“We’re here,” Brandon says.
He parks the SUV in front of a rectangular brick building that has seen better days. Pretty much a typical look for every bowling alley I have ever seen. The cracks in the parking lot have grass growing up from them and there is pieces of trash up against the side of the building that the wind blew in.
It is dim on the inside with the lanes illuminated and the pins spot lighted. It smells of greasy food and smelly bowling shoes. We pay for our shoes and head over to an open lane and set our game up. We decide to go in alphabetical order and Warrick has to go last, so he goes to the concession to buy us all drinks and a hamburger with fries.
Brandon goes first and knocks down all but two of h
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---Divina--- It is dark and I am looking through eyes that are not my own. There is a familiar feel to whoever this is, like home. I try to pull my arms or their arms, to their side, but they are bound at the wrists with chains attached to each wall. Their body is sagging and their limbs tingle from the lack of blood to them. Their body aches from being beaten and I can feel blood or sweat running down their back. Their breathing is shallow and steady like they are trying to control their reaction andthat iswhen I feel the stinging lash across their back. The pain is excruciating, and I can feel their skin split. Whoever this is, never makes a sound. Their eyes close tight with the pain, but that is their only reaction.
I am sitting on the large ledge of my window seat, staring out at the evening sky. I just finished packing for our trip to Mexico where we are staying at an all-inclusive resort and am letting my mind wonder. We leave tomorrow morning and will be gone for a week. I am looking forward to it but am also troubled. Over these last 2 weeks I have woke up screaming 3 more times with horrific injuries to my body. I have witnessed and felt that man be tortured over and over, and it kills me that I have no idea how to save him. I have no clue where he is even being held. Each time he is tortured, I have felt a drain on my energy prior to it so when I feel it, I am terrified to fall asleep. Warrick has been wonderful during these times, but I also know he is getting increasingly worried. My last inju
I lay in bed, waiting for Warrick’s breathing to even out and his body to relax before rolling slowly out of it and creeping out of the room we share on the 4thfloor. I stillhaven’tbrought all my things up there andI’mnot sure I will ever fully move into his room. Eventually, he will leave fortraining,and I hope by then, things will be settled enough for me to go with him. I crawl under my familiar covers in my own room and try my best not to fall asleep. I am terrified of what awaits me. The torture is starting to wear on me. I can’t imagine how this man handles it over and over. A plan starts to form in my mind and I wonder if I could somehow protect him by using my powers. Could I shield him
---Divina--- I wake with a start to banging on my bedroom door before it flies open, and a freaked-out Gloria comes rushing through. “There you are! Wehave toleave in like thirty minutes if we are going to make our flight. We have been looking all over for you two. Why are you down here?” Gloria is talking a mile aminuteand it takes me a moment to register what she is saying. “Oh, crap! Warrick get up! We overslept!” I say, scrambling out of bed. Warrick grumble
“Great! I go first,” Sophia claps her hands and looks around for her target. She looks at each of us before settling on Brandon. “Brandon, Truth or Dare?” she asks. “Oh, first, what happens if a person fails to go through with their dare?” Damien laughs and says, “How about they have to streak naked through the main pool area?” “That’s perfect!” Sophia says and looks at Brandon expectantly. “Oh, truth, I guess.” Brandon says. “How long have you been with Gloria?” Sophia asks.&nbs
---Greg--- I messed up. Shit! What was I thinking? I never should have taken that kiss as far as I did. I should have been more respectful of their bond. Fuck! What is wrong with me?! I haven’t been able to sleep so I am just pacing back and forth in the little hut that I have to myself, trying to figure out a way to fix this. Divina’s tears and the broken look on her face after I kissed her will haunt me for the rest of my life. I can already feel her pulling herself away from me. I’m going to lose her, and I never even had her to begin with. I just don’t want to lose my friend. Despite my growing feelings for her, I would rather have her as a friend than not at all.
---Divina--- Warrick drove the Jeep we were in with Damien and Bren and Greg drove the other Jeep with Brandon and Gloria in the back. We followed our guide who drove the Jeep in front of us with three other sight seers. I was looking forward to seeing the ruins and the weather was perfect. As we drove deeper into the rainforest, the lighting around us grew dim and the air was heavier with humidity. This must be what people mean when they say they would rather breathe the air rather than drink it. I was grateful that I wore my hair in a high ponytail and off my neck. The heat and humidity made my skin feel sweaty and sticky and Gloria’s wild hair was
---Divina--- Oh, God. My head is pounding. I sit up and place my head in my hands trying to think through my disorientation. I gingerly look around me and as things come into focus, I realize with horror that I know this place. The markings etched onto the stone wall were all too familiar. I look around quickly to see if I can see the man that has been haunting me the past few weeks and quickly regret my sudden movement. The pounding in my head increases ten-fold and my vision darkens around the edges. I have to fight to remain conscious and focus on my breathing. I lay my head back against the wall and close my eyes. I am just so tired, and I can’t focus on anything for long. I fall back asleep, but I don’t know for how long before I am awoken by the cell door opening.