Forgotten And Destined (Forgotten # 1)

by CATT

  It’s standing on its two back legs using its front pawl's to catch my kicks. While holding my leg in its one pawl it uses the other to sink its claws deep into my leg before I am able to pull free from its grip. It draws its giant pawl back again as I struggle to break free, I watch as the pawl comes down on my leg. This time I feel the bone in my leg when it breaks right below the knee. I’m screaming the pain is excruciating. I begin hitting it with it the pipe while I am stumbling backwards trying not to put weight on my right leg. Then an idea strikes me. Grabbing the pipe further back I draw it over my head striking it with the end of the pipe, it falls backwards. I draw back repeatedly sending the pipe end to the monsters face it doesn’t take long before it lands on the ground. Lunging forward I continue to hit it. I am feeling sick my body is aching all over. I know I am going to have to kill this thing before I pass out, or I am dead. I hear Case in my head again telling me they are on their way to just hang-on “Get the hell out of my head I don't have time for you!" I yell. He might not hear me yelling, but I am positive he is reading my thought’s he gets me loud and clear. The whole time I’m yelling at Case I’ve never stop hitting the monster which is now on its back trying to kick with its feet. I draw the pipe back knowing this is going to be the last hit. Looking down at the ugly, slimy, smelly thing I scream.

  “Go to hell dickhead” with that I come down hard with the pipe sending the end of it into the things one eye. It lets out a huge ear piercing scream, while I continue pushing the pipe until I feel the end hit concrete. The monster goes silent all movement stops. I stand there a moment holding the pipe watching for any sign of life. When I’m satisfied its dead I finally let go of the pipe turning around, I fall against the dumpster just to the right of me knowing I wouldn't be able to move any further. I slide down the dumpster sick. I am going to pass out the one good thing is my body is going numb I don't feel the pain anymore. I feel my eyes shut. I am losing consciousness when someone picks me up. I open my eyes seeing a face looking down at me. I hear him say, “I've got you Princess everything will be alright.” I remember thinking this is the third time someone has called Princess. What the hell is up with that? I also wonder where all these hot guys keep coming from. The one holding me is beyond anything I’ve ever seen. He is the total opposite of Case in every way. The man I’m staring at is more attractive than any man could ever possibly be. He has to be some kind of god…maybe he’s a Greek god that is possible after everything I’ve been through tonight I’d anything is believable. The Greek god holding me his hair is so black it looks almost blue. His eyes so dark they appear as black as his hair. His hair is pulled back in a ponytail from his face. I can’t tell how long it is but it would have to at least hit the top of his wide shoulders in order for it all to be in a ponytail the way it is. His skin is like porcelain his pink lips are full begging for attention. His deep voice is about the sexiest thing I’ve ever heard. I thought Case was beautiful, and he is but this guy goes beyond beautiful. He’s like a work of art you would never tire of looking at. My eyes start closing but not before I see him smile at me. I start hearing voices around me. I hear the Greek Gods deep voice. Yes I’ve decided to name him Greek god since I don’t know his name. Plus he looks like a freaking Greek God. Let’s not forget I’m crazy so I can do whatever I want to do. The Greek Gods voice holding me go’s cold telling somebody if they can’t keep up with the Princess, then he will gladly take the job. I hear a voice that sounds like Case telling the Greek god to go to hell and to stay away from me. The last thing I remember thinking before everything goes black is who the hell is this Greek God.

  Chapter 5

  I open my eyes looking around. I have no idea where I am at. It sort of resembles a hospital room. Everything begins rushing back to me. Lifting the blanket I look at my leg. No cast, I remembered my leg breaking. The sound it made when the bone broke. I am afraid to move so I deiced touch my leg to see how bad the pain will be, but when I do there is no pain. Taking a deep breath, I lift my leg still no pain. Alright so far so good let’s try standing. Turning around in the bed, I put my feet on the floor taking a deep breath preparing myself for whatever misery I am about to inflict upon myself. Here goes nothing I say to myself right before standing straight up. I stretch first but nothing hurts. There is a mirror on the far wall I walk over to it to see how bad I look. I see nothing not even a bruise. My hair, on the other hand, is a different story. It looks like it hasn’t been combed in a week. Running my fingers through it, I try to tame it down but finally give up all hope of being able to do anything with it.

  I go over to the door open it up then stick my head out all I see is a giant hallway, not a person in sight not even a nurse’s station. Stepping out I look from left to right trying to find a person someplace but I don’t have any luck theirs no one in sight. Taking in my surroundings, I realize I’m not in Kansas anymore. I stand frozen in place my eyes darting around taking in everything around me. Never in my life have I seen anything as beautiful. The walls are white like the mother of pearl. The ceilings are by far the highest I’ve ever seen in my life. They have to be at least twenty to thirty feet tall with the same mother of pearl color as the walls.

  Paintings line the walls each one is gigantic and more magnificent than the next. All of them have to be at least six-foot tall. I walk to one of the paintings inspecting it. Upon closer investigating I see the people in them are kings and queens; they are all beautiful. I stop at one painting which catches my eyes it’s a portrait of a beautiful young woman her hair is long and red. It’s piled on top of her head with some lose strains hanging around her face. She has big blue eyes, her skin is flawless. As I gaze at her, my gut is shouting at me. The sensation running through me is screaming I know her. Taking my eyes away from the woman in the picture my eyes immediately land upon another one that captivates me. It’s of a man with light blonde hair, blue eyes. He is well-built and very handsome. I experience the same emotion with his picture as I did with the woman’s only seconds ago. “There you are" someone calls making me jump. Turning towards the sound of the voice I see the girl from the club I believe her name had been Lisa. She is standing there with a huge smile on her face making me believe she is truly happy to see me. “Hey” I say. She walks over to where I am standing then looks upon the picture I’m standing in front of. Her eye’s drifts to the picture of the beautiful woman with the red hair before; once again landing on me she looks back and forth between the pictures and me a couple of times.

  “She’s beautiful isn’t she?”

  “Yeah she is… who is she? I question.

  “She's our queen and he is our king” she says pointing at the man I'd been looking at.

  “Aw I see” I say glancing back at the pictures. Where the hell am I at? I wonder to myself.

  “Come on let’s go back to your room sage is waiting for you.”

  “What’s a sage?” I question.

  “Well he’s sort of what you’d call a doctor only he’s couple of Million times better to have around than any regular doctor you’ll ever meet.”

  “Aw” I say again as we head back to the room I just come from. We walk in the room and I stop dead in my tracks. My mind is trying to comprehend what it is I’m seeing exactly. First off, how the hell did it get in the room without me seeing it? “What is that?” I demand from Lisa.

  “That my friend is Sage” Lisa replies.

  “OK”…is my only response I’m not sure what an appropriate retort would be at this point. I’m standing here eyeing what Lisa calls a doctor, he is short maybe three foot tall he’s also three foot wide to go with it. If that tells you anything, his face is almost comical. He has a nose like a pig. His ears are sort of shaped like human ears except; they flop over at the top like a dog's ears do. On each side of his mouth he has whiskers sticking straight out like cats dose. Then he speaks, he sounds as normal as you or I do only he talks about a mile a minute.

  “There you are Missy glad to see you’re up.
Feeling better are we?” Sage questions with a smile on his odd face little face.

  “Yes I am, Thank you for asking” I reply without moving as I concentrate with all my might to understand everything he is saying to me. He speaks faster than the Tasmanian devil crack.

  “Come, come," he says his words running together as he motioning with his hands for me towards him. Lisa gives me a push on the back. I walk over to him without saying anything. He takes me by the arm with one of his hands, as he pushes my head back with the other inspecting the place where the gash was one located.

  “Good your chest has healed up nicely no scaring at all. How is the leg? Feel any pain when you move?”

  “No” I reply smiling at him, deciding I like him and the way he talks. He is cute in a weird way. He looks up at me and says, yea, yea, yea, really fast his head nodding up and down with his words.

  “Sage did good miss yes?” He questions.

  “Yes thank you, you did great.” The door opens, Case and Cain walk in.

  “Good to see you up.” Case says.

  “Thanks” I respond before asking “how long have I been asleep?”

  “Six days” Case counters with a tired look on his face like he hasn’t been getting enough sleep. He continues talking “the Drag that’s the thing that attacked you its whole body is nothing but poison, every time it cut you; it sent poison into your body you had a lot cut's so therefore a lot of poison.”

  “I see” I said not really seeing at all, so I decided to ask. “Could someone please explain to me what the hell a Drag is?"

  “I got this one” Lisa returns. “The Drag is a lower-class demon it's a really nasty creature."

  “Ok” I reply nodding my head up and down. Then I respond, “Someone needs to start talking right now. I want to know what's going on. The last thing I remember is the Drag thingy attacking me I put a metal pipe through its face when it fell to the ground and killed it. My leg was broken, and then I passed out. Now I'm here.”

  “Look” Case says “why don't you get a shower Lisa bought you some clothes she put them in the dresser over there.” He points toward a dresser. “Then we will sit down and discuss everything while we eat something.”

  “Alright that sounds fair” I retort number one because I really need a shower. Number two I need time to deal with what all has happened to me. Plus I need to ready myself mentally for what I’m about to hear. I know whatever it is I’m not going to like. Turning away from Case, I walk to the dresser open the top drawer seeing bras and panties all matching sets and just the size, which wasn’t hard for anyone to figure out since I have nothing up top. You can find my bras in the kid's section of any department store. Picking up the first ones I get my hands on. I open the second drawer seeing tank tops. I pick up a black one. The third drawer holds shorts I grab a pair out to go with the black tank top. I shut the drawer back. I can feel every one’s eyes on me. Case is speaking to me. He’s telling me they will leave me alone so I can take my shower then come down stairs when I am ready.

  I hear the door close as everyone leaves the room. I walk into the bathroom only to be blown away again. First off, it is huge the floors are tile as well as the walls. The tiles appear to be gold. I want to say that is impossible but I’ve come to realize anything is possible so it all could be freaking gold for all I know. The sink is amazing it’s in the shape of a seashell. The faucet is gold the tub is huge just like everything else in this place. It has jets all the way around its seashell shaped body with gold faucets of course. “Oh my God, I may never leave the bathroom.” I tell myself as I turn the water on to the tub making sure it’s good and hot before I begin undressing. I sink into the tub while it is still filling. I lay back letting the water cover my body. It takes the tub a long time to feel up because of its size. I am afraid I’m going run out of hot water however it seems to have a never-ending supply. This is fantastic. The water is as hot when I turn it off as it was when I first turned it on. God I've got to tell Mom and Dad, about this we need a water heater as big as this one. We run out of hot water before everyone is done showering every time. It hits me then my parents and my brothers I haven’t even thought about them once since I opened my eyes a couple of hours ago. God what is wrong with me they must be worried to death. Then I remember Case telling me my family no longer remembers me.

  Has my mom and dad really forgotten me like he said they would? What about my brothers? I can’t imagine them forgetting they have an older sister. I am only a year older than my twin brothers but trust me I say I always made sure they knew who the oldest child in the family is. Tears spill down my face mixing with the bubbling water as the jets massage my body. The tears are falling for everybody I have lost. They fall for the life I once had, but now is gone. I am angry with the people that give me away when I was born. If they didn't want me then why eighteen years later have they decided to do this to me? What gives them the right to destroy my life? Why didn’t my parents tell me they weren't my real parents? My god they never adopted me. I have been going by a last name that’s not even mine. I don't know what my last name is. How pathetic is that? The tears continue to run down my face as I make a conscious decision I will never let these people see any weakness from me. My tears will end when I leave this bathroom.

  I can deal with all this. I have no other choice but to deal with it. There is no way in hell; I am going to show them I’m scared or hurt in any way. I wonder if my birth parents are here, if they are why haven’t they come to see me? I don't give a shit I tell myself. I don’t want to see them either. I stay in the seashell tub until my hands look like prunes. The water commences to cool so I set up proceeding to wash my hair then my body. I get out of the tub pick up my watch and realize I’ve stayed in the tub for over an hour. I brush my teeth, get dressed, blow dry my hair. By the time I get done with all of that another hour has passed. My hair is incredibly thick as well as being extremely long so something as simple as blow drying becomes a huge job in my case.

  Lisa had bought all kinds of makeup but I didn’t put any on. I did pick up the cherry lip gloss though applying some to my dry lips. Plus it helped add a small amount of color to my pale face and lifeless eyes. Deciding I’ve put this off as long as possible I determine it’s time for me to put my big girl’s panties on. I need to get this shit over with. I need to get me ass down there to show these people they can’t intimidate me. Walking out the bedroom I’m wondering how I’m going to manage to find my way around a place this size. I might not let the people here intimidate me but this freaking house sure the hell dose. I've make it as far as the spot Lisa found me standing earlier when I realize I have no idea what way I should go. I guess the best thing I can do is locate the stairs. Case did say for me to come down stairs when I was ready so I need to find a set of stairs.

  With a plan set I head out is search of stairs to take me to the floor below. I go left remembering Lisa had come from that direction earlier. As I’m making my way down the hall I can’t help but marvel at the beauty around me. It’s enough to take my breath away. Flowers are everywhere pictures line the walls the further down I walk the older the pictures get. I’d put money on the fact some of these pictures go back to the beginning of time. I’m not playing with you my eyes are surveying so really old shit here. I’m talking caveman times here. When I come to the end of the hall, it splits off going both left and right. Lucky for me before I have time to panic much I see Cain regarding me with a small smile playing across his face. He stops when he’s standing in front of me.

  “Are you lost” he inquires with a warm smile on his face. He is such a handsome guy, the dimples he has when he smiles could melt any girl’s heart. He’s not extremely tall maybe five ten his short brown hair compliments his wide brown eyes. His body appears to be nothing but bulky muscles he has to be into the weight lifting thing. The thought makes me snort because it reminds me of my stupid thoughts about me becoming a weight lifter.

  “Yea maybe a little, sor
ry if I held up dinner, but once I was in that tub I knew I'd be a while.” He starts laughing at me which helps me relax some. Cain’s warm easy going personality and his contagious laugh has a way of putting a person at ease.

  “I know what ya mean sometimes I lay in mine with the jets going until I fall asleep but don't worry about diner Lisa and I ate already. Case is the only one you'll be eating with, and he's been waiting for you. Come on I'll take you to the dining room.”

  I follow Cain down the hallway repeating my new dialog to myself. Mentally preparing for what lies ahead of me. “I will not let them see me cry I am stronger than anything they can throw at me I will get through this.” I say this continually. Cain leads me down a long beautiful wooden stair case when we reach the bottom we step into a huge room, I'd bet my life it’s bigger than my school gym. Beautiful is not a strong enough word to describe what I’m seeing. Magnificent, mesmerizing those are far better words to use. The ceilings are as tall as the ones up stairs but that is the only thing they have in common. These are a mixture between stained glass and exquisite art, the details are unbelievable angels are everywhere if I didn’t know better I’d think I was actually seeing heaven. I am honestly mesmerized by the site before me rendered speechless at the wonder my eyes are beholding. Cain’s voice interrupts me. Looking away from the ceiling I look to where he is standing. “Sorry I’ve never seen a place like this before.”