Duck Drama

Chapter 16 - Athena

I knelt there.

Unable to come to terms with what had just happened.

She left.

Left me.

Did Zehra even think about what that would cost me? How that would make me feel?

I didn't even get a chance to tell her how sorry I was for snapping at her! But at least now, I know how she really feels. 

She cares for Matt way more then she ever did me. Matt was right. I'm nothing more then a slut that came into this family only because Dad married their Mom. 

I felt tears start to fall as I image my step-mom finding this out. 

"No good -." 

SMACK. 

"Worthless -"  

SMACK. SMACK. 

"EXCUSE FOR A -." 

SMACK. 

"STEP-DAUGHTER!"   

 I slowly opened my eyes, my breathing became slowly and heavy and I was seeing dots exploding my eyes. 

She never cared. 

I know Dad won't care if I tried explaining what had happened. He would just take her side. My step-mom has him completely under her spell from the moment she swarmed into our lives. I saw her for what she really was. That was probably why she hated me, because I could see through her charade, and Matt's charade. 

In a way. 

Matt was just like his mother. 

While I never met or even seen a picture of Matt and Zehra's father, I'm pretty sure that Zehra must have taken after him for her kind heart and compassion for others. 

Thank God for that. 

But now, I may have lost her. 

For good. 

I had no one. 

I -

I inhaled sharply when I felt strong arms wrap around my waist. I craned my neck. 

"L- Louie?" I choke out. 

Louie looked down at me sadly, I can see pain in his eyes. 

Pain I  caused. 

"I... I'm sorry." I whispered, and buried my face in his hoodie once again as the tears started to fall. 

I feel Louie rest his chin on the top of my head. 

"Dewey?" I hear Webby ask. 

I feel Louie shake his head and hear Webby heave a deep sigh. 

"So... So sorry." I kept whispering over and over. 

My whole body was shaking at this point. It coming down to this. All this because we just had to go to the gala. Because Matt had to show up just now, and for Zehra leaving. 

"It's okay. Everything will be alright." Louie murmured to me. He rubbed his hand up and down my back to try and sooth my trembling body, and it helped some what. 

I took a deep breath, I could smell Louie's sent from his hoodie. 

"Why not try and get some sleep?" Huey suggested, after I pulled away from him. "One of us should tell Uncle Scrooge and Beakley what had happened in the mean time." 

Louie kept his arms wrapped around by waist, I guess he was afraid I'd faint after all that's happened, and he was probably right about that. 

I really didn't think I could sleep after all this, but I nodded, to drained of energy to argue. Louie helped me to my feet and lead me back into the room. After Huey and Webby said good-night and left Louie was about to follow but I grabbed his arm. 

He glanced back at me and raised an eyebrow. 

"Please." I whisper as I squeeze his hand tightly. "Stay with me?" I pleaded. "I - I don't want to be alone." 

 I felt more tears about to come and Louie must have seen it for he nodded and crawled onto the bed, on top of the covers, and laid down next to me. 

I could feel his heart beat rapidly against my back and before I knew it I fell asleep, listening to the sweet sound of it. 

I woke up sometime later to a horrible headache, and as I sat up in bed I rubbed the side of it and groaned. I quietly got out of bed, careful not to wake Louie beside me, and headed for the bathroom to splash cold water on my face. 

I stumbled to the bathroom and turned on the faucet.  

That's when I noticed my hands. 

I stare at them, not understanding what had happened at first. 

My hands were covered in blood. 

I blinked. 

Blood? 

Who's blood? 

Mine?  

What happened. 

My head snapped up to the bathroom mirror and I see... 

Not me. 

But... 

Someone else. 

Someone that looks exactly like me, but she's not. 

"Hello, Athena." Said the someone in the mirror. She smirked at me and I felt a sudden chill run down my spine. "Long time no see." She snickered at me. 

"W- Who are you?" I choke out.

The girl in the mirror just smiled at me, and her hand rose to show that she was holding a knife. 

I quickly looked down and saw I was holding the same knife. 

Where did that come from? 

I stare at the blood dripping from it. 

"I'm you." She replied. 

My head snapped up and I glare at my reflection. 

"I'm not you." I replied, as I slowly started to back away from the mirror. I was aware the the water was still running, and overflowing in the sink, but all I could do was stare at my reflection. 

"You can't hide who you really are, Athena." The girl who looked like me said. "No matter how hard you try and make yourself forget. I'm still here. I will always be apart of you." 

I shake my head.  

"No. I'm not you. I'm not!" I shouted. 

The girl just laughed. 

"Why not take a look at what you did then," She asked. 

I looked up at her. 

"What do you mean? What I did?" I asked, to afraid of what the answer was. 

My reflection motioned towards the room I just came out of. I slowly gripped the knife in my hand and crept back inside, I could see Louie's lump on the bed, he had been sleeping so soundly that I had almost forgotten he was even there. 

But as I got closer my heart nearly stopped. 

Louie. 

He was soaked in blood. 

I quickly glanced down at my own bloody hands, and the knife, my heart racing and my eyes widen with fear. 

No. No. No. No. No! 

"Always." Echoed the voice in my head. 

I drop the knife I was holding, kneel down to cold water that was know up to my knees, and start to scream.