illuminati MxM (Staten Krown)

8

"What does this...organization want?" Joaquin asks.

We are all sitting in the room. Ashley just let me know that I never had cancer. I believed these people had the cure for cancer but I was wrong. They only had the means to seem like they had that power. I feel duped. I feel stupid. I feel completely cornered. The news is so heavy that I sit down at that moment. Joaquin is looking at me. I know he feels bad for me. All of a sudden with the look on his face I can tell that this is all very real for him. He looks terrified.

Ashley is short. She's to the point. She is sharp with her words, "They want control."

"Control of what?"

"Everything."

Princess and Ashley look at each other. They have been in the Illuminati much longer than I have. I'm sure they know more than I do. I know enough about this organization though. I know enough to know that I want out of it.

"Music is one way they do it," Princess asks, "I believe the plan is to use Joaquin."

"How the hell can music control people?" Joaquin asks, "All I do is sing and dance. I don't get what this has to do with anything."

"We don't know the plan yet," Ashley responds, "But we know it has to do with you."

"So how can we stop them?" Joaquin asks.

Ashley and Princess get quiet. Joaquin has no idea what the Illuminati was. I saw first hand how powerful they were. There is nowhere you go that they aren't watching. There is nothing that you do that they aren't listening to. They killed the person I was in love with just so that I wouldn't get close to him. They killed Quest just so it didn't interrupt their plan. These people had no limits. They had no fear. Nothing would stop them.

"There is no stopping them," I state.

It's a whisper. It's a thought. It's me giving up completely. I start tearing up at that moment. I'm thinking about Quest.

Joaquin shakes his head, "Then leave."

Princess shakes her head, "They'll find you. You know the worst part? They won't kill you. They'll kill someone you hold dear to punish you."

Princess puts her head down. It's almost like this instant emotion floods over her. The room gets quiet. It's very clear that this has happened to Princess. I want to comfort her but I don't. I just let her cry it out. Truth is I want to join her. I want her to cry.

"No way out..." my voice echoes in the small room.

It's haunting to hear my voice come back to me saying the same thing. Ashley, Princess and I were stuck. Joaquin was nothing more than a puppet.

Joaquin looks at me hard, "Baby, I don't want you involved with these people. They sound dangerous."

He calls me baby...even after he knows what happened with Quest. I'm so confused but I know that Joaquin never stopped caring for me. I ignore it and stare down at the floor.

"You have no idea," I respond, "But they are everywhere. They are your boss. They are your neighbor. They are your mother..."

I want to tell Joaquin about his mother but I can't. I look away knowing that him knowing that his own mother was a member of the Illuminati wasn't going to help him.

"There is one way..."

This comes from Ashley. We all turn to her. We all look at her. My heart is beating fast when she says this. The idea that there is actually something that could be done definitely seems out of the question.