Chapter 25 - Triggers and Goals

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Louie stared down at Asha's burned body. His anger boiling over. The heat from the fire just added to the heat on his face.

"Damn it!" Huey exclaimed as he paced around the fire.

Louie's head shot up. He had never heard Huey cuss before. It was so unlike him, and being eleven-years-old would cause a stern slap from Ms. Beakly and a mouth washed out with soap. Louie thought he'd be the first to cuss, but Huey proved him wrong.

Huey pulled out his woodchuck guide book and flipped through the section about fires. "Always have an exstinguisher around in case of fire," Huey read out loud and rolled his eyes. That's not a rule, it's common sense. "If a fire breaks out and no fire exstnguisher is avaiable, throw flour, or oats onto it. Never out a fire with a blanket, or water, that only fuels the fire..."

He glanced over at his brother and Asha.

Asha groaned, and forced her eyes to open. Louie looked back down at her with concern and worried eyes. Asha's heart lifted at the sight of him, but it quickly died down when she no longer felt Luis within him. Tears swelled from the corner of her eyes.

He was gone.

Luis.

He would never be able to switch back now. Never be in this form with her again. She had wanted to at least enjoy a day together. Luis had only been in this form a day, and Asha hadn't even been here for a day for it was still dark outside, the sun yet to come up. Asha wanted to feel the sun, the ultiment light. She wanted to feel that with him.

Now, that was gone.

Asha choked back a sob.

"H,He's gone. It's he?" She whispered.

"Yeah. He, He told me to say sorry, and that he'll wait for you." Louie told her.

Asha sat up and yelped in pain as the burning erupted through her. Damien was telling her to hurry on with it. His orders. Or else he'd burn her from the inside out.

"D,Don't tell," She said, through gasps of pain. Louie's eyes narrowed. He wasn't sure how he knew it, but he knew Damien was still hurting Asha. He held onto her close to his chest and Asha clinched his green sweater hoodie tightly, trying to hold herself up. "Please, don't tell anyone about Damien. S,Stop trying to break the curse further..."

Asha screamed again and slumped against him, breathing hard.

Louie looked at Huey helplessly.

Louie didn't know what to do at this point. Didn't have a shred of cleaver idea to get them out of this. Asha was trembling against him, and Huey was panicking as he started to mutter random facts about fires under his breath.

Louie closed his eyes.

He started to feel something inside him, it wasn't Luis, it was a different feeling. He was so use to feeling like he didn't fit it, always got what he wanted because he was the baby, now. Now, he felt powerful, more, more confident in himself.

He opened his eyes and looked back down at Asha. She was looking at him, with pleading eyes.

"It'll be okay, Ash." Louie whispered to her.

Louie didn't know if it was because of the fire, or the way he said her name but Asha's cheeks turned a brilliant shade of red.

"C,Can you tell me what kind of power Luis had?" He asked. "I, I feel like he's trying to help me in a way. I, I feel strange..."

Asha gave him a small smile.

"Hypnosis." She told him, barely in a whisper. "He can control the way people think, hear, and feel," she paused as her voice wavered, "at times he can even control inanimate objects like -." She stopped.

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