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Stop Trying to Help

Josie's POV:

I watch as Sebastian sits down on a sofa, across the room, and I stand to the side, knowing something big is going to unfold. "You lied to me, Daddy. You told me that Sebastian chose to leave the school." He sighs, pouring himself a glass of scotch. Alcoholic. "He didn't abide by my rules. He made his decision, and I made mine. Don't respect our rules, you don't get to have any respect." She looks at me a moment, my face blank, having nothing to really say that might help. "So you sent him here? To this wretched place? How could you?" Sebastian adds on, "He had help from someone, uh- oh yes! Dark hair, kind witch, bright eyes-" "Emma." We both say at once, Lizzie's knees starting to quiver, and slightly shake. "Look, now isn't the time to talk about all of this. We need to find weapons, anything to arm ourselves with, then we can talk, ok?" I cut in this time, a little peeved myself. "Why do we need to arm ourselves, Dad? What aren't you telling us?" "Josie-" "Don't tell me there's no time to wait, I don't want to hear it. Why should we be scared? Why are we in danger?" Sebastian gets in his way, as Dad makes his way out. Before he can even begin to speak, his lips barely opened, he is stabbed with an oak stake, a gasp of air coming from both Lizzie and Sebastian, while I stand quite to the side, expecting this stupidity from Dad. "My daughters will be leaving with me, you will be staying. And yes, I am in charge. No, you won't get your hands on Lizzie. Do I make myself clear?" I watch as he glares at the crumpled Sebastian, stepping over him, and making his way out. I follow Dad, while Lizzie crouches down to tend to Sebastian. I know exactly what this is all about. Coward. "This is about Uncle Kai. That's why you're so worried, right? You said he was desiccated, right?" He sighs, packing stuff in a rush, "Josie, don't pretend like you know any better. You don't know what he's capable of, and until I'm positive that no one managed to set him free, I'm not taking chances." He's insane, he's officially gone nuts. "Dad, who the hell could've set him free? What else are you lying about?" He doesn't respond, pulling out his crossbow, then going to find a sword. "Go to the meadow, and search for the sandclock. Then I need you to come back here and hide. Stay hidden, safe." He hands me the sword, motioning for me to go. I mumble, "This is all my fault... if I hadn't done black magic in the first place we wouldn't be in this mess. I am dangerous- I'm not safe. I- Oh Hope! Poor Hope. God I miss her like hell. I'm putting her in danger as well as of now. Hope." I shake it off, trying not to worry, leaving. I enter the room we had originally been in, but Lizzie and Sebastian are now gone. "Lizzie! Sebastian! Shit." I glance around, turning around to a familiar voice, and very familiar person. "And who the hell are you?" I gulp, "Jade?" She eyes me closely, maybe even a little closely, her gaze piercing through my skin, making me shiver. "Is LIzzie here too?" I stammer, "N-No... um- Jade, what are you doing here?" I step back as she gets closer. "Let's have this little conversation after I eat, ok, Jo? I am starving, and you look delicious right now." Her features alter, similar to Mg's when he can't control himself- she's a ripper. Within seconds, her abdomen is pierced by a sword. She is then dropped, so that now, in front of me, stands Uncle Kai. "Come with me if you want to live," He pants. I follow him closely down to the Old Mill, not trusting in the least. We enter, where he introduces me to his home, 'Fort Parker', which only confirmed the suspicion that he is in fact, Kai Parker. He goes on about the place for a brief moment, as I look around, half tuning it out, taking a bottle of flavoured vodka that he offers. I pocket it for later, thinking about grabbing another for after we get out of this mess. "You're Kai Parker." "Well of course. And you are a gemini, a Saltzman twin. I can just smell it off of you. So, are you 'Linda' or 'Jonie'? I can't tell you apart, so you'll have to bare with me." I roll my eyes, "I'm Josie, named after my mother, who you killed." I seethe, my fists clenching. He laughs, "Ok, technically, I was trying to kill you, and your sister, but that's all over now, so let's just move on, ok?" He turns his back to me, looking at his selection of alcohol bottles. "I hope you know, you're a monster." He turns to me, "A monster would've let you die, to the hands of that little vampire, who would've turned you into a caprisun. She's the real monster. Her cronies revived me from desiccation so that they could have a little play thing to chase around and feast on. Everyday like clockwork, they hunt me down and kill me. But, since I'm magically bound to this world, I just pop back up, to be hunted once again. Fun, right?" I stare him down, watching him chug more alcohol. "That girl, she went to my school. Why is she-" "EHHHHH. No answers are given for free." He sits on his little makeshift throne he made himself. "Information, for information. Now... what are you doing here?"

Hope's POV:
I here a deafening crack, coming from the gymnasium, picking my head up, hearing nothing else. Must be the Cupid trying to escape. Good luck to him. I rest my head back down a moment on my knees, before realising that that was too much of a loud crack to have just been an attempt. I get up to see better, unable to, so I run down to the gymnasium, both Landon, and the Cupid, nowhere to be seen. I scour the school, the super squad gone as well, so I make my way to the school garage, Kaleb's car, gone. I cast a simple locator spell, hopping in the Bentley I drove Josie and I back in, and speeding off. Bird brain, you are so fucking fucked. You should really stop trying to help.