Chaos

Vengeful creatures

Metal scraping. Fire. My eyes. I'm on fire and my eyes are burning! I shot up in bed. It was just the sun, I forgot to close the blinds. i***t. Slowly I look around my new room. It doesn't feel new, it feels like home. Next to the huge closet there's a door. Right, bathroom. I get up and go brush my teeth, then take a shower. There isn't hot or cold water, everything feels the same. Now that I think of it, the sun is always burning but I'm never hot nor cold. I wrap myself in a towel and start looking for clothes. I put on a tank top, cargo pants and boots, all black just like others here. Black was always my favorite color. I put on a little make up and leave my hair wet. Let it curl up, I don't have time to blow dry it. As I leave my room and start down the stairs my stomach starts growling. Kitchen it is then. I pass two girls (Slaves) right in front of the kitchen door. They're dancing and singing. Their eyes catch my attention, pure black marbles. No way. I look past them to where guys are sitting at the fireplace, straight into Nik's eyes. How did he hide that he has two sisters? Nevermind, I'll deal with it later. If I don't eat something right now I feel like I'll die again. I push the double doors, run to the fridge, pull out ham and cheese and make myself a sandwich. I'm sitting on the counter and eating when Alex strolls in.

"You do know we have a chef, right? You don't need to cook." and with a meaningful look at my sandwich he adds "Can you even cook?".

"Oh shut up, I was starving." He laughs then gets all serious again.

"You're going to make all sorts of trouble here, aren't you?"

I take a second to swallow then say in a very annoyed tone " What did I do now?"

"You know what your doing. You're going to break Nikolai to tiny bits."

"Not my fault, I'm not doing anything." I say wishing I could eat in peace. At his raised eyebrow I add "I swear I'm not being spiteful or stuborn, he's really not my soulmate."

His face creases in confusion.

"That worried look doesn't suit you. Try the grin again". At my words he lights up a little, but still not as he's suposed to. My sandwich is gone so I hop off the counter. "Let's go see if everyone's in a serious mood like you".

Girls are still singing in front of the kitchen. I can't sense anything from them. Not their thoughts, their moods, not even their names. I smile and cheerfully say "Hi! I'm Mina." They start squeeling like two year old children "Hiiii we know who you are" and then giggles errupt. Jesus. I start squeeling too "But I don't know who you areee". Guys at the fireplace double over laughing. "I'm Nikki" the blonde says. "And I'm Ninaa" the blackhaired one sings. "Nice to meet youu" I sing back and walk past them. Oh I can't do this. Cam's eyes are full of tears, he barely manages to say "I bet you enjoyed that" before he starts laughing again. I sit on the armrest next to Nikolai. "Nik.. I don't even know how to ask." He tries to compose his face and says "Yes, they are my sisters. They are twins. They are Slaves. And they are very happy."

" How can you call your sisters Slaves? Doesn't that bother you? Doesn't it bother them?"

"No" he says "It's not a bad word like it was in the life before. It just means they are civilians."

"Then why don't we call them Civilians? Slaves just sounds wrong" I say.

"It's the old way. It was like that before any of us and it will be like that long after we're gone." He says with finality.

"So no changes allowed. Bet this place is going to love me." Nik frowns, twins look pale, Cam bursts out laughing. Through laughter he manages to squeeze out "You're my new best friend."

At that moment Trevor and Adrian walk in. Old resentment comes back. I was always a petty little creature. And would you look at that, they are brothers! The grin that spreads on my face is completely out of my control. Cam notices and starts grinning too. I can feel some bad blood between him and Trevor but I'm focused on something else now. Adrian looks me in the eyes and freezes in place. I poke around in his head until I find what I'm looking for. Fear. He's afraid of heights, of being laughed at, of being weak. I take them all and make it into a terrible nightmare. His pupils dilate making his green eyes seem black. He falls to his knees and starts screaming. Everyone jumps to their feet in panick but I keep going. He's screaming like a mad man. Actually, right now he sounds like a mad woman. A deep, cruel laugh rips out of me and Nik figures it out. "Enough" he says with a commanding voice. "Not yet." I reply venomously. "Enough Mina! We do not fight amongst ourselves!" He boomes. "Fine" I say defeated and let go of the nightmare. Adrian's eyes go back to normal, but he's still pale. "What just happened?!" he yells, his pride hurt. I just smile sweetly and say "I guess you were meant to be kneeling before me". This time everyone starts laughing. "I'm sorry boss" the twins say in unison as they laugh "We all know this is wrong and we're sure she won't do it again but admit it, it was funny!" No one heard Nik's answer because the laughter was too loud, it echoed through the room. I keep looking at Adrian, I know how much he hates being laughed at. Call it karma. "Adrian come sit with the twins" Nikolai says, clearly not amused by all this. He's got no sense of humor. Adrian does as he's told and as he sits down I add under my breath "Good boy". Cam makes a choking sound, Nik yells "Knock it off!" You are like children in the schoolyard!".

"Yes" I say with a happy grin "we are. Let us work it out".

"Mina" Nik exhales like he's got the weight of the world on his shoulders. "Stop. You will work out your problems now and move on from it."

Oh dear God. "Yes counselor" I say in an innocent voice, blinking like a doll.

"Jesus" is Nik's answer. "Adrian start talking. What is going on with you two?"

"Absolutely nothing" he says all serious " She never got over the fact that she wasn't right for me. " Lightbulbs burst into milion pieces, shadows start moving and from the shadows come voices, screams and growls of nightmares coming to life. I sit perfectly still and all I manage to say is "Are you joking?". He flicks nervous glances at the shadows but tries to hang on to his pride "Mina you know I cared about you, but we weren't meant for each other." Enough lies. I let the shadows cover us all but instead of nightmares I release the truth. Cruel, naked truth for everyone to see. We didn't even love each other, we weren't together long enough to get there. He was a manipulator and I was doing my best to be a good, kind person. But that was never my nature. So when he pushed me over the line I snapped and sent all to hell. He tried to save his pride and acted like he ended it and that was all there was to it. We never saw each other again. I never learned to tolerate lies so when someone looks me in the eyes and shamelessly lies I snap and overreact. It doesn't matter if it's big or small, a lie is a lie. I push the shadows away and as calmly as I can say "Do what you want, but don't ever dare lie to me again."

Adrian sits there like a child in detention. Everyone else are processing what just happened. "I'm sorry Nik, I know it seems like it's not important to you, but it's important to me."

"I understand" Nik says "Adrian never piss her off again, do you understand?"

"I understand" he says with what little pride he has left.

"Good" Nik says. "Now that we got that out of our way, we need to talk about Dimitri. He said they will come tomorrow to hear what we have to say. It will be a peaceful meeting so no one dare do something rash" and with that he shot a look at me. "What? Why would I do anything? I don't even know him."

"You already have a reputation of careless, dangerous behaviour. Your fuse is very short and if it lights up at the wrong moment it will blow us all up. You need to be calm, quiet and you cannot use your powers."

"Done." I say very sure of myself. I don't know why they have such an opinion of me, I am a composed, very calm person. "I will do my best."

"Good. Now let's get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a long day." What? I look around and see that it's dark. Where did the day go? How long did I sleep?

We all get up and go to our rooms. So tomorrow I'm meeting the infamous brother. It will be fun.