Sleepless Nights

did I just die, here we go new powers

As Crystal laid in the hospital bed, she asks...."Can I hold my Girls?" Alexander Wilson her doctor...... her friend....... her ex-husbands brother and her lover picked up each child and put them in her arms...... Crystal looks into her babies eyes kisses their forehead then looks up at him and took a breath and died while still looking at him and holding her babies...... As Crystal noticed she was dead... She cried out...... How can this be? I can't be dead...I need to live for my children.... I need to live. She wanted to scream but nothing would come out, not a sound, not even a whisper.

It’s cold where Crystal is no lights to lead the way as she walks and stumbles but keeps walking as a man shows up not in a bright light but in a pair of Black leather pants and a motorcycle jacket with red and black dragon tattoo's on both of his arms...... Crystal asks," Where am I?" He answered with a question," Better question, where are you not?"........ Crystal stares at him thinking.... What an odd question to be asking at the door of Hades? What is his name? Did he bring me here?......

As if he knew what she was thinking he answered..."My name is Ambrosio, and no you are not at the door of Hades...you are in my home, and Yes, I have brought you here.... but you are not asking the right question.... You should be asking why you’re dead and why I brought you here? Crystal just stared at Ambrosio then said..." So why did you bring me here?...........Ambrosio answered," Because you do need to live for your children but not without protection.... I have brought you here Crystal........ Crystal frowned," How does he know my name? She thinks...... to give you gifts. The first gift is the power of resurrection and the second is the hand of death...... And Crystal as he looks into her eyes, he said.... I know everything, your name, where you grew up, and your future well the parts I can see.

Crystal looks at him and said," Prove it!" Ambrosio laughs and said.... You want me to prove it... Ok Your name is Crystal Avery Worthmen also known as Crystal Richie, soon to be Crystal Wilson, you grew up in Salem, Oregon with your parents before going to the police academy in Merritt Creek, Montana but on the night after your graduation your parents got into a car accident that took their life..... and if you must know the accident was not caused by a drunk driver but by your ex-husband Dane, he was the one driving the car that night.... Crystal was shocked, no she was pissed off.... how could he say that her ex-husband killed her parents...? when Dane took her to the past to see accident.... Ambrosio heard her thoughts and saw what she saw and said...... Crystal!!! Dane did not show you everything about the accident take my hand and I will show you the truth.

Holding out his hand at first Crystal was reluctant to take his hand but she had to know... so taking Ambrosio’s hand she saw everything like it was in slow motion.... then she sees the car that took her parents life Ambrosio slowed down the car so Crystal could look inside.... Crystal gasped as she saw Dane racing towards her parents with eyes so red, they were like demon eyes...... Oh My God!!! It was my ex-husband; she cries in Ambrosio's arms...... Take me back I need to be with my babies. I need to be ready when Dane comes after me and my babies because he will never see or touch me again......He will not see what is coming to him!!!!...

Ambrosio interrupts," First before you go after Dane you need to resurrect Gregory's sister Alana to help you destroy Dane for good. And Crystal promise me you will not touch a living person without these on, handing her a pair of black leather gloves, as Crystal puts on the gloves they mold to her hands like a second skin... Looking up at Ambrosio she said, Thank you, Thank you for everything you are doing for me and my family. Ambrosio answers, I am not doing it just for you and yours Crystal but for the future of the world.

At that Ambrosio sends her back to her life. Crystal woke up still in the hospital looking down at her hand seeing the black gloves Ambrosio gave to her...thinking to herself," It was real, It was all real.... Opening her eyes then she asked Alexander... How long was I gone? He answered," You have been dead for an hour they are trying to find a family member to take the kids so they did not go in to the system because I told them the father was out of the picture but since you are alive I will let them know you are alive.... Crystal grabbed his arm saying," No, don't...I don't want anyone to know I am alive right now, but I want you to be the one to be the guardian of my Children because I do not have anyone else just you and Patrick s**t I mean Dane but I don't want Dane anywhere close to my children. I know what he did to my parents; Alexander and I can't let him hurt anyone else.

He answered," I don't know if that will be a good thing since you are still alive and I am his twin brother, (Crystal cried, Please Alexander Please I need you to do this for me. I trust you please.) but I understand that you don't want my brother around so I will become Guardian for you. Alexander turned his head and listened for a second...Then said,” Wait someone's coming." Then Crystal closed her eyes and slowed her breathing to where it looked like she was still dead. The nurse came into the room and said," Dr. Wilson it seems to me that Crystal does not have any living family we are going to have to put the children into the system. He answered," No..... I will take them I believe that is what Crystal would have wanted. (Crystal smiled inside)

The nurse nodded and walked out well saying," I will have the papers made up for you to sign. I will have them back within the hour." Then she turned and said," Where did the black gloves come from on Crystal's hands? Alexander looked at Crystal's hands and noticed, yes...There were Black leather gloves on both of her hand. Looking at Crystal then looked at the nurse he said, I have no idea how the gloves got there but I believe they were on her before she died, I believe she might have gotten cold. So, if that is all you can go now. Nurse nodded again said yes, sir and left the room.

Crystal opened her eyes and said," Ambrosio." Alexander was stunned, swallowing and said, "How do you know Ambrosio?" She answered, he was the one that gave me the gloves and told me, I have things to do and that I need to be with my children to protect them and the world. He also gave me 2 powers the first power of resurrection and the second the hand of death that is why I have the gloves on.

Alexander how do you know Ambrosio? He answers; Ambrosio is my father's father.

With wide eyes crystal said, Ambrosio is your grandfather, but he looks like he is...... like.... I don't know wow...... maybe 30.

Alexander answers; Ambrosio is over 12 thousand years old. He was here when the world of man began, and he will still be here until the world ends by his hand and no one else's and Dane is trying to change that by killing off his other family’s offspring and that means you and the twins maybe even me.

Our grandfather has over 5 million offspring living right now, all by different people but with his blood and all human with powers that are hidden from the world to keep themselves safe. We must not let Dane live to see the summer solstice because then he will be at his most powerful and no one, not even Ambrosio will be able to stop him. We have 4 months to find him and kill him and I believe the girls can help us find him because when they are together, they illuminate brighter than anything I have ever seen in my life with power and he will be attracted to it.

Crystal was thinking about what Ambrosio said and interrupting Alexander she said," Ambrosio told me that I need to resurrection Greggory's sister Alana so she can help me destroy Dane. Then she said, I am ready to go home.... Please take me home so I can start planning where to find Alana's body...... After I talk to Greggory, we must have him on our side when I do bring her back. Then Alexander said, someone is coming again I believe it’s the nurse with the paper. So, Crystal again closed her eyes and slowed her breathing, but it was not the nurse, it was Ambrosio. Alexander asks his grandfather," Why could I not sense you?" He answers," Because I did not want you to know I was coming. Alexander.... Crystal.... You need to be on your toes about everything because Dane can be anywhere at any time.

Then all of a sudden Crystal has a vision and screams out both Alexander and Ambrosio go over to Crystal to calm her, but as soon as Ambrosio touched her, he saw the vision she was having and it was not good...... Dane was coming he had found them and was going to kill all of them including himself and they only had 10 minutes to leave but the guardianship papers have not been signed.... Ambrosio looks at Crystal then to Alexander and said," We need to go we have 5 minutes to get the guardianship papers here and Alexander you must sign them."

Then he turns to Crystal and said," Stand up Crystal and come stand by me." As Crystal stood up a body formed in her place looking just like her...... Crystal looks at Ambrosio and said," How did you do that?" He did not answer... Moving his hands in front of crystal, she started feeling a weird like her skin was crawling. Ambrosio says to her," I made you look like a different person for 10 minutes." Then he said to Alexander," The nurse is coming with the papers." The nurse walked in looking at Ambrosio then to Crystal and asked," Who are you? (Pointing at both) Before Crystal could say anything Ambrosio answered," I am Alexander's older brother Ambrosio and this is his girlfriend Isabella, we came to pay our respect to the Crystal, we will be leaving soon.

Alexander interrupts," Are those the papers I need to sign." The nurse said," Oh I'm sorry Dr. Wilson... Where is your brain? (Handing him the papers) Dr. Wilson you know that visiting hours are over right. Alexander looks at her and said," Yes I know that Rachel, but I really wanted them here and like my brother said," they are leaving soon." Ambrosio interrupts," We need to go now. Alexander." Yes!... Yes, I know, he signs the papers and give them to Rachel and said," I am leaving with them Rachel and I will be gone for a few months, but you can always call me, if and when you need me. I want Crystal’s body burned and the ashes sent to my home address." Rachel nodded and without another word left the room.

Turning to Crystal, Alexander said, we can go now with the girls, but we must leave out the back door...... Ambrosio interrupts ... No, Dane is coming in the back way right now, we must go but Crystal is not strong enough to teleport, so we must walk her right out the front door. I will camouflage the babies to make them look like a hand basket, (Crystal interrupts... NOOoo! Alexander will carry them; he is their guardian after all.) Ok, (waving his hand saying Ouch you have a good set of pipes on you woman) OK, Crystal lets go now. Ambrosio goes out the room first looking around and see no one around. Thinking," How odd where is everybody?"

Then he turned around and saw Dane staring at him with a violent look in his eyes and Dane said," Where is Crystal grandfather, where is my wife?" Then suddenly Dane charges hitting Ambrosio hard with a lightning bolt in his stomach and knocking the air out of both. As Ambrosio went down, he looked in the room and sent a message to Crystal and Alexander saying, “Go get out take the kids, you will need to teleport but be careful Crystal you are still very weak now go.” As he blasts Dane with his own lightning bolt...... Then said, I am not going to fight you Dane and your wife is dead, she died 2 hours ago after giving birth to your children go in and see for yourself...... Dane walks into the room and sees Crystal's body and manifests a knife and stabs her body and waits for a few moments to receive her power, but it never comes. Dane screams!!!!!!! Where is her power why do I not have it within me? Looking at Ambrosio, he said," You did this! You took her away from me; I will kill you for this! Mark my words grandfather, I will kill you! Then he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Laughing Ambrosio said, “Kids, when will they ever learning?” disappearing in a flash of bright light.