Presence (Jayda)

"Sometimes to protect ourselves, our bodies do things without us knowing...." Bad_Karma

An hour. An hour and thirty minutes. That's how long he stood there. THAT's how long he stood at my door. I couldn't see him. I couldn't hear him. No shadow flooded underneath my door frame. All was there was his presence, and that's all I needed for me to know he was there. His sheer being was all that was needed for my body to produce the very fear that flooded my being.

I sat on the edge of my bed. My energy was drained. I had a throbbing headache that I probably could feel from Mars. The tears had were long dried and my eyes fully drained. Lucius sat in the chair to my computer desk. His eyes darted towards the bottom of my door. I watched as he sat and nibbled away at his nails with his mouth. He was nervous. I couldn't blame him, either. We were in a pretty fucked situation. Lucius has never met my father. Nor, did he want to meet him this way......or any way for that matter. The way I talked about him or didn't for lack of a better word, I think he got the picture. At least I hoped he did.

The relationship with my adoptive father was nonexistent.... and I would like to keep it that way. I don't want him anywhere near, around, or so much as mentioned towards me. Not after the things he's done. People like him don't deserve second chances. He was quite literally a DEMON. A thoughtless creature with no sympathy for himself or those around him. Something I can not allow and choose not to be associated with. As soon as I get the chance, I am gone. He would never hear from me again.

Lucius and I sat and glared at the door. Nothing moved. Nothing was heard. Nothing dared to try. We both breathed in silence as time seemed to move at a snail's pace. The only thoughts that were left in my head were the thoughts of how I was going to get out.

I looked around my room for a sign. I sat in discomfort as I revelated the fact that Karma'a was, indeed, gone. I couldn't feel him at all. It was like his very being, his presence, the very essence of him was gone. I didn't like that. A dark chill ran down my spine. My very being was not fully coping with that idea. Without him, it was like my body was empty. I felt like I was a husk of my former self. Lord knows I'm completely useless without him.

I jump slightly as something vibrated under my butt. I quietly sat up to reveal my phone was vibrating on silent mode. I had turned off the sound in case of someone did text me. "Who could this be?" I thought. I grab and unlock my phone to see it was a message from Lucius. I look up at him. Lucius bucked his eyes at me and nodded towards my phone urging me to read it. I look down and opened the message. "I'm going out your window btw," it read. I looked at him and smiled. "Can I come with?" I replied back. I watched as he pulled out his phone and read the message. He looked back at my bedroom door and back at me. I watched as he tapped away on his phone quickly before quietly getting up out of the chair. I looked at my phone as he sent the message. "Make sure you got everything if you plan on staying over at my place for a while." it read.

I nodded my head silently and checked my surroundings. I had my phone in my hand as I looked for anything else I needed. I had already changed into Miah's clothes. I had Lucius go into the bathroom while I got dressed. "Clothes," I thought. I grab my gym bag and empty out all of my gym clothes as I stuffed the bag with dirty clothes from off my floor. "I could just wash them at Lucius's place," I thought. I silently crossed into my bathroom in search of anything else. I look on to my countertop as I searched for more things to collect. I collect some of my hair supplies, sporadically, picking them off the countertop. I spot my wallet by the sink and quickly snatch it up. "Can't leave without that," I whispered. I walk towards the bathroom door before I turn around and examine the area one more time. I then walked out towards the window when all of a sudden a voice crept into my head. It was faint and very weak, but I couldn't mistake it for anyone else. It was without a doubt Karma's voice.

"The door....." was all he said. I turned and looked at my bedroom door. It was still closed, but I could tell that the PRESENCE was still there. His dark miasma flooded from under my door almost infecting everything it touched. " I can't let him in here," I thought. Eventually, he would come in whether I was here or not. He would come in, he would look around, and he would go through shit. I couldn't let that happen. Not again. I eyeball my office chair and thought of an idea. I took the chair, tilted it, and forced it under the doorknob. I watched as the doorknob started to rattle. I stared in horror as the door began to be forcefully slammed over and over again. It was like a caged animal was ramming itself against its cage fighting to get out. I felt a strong force begin to pull on me as I see Lucius begin to drag me to the window. "Come on. Let's get out of here," he whispered. I nod my head. I watched as Lucius opens my window and hops out on the fire-escape connected to our apartment building. I follow after him and shut my window seal. I looked back one more time to see that the PRESENCE was still violently beating on my door. I looked back at Lucius who was had thrown my bag onto the pavement and had vaulted from the 2nd story of the fire-escape into some bushes down below. I took a deep breath and follow after him. I crash into the bushes below with a loud crunch from the branches within. I grab my bag as Lucius pulls me up and points towards his car across the street. It was a dark green 2008 dodge charger. Lucius and I make a break for it as I noticed the sun getting low. Time seemed to slow as we crossed the apartment parking lot into the street. I watched as Lucius clicked the button to unlock his car. The car flashed twice as I heard the clicking of the car doors unlocking. I open the door and hop into the passenger side as Lucius slides against the hood of his car to get to the driver's side. Lucius, without a second thought, hopped in and started the car. I watched as he slammed the door and puts it in drive. I could hear the car's tires scraping the pavement as we sped off down the street. I looked back to see if he was still following us. He wasn't and I wasn't surprised. Monsters like him tend to stay in the natural habitat. Very rarely do they venture out of their own woods. Why would they? They had everything there with them.

I look at Lucius. He looks back at me. Neither of us says a word. Not because we have nothing to say, but because we already know what each of us would say. He would ask about IT. He questioned me if there was something that I just wasn't saying. He would pester me on about if I was having problems at home. My answer would always be no. "Of course, there wasn't! Why would there be? Everything's perfectly fine." I'd say. I would always sit there and lie straight to his face when there was clearly something wrong with me. No matter if I was fucked up or not. Because why would I tell right? Why cause more trouble than there already was? My best solution to the problem was out of sight out of mind. If I'm not around him then he can't hurt me, right? So, Lucius and I just stare at each other for a brief second and we both looked back at the road. Other than the music being played on the radio and the hum of the engine, it was completely quiet. We both rode in silence.