Interior by KLeenaGirl (list of e readers .TXT) 📖

back?’ He asked smugly and raised his hand which almost touched my face then.
‘Yes’, I responded confidently.
‘Nothing easier than that’, he grinned, ‘you’ll come with me and I’ll let them go. Just like that.’
My eyes wandered behind him. The scene was getting a little clearer, since many people had left in panic by now. Still, I couldn’t figure out where the Beales were, if they even were here.
‘What’s the matter?’ He demanded now a little impatiently.
‘Who are you?’ I wanted to know. ‘And what do you want?’
‘Fine, let’s be polite. My name’s Arthur Harper, but you can call me Dad.’
I mentally shuddered.
‘You still don’t know who I am?’ He pouted. I refused to shake my head.
‘Well, then’, he began, ‘I was the one who gave you life.’
‘You’re not my real father’, I said out loud without meaning to.
‘You’re right, I am not’, he answered, ‘but I could tell you what happened to your real parents.’
‘Alex’, Matthew whispered next to me. ‘Don’t. He wants to decoy you.’
‘Don’t you want to know, Alexandra?’
Of course, I wanted to, but that wasn’t my priority right now. I was glad to have Matthew by my side, since he always knew what I felt.
‘Cut that out. Just hand over the hostages and we might spare you’, Matt answered him.
‘Oh, I guess, our little prince here doesn’t know what is like to grow up all alone. Or does he?’
I bit my lip. What’s with all these negative questions? He was definitely pulling the psychology card, though I couldn’t help myself but wanting to know what he had to say.
‘I want to see Mr and Mrs Beale now’, I gritted out. ‘No more games. Maybe we can spare you then, Mr Harper.’
Harper turned around still grinning. Then almost inaudible he added. ‘I killed your parents.’
My eyes widened in shock. I pushed Sebastian a few steps back only to lung forward to Mr. Harper. ‘Stop it’, Matt shouted and grabbed both of my arms. I wanted to kill this person, this man. Anger boiled in my blood. I had to control myself. I mustn’t allow myself to freak out again.
‘Yes, that’s right. I shot them.’ Arthur Harper continued in an amused tone. ‘I needed a test object. Your father was trying to kick me out, but he didn’t stand a chance. And your lovely mother…she was crying and begged me to save your life. She was so naïve, as if some stupid woman could ever stop me. You look like her, you know, the same beautiful eyes…but in the end, I killed them and you, too. There was so much blood and then there you lay, an innocent little infant. I replaced your soul and gave you a name. Debbie, my daughter! I made you mine. You were my property, born to be a destructive and eliminating being. I wanted to see you kill, I wanted to teach you the most inhuman methods on this planet, to give my legacy to you – ‘
‘You’, a manly voice behind us screamed, ‘you were the one I fought that night – ‘
‘Seventeen long years ago’, Harper finished. ‘That’s right, David.’
David? When had he arrived? Wasn’t he supposed to stay at HQ? He knew him? Did he also know about my family? Why hadn’t he told me anything about it?
‘My little one’, Arthur took my chin in his right hand, ‘I lost you that night, Debbie. But that won’t happen again.’
Matthew still held my arms, but not so tight anymore. I noticed that he had narrowed his eyes and watched Harper touching me with an expression of disgust. My eyes flew over the scene and stopped at the Ferris wheel. It was all empty by now, and still there was something strange about it. Like there was a gondola which wasn’t in the exact balance as all the others were…
In the spur of the moment an idea hit me. ‘Lucy, Colin, they’re in the highest gondola! Hurry, get them out of there!’
Harper grunted. ‘It doesn’t matter anymore, Debbie. Tonight, we’ll be together again!’ His hand was losing grip. He dropped the grenade and the last thing I could manage to do was pushing Sebastian onto the ground. I closed my eyes and waited.
But nothing happened.
No explosion. No fire. No smoke.
And yet…something was different. I felt my pupils go wider. A suppressing power fell down onto my mind. In an instant I recognized this feeling which crept inside my body.
‘Matt, take her away’, I heard David shouting and then my mind was lost.


Chapter 12


My body ached. My muscles were contracting hard. I rolled off of Sebastian who quickly stood up again. He looked at me. ‘Alex, are you alright?’
I shook my head no. ‘Go away’, I croaked in a thin voice, when he didn’t comply I exclaimed ‘run, Sebastian, run as fast as you can!’ He took a few steps backwards and then ran off towards the car.
I looked around. Where was Harper? Dammit, we couldn’t lose him now!
Worry was clearly visible in Matthew’s eyes. He crouched in front of me. ‘The grenade?’ he asked. I just nodded. Pain filled out my whole being.
‘Hold on, Alex’, he said, ‘fight it!’
I barely heard his words, but when I did I tried to defend myself against the inner voice. Though, it wasn’t as easy as it was said. ‘Matt’, I murmured, ‘It hurts…’
‘Alright’, he replied, ‘they’ll rescue Sebastian’s parents right now. Then we’ll help you. Just stay strong!’
‘I’ll try’, I whispered tiredly and closed my eyes for a second.
That had been a mistake. I felt an overwhelming power tugging at my consciousness.
I’m back.
No that couldn’t be. Please no, not now…
Yes. Now, Alexandra. I’m back, so let’s kill some people.
I could basically hear the grin of my inner voice. My eyes snapped open again to see a frightened Matt bending over me. My hands had turned into claws with long, sharp nails. One look in my transformed eyes and he let go of me. Matthew stood up and backed down a few metres.
‘Hey, I could use some help over here’, he shouted, as I went for him. Rage was building up inside me, causeless fury. I let out a loud scream. The demon’s thick, rough skin replaced my own. Its claws ripped my silver piece of jewellery from my neck. The heart-shaped pendant fell onto the ground. My body trembled with anticipation of killing intentions. Breathing became harder, though I could feel the dark power rising within me in every fibre.
In a fast movement I pushed forward and started to beat Matt who was shouting in pain and helplessness. Still, my real me could sense his restraint. Even in such a life-threatening situation like this, he was still trying not to hurt me. How could he be so stupid? I nearly choked him to death, so why would I be worth to be saved?
My hoofs closed around his throat, my nails leaving marks everywhere. Briefly I stared directly into his eyes and what I saw was horrible. It was mortal fear.
Bump. I had been it by a stone. ‘Alex, stop it! Let go of him!’
I swirled around. Sebastian stood away from me only a few metres, his face shocked. I wasn’t sure if he had wanted this, but now he had my or rather the demon’s attention.
I slumped over to him. He didn’t move, instead he kept staring at me and my unbelievable appearance. I was only several inches away, when he began talking.
‘Alex, I know you’re somewhere in there! Cut it out, please return to your normal self!’ he begged, but little did he know that when I had already transformed, I wasn’t able to be convinced back.
I groaned when I felt things growing out of my back. Glancing over my shoulder for a moment, I watched a pair of torn wings tighten.
My thin dark lips turned into an evil smirk. The transformation was completed. My body had finally stopped trembling and the demon had full control over it.
I lunged forward to hit Sebastian. Fortunately, he dodged my attack. Damn, how could I save him now?
I howled. My voice was raspy and broken. I couldn’t let myself repeat the mistake I had made in the past. No matter what it would take, I had to restrain myself. My mind began fighting the burden weighing down on me. Though, it didn’t help anything at all. My body stepped towards Sebastian again. This time, the intention to kill was stronger than I had ever felt.
We must kill him.
No! I pleaded to the inner voice. Spare him, please! I don’t want him to die!
No, he will only hinder us.
Who was that demon to dare to speak of an ‘us’? This wasn’t my choice, and yet it was my body violating people. My right arm raised and slapped Sebastian to the ground in a split second. No, there had to be something I could do. Anything! While the right paw pressed him onto the floor, the other one raised. Long, sharp nails were visible. Aiming for his throat, the arm went down. No!
‘Arrgh’, I screamed. I had hit my own arm with the claws. They bored through the flesh, blood leaked out slowly. Thankfully, Sebastian had taken the moment to save himself. But now the demon’s rage had only intensified. The claws were pulled out and I stretched myself. Sensing persons behind me, I turned around. All of them were standing there – Lucy, Matthew, Colin, David and even Simon.
My eyes narrowed. Feeling my own mind leaving me, I didn’t put up another fight. I was far too tired for that.
Now we are going to kill them.
This time, I simply complied with the demon’s actions.


Chapter 13


My body lunged forward and grabbed Colin’s collar in a swift movement. He was thrown onto the ground within a blink of an eye. The demon was beyond my control now and only followed its intent to murder. I just wanted to hide myself in the corner and close my eyes. But I couldn’t. I saw all this violence through my eyes while being captured in my own body.
The next one the demon aimed for – or Debbie as Harper had called it (or her?) – was Simon. I watched in horror, as my fists closed around his ankles, when he tried to run away. Silently, I begged for forgiveness, since Simon was the youngest, and the less experienced spy…and I felt somewhat protective of him. Though, soon Simon was lying on the ground, too.
When Debbie swirled around in fury, I caught a glimpse of Matthew’s expression. He looked helpless and I knew why. The last time this thing, Debbie, had shown itself, I couldn’t be stopped by anything, except by being shot. But all the attempts with narcotics had been failures. I noticed the guns in the hands of Matthew, Lucy and David. Even though, I also knew they weren’t going to shoot, at least not in good time.
Debbie began another attack, this time it turned against Lucy. She tried to dodge my grip, but it didn’t take long till she joined Colin and Simon.
Three down, two more to go.
Debbie laughed and her voice pitched high. I frowned. She still forced me to watch as I hurt my friends, though I had recognized that she hadn’t killed anyone…yet. I was clearly happy about that fact, although I was wondering where this was going. Had she a plan behind her actions? Had Harper had a plan for this scenario? Had this incident been all