Haunted By You
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Chapter 1:- Prologue: Seven Years Ago
Niki grabbed the remaining things on the floor and ran to the car. It’s alright, Niki. Pretend like nothing happened and everything would be alright, Niki thought trying to calm herself. She concentrated so much to calming herself that she didn’t noticed that her best friend, Celeste, was standing by the car waiting for her. Niki looked and tried to hide the clothes from Celeste, but it was too late.
Celeste already saw everything. Her eyes widened like she just saw a ghost or worst.
“Niki,” she said. “What are you hiding?”
“Nothing,” Niki whispered opening the door to her car, but Celeste closed it.
“Niki, what are you doing,” Celeste demanded now raising her voice. “If you don’t tell me right now, I’m not going to let you leave.”
Niki swallowed, hard. “Please, Celeste,” she begged. “Let me leave. You’ve got to help me.”
Celeste sighed. “Then tell me, Niki. Tell me everything.”
Niki broke down and was leaning on the car for support. “I didn’t mean to, Celeste. I didn’t mean to kill her. It wasn’t me that killed
her, it wasn’t me,” she whispered as tears slide down her eyes.
Celeste’s widened, but this not with fear, but with concern. “Who did you kill,” she asked.
“L—Leigh,” she answered. Her head shot up. “It wasn’t me that killed her; it was the demon inside of me. I couldn’t... I couldn’t stop it. It took control of me. I really didn’t mean to.”
Niki buried her head into Celeste’s arm. “It really wasn’t me.” Celeste smoothed her hair back and took a deep breath. “Niki, get up. You’re going to stay in the car while I go and clean up.”
“Clean up,” Niki said. “What do you mean clean up?”
“Niki, you can’t leave a corpse in there and wait for people to find it,” she answered. “You have to trust me. Stay in the car and do not come out until I come back. Promise me, you’ll listen to me.”
All Niki could do was nod. “Okay, now stay in the car,” Celeste said half carrying Niki into the car.
Celeste ran back to the abandon factory and saw Leigh lying there looking lifeless. She inched over and looked for any sign of life. But there was none, she was truly dead. She started to drag the body to the lake outside when suddenly Leigh’s eyes flew opened and broke away from Celeste’s grip.
“So you’re a Shadow too,” Leigh said.
“So are you,” Celeste said surprised at how calm she said it. “What are you here for?”
“You know what I want, Celeste Benson,” Leigh said. “Give me the Seal.”
Celeste laughed throwing her head back. “What, you think you could tell me what to do,” she said.
“I know you have it,” Leigh said. “Don’t make this do it the hard way.”
“So this was all a plan, wasn’t it,” Celeste said. “A plan to make me appear.”
“Shut up, Celeste,” Leigh said. “You kept the Seal for seventeen years already; it’s time for you to share it.”
“What makes you thing I’ll give it to you,” Celeste said. “Do I really look that stupid?”
Leigh’s brown eyes soften. “Please, Celeste, I need it. I really need it. I can’t control the demon inside me. It’s haunting me and sometimes I feel like I want to die.”
“You do know that the Seal doesn’t stop the demon inside you from growing, it only weakens it by giving you powers,” Celeste said.
Leigh nodded. “I know, but I don’t care if it only weakens it; I just need it.”
Celeste gave her smirk. “Nice story Blonde, but I’m not going to fall for it,” she said and she launched her to Leigh. Her fist went straight to Leigh’s face, but Leigh ducked just in time for it to land on wall instead on her face.
“You bitch, you weren’t supposed to do that,” Leigh said. “I’m making a story up for you to give it to me, so I don’t have to do it the hard way, but if you ask for it then fine.”
Leigh disappeared all of a saddened. Crap, I forgot she could disappear. Celeste looked around turning in circle, when Leigh popped up from the ground and threw her across the factory, causing Celeste to slam against the wall with a loud thump.
“I told you wouldn’t want me to it the hard way,” Leigh said walking closer to Celeste, who was lying on the floor with a puddle of blood surrounding her, but she was still yards away from her. “I gave you a chance, but you turned it down. It’s too late now. Give me the Seal.”
Celeste lifted her head and stood up; holding a knife behind her back, she dashed toward Leigh. She was so fast that all Leigh saw was a Shadow of Celeste that ran toward her. One minute she was yards away and another she was in front of her face as she shoved the knife into her. Leigh’s mouth dropped opened and her eyes rolled back.
“You should be the one that’s sorry for starting a fight with me,” Celeste whispered to Leigh and let her fall flat on the ground. Taking a lighter out, she lit her corpse on fire and watched until it burned to ashes.
When she got back in the car, Niki was calmer. “What took you so long,” Niki asked. “And why do you smell like you just killed a Shadow?”
Celeste drove the car into the main road leading them away from the factory. “Leigh’s a Shadow. She wanted the Seal.”
“She what,” Niki said. “I thought I killed her.”
“Unfortunately, it was all her stupid plan for me to show up,” she answered stopping in front of the red light. Taking this minute, she turned to Niki. “It’s too dangerous, Niki. I’m not safe and wherever I go someone would follow me for the Seal. I’m dangerous.”
“What do you want to do,” Niki said.
“Destroy it,” Celeste said and drove into the driveway, just as her daughter came out and greet them. “I’m going to destroy the Seal.”
