Maybe she was just jumping to conclusions... Meredith tried to convince herself... he was the nicest person she knew, there was no way he was a creep, maybe the party was moved somewhere else... Maybe she was just overthinking things... she took another step away from him and tried to steady her breath as she opened her mouth to speak "Is the party going to be somewhere else..." She asked in a low voice that fear coursing through her body was still visible in her voice... There was a pause after her question; the both of them stood still, staring at each other, and the next second, a loud laughter erupted in the room that sent a chill running down her spine... Had he been pulling her legs... was this some sort of prank... she tried to smile but she was too scared for her lips to curve up... The laughter slowly died down, and the next second, he didn't look like the Brian she knew and liked anymore... The look he had in his eyes told her everything she needed to know that this wasn't a damn prank, but a well-orchestrated plan for her to lure her to his house, and she had followed along with it like a complete fool because she was blinded by her stupid feelings... Meredith could feel all the feelings she ever had for him dissipate in one go...
"You humans are so gullible... so easily fooled..." Brian started and the lump that was starting to form in Meredith's chest became stronger...
Yeah, her gut feeling had been right and was always right, but wouldn't it be right much earlier than the first time she saw him? Why now when she found herself cornered by him... He was standing in front of the freaking locked door, that was the time her gut feeling decided to start working... Well a little too late!
She scoffed and shook her head... "sh*t" She said in a low voice... The smug look he had on his face was pissing her off because it made her realise her foolishness even more... "I wasn't sure you would show up you know... you always avoided everyone, even though I knew you kept watching me from a distance... your little crush..." Brian continued talking, this time taunting her and getting on Meredith's nerves even more...
"You freaking b*stard!" Meredith muttered under her breath as he inched closer to her... this was why she stayed away from people... they couldn't be trusted, but she had let her guard down with him, and now she was in trouble... "What the hell are you! A shape-shifting pr*ck!" She spat out and Brian scoffed... "Don't you dare compare me to all those disgusting creatures..." He responded in an irritated manner and Meredith felt like smacking him right across the face... how couldn't she know.. she had been blinded by her silly crush , and now it might cost her her life... she wanted to scream out loud because of how mad she was... "I knew immediately i saw you... you are different... you weren't like anything I have seen or met before... your scent... I could smell the power from a distance... it was intoxicating.." Meredith stared at Brian in disgust as he sniffed the air like he was basking in something amazing when he simply just looked utterly bizarre like a freak...
"Cut me all this crap Brian..... if that is really your name..." Meredith said and was trying her best to act like she wasn't afraid... maybe if she prolonged their conversation then she might find an opening to escape or maybe probably talk him out of what he was planning on doing to her... well that hadn't worked before... Most of the creatures she had met weren't nice, and she had to escape most of the time... there was no telling he was different from them.
"No, I'm not Brian", Brian Confirmed, and Meredith sighed deeply...
"What do you want..." She asked the question that had been on her mind since she suspected he wasn't human...
"What do I want? What I want is you, honey... with your powers,, I will no longer be inferior to anyone... " He replied, and Meredith just stared at him like he had completely gone nuts... "What powers?" She asked, her eyes filled with confusion...
"The powers you possess, darling... it's all around you... I can see its bright colours, it's beautiful... now enough talking..." Brian said and the next second she gasped because with a fast speed like Meredith had never seen before he was standing right in front of her with his fingers around her neck tightly... her eyes grew wide when he started to choke her and her hand immediately flew to her neck to pry his fingers off as she felt break being sucked out of her... He didn't relent as the devilish smile on his face grew brighter... his free hand left his side and started to travel to her head, and Meredith started to struggle even more...
"This is going to be fast and painless, I promise..." He whispered as his hand inched closer to her forehead...
All Meredith wanted to do was get away from him, but she could feel everything around her start to blur... she couldn't breathe,e, and the more he choked her, the more her consciousness started to slip away from her... No... she couldn't die like this... she didn't want to die like this... after all these years of running and hiding to save herself, this couldn't be her tragic end...
A stray tear escaped her eyes as her fight for life slowly down. She could feel all the strength she had leaving her body as tears rolled down her cheeks... and just before her life could start flashing right before her eyes, Meredith felt life slip back into her...
She could breathe again; Brian had loosened his hand on her neck and took a step back away from her... she immediately fell to the ground and started to gasp for all the air that she had lost... her entire body was trembling as things slowly started to become unblurred in her sight...
Tears kept escaping her eyes as she turned to glare at Brian who had his eyes wide as he stared at her... "No... this can't be...I... I'm not strong enough...I can't take it in..." He said in a low voice like he was trying to process what had just happened to him... Meredith wanted to choke him to death! She wanted to see how he would like that...
She was still trying to recover from the ordeal that she had just been put through, but she started to drag herself up... she had to get the h*ll away from him before he tried to kill her again... she managed to get herself up and was ready to flee, but before she could bolt for the door, he had his eyes back on her again... that devilish look that sent a cold shiver down her spine was back...
She just wanted to go home, take a nap and continue with her routine of life... she wasn't caught up for all of this... how was she going to fight this being!...
"Please just let me go..." She said in a low voice, but he didn't look like he was listening. As each second passed by, the look in his eyes became more insane...
"I'm afraid I can't do that... if I can't have your powers, then I might as well sell you to someone who can. " He replied, and before Meredith could process what he meant, he was back right in front of her, and the next thing she saw was complete darkness... Was she dead?