What Happens After Death?

Chapter 15

"You know what the plan is right?" Skye asked Eliza as they walked out of the small restaurant.

"Yeah. You'll walk me to my friend's house, then I say that mom and dad were busy and you had plans yourself so they'd let me stay the night. That way I won't get hurt... but I'm worried about you." Eliza said.

"Don't be." Skye says, ruffling her hair. "I'm tougher than I look, and dad's probably not home and mom doesn't bother to check my room so I think I'll be safe."

"You promise?" Eliza asked.

"I promise." Skye says with a confident smirk, although she was internally worrying.

"Okay... then let's go." Eliza says.

~

After dropping her sister off, Skye had successfully climbed the tree back up and was able to get back into her room.

"Looks like my assumption was right. Father is not here and it looks like mother hasn't come into my room." Skye whispers.

Skye sighed a little and put a hand on her chest, gripping her shirt. 'Did he really... lie to me?'

"Gah!" She yelped a little as she felt a sharp pain in her head. "I-It hurts. Why...?"

'All I did was think about how Zack- no Jax- how Jax lied to me!' She hissed a little and laid on her bed. "Why did I think of Zack's name... I don't know him... right?"

After a few moments she let go of her aching head and laid flat on her back, staring at the ceiling and breathing heavily. "What's going on with me?" She whispers.

Then, as if her body was moving on its own, got up, locked the door from the inside, and walked to the tv in her room and turned it on. She grabbed the remote and scrolled through old recordings.

'What's going on?' She thought. 'I'm not doing this! C'mon legs! C'mon arms! Stop this!'

She stopped scrolling when she landed on a specific recording. It was a news recording. A recording on two people.

It was titled.

The Death Of Rachel Gardner and Isaac Foster

'I remember seeing that on the tv before... I don't remember saving it though... was I curious about it when I was a kid? Or did someone else, like father, save it for investigation?' She thought.

Skye subconsciously clicked on it. 'Why is my body doing this to me?'

'But why can't I look away?'

Skye subconsciously watched the tape with wide eyes, the whole case felt so familiar to her, yet she's never even seen or heard of it until recently.

Skye got up from her bed and went a bit closer to the tv. When the man, Isaac's, face came on screen she glanced intently at him, as if he looked so familiar, yet not familiar at all. Then a certain detail caught her attention.

"Those eyes..." She whispered. Gold. Just like the first time she met Jax his eyes stood out to her too. Gold. Jax and Isaac had the same eyes.

She also remembered Jax's body type. The body type was the same as the man that murdered himself and Rachel Gardner...

Rachel Gardner.

A picture of her came up next. She looked, so familiar, too familiar.

Skye subconsciously reached a hand out, as if to reach for the girl, as if to touch the girl.

Just for a moment. The room fell dark. Pitch black. As if Skye wasn't in her room anymore.

Just for a moment. A girl was standing in front of her. A blonde. A blonde with dead blue eyes. A girl that looked exactly like her, but a bit younger.

Just for a moment. Skye saw the girl's mouth move and say something.

Just for a moment. Skye heard, "Do you understand it now? Do you understand it... Skye... no. Myself."

Skye collapsed on the ground, with a hard thud. Her breathing was heavy. "No... no way."

"There's no way... I'm alive again."

~

"Hyahyahya! That's another one down!" A man laughed.

'How many does that make? 5? 6? Ah! Whatever! There's still more to kill! After all my adrenaline's still runnin'!' The man thought.

"Stop right there!" A woman shouted. The murderer turned to notice a woman with short blonde hair, with pink highlights as well as a woman with black hair.

"Heh, wanna take me on?" The man said with a smirk. "Gotta catch me first!" He provoked them before running deeper into the alley.

"Do we go?" The darker haired woman asked.

"Of course we do! We can't just leave him! We're this close!" The blonde said before running off.

"Hold on! Emily!" Helena says before chasing after her.

The women were close to the male... except they didn't know that. The murderer was hiding out in the shadows.

"Where are you? You horrible sinner!" Emily shouted. She glanced around, listening and looking intently for any signs of movement.

"Emily..." Helena spoke in such a sad and weak voice, which caused the blonde to turn to her. There was a large cut on Helena's waist.

"Helena?!" While Emily was distracted the murderer took the chance to slice Emily as well. "Gah!"

"Hyahyahya! Don't try and fuck with me!" The serial killer says before running off.

"That bastard." Emily whispered before passing out.

~

A day later Skye and Eliza had heard the news about their two friends and are now in the hospital to check up on them... but they are the only ones who came to check up on them.

"Why are we the only ones here for Miss Emily and Miss Helena?" Eliza asked her older sister.

"Because we're the only ones who care..." Skye answered. "It's not like mom and dad would care, in fact, they don't care for anyone but themselves..." 'I can't tell her...'

"Oh... you're right..." Eliza mumbles. "Will they be okay...?"

"I'm sure they will be... after all this is Miss Emily and Miss Helena we are talking about. They always make good recovery." 'More like Cathy can definitely make a good recovery... I can't call Emily Cathy though, not in front of Eliza... she won't understand... I just will keep her in the dark about our past lives...'

'She already knows the serial killer... but I can't tell her that I was already killed by him... she wouldn't ever understand... besides she knows me as Skye, not Rachel.'

'Wait a sec... I am Skye... I'm not Rachel anymore. Which means that man out there killing others is Jax, thinking he's Zack... but he's not Zack anymore. He's lying to himself...'

The girl stood up. "Skye?" Eliza says.

"Stay here... I'll be right back." Skye said with a small smile.

She then walked out of the hospital. 'I need to find him... I need to find Jax, I need to tell him everything, before it's too late.'