Critter Volume 3 Chapter 8 : I'll Be Waiting

It was like they never left, Mitchell and Lauren. Having them back in Bon Temps felt amazing. Mitchell had plans to return to his bar as soon as he was finished helping Megan find her sisters. Clayton and Kelly were over joyed to see their friends alive and safe; this meant they could possibly help with Kyle. 

Logan had decided to head back home, he left Mitchell his contact information in case he was ever needed again, some many questions regarding the purpose of him being there would still exist however he needed to leave. 

Lauren wondered if she should tell Clayton the truth about what happened to Tyson. She knew that lying has gotten her nowhere in the past, she knew she had to do it but she had no idea how. Before she could think, Mitchell approached her “Hey, do you think you could come with me? Just going to talk to Megan about finding her sisters” he asked “ya sure” she said, while flirting with her eyes. Their kiss meant something to her, it was the first time Lauren had ever seen Mitchell in this way and so far she liked it. They walked onto the front porch where Megan stood leaning up against the railing. “Can we get this show one the road?” she asked.

Ashley didn’t know what she would say, all she knew was that Mitch was back in Bon Temps and Megan is not to be trusted. When she pulled up at Lauren’s house, she saw him. He was talking with Lauren and another woman. Her heart beat so fast she could hardly take it. Is this love? She wondered, probably not but then again, Ashley had never been in love before. All she knew was that she had an overwhelming feeling of want, the want to kiss him. She exited her car in a hurry “ASHLEY!” Lauren yelled with a smile “I knew it, I knew you were alive” she yelled “who are you?” she asked the Megan “this is Megan, she helped us escape” explained Mitch. Ashley pulled a gun out that was tucked away in her jeans. She pointed it at Megan “she can’t be trusted! She’s working with Traci” she yelled “is this true?” asked Mitch, looking at the woman who had lead him to believe she was his friend for months.

Megan stood in her tracks, stunned at the accusations and not knowing how to respond. “I’m telling you, she’s lying” yelled Ashley. Ashley then remembered a spell that she has learnt from Traci, something that reveals ones true identity.

~Flashback~

Ashley had killed him, Paul was dead. She had no idea how much involvement he had in her kidnapping, but it didn’t matter. Now that she had done it, she felt as if she had finished what she started. The werewolves tried to kill her, instead she killed them. This helped gain back her confidence, she felt strong and she hadn’t even begun learning magic yet.

Traci approached “lesson one” she whispered as she walked up to the edge of the pit, where Paul’s body lay. “I learnt this one when I was a young girl, it has the power to reveal a person’s true identity” she said as she lifted her hand “lift up your hand and close your eyes” said Traci. Ashley raised her arm “now clear your mind, there is a fire in you that burns, use it as fuel. Repeat after me” she explained “great mother, show me what is hidden” Traci watched as Ashley’s hand began to light up, it was in this moment she knew Ashley was going to make a great witch. “Now open your eyes” she said. Ashley opened her eyes to see a dead wolf lying at the bottom of the pit, the spell worked.

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“Great mother, show me what is hidden” said Ashley as she had her hands pointed at Megan. Before the spell could work, Megan ran at Ashley knocking the gun out of her hands. “YOU BITCH” yelled Megan as she pinned Ashley to the ground, she raised her hand to conduct a spell when Lauren used her light to send her off. Ashley went to grab the gun and she fired once into Megan’s upper thigh. Megan fell to the ground screaming in pain. “A witch’s power weakens when she’s injured” yelled Ashley as she got weird looks from her friends. Mitchell ran to Megan as Ashley had the gin pointed right to her head “who are you?” asked Mitch “I’m Traci’s sister” she said, “why did you lie? Why were you in that dungeon with us?” he asked, “I was sent there to kill you! Traci, and me we had lots of sisters but we’re the only two left. I owed her a favor so she had be put down there so that I could take your powers and kill you, of course once we ended up in Faetasia, I needed you to escape” she explained “So if you’re not really an elemental, then why did we have to go find them?” asked Lauren. Megan sat there clenching onto her wound when she began muttering a spell she raised her arms, but it was too late, Ashley sent a bullet flying through her heart. Her skin began to age intensely and she then concaved into black dust, much like Medusa did when she was killed.

“How was it possible, that she was working for Traci the entire time” asked Mitch, not expecting an answer “Ashley, thank you, how did you know all that?” he asked “long story” she said as she leaped at Mitchell and kissed him. They locked lips for several seconds when Mitchell realized Lauren was standing directly across from them. Lauren stormed past the two “good to see you too Ashley” she said as she went inside to join Clayton and Kelly.

When she entered the house she saw Clayton and Kelly preparing to leave “where are you going?” she asked “I’m sorry but we have to go help Kyle” explained Clayton “I think I know a way how, we need to go get Lena” he said “what for?” she demanded “LOOK! Either your in or your out, but we need to save Kyle, and Lena can help us!” he yelled as he ran out the front door where he stood in front of the pile of black dust “ew what happened here?”.

It was another vision, this time is showed Rachel, she was running through the woods, sweating. Blood dripping from her forehead. A blonde woman then came up behind her and swung an axe at the back of her head, Rachel ducked and fell to the ground. Rachel began crawling away when the woman raised her axe again. Then a sopping wet Lena stood with a gun pointed at the woman “HEY!” Lena yelled, and that’s when the vision ended. Either way Mitchell knew that he needed to go help her. “Hey wait! I’m coming with you” Mitchell said as he jumped in the back seat of their pick up truck. “Well I’m going too” said Ashley as she stormed over to the truck “well if everyone else is going…..” Lauren said sarcastically as she ran to join them. The five of them drove off, headed towards New York City.

Traci fell to the ground as she clenched her heart. She cried out loud as she rolled around in the dirt. “MY SISTER!” she yelled as she felt the pain of Megan’s death. Traci then ran to the crystal ball and placed her hand over top. She saw an image of Ashley, with Mitch and the rest of them. “I’ll be waiting” she whispered.