Post by StoryGirl83 on Mar 23, 2011 15:29:47 GMT -5
Chapter Six – Being Strong
Ladybug leaned against Chris with her eye closed. “I don’t know what to do, Chris. I have to be strong for Cilly and Hope.”
“Honey, Cilly knows how you feel,” Chris informed her.
“No, I took a blocking potion years ago.”
Chris laughed. “Your sister doesn’t need her powers to know how you feel. She’s your sister.”
“I try so hard to hide it, but I can’t keep this up much longer. They’ve been gone nearly three months and late in returning almost two.” She groaned. “Are my parents even coming back?”
Chris sighed. “I don’t know how to answer that, Ladybug. I can hope, but I have nothing to back that up. This family always lands on its feet.”
“But Grandma Patty died when Mom was just a baby,” Ladybug protested. “How is that landing on our feet?”
“Do you want me to summon her and you can ask her?” Chris asked softly.
Ladybug looked at him startled. “Well, no. I mean you don’t need to disturb her.” There was a pause and she looked at him, questioningly. “You can do that?”
Chris burst out laughing. “Yeah. We can do that.”
“Will you come with me?” she requested.
Chris glanced in the direction Seth and Toby had headed out. He could hear their voices along with Wyatt’s coming from the hall. “What can I do, Ladybug?”
“I don’t know,” she admitted. “Maybe you’ll think of something no one else has. You and Wyatt were the only ones not helping us a few weeks ago.”
Chris groaned. “Emily.”
Ladybug frowned. “How’s that?”
Chris shook his head. “Sorry. Emily from work kind of discovered that I’m a witch that day. I was . . . dealing with it.”
“You didn’t dust her?”
“Where did you hear about dusting?”
“I think Aunt Paige’s dad mentioned it in a story once,” Ladybug informed him. “Are you going to come and help?”
Chris glanced back at the hall. “I need to talk to Wyatt. We have someone here who claims someone who was at The Manor is really bad news and he wants us to track them down.”
“Well, then, you’ve got to do that,” Ladybug informed him. “Much as I hate it, my parents can probably wait.” She shuttered. “I just can’t shake this feeling that something is really wrong.”
Chris blew out a breath. “You stay here and I will be back. I need to tell Wyatt that he’s going to have to handle this . . . thing . . . on his own, because I’m going to see if I can find anything out about your parents.”
“Are you sure?”
Chris nodded as he got up. “Wyatt can handle whatever this is.” He left Ladybug on the couch and headed into the hall. He found Wyatt with Seth and Toby. “Wy, Ladybug has requested my help. Can you manage Toby’s demons without me?”
Wyatt frowned at him. “His demons? What demons are those?”
“I’ll let him explain,” Chris informed him.
Toby glared at the back of him as Chris walked away. “This is how you treat someone who comes to you with a problem?” He looked at Seth. “You’re a demon, too. I saw you shimmer in.”
Seth shrugged.
Toby glared at him. “Fine, don’t listen. See if I care if they kill you.” In dark orbs, Toby vanished from sight.
Wyatt frowned as he watched the orbs disappear. “We should follow him.”
“What?” Seth looked at him surprised. “But he’s a demon.”
Wyatt shrugged. “So are you.”
Seth sighed and shimmered out.
Wyatt smiled slightly and vanished in blue and white orbs.