You're Mine

29. Ash

8.30.19

A sharp pain coursed through my head suddenly and I felt the world around me begin to do loopy loops around me. Darkness pressed around my vision until I felt tears prickle my eyes from the pain. I could just barely hear my parents shouting my name over the loud roaring in my ears. A soft hissing appeared in my ears, getting louder as the pain increased. It didn't even cross my mind that the noise was me until I was slipping away into a different world...

I felt the world around me stop spinning and looked around. I didn't recognize where I was. All around me was a solid field of grass, which was sickly green. A shimmering image appeared in front of me, its happy smile shocking me. I would know whose it was anywhere. I reached out to touch it, but it produced a ripple effect and disappeared. His smile... It was gone. My heart pulsed in my ears. My worst nightmare was coming to life... he's gone, and I have no way to find him.

I collapsed to the plush grass and sobs began to wrack my entire chest. My fingers wrapped into the shoots on the ground, and I tried to uproot them to no avail. That must be why it was so green; it's very thick and the roots must be going straight down to hell. Memories swirled through my mind, and I was reminded of today when we just lied in each other's presence. The day we first met when he wasn't scared off by my rude attitude. It was strange, I had never thought about that before.

I closed my eyes and I could feel his presence, any time any where. He had always been close, even when we were far. I couldn't feel him now, and it was frightening. He's either passed out or... or... No! He can't be. He has to be alive somewhere! I have to believe or... I'll go insane. I never realized how much I need him until he was gone. Until he was not within my reach anymore...

"Wake Up!" a voice penetrated my slumber. I couldn't. I have to go to the end of this field to catch up to him. It's the only way to soothe my mind.

"Ashton Quinn, you open your eyes this instant," a different voice, female this time, boomed.

My eyes popped open violently. My mother and father were stood beside me, their eyes showing concern. "Son..." my father began, but stopped himself before he could continue.

"OhmygoshIwassoworried," my mother shouted, slurring her words with speed.

"Uh, one more time in English?" I requested, but she ignored my statement by hugging me super tightly. "What happened?"

"Well, we were just hugging, you know, having a family moment and you suddenly collapsed holding your head as if it were in pain. I figured it was just a migraine --we get them all the time if we're away from our mate for awhile--, but then you passed out and it was scary."

My father held her close to his chest while she cried. "You weren't responding to us for a good 30 minutes. I have to admit, even I was quite frightened after fifteen."

They probably said other things, but I wasn't listening. My mind was caught up in the loss of Alex. One thing was for sure, whoever did this... Was going to pay for it from me personally. I began to pace back and forth quickly, seeing red. The person who stole him away from me was so going to get it. My fist clenched and unclenched quickly, and I felt myself begin to get angrier and angrier. Someone should probably calm me down right now before my anger boils way over,

It suddenly crossed my mind that I wasn't just seeing red; there was a thick orb of red particles floating around my body slowly. They curved around my fingertips, my legs, and circulated my head, and the urge to destroy something washed over me. I stormed angrily out if the tent. The entire forest was peaceful, almost as if nothing had happened. I'm reminded that the world keeps turning no matter what happens to me. I know that nothing much would change if he were to die, but I would never be the same. The old me would be permanently lost to time... I made it to my old tree, the one I had lived in for five years, and I walked in with an air of sass. I plopped down in the corner and began to tear up. This couldn't be real, can it? I mean, whatever did I do to the world to deserve this?

I pulled my knees all of the way to my chest and wept my heart out. Everything was falling apart around me, so it felt like the world was ending.

I jerked awake and moved my eyes all over the tree before looking straight forward to see my mother crouching in front of me. I looked up with a glare, unable to pull even a bit of kindness from the core of my broken soul. The kind, caring smile dropped from her face and was replaced by a sad frown causing me to feel bad immediately.

"I wanted to make sure you're okay. You left in quite the hurry there, and you were kind of glowing red."

I looked at her soft features, and tears began to well up in my eyes. Her face was gentle, just like his touch whenever it brushed over my skin. My mouth was as dry as paper, screaming at me to find a fresh food source. No, I won't allow myself to become barbaric just because Alex is gone. I need to put my strength into finding him.

She reached a hand out to brush my shoulder, but I forgot it was her and jerked it from her grip. I sprinted out of the trunk, running who knows where. By the time I refocused, I realized I had run back to camp with home in mind. I moved silently towards my own tent, but heard voices inside of my parent's. I snuck towards the back of it until I was in range and began to listen in.

"He doesn't even know I was the one," my father chuckled psychotically. Who was he talking about?

"It was a job well done, Master Jackson," another male voice that didn't recognize spoke from the other side of the room.

"We also have to figure out what to do with the other one down there. Allystar, I believe his name is."

"Yes. I have strong feeling that he and the boy are related, based on the images of his parents you sent me."

"If there's any chance that he could be another of their kids, then he must be annihilated. While the powers are only spread to the first born heir, if they're twins it could go poorly."

"True... We have to delete any chance of the plan veering off course. No matter what, we have to delete Alex and Allystar Canfield from existence."