4 Sarah (1/2)

I spent a week to prepare her funeral while I mentally prepared myself. It would not have been full of people, only Robert and Aliya would have been there while I scattered her ashes.

I would have done anything to not live this fateful day, oblivious to what was written inside the letter, which still remained sealed on the desk. The waiting seemed as if it were destroying me from the inside. Even though, I still was not ready to find out what words were hiding inside the sealed envelope.

”You two shouldn't be here,” Aliya screamed.

I hastened my pace towards the door half opened, while I tried to figure out what they were talking about.

”The girl, is it her?” the hoody guy asked.

The other one came in my direction and said, ”I am Aaron Huskera and this is Viktor Prasken. Do you know why we are here metin rae?”

”What? My name is Sarah, not m-”

I was unable to finish the sentence as Viktor began to laugh out loud, ”you are a hilarious metin rae,” he said.

”Was your mother the only family alive?” Aaron asked.

Who were they? I repeated in my mind, since what they were asking made no sense.

”Do you need to do it now?” Aliya said.

”Ms Clarke, we have a metin rae who was capable of nearly killing fifteen people a week ago, so we most certainly need to,” Viktor said.

”No, I would not be able to harm anyone and what is a metin rae? Answer me!”

”Sarah, we just need to know how you did it,” Aaron said.

”I don't know what you are talking about!”

”Stop lying!” Viktor shouted, as his face became red as a poppy. Just two seconds ago he laughed at what I said and now he was shouting at me, ”Aaron she must be a tersen. She is one of them I tell you.”

”Do I have to repeat myself? I don't know what gibberish you two are talking about.”

Viktor took his hood off, ”Huskera my limit is coming to an end, I'll get the information with my own methods,” he said, while from his hands appeared a strange substance, a crimson fog, which kept surrounding me.

I took two steps back; my breathing became heavier than normal, while my body was numb. I started panicking as my hands shook uncontrollably, which only made things worse. My throat began to shrink faster, and my muscles were weakened even though I did not move. If I thought of escaping, it would not have been feasible even if I wanted to. My eyes began to burn, while my screams of pain echoed within the walls of this kitchen.

”Metin rae tell me! Where did you steal the powers which you now own?” Viktor maniacally said.

I could not breathe; how could he think I would have been able to speak? In his previously brown eyes, a golden circle formed, which covered the outer part of his pupil.

”Stop, you'll kill her!” Robert shouted as he tried to throw a punch to maybe divert the morbid attention Viktor had towards me.

”Boy, do you think you have any chance of attacking me,” Viktor quickly blocked him. He smiled, as it was clear how torturing and seeing us in this state made him feel invincible. He did not know what real pain was, as I could read it through his soulless eyes.

I could not understand how people, no, how actual monsters such as himself had the opportunity to live in this world, while my mother could not live another day. I had never felt so much rage flowing through my body, and even though my own eyes were blurred by the smoke and burned as I peeked, I could distinctly feel Robert's pain and every punch which was inflicted on him.

”Viktor, what is happening? Her eyes are awakening yet again,” Aaron said.

I was not weakened anymore, he had to suffer for his actions in the same way he had inflicted it on us or worse. I would have given him all of my sufferings, make him cough blood like I was, how did he dare think of attacking Rob.

”I am sorry girl, but this experiment ends here,” Aaron said. As he walked near me, his eyes changed just like Viktor's, a golden ring appeared, but this time red veins covered the sclera.

”Why are you doing this?” I asked.

”Arsen,” he whispered, as his hand gently touched my neck, this word echoed in my mind, as I felt abnormally drowsy.

***

I woke up on a green sofa as my head was resting on Aliya's legs, I could lucidly see those same guys going through my stuff.

”What do you think you're-” Aliya stopped me before I could say another word, which could have angered them any further.

”Leave them, honey,” she whispered.

”There is nothing here,” Viktor said.

”We need to know who gave her those powers,” Aaron said.

”Stop talking nonsense, you tried to kill me and Rob.”

”If I wanted to, the both of you would have already been dead.”

”Stop Viktor,” Aaron said.

”Your friend is alive like you are, for now,” Viktor said.

Aliya was standing close to Robert, making sure he probably did not do anything reckless.