Stranded Souls

Chapter 18

                                                                                      Molly

    I was so mad at Aiden for coming after me. I was so mad at Cecilia for betraying us. She was working for the S.S.B. all along. She's the one who told them about Aiden and the one who brought him into the room with a sword pointed at his heart.

    Most of all I was mad at myself for getting everyone into this. I was so mad that it took five people to get me tied to the chair. The one in front of the machine that's going to claim my life. Then a lot of people get out of the room leaving Evan, Kristen, Cecilia, Two guards, Aiden, and me left.

    Awkard silence fills the room. No one knows who should speak first and no one wants to be the first one to speak. Finally Evan says something.

    "Hello. Aiden." He say. "I'm Evan and this is Kristen. I'm sure you know Cecilia." He says smirking.

    "Ya I know." Aiden replies with a disgusted look on his face.

    "Good. Now let me catch you up on what's happening. As you know you are in the S.S.B. Stranded Souls Banishment." He says. "We have created a machine that will be able to make all the souls on the earth come to us."

    "Ok." Aiden says.

    "And." Kristen says taking over. "When ever a soul dies they will come straight to us."

    "Your not even going to give them a chance to leave!" Aiden says taking a step forward and Cecilia gets closer with the sword raised.

    "That's right." Kristen says having fun. I struggle against the ropes holding me down, but they're to strong. Evan glances at me with a smile on his face enjoying me struggling so I stop.

    "How does this have anything to do with Molly and I!" Aiden says. The same thing I did.

    "Because when you died you stayed back for love!" Kristen hissed. "The only soul who came back for good. The only one who stayed in your human form!"

    "So...?" Aiden asks still confused.

    "Your souls are powerful together." Evan says pointing at me. "Together they can make the machine work."

    "How do you know?" Aiden asks.

    "We have are ways." Kristen says smiling.

    "Why are you doing this?" Aiden asks.

    "Because Molly didn't die in the car crash like you did." Evan says and I know right now he can't wait for Aiden's reaction. "We were going to take your souls after, but things don't always go as planned."

    Aiden was not happy. I could see it right away. "You caused the car crash." It wasn't a question it was more of a statement. Evan just nods his head.

    Aiden begins to start to charge, but never gets to because the two guards are already holding him back. He struggles against them, but he can't get away.

    "You might want to be careful what you do." Evan says walking up to Aiden staring him in the face. "Don't want to do something you will regret."

    I can see Aiden wants to punch him so bad, but he knows he can't. "That's better." Evan says and walks away motioning to Kristen to go by the machine. Then his cell phone rings and he answers it. He listens then says ok and hangs up.

    "A few of there friends got in." He says meaning Haley and Tyrone. "I'm going to go take care of them. Are you ok here alone?" He asks Kristen and when she nods he leaves.

    "Are you ready Molly?" Kristen asks me. All I do is stare back with hatred. "I'll take that as a yes." With that she pulls a lever and the machine starts up.

    At first I feel fine, like it might actually be broken. Then I feel it. The hole is trying to suck me in. It's pulling me in and I can't stop it. I feel a lot of pressure closing in on me. I feel so dizzy.

    The machine starts to come towards me. Wait no, I'm moving towards it. I look at my self and I'm not in the chair. I'm a soul. I look behind me and see my lifeless body in the chair. I don't know if I'm dead for sure, but when Aiden screams I'm positive I am.

    I try to move away from the machine, but I can't because it's too strong. I can't do anything else so I give up and let it pull me in. It doesn't though because Cecilia runs up to the machine and stabs it with her sword.

    There is a bright flash of light that is let out of the machine hitting everyone in the room. The worlds flip and everyone changes. I feel my soul flying back through a long stretch of light. I'm being thrown back into my body.

    I'm back in my body and I wake up instantly and look around. The damage is pretty bad. Kristen and the two guards are dead on the floor. Cecilia is standing next to me as a soul and Aiden isn't here. He must of gone to get help.

    Cecilia unties me from the chair and we just look at each other. "I messed up didn't I." She says looking at the floor.

    "Ya." I say and she looks ashamed. "But you did whats right in the end!"

    "I had to. You gave me your trust and I betrayed you." She says finally looking at me. "I owed you."

    "And now I owe you." I say and she tries to object, but I cut her off. "Stay here! We can find a cure! We can make you come back alive!" I say hopefully, but she shakes her head no.

    "You don't owe me." She says. "And I've made my choice."

    "Please!" I'm starting to cry. "We can find a way! I know it."

    "I don't want that." Cecilia says crying too. "Good luck with fighting the S.S.B."

    "Don't go! You can't!" I say desperate for her to stay.

    "I'll see you again someday." She says smiling. "Bye."

    "Bye." I say back as she floats up into a blinding light. "I'll miss you. We all will." I say even though she can't hear me and I wipe my tears.

    Then Haley and Tyrone come bursting into the room. Haley sees me and gives me a huge hug. "Thank God you're alive! Are you hurt?"

    "I'm fine." I say. Then I explain what happened. How the S.S.B. wanted our souls to capture everyone elses and how they used th machine to get my soul. I took a deep breath before I described the part about Cecilia and how she saved me.

    "Wait!" Tyrone says. "So when Cecilia hit the machine with her sword it let out a light that made everyone alive in the room die." He pauses to look at the bodies of the guards and Kristen. "And the people who were dead became alive?"

    "I guess." I say so. "Did Aiden find you?"

    They both shook their heads. "Didn't see him." Tyrone says.

    "Weren't you fighting Evan?" I say remembering what he said now right before he left.

    "We were." Haley says. "We were about to win to when the TVs turned on around the building showing what happened downstairs."

    "When he saw that they failed and Kristen was dead he ran away and we couldn't find him." Tyrone adds.

    "Should we go look for Aiden?" I ask because I can't wait to see him. More then ever now that he's alive. And we head upstairs to find him.

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