Lost Souls by Abbie Davis (best beach reads of all time txt) 📖

and they iced over.

What in the world just happen? I stared at my hands as I thought about rocks. Some flew up and landed in my hand. Ok this is kind of cool now. I looked at Linus as he was smiling at me. Wait I froze them for I didn’t want to hurt them. Maybe I can undo it with fire.

“Linus,”I said as I saw dad go up to his office,”Do you know where Dad put them?”

“Yeah in the basement where he puts everything you want to hide,”He said as I smiled,”Why?”

“We are going down there to see if I can undo it,”I said walking that way,”Come on.”

“If we get caught,”He said as I laughed.

We ran down the long hallways and took three rights and two lefts. There was the door to the basement. It had a lock on it but I know my dad pretty good now. I walked up to it as Linus looked around to make sure no one saw us.

“Elizabeth,”I said and it opened,”Still the same password as when I left.”

We walked in and I looked around the hallway. It was plain but had boxes everywhere. Weird but nothing here is what I’m looking for. Whopped! Ow that hurt. I rubbed my head as I saw another door there. What in the world is this. I went to push it open but nothing had happen.

“Password,”It said as I laughed.

“Elizabeth,”I said.

“Sorry wrong password,”It said as I looked at it shock that it wasn’t right.

“No that’s the password,”I said trying to open it up,”He uses my mom’s name for everything.”

“Hey the doors remind me of you Max,”Linus said as I looked at them,”Max, Daddy’s angel.”

“That’s not funny Linus,”I said but the doors open,”No that was it.”

“Point me,”Linus said walking in.

I rolled my eyes and followed him in. There were videos of the times I hated the most. I looked around as I saw the fear in me. Or the anger I was facing. I shook it out and went to the ice block. I saw the angels stuck there. They were regular angels that had white wings and nothing to do with darkness like me. And I did this to them. What kind of a friend am I?

I touched it as the fire went around my hand. But nothing had happened. What! I looked at Linus as I held out a small flame in my hand and watch the ice take it away from me. I touched it as I heard their voices telling me about Nathan. I groan and tried again but like last time nothing.

“I don’t get it,”I said as shadows shot out,”Fire is the opposite of ice. It should have melted.”

“Hey it cracked,”He said as I looked where he was pointing at.

There was a little crack there. It was small but still there. I touched it and it grew a little bit. I wasn’t using the elements but the one thing I knew all too well. I was using shadows to get my anger out. I took a step back and thought about the one point I wanted to break open. I closed my eyes as I felt the power around me. Okay here goes nothing.

I opened my eyes and sent a black beam at the crack. I fell backwards as the ice broke a little bit. I sat up to see Jason was there on the ground. The others were still in it and I couldn’t do another blast like that again. He coughed a little bit as Linus helped me up. I was light headed and the room was spinning a little bit.

“Bout time,”Jason said standing up.

“You try figuring that out,”I said holding my head,”Wow that is a headache.”

“You are not going to be able to get the rest out the same,”Jason said helping me out of there,”It will take two of you to finish the job.”

“What do you mean?”I asked as we headed to my room.

“You and…”Jason started as I looked at him.

“Who,”I said as he looked at me.

“Let’s get you to your room first,”He said looking away.

“Just answer the question,”Linus said as I was about to pass out.

“I don’t want to,”Jason said as Linus carried me bridal style.

“Just say the name.”

“Fine I will,”He looked at me and smiled,”Nathan.”

“Kill me now,”I said right before darkness took me. 

Chapter 5

 I laid there thinking about what had to go on. I didn’t want to have him help me. After what he did to me. I would rather be shot in the head with a rusty bullet that slowly went through my brain. Okay that hurt just thinking about it. But I would like that more than getting his help. But it’s the only way to get them out of the ice block.

“Wake up Maxy,”I heard Linus say into my ear,”We got to sneak out tonight or we are not going to be able to do this.”

“But I don’t want to see him,”I said sitting up,”Where’s Jason?”

“He can’t come with us,”Linus said helping me up,”If he does then bad things will...Jase told me that he can’t help us but tell us how to free them.”

“Really,”I said as he handed me my bag,”Well who all is coming with us?”

“Me and you.”

“Fun.”

“We got about three minutes before the gates are lock to get out of here.”

“Bikes?”

“Yeah and they have a full tank.”

“Let’s go.”

We ran out of the my room and past by Jason as he was going to distract my dad for us. We went to the bikes and threw our things on the back. I started up the bike and we zoomed out of there right as the gates were closing on us. I looked back as I saw Jason and my dad running outside. He looked at me shock as I left behind the one place I could have been safe in.

No turning back now. I looked forward and thought of all the places where I could find him. There was the old house where we use to hang out at. No that would be too in plain sight. Maybe the old meadow where we first met. People know where that’s at and what it is to us. Maybe it could be…

“What are we looking for?”Linus asked dragging me back down to earth.

“Umm…”I started as I really didn’t know.

“Let’s try asking your mother,”He said getting right beside me.

“Then that means we have to go all the way to Washington,”I said looking at him,”Or all the way to Dallas if she is even there.”

“That should be good to start in Dallas.”

“Then to Dallas.”

We didn’t talk much after that but kept our heads in the game. I looked at the moon shining bright above me. It was nice to see in a time like this. I closed my eyes for three seconds and opened them back up to see that Linus was now in front of me. He looked off in the distance as if in deep thought about something. What could he be going through right now?

 

~Linus~

 

I went ahead of her afraid to see what would happen if she looked back. I was staring at her for a while but I knew I shouldn’t be. Why must I have to fall for the one person that I knew wouldn’t tell me she had feelings too? I liked her more and when I saw what Nathan did, I wanted to kill him. I had to do something to keep her safe from him. So I sent him to the dark lands and when he showed back up the other day, she sent him back.

Now she needs him to set her other friends free from the ice. Isn’t life just great to us. Note the sarcasm there for it is. I looked at her in the mirror as she had her hair flying down her back. It flowed like it was a river and she was truly an angel. No stop that you know it won’t work out for you.

“So where is the address to the place?”I asked trying to think of something else.

“I can’t say it out loud,”She said getting right next to me,”But it is the right of left and the north of south.”

“So if I’m right next to Walmart,”I joked as she laughed.

“No the right to left is two turns,”She said looking at me,”Then the north of south is not Walmart.”

“Then what is it?”

“I can’t say.”

“Why not?”

“Look behind us.”

I turned around and saw that there were two people following us. I looked closer and saw that they were demons. But one was familiar. Oh no it can’t be her. I looked at Max as she faced forward. I hoped she didn’t notice the woman and man. Or at least that they looked like me.

“So what’s the plan?”I asked eyeing the two.

“Well we both are at full strength right now,”She started,”So we could go all power but then that means they are as well. That would leave very little for us…”

“I got this one,”I said as she looked at me,”You go ahead and leave them to me. I’ll meet you up at the place. For north is of south.”

She nodded kicking it into high gear. I watched her zoom off as the other two didn’t chase after her. I rolled my eyes and got off at Millhaven. I went down an old road to a spot that no one could see or get hurt on. I smiled as I put it in park and saw that they both chose to follow me here.

I looked at the woman as she had the same eyes as me but had white hair. The man was like a little version of me. I frowned at them as they stood in front of me. I set my helmet on the handlebars and stood in front of them. After all this time and today they chose to do this.

“Linus,”The woman said,”You know why we are here.”

“Sadly I do,”I said taking out a scythe,”But I don’t have time for that today.”

“Come on,”The man, or boy I should say, said,”You don’t have anytime for this. Then why are you here right now.”

“For I know you also want Max. And I’m not letting you get her.”

“You know I use to look up to you.”

“Yeah then what changed in you?”

“You turned to the wrong side of this for some idiot girl. I bet you don’t even know why you are really on that side.”

“For what we did was wrong Nick. And I would have hoped you would see that,”I snapped getting ready to fight if I had to.

“Don’t speak to him like that,”The woman said.

“Then how should I Carol,”I snapped at her now.

“That is no way to talk to your mother,”She said getting ready for our fight.

It took me just a few minutes to tick off my little brother and mother. That has to be a new record or something. Nick ran after me as I dodge his attack and let the scythe cut his arm and he disappeared. I turn to my mother as she looked at me horrified. I spun the weapon in my hand as she looked at me.

She got on the bike she rode on here and left me there. As she went on her way she yelled one thing at me that I knew only