CharaMystic by Shante` G.J.G (books for 20 year olds .TXT) 📖

“Alright, I’ll let you go but you have to come without struggle. And if any of you try to use your abilities, especially you Maya I will have to crush you and bring you back in pieces if I have too.” Christopher emphasized in the most un-threating tone of voice.

I looked at Maya as now the sand was up to my neck. I was hoping she’d get the hint but I soon realized she didn’t because the expression on her face was as dazed as ever.

I decided to become the hero and play along. “We promise! We promise to come willingly. Right Maya, you will NOT use your MIND CONTROLLING ability to overtake Christopher’s mind and let us escape, right?”

I was really praying she got the memo now.

“What! It’s not going to work on him; I’m in too much stress. It only works when my mind is more focused and all I can focus on is getting out of here.”

“Just do it!” I screamed. The sand was now swallowing my head but I managed to at least keep my face afloat.

She did what I asked and attempted to take control of his mind.

“Release us from this illusion and attack Senya instead.” Maya demanded.

“Ha, if you think your little powers could control us then think again little girl, because we are the elite team of S.W.I.F.T. and were – Ahh!”

Senya was being attacked by really huge bumble bees while we were released from our quicksand prison.

“How did I do that? I was barley concentrating.” Maya said astounded.

“It was Christopher.” I said as I was catching my breath.

“What do you mean Amethyst?” Zane asked.

“Christopher pretended that you were controlling him so we’d escape.” I explained.

“And why would he do that?”

“You guys better get out of here before Senya gets out of this illusion.” Christopher shouted to us.

“Come on, let’s go!” I said.

In only a couple of seconds Zane, Maya and I rushed from S.W.I.F.T. headquarters scurrying away as quickly as mice when lights are being turned on. I guided the group to a location that’s kind of a secret. It’s a secret hideout that my friends and I use whenever we want to be alone. We found this place when we were younger. It was right after my dad died. Reenee figured I needed somewhere I could be alone and clear my head sometimes; but overtime we all began to use it as sort of a club house. We even cleaned it up a bit.

The area is a bit secluded because it is an abandoned pet shelter that was condemned years ago before I was even born. My mom said it used to be a very popular pet-shelter until the owners were caught abusing the animals. They would have dog fights, cat fights, bird fights, dog vs cat vs bird fights and so on. My mom said it was even rumored that they killed the losing animals. It was all just so cruel, but that was years ago.

The pet shelter owned such a huge piece of land that when it was shut down, the whole area became like a ghost town. There were so much fields of grass surrounding it, probably for the pets to run around when they weren’t being tortured. It even had a lake with a tire swing above it that was perfect for jumps.

“Is everybody ok?” I asked breathing heavily.

They both replied yeah.

“Oh god! I can’t believe I just ran. It felt like a 100 miles. And eww I’m all sweaty and my hairs’ extra moist and frizzy. Oh my god I broke 3 of my nails. My clothes are dirty, my shoes are ruined and the worst of it all is that I’m still stuck with these horrible abilities.” Maya whined and moaned like a little kid as Zane and I watched observantly.

“What are you two looking at? You never seen a – no no no no no! My purse! Where is my purse? Oh no, I must have dropped it back when we first were trying to escaped.” Maya screamed then growled a bit stomping around swearing that if she ever saw Senya again she was going to rip her a new one.

Zane just stood by me holding on to my shirt afraid of Maya because she was getting madder and madder. “Hey! Hey! HEY!” I screamed. “Could you please calm down a little bit your scaring Zane. I know your upset about your purse but - ”

“Upset! No soirée, I am waaaaaay beyond upset. I’m furious. Do you not know how much my purse cost and these shoes and my dress? These are very expensive items that probably cost more than your house.” She went on.

“Hey! You better watch what you say because you don’t know anything about me or how I live! And if I remember correctly we are the ones who just saved your butt back there. So before you go off on us about your stupid shoes and your stupid dress you might want to thank us for saving your snobby butt because I can tell you this, it won’t happen - ”

“Thank you.”

I stood quietly forming a relaxed position.

“Thank you for rescuing me even though we just met. You didn’t have to do that. And I’m sorry for being such ungrateful brat just now. It’s just these things are very important to me and I - ”

“Apology accepted.” I said interrupting her.

“Me too. Apology accepted.” Zane added.

We had a brief silence while we smiled at one another realizing the touching moment that just took place.

“So Maya is it?” She nodded answering.

“How did you get mixed up in all this mess?”

“I don’t even know anymore. All I wanted was for things to change.” I noticed she turned her head to the side when she finished her sentence. I couldn’t help but wonder if something really bad happened to her.

“Things to change? Like what, exactly?”

She opened her mouth to answer but then decided not to speak, but instead responded by snapping at me saying that it was none of my business.

She immediately stormed off but I chased after her; Zane followed.

“Wait! Where are you going?” I shouted.

She turned around abruptly and stopped me dead in my tracks as Zane bumped into me. “Stop following me. Look, thank you for getting me out of that hell hole but it’s time for this little group bonding thing to disperse. I have places to be and people to see. I am a very important person and I don’t need you or anyone else getting into my business. It’s time we get back to our own individual lives.” She turned back around and began walking away again.

I just stood there unsure of what to do. Maybe she’s right I should let her and myself get back to our regular lives. I mean what can we really do for each other. I still don’t even completely understand what is going on anyways. But even so, even though I have no idea how to solve this big S.W.I.F.T mystery, I just have this feeling rushing over me screaming that we should at least stick together. After all there is strength in numbers and we just might be able to beat these S.W.I.F.T. guys if we stick together.

“I can help you!” I yelled.

She stopped moving and waited for what I was going to say next.

“I don’t know how and I don’t know if I even could but it’s pretty clear that were on the same side and you need me, as I, I mean we need you. Let’s face it Senya pretty much made it clear that she’s not gonna give up on finding us. So the best thing we could do is stick together.” After my speech, Maya pressed on forward and I guessed it just wasn’t meant to be. I guess Zane and I would have to keep attempting to take down S.W.I.F.T ourselves.

But just as I thought Maya was not into my team unity offer, she surprised me and turned back around. She walked straight up to my face.

“So you really think you could help me.”


Chapter 13: I Can See You But You Can’t See Me! (Sunday)

*Ding Dong*

Zane and I waited for the door to open. Maya had invited us to her house to talk. She didn’t want to talk last night because she really wanted to go home. But I have to tell you, as we were standing by the door waiting for her to answer it Zane and I were definitely not expecting this. Her house is huge, even bigger than CJ Detweiler’s. The outside is beautiful with its white and golden designs painted all across the entire estate.

Their door was massive; it looked custom made because it was bigger than a human sized doorway. I swear if that Asian basketball player Sun Ming Ming, had a twin he could ride on his back and still be tall enough to fit through the door without bending down. And that’s not all, the stairs that lead up to the door were actually designed to look like a Xylophone; it was beautiful. And when we walked on it, it surprised us because it created musical notes. Zane and I were trying to compose a song while we wait; we were pretty decent at it but not quite musical geniuses.

Oh did I also mention the marbled road. It was also a gorgeous site to see, seriously. It was patterned with some plain tiles and some type of abstracted animal, maybe a lion, or a kola bear; I don’t know but whatever it was, it was incredible. I can tell these people were loaded. I’ve lived in Calvoon city my entire life and I’ve never heard of this part of town. It’s like a billionaire village or something. Her house was so far away that I actually had to call a cab to get here. I didn’t want to ask Reenee to drop me off because I knew she would want to come. And I really wouldn’t even know how to begin to explain to her how I knew someone this wealthy, since were nearly inseparable.

But back to Maya’s god cave, it was simply, how would the French say, magnifique! I could go on and on about how spectacular the entire view of the house was but that could take all day; considering the size.

A man opened the door. So we were cut off guard because we were still prancing on top of the stairs, but as soon as we noticed him we stood as straight as we could be feeling slightly awkward.

“Miss Maya is waiting for you in the main room, if you wouldn’t mind to join her.”

“Uh no. Thank You. I mean yes. No? Yes, we would like to join her.” I said to their butler. At least that’s the impression I’m getting since he’s wearing what seems like a uniform except it’s not the cliché black and white suit; it’s a white and golden suit that matches the outside of the house perfectly.

He stared. “Yes, follow me.”

Zane and I kept speechless while the butler did his rehearsed introductory speech. We weren’t even paying attention to him because we were in such awe of the house that it felt as if every sound in the world suddenly became mute.