turning and I crawled on all fours to the nearest tree and threw up.
“Chas,” My mother’s warm hand touched my back and took my hair out of the way so it wouldn’t get drenched with vomit.
“Please tell me this is a dream and you’re waking me up to go to school.” I pleaded, ignoring the horrible swirling in the gut of my stomach.
“I wish it was that easy, honey. We’re safe for now, but they’ll come again.”
I opened my eyes as I smelled something horribly sweet like chocolate. “Here, eat this. It helps with the after effects.”
It was dark, almost black. “What is it?”
“A piece of pure chocolate, the kind you’ve never had before.”
I took a small piece and bit hard. It was sweet and bitter at the same time, but she was right about the effect rushing from my body. I took another bite and kept it inside my mouth this time, until it completely melted away.
The spinning subdued and you wouldn’t have known that we’d just gone through a carousel out of hell and landed into the middle of a forest.
Looking up, I saw tall, high trees surrounded us.
There wasn’t anything for miles or a road in sight.
“You feeling better?” my mom asked and I knew she wasn’t just talking about my injuries or my stomach. She touched my chin softly. “I’ll fix that later.”
I nodded.
“Take two more minutes. I’ve got to find out where exactly we are.” She took out a map and started looking at it intensely while I took another breather.
“So who were those men?”
“They are Selene’s Seekers. People that find people like us in the Domain.”
“The Domain?”
“This world, Chas.”
“Are you a Seeker too?”
She smiled. “Not entirely, but sort of.”
“Then why are we running from them, mom?”
“It’s one of those things that you’d need a cup of coffee and I’d need a brandy to discuss.”
A brandy? “You never drink.”
“You make me sound like a saint. Believe me, your father was the saint. Not me.”
I couldn’t believe that. Everyone that knew Vinique Swanson-Blake knew she had a kind heart. She loved animals just as much as I did, she worked at charity funds to help the poor, even threw out my old clothes to give to the homeless children. She was a saint.
She looked around, gazing at the map every five seconds.
“So what, are you in some kind of trouble with them for leaving with me?”
Mom just smiled. I hated this small gesture that answered absolutely none of my questions.
“Mom!”
“The clone kept me and Tim from danger, for now. Those men are far gone by now, baby. We can discuss all of this later, right now I need to get us to the cabin first.”
I looked around. “What cabin? All I see are trees.” I turned my head and looked around some more. “And more trees. Look …another tree.”
A giggle escaped my mother’s lips. “Nice to know you are turning into your old self again. Let’s go.”
We picked up our bags and I followed her as we walked past more trees.
We walked for hours, the trees were really starting to make me feel claustrophobic and extremely small, not to mention how many boulders we had to cross, and two streams. There was no way there was a cabin anywhere.
Birds chirped and I looked up. The trees almost blocked the sky, but not entirely. I skipped over another boulder that was in my path and ran up to stay close to mom’s pace. Another thing, she’d gotten really fast.
A huge electric noise filled the air and my mother flew backwards as she connected with it. I screamed and ran where my mother’s body had landed. She was lying with her eyes closed.
“No, no, no.” I repeated fast as I touched her body to wake her up. “Mom,” I yelled.
I shook her some more, she didn’t even stir. I laid my head on her chest. She was still breathing and her heart was still beating, so I could rule out death.
“Help!” I cried out, but it only made the birds fly away. I cried out a couple more times, but nobody answered me
“Chas,” My mother’s warm hand touched my back and took my hair out of the way so it wouldn’t get drenched with vomit.
“Please tell me this is a dream and you’re waking me up to go to school.” I pleaded, ignoring the horrible swirling in the gut of my stomach.
“I wish it was that easy, honey. We’re safe for now, but they’ll come again.”
I opened my eyes as I smelled something horribly sweet like chocolate. “Here, eat this. It helps with the after effects.”
It was dark, almost black. “What is it?”
“A piece of pure chocolate, the kind you’ve never had before.”
I took a small piece and bit hard. It was sweet and bitter at the same time, but she was right about the effect rushing from my body. I took another bite and kept it inside my mouth this time, until it completely melted away.
The spinning subdued and you wouldn’t have known that we’d just gone through a carousel out of hell and landed into the middle of a forest.
Looking up, I saw tall, high trees surrounded us.
There wasn’t anything for miles or a road in sight.
“You feeling better?” my mom asked and I knew she wasn’t just talking about my injuries or my stomach. She touched my chin softly. “I’ll fix that later.”
I nodded.
“Take two more minutes. I’ve got to find out where exactly we are.” She took out a map and started looking at it intensely while I took another breather.
“So who were those men?”
“They are Selene’s Seekers. People that find people like us in the Domain.”
“The Domain?”
“This world, Chas.”
“Are you a Seeker too?”
She smiled. “Not entirely, but sort of.”
“Then why are we running from them, mom?”
“It’s one of those things that you’d need a cup of coffee and I’d need a brandy to discuss.”
A brandy? “You never drink.”
“You make me sound like a saint. Believe me, your father was the saint. Not me.”
I couldn’t believe that. Everyone that knew Vinique Swanson-Blake knew she had a kind heart. She loved animals just as much as I did, she worked at charity funds to help the poor, even threw out my old clothes to give to the homeless children. She was a saint.
She looked around, gazing at the map every five seconds.
“So what, are you in some kind of trouble with them for leaving with me?”
Mom just smiled. I hated this small gesture that answered absolutely none of my questions.
“Mom!”
“The clone kept me and Tim from danger, for now. Those men are far gone by now, baby. We can discuss all of this later, right now I need to get us to the cabin first.”
I looked around. “What cabin? All I see are trees.” I turned my head and looked around some more. “And more trees. Look …another tree.”
A giggle escaped my mother’s lips. “Nice to know you are turning into your old self again. Let’s go.”
We picked up our bags and I followed her as we walked past more trees.
We walked for hours, the trees were really starting to make me feel claustrophobic and extremely small, not to mention how many boulders we had to cross, and two streams. There was no way there was a cabin anywhere.
Birds chirped and I looked up. The trees almost blocked the sky, but not entirely. I skipped over another boulder that was in my path and ran up to stay close to mom’s pace. Another thing, she’d gotten really fast.
A huge electric noise filled the air and my mother flew backwards as she connected with it. I screamed and ran where my mother’s body had landed. She was lying with her eyes closed.
“No, no, no.” I repeated fast as I touched her body to wake her up. “Mom,” I yelled.
I shook her some more, she didn’t even stir. I laid my head on her chest. She was still breathing and her heart was still beating, so I could rule out death.
“Help!” I cried out, but it only made the birds fly away. I cried out a couple more times, but nobody answered me
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