Beth had started backing up from all of us and went back to her room . I didn't mind if that meant that she wouldn't hear us discussing . The soul of Nate was what made Fighter growl at Beth , she had nothing to do with it except the fact that she sacrificed a lot to keep us safe . At times , one of the others would bring up Beth's topic but I would change it . It didn't take long for the others to figure out what I was doing .
"Rene , weren't YOU the one who wanted to know what Beth actually was ? Weren't you suspicious of her ?"
I gave them a quick bland smile and nodded my head . "I already found my answer ."
All of them stopped doing whatever they were doing and looked at me straight in my eye . "What ! Why didn't you tell us ?" Cora said while marching towards me at full speed .
I backed up against the living room wall and said with alarm , "Whoa Whoa ! Calm down ! It was nothing . If I ever need to tell you , I will , ok ?"
"So you're planning to keep things like this away from us now , am I right ?" It was Nathaniel and he looked pissed off and irritated by my behavior .
"Guys , I just don't want her to be awkward . All you guys need to know is that she is a Morkoth ." I thought that giving them a small piece of the information would at least calm them down a little but I was wrong .
They started mass arguing with me and I couldn't make out a single word they were telling me . "You guys can talk to me when you all have calmed down , ok ?" I shouted so that they would hear me and went out the front door to feel some fresh air .
I had nothing else to do so I drove over to Maria's house .
"Don't worry Rene . You know , I realized that I wasn't as happy as I thought I was when I found out how my so called friends hated me . They were backbiting all kinds of things about me , the way I walked , talked , dressed , etc . I was really mad that they hadn't bothered to tell me what I was doing wrong so I cut off all contact with them . You made me rethink everything and within sometime , I realized that they had actually tried telling me at first , I was the ignorant one . The same way , you have reasons to not tell them what you'd found out . It will consume only a little time before they calm down and think about why you would hide it from them . So you're not gonna be on bad terms just because you hid that information from them , you only wanted less awkwardness among the team . "
Maria was acting like a real motivational speaker and I felt goosebumps . Who would've thought that middle school bully would end up giving me advice ??
We shared a few more hours together before I went back home . Maria was indeed right . One by one , each of them apologized for acting harsh towards me without thinking about the situation first . I knew that I would've done the same thing so It was easier to smile around them .
Beth had come from her room and I was doubtful . Was she herself or was it Nate controlling her ? I knew that Beth was unable to resist from being used . She had already sacrificed all her memories just so that we could've looked at her . Nate had helped both Beth and us because now neither of us would need to give away our memories but we needed to be more careful than ever . I needed to find the time when it was the real Beth and tell her a password . I would then be able to know if it was really Beth if I asked her a trick question , in case it was Nate , I didn't want him to know that he was being found .
With a new task in mind , I continued helping the others to cook dinner . Beth came over to me when I was slicing meat for soup . "Do you still have what I said in mind ?" She asked me that . The question would've been a trick question from either Beth , or Nate . So instead of answering , I took hold of her hand and looked into her soul .
I was neither surprised or at ease when I found out that the story was of Nate . Nate couldn't sense the magic I was using so he started shaking me . I looked back at him , deciding on what to answer since I didn't want to look a slightest bit suspicious .
"What DID you say to me ?" I knew for sure that Nate had no idea of what Beth said to me so he acted like it was nothing and said that he was trying to try out tricks he found about psychology tricks to mess with someone's mind . He barely knew how Beth acted around us .
"Well then , Beth , you shouldn't do it with others , they might be already messed up if they find you talking to them ?"
Of course Nate was confused . He didn't know if I was referring to how Beth usually acted , or if it was because we were on bad terms . He couldn't obviously ask for what happened because then he would be suspicious , as if he already wasn't , I chuckled internally . He seemed like the bad type but I was also confused to why I didn't feel any of my memory get triggered when I saw him . Maybe he wanted no one's memory to vanish ?
Whatever it was , he was caught in the act , and he didn't even know . I watched Nate walking around getting the confused stares from everyone in amusement . It was just too entertaining to watch everyone in utter confusion .
Nate finally went back to Beth's room , thee only thing that looked normal to everybody . Nobody had dared to talk when Nate , or in accordance to them , Beth was walking around . They acted as if they were completely into their work , taking occasional glances at him when they thought that he wasn't looking .
After a while , Beth was back again . This time she was acting really confused . She had already told me about what was happening so she came straight to me . "What happened ?"