"I'm a friend of Lori."Vara mentioned and she could see the woman visibly stiffen."I don't know who that is."The woman said as she tried to close the door, Vara blocked it with her foot."I think I’ll come in."She said as she walked into the house."I'm going to call the police."The woman warned as she ran into the house. Vara looked around. Pretty house, the Fullers were obviously very comfortable people. She looked around as she walked down the hallway, the scent of baby powder even heavier than before But now she could smell something else. The unmistakable smell of a baby. The woman came back out a moment later with a man in a robe with wet hair. They looked petrified to see her. Vara always got that look, her scar scared people. She liked their fear, could taste in on her tongue like sugar. They had a phone in their hands."If you don't leave now! I'll call the police!"Vara tilted her head."And tell them what? I don't know what you would tell them but I have interesti
They kept her drugged up for most of the time. It had only been a day, but Lori felt like she was losing her mind. The sedatives rubbed her off the wrong way. It was hard to keep a clear head when she was being injected every now and then.She didn't have anything to eat, but they had brought in some water for her parched throat. Lori was inclined to reject it, but she had no choice. She was thirsty. She took a few gulps and saved her strength. At least for a while. She had to start thinking of a way out. The sedatives had finally worn off and she had to use her time wisely before they came back with another batch. She closed her eyes and pictured Gabriel in her mind, if... if she could reach him somehow.. if there was a way.She thought.She tried harder and felt a slight tug. Like a pull in her mind. Did it work? Lori thought to herself as she sent a word down the bond. Gabriel?! Is that you?!She asked nervously. There was no answer, for what seemed to be eternity. Till she
Lyle didn't stay home. Not even for a minute. Twice he came and just dropped supplies and left. He also recieved weird phone calls and was being elusive. Elliot was becoming suspicious of him. Whenever Elliot brought up the fact that they had to leave the city, he would make excuses and leave the apartment abruptly.Finally, Elliot got tired of him and decided to follow him one day. He had enough of his evasiveness. He wanted to know what his brother was up to. If he was at least going to run off with his brother he needed to know what he was up to. Especially when it seemed like he was hiding something. Elliot wasn't good with tracking by scent, but he managed to do it with his brother. His brother had gone straight to a building that was few blocks away, merely a walking distance and Elliot had to wait a few minutes just to be sure his brother wouldn't suspect him. When he finally reached the building itself, he had tracked his brother by scent. Purely by scent. And soon foun
"What? What is that?"Lori asked as she looked at Elliot intently. "Time's up!!!"Lyle said as he barged into the basement. "It's not."Elliot said but Lyle ignored him."Don't provoke me Elliot. I'm already doing too much for you."Elliot stood up and pointed to Lori."How could you treat her like this?! Like she's not human?"He asked and Lyle shrugged."What do you mean?""She hasn't eaten anything... she must be starving! Didn't you stop to think of that?"He asked and Lyle rolled his eyes."She's not going to be awake anyways. Why give her something to eat? We're just preparing her next dose of sedatives to give her."Eliot's eyes widened."Do you want to kill her before Gabriel gets here?! Because I wonder what he'll have to say when he sees her in this condition!""I mean she's a human being for fuck's same!"Lyle groaned, he rubbed his temple. "Oh my God!! Enough!"He bellowed.So loud that Lori flinched."You're so annoying!!! Always yapping in my ear about one thing or th
Sabine had one more thing to do. One more leverage she needed. Just one more. They still had the upper hand. They had Lori. And soon... they would have her son too. It was perfect. Everything was falling according to plan. As long as Gabriel didn't do anything stupid, everything would go splendidly well. "They've been under strict surveillance. What exactly do you want to do with them?"Vara asked as they both walked towards the Fuller's house. Sabine shrugged."I've had a lot of time to think about it... I don't think the Fullers would be of much use to me.""I'd rather have them dead."She answered.In front of the door, Sabine turned and found a neighbor from the other house staring at them. The woman was watering her garden in a robe. Nosy old thing. Sabine thought as she waved to her and faked a smile. The woman smiled uneasily. "Are you here to see the Fullers?"She asked and Sabine nodded. "Yes.""Oh wow... they've been having quite a lot of guests in the last few days.
The first time Lori ever felt powerful, she was four years old. Four years old and she had been playing with a Barbie doll. Local charity organizations were always donating toys to her orphanage and she had her eyes set on the Barbie doll. The long golden hair, the pretty white dress and heels, Lori wanted it so bad it hurt. She grabbed it first. Playing with it, enthralled with it. She ran around the yard with it. Then a big bully called Billy had come over and dragged it from her. Naturally she cried for him to give it back but he just laughed and tore the head of the Barbie from its body. The rage Lori had felt, she had never felt it before... She stood up and walked up to him and slapped him. She was only four, he was seven and weighed at least twenty five pounds more than her, but her slap had sent him flying across the yard and hitting the wall. He had to get eight stitches. One of the workers showed her Billy before he left for the hospital. The woman practically shoved Bi
"He's alive... The Fullers kept that knowledge away from you."No. Lori could not believe her ears. Could not believe the lies the woman in front of her was spewing. She was lying. It was a blatant bold faced lie. Why would she lie about something like that?! Sabine saw that Lori didn’t look convinced and she brought out her phone. "I have a picture of him with the Fullers. Maybe this will make you believe."She said as she showed Lori her phone. Lori took cautious steps towards her. Walking closer to her but staying at a respectful distance in case it was a trap.She froze. Her hands shaking slightly as she looked at the family portrait. Was it another baby?Could he really be her son?"You know why he didn't die?"Lori looked up to Sabine.Confusion etched in her blood splattered face."He didn't die because he's just like you. He is half nephilim but he still inherited your powers. Super fast healing... among other abilities..."Sabine said as she ran her eyes all over Lori a
Astra Barlow. That was the name of the nephilim woman that was given to her.Astra Barlow lived in a dump, the dirty long streets deep in Denver and Lori was too tired to care. She had to see the woman, she needed her help one way or another. Sabine had been right about two things. That Jack was alive and that her powers were dangerous. She still couldn't fully believe it. That her son was alive, she couldn't even find the appropriate emotion to describe what it was she was feeling. Her mind was all muddled up and she knew it was directly linked to her newly found powers. She felt like a ticking time bomb, occasionally having to keep a stoic face to keep her powers from going off at the slightest provocation.The random bursts of power that came with an emotion was unbearable. And it had only been a few hours! She could not, she would not live with this forever. She couldn't even think about Gabriel. It hurt too much whenever she tried to. She didn't accept Sabine's offer. She