| Old Bones |
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| The wind softly blows, ringing the chimes on the screened in porch of an older house in Avalon. A woman with greying red hair sits at a table on the porch, across from her is a young woman with long flowing black hair, sipping on a cup of tea. The older woman takes the cup from the dark hair girl and begins to consentrate on it. "I see. A young man. Tall and attrative, with dark hair and pale blue eyes. He will be good to you. This man is the one you will marry. And you will meet him within a week." she smiles at the woman. "I'm rarely wrong." the woman thanks her and slips her a bit of cash. "Well miss Dobson I'm off to meet my future husband." she chuckles for a minute. "Thank you Ivy." The young woman leaves with a big smile on her face. Ivy stands up and begins to water her plants that cover the front porch. She turns to see one of her many cats playing on the table. "Get down! Bad cat! Bad Patches!" She scolds the feline and chases it away, the cat spills the cup of tea on the table as it leaps off. "Now look at what you did." she hurries to clean up the mess as she notice a pattern being made out of the dark liquid. "A bleeding heart." she quickly runs over to the endtable that sets next to the front door. She opens it, pulls out an old leather bag, and rushes back to the porch. She unties the straps to the worn out bag and removes its contents, a hand full of bones. She throws them into the air following them as the fall to the porch floor. On the other side of town. Brodrick wakes up, rolling out of bed. *Thud* "Oww!" he says as he picks himself up off the ground. He walks over to the fridge and grabs the carton of juice (one of the only things in the house along the lines of food). He makes a funny face as he takes a drink. "What the hell?" He looks at the date on the carton. "That's not it." He looks back into the fridge to see an empty bottle of vodka. "Oh, yeah. It's to early to drink." He walks away draining the carton down his throut. "Way to early." he scatches his head and walks into the bathroom. Gun shots are heard again, this time a bit closer. Brodrick stubbles out of the bathroom holding his stomach, blood rushes down his body. "F*** me." he falls to his knees. He spashes in the puddle of his own blood. "Help!" At Gwen's house. Alaina, Jade and Gwen are standing in the kitchen joking around. "No way. That did not happen." Alaina says shaking her head at Jade. "I swear. I had to be around your age." he looks over at Gwen. "Tell her it's possible." Gwen looks at Alaina laughing. "Alaina we are witches.....anything is possible. But Jade honestly. A shark?" Jade defending himself. "I swear I saw one in the lake. Look for yourself." "I will." Gwen says. She continues to laugh for a minute, then suddenly stops breathing. "Gwen?" Alaina says as she walks over to Gwen concerned. Jade stops laughing and gets a chill as he sees Gwens shake and spit up blood. She falls to the ground her body shaking uncontrolably. Jade leans down to find a pulse, Alaina grabs his hand. "Don't touch her. She warned me about it. Something about skin." Jade stands and runs over to the phone and begins to dial. "Hello, 911." Alaina leans closer to Gwen. "What can I do? Tell me what to do." she says while tearing up. Gwen wispers to her. "Don't let me die." Brodrick crawls to the door, leaving behind him a dark red trail in the white carpet. He reaches for the knob and almost stands for a minute. The force of his body hitting the door causes it to break open. "Help!" he screams down the hall. "Help me please!" he crawls out into the hall and makes his way to the front doors before he stops to rest. "Somebody F***ing help me!" blood running down his chin from his mouth. His screams are muffled by the sounds of sirens, barking dogs, and blaring stereos. "Ellie." he wispers as he clintches his necklace. "Please. Please help." His breathing slows down. A tear falls to the fountain in front of Ellie. The image of the dying young man in front of her. She puts her hand close to the water. "Brodrick. Hold on." another tear falls and then another. "Hold on. Help is coming. I promise. Be strong, don't you dare die." His body falls limp. "No!" she screams feeling the pain of her heart breaking. The others of the councel sit in front of thier fountains each of them in tears. "What do you want from me?" Ellie screams as she looks up. "You take away my family, you put me here, and now you take him. Why?!! He was all I have!" She breaks down and begins to cry uncontrolably. The other members of the councel rush to comfort her. "Just leave me alone!" she shrieks at them. "Leave me alone." Ivy takes a step back, the bones scattered in front of her. She looks over at her car. "Well, I've never ignored a vision." she walks inside. "Now where did I put my driving gloves?" On there way to the hospital. Jade holds Gwen's hand while she is being pumped full of drugs. Alaina is sitting next to them bitting her nails nervously. "Is she going to be ok? Jade is she?" Jade looks at her shaking his head. "I don't know. I don't." Gwen opens her eyes, the blured image of her friends is blocked by the sight of a familiar face. A woman with flowing red hair and Gwen's same dark brown eyes. She sits next to Gwen on the stretcher. "It's ok sweetie. Your going to be fine. Do you understand what happened?" "No." Gwen responds. Jade leans in closer to hear her. "What did you say?" "I don't understand." Gwen says softly. "Why does he have to die?" Gwen's closes her eyes. Jade continues to question her. "Who has to die? Gwen, who?" "Brodrick. There's no one to save him." she says as she slips into a deep sleep. Ivy pulls up to a runned down old apartment building. She hops out of her car and hurries inside. "No, that's not the door. No." She walks down the hall, looking over every number calmly trying to find the the one from her vision. "Ah ha, apartment B22." she walks up to the door and begins to knock. She hears the sound of gunshots. "Oh, perhaps I'm getting a bit rust on my timing?" she grabs the door knob and twists it open. She walks in the door to see Brodick laying on his bedroom floor. "I'm to late." she wispers to herself. Brodrick sits up quickly. "Who's there?" Ivy screams, scaring Brodrick causing him to scream as well. "What is wrong with you?" Ivy points a finger at him. "Your not dying." they both go silent for a minute. "What?" |
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