Broken (The Siren Series #1) (12 page)

Thanks for earlier talk to you soon X

I pressed the sent button and away it went.
In the background the comedy was still on. (Hasn’t that thing ended
yet?) I picked up the remote and flicked through more channels.
Nothing good was on, nothing that really got my attention. Most of
the time, I just use it for the background noise. It’s Dad who gets
the most out of it then I do.

Dad called from the kitchen. “It’s
ready.”

I took off from the sofa and sat down at the
kitchen table. He dished it out and placed a huge portion down onto
my plate. I didn’t care how much there was, I was hungry. Taking my
fork I started to wrap the spaghetti around the fork and shoveled
it straight into my mouth, not caring if I dropped any on my
clothes.

“
Nice?” My Dad asked.

“
Mm,” I said with a mouth full of
pasta.

He started to chuckle. “Don’t forget to chew
or you’ll choke.”

I nodded while spaghetti was dangling from my
mouth. I swallowed and took another mouthful.

“
So who is this Beth anyway, has she
been giving you trouble before?” He asked.

I quickly took another mouthful to avoid his
question.

“
That won’t work Ellie,” he said “c’mon
tell me.”

I swallowed and took a sip of water provided
on the table. “Fine, she has been bullying me a few times, she says
horrible things to me and I’d just ignore them, but this time I..”
I stopped myself from saying anymore.

“
Ellie did you start the fight?” He
questioned.

“
Yes. But she said disgusting things
about me and Kate,” I answered. “I just had enough of her and it
just kinda’ happened.”

“
Becky and Lilly, they covered for you
didn’t they?” He asked.

I only nodded in disappointment.

“
Well you know I don’t condone
fighting, but I’m glad that you stood up for yourself.”

I gave a little smile to cover my shame and
continued to eat. After a more few fork full’s I was done my
stomach was ready to burst. I got up and started to clean my plate.
Once Dad finally finished, I took his plate and washed it. I wiped
down the counter tops that were thick with pasta sauce. (He does
make a mess, sometimes you’d swear he was cooking for an army).
Checking my phone for messages, I noticed that the day was dragging
on badly. In the living room Dad started to watch some TV. I poked
my head into the room to thank him for the food.

“
I’m going to watch a film in bed and
then maybe an early night.” I told my Dad.

“
Okay Ellie,” he smiled. “Oh and thank
you for cleaning up.”

I climbed the stairs one at a time, hoping I
didn’t get winded again. I opened my bedroom and I just wanted to
dive into bed and never come out. Boredom had settled in, I hated
feeling bored so I walked over to DVD shelf and browsed through the
many titles. Some titles were good and some were bad and then there
was the awful (I don’t know why I bought them). All my DVD’s were
in order; they were arranged by how I rated them good on top and
bad on the bottom. Sometimes If I needed a good laugh, I watched
the really bad films.

“
What am I in the mood for?” I said out
loud. “No, no, no, no” I said to each of the films I ran my finger
across. “How many times have I watched this?” I asked a battered
DVD case.

“
I didn’t know you liked horror movies
Ellie?” said a familiar voice.

I slowly turned and there she was, standing
in my bedroom. She called herself Rhea the last time we spoke.

I was about to scream for my Dad when Rhea
spoke first.

“
Ellie you know by now I’m not here to
hurt you, I would never do that.” Her voice was music to my
ears.

“
How did you get in?” I asked the
woman.

“
I can go anywhere I want, within
reason.” She answered. “Right Ellie, we need to talk.” I felt my
body hum with excitement while being near her.

I quickly shook off the attraction. “Leave me
alone, you don’t know shit about me.”

“
Language young lady.” she clearly
didn’t like me swearing.

My eyes glanced towards the door and I slowly
took a step forward. Wondering how I would make it to the door
without her noticing.

“
Ellie I’m going to tell you again, I’m
not going to hurt you.” She insisted.

Rhea walked towards me and examined my face.
“How are your wounds?” she asked.

“
I’m dealing with it, but it’s the new
wounds that hurt right now.” I replied.

“
What?” Rhea’s eyes flashed a dark red
which frightened me. I backed up away from Rhea and fell back onto
the bed.

“
What happened?” Rhea asked with anger
in her eyes.

“
A girl attacked me in school, she’s
always had it in for me,” I said. I looked at Rhea and saw her face
twist as if she sucked on a bitter lemon.

“
What the girl’s name?” Rhea
demanded.

“
It’s Beth, why?” I curiously
replied.

“
Second name?” she asked.

“
I don’t know her second name.” I
replied.

“
Pity, but maybe I should go
visit
this Beth.” Rhea
pondered.

I stared at her confused. “What are you
talking about? And about last time what did you mean you were
friends with my mum? Please tell me.”

Rhea sat next to me on my bed, and I could
see up close how beautiful she really was. She reached out with her
manicured hands and took mine. Rhea shivered and closed her eyes. I
tried to wrestle my hand away from her but her grip was tight.

While touching Rhea I could feel my body
vibrating, shivers started to shoot down my spine and back up
completing a circuit. My body felt electrically charge and it felt
good.

“
You have quite the gift Ellie, do you
know how to use it?” Rhea said.

“
This isn’t a gift, it’s a curse. I’m
afraid to go near people, they change.” I pulled my hands away from
her grip.

“
I didn’t change.” She said.

She was right she didn’t change, no crazy
horny person trying to get at me. “Why?” I asked her.

“
Let’s just say I’m special.” She gave
me a smile.

“
But why is it that other people go
crazy and not my Dad or.” I didn’t want to say her name.

“
Kate,” Rhea finished my sentence.
“It’s because of blood, you have their blood coursing through your
veins and that’s why it doesn’t work on family members.” said Rhea.
“Ellie you are one of a kind, that power you have,” she pointed to
my hands. “You can become a powerful person.”

I jumped up from the bed. “I don’t want to
become powerful; I just want to be normal. What I don’t want is
every time I touch someone, they go crazy.”

“
What if I told you something that
could change your mind completely about your power?” Rhea
suggested.

“
It’s not going to change anything, I
don’t want this.” I said while looking down at my hands.

“
Ellie it’s not going away because you
don’t want it. It’s a part of you.”

“
Fine, let’s just say,
even
if I did want to control it, how
would I?” I asked her.

Rhea got up from the bed and started to pace
up and down the room. She stopped by my rack of DVD’s. “My goodness
you do like your horror don’t you?”

“
Tell me please, please can you?” I
asked ignoring her statement.

“
My my, such eagerness,” she said with
a smile. “One question first.” she added.

“
Anything.” I nearly
shouted.

Rhea again, paced around my room with her
arms folded tightly. “Have you had any weird dreams lately?” she
asked.

“
Well the only dreams I’ve been having
are about smelly faceless people, but how do you know?” I tried not
to make a big fuss about it.

Rhea stopped dead in the middle of the room.
“We might not have enough time. They’ve moved faster than I
thought” she mumbled to herself.

“
They
, what do
you mean
they
?” I asked. “Are
my dreams real?”

Rhea had a worried look on her face. She
picked up her pacing, this time faster.

“
Rhea please tell me.” I asked
her.

She stopped and turned to face me. “Yes Ellie
your dreams are real, they are like premonitions, things that are
to come,” she said. “I’ve been protecting you since you were a
child, but this will take more than myself alone.”

I could not believe what I was hearing. This
woman had been looking after me since I was a child? No, I would
have met her when I was young, she must be lying. But was she
telling the truth, my aunt or my Dad had never mentioned her
before. This was making my head hurt.

I ignored her words for now. “So those
monsters will come into my home and take me while I sleep?” I
question her.

“
I don’t know when it will be Ellie,
but I will not allow them to harm you.” She said with
anger.

“
But these are just dreams, aren’t
they?” I asked.

“
No Ellie, they are much more than
that, you need to be careful.” she replied.

“
Great, even if these things are real,
I’m totally defenseless.”

“
No you have great power inside of you
Ellie. You just need to control it. Let me show you something.” she
said with a twinkle in her beautiful eyes.

Rhea closed her eyes; the air around us
started to hum with energy, sending every hair on my body to stand
on end. My body vibrated, as if something deep down inside of
myself started to slowly awake from its deep slumber. Once I was
attuned to the heavy atmosphere, I looked in awe around me.
Something inside me did not want to acknowledge what I was seeing.
Rhea had my possessions floating around the room.

My DVD’s flew from the rack and spun around
me. My books took flight around the room, using its book covers as
wings to flap through the air. Then something nudged at my back, I
turned around to see it was one of my small stuffed animals
spinning in front of me. Reaching out, I gently touched the bear
that was suspended in the air. That’s when everything fell to the
ground. (Luckily it wasn’t a big noise for my Dad to hear). Rhea
eyes quickly flew open and looked straight at me confused.

“
What happened?” asked Rhea.

“
Nothing, I just touched the bear.” I
replied.

Rhea’s lips curved into a smile. “Ellie, my
little darling,” she said. “I think there is more to your powers
then even I know of.”

I gave her a confused look “What do you
mean?” I asked “What am I Rhea? Please tell me, it’s driving me
crazy.”

“
My dear Ellie, what you are is a
Siren.” she said with such joy.

The words she spoke meant nothing to me. What
the hell was a Siren?

I quickly wanted more answers “What’s a
Siren? And are there people like me out there?”

Rhea’s face took on a grim form. “There are
only a handful of people like you Ellie, that’s why you are so
special.”

“
Ellie it’s time for me to go, but
before I do, I’ll tell you that your power can influence people
with just a simple touch. Practice and you might come to love
your
curse
.” Rhea brushed
herself off and stood in the middle of the room. “Remember Ellie,
you are special. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.” She then
disappeared in a cloud of electricity causing myself to stumble
back onto the floor. My eyes burned with the quick bright light
that had illuminated my bedroom. Within a few seconds Rhea was
gone, leaving a scorched mark on my bedroom carpet.
Thanks.

I got on my hands and knees, and picked up
all the objects that were lying discarded on the floor. Placing
them in their rightful place, I finally turned my attention to the
burned rug. It was cool to watch Rhea disappear like that, but it
made what she said all the more real. I was in danger.

I fell back onto my bed, thinking about what
Rhea had told me. I’m a Siren and only a few of my kind remain,
that’s what she said. I kept repeating the words in my mind until
they lost all meaning.

I wonder what Rhea is then? And why were
people coming after me. Was I really in that much danger? These
questions flowed through my head. Was my Dad a siren? What about
Kate. Thinking of Kate made me feel awful and I tried to block out
the pain. Thinking too much made my head hurt. I turned over onto
my side and I caught sight of my clock. It was half past four. I
grabbed my phone from my pocket to check any messages. There were
none. I decided to text Lilly and Becky.

Bored out of my mind want to go see a
movie?

A few minutes later my phone beeped, alerting
me of a new message.

Yeah ok, but what about your Dad?

Oh yeah, crap. I rolled off my bed and walked
down the stairs. He was watching TV, (As always). It was a good
thing that he didn’t hear Rhea and myself or he would have gone
mad, or worse. I approached him who was deeply staring into the
screen.

“
Dad,” I started. “Is it ok if me and
the girls go and see a film tonight?” I waited for his
answer.

He paused the TV and turned to me. “Ellie I
don’t think it’s a good idea, plus you are suspended from school.”
he said.