Chris.
"What the hell was that about?,"He said as he got up from bed. " I mean, I never have dreams and when I finally do, it's about my twin sister who's missing."
Alexa was the only one who usually had dreams in their house, so the fact that he dreamt of her was pretty odd. Especially because of what he saw. He went down to the living room and found David and Aiden at the dining and didn't hesitate to tell them that he saw.
"Hey guys, I had a weird dream last night,"
"You had a dream?, well that's a first." David said playfully and he and Aiden laughed.
"I'm serious, I did..and it was about Alexa."
The guys expression turned serious and Dave firmly asked "what was the dream about?"
"I saw Alexa in a little room, she looked really tired and hurt and she was chained. She also kinda looked like she had been crying. I called her name several times but she couldn't hear me. I wanted to reach out to her, but I felt far away. I was slowly making my way towards her when someone came in and took her away."
Three of them sat in silence for a while before Aiden finally spoke. "What do you think it means?"
"I don't know, but wherever Lexi is, I think she's in trouble."
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It's been two days since Alexa found out that Josie was the one who wanted to kill her and after taking in the fact that the woman who took care of her for seventeen years is now trying to end her life for something that she had no idea it was, she decided to do something about it. She scanned the entire room, looking for a place she could escape from, but there wasn't anywhere. It only had one window which was really high up, and even if it wasn't, it was too small for her to fit into.
The night before, something happened. She still didn't quite understand what it was but it was surprising. When she sat down hopelessly after zeta left, she heard Chris calling her name, she tried to locate him, but she wasn't able to see him. She would've concluded that it was a dream, but she was wide awake. It was the first time she would be experiencing something like that. She was trying to pull her thoughts together when she heard voices outside.
"Is she really in there?"
"Yes."
"Do you have any idea how powerful she is?, If you're really able to collect her powers, you could become the most powerful witch in existence."
"That's the point Joanne."
"How many days are left before the sacrifice?."
"Five more days. Just five more days and I can finally get what I've been waiting for for fifty years."
"Yes, and I'll be there to support you little sister."
Alexa recognized the voices she heard. One was Josie, but she wasn't sure who the other person was. She called her Joanne, and they're sisters. Alexa didn't know Josie had a sister, but she also didn't know she was an evil witch. What sacrifice were they talking about?, And also, was she going to die? She didn't want to die, at least not there and not now. She had to go back home, one way or another.
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"ALEXA, can you hear me?, please Lexi, talk to me."
"Chris, is that you?"
"Yes, it's me. Oh Lexi, I'm so happy to see you. Lexi, what happened?, you're hurt."
"It's Josie, she killed Jenny and she wants to kill me too, please help me I'm really scared. I don't wanna die."
"Lexi, calm down what are you talking about?"
"Chris I don't have much time, they're gonna kill me in four days, please you guys have to find me." She said with tears in her eyes.
"Where are you?"
"I don't know. I think it's somewhere underground."
"Don't worry Lexi, I'm going to search everywhere, I don't mind searching the entire universe. I'm not gonna rest till I find you."
"Thanks, how's Mom?"
"What?, I can't hear you. Lexi! Lexi!.Dammit!."
Chris woke up with his heart pounding in his chest. His suspicions were right, his sister was in trouble. He climbed out of bed and quickly went downstairs to a inform the guys.
David and Aiden were reluctant to answer at first but when he told them it was about Alexa, their mood and attitude changed. They sat down in the living room and Chris explained everything to them.
"So Alexa was right all along about Josie." David said while pacing around angrily.
"What do we do now?" Aiden said, then added " I mean if we tell the cops that she's somewhere underground and they asked how we got that information, it's gonna sound pretty ridiculous when we tell them her brother saw it in a dream."
"Aiden's right. We're gonna have to find her ourselves." Chris said with a serious look on his face.
"Well technically I didn't really say that but sure, I'm in. She said she had four days left so we don't have much time."
"We know she's underground, so we just have to get a map so we could see every tunnel they could be hiding." Chris continued.
"Dave, you okay?"
Dave hadn't realized that he was sitting quietly until Chris said that. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Alright, then let's start"
The trio set out and got different maps of their area and checked every possible place they could be hiding, but they couldn't find anything. Two days passed, and still they had no luck. The police were still searching also but they didn't find her either.
Every night, Alexa and Chris communicated and with the news she was hearing, Alexa realized how close to death she was and it scared her.
Clues, Chris had asked for clues that could help them but she didn't know what to tell him...till now. She remembered the day before when Morty was telling her how much he enjoyed playing on the merry go round, or as he called it, the round swing and there's only one playground with that ride in their area, Tim's playground.
That night she tried to talk to Chris but she couldn't for some reason. Maybe Josie found out and blocked their communication somehow, but she couldn't get through to him.
"Guys, I couldn't talk to Lexi last night and I'm worried."
"Relax dude, we'll find her." Aiden put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
"How?" Chris yelled out in rage." How the hell are we gonna find her?. Today's the last day and we have no idea where she is."
"Chris, calm down. We'll find her." Dave reassured.
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"Hey there little lady, time to prepare you for the sacrifice." She blew something at Alexa's face, causing her to pass out.
When Alexa woke up, she was chained to a bed in an unfamiliar room. She also noticed that her outfit had been changed, she was now wearing a red dress that went all the way to her ankles. How nice, they wanted her to look nice when she died. She closed her eyes and tried if she could communicate with Chris but it was hard. She couldn't even get a clear sight of him, because it seemed like he was moving around. She tried a couple if times before she was finally able to talk to him.
"Chris!, Chris! Can you hear me?."
"Lexi, is that you?."
"Yeah, there isn't much time Chris.
"Wait, how is this possible?"
"I don't know, can't explain it. Look, I think we're somewhere at Tim's playground."
"Are you sure?"
"I think so, unless there's another playground with a merry go round."
"No, there isn't. Don't worry Lexi, we'll be there soon."
"Kay. I'm really scared Chris, I don't wanna die." She said as tears streamed down her face.
"You're not gonna die. I promise" hearing her sound so sad made his heart break. He made a silent promise that he'll rather die than to let anything happen to her. He called Aiden and Dave and they set out for Tim's playground.
When they got there, they thought about what they could do. They got a call earlier from the hospital that their mom had shock and is now in a coma because she heard on the news that her daughter was missing. They decided that they would do anything to make sure they saved Alexa. After Alexa told Chris where she was, they called the cops and told them an anonymous caller told them they saw Alexa there.
An hour later, they were already underground at the playground looking for Alexa or searching for a sign that someone was there but it was really hard because it was a pretty big cave.
"We are gathered here this evening to offer a great sacrifice to our gods. Now, before we proceed, is there anything anyone would like to say?" Josie said and looked around but no one said anything so she continued. "Alexandra Heather Hathaway, you have been chosen for a great purpose, your death will bring peace and prosperity to our kind. Know that you're not going to die, instead you shall have eternal life. Living as a spirit in the realm of the gods and you shall have a peaceful life."
Josie mumbled a few words that she couldn't understand before calling out to someone who was in the shadows. Two women walked out and she recognized one of them. It was the old woman she saw in her dreams. They both walked towards her and she saw that the other woman was holding a knife.
Josie moved towards the fire in the middle of the room and started chanting in an unfamiliar language and the rest of the group joined in. It got louder and louder until they finally stopped. Then she started putting things into the fire and among those things, Alexa noticed her hairbrush that she had lost. Fear crept in her heart as she watched them perform their ritual, knowing that soon they would end her life. She wanted to say something, to scream but she couldn't find the strength to do so. She just laid there, praying silently and hoping that she would be found.
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Chris felt his heart stop when he heard it. He wanted to cry. He promised her he would protect her, and he failed. The sound kept playing over and over again in his mind. He started running, not really caring about where he was going. He just followed the sound of the scream.
When they got there, they found Alexa bleeding from her stomach. Chris fell down to his knees and burst into tears. Aiden and Dave headed towards Josie but she was too powerful.
Alexa laid there, bleeding, feeling her life and her consciousness slipping away from her. She watched Aiden and her brother trying to stop Josie, Chris was slowly making his way towards her and ahead, she noticed lights and people in uniforms coming in, finally, the cops were here, but what could they do against witches. She closed her eyes and concentrated, trying to do something and when she opened her eyes, she saw a blinding light followed by screams and everything went dark.