[IC] The dark heart +18 mature/viloence/language

[Airalin]

I blinked. It had been some time since I had been outside. Over a month by this point!

"I suppose that's okay," I said, a bit sullen by being forced to stay awake. "But I can only go if you push me in my wheelchair. Walking is really hard for me now..." As before, I felt pathetic for being so incapable of taking care of myself. However, the feeling had become muted; giving up on life felt oddly liberating. Holding onto the side of my bed, I managed to make my way into the wheelchair, still wearing my pajamas.

[Markofkri]

The sun felt good and the air was cleaner the dusty inside of the manor. The guards kept their distance and Vivian was pushing you in the directions you pointed. The pool water was clear and, new. They put in a pool?

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[Airalin]

"When did we get a pool?" I asked, staring at the water. For the longest time, I had refused to go swimming; I hadn't wanted to bare my scars. But now that they were gone, there was no reason I shouldn't give it a try again... after all, I had loved to swim as a child. Of course, it would have to wait until I had regained some strength. But, at the very least, I could dip my feet into the pool!

"let's sit by the water," I said, enjoying the caress of the sun on my skin. I was probably going to sunburn, of course; my skin had never been any good at withstanding the sun, and being cooped up inside for over a month couldn't possibly have helped that. But, in the moment, I was enjoying the sensation!

[Markofkri]

"I had them put it in it looks pretty good. I authorized it on the team account. So after a long legal battle and a few bribes and concessions I am the new owner of your life. What would you like to do with it when you get better?"

[Airalin]

...What?

"But you're younger than me!" I blurted out, "Why can't I be the owner of my life?" I chewed my lip, trying to figure out what was going on. "Do you have some sort of plans for me?" I demanded, then cringed at the tone of my own weak voice. Now I was becoming paranoid about Vivian, too! But that was only natural, wasn't it? It was really weird to have your niece be in charge of taking care of you!

[Markofkri]

Vivian. silently laughs unable to hold the mic to her neck. After a few minutes she regains her composure enough to say, "I'm sorry that was mean in honesty the family is still fighting over you. The will was read, and your mother wanted you to stay with her sister Amanda. She will be here for a few months as the dust settles in courts. She should be arriving by dinner tonight. After that its anyone's guess if she can keep you. Amanda wasn't big on the family and less with material wealth so legal costs could force her to lose the battle for you."

Amanda Doniva

Mothers maiden name Age 52 drivers license 42

[Airalin]

I blushed.

"That wasn't funny, Vivian!" I whined, folding my arms sulkily. I was so not used to being made fun of! No one other than Vivian was close enough to me to treat me so casually.

Aunt Amanda, huh? I wasn't really familiar with her - in fact, I didn't know if I'd ever even met her before! Normally, it would be suspicious that she wanted to take care of me, but given all the money I had inherited, I supposed it was only natural. Nonetheless... if she mistreated me, she was gonna die.

[Markofkri]

The sun and the spa at the pool was nice. The drugs were making you a little dizzy as they left your system. The day went on and as the sun set and Vivian came to get you for dinner, the butler informed you of a taxi pulling into the drive. As you and Vivian made sure you were ready for guests in the mirror you saw the gem on your reflection that you were not wearing. You glanced at Vivian to see if she had noticed. She had, Vivian was still, frozen in place from fear. She turned her head away from the mirror and began to push you out of the room to the foyer.

[Airalin]

That necklace! What the hell was it doing in my reflection?

I needed to go back to sleep before it could do something to hurt me again. Maybe I should act out, convince my guards that I was crazy and needed to spend more time on my meds. "Vivian, spike my food again, please. I want to sleep. I need to sleep so it won't hurt me! Please! Please!" I didn't care how pathetic I sounded, nor what my aunt would think of me. The most important thing I could do was get away from the necklace. It was gonna make me attack my aunt, regardless of whether she treated me decently or not, I just knew it! And once it did, my guards were going to just blame me and abuse me again. No, no, no! I had to STOP IT!

[Markofkri]

Vivian knelt by the side of your chair. "Its all right, I saw it too. I don't know how but its not really hear lets just pretend we're normal fo Aunt Amanda and then talk about this after dinner in your room." She stood up and continued to walk to the foyer. She left you in the chair as she opened the front door.

"Hi! Your Vivian right? I'm Amanada. Nice to meet you. You've grown a bit since the last time I saw you." Amanda hugs Vivian and lokks at you with a smile over her shoulder. "And this must be Eva. It nice to meet you. I'm going to stay out of your way." She kneels down in front of your chair. "I know you don't want a nanny and I could never replace what you've lost. I will tell you I'm not here to try. I'm just here until the courts tell me whether to stay or go. You can relax and be yourself. I'm going to be working on my lap top and in my bed room most of the day. so you won't even know I'm here. I would like with your permission to use the pool ever now and again, if that's ok?" She picked up her suitcase and asked the butler to put it in her room. The butler informed her that dinner will be ready in five minutes. To be served in the west wing.

As this was going on you saw a person you never thought of until now. It was Nathan. He had a suitcase and a scared look on his face as your eyes met. He kept a good ten foot distance from you when he talked. "I'm going to be acting co team leader. I was assigned to the squad after the charges were dismissed. I will be at the pool house if you need anything I can be reached there. If you'll excuse me I have to report to the team commander." He walks quickly away from you.

"He's cute." Amanda says as she makes her way to the dinning room. Vivian shoots you a look of concern. Then rolls you to the dinner table.

[Airalin]

I simply nodded at Amanda's request to use the pool. If she was planning to mostly stay out of my way, she would be an adequate guardian. I didn't mind her enjoying herself a bit - in fact, I might some day need her as a witness to prove my innocence with regards to some crime the necklace was bound to frame me for.

As I was pushed to the dinner table, my thoughts were focused on Nathan. He scared me... if he blamed me for his arrest, he might try to take revenge on me. If that ended up being the sort of attitude he showed, I would have no choice but to kill him. For now, I would just try to keep my distance, not let him get close to me.

"Vivian," I whispered nervously, "Keep your eye on that guy, please..."

[Markofkri]

Vivian winks at your request.

At dinner Vivian sat across from you. Aunt Amanda was eating and for the most part keeping her eyes on her plate. You and Vivian exchanged glances at various times and when dinner was over you all left the dinning room. Vivian pushed you back to your room. "Well tomorrow we need to start walking Ill bring the crutches again and you should be drug free by then." She closed the door to the room but remaining inside. She then took the blanket and covered the mirror.

"So what do we do?" Her head tilted to the side.

[Airalin]

"I don't know," I said, pulling myself out of the wheelchair and crawling into my bed. "I'm terrified of that stupid thing. I don't know why it showed up in the mirror... maybe to mark me as its owner?" I shrugged. "I would suggest throwing it into the ocean or something, but I feel like it would just come back of its own accord. I don't think there's anything we can do except ignore it. You aren't still keeping it in your room, are you?" I frowned at the thought. The necklace had hurt Vivian before... if she stayed close to it, there was a good chance that would happen again. I needed to avoid that, even if it meant locking the necklace away myself!

[Markofkri]

"Yes its in my room taped to the underneath of a drawer. I don't know what to do or whom to ask." She put the mic down and scratched her head. "Anything you decide that doesn't involve death is fine with me."

[Airalin]

"I don't really want to touch the necklace myself..." I said, putting a finger to my lip in thought. "But I'm worried about you... I don't think it's a good idea for you to share a room with the necklace or move it yourself... would you mind switching to a different room? I have plenty of those to go around!" I gave Vivian a weak smile, hoping she would be alright with my idea. The necklace could have a room to itself for all I cared!

"Anyway, do you want to do anything fun after I learn to walk again? Maybe we could go shopping or something. I've been cooped up in this place for way too long!

[Markofkri]

"Ok I'll take the master bedroom with the tub jets. The neckl...." Vivian rolls her eyes and points to the mic then makes a slashing sign across her neck. She hold up her index finger and leaves the room. You are left in the room alone. You hear a knock at the door. Using your arms you roll yourself over to the knob. The door opens to an empty hall way. Down the hall in either direction is no one. You continue to hear knocking. Scanning the room you don't see anything but the sound gets slightly louder. The sound is coming from the covered mirror.

You try to call out as the bedroom door closes and locks its self you chair slowly rolls on its own until your four feet in front of it. The locks clamp down on the wheels and hold fast. The knocking continues. Shadows play havoc under the door leading into the hall. Above you hear a small girl giggling. The blanket moves, as black tentacles slowly work their way out the sides. First three then more. There is a knock at the door and as it opens the tenticals vanish. Vivian runs to you. "Are you ok?" she wipes the blood from your nose.

[Airalin]

I forced my eyes open when I felt Vivian's touch.

My legs had been pulled up onto my seat, where I had been huddling in fear as my wheelchair moved around on its own. "W-what happened?" I asked, my eyes darting in all directions. This was the necklace's fault, of course; the giggling I heard was more than enough proof of that. "You didn't touch the necklace, did you?" I asked, scanning over my own body for any sign of injuries. As far as I could tell, aside from my bloody nose, I was unharmed.

Despite my confusion, I sighed in relief. "You're okay, too, right?" I asked. I placed my legs back in their designated position, but I was too afraid to touch my wheelchair with my own hands, not after what they had just been doing. "I needed to learn how to walk again, as soon as possible! I was only out for like three weeks, right? It shouldn't be too tough to get accustomed to walking again, in that case..."

[Markofkri]

"Your eyes were white, your nose was bleeding, and you had tremors. I didn't know what to think. Im ok the batteries died. I thought I replaced them yesterday. Are you ok? I didn't touch the necklace. I don't ever want to touch it. Why would it do this to you?" Out of fear Vivian hugs you.

[Airalin]

"I don't know," i said, returning Vivian's hug. "It could be because things are starting to look up again. Whenever life starts getting decent for me, that necklace intervenes and makes things worse..." To my surprise, I felt tears welling up in the corners of my eyes. Why the hell did all of these awful things happen to me? Did I really deserve to suffer that badly. If so... perhaps it really would be for the best if I put an end to my life, before Vivian or someone else got hurt by the necklace again...

[Markofkri]

"Lets get rid of it. Tomorrow we can have the detail set up and we can go to a pawn shop and sell it for five dollars. We can be free of it. The we can work on getting you better. For now lets sleep and after breakfast we can go. I'll tell Amanda to tell the team. Now get some sleep."