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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Do you already have something you're researching about, cause I'm surprised you haven't met me for a scoop?" Nora asked looking at Kara as she stole a piece of cupcake her mom baked to give out to the orphanage tomorrow.
"Kara," Nora warned seeing she was disturbing her arrangement, and shortening the cakes."Last one," Kara promised with the food in her mouth and gulped it hard into her stomach."Be careful how you eat, Kara."Kara took water from the fridge and drank it."So answer my question."Kara nodded and closed the water. "Yes, kind of.""What kind? Not a dangerous kind, right?" Nora asked her.Kara sighed. "You are the one doing the dangerous work, mom, not me.""Tell me what you're researching about." Nora cajoled."Don't even know. Still working on loose ends, hoping it becomes something."Nora nodded. "I get that.""When is Sofia coming back?" Kara asked."Oh. She didn't tell you?""Tell me what?" Kara asked confused."She's sleeping over at Kate's. She won't be coming back til tomorrow." Nora informed.Kara nodded. "You know it's especially hard for Sofia leaving Midlane. Everything she loves is there."Nora shook her head. "Not everything. We are here with her.""I just...I just still wonder why you decided to follow me. I feel like there's more to it.""Doesn't matter, Kara. We're all here now."Kara nodded not wanting to push things further."Th...this morning when you..." She trailed with a sigh. "You looked dead. Did you see things?"Kara furrowed her brows at her. "What things?""Dreams." She immediately answered. "I meant dreams. Something had to keep you asleep for that long."Kara narrowed her eyes at her mom. "Hmm. You believe in the extraordinary?""Was it extraordinary?" Nora immediately asked again, causing Kara to furrow her brows at her behavior."Mom..."Her phone ringing cut her off. She looked at the caller ID. It was Zoey. It's showtime.She looked at her mom. "Gotta head out.""Isn't it a bit late to be heading out?" Nora asked worriedly."Chill mom. I'm just going out to the Haven with Zoey, and Emily."Nora nodded. "Okay."Kara equally nodded and walked out leaving Nora in her thoughts....."Who is he waiting for?" Zoey asked as they sat still in a restaurant they haven't come across watching Julius as he drink his beer and wait patiently for someone."Aren't you guys gonna order anything?" A waitress came to them."Just water," Kara told her. The waitress nodded and left."Since we're here, why not order something?" Zoey asked."What if he stands up, and leaves?" Kara questioned.Zoey nodded. "I get your point."No sooner, the waitress brought their water and left.The glass door of the restaurant opened, and someone suspicious, and looking very uneasy entered, his eyes moving searchingly for someone."Could it be that guy?" Zoey asked, causing Kara to look back.Her eyes widened in shock as she saw the guy in her vision. The one that was shot.Julius looked back and directed the guy to where he sat. The guy immediately went to his table."You're looking as if you know the guy." Zoey noticed.Kara looked at her and blinked. "Of course, I don't. Just snap."Zoey nodded and leveled her phone in between her left knee, and the table snapping pictures of them.Seeing the guy was enough evidence for her alone. It's definitely not a coincidence."Did you hear that name?" Zoey asked.Kara furrowed her brows at her in confusion. "What name?""You weren't listening?" Zoey whispered in a lashing tone."Just say it."Zoey sighed. "I heard the name, Philip Stark.""The billionaire?"Zoey nodded. "Yep. And he sounds scared like something is about to kill him."Kara looked at them wanting to hear their statements."It's too late. It's too late!" That is what she heard and Julius stood up and left him."I got his picture, Kara. We'll use his face to ID him."Kara nodded. "OK. That's better."She looked back at the man. He was indeed uneasy. He seemed to know he'll soon be a dead man.What exactly did he do to warrant such death sentence?
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"Fourteen more days for the eggs to hatch. I'm sure Percillia will come around soon. She won't leave her eggs to die." He said looking at the eggs that sat still in his lair."Hmm. The eggs would have been a great addition to hell."Trick looked at him. "Lucifer, Lucifer. I'm pretty sure your dumbness is what got you sent out of heaven.""What do you mean by that?" Lucifer queried with a frown on his face."Truly the eggs would have been a great addition, but these eggs are programmed to die if their first sight isn't Percillia. Mama dragon made sure of that before she died.""Then it's useless then," Lucifer concluded.Trick shook his head. "Not useless. These are another of mama dragon's descendants, so I'm pretty sure Percillia will make sure her descendants don't go into extinction. It was a promise she made to mama dragon.""Don't you think there could be a way to reverse mama dragon's curse on her children?" Lucifer asked.Trick tilted his head at the eggs. "Hmm. Probably. But l
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"The whole jazz square of this club is turning my eyes!" Zoey yelled so she can be heard. "And I can't help it, but move accordingly. Can you see me, Kara?" She was beginning to talk to herself since Kara didn't hear the second part.She was more focused on looking for Renard, or even Julius. Anyone of them could lead her to the spot she saw in her dreams."Hey, you guys!" Layla walked up to them looking kinda drunk. "Do you care for some white magic?"Kara furrowed her brows at what was on her hand. "What's that? Are those drugs?" She asked with a frown on her face."You only get to rebel one day!" She said out loud, dancing and moving to the rhythm of the jazz.Kara was only nodding to it. She wouldn't like it if she get too carried away like her friend Zoey who seem to have forgotten they were here on a mission.But then she stopped and furrowed her brows in suspicion, and thoughts. She then turned to look at Zoey as she just danced like there was no care for the world, forgetting
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"What the hell is happening?""Was that a gunshot?"Everyone in the club was panicking and running out.Zoey, now a bit sober, kept looking around and walking around looking for Kara, and Layla. Just one drink, Zoey. Just one. She sighed, as her head was pounding.She frowned wondering where they are. She couldn't leave without them. It was too late.Her eyes widened as she saw Layla sitting on a stool close to the counter with a guy. "Layla!" She yelled, but Layla was completely out of it.Zoey pushed the guy off her. "Stay away from my friend."The guy chuckled and backed off."Layla!" Zoey kept calling her, but Layla was in a different world."I had so much fun, Zoey. So much!" That was all she said in a triumphant manner.Zoey just nodded. "OK, but what about Kara? Where's she?"Layla let out a short cackling sound. "Who cares?"Zoey just shook her head at Layla and kept looking around wondering where Kara went to.She furrowed her brows as she saw Philip Stark walking hastily out
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Kara got home very late and entered her house. She met her mom, and siblings worried. They were obviously wondering when she was gonna get home."Mom, do you think she's involved with that club?" Ellie asked.Nora shook her head. "I'm not sure. Your sister won't involve herself in such. Besides, I didn't see her, or any of her friends."They all nodded still waiting.Nora sighed broodingly, remembering what she did. She was even lucky she was the one that caught Layla, and Zoey's phone on the ground. It was wrong of her, but somehow she knew Kara was involved. The problem is where she's at because she was the one who called 911.Kara silently walked up the stairs not knowing what else to do to ease them.She shook her head and walked back down. It's best to start really thinking about how to become visible again.How did it happen? How did it happen? There should be a way to reverse it.She stood still for a while in deep thought, and after a few seconds, something clicked."I wished
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"Ah. Kara!" Zoey yelled and ran to give her a tight hug. "Oh my God! I'm happy you're safe!"The hug was becoming too tight for Kara and she was finding it difficult to breathe. "Zo...Zoey. I can't breathe." She said in a strained voice.Zoey immediately pulled out of the hug. "Oh, sorry. I was so worried. What happened?""I got out. I was even the one who called the cops."Her eyes widened. "Seriously?"Kara nodded."Where were you then?" Zoey asked."Somewhere. And besides, you should have left Layla. It would have been good if she got caught. She deserved that." Kara said out of anger.Zoey sighed. "I just couldn't.""I no longer want a friend like her. She's wayward. She took drugs and was offering. I think she drugged you."Zoey furrowed her brows. "Right?"Kara nodded. "Yeah, when we got there. The one drink you drank, and she tried to force me to, it was no coincidence."Zoey sighed loudly. "From now henceforth, I'm allergic to clubs."Kara chuckled. "Right."Then Zoey furrowed
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"I know you guys know the reason why I called you. The death that happened at Placid hotel. I want an investigation, and a full report on it, since it concerns the ongoing investigation of what happened at that unknown club. I want Daily Research to be the first to publish this. You get me!" Mrs. Taylor Leon commanded, and everyone nodded."It's competition, people! Anyone of you who breaks, and publishes this case first will be promoted to the second stairs. You'll no longer be an intern, but a full-blown journalist." She told them."Ooh. Desperate." Someone commented with a whisper."Y'all got me, right!" She hollered."Yes ma'am!" Everyone answered.She nodded and left towards the elevator.Kara let out a huge sigh. "Things are becoming serious." She said as they walk back to their desks.Zoey nodded in agreement. "Although I still wonder how you knew he died.""Isn't it obvious? His message was his testimony. People who do that are about to die."Zoey frowned at her. "Oh.""We're
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Kara stared at her ceiling hoping an answer would just appear mysteriously on it, but it was a joke.She wondered if she could avoid it, but then she knew she just can't. That curiosity spiraled in her to know. To just know.Makes her wonder exactly who professor Kenneth Hall is. The things he knows. And the answers she's really seeking seem to be in his palms.He happened to know more about her life, and it kinda sucks. But for some reason, if she wanted to know the truth, the whole truth, then going to him will be the next act.He was just so specific, especially about the fire monster that killed her parents. He was so specific.She narrowed her eyes suddenly beginning to try, and remember what her parents called the monster. She was sure he was called something.She sighed and decided to sleep. There's a long day tomorrow..."Don't face my wife, Gordon. Face me instead. Don't face my wife, Gordon, face me instead."Her dad's voice and her mom's cries kept going on and on in her
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Hunter shook his head in anger at the man he came to meet. "What on earth are you yammering about?"The man gulped, let out a breath, and nodded. "Dos niñas. Vinieron aquí. Nos estaban mirando. Los enviaste? (Two girls. They came here. They were watching us. You sent them?)"Hunter shook his head in confusion. "No, no lo hice.(No I didn't.)""Creo que estaban investigando. (I think they were investigating us.)"Hunter furrowed his brows wondering about his statements. He wondered who, and somehow he got a thought. It was random cause he wasn't sure, then he brought his phone out, did something with it, and show it to the man. "¿Esta chica es una de ellas? (Is this one of them?)"The man immediately nodded. "Si. Si. Ella estaba. (Yes. Yes. She was.)"Hunter sighed. "Hmm. Okay. So, cuantas pruebas tienes? (So, how much evidence have you gotten?)""Todavía no he visto a tu padre, pero... (I haven't yet seen your father, but...)" He brought out a document and handed it to Hunter. "Robé es
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"What did you get from your mom?" Emily asked curiously.Kara looked at her. "Did you know Layla was pregnant?"Emily furrowed her brows in obvious shock and shook her head. "No single idea, and she wasn't showing any symptoms."Kara sighed. "Well, she was. And whoever killed her knows.""They took the fetus?" Emily asked in disbelief and with a frown of disgust written on her face."Believe me, I was as disgusted as you," Kara told her.Zoey sighed. "I just...I just can't believe it. Layla just died."Kara looked at her. "Well, you better. We just need to find who murdered her.""To use to boost yourself at work, or because she was a friend?" Emily asked.Kara looked at her. "A friend she was indeed. Somehow, whatever got her dead, she was responsible."Emily looked away noticing her sarcasm about the friend part. "Well, she was my friend. I need to help.""Just do your thing, Em. Just don't go kill yourself." Kara retorted in a warning gaze."This isn't a joke, Kara!" Emily attacked
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Chapter 26
Nora blinked, her eyes teary, and her face pouted in sadness at Layla's dead body."By the look on your face, you know her." Her partner, Evan Griffin noticed.Nora nodded. "Layla Gates. She goes to Cap. U with my daughter. They're friends."Nora frowned at the disgusting sight and squatted in front of Layla's dead body. "Who..who the hell will do this?""Rogers, Griffin! I got an ID. Layla Gates." Officer Ross came to them with a purse.Nora stood up, and they nodded. "By the looks of that. Nothing was stolen."Officer Ross nodded. "Nothing at all. The coroner will be taking the body to forensics. Something was taken from her, we just don't know what."Nora let out a brooding sigh looking at Layla. "I guess that's one way to start the investigation. Who found her?""Let me take you to her." Officer Ross offered and walked.They followed him and went to the lady standing with other cops."Hi." Nora greeted. "We're detectives from the CCPD police department." They showed their badges.
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Chapter 25
"What if they find it, and find her, Ava?" Ken asked, worry laced in his voice.Ava shook her head. "They won't. It'll be hard to detect in her body.""But they'll feel it."Ava nodded. "They'll feel it's close if a searcher is used, but what they don't know is the inhabitor is not just any human. She's half among the dead, and half among the living, and it can only be found in her as a phantom."Ken blinked. "So, you mean it can only be clearly detected when she's a ghost?"Ava nodded again. "Yeah, Ken. If they have rights over the other side, then they can get her there. Luckily, it'll take time for them to realize that, and begin to figure out a way to get her to the other side, cause you can't kill what is already dead."Ken sighed. "I just...I still don't get it. How did she live?""I can only say she was split, but the story will be til when she comes. I told you I don't want to narrate it twice."...Emily looked at her roommate and sighed. "I don't really know why you're bei
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Chapter 24
Percillia frowned looking at her eggs. It was meant to hatch, but it hasn't. What's wrong?She blinked beginning to fire a million worst scenarios in her head.But then she shook her head. "It is impossible. They should know nothing can be done. There's no use. What is happening?"She looked back at the eggs with looks of worry evident on her face.What's happening?...."Thank you so much, Draco. You saved those dragons."Draco looked at Trick and shook his head. "No, I didn't. I just postponed their hatching period until I find a way to do what you want."Trick smiled. "You believe it's possible, right?"Draco nodded. "With a lot of incantations, I should be able to reverse the curse Glenda made on her babies. The dragons will live, and work for you."Trick nodded. "Good, 'cause I gotta go." Then he left Draco with the eggs.Arriving at the gathering, he walked to sit in his seat after bowing to the king."Why so late, Trick?" Gordon asked."Just taking care of a business.""From
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Chapter 23
Kara blinked still trying hard to look away from Hunter but finding it difficult. "Um, you...you look familiar. Why?" She asked in wonder."Cause we met yesterday. The other guy with your ex." Hunter informed.Kara raised her brow in realization. "Oh. You're friends with him."Hunter shook his head. "Not actually.""Why am I here, then?""I'm guessing why I'm here is why you accepted to meet."Kara narrowed her eyes at him in thought. 'I don't think he knows why I accepted to meet him. I mean he was a friend of mine. A childhood friend. Why else would I...why else would I...Oh, God! He's a Stark. Damn it!' She pondered in her thoughts."What do you want? I mean, honestly, I still don't get you." Kara told him truthfully.Hunter nodded. "The article you wrote about the vile drug lord. I want to know more about it.""Neo! Neo!" Cara fell to the ground crying."What is it, Cara? Why weren't you careful?""I...I just didn't...I didn't see it....""Miss. Rogers? Miss Rogers!"Kara blinked
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Chapter 22
"This better be good news, Dr. Chang." Mr. Stark walked into his lab."Have I ever called you for bad news?"Mr. Stark nodded. "What is it, then?""The types of blood you gave are unique, Mr. Stark. They contain genetic materials that are not of this world.""You mean they're aliens?" Mr. Stark asked.Dr. Chang nodded. "They are.""What can you do with them, then?"Dr. Chang smirked. "Watch this experiment."He opened a small glass space containing a rabbit, and cut his fur with a knife, bringing a shriek out of the rabbit."What are you on to?""Just watch."He injected a little bit of the white serum inside the rabbit. "Watch closely."Mr. Stark furrowed his brows at the rabbit. His eyes slowly widened as the rabbit's wound closed. "Did it just..""Heal? Yes, it did." Dr. Chang confirmed.Mr. Stark gaped. "Wow. And..and the other blood?"Dr. Chang sighed. "The male DNA is gonna need a lot more than rodents to experiment on.""What do you mean?""The blood is different from that of t
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Chapter 21
Ellie entered in with looks of nervousness around her features. She did something she knows was wrong, and is scared if she'll be able to avoid not getting caught.Kara and Sofia looked up and saw her entering with lowered head."Ellie!" Kara called.Ellie's eyes flashed, her heart pounding, and she looked at Kara, and Sofia as they stay seated on the long couch. "Uh, yes.""Where have you been?" Kara asked."At a friend's." She gushed out "I told mommy I was going to meet a friend, so why care?"Kara nodded in a kinda unsure way. Her attitude was way above the charts. "Okay. You can go.""Of course." She said and immediately left upstairs.Kara's eyes followed her as she went upstairs."What's wrong?" Sofia asked.Kara looked at her. "There's something up with her. She's acting weird."Sofia sighed. "You know Ellie. She can be like that."Kara nodded, her head still trying to wrap up what she found wrong about Ellie. There was something different. Also that familiar attitude."So, wh
