Midnight Heights - S.J (life changing books to read .txt) 📗

We all knew exactly who she was and we were all extremely terrified, especially Emily. She had found us, the both of us and who knew what she was going to do now. Roman said she wanted to use our powers for her own personal gain but I wasn't even sure how to use my powers or if I really even had any. All I knew was that there was no way I was going to let her take anything from us.


She started to come closer to us and Roman pulled us even closer to him.


"Stand back Victoria." He warned.


She chuckled to herself. "How are you, my Paul?"


"Worse now that you're here." He replied.


She laughed. "You don't mean that. I'm only here to take what's rightfully mine."


I couldn't believe her. She talked about us as if we were an article of clothing of some sort. It's our powers and she some how think that they belong to her? She was clearly insane. I wasn't even her daughter.


"I won't let you take anything." He huffed.


She rolled her eyes. "One of them is my daughter Paul, or did you forget that? If you won't give me what I want, I'll just have to take matters into my own hands." she threatened.


I knew that this wasn't going to end well when she said that. Roman wasn't going to let her anywhere near us so she'd have to deal with this the hard way.


"Fine then." She muttered.


She lifted her hands up in the air in an instant and the room began to spin wildly. Black feathery wings grew at both sides of her back and her eyes turned to black little stones. She waved a hand and Roman suddenly went flying to the other side of the room, slamming into one of the book shelves. She glanced back at us and waved another hand sending Allie and Narc flying to the opposite side of the room.


Emily and I began to seriously panic. I looked to Allie, Narc and then to Roman to see if they were okay. They seemed to still be alive but were in a great deal of pain. Victoria started to walk towards us, her dark eyes locked on mine. I wanted to grab Emily and run as fast as I could, but I knew that wouldn't have worked. Victoria was fast, extremely fast, and no matter where we ran, she was going to catch us.


She was now inches away from Emily and me, smiling with that devilish grin of hers. I grabbed on to Emily's hand and slightly pushed her behind me. If Victoria thought she was going to take our powers, she was going to have to go through me first.


"You can't have our powers." I said. I could feel Emily's hand trembling in mine, and I knew that one of us had to be brave, so why not me?


"Is that so? Well, I'm very sorry Crystal but I never asked for your permission."


I tried hard to breath, but with each breath, it got harder and harder. "What do you need ours for? You seem like you're powerful enough without it."


"Yes, I am. That's exactly what this is about Crystal. Power. I have the power to do whatever I want, and I want your powers." She laughed as if she'd said something funny. But none of it was funny to me.


I could feel the blood boiling through my veins and my free hand forming into a fist. I was getting angry? Me, Crystal. It was a new feeling for me, but it was well needed at a time like this. There was no explaining what I wanted to do to Victoria's face.


"Well, I think you're pathetic." I spat. I regretted it the minute it came out of my mouth but it felt so good to say it.


Victoria's face formed into a scowl and I knew that now I was in trouble.


"Aren't you a feisty one? Just like your mother!" She lunged towards me at once, wrapping her hands fiercely around my neck.


I tried to pry her hands away, but she was strong, really strong. Her fingers dung into my skin and she stared at me with those evil eyes of hers. I tried to gasp for some air but was no use; I was getting more lightheaded by the minute.


"Stop, you're killing her!" I heard Emily say.


Victoria lifted me up, and I could no longer feel the floor beneath me. My Legs was dangling in the air, and I kept trying to pull Victoria's hands off of my neck.


This is it. I am going to die.

"Okay, I'll go with you! Just don't hurt her." Emily said, her voice filled with panic.


Victoria laughed and then released me at once, sending me straight to the ground. I hit the floor and landed on my back and I swear something had broken. I looked at Emily who was completely terrified and I couldn't help but wonder what Victoria was planning on doing next.


She glanced at me and smile. "I don't need you anymore Crystal, I have my own daughter to look after." She placed her hand on Emily's shoulder.


"Leave her alone!" I yelled, but it was too late.


They were gone. Just like that. One minute, Victoria and Emily were there and then the next minute they had just vanished. There was no trace of them anywhere. It was as if they were never even here.


"No!" I shouted, trying to lift myself from off the floor.


I looked to the study room door where Leona and her bodyguard men were, only to find that they weren't there anymore. I used my hands to lift myself up and slowly got up from the floor. My back felt as if there were nails in it and my bones felt like they were loose, extremely loose. I looked over to roman, who was now lying on the floor, and made my way over to him.


I touched his shoulder and he immediately looked at me. I could see that he felt awful, physically and emotionally. He wanted to protect us, both of us, and now Victoria has one of his daughters. Who knew what she was going to do next.


"Crystal, I'm so sorry." He told me.


I nodded. "It's not your fault."


I couldn't help but feel that it would be so easy to just blame somebody for what happened, but I couldn't. None of us is responsible for this, none of us but Victoria. She was even worse than Leona was, she tried to kill me right then and there.


"A little help here!" Narc called from the other side of the room.


I glanced over there and saw him hovering over Allie, who was lying still on the floor. I immediately made my way over to her, and Roman was right behind me. Allie's eyes were closed shut and the side of her head was bleeding.


"No, No, No." I repeated. There wasn't really anything else I could say.


"Is she okay?" Roman asked.


Narc looked at the two of us, and I knew exactly what was coming next. "There's no pulse."


I looked at both of them, and there was no hope in there eyes. In fact, there was no anything. Allie was dead and there was nothing we could do about it. I lost my sister and I lost the first real friend I've had in a while. I plopped down on the floor and took a breath. There was nothing any of us could do now. It was always easier for me to pretend like nothing really affected me as if I was this cold person who had no heart but little did I know that doing that only hurt me and that it would destroy me in the future. I wasn't prepared for anything like this to happen and I never thought that I would be here at this moment; hovering over a lifeless body, but here I was.


"You could save her." A voice from behind us said, a voice I would recognize from a mile away.


I turned to see Anthony making his way over to us. He kneeled down on the floor next to Allie's body and took my hands in his.


"You could heal her, Crystal. You have the power of touch, you could do this." He assured me.


I didn't understand what he meant, but the look in his eyes gave me hope that what he was saying was real. I wanted so badly to be able to save Allie and Emily, but I didn't know if I could. Anthony seemed to have believed in me, so maybe I should believe in myself. I looked at Roman.


He smiled. "He's right, you can do this."


"I'm not sure what to do." I told them.


"Here." Anthony grabbed my hands and placed them over Emily's body. "Close your eyes and concentrate. Find the power within."


I closed my eyes shut and tried to concentrate like Anthony said. I didn't know what I was doing, because all of this was new to me, but if I really had the power within like they said, I was going to try my hardest to save Allie. I took a breath and focused on my inner thoughts.


Breath. Breath. Just Breath, Allie. Come on, don't give up on me now.

I opened my eyes to see my hands glowing, literally glowing! I smiled to myself. I was doing it, I was actually doing it. I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate some more.


That's it, breath. Everything’s going to be okay.

Allie suddenly gasped for air, and her eyes swung open. She glanced at all of us, hovering