The Beautiful Monsters - JA.Acero (good book club books .TXT) 📗

He gave me a weak smile and eyes that said I'm sorry. I smiled back at my friends. They looked like they were all in on something. I stared at Mike and realized he looked hot! His hair was in an angle that he alone could only pull off. He looked more strongly built, and had cool clothes. None of those fake stuff that boys buy at Hollister. I guess Tara rubbed off a little.
I turned back to the open door and almost fainted. There were my parents, sitting in the waiting room, looking guilty. Were they finally going to apologize for ignoring me for the past 17 years? That sounded highly unlikely. I took a look down and gasped. Everyone looked around me to see what was wrong. My back was sore, probably soon to be bruises. one of my legs had a big fat cast on it with names scribbled all over them. Other people where here? I smiled at the thought of people coming and caring for me.
"So, do you remember anything that happened?" Mike asked and I swore I saw Tara step on his foot.
"Sara needs her rest. Why don't you go home?" Tara put her hands on her hips.
"I don't want him to go." Man, my voice sounded nasty. I really mean nasty. There was a wet edge to it with the slightest bit of drowsiness.
Tara stared at me for a quick moment but turned away before I knew it. Mike was already out the door, but started signing my cast first. Since when does he listen to Tara?
"We can't have too many visitors in here, so I'm going to have to ask two of you to leave." the nurse instructed.
"Icy, Alex go," Tara snapped. They both scurried out the door without hesitation. Miss annoying nurse told my parents to walk in. The nurse probably said that s my parents could come in.
"Sweet heart, how do you feel?" my mom smiled and gave me a warm hug. This.Was.Not.My.Mom.
my dad on the other hand was still kind of stiff but gave a smile.
"Will you excuse me ans Sara? We have to talk for a little bit." Tara smiled and shooed them away.
"They just got here..." my saddened face made Tara frown. It didn't suit her very well.
"Do you really think this is the real world? Let me introduce this place, this is B.L.O.O.D." Tara swirled around gracefully, but never leaving my eyes.
"Blood, why would you name a place Blood?" I turned my gaze to the window. It all looked normal.
"No, I didn't name it blood. Those letters stand for something!" Tara ran out the door with a look of anger. I sighed, and looked out the window again. Then I saw what was different. The sky was a pale green and the grass was a licorice blue. I got up and the cast wasn't there. My hands didn't have scratches either. I ran up to the mirror and I looked beautiful. This world was weird. I was walking around the corner when I heard voices. It was Tara and Icy.
"Can't we do it now while she still doesn't know anything yet?" that was Icy's whining voice.
"No! I'm just starting to have fun. and I don't want to kill right now anyway..." Tara sighed in fustration.
Icy pouted and said "I haven't murdered anybody in the last century! How can I not be excited?"
Somebody grabbed me from behind and put their hand on my mouth. once we where outside I saw who it was. Mike!
"You're in great danger Sara!" Mike started to gasp.
"I think I already know...What do you think was the first clue? saying that they haven't killed anyone in the last century or the murder part?" I said sarcastically.
"Do you know they killed Isabel Dickson?Jacob Ford, Emily Vincent, Patrick Spatskey,etc." Mike started to walk around nervously.
"There's more? Why would they do that? They seem so nice and perfect!" I frowned.
"Unlike everything else here, I'm actually the real Mike. That Mike in the real world is fake." (Very touchy...heehee!)
'Okay, so now that we know that Tara,Icy,and Alex are evil what do we do?" I was very clueless and couldn't cope with anything as it is. He stared at me like I had no brain and shook his head. i couldn't imagine Tara ever being evil EVER.
"We first have to get you out of here...That's going to be hard!" he turned around and grabbed my wrist. He started to run and I had to struggle to keep up.
Let me tell you the woods are very creepy. You could barely see anything besides the occasional tree,shrub, or animal. I stopped and smelt the foul air. It was as rotten as a garbage can that hasn't been cleaned in two years. Mike smelt it too and we followed the scent.
I was never good with scary things and this didn't help. There right under a well hidden bush was a leg which went all the way to a pale arm. I stared at Mike and he nodded. I carefully pushed the bush and screamed. There lay the body of Isabel Dickson. Her face was twisted up into a fearful sneer and the bruises on her body were black. Her hair was all over the place and one arm was crossed around her neck, the other on her heart.
"She looks so fresh...And that picture at school was taken two years ago!" I started to pace and squirm unattractively.
"Nothing moves here..." Mike said sadly.
"Well time moves, but not in the way you think. One day in earth time is a year here."
"What do you mean by nothing moves here?"
"Time doesn't move here and they can only kill here. It's like they suddenly introduce a new boy or girl to their group and suddenly nobody remembers them. That's why they put me here, because I wouldn't forget." Mike stared into my eyes softly.
"There's one more thing I have to add. That's not the only reason Tara put me here. I have turned into a Natwe, a creature of night. And no not a vampire even if I drink star-blood and i-" Mike jolted foward and continued with something else.
"Well time does move, but not for the people that get killed." Mike stated flatly.
"You where saying something before-" I was stopped eruptedly.
"I forgot." Mike snapped,
"Anyway, how come they wanted me, out of all the girls in the school, me?" i stopped pacing. He hesitated and it all came out in a rush.
"Iaccidentallymayhavementionedyoutothem, I'm so sorry!" Mike blushed and tried to hide it. You might think I'm strange if I told him I wasn't mad at him. I know, I'm crazy. Most normal people would scream their guts out and stomp away. I didn't do any of that.
"It's oka-"
"Don't you dare tell me it's O.K., because it's not!" he snapped. I stepped back and felt a hand go around my neck. My lungs shook and I took one last look at Mike. His eyes were wide and frightened.
"Let go of her!" Mike tried to grab me back, but it was too late. I was being carried away and I looked up to see the person who was taking me away.
Her golden blond hair and red tinted eyes gave her away. Tara's plastered on smile gleamed like a cat caught the mouse. I whimpered and struggled out of Tara's fierce grip. I looked around us and it looked like we where going 500 miles per hour. I whimpered again.
"Shhh darling, it will all be over soon," Tara stroked my hair. I think I know what she meant.
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MIKE
I kept running after her, but now she was just a blur in the distance. I finally stopped and cried out loud. I loved Sara with all my heart and now I've lost her. i knew Tara wouldn't even hesitate to have killed her already, but why wait? I kicked the ground and sighed. I was going to have to call the only person i could trust. T.J.Stark was my friend that got stuck here like me, but he's been here for 10 years...What happens if Stark started to failed o rescue Sara? What if Sara did come back, but not the same? That definitely not on my top 10 list...Oh,my god I can't believe I was babbling to myself while Sara was in danger. I quickly took out my cell and called a person who might steal my luv's heart.
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I woke up to a red ceiling, wall, and marble floor. I got up and a flash of white pain sliced through my body. Ugh, a cramp! I shifted around and took a look. I was on a plush white bed with fluffy pillows. There were rose petals sprinkled all around. A crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling, it's crystals glinting whenever the light caught it. Getting up, I tried to open the door that was made completely out of glass. It was locked so I looked under the bed for a key. Nothing. I took a look at my body and gasped. I was wearing a really short skin tight dress that made a deep v around my neck, which exposed a lot of skin. Across the room I could see a mirror, it's rays of light made pretty rainbows on the floor. Looking in the mirror I made a small shrieking noise that was probably suppose to be a sob. Right in the center of my forehead was a star that was outlined in blue. The main color was blood red. My hair moved around in waves of black curls. It was so beautiful I could cry (the tattoo on my forehead was really weird though)
"You like what you see, right?" someone said. Immediately I covered my mark with my hair. Something told me that I couldn't show my tattoo, mark, whatever. At least not now.(Am I going crazy, or what?)I looked in the mirror and what a surprise, Tara was laying on the bed, a bright smile on her face. Now that I realized she was evil that smile didn't seem to fit anymore. It looked more like a show, like I was in the show as the substitute. A temporary replaceable substitute...
"Well?" she stopped me in mid-babble and tapped her foot impatiently.
"Um, I-I-I-" I cleared my throat nervously.No way was I ever going to escape from here if Tara new that I knew about her.I raised my chin and spoke clearly.
"I look sooo hot!" I used my most squealish teenage girl voice that I could muster and spun around happily. Just as I had planned Tara had fallen for the bait.
"And you know what would make you loosen up?" Tara flipped her hair in an elegant twist and let it loose. (Even though she's an evil witch, she could be the worlds best actress.)
"A steaming hot shower with, fancy soaps!" Tara turned me around in a circle and opened the door. (Oh now it opened...weird) I sent a prayer to God hoping that i could find my way out of this endless maze of mess I have made. It seemed like I was walking through an apartment. Scratch out apartment, it was more like a castle times a zillion more rooms. I looked out the window and saw a bunch of teenagers in uniforms. Suddenly Tara closed the drapes.
"whatever you do don't go allurking out of here." Tara warned.
"Why?" I asked and started to go for the curtain