoring the pain I felt in my head, I looked around the corner to see Eclaire standing with her back to me and an older man dressed in black talking to her.

"Well, who ever you're talking about, it's not me. My name is Eclaire and I have nothing to do with this mess," Eclaire turns on her heels and walks away. I retreat from the corner and move away so she doesn't see me. After she turns to go down another hallway, I look back and glance at the older man one more time. He was sighing and mumbling something to himself. I watch him walk away and I lean against the wall, trying to think of a way to get out of wherever I was.

"Need some help, Isabel?" a voice startles me and I look up to see the man that was talking to Eclaire. I shriek a little before he covers my mouth. I pull his hand away."My name is Isabella! Who are you? I'm warning you, don't get any closer!" I scramble away and hold my hands out in front of me, creating an energy ball of light in hopes of scaring him off. But instead, he chuckles and with one flick of his wrist, covered my entire ball of light with darkness.

"I am HellMaster, darling. Everything dark comes from me," the man smiles grimly.

"What do you want from me?" I glare at him. He was seriously powerful... if he tried to attack me, I'd have to run away and defend as much as possible...

"Oh, I don't want anything from you," HellMaster takes a few steps closer to me so that he's standing right in front of me.

"Good, because you won't be getting anything," a female voice growls. I look over to my right to see a woman with long wavy blond hair and vibrant sky blue eyes. She was literally glowing in white light and she looked...dare I say it......................shwiney.

"Ah Angel... Always ready to fight someone. You're such a hypocrite," HellMaster rolls his eyes and backs away from me, frowning at the shiny...shwiney?...woman.

"Shut it and leave. Now," Angel stares HellMaster down. He laughs and retreats to a portal that opens up behind him.

"You were always the most violent out of us and Ultear," was the last thing he said before walking into the portal.

"Are you alright Isabella?" Angel kneels by my side. I stared up at her.. Why was she so shwiney? And why wasn't I getting a headache? And why did she look so familiar?

"Huh? Oh..yeah, I'm fine," I get up on my own, brushing my uniform off. "You look familiar."

"Familiar?" Angel tilts her head, then giggles. "I'm just the leader of Heaven. Nothing more, nothing less."

"Heaven?" I blink.

"You interest me Isabella. Maybe I'll see you again one day. Bye bye for now Izzy," Angel smiles and walks away.

"Wait! How do I-" I start to say before I get cut off.

"Down that hall and to your right," Angel answers automatically, then vanishes in a bright light. I follow her instructions and find my way to the outside again... I think the weirdest part was..my headache just vanished when she left...

Dimitrius

I yawned. Then sneezed. Yawned again, then I sneezed. Followed by a cough.

"I hate being sick," I growl to myself as I sat in my room again. I had left the grounds of facility all day and I had only returned to make sure no one really noticed I was gone. My door was locked the entire time so no one would have really guessed I left, right?

"You..." a voice grumbles from behind my door. The door unlocks itself and in comes Mother Nature, her face red with anger.

"Uh..yes? I'm kind of sick right now. Can we talk later?" I turn over in my bed and curl up in the sheets.

"Where were you?" Mother sighs.

"Out," I answer nonchalantly.

"You know you aren't allowed to leave these grounds," Mother tells me.

"And... you know a bunch of teenagers don't exactly do what they're told," I point out.

"Please don't do it again. Time and I need you. A lot. And so do your friends," Mother rubs my back and I tense up. Why the heck was she touching me?

"What about Ri...Theresa?" I move so her hand was off my back and look at her.

"She still loves you Dimitrius. Just don't worry about that alright. Tomorrow is going to be a big day so rest up," Mother smiles and leaves the room, shutting the door tightly behind her.

"A big day...?"