The Other Side Part 2

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"So how has everyone been?" Rita says closing the door behind us, I look around seeing bottles and random items on a table as we walked to the living room. "Oh don't drink anything unless you want to be a squirrel." She laughed jumping on her single chair off the side. I sat next to Bruno on the couch still looking around at everything.

"How did you do this to the house?" I said amazed.

"My powers have been becoming more stronger as the years go by. These birds, they found me." She said as we looked to a crow sitting on a stand. "That is Benji, he was the first before the others came. I have been able to move through them, see what they see in the sky. I found this place a few years ago and no human can see the house, they can only see it broken down and abandoned."

"She found me a few weeks back when I went to the store." Bruno said

"Yes and he tells me the twins are graduating soon! That's exciting! Tell them good luck with adulting it fucking sucks."

"Well that's why we are actually here, Preston was taken. We need your help to track him like what you did with Bruno."

"Wait we have more weird people out here looking for supernatural, these people need a a hobby." She said messing with a crows feather.

"Yea well they call themselves the Ravens and th-"

"Wait, wait, wait." Rita said cutting off Bruno. "Did you just say the Ravens?"

"Yea?" She put the feather in her messy bun sitting up in the chair.

"They have been hunting me down."

"What?" Dominic said as we were all confused

"A about two months ago when I was walking around in the city one of their men was following me, when I noticed I was going to leave but he caught me. And for some reason I couldn't escape from his grip, it was like something was draining my powers. After I fought my way from him he cut me with a knife." She raised her sleeve up showing us a large scar on her forearm.

"Rita what the hell!" Bruno said running to her side.

"I'm fine it's healing."

"No Rita this isn't right, you're a witch you can't be having scars like this, you don't even have a scar from that bullet when Charles shot you."

"I know but I'll be fine." She covered her arm pulling it close to her. "I've been working with different spells to heal it but the scar won't go away. I've been trying to read books I was able to find used by past generations of witches but I can't find any explanation for this. That's why I found you at the store, I'm scared. I'm the only witch left and I don't know what I'm doing. My powers are suddenly becoming stronger, at times I don't know how to control it, I don't know if I have a weakness and I'm alone."

"You're not alone, you have us." Dominic said moving to sit on the other side of her.

"I'm starting to get tired of smelling dogs." She said laughing.

"Hey we do not smell." Bruno said smiling. "No matter what happens we will protect you because you are part of our pack, and packs must stay together. And as alpha of this pack I promise nothing will happen to you as long as I shall live."

"Really?"

"Really really." She smiled and looked at all of us.

"Okay let's find Preston."

A few hours later
After we gathered everything she needed we let her work her magic. She did everything just like when we were looking for Bruno, it brought up terrible memories. Bruno grabbed me pulling me close to him as if he read my mind.

"It's okay I'm right here and we'll find him." He said in my ear as he held me tightly calming my nerves.

Rita closed her eyes whispering as the candles around us flickered. Benji began crying out making me jump, she moved Preston's senior ring he just got around the map as she continued whispering. We all waited patiently feeling like this was taking longer then when we found Bruno.

Two candles blew out as she moved the ring faster making us become worried. Benji cried out louder as another candle blew out.

"Somethings not right." Victor said as we looked to her as her facial expression was changing.

The ring stop moving but she was still whispering. Her eyes opened but her eyes were rolled back.

"Rita?" Dominic said walking closer. Her nose began to bleed making three candles blow out. "Rita stop it!" Bruno said running to her making her face him. But she still was whispering and her eyes were rolled back. "Rita wake up! Stop it!" He said shaking her. Benji flew around making me cover my head as he flew close to us. "Rita wake up!" Bruno screamed making her eyes closed and stop whispering.

Her eyes shot open as she took in a deep breath falling to the floor. Victor caught her before she completely fell. She took in fast quick breaths looking around at us.

"Shhh, it's okay. You're okay." Dominic said grabbing her hand. Her eyes were red as she calmed her breathing.

"What happened?" I asked softly.

"I-I don't know. I was d-doing it then I j-just lost control and I-I was trying. I'm sorry, I'm s-sorry."

"Hey it's okay." Bruno said pulling her in for a hug. She laid on him looking scared as I grabbed her other hand rubbing it. We all sat on the floor comforting her until she was ready to talk again.