Never Again

Chapter 28

Kaite's - POV

We had decided that while we still had the chance, we would go to my family house to see my mum. It may be dangerous but the more I thought about it the more I got reassured by the fact that Ana hadn't had anything done to her so far.

She had talked about mentality. Breaking someone to a point. But I thought that even she realised that killing someone's parent was something that you should try and avoid as best you can, as it would completely and utterly fuck up someone mentally, well past the point that she was looking for. It would destroy them.

When I glanced over at Drew, who was stacking the bottles up again in the place that they were supposed to go, my mind instantly went back to the person who tried to break into our place.

We didn't have much on them but what really helped to narrow down our candidates when looking at our suspects was that the person was a women with red hair. Nothing else but that was known, but we had to deal with it. Lack of information on a target was something that we were taught and trained to be able to deal with back at the academy. We both felt that we had learned a lot from that and were ready to begin our search when we left to go meet my mum for the first time in a long time.

Now that I didn't have much space for thoughts about nervousness, I actually felt excited. I was getting to see my mum again, my best friend too. The ones who has always been there for me.

I just hoped that in my time here I would get to see everyone else before anything more happened - Jessica and Jill, now that Hugh was no longer with us.

Those three people were all that I had left from my past life that I was looking forward to seeing.

After being gone for that long, in such a horrible place, I didn't feel the need or want to see Blake. He didn't matter to me as much as before. In fact, he didn't matter to me at all any more. All the feelings that I had had for him had dissipated and vanished, never to be seen again.

Suddenly, I didn't feel nervous anymore and I knew exactly why.

Even with my thoughts drifting back to all the horrible possibilities that could happen, I didn't let it take away from the simple fact that I had only just realised.

I now had the power to protect my family and friends. I wasn't weak anymore, I had trained for months, and now I had better control of my emotions. My fighting ability was also nowhere near where it had been even a few months ago. My progression was exponential and the main reason for that was the last reason that I wasn't scared anymore; Drew.

I now had an ally at my side, ready to help and defend all the people I cared about, because she felt the same way about me.

I had lost a lot over the months I was gone, but that only changed me and, because of the support that I'd had, it was for the better.

No longer did I have to fear losing my family or friends. No longer did I have to fear for my own safety. No longer did I have to do everything alone.

I had someone to help me out and I was getting to see my friends and family again. There was not much more that I would've wished for if I could.

It was time now. We had arrived outside of my house.

It was exactly how I remembered it. The small garden surrounding the pathway that was littered with cracks; flowers falling onto it making it seem even smaller. One of the front windows half way open, letting a cool breeze waft through the house.

As I looked up I noticed that even my bedroom hadn't changed in all this time. I guess my mum still had hope after all.

"Let me do this alone to begin with." I knew that it would be easier with Drew but I wanted to see my mum face to face alone for the first time. Without anyone else there.

Drew nodded at me and backed off a little way down the road, making sure that she was still within a certain distance so that she would be able to come if need be.

I walked up to the door and hesitated, my hand on the door knocker. My mum's car was here so I knew that she was still home and hadn't gone out.

Finally overcoming my fears I struck the door twice with the knocker.

It took a few beats before I heard any movement from inside.

"Coming!" I heard my mother's voice yell out kindly as I saw her moving through the obscured glass window. "How ca-"

Her voice cut out as she gazed at my face. Her eyes became misty before I decided to break the silence.

"Hey mum..." I said awkwardly, not knowing what else to say.

"Kaite...? Kaite is that you?" Mum said, the shock clearly still taking affect.

"Yeah mum, it's me."

She broke down crying as she flung her arms around me, dragging me towards her. As she did, I could feel all the tention in her body start to disapear into nothingness.

Although I wasn't able to show too much emtion externally, internally I was overjoyed. It felt like a piece of my that I had lost had finally come back to me. After all this time I finally got to see my mum again and she was okay. No one had hurt her or done anything of the sort.

I knew that later there would be a lot of questions but, right now, I just wanted to stand here and enjoy the moment. A moment that I had been craving since I was taken, and now I finally had it.