Earthquakes

It was loud.

The ground shook, my windows shattered and the doors creaked violently.

I gasped as the couch shook violently and the floor trembled so hard I found it hard to control my breathing.

My land line and phone began to ring loudly, the tremors continued and I was afraid, I couldn't leave the couch just yet.

I pulled out my phone from my pocket, it was an unknown number. It was persistent so was the one calling my landline.

"H…Hello"

my voice was shaking, I was shaking….hell the whole world was shaking.

"Courage….where are you?"

I heard the male voice bark from the other line. My brows furrowed as I heard the person speak.

"S..ss..Sparky?"

"Courage! Where the fuck are you?!"

this time he yelled louder, hurting my ear drums. I could hear the panic in his voice. I had so many questions but that could wait.

"Home…I'm home"

I said as the tremors began to calm down, the couch wasn't shaking anymore, just vibrating. This is by far the weirdest earthquake I have ever experienced. First off, earthquakes don't start with loud explosions….right?

"Stay where you are….I'm coming"

then the line went dead. I stared at the phone screen blankly before it finally registered.

"He's coming here?"

I asked my self like the crazy person I am. The land line has also stopped ringing...weird.

As my legs touched the floor, I could feel the vibrations….it felt strange, not the type normal earthquakes brought rather, it was slow, steady….almost like it was being controlled.

That's stupid, earthquakes can't be controlled. I chastised myself for being such stupid thoughts in my head.

'Danger is coming…' I heard alarms ringing in my head, what the fuck?

Was the dream not a dream?

Shit like this doesn't just happen, maybe I'm thinking too much about this. I sighed and tried to force my body to relax…it didn't really help but at least I tried.

….oh my god the girls.

"Shit!" I quickly dialed Eve's number. It rang but no one picked up. My heart started to beat wildly in chest, I began to wonder if her house had collapsed on top of her. Panic set in and I was now finding it hard to breath.

I tried her number three more times but she still didn't answer. I called Stacey, her and Ariel live together.

Both their numbers were switched off.

I gasped for breath, was I having a panic attack?

Yes, yes I was.

Thinking of my friends dying took me back to the night when my died in front of me…

I can't lose anyone else. Every other sound began to fade ad my sight began to blur…with tears. I was slowly slipping away, I knew it. My breathing refused to go back to normal.

Dad….

"Cour…." It seems this is how I'll die.

"ourage…." Finally, I will rest… I won't be lonely anymore. But what is that voice?

"Courage! Breathe!"

Sparky?

"Please…don't die, I can't lose you again"

Again? What does that mean?

His voice sounded so sad it brought tears to my eyes, I felt my consciousness slip away, I embraced the darkness happily. It was quiet, peaceful.

********************

"She's waking up Sebastian…you can stop threatening the Healer now"

The voice was quite faint but I heard everything word. Were they talking about me?

Who's Sebastian? That strange man from the mall…he also mentioned a Sebastian.

My eyes opened abruptly and I immediately regretted it. It was so bright my eyes burned.

"Argh!" I groaned…my throat was horribly dry, I sounded like a desert if a desert could speak.

I was on a bed, soft, comfortable. The room was big, bigger than mine. A man stood by the door seemingly observing my reaction.

"Courage..."

Sparky's face came into view and my heart began to pound a tattoo through my chest.

This man has been in my thoughts for days, I had almost agreed to myself that he didn't exist, that I only imagined him but…seeing that sharp jaw line, full lips and dark hair coming into view.

His golden eyes stared deep into mine, the unnatural color reminding me who…what he was.

"Sparky…" I said his name in a breathy whisper. My throat was fucking dry!

His left brown twitched, he handed a glass of water while the man behind him laughed heartily.

"Did she just call you Sparky?" he laughed harder.

The man had thick soft looking brown hair. His eyes were the same color as Shane's, I noticed there was quite some resemblance between them.

The laughing man could be his son…or brother, that makes more sense.

"My name…is Sebastian"

I shook my head

"No, you said your name was Shane"

How stupid is he to forget his own name. He sighed, ran his hand through his thick black locks and my eyes couldn't help but follow the action.

"I lied, I apologize"

He says, his face back to the blank mask it was. He didn't even look like he meant it!

"Why did you lie?" I asked, curious to know why he made me look like an idiot.

"To protect you" and with those words he stood up from my bedside and turned to leave. What the fuck?

"Are you just going to leave me here?" I asked.

He stared at me, like he was contemplating. To be honest I am quite annoyed, first I wake up in a place that I don't know. The only person that seems familiar….well, I thought I knew him. Turns out he even lied to me about his name.

'To protect me' he says, how exactly does lying bout his name protect me?!

"I have to go , but I'll be back soon. I promise"

He didn't have any emotions on his face but, his voice sounded sincere. I wanted to find a reason to stay mad at him but his voice just…makes me turn to a fool.

"Jason will explain things to you and when you feel better you come downstairs"

I nod, I'm assuming the man standing by the door is Jason.

"Hi" I say feeling extremely awkward. I was in a room, with a man I didn't know. Hell! I don't even know anything about Shane….I mean Sparky….sorry it's Sebastian, he lied the first time.

"I'm Jason, I'm Seb's brother" called it!

I smile, the blanket covering me looks extremely familiar….

"He says he didn't want you to panic when you wake up. He says you seeing something you're used too will keep you calm"

I nod as I touched the blanket he had taken. He kept it, and he is so thoughtful as well…husband material people!

"I remember when came to the pack house with it around his waist" Jason began to laugh. It must've been a funny sight.

"Where am I?" I asked. Seeing the blankets reminds me of the girls, reminds me of the earthquake and the explosion.

I was worried, they could be dead…or worse.

"You are at our pack house, a few hundred miles away from Warmth"

I stare at him. Warmth is actually the name of the town I grew up in.

"What do you mean by a few hundred miles?"

I asked in panic. First there was an earthquake, now I wake in a house far away from the only place I've ever known surrounded by strangers who are not human…..

Could this day get any worse?