Invasion

Faded memories

Paul suddenly had a knife in his hand and was lunging at Seth with it. "WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?!" Paul shoved me away from Seth.

Seth dodged Paul's attacks "Because it's the truth." Seth made eye contact with me and added "Paul killed your family as well as your boyfriend." I gasped and fell on the ground. "But...but...I have memories of us hanging out and my family dieing in the fire!" I shouted back. Seth grabbed one of Paul's arms "He made you think that! Paul put false memories into your head. He forced you to become a vampire. Ben has helped him as well." I turned shocked towards Ben. "Please, not you. I can stand the other lies but not ones about you." Ben looked away.

"OUCH!" Seth yelled, drawing my attention back to him. Seth's hand which had been holding Paul was bleeding. "Remember, Rika! Try to remember! Remember when we first met in the cavern? Think of that cavern!" Paul punched Seth and stabbed him when he tried talking again. I screamed "Stop!! Just stop it!" Everyone froze and walked slowly towards me. Seth clutched his side but blood was no longer spraying. Paul had the knife pointing down, Seth's blood dripped off it loudly. Ben was the first to move towards me "Honey bear, Seth was just messing with your feelings. I know that seems like I'm down playing what happened and what he said. You trust me, right?" Ben's voice was overly sweet as he moved forward. I backed up. Was he telling the truth? Why were we really on this boat? Ben's face showed a shadow of anger but he quickly covered it up saying "We can go to a pier if you want, sweetie. We could go shopping." He got closer to me and grabbed me. I thrashed about, I don't want to! I don't know why. I just don't! Ben sighed and picked me up "We can go get ice cream...go to a club...a museum. Whatever you want, Sweetie." Club! I froze, unable to move suddenly. "What did you do?" Seth asked in a low tremor. Paul immediately answered "That's none of your concern now. Why did you have to mess things up? When I made you swear your loyalty to me, I thought I made it pretty clear what would happen if you betrayed me."

I looked up at Seth, trying to read his expression but Ben put me down on a lounge chair and patted my head "It's okay, Rika. We'll get this sorted out. Just relax and don't try to think." Ben left, confident I would be unable to move. " You did. But, you also turned me into a fucking monster!" Seth pointed out. OUCH!! Oh, god! What was that?!? Suddenly, I was no longer laying on a lawn chair unable to move. I was experiencing everything that Seth had talked about, the pain of loosing my parents, the feeling of hopelessness when I saw my boyfriend as a vampire, everything! I lay back when it was over, my face probably displaying my disgust at what Paul had done to my family and friends as well as me. "Make her sleep now, Seth! Prove you're still loyal!" Paul ordered. Seth was suddenly in my line of vision. "I'm sorry." I looked away from him. "Why is it, one moment, you can be nice and the other cruel?" I asked when he sat on the edge of the lounge chair I was laying on. "I..um...I..."He hesitated. Paul walked over and pushed Seth out of the way. "Don't. Speak. Another. Word." Paul straddled me and whispered in my ear softly "I'm happy you remember. I love the feeling of you thrashing beneath me." Paul thrust his tongue on my face, moaning deeply when I struggled "That's it! Move! Move for me, Rika!!" I stopped thrashing and promptly spit into his eye. Paul looked down, blase, as he casually wiped his eyes with his hand. "Rika, please refrain from using any fluid from your body as a weapon." He paused, trailing a hand down my chest. "GET OFF!" I screamed and bucked beneath him. Paul moaned again, taking off his shirt. "SETH!! SETH!!" I yelled frantically glancing towards him. Seth glanced towards the sails, his fists clenched tight beside him.

"Why won't you help me?!" I yelled. Seth pulled out a small plastic container and walked towards me. "Rika," Paul grabbed my chin clumsily "Look at me." I made eye-contact with Paul, his eyes were as frigid as an ice-box as he started to slowly slid my shirt off. I slapped and clawed at his face, satisfied when I drew his blood. Paul hissed snapping his fangs right near my ear. Seth appeared in my peripheral vision. I desperately thrashed even more. Paul screamed, "GET THE DAMN THING IN HER NOW!!!". Seth stood to Paul's right with sad eyes.

Paul groaned and grabbed the container. Reaching into it, he quickly shoved the contents into my mouth before I could react. I tried shoving my fingers down my throat, but Paul twisted my hand away, "You have to ingest it!" He slapped me across the face, hard. My hand went to slap him when suddenly it froze unable to connect with his body. I looked straight into Seth's eyes and said in a clear voice, "Now, I will never trust you again." And the rest was darkness as my head tilted back, whacking the chair's armrest.