Torn

Chapter 22 Remember

Alese

"Wait! Stop here!"

Mac came to a halt and looked over to me.

"Alese. There's nothing here. Just an old, beat up house."

I hopped out the truck and walked over to my house and Mac followed close behind.

The door was wide open and snow covered the floor along with other shit that was knocked down. It was a complete wreck.

"Hurry and grab what you can."

She nodded her head and begun searching around. I went immediately into my parents room, grabbing clothes for all of us and stuffing them into old hiking backpacks. I threw the packs into the living room and headed towards the bathroom.

When I opened the door, my heart sank. I stumbled into the wrong room, looking back at what I used to have.

I picked up a old photo of me and Jaclyn when we went to Grandfather mountain for vacation. I wiped the glass with my thumb and to my surprise, there was a minimal amount of dust on it. I pick up two other photos and saw the glass was clear while all the rest were opaque with filth.

I took out the three photos from their frames holding them close to my heart before pocketing them. I started walking out, only looking back once.

Mac slipped on a bleached out, tearing at the seams, pink sweater and threw her old shirt on the ground.

"I think we're all set. I grabbed toothpaste and toothbrushes, a shotgun, and some cash. Ready?"

She slung a backpack around her shoulder and grabbed another. I nodded my head and put on my pack and got the canvas bag of her findings.

We trudged outside, loading the supplies into the truck. I turned to Mac, ready to give her the signal that we were good to go.

But her mind was in another place. She was completely silent and her gaze was locked on the forest. I tried to see what caught her eye, but I couldn't see anything remarkable.

Suddenly, a wolf's head peaked around a tree. It's fur was white as the snow itself but it's eyes were glowing yellow. It began slowly inching it's way towards us, and more of them began appearing in the protection the forest.

Mac had a strange expression; it was filled with rage and fear, yet there was longing and sadness. It was a crazy concoction of emotions that it seemed I was the only one that could relate to her.

"Get in." She shoved my threw the driver side door into the passenger seat. She immediately started the engine and made a u-turn out of here. I looked out the window and at the wolf. Even though the distance between us became longer and longer, I still felt him staring at me.

Leonardo

My mind was blank, everything was blank. Light hit my eyes and it instantly burned. I threw my arms around my face and hissed. My whole body ached, I felt like I was going to die.

Something tried to grab me, and I thrashed around desperate to get it off. It peeled my hands off my eyes and pinned me down. I screamed in frustration and agony, but it didn't budge.

"Leo, open your eyes! It's me!"

I opened them, ready to attack. But what I saw made me freeze.

"See its me. Alese. It's ok."

Alese stared down at me with her beautiful eyes. Her face glowed and her dusty brown hair shimmered like gold in the light.

I felt tears rimming my eyes, I pulled her down into a tight embrace.