The Brothers

6 - {Over and Over}

~Chance's POV~

Realizing it's been a long of a while since I gained my consciousness back, I was standing underneath a streetlight. I was starting to feel a rush of something come over me. Still in this unconscious state of mind, I've been watching my girlfriend, Harper, and my boyfriend, Jordan, cope with my death. Basically the aftermath after I 'moved on' from here. Harper did some satanic ritual in her room to 'join me in heaven', and Jordan didn't take it so well and..... Well.....

SPLOOSH!

Let's put it this way, he held his breath a little too long and forgot to breathe underwater. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, trying to see if there was a way to escape this awful form of a reality. I wanted it all to end. I didn't care what happened next as long as I was awake, as long as I didn't see them give up one more time.

"There's got to be another way," I kept telling myself. I tried to splash water from the lake on my face each time I had the chance, but did that work? No, and the water didn't even let me touch it. That's when I thought of one possible solution. I let my eyes close and think back before these nightmarish flashbacks occurred, before I ended up unconsciously trapped in my own head. Since I highly doubt things will end up bad with the memories repeating themselves over and over again, I ended up sending a vision orb to act as my soul and eyes.

Vision orbs are a kind of orb. It takes the user's sight to see more than what the human eye can see. Say you want to see the inside of a tree for whatever reason, the vision orb takes your sight to scan the insides of the bark and the leaves for as long as you allow it. The last time I used one of them was to figure out how to get back home to my brothers.

I tried to relax a bit. I let my eyes relax so the orb could work properly and function. The orb left my body that was still in the tree my brothers left me in, and I was hoping they'd be close by. Realizing I was wrong after checking the tree itself, I controlled the orb to do the same thing I did all those months, or years, ago. I never was that good at keeping track of things.

The thing with vision orbs is that you can project your voice into them to talk to people, doesn't matter what or who they are. But while I'm technically still unconscious in the real world, or mentally brain dead if you wish to call it that, my voice will sound the same as metaphorical crickets. Nonexistent.

I was keeping my cool as the orb looked around the area. Well, I was keeping my chill up until I saw my brothers. Or, what I assumed was them. The orb went as close to them as I let it, not wanting to accidentally get myself or the vision orb into a mess.

Being closer to them didn't help. Seeing them didn't help either, being able to see the fear in their eyes. I saw exactly what I was trusting myself not to see or believe. Ever heard the saying 'Do not change so people will like you, be yourself and the right people will like you'? This was like the visual form of that or somewhat close enough.

Liam used to be the happiest boy in the family. Way, way before Theo joined in on the chaotic goodness. He hardly lied once, but if he did, it was always to protect the person he was lying to or about. He was the kind of little sibling that did dumb stuff because he thought it was cool, like skateboarding on a railing at the park, or doing things that kids tagged as 'criminal-worthy'. I thought it was cute, so did Mom and Dad.

Now? He refuses to look me in the eye, or anyone he thinks he can't trust including our parents. The only person he feels safer with is our little brother, Theo. Can I blame him? Heavens no. If I saw my own relative shoot themselves in front of my very eyes, I would be afraid of them too. As for Theo.... The first time he cried was what started the torn relationship between Liam and me.

I opened one eye and sent in an aura-orb. Aura-orbs glow differently for every person they scan or come in contact with, they are usually meant to figure out who 'the good guy' or 'the bad guy' is. Closing my eyes again, I focused on both orbs the best I could. Liam's aura was scanned as bright, indicating that he was fine at the moment. Theo's was about as dull as his eyes. And that was far from fine.