The Savior (Third book to the Beings Who Care Series)

Chapter 22

Weeks go by and Toby starts to act like a normal obnoxious teenage boy. He plays pranks, eats junks, tells lame jokes, and likes to kill things. He's made friends with everyone in the house but I can tell that he gets on Masky's nerves a little because we get along so well. Jeff seems to be one of his closest friends here, besides me. Toby and I have a friendship that is kinda like a brother and sister relationship. He's like an older brother and I love it. Although his sister was originally older and my brother was originally younger we still remind each other of them. I sit upside down on the living room couch playing videogames with BEN when Dad comes and stands in front of the screen. BEN groans in anger and I pause the game, "What's up Dad?"

"When was the last time you trained your ability?" He moves out of the way of the screen and I unpause it.

"Uhhh I dunno, maybe the Friday before Toby came."

"Well you should go up there and practice."

"Why?"

"Because it's almost been three weeks since you've practiced... and I want you to show Toby your strength."

I pause the game and sit up, "What? Why?"

"He's getting cocky and needs to realize who has the most power. Plus I believe he doesn't think you're one of us and to survive here with all us, you have to prove that you are in fact insane also."

I groan and stand up, dropping the controller on the couch, "Toby!" I yell and he comes down the stairs to me.

"Yeah?"

"Come on, I gotta show you my power." I drag him up the stairs and stop at Masky's door. I bang on it and he comes out.

"Yes?"

"I'm showing Toby my ability, you wanna come?"

"Sure." He comes with us to my room and sits next to Toby on the couch. I go to the computer and set everything up for me.

"Now Toby I will be in a completely different world. Kinda like how when you start to kill someone you stop all common sense and crap. So if you try to stop me I will probably seriously injure you, so stay back. You'll be able to see what I'm seeing from the big screen up there."

He nods and I press start. The whole world around me changes, Masky and Toby disappear and I start to run into a forest. Someone cries for help, a familiar voice. I begin to sprint to the cries and as I get closer I realize that it is not only one person crying but several. I sprint to them and once I get to the sight I stop in my tracks and climb a nearby tree. Mrs. Nobine stands there in front of everyone I know, torturing them. My entire household tied up to poles being forced to listen to her rant. The only person not tied up is Masky. He stands in the center of them all right next to Mrs. Nobine. I slowly climb down the tree and inch closer to the scene. They weren't just being forced to listen to her rant, they were being killed. Every minute I could see their restraints around their necks tighten and them fidget. I decide to take a more silent approach and turn invisible to burn off their restraints. Once I free them I whisper in their ears to stay in the same spot and not to more in order to escape safely. I walk straight up to Mrs. Nobine and turn visible again. She laughs a little, "Why are you here child? Why aren't you chained up like the rest of your friends?"

I transform, so painfully. More painful than my first ever transformation. Ever since the ball each transformation has gotten more painful, I don't know if it's because I'm getting more powerful but it hurts and it only hurts when I turn into a demon, when I'm an angel I feel relief. But this time I feel blood. "Why do you have them chained up?" I ask her.

"Because this is what I wanted, to see you suffer, to see everyone you love suffer."

I throw her on the ground and land on top of her, "How dare you do this, do you not know what I am?"

Her eyes widen a little, "I knew you were always ugly."

"Why isn't Masky chained up?" I ask quietly as I watch him stare off into the opposite direction.

She laughs, "I wouldn't torture my daughter's boyfriend."

"Don't fucking lie to me!" I feel the heat in my hands as I begin to burn her wrists.

"Oh look here comes my daughter."

I quickly stand up and suck the life out of her without a diamond. I turn to Masky to see Emily in his arms. He kisses her with so much passion and I feel the most horrible feeling as I scream, drawing their attention. He turns and laughs at me, the most insulting laugh I have ever heard and Emily does the same. I feel the pain in my back release as I turn back to normal, I can't tell if I'm mad or surprised and I guess my body can't either. I cry and fall onto my knees as they laugh at me, it seems like the laughing goes on forever before it suddenly stops and I look up from my lap to see my secret room again. I feel two arms around me and I notice it is Masky; I push him off me and stand up. I back up slowly and the tears keep falling before running out of my room and into the woods.

MASKY'S P.O.V.

As she runs out the door I Toby punch me in the gut. I look at him and just as he is about to punch me in the face I block it, "Stop it!" I yell and he yells right back.

"How could you cheat on her like that?"

"I didn't cheat on her!"

"It was on the screen!"

"That wasn't the real me! The computer generates her worst fear and puts it in a scenario to see if she can handle it! That's how she trains; her abilities are focused on her emotions!"

He thinks for a moment, "So her worst fear is us being tortured and you cheating on her?"

"I guess..." I stand there for a moment and think about how she shoved me. She could've killed me in the scenario, she could've killed Emily but she didn't. She just fell on the ground and cried, we even laughed at her... I don't understand, if she cheated on me I'd kill the guy she was with. I turn back to Toby, "Why did you punch me?"

"I thought you cheated on her for real."

"Why would you care?"

He gets really close to me, "She's like my little sister, and she was my first friend and my closest friend. If you don't think I'd want to kill you if you cheated on her, you are very wrong."

"Got it." I say and he backs up.

"Where do you think she went?" He asks.

I sigh and throw myself onto the couch, "Into the woods, it's where she always goes when she's upset." I lay down and face my back to Toby.

"Well we have to go find her." He says.

"She doesn't want to see me, did you see the way she pushed me away? She hates me and I didn't do anything." I curl up into a ball on the couch and think about what happened when Toby pulls me off the couch.

"Yeah but she NEEDS to see you. She needs to know that it wasn't real."

I sit up and realize that he's right. "Let's go search but we can't tell anyone else or else they'll freak." And we go to the woods to find Anabelle.