Fire And Ice

Chapter 23 - Finally Some Answers

IVORY'S POV

When Carter pulled into the driveway Mason was already waiting by the door.

"Hey honey, everything ok?" Mason asked as he grabbed my hand.

"Peachy." I wrapped my arms around him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Hello, Bill and Elly. How are you?" Mason asked.

"We've been better." Elly replied shortly.

"Are they locked up?" Carter asked completely ignoring Bill and Elly. He's still mad at them and I can't blame him.

"Yes, they won't be able to touch her or anybody else."

"Who's locked up and why?" Elly asked timidly

"My so-called parents. They are dangerous and are hell bent on hurting me so we have to keep them locked up so everyone is safe." Elly and Bill looked at each other before turning back to me.

"How horrible were they?" Bill asked.

"You will see." Mason answered for me with anger and lead me into the house with everybody else following behind us. We walked through the living room and down the stairs into the basement. The basement was small enough to have two cells on the wall across from the stairs. There was a simple bed and toilet in each one but nothing else. Both of my "parents" were in separate cells. "Time to talk." Mason told my parents as we reached the bottom of the stairs. He kept his body covering most of me even though there is no way for them to get to me.

"Oh, I would just love to but I'm late for something so I'm afraid we'll just be on our way." My mother smiled sweetly as she pointed at the lock on the bars. But her smile faded as soon as it had appeared. I followed her eyes and they were fixated on Carter's parents. "Elly, Bill, nice seeing you again."

"She was stuck with you two all of these years?!" Bill yelled.

"I can't believe you two could raise such a sweet girl." Elly is glaring daggers at my mother.

"The trick is to always be the boss, never their mother, friend or protector. No love, just pain." An evil smile crept onto her face once again.

"Enough. Now tell Ivory what you told us." Mason took charge.

"I already know I was taken from my real parents, Carter is my twin brother and we have amazing powers so just spit out all of the rest."

"You have already figured out how to use your powers?" My father asked shocked. I heard Carter snort behind me.

"Just because we know what they are, doesn't mean we know how to use them. We'll be fine one second and it'll be hell the next." I answered his question.

"Just out of curiosity what are they?"

"None of your damn business now answer our question." I started to raise my voice.

"Don't have to get snippy my sweet little girl." My father said like he won father of the year. "We were assigned to keep you hidden from anybody that was trying to find you. We weren't the ones that actually took you. They gave you to us afterwards to keep you hidden. Not even the people who kidnapped you or our Queen that wanted you knew where you were."

"That is correct honey. But they didn't expect us to go rouge. We want the twins to ourselves and to get all the glory. Not have to share it with someone else but we couldn't find Carter. So, we kept Ivory hidden from everybody while looking for Carter. Then Ivory found him for us. Now our plan is working very well." My mother finished for my father.