CHAPTER 24 - A NIGHTMARE LONG FORGOTTEN


~ THE NEXT DAY ~ "God I hate planes" Chastity mumbled as she chewed on the gum in her mouth
"At least its first class" Arora admired as she starred out the window as the plane began to move
"Yo Bianca, why don't we go flash the pilots?" Chastity giggled slapping Bianca, who was sitting in the row in front, directly on the head
"I don't think so" Bianca mumbled starring blankly at the seat in front of her
The knowledge of Arora and Nick was literally killing her inside, and no matter how hard she tried to push it out of her mind, she couldn't get rid of the look in Nick's eyes when he'd said that simple word that sent her whole world crashing down, "Yes" she knew it was true, she knew despite her desperately wanting to ignore it, he loved her, he loved Arora.

"You need to snap out of it girl, god if Nick did something, smack him around a coupla times, god knows you under normal circumstances you would have, what's with the clamming up?" Chastity announced loud enough for practically everyone else on the plane to hear, not that she cared.
Arora sighed quietly to herself, Chastity was right, Bianca was acting differently, something about this whole situation was different. But Bianca wasn't crying, she wasn't angry, it was like she was numb.

"Fine anyway, how about you and me go flash the pilot?" Chastity smiled turning her attention to Arora
"Huh what?" Arora mumbled snapping out of her trance
"For God sakes puppy dogs, what's up with the everyone's away in LaLa land, sheesh" Chastity laughed "New York here we come" she added in a practiced 'mafia meets bugs bunny' accent

~ AN HOUR LATER ~

Tyler smiled as she looked out to the bleak New York weather, it seemed no different to London.
"Here ya go miss" the dark cab driver winked as he stopped on the side walk of the Metropolis Hotel.
"Sixteen fifty" he added as she stepped from the car. She handed him the money without a word and grabbed the suitcase from the backseat. She didn't have much considering everything she owned was with her now. Material possessions seemed useless now, they only ever hold you down she had tried to convince herself, perhaps she was right, though she never knew what it was like to not have money, her parents been fairly wealthy and despite her 'running' to England, they supported her still.

She was 19, going on 20, but the last three years had taken they're toll on a once vibrant teenager. Faith and courage were fading and justice had long since vanished. She walked into the flashy hotel, and straight to the polished reception desk.


"Booking under Macrin" she spoke softly looking around the surroundings
"Tyler?" the lady questioned tapping away at a keyboard behind the desk
"Uhuh" Tyler replied as she saw a swarm of teenagers swoop past the door
"There all heading to Tower Music store" the receptionist smiled, obviously noting Tyler's interest
"Really? What's happening there?" Tyler inquired tapping her long fingers on the desk
"Oh the usual, record signings, a young group called Vixen, they're quite good, hold on I think we have flyers" she ducked down behind the desk and returned with a piece of paper, and handed it to Tyler.
Tyler starred down at the three smiling girls standing provocatively playing with the camera. The face hit her suddenly the same eyes, the same smile, it was her.
"can I keep this?" she questioned without looking up
"Uhuh, sure thing, enjoy your stay, the porter will take your bags up to your room" she smiled pushing the bell beside her.
Tyler managed a smile, she was sure she'd spend hours looking for her, but there she was staring back at her from the piece of paper and she'd be in New York in around 3 hours time.

~ 3 HOURS LATER ~

"Cancel the scene, I'm not going anywhere" Tatum hissed down her small cell phone. She flipped the phone closed and shoved it back into her Gucci bag. She starred down at Alika's motionless body laying on the plain white hospital sheets.
"Come on Cousin, you gotta wake up" she sighed touching her hand that lay out of the sheet
"Tatum, you should get some rest" Matt said softly as he walked into the room
Tatum looked up, her eyes stale with tears.
"I'm not going anywhere" she mumbled
"Tatum, you have those scenes to do and -"
"God Matt I don't give a damn about that, this is my cousin lying in a coma in front of me, I think my god damn career can wait"
"Look, just go get a cup of coffee or something, I'll be here for a while" he smiled sympathetically.
Tatum looked across at Alika, then back and Matt.
"Yeah, I might go get something to eat, I'll only be a few minutes" she sighed standing from the chair
"Take your time" Matt smiled as Tatum walked to the door
He watched her leave, closing the door behind her.

"Stupid Alika, you never would learn would you? I was with you before I knew about Tatum, I did care about you, but vengeance must be mine, and I cant let you take that away from me, I cant risk that" he snarled to himself as he starred at the tons of equipment surrounding her.
"I wonder which button I should push" he mumbled to himself as tiny beeps sounded from the machine beside him
"Maybe all of them" he smirked "It's time to go now" he whispered kissing her pale forehead lightly before pushing every button he could see around him.

Alarms sounded madly as three nurses came rushing into the room within seconds. They muttered some medical jargon as Matt faded into the background, muttering the believable words "I don't know what happened, god, what's going on?"

~ AT THE SAME TIME ~

"God this weather is icky" Chastity grumbled as they ran from the limo to the back entrance of the music store.
They could hear the chanting coming around from the front of the record store as they wandered through the corridors.

"Alright, you've braved the weather to be here, but we want 3 orderly lines, anyone pushing in will be sent out or to the back, You'll go through each girl, do it as quickly as possible so lots of people can get through okay" a man boomed from the front of the store
"God it's bedlam out there" Arora smiled peaking through the curtain set up
"How's my hair?" Chastity inquired as she put on her leather choker and cowboy hat
"It's covered with a hat" Arora laughed patting the silver hat
"Yeah, yeah whatever" Chastity mumbled "Yo B, earth to B?" she announced tapping Bianca on the shoulder
"Your hair looks fine" Bianca sighed
"You need some caffeine or something, can we get this girl a coke?" Chastity announced to a bunch of people who were just standing around
In seconds one had returned and handing Chastity a can of Coke.
"Drink and be merry, for our fans await" she laughed giving the drink to Bianca
Bianca took it quietly, she wasn't in the mood for this, and it annoyed her to see Chastity so damn happy, when she didn't have the luxury of that.


"Okay welcome Vixen" the same booming voice announced as Chastity appeared first into the store
The entire store erupted into applause and screaming as the three girls took their assigned seats.

The set up was pretty simple, the fans would go single file past each girl (first Bianca, then Chastity and then Arora) getting whatever it was that they want signed, signed, or if so allowed, get a picture.

~ AN HOUR LATER ~

Arora sighed as what seemed like the millionith picture of Vixen was placed underneath her, she sighed her name just beside Bianca's across her own body.
"There you go" she smiled as she looked up
Tyler removed the hood of her jacket and starred blankly down at the familiar face before her.
"Hello Arora" she whispered in her learnt English accent, only a hint of her true Californian background coming through
"Oh my god" Arora stammered as the haunting face, with identical piercing eyes stood above her, like a glimpse of a nightmare she'd long ago forgotten.



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