THE POWER OF TRUE LOVE

CHAPTER 13

ZOEY'S POV
I felt someone picking me from where I was lying. My senses weren't working that effectively but I could certainly feel someone walking while carrying me in their arms. I tried to open my eyes but they felt so heavy. I kept trying and finally after a little bit of struggle, my eyes slowly started opening. The moment my eyes opened I was blinded by the bright sunlight and I immediately shielded my eyes. After a few seconds I opened them again and everything was hazy. My eyes were still adapting to the light but I could make out that a tall, strong person was carrying me while walking outside of what looked like a house. "uhh" I tried to speak but immediately regretted it. My throat was as dry as the Sahara desert and trying to speak just added pain and discomfort to it. "Relax baby. I'm here now" I heard a voice say. It sounded way too familiar but I couldn't put a finger on who exactly it was but, the one thing that I was sure of was that the person carrying me was a male. After what felt like eternity, but were probably only a few minutes, my eyes adjusted to the light and I could finally see everything clearly. I looked around myself to see I was in Leah and her friends' house. Then my eyes fell on something which made my blood cold. An unconscious Crystal was being carried by someone. It was a male as well. I moved my head towards the other side to see Sarah was unconscious too and was being carried by some male as well. They have their faces covered with masks! What the hell is happening!. Then suddenly a thought crossed my mind and my body immediately froze. I was yet to see the person who was carrying me. As slowly as possible, I lifted my eyes up towards the person who was carrying me. As soon as my eyes reached to the person's face. I could feel my eyes bulging out of their sockets. Forest green eyes stared back at my dark brown ones. They were filled with different emotions, anger, satisfaction, greed, but moreover they were filled with darkness.  Even though the person's face was covered with a mask too, I could never ever forget those eyes.

DEREK HALE

My worst nightmare...

Before I could even take in what was happening, the words spilled out of my mouth. "where are you all taking us" I whispered, barely able to speak. "don't worry you're safe now" He replied, clearly not wanting to answer my question. Suddenly my body started feeling like it was being crushed under 100 stones and my eyes felt heavy. No no no! I can't pass out again! I have to do something! Otherwise me and my friends are gonna live the same nightmare all over again!. With that thought I started to fight back the drug which was running in my system. My eyes kept opening and closing but I wasn't going to give up. I tried my best to fight it when suddenly a sharp pain shot through my body and I winced. "I see the drug has started to work" I heard Derek say and before I could even properly look up at him, I was consumed by darkness.

CRYSTAL'S POV
Darkness. That's all I can see and feel around myself at this moment. Around 5 minutes ago, I woke from the trance of the drugs which me and my friends were given. The room, or wherever I am, is pitch black and I can't see a thing. I can't even see my own hand!. I am guessing I am alone because I haven't heard a single noise except for my own breathing since the moment I woke up. This makes me even more terrified. The two things that I know is that my body is badly paining due to lying on this cold, hard ground for god knows how many hours and second, the weird smell. The moment I woke up in this void, I could smell a weird smell. I can distinguish the smell of blood, which concerns me to the edge but I cannot interpret the other smell.

Wait! What was that?!

A sudden sound had pulled me out of my thoughts. It sounded like a whimper and my heart stopped. Wasn't I suppose to be alone in this place! I started looking around me in a panicked state, trying to find the source of the sound. I couldn't see a thing and it frightened me even more. "Is anyone there?" A panicked voice echoed in the void room. No it can't be!. "Sarah?" I asked, knowing the voice all too well. "Crystal? Is that you" I heard the panicked voice of my best friend. "Yes it's me! Oh thankgod it's you!" I said taking a deep breath of relief. "where the hell are we and what is this smell" Sarah asked in a scared and confused tone. "I don't know" I said with a deep sigh. Suddenly I heard a rustling sound coming from my right and both of us immediately silenced ourselves. The silence was pin drop when suddenly a voice echoed throughout the void. "guys it's us" the voice said. "Zoey!" I whisper shouted, a small smile making its way onto my face. "yes it's me" she replied back and I could hear Sarah taking a deep breath of relief. "wait did you say us?" Sarah asked sounding confused. Before Zoey could reply two new voices came from the same direction. "did you really forget us?!" "that's bad"  two new voices arose in the silence. "Ashley! Rose!" I shouted unable to keep my calm. "yup" They replied together. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. All of us are ok! "all 3 of us woke up to both of you whispering in the silent room. At first we were scared as we didn't recognize your voices. We thought you were our captors and we decided to remain quiet but when we finally recognized you, we spoke up" Ashley said. "Thank god all of us are ok" Rose said with a light and slightly happy voice. But our happy moment didn't last long as we heard footsteps coming in our direction. All of us went still as the sound of unlocking a metal door went off throughout the silent room. As it slowly creaked open, a ray of bright light entered the room, enlightening the darkness. I closed my eyes shut. The light was painful for my eyes. There was silence for a few seconds as my eyes were slowly adapting to the light. I could now see that there were 5 silhouettes standing at the entrance of the door. "well well well look who finally decided to wake up" I heard one of them say and my body instantly became numb. Although I couldn't see who it was, the sound of his voice was enough to help me know who he was.

And as they started walking towards us, I could see my surroundings more clearly now. I had my eyes locked down at the floor as I heard footsteps approaching me and my friends. After what felt like a eternity but was rather only a few seconds, I saw a pair of legs standing in front of me. I didn't have the courage to face the situation i'm in but i knew i have to do it. One way or another.

As I slowly started looking up at the person, my breath got stuck in my neck when my eyes met those menacing blue eyes. The eyes who gave me nightmares even during my most pleasant dreams...

ETHAN BLAKE CARSON

My worst nightmare...

Hey guys. So this was chapter 13. I hope you all like it.
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