Into the Light

150 Anna's POV

I barely knew him, but knew him so well at the same time. He was the other half of my soul. The love of my life. "Colby..." I begged. "Please?" He held my gaze another minute, then expelled a breath. "Okay. I promise that I won't take any unnecessary risks," he replied, holding up one hand with three fingers up in the Boy Scout Oath. I wasn't sure that I believed him...but what could I do, but pray? "I'm still not so sure that I should be anywhere around when the Darkness shows up," I said, quietly. "If she can control me, its-" "No, Anna. Don't do that to yourself," he replied, cutting me off. "You've got this. IF, and that's a big IF, she manages to get to you, you're strong enough to fight her off. She doesn't have that hold on you anymore. Now, if you don't want to fight, then I'll let Ash know. You don't have to do anything you don't want to do, but I don't want you second guessing yourself because of what happened in the car." "It's not that I don't want too!" I exclaimed. "It's because I don't want to hurt anyone or put you guys into more danger. How are you supposed to concentrate on defeating HER, if it's me you're fighting? Would you hurt me? If I was trying to kill you or Sam, or Kat, would you fight back? Because, you're going to need too. If I go out there and she takes control of me again, I can't stop it. I couldn't stop myself from trying to get out of the car. Hell, I didn't even know that I was doing it and when I did, I still couldn't stop myself." I needed him to understand! He had to understand that I wanted to fight against the Darkness. I wanted to make her pay, with everything in me...but it wasn't worth it, if she made me hurt the people that I loved. An image flashed in my mind of me sending a massive hit towards Sam and Kat, and hitting Colby when he would undoubtedly jump in front of them. I couldn't. I wouldn't actually do something like that, would I? I would be able to fight that, right? There was no way that I would hurt my friends. I could control that... Uncertainty settled in my stomach, making me more nauseous than the fear had. "Hey, are you guys okay?" Sam's voice made me a jump a little and put my hand to my chest. My nerves were still on edge. I glared at him a little for scaring me. He smiled and held up both hands, as he walked into the room. "My bad. Didn't mean to scare you. Ash is on his way back to the house. He wants to know exactly what happened," he replied. "Are y'all good now though?" I nodded, as Colby answered him. "Yeah, I think we're okay. A little on edge, but we are about to fight the ultimate Darkness, so I guess that's expected. You didn't tell Ash what happened?" Sam shook his head. "No, I tried too, but he stopped me. Said he needed to hear it in person. I don't know why. Just said to wait at the house for him and he'd be here in a few minutes." "How?" I asked, finally finding my voice again. "It's like a thirty minute hike to the clearing and we've wasted enough time. We need to get down there to start preparing." I still wasn't sure that it was the best thing for me to participate in this, but what choice did I really have? Could I sit in the house, while they risked their lives, waiting for them to come back? Waiting to see if they even would come back? I couldn't do that. As much as I hated to admit it, I didn't think they stood much chance without my help. I didn't think we really stood much chance anyway, but I knew they would all be killed without me. I could at least make her stumble a little. Weaken her enough for the Coven to handle, hopefully. Ash did say that Sam and Colby, along with Kat, played a large part in the end of the Darkness, but I still didn't understand how. All he would ever say was that their friendship was the stuff of legends. That twin flame, two souls who had found each other, despite all of the chances that they wouldn't. Okay, so they were great friends. Soulmates even. How was that going to help us defeat her? I guess I would find out. Kat joined us in the living room and sat down on the other side of me. "You doing okay?" she asked, nudging my shoulder with hers. I nodded and sighed. "You don't seem like it," she replied, motioning towards my fingers that were at my mouth. I was chewing my damn nails. The really pretty ones that I had done on our trip. "That's gonna hurt if you actually manage to get them off. You know that, right?" She smiled at me and stuck out her tongue, surprising me. I let out a giggle immediately, and felt some of the anxiety roll off of my shoulders. "There we go," she laughed. "Feel a little better?" I nodded and meant it this time. "Yea, surprisingly, I do. Thanks," I replied, with a smile at my friend. Maybe even my best friend now. I had history with Holley, but our lives were just too different now. It would never be like it was. I felt a little sad at the thought, but at least I still had her in my life. Just in a different way now. Kat and I sat there, listening to the guys talk about nothing of importance, until the waiting got to me. "I can't do this," I said, standing up abruptly. "We're wasting time that we don't have! I'm going to the clearing." I started walking towards the door, but was stopped just a few steps towards it. Colby grabbed my arm and pulled me back around, facing him. "Hold up! No, you're not going out there. Especially alone! How does that sound like a good idea?!" "Then come with me!" I exclaimed, pulling my arm out of his hand. "I can't sit here, knowing that we should be down there! We've already wasted too much time, Colby. There are things that need to be done, to be talked about. We don't have time to tell a damn story about a wolf. Now, I'm going to the clearing. I'll probably meet Ash on the way out. You can come with me, or not, but I'm leaving now." I rounded away from him, but not before catching the dumbfounded look on his face.