Deathly afraid [Sam]

[Cole Kessler]

Cole's eyes fixed on the back of Sam's head as he turned around. Did he? Did he just take a swing at her? "Ah, HELL NO!" Cole exclaimed. He stepped forward only to halt at the woman's words. What you demand, girl, I cannot perform."

The storm's clouds grew darker until, finally, they were black as the night sky. Cole could see them begin to rotate, formidable conditions for them, favorable for a natural disaster. The swirling blackness above them slightly symbolized the conflict within the two people in front of him. The lightning seemed to take on a different hue, resembling more of a red laser beam than a lightning bolt.

Finally he spoke, this time to Sam. His voice taking on a deep, dark, devilish tone, "Sam, you're one of my best friends. You know my rules. You once told me to stand up for what you believe in, remember that? Well, this is something I don't believe in, something I despise. This isn't you, Sam. You're letting your power control you! You have to show that you are stronger than it! Know this, though, Sam, you swing at her one more time? I won't hesitate to step in."

He redirected his gaze just a bit, "You there, girl, you want me to stay out of this, correct? Then here's what you're gonna do. One: You're going to apologize to my boy for slapping him. Two: You're going to tell him exactly what your heart says and not that bullshit your mouth keeps blabbing. And, Three: You're gonna kiss him back because I know you want to. Those are my terms. Do so, and I'll stay out of it."

[Sam Mercer]

Sam stood there a small line of blood streaking down his chin from a busted lip Elva gave him with her last slap. Sam listens to Cole's little rant but it fell on deaf ears. Sam's anger had taken him over, he had no idea what he was doing. He keeps his eyes locked on Elva's as he spoke to Cole.

"You know that saying you rattle a dogs cage he will eventually bite back. Well she just rattled it one too many times."

Sam took his fist that was on the wall and moved it to her throat. He squeezed and pulled her up till she was off her feet. He pinned her there on the wall holding her by her neck.

" I tried to love you I wanted to give you every thing, but you spat on me slapped me and threw my love in the mud. You wanted to get to know me? Well here is a side of me that no one has ever seen."

Sam looks over at Cole knowing what is to come. He smirks and gives him a look that just says make my day.

[Elva Ire]

Elva held his wrist trying to get it away from her neck. She was beginning to run out of air, she was beginning to die. Tears rolled down her eyes as she lamely kicked him in the ribs to try and get him to let go. Her kick hadn’t even been strong enough. “Sam...this isn’t you.” She closed her eyes and laid her head back to accept her fate. And what a cruel fate it was. She still didn’t love him, but she hadn’t thrown his love in the mud.

Or perhaps she did. The world was beginning to become black and she was vaguely aware of the storm. She was vaguely aware of anyting, her breathing had slowed down to almost nothing. Just like she was almost nothing in his hands.

[Cole Kessler]

"Son of a bitch!" Cole yelled as he charged. He could've taken him down with a bolt, but not without risking her. Cole couldn't let this happen. Breaching into a dead sprint, Cole reached them quickly.

He grabbed Sam's wrist and began to pull it back. Every time he would get it away, to give her more air, Sam would push toward her and overpower him. I've gotta get him off of her. I can't hurt Sam, he's my best friend. Cole thought to himself before something clicked in his head, Wait, this isn't Sam. Sam would never do this to a woman, especially not someone he loved as he claimed he did.

He stopped, and let one hand off his wrist, "Sam, I warned you about this. You wanna bring out the side of you no one has ever seen? You think you're the only one that has that? HUH!? If you won't let her go, I will make you."

Cole waited for a moment and finally let go of Sam's wrist. He turned his back to them and closed his eyes. When his eyes opened, the Irises had changed. His jaded orbs no longer in view, replaced by a burning navy starburst. Cole's darkside had been unlocked. He turned around, grabbed Sam's wrist and with all he had pulled it loose from her neck. Re-positioning himself, Cole's fist connected with the left side of Sam's lower jaw.

After that, Cole stepped between her, "I warned you, Mercer. I told you not to physically touch her." He explained stepping toward Sam, "You want her? You'll have to go through me." Cole stopped about two paces from him and set his feet waiting for Sam's reaction.

[Sam Mercer]

Sam stumbled back from the punch as he straitened back up full as Cole made that last statement. If he wanted the girl he had to go through Cole? Sam wanted her more than anything. His mind corrupt by anger he thought Cole must be trying to steal her from him. He wanted her in his arms. Sam looked at Cole with a small smirk and started filling his pockets. His smirk turned into an evil grin as he felt quite a bit of change. Sam pulls out a simple quarter holding it between his middle and index finger.

"You really want to start this Cole?"

Sam stands there ready as he uses his power on the quarter getting it ready to explode on his command. His anger fueling his strength and power giving him a bit more control. Sam looks at Cole.

"I will not let you take her from me!"

[Cole Kessler]

Cole's facial expression didn't change, "You think that's what I want, Sam? You forget I have a girlfriend." Cole stepped toward him, "You're anger has clouded you, man. You're challenging your best friend because he stepped in to stop you from killing someone and going to jail? That's fucked up, bruh." Cole's hick-toned accent flowing through. He didn't want to fight Sam, but would if he had no choice.

He took hold of a nearby light pole as lightning slammed into the top of it. The electrical energy from the bolt transmitted to his body through the pole. It surged through his muscles, causing him to flex. He looked back toward the woman, "And you didn't want me to step in? Go find someone, anyone. Just get out of here, woman. It's about to get ugly." Cole said as he turned his attention back to Sam.

He stepped back a few more paces and stopped. "If you want to do this, Sam..., if you want to attack your best friend, You can take the first shot." Cole told his friend as he stretched his arms out as if he was waiting to be crucified.

His voice reverted back to the darker tone, his eyes jade once more, "You wanna be the Devil? You want to be the bad guy? This is what they do, Sam. They attack people for no reason. True you had a reason, but this isn't you. The real you, the REAL Sam, agreed with me and said that no reason was good enough for a man to lay hands on a woman. You broke that rule, Sam. I stepped in to keep you from hurting the one that YOU claimed you loved. Not because I want to steal her or take her from you. I stepped in to prevent you taking her from you. You have to see that!"

[Elva Ire]

Elva knew there was only one way to stop this. She breathed in deeply and ran out into the middle. “STOP!” she screamed. She turned towards Cole, “I told you not to get in the middle of this. And my name is Elva, stop calling me woman!”

She turned towards Sam; he had that stupid grin on his face and a coin between his hands. Slowly but surely she walked up to him, the bruises on her neck were turning purple and she still had a hard time breathing. “Just because you didn’t get your way. Just because I don’t want to be in a relationship with, this is stupid Sam. This isn’t you, snap out of it before you end up hurting someone.”

Elva, in her gut, knew he wasn’t going to listen, so there was one last thing to do. She grabbed his chin and made him look into her eyes. “Look into my eyes and tell me that night meant nothing to you. Look deep into my eyes and tell me that you don’t care, that your going to hurt your best friend to get to me. Look into my eyes and tell me that this is you.”

[Sam Mercer]

Sam yanked his chin out of Elva's hand and looked strait at Cole.

"Sorry but I know your power Dove so I am not looking you in your eyes. I will answer your question though. That night means quite a bit to me, it was othe begining of my heart being ripped out. Hurt Cole to get to you? No. He laid his hands on me so I'm going to make him pay. Is this me? I don't know I guess crazy things happen when you rip a guys heart out."


His smile fades as he quickly launches the quarter right into the mud between Cole and Sam. The coin explodes sending a mass of dirt mud and water into the air for a brief second. Sam side steps Elva and sprints through the mud and water right at Cole. He brings up his right hand to swing at Cole and his left hand dives into his pant pocket grabbing about five coins. He powers up the coins but keeps his left hand back out of sight.

[Cole Kessler]

Cole didn't speak. Even when Elva told him her name, he remained silent. He listened to her try to reason with Sam, but to no avail. She should've expected as much. Sam was gone, and as much as it pained him to see it, Cole watched as his best friend launched a counter attack in his direction.

Even as the cloud of smoke, ash, mud, and water engulfed him, Cole's feet were stayed by compassion and suffering at the same time. Compassion to allow his best friend to see regret when he did what he'd set out to do, and suffering knowing that he may have to kill Sam to stop him. Could he do it? Could Cole kill his best friend if it came to that? Inside Cole shuddered at the thought, but outside remained solid wall of emotionless being.

Cole didn't move. Not even when he saw Sam charge forward, his body stood tall, strong, and firm. He didn't know what to do at this point. As Sam's fist connected, Cole's eyes shut. Even with his eyes closed, he could see everything happening, worse, he could see it all in slow motion. It was that split moment right after you get hit that time slows down almost to a standstill. The force of Sam's punch launched him into the air about six feet above where his head used to be.

Cole's body seemed to float a bit before finally crashing down into the ground, the mud molding to the outline of his body. His eyes still shut, a lesser eye would've thought him dead. Cole's heart still beat though, faster and faster as anger and adrenaline thinned his blood. Finally, his eyes opened, blazing blue orbs shone in the dark cover of the clouds above them. He looked at Sam as the man stood over him, as if he were already triumphant. As he stood up, his Irises disappeared. His eyes looked like two blue fireballs took home in his eyesockets. Lightning struck again, this time striking Cole directly.

The bolt channeled itself through Cole's body. His attempts to control it were damn near futile, the power inside wanted to take hold of him as Sam had let his do. At last, Cole took hold of each set of lightning. He channeled one to each arm, giving himself a weapon against Sam. The bolts physically manifested in small shocks and bursts around Cole's arms. He looked at Sam, his voice holding a devilish tone still, "That the best you can do, Sammy-boy?"

[Elva Ire]

Elva watched Cole get launched in the air, her neck aching all the worst. Sam was getting out of control. She stood in the rain looking for something to help her. Anything. Tears were rolling down her cheeks, mingling with the rain as it still fell, unaffected by the fight.

She had to say what was in her heart. She had caused this, Cole getting hurt, Sam becoming the monster. She had to stop it, no matter how much she got hurt. She launched herself between the two boys, both of them towering over her. She grabbed a hold of Sam’s middle and took a deep breath. To say what was in her heart, to tell him how she truly felt. She couldn’t let him fight Cole, she couldn’t let Cole fight him, she had to stop it, and the tears were still rolling.

”If you die tonight, you will never give me a chance to love you!” And then she did the unexpected, even by her standards, she grabbed his head and kissed him.

The rain rolled off of them, the thunder continued in the heavens and the lightening flashed. As if they were cheering her on, as if the weather understood what was going on down there, in that courtyard, by the library.

[Sam Mercer]

Sam stood there as Cole stood up they stood face to face about a foot from each other. The pressure in the air between them was so high it was like a bomb about to burst. In Sam's left hand the five coins turn a bright red as he filled them with so much power. Sam watched as Cole filled with lightning but didn't flinch, he stood still ready to throw his explosive projectiles. Sam was about to strike when Elva moved between them.

As she kissed him Sam's temper slowly cooled down and his power levels dropped rapidly. Exhaust fell into Sam's muscles as his adrenalin dropped. His fist opened and relaxed, the coins dropping into the mud. They held no more power and clinked against each other as they hit the mud. As soon as Sam's levels were back to normal the migraine set in so severe he passed smooth out falling back into the dirt and mud. To the naked eye he might of seemed dead his chest didn't even move for a few seconds his muscles too weak even to breath.

[Cole Kessler]

Cole breathed a sigh of relief as Elva kissed Sam. His muscles still tensed up with him not knowing how Sam would respond at first. The thunder rumbled around them as if it was satisfied with the end result of this situation. Cole couldn't help but smile, though still holding heavy power levels in his body.

As Sam collapsed, Cole jumped toward him, "Sam!" He checked for a pulse, thinking that maybe Sam's body couldn't handle the strain of the powers and that it had killed him. He laughed and sighed as he felt a faint heart beat. "He's alive, we need to get him outta the rain. Open the library door." He took Sam's body, hoisted it over his right shoulder and carried him into the lobby of the library. He gently laid him back down.

He looked at Elva afterward, "I need to step back outside. I'll be right back..., I hope." Cole said as he stepped back out into the Storm. Dropping to his knees he stretched both hands into the sky. Channeling the energy stored inside him into his extremities, Cole unleashed a hail of lightning into the sky, returning his power to it's original source. His body shuddered as the power left him violently. The adrenaline gland in his body slowed to the minimum amount.

BAM!

An abnormally large bolt of lightning slammed the ground three feet in front of him. In the ground surrounding it, the water evaporated and the grass closest to it burned away. Cole's breath was shortened by the closeness of it and he felt the ends of his body hair singe off. He crawled closer to the impact point. Inside was a metal bar, similar to that of a Lightning Rod, but it split off into two rods above that. Cole crawled forward and grabbed hold of it. It seemed to light up and electrify at his touch.

His body was too tired to stand up, though. The rain felt good, the storm calmed him down. He clasped the rod in his hand and rolled over to pass out, his face away from the water so he didn't drown. He closed his eyes and took in a few deep breaths. His pulse slow and breathing light, but Cole wasn't dead....., not yet. It wasn't his time.

[Elva Ire]

Elva knelt next to Sam where he lay on the floor. Mendie had come out of his hiding place and noticed the purple marks on his human’s neck. He made an angry hiss but she ignored him. She sat against the table, her head between her knees. She had no idea where Cole had gone and knew she should go look for him, but she didn’t have any motivation. She looked at his form and wondered how she could cause all of this. She packed up her stuff and Mendie watched over Sam with an evil eye.

Outside she saw that Cole had collapsed on the ground. Taking him by the armpits, she pulled him into the library and laid him next to Sam. “Boys...” she said quietly brushing the wet hair from their faces. She sat down. She would stay until they woke up. She wouldn’t kiss him again.

[Sam Mercer]

Sam was laying there unaware of the whole outside world, his mind wasn't even there in the library. First Sam's mind was on his bike racing Cole again. They both were full speed down a long strait away in the middle of no where. Sam smiled as he looked over and saw Cole sitting in the driver seat. Then it changed everything faded into the wind and a new dream started. Sam's first sensation was bright red hair then the person turned around and Sam saw her soft face. Elva stood there as Sam's face lit up but something was wrong. The wind around them started to pick up and Sam was blown away, no matter how much he yelled and fought he kept getting farther away. His mind was swept away into complete darkness. He was alone again there was nothing nobody just him and cold darkness. He started to yell at the top of his lungs and run as fast ask he could, but he couldn't escape the darkness.

[Cole Kessler]

Cole's mind had drifted off. All he could see was darkness. Then a vision appeared, as if he was living it firsthand. Tae sat the couch in his home in Oklahoma. He belly poked out as if she was pregnant. The scene changed to him looking out a window at his parents gravestones, but something wasn't right. His facial features in a mirror were not differentiated at all from his current ones. It was as if this was in the near future and Cole's emotions were whacked out of balance.

The vision faded into another one. Sam's body lay in a pool of blood, Cole's hands soaked in the same. His face full of fear as armored security kicked in the door and gunned him down. However, that vision again faded.

Another appeared. This one with Sam, Elva, and Taeyeon all in it. Cole leaned against the hood of his car, Tae approaching him. Sam working on his bike, Elva doing the same. They each whispered in the boys' ears and next thing: Sam and Cole were at other's throats. They went at it until for some reason, an explosion rang out obliterating half the neighborhood.

The explosion rocked him out of his slumber. He woke with a fearful yelp alerting everyone nearby. His panting load and heavy as he checked his surroundings to make sure everything was in order. Sam was still passed out, but Cole let out a sigh of relief as he realized the visions were over.