Primal Inheritance: Freedom [COMPLETED]

Chapter 21: Dog Eat Dog

Jamie

We waited till midday to walk to Allen's place. We would've been there earlier, but it was a beautiful day outside. Besides a couple wispy clouds in the sky, the weather was perfect. A cool and relaxing breeze we'd constantly blowing, and by the time we woke up there are dozens of kids flying kites in the park with their families. They either thought we were lazy teenagers that worked at the park, or they hadn't seen us earlier, because they didn't say anything about homeless people playing with their kids.

We didn't actually look homeless, but it should have been​ obvious because of Marissa's hair. She kept trying to comb it down with her fingers, bit it wasn't much help.
"God I hope I can find a brush in here," she said as we walked up to Allen's door.

I reached for the door, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I felt a small volt of electricity. I raised my hand up to stop Donovan and Marissa. "Don't move," I whispered. "There's magic here."

"Do you think the vampires sent mages after us?" said Marissa, loudly, even though I had just lowered my voice.
Donovan rolled his eyes and tapped her shoulder, but spoke with his mind.

"Duh, why else would Jamie stop from moving forward?"
Before they could continue their little spat, I snapped my fingers at them and pushed the door open. The lights were completely off, but the curtains were open, letting in some sunlight.

We walked all the way into the house, and there was Allen, sitting upright on the couch attending to some girl that was sleeping.
"Hey, what's up man?" He looked up at me and smiled. He stood up and have me a handshake.
"Man, I've been through alot of crap this past week."

Marissa, who came in last, nearly tackled him when she gave him a hug.
"Oh my God! You idiot! What took you so long to get back?" Then she looked over his shoulder to the sleeping girl, and her face dropped.
"He noticed, but didn't react in anyway. She's the reason I've been gone so long. She asked me to help her with her family, put a spell on me to make think I wanted to help her, and used me as a shield against the demons inside her house. She's done this to dozens of people.

Marissa's eyes turned lupine and bright. "Then why the hell is she here?"
Allen smiled, unfazed by her death stare. "Because the dozens of people that she did this to wanted revenge. Well, their families and friends did. I met them in a bar and the next thing I knew all of them came here trying to attack -"

"Can we hurry this up? We have way more important stuff to do." Donovan interrupted.
When Allen turned toward him, his whole attitude changed.
"Was I talking to you?"

"No, but I'm talking to you. We got several things to deal with, and we especially need your help with the vampires-"

"I don't have to help you with anything." Allen stopped him. He walked away from Marissa backwards and turned back towards the sleeping girl. "I've got someone else I need to find, and you're not stopping me."

Oh crap. How did he already know about Danielle? Marissa started feeling guilty, I could sense it. "Allen, I'm sorry, we tried but-"
"What do you mean, you don't have to help us? This is your problem too, idiot! You've been stuck with us since the day you freed us, and you better get used to it." Donovan thought about what he said for a second, and laughed.
"In fact, you don't have to get used to it. You're gonna do what I say, and when I say it." He poked Allen's chest after he said each word. "You don't have a choice!"