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[bCHAPTER THREE[/b] I

My first night in Mysteria Lane elapsed in a
bat of eyes. As soon as Irina and I were done
with the supper, we both retired to our
rooms, ceasing all opportunities for a
conversation. That's the last thing I
remember, after that I must have fall asleep.

Unlike New York where every morning, the
rays of sun descended on earth to arise me
from my slumber, my first morrow in
Mysteria Lane commenced with the drops of
rain knocking incessantly at the windows of
my room, forcing me to wake up. Their call
was desperate enough to get me out of the
bed and head to the bathroom.

Donning black shorts with gray tank top
alongside sneakers, I was ready to explore
Mysteria Lane. But as soon as I climbed down
the stairs I was greeted by Irina who for
some strange reason seemed really pleased to
see me, "Good morning, June. How are you
feeling now?"

"I am okay. Morning Irina."

"Come, breakfast is ready," she said walking
towards the kitchen.

"Umm, I don't feel like eating anything and
besides I am heading out..."

"Out? Where?" She asked interrupting me.
Typical Irina!

"I want to explore this place a bit, see what
it's like."

"You can do that June but not when your
stomach is empty. Have something to eat
first."

"Huh! Okay!" She is pretty damn convincing.
So I sat down to have breakfast with her. I
had decided to eat quietly and sneak out of
the house as soon as possible but she
couldn't keep her mouth shut.

"Be careful while you're out there. I don't
want you to get lost."

"I am not four anymore. I can take care of
myself," I answered annoyingly.

"I know you can but is it wrong to feel
concerned for you? This is a new town. You
aren't acquainted with anyone yet and we just
arrived here yesterday. You're not even
familiar..."

"Thank you," I said cutting her off, "I
understand your concern. Thanks a lot. But I
have a cell phone and if I get lost I can dial
your number, just make sure that you pick up
my call this time," I said getting up and
walking out of the door.

"You'll never forgive me for that, will you?"
Asked she raising her voice and temper.

"If only you had taken my call that day, Irina,
Dad would have been still alive!" I said with
teary eyes and walked out of the house.

Irina sure knows how to spoil my day. I am
aware of the fact that she has no concern for
me, she's just acting. I wonder why she's
putting up with this mother-daughter drama
in the first place. Anyway, so I set out to
explore this "Mysteria Lane" town and I
couldn't find a trace of civilization until I
covered the distance of about two miles.
From there on began a series of several small
and big houses. Things were looking pretty
"normal" here. Children playing in the park,
people exiting the Church after the Sunday
mass, signs of "close" being flipped to
"open" as store owners get ready for their
business.

My meandering was forced to desist when my
dry throat tweaked. So I began looking for a
café and finally found one at the corner of
the street. Entering in I was astonished to
find it empty, well not "empty" but there was
not a single human being there. "May I help
you?" Asked someone from behind. Turning
around, I found a woman in her early fifties
staring at me with suspicious eyes.

"Umm I need some coffee," I said with a big
smile.

"Sit down," she instructed me and left. I
chose the table in the corner and engrossed
myself and my cell phone in replying to the
emails and texts my friends in New York have
sent me.

"Here's your coffee," said the lady as she
came back with the coffee and put it on the
table, "Sorry, we've just opened up and it's
not been set up completely."

"Oh, it's okay. Actually, I'm new in town
myself. We just got here yesterday."

"Welcome to Mysteria Lane then," she said
with a smile as she sat on the other side of
the table, "Where are you from?"

"New York," I said proudly.

"New York?" She asked astonishingly, "Wow!
Usually people from small towns migrate to
big cities like New York."

"Yeah, it's true. Actually, my father passed
away recently, granting my guardianship to
his second wife. She decided to move here so
I had to tag along."

"I am sorry to hear that."

"Yeah, me too. I never wanted to come
here."

"No, I meant I am sorry to hear about your
father's death," said she correcting me.

"Oh, that's okay," I said with a smile.

As we were conversing, a group of friends
entered in and sat on the table before mine.
The group consisted of three teenage girls,
with very bad dressing sense, annoyingly
babbling and tittering in their screeching
voices.

"Excuse me," said the lady and left to attend
them, meanwhile I got back to my business
of telling my friends in New York how poor
and miserable I am in this ghost town.

"I really got no clue. Damn what am I going
to wear tonight?" I heard one of the girls
expressing her concern.

"Don't ask me. I haven't even got permission
from my mom yet," said the other girl. Huh!
These small town girls are so naïve!

Suddenly they all stopped talking and when I
raised my head to inquire the reason of this
silence, I was astounded to find them all
staring at me. As I fiercely stared them back,
they turned around and started muttering
something, probably about me.

"No...you...ask...no you do..." I could hear
them whispering.

Then a Blonde, completely dressed in pink,
turned around and said aloud, "Hey, umm
are you new here? 'Cause you look like...
new!"

Gosh! "Yeah, I'm new here," I tried to be
polite.

"Oh! Where are you from?" Asked the other
girl in shabby clothes.

"New York," I answered gravely without even
looking at their faces.

"Wow!" They exclaimed in unison, looking at
each other with utter dismay. And in no time
I found them gathered around my table
gazing me with those puppy dog eyes.

"I knew it," said the Blonde, "You don't look
like you belong here."

"Tell me about it," I sighed.

"Can we sit with you?" Asked she.

"Sure," I nodded in agreement. To be honest,
I needed a little amusement.

"Hi, I am Audrey," said the blond one as she
introduced me to the rest of her lot. The red
hair in shabby clothes was Santana and the
petite brunette was Becca. I hope I got their
names right!

"So how did you end up here?" Asked
Santana.

As soon as I got over her shabbiness, I
managed to answer, "Mom's dead, Dad died
too, no one's left, so moved here with dad's
second wife."

"Oh! That's a pity," exclaimed Lily, "Leaving
New York for a place like this. It must be a
cultural shock to you."

"Damn straight!" I retorted.

"So will you be staying here forever then?"
Asked Audrey.

"Forever? Hell no! It's not even been a day
and I am already bored!"

"You must have a glamorous life in New York,
didn't you?"

"Well... umm glamorous is probably the right
word," I said nodding.

"I want to go to New York too. Like I wanna
be a model," said the brunette.

"Me too!" Joined the Blonde.

"Did you ever try for modeling? I mean you
lived in the fashion capital of this country!"

"Lived? Honey, I still do! I still own a place
there, so I can like totally go back. Answering
your question, no, I never tried though all
my friends pushed me all the time, but I
never intended to be a model even though I
got the perfect looks and attitude to be one!"

"Totally! You should have tried, you know."

"Huh! To each his own!" I said sipping my
coffee.

"Do you want to come to the party with us?"
Asked Audrey.

"What party?"

"Oh! It's the coolest party in town, the
Crawfords are hosting it," she said winking.

Crawford! The name was enough to ignite my
senses. "One of the Crawfords is a doctor,
right?" I asked inquiring.

"Yes, right. Have you met them already?"

"No, I've only met the doctor. By the way is
he going to be at the party?"

"Probably."

"Okay. Well, I don't go to parties uninvited."

"Oh, there's no formal invitation as such. We
can take anyone we want to. The whole
town's going to be there, we can formally
introduce you."

Since when do I need girls like them to do
me such an extravagant favor? "Girls, I don't
need you to provide my introduction to this
town."

"We didn't mean it that way," they said
realizing their grave mistake.

"Yeah, whatever!" I said rolling my eyes.

"Umm so what's your plan for today? We can
be your guide and show you around, you
know."

Well that was a sweet gesture so ignoring
their mistake I replied, "Cool, let's go."

These poor little small town girls needed my
guidance to pick dresses for the party, being
a selfless person that I am; I happily obliged
and picked them the dresses that are going to
make them stand out in the party.

"Thank you so much, June. You've helped us a
great deal," said the grateful Audrey.

"Yes, if it wasn't for you, we would still be
searching for the clothes to wear at the
party," added Lily.

"Girls, huh, I know you need help, so I'm
always here to help you," I said with a big
smile.

"I wish you could come with us to the party
tonight," asserted Santana.

"I can't unless the Crawfords come to my
house to personally invite me."

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*********************************

It was nearly 5 in the evening when I reached
home. A very upset, Irina was standing at the
gate of the house with folded hands, waiting
for me. "Where have you been, June? Why
didn't you take my calls?" She bombarded me
with questions as I entered through the door.

"Chill, Irina. Let me have a glass of water
first," I said walking into the kitchen to pour
myself a glass of water.

"Do you have any idea how worried I've
been? This is a new place for you June, you
have to be a little careful."

"Yes, I am aware that this town is new for
me and that's why I wanted to get to know it
better, explore it a little bit."

"But you could have picked up my call. You
didn't even come for the lunch."

"Irina, I found few girls in a café and we all
started talking and they asked me if I could
help them pick dresses for the party tonight
and I couldn't refuse so I helped them
shopping. Is it a big crime?"

"You could have informed me that you're
going to be late."

"I know and I apologize," I said accepting my
mistake.

This brought down Irina's temper as she
came towards me with "motherly affection"
and gently putting her hand on my shoulder
said, "Honey, I was just worried about you.
But it's good to see that you've already found
some friends here. And I am sure that you'll
form more acquaintances in the party
tonight."

I was dumbstruck, "Wow! What? Party?"

"The Crawfords are hosting a party in our
honor tonight at their mansion. They visited
here in the afternoon to personally invite us
and I accepted their invitation."

"You didn't even ask me or inform me about
it..."

"I tried, but you weren't picking up your
phone!"

Damn! She always proves me guilty. "Irina,
I...I can't go. I am sorry." I said sitting on
the couch.

"They are hosting the party in our honor,
June. How can you not come? Wouldn't that
be rude?" Asked she sitting beside me.

"Well, yes, but... I don't even have a dress to
wear," I said pouting.

"Well, you got so many dresses in your
wardrobe. I am sure there must be
something appropriate for tonight's event."

"No, I don't have the right dress Irina."

"But you updated your wardrobe before
coming here and if I remember correctly you
bought some ridiculously expensive dresses?"

A smirk spread across my face as I
remembered how cleverly I made the
decision of updating my wardrobe before
moving here to this ghost town where, let's
face it, you can't find Gucci. "Yeah, I did. In
fact I've a dress that would outshine
everyone in the party," I said getting up with
sheer enthusiasm, "Let me go and work my
magic," I winked and rushed upstairs to my
room.

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*********************************

Rome wasn't built in a day now, was it?
Beauty takes time and this simple fact of life
seemed indigestible for Irina, who was
continuously poking me to get ready and
head out with her.

"15 minutes," I said for the seventeenth
time.

"June, it's not a beauty pageant," she said
walking inside the room, "You're looking
wonderful! Now come on, let's go."

"Just give me another 15 minutes; I swear I
won't take a minute more."

"It's not good to arrive late at the parties
where you've been invited as special guests.
It's already 9 and the mentioned timing was
8 pm."

"It's fashionable to be late," I said curling my
lashes.

"I am done with you," she said surrendering,
"Listen, I'm going to the party and I expect
you to arrive there within 20 minutes or else
you're grounded for life. Your "exploring"
trips will also be canceled no matter how
much you beg."

"I'll be there in 20 but tell me one thing,
how am I supposed to reach at the venue?"

"The party is being held at the Crawford's
mansion and soon as I get there, I'll send
someone to pick you up. So be ready, okay?"

I nodded in agreement as she left.

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*********************************

Like I said, I only needed fifteen more
minutes to get ready and so there I was,
waiting for that damned car to arrive but I
couldn't see a sign of it. I tried calling Irina
but it was unreachable, so I patiently waited
for another ten minutes and before I got
determined to break something in anger, the
car pulled over at my doorstep.

Checking myself out in the mirror I headed
outside. "You're late," I scolded the chauffeur
as I got into the car and we drove off.

"How long will it take to reach the mansion?"
I inquired from the driver who didn't have
the courtesy to say a word in response.
Rude!

So I sat there quietly waiting to reach my
destination. The car had still not reached the
"civilized" part of the town yet which was
just two miles away from our house. We were
still driving in nowhere and the street lights
seemed to have forgotten to light tonight.
Looking through the window, I stared at the
utterly dark and gruesome sky.

"Where are we?" I nervously asked my
irritating chauffeur again.

"In a moment..." he replied grimly.

"Looks like Crawfords live in the woods with
gummy bears," I said to myself.

To tell you the truth, I was very frightened.
We were not driving on the same highway
through which I entered the "civilized" part
of the town this morning, even though it was
black as hell but I could still comprehend
that we were following another route. The
road was grumpy, maybe it was not meant
for the cars, maybe because we were in the
middle of the jungle.

I tried calling Irina once again but damn, her
cell phone was still unreachable. "Listen," I
said as threateningly as I could, "You don't
know me. This party that you're "supposedly"
taking me to is being hosted in my honor, so
you better get me there in 10 minutes or else
you will regret... just take me there okay."

It seemed like my warning had an impact on
him as he pulled over. Turning towards me
he said, "Can you see that old mill over
there? The party is shifted here."

Sticking my head out of the window, I
replied, "No, I can't see a damn thing."
"It's right over there," he said pointing at an
"invisible mill".

"I still can't see anything," I replied rolling
my eyes. "Wait," said I getting out of the car
and after taking two steps forward, I could
miraculously see that old mill, "Yes, there it
is," I exclaimed energetically turning around,
but to my utter shock the driver was gone.
Yep, he disappeared into thin air.

I rushed towards the car and pulled opened
its door to find a trace of him but it
appeared like he was abducted by aliens when
I was looking at that wretched mill. "Mr.
Chauffeur, are you there? Hello?" I called out
several times and looked all over for him but
the woods were so dark and deep that I
couldn't see find anywhere.

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CHAPTER 4

Christina’s POINT OF VIEW

I finally came to understand what had
happened yesterday; this world is filled with
all sorts of mystical creatures, it really isn’t
funny.

As I sat bluntly at my bedroom
window, staring aimlessly at the setting sun,
that patterned rays of orange and purple
above its head. I contemplated on what
seemed more like an endless fantasy than
morbid reality.

My boyfriend had told me that the creatures
who attacked us were not vampires; they
were debukes.

A debuke is a powerful demon
that has been prohibited from entering the
gates of heaven, so they tour the earth,
causing anguish to others, especially helpless
humans such as myself.

It is said that if four
very invincible debukes gather near a human,
it can result in a constriction of time,
because debukes belong in the spirit world.

The world was going to fall apart because of
me; I bowed my head ashamed of my absurd
behavior, as a recondite of tears gushed
down my face.

I couldn’t understand why
faith saw me better off in this cold, dark
world. I felt so isolated but then I thought
about Jake and his supreme unique abilities.

I
thought about his brothers; Zeek who could
bend ice, Rafael who created fire from his
own overheated body temperature, Anil who
was inhumanely strong and his sister June
who had the gift of flexibility. She was a little
too pretty; I flinched at the thought of Jake
hitting on her.

"Knock, knock!" I was suddenly disoriented
from my daydream,

"Huh, come in." I
hopped off of my mother’s rocking chair and
advanced to the door.

"Hellow, honey, how
are we today?"

"Shit! Shit!" That was my
drunken father, Billy. Ever since my mother
had died from Leukemia, he’s been wrecked.
Beads of perspiration streamed down my face
as he stepped closer to me.

"No, don’t hurt
me again." I whimpered as sobs ripped from
the back of my throat.

"This won’t take
long," he murmured with a grin.
His trousers dropped to the floor and I shut
my eyes and began to scream as he pushed
me on the bed, climbing on top of me.

"Ssh," he whispered in my ears. I screamed
as he drove into me,

"Get off!" I squealed
like a squealing car tire, my voice reaching
ever new heights of ululation. It hurt so bad,
I wanted Jake.

All of a sudden, Billy was flung
into the dressing table and my damp eyelids
fluttered open.

"No, no…" It was Jake, but I
got this weird feeling he was going to hurt
me. He took me gently in his arms.

"Christina, I’m so sorry. Baby?" He looked
into my eyes and anguish gripped my insides.
I saw pure, raging fury building up in his
eyes for they were now a juicy blood-red.

A low hiss echoed from behind and my eyes
automatically shifted to the direction it was
coming from. I managed to see that
mysterious curly hair lady since the night
Jake told me everything about himself.

She
was looking at me now with a smile placed on
her face. Suddenly, it wasn't a smile
anymore, her lips pulled back, revealing a
menacing contortion of teeth, complimented
with huge fangs.

She growled like a German
Shepherd and sprinted towards her prey, my
dad.

"No!" I bellowed, not sure if I cared
whether he died or not. Jake took off with
super speed and I felt as if we were dancing
on air. His body moved so gracefully.

Before
I could stare up at his beautiful round face, I
saw that we were at his place. I was already
being laid on his bed. Then it came to me that I was just in my T-
Back vest and my laced panties.

"Chrissie, it’s
ok," he told me as he pulled the covers over
me. The door creaked open and June, along
with her brother entered.

Their eyes all
glowing a bright red and I knew they weren't
particularly happy about the happening. A
million questions buzzed through my mind,

"Did they kill Billy? And who was that dawn
curly-haired woman?" My heartbeats were
getting a little too uncontrollable.

"Thump,
thump, thump!" Jake rolled back the sheets,
staring intently into my eyes. God, I love him
so much, yet I’m so scared.

"I love you as
well Christina, you don’t have to be afraid."
He told me. Shit, I forgot he could read
minds.

"I should have seen this coming, it’s
all my…"

"Don’t even blame yourself!" I
gulped, feeling the tears coming. He kissed
my forehead and assured me that everything
would be ok. He rolled down the covers, till
my panties were exposed and I suddenly felt
embarrassed.

Jake chuckled and signaled the others to
leave. When the door was shut behind them,
he placed his hand to the tip of my panties.

"What are you…"

"I’m not going to hurt
you." He quickly assured. I held still as his
hand slipped between my thighs and moved
to the place where I’d been hurt. I shifted
uncomfortably as his figures slipped up
inside me. I closed my eyes tightly while one
hand grasped his shoulders.

A mild groan
escaped from my lips, as it felt so good, yet
it hurt. He then removed his hands, and I felt
better. All the previous aches and sores I felt
was gone.

"All better," he smirked. I had
totally forgotten that Jake could heal. He
leaned in towards me and crushed his lips
with mine.

"I knew you liked that," he purred
into my ear. Simultaneously, the door busted
open, and Ms. Curly hair, mystery woman
barged in.

"I knew I had something to tell
you Christina," Jake whispered into my ear
before straightening up, "And it’s time I told
you."

CHAPTER THREE

Jake's POINT OF VIEW

There she was, at the edge of a cliff, but I
can't save her, I just can't. They've got me
entangled in this stupid tree bark.

" Urgh... urgh... I want to break free. Christina needs
me. I closed my eyes tightly and said a silent
prayer. Rocks practically flung themselves
everywhere. We were all doom, we are all... Wait, what's that?

As I opened my eyes, I saw a blinding light, it
shone so bright that I thought I was dead,

"Jesus, is that you lord?" I couldn't believe
myself, this was some deep shit. I couldn't
hear nor see and then slowly, it all came
back to me.

Firstly, I had realized that I was
lying on my bed. I checked the calendar, it
was June 9th; June 9th, and do you know
what this meant? I had four hours to rescue
Christina;

"Christina," I breathed. I had to
save her. I jumped off my bed and phoned
Anil, Seek, Rafael and June. It's time to kick
some ass!
As we gathered in the bushes, I glimpsed my
love, her face looked troubled.

"They're
coming." Rafael hissed as his fists inflated.
He darted out in the clearing and lunched
fireballs everywhere. Seek and June began to
dismember two of the four creatures.

I began
to attack one, it was big and man is he
strong. He flung me into a tree but I
crouched down and fired a Jet Lee at him,
sending him into another tree.

"Five minutes
guys!" I yelled as I beheaded my victim. One,
two, three... the place grew quiet and as I
looked around, I saw that all was well.

"Oh shit!" I gasped, sprinting towards the
cliff. "Chrissie... Chrissie!

" She was on the
verge of death but I managed to pull her up,
into my arms.

"Jake, I'm soarr..." I planted a
tender kiss on her lips.

"Everything's alright,"
I assured her.

"Jake, what the hell just
happened! I could have sworn time repeated
it..."

I hushed her with another, profound
kiss and left her breathless.

"Baby, let me get
you home and I'll explain everything; please,
just don't date anymore cliffs."

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