Urge
Chapter 17 of 17
TheDeepEndI kept my eyes shut as I spun. It made me think of those carnival rides that I never liked going on, and I felt myself needing to throw up again. I didn’t want to look, didn’t want to see what I was in. When I heard an ear-piercing shriek, I knew it was coming from my throat.
The sudden impact of the ground startled me as I slammed into it. I finally opened my eyes to stare at the granite I had fallen on. I sat up, wincing and gasping, as a pain shot through my shoulder. Good God, I really was clumsy. I didn’t dare look around for fear of what I would see.
A hand fell on my shoulder suddenly.
“Oh, I’m glad you―” My words died as I turned my head.
Noah smiled softly and brushed a hand through his hair. He held out his hand. He moved his white coat, and I could see the black shirt and pants underneath. “Come now, you’ve hurt yourself. I’ll get you cleaned up.”
“No,” I said, pulling back. “I want to know where I am.”
He frowned. “I’ve brought you to him.”
“Him? Him who? Let go of me.” I shook my head vigorously. I did not want to go anywhere with this man. “Where is Nixon? Jade? My mother? Dammit, answer me!”
Noah’s mouth flitted, and he hoisted me up without my permission, sending a wave of pain with his touch. My knees buckled but he held me.
“You’ve dislocated your shoulder, darling,” he said gently. “I will fix it and you’ll be good as new.”
“Good as new?” I muttered.
“Like a doll,” he said, using his hand to brush my hair from my face. I flinched when he touched my temple. “You’ve cut your head, as well, it seems. This will not sit right with him if I bring a broken doll.”
My mind registered his words and before I stopped myself I said, “Are you talking about Evan?”
Noah stopped walking. While he gathered his thoughts, I was able to look around at my surroundings, surprised at where that vortex had taken me. I vaguely recognized this place, as anyone would if they stood in the middle of a park.
“You’re a smart doll, darling,” he said, turning his eyes on me. “Come along. We can’t afford to stop and waste time because you’re easily distracted.”
“Where are we? I think I’ve been here.”
His lips turned upward and he chuckled. “You shouldn’t be so surprised by that revelation. Didn’t you ever wonder why you were struck with such a deep feeling of déjà vu most times throughout your life?”
“I just thought I was―” I began, but something caught my eye. Someone was coming toward us down the path.
“You know it’s impolite to eavesdrop,” Noah said without turning around or making any indication that he had heard another person. “Well, since you’re here, Abigail, this is Casey.”
I blinked at the girl; long, black hair with purple streaks. She had the same color eyes as Noah, and I wondered for a moment if they were related. It was then that I noticed she was wearing a reversal of Noah’s clothing.
“No,” she said unkindly, “we are not blood.”
I nodded and she scowled at me.
“You don’t look like he described,” Abigail said, her eyes narrowing. “I thought you would be prettier.” She sniffed indignantly.
Noah blinked at her. “She was prettier before the fall, Ab. She seems to have messed herself up a bit. I was on my way to clean her up when you intruded.”
She stared at him, and then her eyes slid to mine before stalking off.
“I apologize,” Noah said, shaking his head as we watched her disappear into the darkness. “She’s the only female here, you see, so it’s hard for her to maintain a decent level of composure around another one when she meets them.”
I kept quiet.
“You are the first female she has seen for awhile,” he explained. He gripped my chin and forced me to look into his eyes. “Abigail hasn’t seen another female in the last three-hundred years.”
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“I can see why she tried hiding you.”
Jade’s voice was coy in his ear, her fingers wrapped in his thick hair as she forced his mouth down on hers. He resisted, but only slightly. She smiled at him as she slid her hands under his shirt.
“Fucking bitch,” he hissed, his eyes flying open. “Where is Casey?”
“Probably dead somewhere,” Jade commented as she straddled him. “You’re smart enough not to fight me, boy, and that’s good.”
“Let go!” Nixon snapped. “I have to find her!”
He watched as something flickered in Jade’s eyes and she gripped his wrist as he went to hit her. Nixon screamed as he felt the bones crack and a horrible abundance of pain ran through his body.
Jade left him there, writhing in pain on the bed, as she went to go find her friend. She had a feeling Casey would be surprised to see her. The screams followed her as she shut the door to the room and walked down the hall.
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We stopped walking when we stood in front of a house. It looked like a Victorian but I couldn’t be sure. When I looked behind us, the park had dissolved into a lonely street. I shook my head.
“It’s an illusion,” I said to myself.
“What’s that?” Noah asked as he pulled me with him up the steps to the house. “Speak up, darling.”
“Stop calling me that,” I said, shifting my gaze to him. I had to admit that he was something out of a movie as he stood leaning against one of the columns on the porch, arms crossed. I didn’t realize he let me go.
“Why?” He looked at me, frowning. “You don’t like nicknames?”
“Not really.”
He smirked. “Not even C?”
“How did you―” I thought about it for a second then changed my question. “Where are they?”
There was a terrible wail from inside the house.
“Please,” I said, stepping up to Noah. “Let me see him.”
He studied me, and then shook his head. “I will on one condition.”
“Anything,” I muttered, tears stinging my eyes.
He was in front of me before I knew what was going on, his hands on either side of my neck. I tensed, expecting him to snap it. I closed my eyes and waited. I felt him moving my head toward him. When I opened my eyes, it was too late.
His lips found mine, his tongue entering my mouth before I could stop him. As he pulled me against himself, I felt something go through me. An urge I’d never felt before wrapped itself around my brain and ordered me to continue.
So I kissed him, long and hard, the screams from somewhere above us fading with the night air as it coiled around our twined bodies.
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Anonymous
Nice. This is really getting interesting...
WRITE FASTER! Tiny snippets do not satify me!
Throw us a couple-a-thousand words!!
Author's Response: I have a lot more chapters done, it's just waiting for them to be submitted here that makes the wait longer.
Give me your email and I'll send the rest to you.
Anonymous
Interesting...
Casey is really handling this pretty good, which is surprising. But there is that hint that she has been 'prepared' for her coming-out party.
If only I could have played with my Mom's mind whenever I came home late, or brought a female friend home!
I sense some training coming on also!
Good work!
Author's Response: She does overreact a lot though. I would if this situation was presented. I don't think I would believe anything I was being told.
I hope you like the next few chapters. I'm introducing a new character soon :)
Anonymous
Beautiful.
This is going very well, and I'm really looking forward to the next chapter!
Great work!
Author's Response: Thanks very much.
I'm trying to not make this story too obvious, but it's already unraveling that way.
Anonymous
Nice.
Not cheap, uninteresting drabble, but a very emotionally deep, and realistic meeting of the minds by Nixon and Casey.
I like where this is going, and I'm glad it isn't obvious.
Good work!
Anonymous
Another good chapter!
One of my favorite lines:
“Don’t worry, I won’t ask for any weird sexual favors in return.”
Wasn't expecting that from Nixon. Actually, this story is starting to feel familiar...
Have you ever read a manga called 'Tag'?
Really intersted in what a 'Sweeper' is. Are you preparing to go down a supernatural sort of road?
Author's Response: I am going to go down that road :) Like it wasn't obvious.
No, I haven't. I've actually never heard of it. What is it about?
EdgeOfDark's response: Tag is about a girl who becomes best friends with mysterious girl, who makes her a target for humiliation, rape, and possible death. All of this revolves around cell phones, and the victims doing whatever the text tells them to do... otherwise they get killed.
One of the best I've ever read!
Author's Response: That sounds cool, aside from the rape part. Kind of reminds me of One Missed Call, only they get voicemails, they heard their voice, then they died.
It's weird. It's an Asian movie so yeah, lol
EdgeOfDark's response: Hey, how many more chapters do you have to go?
Author's Response: I don't know. I'm still hoping to not get Writer's Block like I have with other stories. Why do you ask? :D
EdgeOfDark's response: Very curious!
My stories are all outlined, and I know how many chapters there are, and how long they usually going to be. Yours feels 1/3 of the way done!
Author's Response: I just have to figure out things. I mean, I have the main plot, but I need more of a character development for some.
EdgeOfDark's response: Ah! So most of your work is tied up in character development! You do that very well by the way.
Have you peeked at one of mine?
Author's Response: Not yet. I'm sorry.
The next chapter will be up soon, and then you'll be all caught up :)
EdgeOfDark's response: *waits impatiently!* 
Anonymous
Okay, this is getting good, and you know, I'm hooked. I have a bad feeling Casey is in for trouble with this Nixon kid.
What are snake-bites?
Author's Response: Nixon's the good guy :)
Snake-bites: Two piercings just under the bottom lip: one on the left side and one on the right. They can be studs or rings, or even a combination of both.
Anonymous
Uh oh. This is not looking good.
At least she knows what kind of person Jade really is. Sucks how she found out however.
Great chapter! Where's the rest? ^_^
Author's Response: I should just get your email and send you the rest, considering you're the only one whose reading this story, haha.
EdgeOfDark's response:
Boy do I know THAT feeling!!
My jaw really hit the floor when one of my fics turned up as a 'Featured Fic' on TPP.
Originals hardly get the time they deserve anywhere, especially good ones like this. You're a pretty competent writer too, and I hope you keep at it.
I think Original Authors should really support each other. That being said, I'd really like to know what you think about some of my work too!
Author's Response: Oh, I've never had the thrill of knowing my stories were featured for anything.
There's only a few sites I'm apart of, like Mibba, which is a relatively good site as far as reviews and things go. You should try it out.
Anonymous
Wow. Very well done. I could see this so clearly in my mind's eye. You built the scene masterfully, and I found myself wanting more of this tale!
Excellent work!
Author's Response: :DD Thank you so much.
Anonymous
Oh no! Not another Mindwar: Marooned on Earth type of story!
Awww, gee. I was really hoping for something new and different.
That said, it was still writen well, and easy to read... and I liked it.
Author's Response: Casey's not an alien, if that's what you're getting at, lol. That would be too predictable.
EdgeOfDark's response: So what we've got here is a special sub-strain of Humans who play puppeteer with the Normals?
Author's Response: Somewhat. I don't want to give things away.
Finish it! I really like this and want to know where you go with it.
I like how the ticking clock upset her. That has come up in a lot of my stories and it was the basis of my first song. Very good writing!
“What?” I hissed, as I read the answer. “What the hell are you talking about?” I said to him, my voice a little louder than I intended.
Everyone turned in their seats to look at me.
“Miss Sullivan—”
Fuck.
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That was hilarious. Makes me think of things I have written!
Anonymous
Wow.
One wants to get close to these characters but...
Poor Casey really doesn't give much thought to her future or much else it seems. Is Nixon going to be just as irreverent and aimless?
Author's Response: Nixon's probably the most important character, other than Casey, in this story.
EdgeOfDark's response: LOL!
No! Not irrelevant! irreverent!
Is Nixon going to be just as irreverent and aimless as Casey?
Author's Response: Oh, wow, lol, sorry.
He might be. I don't really have much of him thought of yet.
Anonymous
Very good: I like how Casey is tentatively sharing her thoughts and feelings with the reader. That’s something you do very well with your characters.
It’s a shame that she and her mother don’t have a better relationship. What heartache. They could really help one another if they both weren’t so emotionally selfish.
Nice chapter!
Author's Response: Things are just going to go downhill from here anyway, and Casey knows her mom wouldn't believe anything that's going to happen, so she kind of has no one to depend on.
Thank you for the review. The next chapter should be up soon.
Anonymous
Nice!
I like where you're going with this, and it feels totally authentic. Very good job of describing the environment and characters. It's getting interesting!
Author's Response: Thanks very much :)
Anonymous
Hmmm...
That is one crude, intolerant ("Who likes to sit in a small ass seat with some fat kid?"), smelly, lazy slob of a kid.
He seems like one of those people with two definitive sides; not Good or Evil, just Evil and Indifferent.
Needs a serious foot in the ass.
I can hardly wait to see him get torn to bits... He is going to get torn to bits, right?
Author's Response: Well, since the main character is a girl (I guess I should have specified and the name throws people off), I'd hope she's not tore to bits. But someone else gets torn, and they deserve it.
EdgeOfDark's response: Ah... So someone is responsible for the tourturous birth of Evil Casey and Indifferent Casey. Going to be interested in seeing what kind of Monster that is.
Author's Response: Oh, she's not really that bad. Just dislikes most people and is a bitch in the morning. There's far worse than her in this story :)