Chapter Thirteen

It was getting dark, Collins walked slowly not sure if his friends are still in the forest and he's not with his cell. He was still carrying Vanessa on his back as he walked through the forest. Vanessa flapped her eyes opened and tried to comprehend what's going on and where she was. After getting a clear picture, she called,

"Collins?",

Collins turned his head to the side, seeing she's fully awake, he asked,

"are you okay?". It was now drizzling,

"how did you get here?", She asked Instead,

"just keep quiet", he replied getting pissed off,

"just tell me how you get here", 

Collins scoffed and dropped her,

"seriously?, of course we trailed you, you are always giving this unsettling feelings and we were all worried about you, so yeah, we followed you", he said angrily,

"we?, so where are the rest?",

"i can't say for now, it's likely they've gone back, we all get scattered, so they should be fine", he replied calming down,

The rain started falling, beating both of them since there is no shed, they were standing on the cliff. 

"but I still don't get it, how can you come back to this forest alone without getting scared, if we hadn't arrived on time, you would have.....",

"have we passed the cottage?", She asked instead, cutting his speech short with no care. Collins scoffed, seeing how stubborn and nonchalant he is, he'll just let her be and would never let the team risk their lives for her anymore, atleast Lyndia said she's powerful, she should take care of herself and not put anyone in danger.

"hm",he replied reluctantly,

Vanessa turned to leave but Collins held her wrist, seriously?,

"where to?",

"cottage",

"for what?",

"I need to find someone",

"are you okay at all, don't you know how dangerous it is",

"I don't care",she insisted on leaving but he pulled her back,

"how can you be so foolish and selfish, what assurance did you have that the person is still there, others risk their lives for you but you just don't care, if not for me , you would have been dead, will you be able to find the person then?, why are you just so stubborn",

Vanessa felt so sorry but she being with them is more live claiming.

"It's none of your business", she replied and wiped the rainy water off her face since it's making her vision blurry. They were both soaked in the rain.

"let me go",she said trying to free herself,

"you are really planning to die huh?, you have nothing left in this world huh?",

She yanked her hand free with annoyance and teary eyes,

"I don't, I have nothing left in this world",she said raising her voice," I lived all my life the way I never want, is there even anything like hope and faith?, I lost my mother whom I love the most, and I'm about loosing all my friends if care is not taken, and now I lost the last person who could find solution to my problem, now tell me what is really left?",

Collins was speechless as he watched tears streamed down her eyes, though he didn't understand some parts of her statement. She turned to leave but slipped off the cliff but thanks to Collins who grabbed her on time. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer with her waist. Their eyes locked and stared at each other for some seconds.

"don't you think nature also didn't want you to go back there", Collins said but the truth is that, on his way back he set the cottage ablast while Vanessa was still unconscious as he was scared of another bad thing happening. Finally, he succeeded in convincing her not to go back there. They went out of the forest together and met a van waiting for them, it was their friends. They were all glad nothing happened to any of them. And then, they went home.

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      Vanessa sat down on the bed, relaxing her back with her legs on stretched on each other. She placed the book on the pillow on her lap as she began to read. It was the prophecy book that she kept in her backpack. Thankfully it wasn't wet by the time she got home . Everything inside seems meaningful and useful in some ways, she flipped another page opened and saw a( u )shape boldly drawn on it with an arrow crossing it. She was baffled knowing there's a shape that looks exactly like the one on top of her breast. She checked her breast again to confirm it . She flipped the page over to read about it.

~two people are born with the shape, a male and a female~.she stopped reading and asked no one,

"who is the male?",she asked herself and continue reading,

~the female has this powers;when she's focused and determined, when her heart and mind and sensibility are all working together, they would helped her in controlling her abilities but must firstly touched the sign in the drawn. She would be able to set things on fire, fly as high as possible, she'll be able to erase anyone's memory either by holding their hands so tight or through kiss that if she wishes, she will also have the ability to run kilometers in a second, stopped an object from moving, and can save anyone's live if she can be able to shed tears into the person heart~

Vanessa heart was beating so fast and a sign of excitement crept through her as she checked the sign again,

"so for me to be able to control my powers and not be a bad vampire, this are what...",she paused when her eyes caught the last line,

~non of these people can be affected by the vampire's bite~

She became confused,"what's this?",

Though the sign has been on her from birth, those that means , she's powerful all these while?, Is that why Lyndia could feel powers radiating from her?, so it wasn't because she was bitten from a vampire and she's about to become one. But how can she be so sure these are all real. 

She thought to herself and turned the page back to the sign. She reluctantly touched the sign with her heart beating so fast. Immediately she touched it, a light came from the sign and pierce into her skin, burning her all over. She screamed out in pain, calling her dad for help but Paul didn't hear anything, not even a sound. The pain went on for some minutes and then everywhere become so silent like nothing ever happened.