Electra 1 How It Begin - 19 Chapter 19

It was all going as planned. Up to the part where he stood up. He came over to me and took my hands. I didn’t care much but tried to look like I did. I thought that was it and George looked pretty annoyed already. He decided to hug me and kiss me on the cheek. That did it. Now he held me with his arm around my neck and a gun he took from my belt to my head. He demanded the keys and George said no. It took us all by surprise. Even Flame who was on the com set was saying give him the keys. “You won’t hurt her.” He said. I think he was trying to convince himself. I was communicating to Vlad telepathically. We didn’t know what to do. He dropped the gun and took out a knife from my belt instead. He put it at the bottom of my neck and pushed. I screamed out whilst he kept saying sorry over and over in my head. He wasn’t cutting deep but enough to draw a lot of blood. I couldn’t keep the shield in my brain up and once it fell, we both fell. Tears were rolling down my cheeks and Flame came in. She took the keys off of George and gave them to Vlad. He left me on the floor and Flame came over to me. She got me up to medical even though I was fine. They put five stitches in my neck and ordered me to go to bed. I went to bed but I couldn’t sleep. I was in a bit of pain but that didn’t stop me having a go at George. He was stationed outside my room at all times and came in once. He was trying to read my mind again and I punched him. “What the hell?” He said.

“Do you like watching me bleed to death?” I asked.

“I didn’t know he would actually hurt you.” He replied. I told him to go away and that I hated him. I went to the window and flew out. I needed to find Vlad and tell him I was alright. I went to his window and knocked on it. He let me in and I sat on his bed. He looked at the mark on my neck and he said sorry again. He would be wanted even more now. I wanted him to be allowed to talk to me. But I didn’t want it to be in secret. If I started to spend time with him then they would think I was going evil. I had to think of a way we could spend time together without my two protectors. There was noise downstairs and Vlad told me to wait. I said no and followed him down. Black Cat was storming the place. Cat was up against the wall fighting with a cut on her arm and leg. Some were trying to protect the scientist; others protecting them self’s. “What’s going on?” Vlad shouted.

“They are after you and Electra. Get out of here now. They know.” Cat replied. I didn’t want to leave her. I couldn’t leave her. Vlad was pulling my arm and we went to the roof. “What do they know? Why are they after us?” I asked worriedly. He said nothing and teleported us to the cave my brothers were in. They came and grabbed me and wouldn’t let Vlad talk. He deserved it until they tried throwing lightning at him. I stood in front of him and only one hit me. It knocked me back and left a little mark on my arm. I looked at Tommy and he looked sorry. I didn’t care about the mark on my arm; I wanted to know what was going on. “Why are you here?” They asked. I looked at Vlad for some answers. “Cat set up protocol Hide.” My brothers looked shocked. I had no idea what they were on about. Everything was fine when I left HQ and now they had put me in danger. Loki looked at me and came over. He looked like my mum when Slither first came to our house. “What’s going on?” I asked. They looked like they were waiting for someone else to come in. None of them wanted to explain. I walked over to Vlad who was sitting down and asked him again. I was even more worried than before because no one was telling me anything. I was about to leave the cave when George was there. I left him there and kept walking. George grabbed my hand and made me stay in the cave. He put handcuffs on and I couldn’t use any magic. Now they were all fighting each other. “Stop! Someone tell me about protocol Hide.” I shouted. “Protocol Hide is the one thing everyone agrees on. It means to get the royalty in to hiding.” George replied.

“Why? What’s happened?” I said.

“People have found a secret in your family. One that means you could die.” George continued. “When the prophesy didn’t go right, it could mean that you might die. Someone will try to kill you which means you need to hide.” I stood there shaking, tears rolling down my cheeks. It couldn’t be true. No one would try. What if my family got involved? How would I protect them; or the school and my friends? How would they survive against people with powers? The handcuffs were gone but the fears weren’t. How could they protect me? How would we know who it was? “Electra don’t.” Vlad said. I had grown wings and started to hover. I had to see if Blades was alright. If he wasn’t I would never forgive myself. I already had a list of who would want to kill me, but who would be stupid enough? Vlad had grown his wings too. He was trying to catch me with the boys below us. He caught me and I stopped. I couldn’t go anywhere so what was the point. I was still crying. He flew us down and we walked the rest of the way to my house. The door was still shut but something was wrong. Blades wasn’t there and nor were my parents. They should be home. I went in and went to Bladess room. It was a mess. There was water and fire in different parts and burnt sheets. Oil had been in the room at some point and I realised, he was gone. I started to cry. I fell on the floor and cried. Blades was gone and I didn’t know who had taken him. I pushed everyone away. Every time something good was happening it stopped. Someone always ruin it. My family was altogether and I had a good life. Then someone decides they are going to kill me. There was a note on the floor. I grabbed it and it said:

Electra,

Don’t worry about me. They said that destiny and the prophesy had to happen. They wore blue suits and they weren’t like any we have seen. They have strong magic and we couldn’t stop them.

That was it. I cried more. The prophesy and destiny said that my brothers had to die, and that George had to bite me. I choose my own destiny and if I wanted my brothers in it they would be in it. I would rather have Vlad bit me and I hated George at the moment. I screamed and a storm started. I had no way to control it. It wouldn’t stop. The pain that I was going through kept it going and I was going through a lot of pain. I had to run and hide whilst some of my family were in trouble. The boys didn’t know what to do. They went to see if they could find any more clues. I was left by myself for a while until Vlad came back in. He took hold of me and teleported back to the cave. I had to get back to Flame and Slither and see what was going on. There was something else that they weren’t telling me. Something important. “What else?” I asked. I wasn’t in the mood to be told a lie. They looked at me and said nothing. “What else?” I shouted. George looked scared and my brothers looked worried. I throw a fireball at George and it just missed him. Now he looked angry. He started to make a whirlpool near me and the others stood back. I knew how to control fire suddenly and I didn’t know why. I made a whirlpool out of fire and aimed it at him. The two whirlpools crashed together making sparks go everywhere. I was concentrating hard to keep it going and so was George. I broke free and so was his. We hit each other at the same time and we were both knocked out. They didn’t really care about George and came over to me. I looked over at him when I woke up and hated him. Maybe he wasn’t under someone’s control. Maybe he did hurt me on purpose all those times. Was he the one trying to kill me? Vlad was reading my mind and he seemed to have a similar idea. When George woke up I put handcuffs on him; the kind that blocked out using magic. Luckily the boys had a cell that we could use and he was pushed in there. “Why is there a cell here?” I asked.

“It was for when Loki was being stupid.” Alex replied. Loki tried to look innocent but he wasn’t. We left him and went back to the main part. He was shouting at us as we left. “What else?” I said for the third time. “The prophesy also says that someone from your past will come back. They will be your protection until they give it all up. Then you will make two more.” Alex said.

“What does it mean?” I asked.

“No one knows.” John replied. Vlad had gone and we didn’t know where. We cheeked around the cave and in it but not the cell. I should have known it was where he would be. He still had a score to settle with George. I heard shouts from down there and left Vlad to get on with it; although I did want to hear and see what they were doing. I went down ignoring every part of my brain that said to stay upstairs. I was right. They were down there arguing like they normally would. They heard me and stopped talking. “Tell her!” Vlad shouted. He looked really angry. George showed no emotions. Something was wrong. He turned around and Vlad unlocked the cell and went in. He grabbed Georges top and was about to punch him. I would have let him but we had to stick together. He must have read my mind and he stopped. He backed away from him and came towards me. “What am I supposed to say?” George asked. I had to grab Vlad to stop him this time. George was obviously getting enjoyment from this. “The first time I saw Electra she had you pinned down. Now she has you in a cell. You really are losing it.” Jonathan said coming in. I went over to him and we hugged. Strangely enough they didn’t care. He didn’t try to get his best friend out of the cell. He ignored Vlad and started to talk to George through the bars. “You need to tell her.” He said after a while.

“No it’s not the right time.” George said. I was getting really annoyed and I wanted to know the secret. I thought of fire. I hoped my eyes would be on fire and they were by the look on Jonathans face. “How long have you been able to do it on command?” He asked. “Early today.” I replied.

“She’s ready.”

“No she’ll hate me.” George said and sighed. “Okay. Electra the reason that Cloudaver fell was because my dad wanted it. Your mum found out and it was to keep a stupid prediction. My dad had his suspicions and he wanted it to be true. It’s also why Vlad’s parents died.” George finished. I went over to Vlad and tried to pull him back. I called the others down and they took him up. Loki tried to get me to go to but I had to hear the rest. He was smiling at the fact that he had wound up Vlad. Jonathan couldn’t even look at his best mate. “What prediction are you on about?” I asked.

“I’m not saying. You can’t tell Vlad this. His parents were killed directly by my dad. I was there.”

“How old are you?”

“16.” He replied. He must have been about one then. Although his dad did it, I hated him and I wasn’t going to hide that. I wasn’t going to tell Vlad that would be George’s job. I had heard enough already and left. We hardly talked for the rest of the night. I went to be bed in another part of the cave. I went to sleep straight away and that surprised me. I had the same dream as before with me choosing a side. I still couldn’t find out who I choose. This time as I went in, and I was shoot. It felt so real and I woke up crying. It was more of the shock that made me wake up. I heard a voice in my head and it told me to go and see George. I tried to put up shields but it didn’t work. The voice got louder and louder until I couldn’t control my body anymore. I was forced to go down and see him. Vlad was going to talk to me but when he saw me he followed me. He stayed hidden and I remember seeing everything. I walked up to the cell and let him out. He grabbed my arm and put something on it. I had control of my body and I tried to pull away. I couldn’t understand why I was stuck. Vlad came over and looked at what was on my arm. It was actually on my wrist and it was a bracelet. I still couldn’t work out why I was stuck. I looked closer and I saw a small chain. I followed it to George’s wrist. I punched him in the face and this time it was Vlad’s turn to hold me back. I started to shout at him and call him names. The others came in and tried to pull us a part. “How do we get it off?” Tommy shouted.

“Only my dad can.” He said calmly. I hated him so much. He was doing this now and it wasn’t mind control. They had to stop me hitting him again. We tried using all the magic we had and it wouldn’t come off. In the end we decided to meet up with Dare. I hated the dissection but it was the only way. Dare agreed to so long as I came with one person only. We would all go but my brothers and Jonathan would hide. Who better than his two sons to come? It would be fun to see his face. Though it would be black and blue once the handcuff was off.