~Bad Romance~

Later that evening, the school incident was on the headline news, with two casualties found and two more reported heavily injured. The police are still investigating, questioning the group who were present at the scene, trying to know what happened at that time. But due to Scott’s influence and power, they made a more comprehensive story for everyone to understand. The school's classes were suspended for the next day.

“Where am I?” Lez woke up at noon the next day in an unprecedented place, and Mr. Anderson quickly notified the nurse that his daughter had regained consciousness.

“Lez? Sweetie, are you okay? Her mother quickly asked concerning her daughter’s condition.

“Mom? Where are we? What happened?” Lez hasn’t recalled what happened last night yet.

“We’re at the hospital, honey. How are you feelin’?” Mrs. Anderson wants to clarify.

“I’m feeling fine, mom, but what are we doing here?” Lez asked, still confused for the moment.

“The doctor’s here, honey.” Sweetheart, are you okay?” Mr. Anderson quickly hugged his daughter for being worried.

“I’m fine, dad,” Lez replied.

The doctor made a quick check-up on Lez.

“Your daughter is fine, Mr. Anderson. There’s no need to worry about it, and she just needs a little bit of rest. For now, she’s showing signs of having what we call dissociative amnesia. Would you mind avoiding any rush actions of pulling out any of her memories, especially what happened last night that could trigger trauma to arise? But eventually, she will regain her memory, have a little talk and just let her calm down. As soon as she can cope with the situation, the better.” The doctor explained.

Later on.

“Mom? What just happened? Did Drake know that we’re here at the hospital right now? I’ve been trying to call him, but he wouldn’t answer.” Lez asked as Mrs. Anderson couldn’t stop her tears.

“Mom, what’s wrong? Why are you crying?” Lez confusedly asked her mom.

“Oh, it’s nothing. I just remembered something that made me cry.” She replied and quickly put a smile.

Lez stared at her phone for a while as she was assuming for Drake’s call. The longer she stared, the more precise the scene she saw inside her head. It’s the scene where Drake instructed her to call for help, where Mike is lying on the floor, bleeding. Her memory from last night’s happening all of a sudden rushes into her head. A tear slowly forms from her left eye as she recalls the event where Drake was kneeling before he got stabbed in his chest—slowly remembering his exact last words that made her eyes flooding with tears.

“Sweetie? What’s wrong?” her mother quickly hugged her as she noticed her daughter crying.

“Why? What’s happening?” her dad quickly joined them as he was worried too.

“Mom? Where is Drake?” Lez asked as she continued her crying.

The couple just looked at each other, for they knew now that her daughter had regained her memory as they all cried with each other’s embrace.

“Promise me you’ll stay calm, okay?” her mother said that made Lez more uncomfortable.

“Mom? What’s wrong? Why are you talking like that? Has something bad happened to Drake?” Lez is becoming more and more paranoid, for she can’t accept if something worse happens to her boyfriend.

“Sweetheart, please. Just hear out your mom.” Her dad pleads.

“Okay. Please tell me.” Lez replied as she continued to wail.

“Your other friend, Mike, is now in stable condition, and he is with your friends in the other room from here.

Drake, on the other hand, is still in the ICU in critical condition. The doctors are trying their best, but they don’t know what will be the possible outcome that might happen yet.” Her mom replied, crying.

“Where is he, mom? Mom! Where is Drake? Take me to him; I can save him. Please, mom, please!” Lez begs her mother to lead her the way where she can locate Drake.

“I don’t understand, sweetie. How can you save him?” Mrs. Anderson confusedly asked.

“Just trust me. I have to save Drake.” Lez is determined to save her boyfriend no matter what.

“Okay! Okay! I’ll take you to the room.

Lez, together with her mom, went to the ICU to see Drake’s status as her dad stayed behind. A worried and crying Al, Clem, and Doris met them outside the room as they greeted themselves with a heartwarming hug.

“How’s Drake?” Lez’s first question.

“He is still inside Lez. The doctors are still trying their best to treat him. He suffered a punctured lung due to a stab to his chest, and it’s not just a small wound, as they said. Fortunately, his heart wasn’t damaged, so there’s a faint chance that he will survive. We’re just hoping and praying for the best results.” Al couldn’t stop herself from crying.

“Isn’t his regeneration ability helping him regenerate faster?” Lez wondered.

“I don’t know; it should be. But as of now, it isn’t, and I don’t know the reason why.” Al replied.

“Maybe I could help him, Al,” Lez stated.

“What do you mean you could help him? Help him what?” Al curiously asked.

Lez started to explain. “Last night when Drake was fighting the demon, he proved his theory.”

“What theory?” Al was getting interested in the theory.

“He said that every time he's near with me, the stronger his ability becomes. And I’ve seen it with my own two eyes; he became faster, quicker, and more agile while he was fighting that demon. He was winning at that time. We just didn’t expect the next thing that happened.” Lez said with sad eyes.

“Look! I’ve got to try Al. I’ve got to!” Lez is so determined that she could do it and save her boyfriend.

“What do you mean by that? But that is not your ability?” Al is getting more confused about what Lez was saying.

“Please just trust me in this. We don’t have much time for me to explain, and I’ve got to do this now. Please, Al, please.” Lez pleads as they badly need to try Drake’s theory.

“Okay! Let me get in first.” Al went inside the room where the doctors were still treating Drake. She made an illusion to let them see that they are still doing their job, but they were set aside in reality.

“Okay! It’s all clear. Hope you are right about this.” Al sees a gleam of hope from what Lez has said.

Lez quickly ran towards Drake and held his hands firmly.

“Please, Drake, please, I know you can survive this,” Lez murmured as the others came close to see.

Something triggered Drake’s cells when Lez held his hand as it quickly reacted faster and quickly regenerated to heal his wounds. A scene can be seen from his insides that is now fixing itself, bringing his lungs to function back to normal. His statistics show from critical moving back to normal as it goes.

“That is amazing!” Clem commented as it was his first time to see a man regenerating at that speed.

Mrs. Anderson just covered her mouth as she could not believe what she saw by now while Nana Doris was still praying, thanking God for the beautiful result.

Al and Lez looked at each other and just laughed with joy as they witnessed a miracle happening in front of them.

A typical beeping sound now replaces a slow beep of heart rate from the monitor earlier.

Drake is now out of danger and soon will be alright.

They quickly sneak out of the room while Al brings back the doctor to its places and let them continue the treatment while synchronizing the illusion that she made that the doctors had succeeded the whole operation of Drake.

They celebrate outside the room as they embrace each one another for the successful theory of Drake.

“But How?” Al wanted to know how she did it for all that she knows that she doesn’t have that kind of ability as a guardian.

“I really don’t know how or why. Drake just showed it to me last night.” Lez replied with a happy face.

“That was Incredible Lady Lez. I’ve never seen Master Drake heal like that before, and that was truly amazing.”

“Is that only applicable with Drake?” Al looked at Lez, smiling.

“I don’t know. But there’s only one way to find out.” Lez also replied with a smile.

“I’d like to try that theory of yours, but maybe on another day. For now, we’ll just wait for your boyfriend’s recovery.” Al said so excitedly.

The door suddenly opened, and the doctor came out looking puzzled as he quickly requested the presence of the family.

“Ms. Scott, we are happy to inform you that your brother is now out of harm’s way. But, I think you might want to see this.” The doctor brought the group back inside.

“So what’s the problem, doc?” Al was playing dumb as if she didn’t know what had happened.

“Well, as you can see,” the doctor opened the curtain to where Drake was lying.

“Hey! What’s up, guys?” Drake smiled and greeted them usually like nothing ever happened.

“Okay! I never expected that fast of a result.” Al was surprised as she was putting an unsure smile on her face. She expected the whole event with Lez was supposed to initiate Drake's regeneration just to heal his severe wounds but not completely recover back to normal status and regain his vigor in just a moment.

Doris and Clem handled the situation not to make it public and keep themselves in silence while Mrs. Anderson went back to their room so that her daughter with her boyfriend could talk more privately.

“So? What did I miss?” Drake asked the two ladies in the room while he was changing his clothes behind the curtain.

“You missed? Um… what is the last thing that you remembered last night?” Al asked Drake.

“The last thing that I remembered was fighting with Linda, then I got stabbed in the chest, and then I saw Lez then, nothing.” Drake coldly replied.

“Drake? Are you feeling okay?” Lez worriedly asked that she thought there was something wrong with him.

“Yep! I’m totally fine.” Drake replied, softly laughing while getting out of the curtain while Lez handed him back his phone. “Thank you,” he said as he kissed his girlfriend. He kissed her longer like they hadn’t seen themselves for months as Lez recognized her boyfriend being touchy all of a sudden. Al, being annoyed watching them, tried to break them by asking,

“By the way Lez, I have to ask. Do you remember how the demon got defeated? Al asked, trying to obtain some answers to know the truth.

“Yeah, and I want to know what was that too. I am getting more confused about my abilities.” Lez replied as she was also interested to know more about her powers.

“Why? What’s wrong with your abilities?” Drake is now curious, too, for he hasn't seen the happening nor know who defeated Linda in the first place.

“Drake. I saw it. Lez conjured a flame that torched the demon away. I don’t know how she did it, but there might be some error on our assumptions about her.” Al said but couldn’t comprehend it.

“Flame? But I thought she can only manipulate force?” Drake becomes confused, for it contradicts their previous conclusions.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought so too. But look at our evidence. I know Princess Ember is a Fire Guardian which can manipulate or create fire, right?” Al clarified the things that she said to Drake.

“I don’t know. I haven’t met Princess Ember before.” Drake denied Al’s statement.

“What? But you’ve been so close with Ember before; I even teased you for having a crush on her.” Lez just listened to the siblings having a conversation but feeling awkward about what Al just revealed, for she knew Ember was her twin sister.

“Okay! But I really don’t remember that one.” Drake answered truthfully.

“So you forgot about her too, huh? But never mind that. My new assumption is maybe because Ember and Lez are twins, they also share the same ability. In which means, both of them are Fire Guardian.” Al clearly explained based on the information they gathered.

“Is that credible enough to say that they are both Fire Guardians? I mean, is it considered to have two Fire Guardians at the same time?” Drake pointed out that they haven’t proven nor read any text in having a guardian with the same abilities.

“I really don’t know! But that’s the closest thing I could think that should explain it all. But I’m wondering about that barrier of Lez too.” The idea becomes more complicated the more they think of it.

“Have you read from any books that maybe, just maybe, a one-person could possess the ability of two guardians?” Drake gave an excellent opinion to his sister.

“Maybe, but there is only one way to find out.” the siblings turned their heads towards Lez.

“Um… I didn’t know how I did that, and I don’t know how to do it again.” Lez quickly answered as if she knew what the siblings were thinking.

“That’s okay. We could try that in the next few days, but that’s not the thing that worries me the most.” Al said as she thought of something new and was suddenly brought up in her mind.

“And what could that be?” Drake quickly asked.

“I just wondered how a demon got out from the netherworld. I thought it was locked; nothing can go in nor come out and could only be opened if the Key crosses the Lock. And by that, means it could only be opened if the Key unlatched the Lock. But we had the Lock and Key at the mansion separately put in a box, and nothing happened nor identification that the Lock was opened.” Al is beginning to suspect something foul happened.

Silence filled the area for a moment as Al recognized Lez and Drake looking at each other.

“Drake? You had the book of Lock and Key the whole time. Care to explain what is going on, and please, do not lie to me. You know I can tell if you’re hiding something from me.” Al is very observant when it comes to his brother, and she can distinguish Drake’s secrets by his reactions.

“Okay. But promise me you’ll hear me out.” Drake requests her sister to let him finish what he has in mind.

“Hm, okay!” Al replied.

“Don’t overreact.” Drake wants to clarify things out before he talks.

“Okay! I get it already, and I promise not to overreact.” Al assured him to let him start and speak his mind.

“Well, Lez and I talked about a theory of mine way before we knew she was a Seymour.” Drake started.

“So another theory of yours, huh?” Al intervened.

“Yes! I know. So this theory came when I read the book about the Key. And it goes like, it was created by an ancient demon to unleash him from the netherworld and once again wreak havoc to the human world.” Drake stated the obvious to refresh her sister’s idea of the story and see how his sister would react.

“Yes! I already knew that, so could you please get into the main idea of your theory.” Al requested.

“Well, you see, the book indicates that the Key was given the protection that can undo any harm that it may receive, either it may be magical or physical. As long as it will result in her demise, it will automatically protect her,” Drake reveals the truth to his sister, which also shocks Lez as she thought she was a guardian.

“You said her, and not it,” Al said as she turned her head to Lez. “So that explains how she managed to ignore my illusions and that demon’s attacks.”

“But I thought you said I was a guardian, Drake?” Lez wants to clarify.

“Yes, you are Lez. We just had it all wrong. You are indeed the twin sister of Ember, and you are a Seymour, but we are wrong for assuming that you are the force guardian, which, according to what my sister witnessed, you are a fire guardian.” Drake clearly explained.

“So I’m a guardian and also the key?” Lez confusedly clarifies by asking.

“Figuratively speaking, yes! And based on the facts we have.” Drake replied.

“Can anything gets more complicated than this?” Al is getting unsure of what to do and what will it results.

“Does this mean that Lez’s ability to increase your potential on using your ability is because she is the key?” Al wants to clarify her statement by asking Drake.

“That’s what I’m thinking too, and I proved it last night. And I think it’s not just me she can improve potentially.” Drake smiles at her sister.

“And if she can do that, then we have a greater chance to fight back and win the fight.” Both siblings looked at Lez smiling.

“All we need to do is protect her at all cost so that no demon can get hold of her until we defeat them all.” Drake unveiled his brilliant plan on solving his problems.

“Yeah, kind of. But you only cleared half of the story and forgot to mention the other half.” Al quickly turned her head back to Drake, looking at him so intimidating.

“Now we know the whereabouts of the Key; how about you told us the whereabouts of the Lock. Coz no matter how hard we try to think, the netherworld won’t open without the Key crossing the Lock itself.” Al is now having suspicions that Drake is hiding something.

“What do you mean, Al? You think Drake knew where the Lock is all along?” Lez asked.

“Yap. And he’s trying to hide it from us.” Al is still looking at her brother, trying to make him spit it all out so that Drake could enlighten them.

“Okay! Okay! I’ll tell you the whole truth now.” Drake sadly opened up.

“Do you remember the words displayed at the back of the album?” Drake asked, and they answered, “Yes!”

“It explains in there saying that a spell was cast for three days to avoid the crossing of the Key and Lock, right?” Drake started to explain while the two girls listened and nod.

“There was a time at the Game room in the mansion, I tried to have a kiss on Lez, but I didn’t because I can’t,” Drake said that made both of them interested to know.

“What do you mean you can’t?” Al asked because she knew her brother could always do it to other women.

“Yes, I can’t. I wanted to, but I couldn’t. I can feel something that prevents me from doing it, like a barrier or something that made me unable to move and kiss Lez. That’s why I wonder. The second time I attempted to kiss her was on that maple tree when we had a picnic. The same thing happened, I can close our distance, she can put her head on my shoulder, I can hug her, but the thing it only prevents me is kissing her. The same thing happened the third time, but this happened when she officially became my girlfriend. And this time, it’s different; she’s the one who initiated in kissing me, which I would love to happen but failed. The barrier pushed my head away from her….”

“So that’s why you hugged me instead? And I’ve thought you were avoiding my kiss.” Lez bashfully inserted.

“Exactly! But not my intention. After our first date, I finally succeeded in kissing her. And that was exactly three days after we met. And later on, demon Linda came barking at me, and everything you know happened.” Drake finished his storytelling to the two ladies in front of him.

“So you mean, you are the Lock, and Lez is the Key. Now that made it more complicated, Grrr….” AL got more frustrated by the truth Drake revealed to them. With that now out in the open, Al is having a hard time on how to do this all along. Their plan to protect Lez has now become protecting her brother and Lez, and she can’t do it all alone.

“Drake, I’m sorry, but I have to inform John and father about this.” Al has no choice, for she thinks it will be a bad idea just for the three of them to handle the demon all alone, especially if their target is to obtain the Key, which is Lez, and destroy the Lock, which is Drake.

“Al, please, you know what our father would do if he knew about this. He would rather eliminate the threat than trying to protect it from harm. You know that. And I won’t just stand there and do nothing if he does that. I will fight anyone, no matter what I will face. Let’s go Lez.” Drake rages out of the conversation as his eyes flickered to blue while grabbing Lez’s hand as they went out.

“Drake! Wait! Please listen to me.” Al pleaded but couldn’t make him hear her out.

Drake called Clem and requested that someone deliver his bike to the hospital, and as soon as it arrived, they left the hospital and went somewhere else.

“Where are we going, Drake?” Lez asked as he dragged her without telling her their destination, but Drake kept silent during their entire ride.

Soon they arrived at Drake’s pad as the man was hurrying on something.

“Come. Let me pack up first, and then we’re going at your house to pack yours before we leave.” Drake, out of nowhere, came up with that idea as they went inside and began to argue.

“What? What are you thinking? We are not going to leave.” Lez is trying to give a statement.

“Lez, please, we don’t have time to argue. Instead, why don’t you help me pack up my things so we can go?” Drake is being stubborn and continues to pack his things up.

“Drake, please stop! You’re unreasonable right now. Stop what you are doing and hear me out.” Drake stopped what he was doing and started to listen.

“Alex was right. We need all the help we can get, especially from your brother and father, who are stronger and have more experience than us. We are having a hard time defeating one demon, let alone seven of them.” Lez reasonably explained to Drake.

“Yes, I know that, but you don’t know who my father truly is. He is far more ferocious than the demon Linda we faced. The moment he finds out the truth, he will surely eliminate the threat itself. And that is you Lez. And I can’t just do nothing before that happens. If he wants to get rid of you, then he’ll better find us first. And if he does, I’m going to do my best to see that he won’t succeed. I’m going to do this for your own good.” Drake has a point. He knows his father better than her.

“We can’t just decide that on ourselves not knowing of their own opinion. Maybe we can convince your father instead of eliminating me; I can help them eliminate the true threat we face. I can’t just abandon every person in this town, especially my family and friends, now that we know there’s a loose demon around just to save my own ass.” Lez firmly stood her point.

“Then what do you want me to do? Just sit aside, do nothing, just watch them murder you? Is that what you want?” Tears started to fall on Drake’s eyes while Lez comforted her with her embrace as she cried as well.

“I know what is at stake here, Drake, but we might at least try before judging them. We’ll never know what comes up next if we will never try, and we can’t just lose hope.” Lez pulled back Drake’s head to see his entire face while he was crying.

“Besides, they could not even hurt me even if they try, remember? No one can.” Lez assured no one could compromise her safety.

Drake quickly grabbed the neck of his girlfriend and kissed her lips gently. It started so soft that they could feel the tenderness of each brush of their lips and the flow of its rhythm as they closed their eyes.

Slowly, Drake went down to her neck, where she felt the pleasant tickle vibrating the senses all over her body as she moaned ever so lovely that a man could ever hear. He slowly opens his eyes as it flashes blue twice, wraps her waist with his arms, and carries her to the bedroom.

There and then, they both gently laid themselves on top of the bed as Drake's body laid over Lez, kissing while undressing her tops.

Lez doesn’t know what to do. She knows it was wrong, but she can’t help herself wanting it so bad especially doing it with the person she loved the most.

Drake, on the other hand, knows what to do best. That will make the woman in front of him wanting it more as his eyes flashed blue three times unnoticed.

“You like this?” Drake whispered to Lez’s right ear as his tongue touched her earlobes, massaging it, sucking it, and gently brushes his lips on the back of her ear, kissing it as it electrifies her feeling.

Lez just simply hugs the man over her, biting her lips, and moans as her reply.

Drake stood up while the lady awaited his return. Drake undressed from top to bottom as Lez quickly removed her pants. He turned his music player on in a soft volume,

~ (BGM) Make You Mine – Public ~.

Drake smiled at her as she smiled back at him before they went back to their kissing. He flung her up, changing their position as he now sits on the bed while she sits on his groin. Kissing her neck once again as his left hand plays her head, caressing her hair while his right hand on her waist, massaging around it, went up on her back and unstrapped her bra.

Slowly his lips went down from her neck and into her chest. Gently kissing her voluptuous bosoms, licking her sweet pink nipples as his tongue plays around it, and sucked them. She loved how her boyfriend did it as she pressed his head softly towards her chest to feel each of the strokes his lips and tongue were making.

Wetness came in her as her breathing got heavier and her moans louder.

Drake knows that she is on that stage as he changes their position once again. He laid her down back to bed and continued to kiss her as his right hand did the trick. Drake placed his hand over her underwear and felt the dampness of the cloth. He slid his hand touching her lady parts. She felt the heat coming from his hand as he began to whisper, “Do you like this better?” then gently massaged her wet vulva.

Lez cannot control her moans as she releases a louder sweet moan, but Drake catches it and returns it inside her mouth by kissing her as both of their tongues played while doing the massage below.

Drake placed his head back to her ears, kissing, and whispered, “Do you want some more?” and she replied, “Yes, please.”

Drake’s eyes flash blue three times as he swiftly vanishes from her view. His hand stopped its job as it removed her underwear ever so quickly.

Lez doesn’t know what happened. She suddenly felt warm lips and a wet tongue slowly crawling from her legs up to her genitals. She can feel the warm breath of her boyfriend panting over her sweet spot.

Lez could not describe how she felt while her right hand held her boyfriend’s back of the head. She bit her lips while her entire body was vibrating as it reacted to every brush of Drake’s tongue to her pussy. Her eyes turned white while Drake flashed blue four times as she aroused into climax and had her first orgasm of the night.

“Wow! That was the sweetest moan I’ve ever heard in my entire life.” Drake commented as Lez replied to him with a sweet giggle with a smile.

He removed his underwear to prepare himself for his climax. He slowly crawled to bed and gently laid his body over his girlfriend’s.

“Are you ready?” Drake’s few words before he penetrates hers.

“Please, be gentle,” Lez replied as she prepared to give everything she had to her ever-loved boyfriend.

Drake smiled before his organ kissed her wet opening. Slowly, gently, Lez felt Drake’s over 6-inch penis with a thick circumference slid through her wet vagina as she opened her mouth in the discomfort of the first stroke. A small stain of blood mixed into her juice, painting both their genitals red.

Drake knows how to drive a virgin woman enough to feel both pain and pleasure. His warm kisses from her lips to her ears, her neck, and her breasts make it more passionate as he pumps vigorously but gently into her.

Moments later, Lez reached her 2nd orgasm with Drakes as her eyes turned white while Drake was now in full blue.

They never did it just once, neither twice nor thrice. They filled their night with their love and passion for each other. They finished their ultimate intimacy with a giggle and a cuddle before they took a rest.

Later, in a scene where someone is watching the news on live TV, a report came in where two dead bodies of a man were found withering inside a hotel room.

“Suspect is still at large….”

Then the TV was turned off, and the music was turned on. – Make You Mine – Public continues as background music.

As the song continues to play, revealing that the person watching the news was no other than the suspect herself, the demon Linda.

“I will make you mine, my love.” She said as she laughed ominously.

At the same time, going back to where Drake and Lez were resting, sleeping in the middle of the night. Drake suddenly opened his eyes, glowing in full blue, as he stood and went out of the room without Lez noticing his disappearance.

END OF CHAPTER 12