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“Revelations”

**~Chapter Thirty-four-Striking A Chord

A.J. grips the arms of the chair tightly as he swallows hard, the anxiousness flutters in his chest. He can hear Jamelet whispering quietly to Rose who was on her way out of the apartment. The last of the guests left and he can hear the door close softly. He can hear the soft footsteps of Jamelet walking over to the kitchen doorway. Sticking her head in the threshold, she leans her body against the doorframe.

Sighing, Jamelet shakes her head slowly, her dark brown tresses, swaying over her shoulders. “J, what are we gonna do? The twins seemed so different. And Howie, he left. Kevin said he can’t him anywhere. I just hope Howie didn’t do anything dangerous and try to find Ana by himself.”

A.J. chewed on his bottom lip as he watches Jamelet in a daze. He whispers so quietly, Jamelet had to strain to hear his comment. “He’s gonna turn on us. I just know it. Hell, I wouldn’t blame him anyway. With all this stuff that’s been happening and Ana’s disappearance, I’d lose it too.”

Jamelet grimaces softly and gently places her hand over his stiff hands on the kitchen counter. “Rose said we have to work on our powers to get prepared for the battle, but I think it’s too late. J, what are we really fighting about?”

A.J. gently clutches her small hands within his and sighs, “I know if I was Howie and going through what he is dealing with. Losing you, watching you get kidnapped before me and I couldn’t do a damn thing about it, I would just kill myself. All the guilt and pressure blamed on me, it would drive me crazy. It’s too much for him, I just know it.”

Jamelet signs and shakes her head, her light coffee eyes glimmer in the yellow soft florescent light in the kitchen, “I would hate to think what is happening with Ana now. I don’t wanna think about it. But what if it’s too late for Ana? What if we can’t change her back? I mean the changes in her attitude is obstructive to us and herself.” Jamelet cuts off her sentence when the ringing of the phone is heard. “I’ll get it. Try to get your mind off this for now, ok?” She smiles, patting his hand gently as she races off to answer the phone in the living room.

A.J. smiles and watches the petite woman smiling and giggling to whomever was on the other line of the phone. He gets up from the chair and walks over to the living room to get out a letter that he received a while back from a friend of his. Slumping into the soft black sofa, he scans his eyes over the letter and tries to take his mind off what is happening with Howie. But the thoughts drift in and out, prying A.J. to focus on it. He feels the warm arms of Jamelet embrace his neck and he looks up to see Jamelet peering down at him, smiling softly at him. “Hey girl, why the hug?”

“I just wanted to say I love you and thanks for caring man. I’m sure that Howie is distraught with all that is happening. I just hope that wherever he’s at, that he’s safe.” Jamelet whispers as A.J. gently kisses her, his lips brush against hers.

“Who was on the phone?” A.J. asks.

Jamelet smirks, “My mom.”

A.J. laughs softly and pulls Jamelet around the sofa, plopping her down besides him as their eyes scan over the muted television program. A.J. mummers, “It’s gonna be a long night, I can just feel it.” And he watches the program in silence with Jamelet besides him.
~*~

Alison and Brian hurry down the sidewalk on search for Howie, “Where could he have gone?” Alison whispers, her dark locks tied in a twist as the chilly breeze presses on her face.

“I have no idea. This is hopeless. It’s too late as it is already, let’s call it a night for now. Maybe the others had more luck than us.” Brian whispers, the cold wisps seeping from his mouth due to the chilly cold wind.

Alison lets a puff of air and shakes her head, “Alright, but it just doesn’t feel right leaving poor Howie alone out here. Who knows what could be crawling around here at this time of the night.”

“Well I heard the freaks come out at night, maybe we qualify for that?” Brian smirks, trying to bring a smile on Alison’s gentle snowy face.

Alison grins a bit and gently pushes her cousin, “Alright, let’s go home. But I sleep in the nice bed tonight.”

Brian nods his head and smiles, placing his arm protectively over his little cousin. Suddenly a small ringing from Brian’s mobile phone, disturbs the quiet sidewalk they’re on. Answering it, it was Kimberly screaming that they received some disturbing tape that she’s planning on bringing over to A.J.’s place. “You guys, get back there now! Me and Kevin were just watching it and we freaked out! You won’t believe who’s on the tape and what’s happening!”

Brian held the small phone away from his ear, as Kimberly’s shrill voice screams out. Alison stops walking and gasp quietly, waiting for Brian to fill her in. He hangs up the phone immediately and grabs Alison’s arm, “Come on, let’s go!”

“Wait, where we going? Why was Kimberly freaking out like that?!” Alison states loudly, the fear evident in her voice.

“I’ll explain on the way! Let’s hurry over to A.J.’s place now!” Brian whispers, his feet pounding on the sidewalk as he and Alison ran the rest of the way back to his friend’s place.
~*~

The videotape inserts the VCR as A.J. presses play, gazing at Kevin, Kimberly, a tired Alison and Brian and the twins. Howie was the only one missing from the group besides Ana and that disturbs him.

“Ok guys this is really freaking! What’s on the tape just convinced and proves that our idea of Ana is true.” Rose states nervously as she watches the others gulp and wait for what the tape had to display. “You can play it now.”

A.J. gulps and pushes the play button on the remote. The Television lights up showing what their Ana was doing. Dressed in a tight leather skirt, Ana seems to be seeping on a red liquid given to her and besides her a woman of royalty lies dead. The organs were toppling out of the open corpse. The outfit Ana was wearing in the tape, reveals the Darker Elition’s tattoos above her chest area. The dark marked heart with the two swords crossed, received gasps in the living room.

“Oh no! No way! The wench! She’s the enemy! See, we were right on our suspicion! She’s against and we have to tell Howie about it!” Nick screams out.

Rose narrows her eyes, “Forget it. She joined their side, meaning since she has ties with Howie, he’ll join her as well. It’s too late for them. We have to defend ourselves and get prepared now!”

Kevin shakes his head and places his hands over his face, “Everything’s screwed up! My best friend turned his back on us! That means he’ll get in the way of us getting to Ana.”
~*~

Howie gulps and wipes the rest of the tears that stained his face. He feels a soft hand touch his shoulder and looks to see a woman in her early possible fifties or late forties handing him a soft tissue.

“Don’t cry child. Life isn’t that bad is it?” the Latin woman speaks, her soft voice reminding Howie of the way his mother would speak to him as a little boy.

“It is. My life did a 360 in one night. I lost my gir- uh friend and was shot at tonight by people that want to hurt me and my friends.” Howie whispers.

The woman raises her dark eyes, her caramel skin glistening under the street light, “They got her, don’t they?”

Howie looks her confused, raising his eyebrows, “What?”

“They have her, she belongs to you Howie. Don’t let her go. Go save her.” The older woman states.

Howie gulps beginning to feel a little disturbed by what the woman was stating. “Who belongs to me?”

“Why higo (son) Ana of course.” The woman states, her eyes wide open as she takes in the look that crossed over Howie’s face.

“How do you know about Ana?! You’re crazy!” Howie states, his voice raising loud over the quiet isolated street.

“Am I? Or am I just stating the truth that you don’t want to hear?” The woman states, her plump petite body stands firmly in front of Howie as she places her hands on Howie’s shoulders.

Howie gulps and shrugs off the woman’s touch, backing away, “I don’t know who you are. How do you know about Ana? Have you lost your mind talking to strangers in the night?”

The woman smiles and shakes her head, “You were always hard to convince, you never did change son.”

Howie narrows his eyes and watches as the woman steps directly in the streetlight revealing herself.

Howie’s mouth drops open as he suddenly feels his knees collapse, “Oh God, MOM! I thought you died!”

The woman’s chocolate eyes brim with tears as she embraces her child tightly. “I thought I was never gonna see you again. Howie, you’re needed! Ana needs you. Her heart has been changed. The Darker Elitions have changed her heart. She’s one of them now.”

“NO! Not you too!” Howie yells, pushing away from his mother’s embrace. He stands there in the middle of the street, his eyes wide open and his mind running a thousand thoughts a minute. He tries to let everything sink in as he stares at his mother and then crashes to the ground on his knees, yelling as the truth slams him hard gnawing at the little sanity left in him.