The Grey's Curse

Chapter Forty - Possessed

I felt frozen as I looked at Tanner with glassy eyes and a racing heart that was filled with guilt and regret "Tanner?" I could see his chest was heaving with his quick breaths and when my rage slowly melted away and the gravity of what I allowed, of what I had done sank in, I felt disgusted with myself and the look Tanner was giving me shattered my heart.

'He's scared of me'

In my moment of weakness I could feel my control slipping, my beaten body not able to withstand the fight for control anymore. Evie made sure of that when she had that show of contorting my body past it's limits.

It felt like I was just watching, as if this was a movie 'I'm so sorry Tanner' with Evie now in full control of my body I unwillingly took a step closer to him.

'Don't you dare Evie!'

She stopped in front of him and made 'me' burst into tears "I'm so sorry Tanner, I should have helped her but I was so mad and scared that I couldn't even move" his eyes softened and his shoulders slumped.

"Tanner! Stop it's not me! it's a trap!"

I was trapped within my own mind, my tears falling faster and my heart raced at the possibility of him getting hurt 'Especially because of me..' I desperately tried to regain control of myself, making my body start trembling with the fight for control.

'This is my body! I'm in control, not you!' I shouted at Evie in my mind who only ignored me and I gritted my teeth in anger and pushed for control over my body 'EVIE STOP RIGHT NOW!' My body completely stilled but not by my control but Evie's.

"Mars? Are you okay?" Tanner asked, still staring at me with slight fear in his eyes, I could do nothing but watch, stuck in my mind trying desperately to talk or make SOME noise but nothing would come out.

'What is she planning?'

I was growing increasingly frustrated at my lack of control over my own body 'I hate you Evie..." even though I couldn't control my body I still felt the aftermath, I was so tired and sore, my arm felt like it was popped out of place and my back felt like there was lava floating around it making me grit my teeth and grimace whenever my body was forcibly moved against my will.

My only comfort was that I think my spinal cord was unaffected.

Tanner took a cautionary step away from me as he thankfully noticed something was still wrong with me "Mars, look at me Mars, it's going to be okay, I'm going to help the best I can okay?" I felt relieved at the thought of him getting away but Evie didn't seem to think the same thing.

The next few seconds happened so fast.

All of the sudden I felt my arm jerk and I watched in horror when Evie made me slash at him with my nails that seemed to have grown significantly sharper then before.

He grunted and touched the scratch marks and looked up at me with hurt "Mars?" A tear fell down my face as I struggled to fight against her hold.

'Tanner run! please!'

My body lunged at him and I had to watch in total and utter agony as Tanner was repeatedly scratched and struck 'NO! STOP! PLEASE! TAKE ME, KILL ME, NOT HIM, STOP!' I was numb and my body was on autopilot.

I couldn't do anything to stop this.

Tanner looked over to me with blood all over his face and body with blood running out of his mouth "N-no Ma-Mars" his voice was quiet and strained. my chest was heaving and my heart ached at the thought of him dying.