Remi-Hell Breaks Loose

By the time we reach the shifter compound I'm calm. Depression and loneliness seeps into my skin as I look at the huge empty house. During the day the mansion is filled with paras moving about. At night with the exception of security, me, Gunner and my father; this place is a ghost town. 

Blaze opens my door and helps me out the back of his vehicle. He escorts me to the house and opens the door. I head inside and he follows me to the stairs. 

"Hey, babygirl." Blaze calls out. 

"Yeah." 

"For what it's worth. I feel you." He rubs his hand across his chest. Blaze is a vampire with abilities like mine and Romeo. We aren't your usual empaths. We don't just feel emotions. We can feel the physcial pain of those we love. 

"And I don't think he's stupid enough to let his fated mate slip through his fingers." I nod my head and continue my trek up the stairs to my bedroom. I let the tears I'd been fighting all night quietly slip free. I was finally alone. Truly alone with the exception of security. But having security isn't the same as having Romeo when I was younger. Or having my father and Gunner here. 

I removed the pins holding the tiara on my head. I gently place the tiara on my vanity. I slip out of my shoes and dress as I head for the shower. Standing under the spray of the showerhead; I wash away my tears. Once I got out of the shower there would be no more tears. Tomorrow was a new day. 

I'll smile, laught, and fake my way through the new day like I have been doing for the last ten years. With that thought climb into bed not bothering to blow dry or brush my hair. I lay in bed listening to the sounds of the night until sleep takes me away. 

I'm trapped in a dream about Romeo when the sounds of gun fire ring through. The sound of shouting and yelling fill the air. More gun shots. My heart pounds as I'm stuck in that in between state of consciousness and sleep. I hear the sounds of hurried footsteps climbing the stairs. My eyes finally open and panic floods me; as the noise registers in my mind. 

I'm not dreaming. There are gun shots and yelling. And the pounding footsteps get closer. I'm frozen in place when the sound of my melt doorknob being broken fills the room. The door flies open hitting the wall with a bang. Relief fills me when I see it is only Blaze. 

It was just a dream. At least that's what I tell myself. Until the gun fire returns. 

"Hurry, Remi! We're running out of time!" Blaze tells me as he yanks me off the bed. He shoves me into the middle of my walk-in closet. I watch as he shoves my clothes out of the way. He roots around the wall of the closet until her finds the button for the secret door. Once he pushes the hiddne little button he has to scan his hand. The door hisses open and then he  is shoving me inside the secret safe room. 

"Wait! Just wait a second! What the hell is going on?" I ask pulling on his arm so he can't leave until I get my answers. 

"We're under attack!" Blaze tells me as he hands my phone and emergency preparedness bag. 

"Where's my dad? Where's Gunner?" I'm panicking and unless he tells me they're safe too. My panic will only worsen. 

"I don't know. They should've been home hours ago. Babygirl, I need you to calm down. I need you to call your dad. Tell him it was a set up. Tell him we are out manned and we need backup yesterday!" I nod my head whipping tears from my face. None of Blaze's words eased my panic or fears. Blaze hugs me tightly. The door hisses as he shuts it. His eyes never leaving my face. 

I slide down the wall as my legs can no longer keep me standing. Sobs wreck my body as I realize; I'm once again in a living breathing nightmare. I want to do nothing, but ball up on the floor and cry. When a warmth I haven't felt in forever fills my chest. It's almost as if Romeo were in the room with me telling me to be calm and do as I was instructed. 

I pull my phone from my chest and find my father's name in my contact list. I it the green symbol on the screen and put the phone to my ear. The phone rings three times then a voice fills the silence. 

This is Kieran; leave a message......

The sliver of hope I held now has a gaping whole. I don't even wait for the beep to leave a message. I hang up and try again. I try again and again. 

Finally, I hear my father's voice, "Princess....." My heart wrenching sobs cut out his voice. 

"Daddy, please..."More sobs bubble up and out as more guns are fired. They sound closer now.

"Princess what's wrong? What's all that noise?" Confusion, fear and anger can be heard in my father's voice. 

"Daddy, they're in the house!"

"Who's in the house? What's going on?" His yelling and panic; scare me even more. 

"I don't know who. Blaze said it was a set up. They're out manned. They need backup yesterday." I tell between hiccups and more sobbing. 

"Remi, where are you? Where's your mother?"

"I'm in the saferoom. What do you mean where......." At that moment my mother's war cry vibrates the house. I can hear the clash of metal against metal. The only metal like objects that come together like the sound of lightening cracking is two angel blades. Another scream rips through the house. The walls shake around me. This time it wasn't her battle scream. It was the scream of pain. There's only been one other time I heard that scream. That was the night Romie died. Nothing can hurt my mother. Except one thing. The only thing that could me and Romie. An angel blade. 

"Daddy, they got mom! Daddy help me! They got mom! Help us please!" I cry and shout into the phone. Another blood curling scream rips from my mother's chest. It echoes and vibrates through the walls. Lightening strikes and the thunder rattles the house. The smell of ozone has me off my ass. I'm up and moving toward the door. 

"Remi, listen to me. Stay...." I drop the phone. I bang on the door. 

"Mom! Mom!" I scream at the door as I bang on it some more. I realize I have to find the button to open the door. Once I find the button; the door once again hisses open. 

"Remi....Princess! Please don't move! Stay in the saferoom! I'm coming!" I hear my father yell, but it does nothing to deter me. My mother screams once more. This time it is weaker. Lightening flashes and strikes all around the house. The thunder rattles the foundation of the mansion. But all I can think about is getting to my mother. 

I'm running. Running. Running down three flights of stairs as fast as I can. I swipe at my tear filled eyes. I loose my footing and almsot topple down the second flight of stairs. Just as I reach the last stair into the huge opening of the sitting room and cloak myself; a hand yanks my hair. I'm yanked back into a chest of steel. A cold hand wraps around my throat lifting my up in the air and cutting off my air supply. I kick and scratch; tyring to fight my way loose. And failing. 

The male carries me by my throat from the sitting room to the den; where my mother's lifeless body lays spread across the floor.

"Look what I finally found running around." The male says. His rancid breath fills my nostrils. I'm thrown to the floor. My knees hit hard, but that doesn't stop me from trying to reach my mother. I foot connects with my ribs and I fall over. I quickly climb back onto my hands and knees and crawl over to my mother.

I gently pull her head into my lap. I brush the pearl white blood away from her face. I pull the blood soaked hair off her swollen cheek. Memories of being in the same position ten years before assult my mind.

Even though it is useless I still silently plead in her ear. "Mom. Mom, please wake up! I need you! I'm sorry! Please wake up! I love you mom!"

But there is no reply. And the world's most beautiful hybrid in all of creation's soul is no more. Her black and violet wings lay spread out across the floor. I run my hands across her face closing her sad eyes. There's only one way to kill and angel, be it purebred or hybrid. And that's with an angel blade. A round sword looking thing with runes carved into it. 

Remi! Remi, watch out! Blaze screams through our mind link. Ignoring the warning I look around the room for Blaze instead. My blood pumps faster, anger boils in my veins; when I see Blaze. 

Blaze is crucified to the damn wall with silver stakes. My heart breaks even more. The rage and anger are building into a molten lava in my veins. My dragon surges to the surface. Scales begin to coat my arms and smoke spills from my nose. Just as fast as the shift was coming it is gone. It's shutdown with the click of handcuffs spelled against magic. Fear begins to replace the anger and rage. 

My cold dead heart kicks into overdrive as a hand wraps around my throat once again. 

"What....do....you....want?" I rasp out.