Secrets Within the Resounding Sound

Chapter 11

CHAPTER ELEVEN

I don't even remember getting out of my chair or even leaving the library. All I knew was that the three of us followed Mr. Parker all the way to the dorms.

Jax glanced at me, silently asking if it was alright for him to go in since we were only allowed into the dorms we occupied. I shrugged, it was an emergency, I didn't see why not. As we made our way through my dorm, my heart began beating faster. We passed the first floor and went all the way to the third floor. All the students of my floor were standing outside in different states of undress. I looked back at Jax and he was walking while looking up at the ceiling. I resisted a chuckle. By room 308, Sam was standing, still in his jeans and a green shirt, he also looked like he had just rolled out of bed. He yawned, and waved slightly at us.

I knew who was taken even before I fully reached Sam. It was Holly Painter. She was a Valkyrie, a bright and cheery female from my English class. In the olden days, the Valkyrie were the warrior women who served Odin on the battlefield. They decided whether or not the dead would go to Valhalla or not. Since her ancestors were around death so much, she had an affinity for knowing when someone was going to die. They called it Odin's curse. She was also one of the girls that worked with Jax in the library.

Sam folded his arms across his chest and stared into the disheveled room. Jax stood next to him his gaze looking around the room, his nose flaring slightly as he tested the room with his other senses. Mr. Parker was standing in the middle of the room, his gaze flittering around the room at an amazing rate.

Holly's clothes were scattered everywhere just like Ethan's had been. The window was open, the breeze blowing the curtains inward. All of the items on her desk were pushed to the floor, her book case toppled over and the books open. This time though, there were no paw prints that I could see. There was a faint presence of a different Tama in the air. I knew what Holly's felt like, but I just wanted to make sure. I looked over at Jax.

"What does Holly's power smell like to you?"

"It has the smell of old fashioned bubblegum."

"And the room now. What does it smell like?" Jax took in a deep breath through his nose, his nostrils flaring slightly. He made a disgusted face and wrinkled his nose.

"Burning cookies. Sweet but acrid." That's what I had felt in the room, I thought to myself. It was a darkness that hung in the air but held rage and despair. There was the undertones of Holly, she had tried to defend herself. Unlike in Ethan's room, this time, there was blood on the floor and along her desk. Juni beside me, gasped, I looked over at her and her eyes faded of color.

"Crap," I muttered. I grabbed her as her knees crumpled beneath her. Sam and Jax were by my side in an instant. Her eyes fluttered as the vision took hold of her mind. I grabbed her hand instinctively as I had when all of her visions hit her. I felt some of my power flow into her, then, I wasn't me any longer, everything fell away.

Smoke drifted into the wind, the end of his cigarette bud glowing red with each intake. His beady black eyes scanned across her body, taking in each curve of her skin through her nightgown. Her eye was bleeding, cuts decorated her skin, blood seeping into the cotton. Slowly he took his cigarette between his index and middle finger. His teeth were yellow when he smiled, chuckling to himself quietly.

"Finally, we got her. Nergal will be so pleased."

"Watch out for her, the boss says the drugs will wear off soon."

"I don't like the look in her eyes." The men looked at each other, there was a hollering outside, one of the men opened the door and a large man came raging in. His hair was a fiery red, the tips a bright yellow, they looked like flames in the lighting. His eyes were a deep red, the same shade as his hair. Scars decorated his face, scowling he looked at the girl before him. She was lithe, her hair a light brown and her eyes a wide light blue. The new man growled and turned to the two behind him.