Timeless - Mark Tuan

Chapter 8

"Mark? What are you doing here?" Jinyoung and Jackson are in front of me in an instant, blocking the other boy upstairs if ever he decides to come down. 

"No!" I put a hand on Jinyoung's as he's about to throw a spell on the dazed boy coming out of the shadows and into the lighted staircase. 

"Aish!" Jackson lets off his guard when he sees the boy coming down. "Mark Tuan! What the fuck, man." He turns to me, annoyed then back at Mark who's already half way down. 

"Jackson?" Mark is also surprised to see the boy I'm with. "What are you doing here?" He turns his gaze to me, furrowing his brows when he sees my hand still on Jinyoung's. 

I am supposed to go between them but Jinyoung steps forward, holding me behind him. He looks at Mark, "Where are Mae and Cecilia?"

Mark massages his temples. "I ... I don't know."

I yank my hand away from Jinyoung and start for the stairs to the basement. "Cecilia?" I yell. My footsteps going faster, my heartbeat doing the same. "Mae?" I open the door and the darkness welcomes me. "Cecilia?" I call out again. Still no answer. 

I hear other sets of footsteps behind me as I rush down. I turn on the lights and see the empty room with only my things in it. I turn back around and see the three already on my heels. 

"Where are they, Mark?" I ask the boy looking at me still confused, angry and surprised at the same time. He furrows his brows as he scans the room full of things he shouldn't be seeing. 

Jackson is even more troubled than I am. "Fuck!" He pulls Mark out of the room, dragging him up the stairs. 

I follow them up with Jinyoung behind me. "What happened here, Mark? Where are they?"

"What?" Mark has his very angry look when he turns to me once we get to the living room. "You come back home with that guy and you ask for someone else. Not even asking what happened to me?"

"What?" 

"Fuck. Mark. What are you talking about?" Jackson says from beside Mark. 

"Where are they?" Jinyoung is now holding Mark's arm, pulling him back as he seems to want to get near me. 

"Annie."

"Mark."

"Mark."

"STOP!!!!!" I yell. Both Jinyoung and Jackson have frozen on their feet. 

"Annie." Mark though is still coming towards me. "What the heck is going on here?" He doesn't seem to have noticed the two who aren't moving behind him. 

I almost forgot, my spells don't work on him. Why is that? 

"Mark," I pull him out of the living room before the two starts moving again, and drag him up to the study. I lock the door behind and let him sit on the chair as I pace the room. "First of all, what happened here?" I ask him, finally stopping in front of him. 

"I don't know."

I look into his eyes and see ... nothing. 

"Mark. Tell me the truth. Where are they?"

"I don't know." He yells. "So many weird things." He gets up and it's his turn to pace the room. "You ... I was talking to you earlier... then .... Fuck.... shit, you just disappeared. The next thing I know, Mae was looking scared and pulling me into the room."

"Scared?"

He scratches the back of his head. "There was something. I heard some noises downstairs."