Rayne Williams's Story

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September 13
If I had known that it would have been so difficult to get rid of Creatrix, I would have thought more deeply into the plan. I would have planned ahead to what we would do after we got rid of her.
But I didn't.
I blame myself, I should have thought ahead. I may not be an Atma like my sister or like Rayne or Lily or Christopher or Ezra, but I am smart and I am one of the oldest. I should have seen this coming.
And if I would have known Creatrix's death was going to be so brutal and so gory I would have told the girls to stay out of the room when we killed her. They needed to take their revenge, too, but I would have preferred it if Allessandra didn't need to live with the guilt that came with having blood on her hands...

It seemed that no matter how much he scrubbed at his hands under the scalding water in the lab's sink the sensation of his mother's blood on them wouldn't go away. He turned to see his Decemuir, Allessandra, standing behind him waiting for the sink, her small hands still stained with blood. Looking back down at his own hands, red and raw from the hot water, but clean all the same, a wave of guilt surged through him. He quickly spun around and grabbed his sister's wrists, plunging her hands under the faucet and working furiously to scrub the blood that was beginning to dry already off of them.
The boy who was usually calm and quiet was suddenly panicking and feeling the guilt and shame that came after killing his mother. His breath came in short gasps and his face was red, his blue eyes tearing up a bit. Aser hated himself with all of his being for letting Alless participate in the cold blooded murder of Creatrix, she was too innocent, too pure to have something this heavy looming over her for the rest of her life.
He squeezed his sister's hands tightly, trying to pull himself back to sanity. He needed to stay calm for Alless and for the rest of the family. This wasn't the time to panic.
When the tears began to flow, he was glad that the others were off in other rooms washing their hands and packing their things. He didn't want them to see him in such a state of vulnerability.
Aser pulled Allessandra's hands out of the water and turned off the faucet, picking up a towel off of the counter and drying them for her, all the while turning his head so that she wouldn't see him cry.
"It'll be okay, Alless." He said, his voice nothing more than a hoarse whisper. He wondered if he was trying to comfort her or himself.
When he was satisfied that her hands were clean and dry, he wiped his eyes on his sleeves and began inspecting her body and clothing for any injuries or blood splatters. He didn't see any, so he took a deep breath to compose himself and grabbed his sister's hand, leading her out of the lab and towards their shared bedroom so they could pack. Aser took her the long way so they wouldn't have to pass the bedroom where Creatrix's mauled and disfigured body lay still on her bed, the door to the room wide open.
When they entered the room, he rushed to the closet and pulled out two backpacks and tossed one on his bed and then handed the other to his twin. "Take only what you need," he instructed. "Be as quick as possible, we need to leave as soon as we can." He leaned in and kissed her forehead before turning and beginning to dig through his dressers and things for the stuff he would need. He shoved shirts and pants, underwear and toiletries, all of the things he believed he would need when they went off on their own. He also went to their bookself and grabbed a few of his favorites, sticking them inside as well as a flashlight and first aid kit.
Aser instructed Alless to stay in the room before wandering out of their room and headed to Creatrix's room. He needed one last thing.
The sight of Creatrix's body sent a wave of emotion and nausea through Aser's body. He leaned over and retched but his stomach was empty so nothing came out. Her once pretty face had been slashed beyond recognition. Her hands and feet had been cut off and thrown in the trash bin beside her bed. Her stomach had been cut open and the insides were exposed. Her arms, legs, and neck had been broken and bent at grotesque angles. The lab equipment and kitchen utensils that were used as weapons by all eight of the Decemuirs were laying in various places around the room where they had dropped them when they went to go clean up, blood beginning to dry on them.
It seemed that something inside of each of them had snapped when they went to kill Creatrix that night, none of them were themselves, replaced by violent, savage animals bent on revenge upon the woman who had once been their mother figure.
It was too horrible to look at and Aser shut his eyes as he made his way to the dresser. He first searched the drawers, finding about $50 in various places as well as Creatrix's credit card. Not satisfied, Aser pushed the dresser aside, a much bigger prize in mind. Behind where the dresser had been, a large safe had been built into the wall. The teenage boy pulled off the silver chain that hung around his neck, a small key dangled off of it and he stuck it into the safe and turned it. He had found the key around Creatrix's neck when he had gone to snap it only an hour or so ago. He shivered at the thought, but it was quickly pushed out of his mind when the safe's door swung open.
Smiling slightly, Aser reached inside and pulled out wads of bills. He knew she was loaded, she would have never been able to afford the mansion or the experiments she had done on the children if she wasn't! Grinning, he ran out of the room, not even pausing to look at the body of his former mother.
He found himself in Rayne and Solomon's room and showed the wads to them both. "We're not going to starve!" He exclaimed, his previous mood had all but vanished at his discovery. He tossed one of them to Rayne and then hurried back to his own room to tell Alless the good news.

Solomon

What had happened to us? We didn't have to do that! Creatrix was broken and alone and no threat to anyone.......but slaughtered her anyway.I'm pretty a lot of them enjoyed it........which scares me. I mean, I know she deserves far worse but.......that doesn't mean we get to decide that. We aren't above anyone. But if that's true then why do I feel so..so satisfied? Maybe it was because of what she put Rayne through. Like in the end I protected her like I promised......but I didn't. I just put her through more torment. I just want to break......but I have to remain strong. If not for me than for the others......for Rayne.

"What?" Solomon had been too focused on his thoughts to have realized that Aser had just came in and handed them a was of money. He tried to ssaysomething but nothing came out as he left. It seemed Rayne had picked up the money, he would let her hold onto it, after all, she was way smarter than him and would know what to do with it.

She had been awfully quite after he had used his power to remove the blood from their hands. Almost a cold quiet. He suddenly felt his entire body go stiff. He hadn't t even thought of.......He had hoped she was just........

Solomon spun around to find his sister gone. When he saw that Doc had been knocked to the way side, he knew exactly what had happened. Solomons head dropped low. His fists became clenched. He was squeezing them so tight, that a small amount of blood was beginning to drip from them. When he looked up, his pupils were incredibly small, focused. He grabbed Doc and walked out into the hallway.

SIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Solomon yelled at the top of his lungs. The mansion began to ripple and echo his voice, as if it was a lake having its surfaces disturbed.

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Sometimes I think that we should use Creatrix's money and invest in some walkie talkies for the group. Everyone is just so independent, it'll be the death of us all, I swear.

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Aser was beginning to make is way back to the room when a small voice behind him stopped him mid stride. He pocketed the wad of money that he was still clutching in his hand and turned around to face Lily.

"Uhm. . . Aser?" She said, her voice sad and shaky. "Uhm, hello. I was wondering if we were going to stay together, or go separate ways? We're going to stay all together, right?"

"Of course we are, we all need each other." He replied plainly, fingering the crisp bills in his pocket.

Aser smiled at her sweetly, trying to calm her nerves but was caught off guard when he saw the tear escape from her usually bright, happy eyes. "Sorry." She apologized, wiping her face and continuing. "My twin has already started off, but he isn't far at all."

"Don't be sorry," he insisted, going over to her and wrapping his arms around her tightly, "This is scary for all of us. Send a message to Orphys and tell him to stay in the mansion so we can get together and plan what we're going to do next." He squeezed her one last time before releasing her from the hug and looking into her eyes. "It'll all be okay, don't worry." He assured her, his voice stern and steady.

He stood up straight again and swept a long strand of black hair off of his shoulder, then tucked some of Lily's hair behind her ear and smiled. "I'm going to go get Rayne and Sol, how about you go find Erebeth and Christopher and get them into the main room if they aren't there already?" He turned and began towards his room, he'd grab his things and Alless before he went to Rayne and Solomon's room.

Aser paused on his way back to the room, his eyes spotting the blood stains on the wall. He closed his eyes and tried to calm himself, this was definitely not the time for Sin to be running rampant. The group needed to be focused and levelheaded so they could figure everything out with a sane, clear mind.

"SIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

So much for sanity.

Aser rolled his eyes and jogged to catch up with Solomon as he ran out of his room after Sin. "Solomon! Solomon, wait!" He called, grabbing the younger boy's shoulder and trying to calm him down. "Take a deep breath and tell me which direction Sin went." He said gently, not removing his hands from Sol's small shoulders.

A tugging in the back of his consciousness told him that Alless was on the move. Closing his eyes and concentrating on the thin stand that connected their minds, he sent a message to her. Sin is out, I'm in the hallway near Sol's room, come quickly and be careful if you run into her. He instructed, trying to keep his mind voice calm, but he was worried about losing Sin before they could all get their new lives together and with the news about Orphys already leaving, Aser was feeling pretty high strung. As one of the oldest of the group, he felt that it was his job to keep the family together even though Creatrix, mother, was dead.

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I must find a exit before that damn brother of mine finds me, not a good start with the blood trail but well, I didn't get my fun but then again...maybe I did, sure didn't look like all of Rayne's work on 'mother's' body.....the garden...I should go to the garden.

Sin hums and giggled echoed through the hallways of the mansion, if this place was not from a horror film already well this certainly added to the uneasy feeling. Sin is destructive and heartless, the polar opposite of Rayne, but she still had feeling but most came out in rage and malice..

She'd skip around the hallways, countless creaks of the wood made it hard to pin point her location, she'd smash mirrors and throw pictures with her mind, causing havoc in the hallways she past through, her foot prints bloody from the glass piercing through her shoes and into her foot but her pain tolerance was almost numbed and she'd simply smile at the sight of blood.

She'd then come to the door of the garden and stretched her arms out in front of her, together then in a swift movement of her arms, she'd spread them causing the glass doors in front of her to slam against the walls, shattering the glass and if not all fell to the floor it was just hanging onto the wooden frame of the doors. She'd then skip out into the garden, her bag on her back, it bounced as she skipped around the garden center tree until she found Orphys and she stopped.

She'd look at him with a serious face then she'd look around the garden. ''Don't you just hate this garden? It smells funny and my skin itches, I don't understand why that bitch on the bed liked it so much.'' With that said she'd put her hand hand, still dryly stained in Creatrix's blood and she'd so a slicing action down the center tree and slowly it started to part with loud cracks and squeaks from the wood of the tree snapping and twisting, the leaves russled and parted from their tree and onto the floor premature to their time and Sin grinned happily though in her eyes was rage to the point that it could light up a fire...

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In the end, what we did was simply to take out the trash. And what we are about to do next was to take a much needed vacation, whether that would be enjoyable to be remembered or it would be horrendous to be regretted. So for now, I would take my sweet time to destroy the thing I once loved in the memory of the trash, we used to call MOTHER.

A familiar voice broke Ophrys from his inner reverie as he gazed at decapitated tree before him. It was not of his twin but of a fellow Decemuir and judging from the intonation of the statement, it was none other than Sin. He did not bother to look at her as she caused her obvious display to destroy. It did not bother him not like the others. For him, it was good for Sin to do what she pleases. Isn't that what they call freedom? So, why restrict it to begin with? Although, he did speak in a rather calm tone. There was no rejection or disappointment tinged in his voice.

"I liked this garden."

After stating that, the ground underneath them trembled and soon it erupted creating great fissures as the plants and trees that once were of beauty now were toppled. Some were even swallowed from the recently made chasms. Everything was torn asunder from their roots. If Sin wanted to further mutilate his destruction of the entire area, it was completely fine with him. He would not stop her at all. There was no coming back for him to this place. Once he says goodbye, it was forever.

"It is good having your fun Sin. But, don't harm yourself in the process. There is no fun if your body can't keep up now."

Ophrys reminded as he noticed Sin's bleeding feet. He even pointed at it yet did not make a move to treat it. The girl liked the scene of blood so, he would not do anything about it. However, it would be better if it was not hers. He also saw that the girl had yet to remove Creatrix' blood from her hands and he was all good with it. There was no need for him to worry about Sin's mental state. This girl was strong in his opinion. Noticing from the corner of his eyes, the mansion seemed to ripple. It seems the boys were in panic noticing that Sin was out of the bag. Really, he never understands why there are so concerned about it.

"It seems your keeper is not pleased you are running about." Casting Sin a side glance, Ophrys placed his hand on her head and smiled.

"Time to put on your charm and gain this to your advantage, right?" Removing his hand, he walked inside the mansion not bothered if Sin would follow or not.

"I have to pick up my twin now... Want to come Sin? You can show me the remodeling you did inside." He asked while looking over his shoulder and winked at her.

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Play sweet? Hehehe....I can do that..I will follow Ophrys, only one that accepts me anyway...

She would stop breaking the tree though it would tilt to it's side and snap, the sound of russling leaves were sounded as it fell onto the floor. She'd then put her hands behind her and walk beside Ophrys, nugging him to the side abit playfully, affection for Sin was rare and only given to certain people, the obvious being Ophrys and she'd smile to him warmly for a moment then a grin appeared once more.

As they walked the crushing of the glass in her bloody feet could be heard, bloody foot prints left in her path but she never expressed pain or suffering.

''I did some painting and I took down those depressing paintings in the hallways....But I won't wreck your room.''

She'd then as they walked wrap her arm around Ophrys's arm then smile up at him. ''Lets find your sister, I'll be good, for you.''

Sorry... double post...

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Sometimes, I do wonder who would last in this charade of ours. Will we all survive the transition or not? Will we always be together through thick and thin? But is it heartless of me if I said, I really don't care about anyone else or the world itself as long as you are safe?

Ophrys gave a light laughter after hearing from Sin that he would not destroy his room. Well, it was a nice gesture but he would not be using it anymore. So, there was no need for her to hold back in her like of destroying things. There was no need for an exemption although, he was grateful for the thought.

"You can destroy my room if you want, as long as it is you. I am fine with it." He noted to Sin who was already holding his arm as he patted her head with his free hand and continued walking to the direction where he is sensing his twin.

As they walked, he also noticed that Sin's feet continued to bleed but Ophrys did not speak more about it. Sin knew the limitation of her body. He had already told her earlier and now the decision is entirely up to her. Adding to that, the girl was not asking for his help. So, his concern was not needed and he would not force it. In any case, he listened to Sin's words as he glanced at her.

"Yes, that would be good. But, you don't have to be nice for my sake. I like Sin just the way you are now."

After stating that, Ophrys took a loose strand of hair hanging in front of Sin's face and tucked behind her ear. When that was done, he continued with his walk with Sin in tow. Soon enough, he was in vision of his twin sister, Lily. He offered her a warm and gentle smile which was only reserved for his twin.

"Lily, I have come to pick you up."