The City of Astan [2]

Ethan

I nod and swallow, "I know. I overexerted myself. L-Lie with me?"

Whit

I nod and lay with him, closing my eyes.

I wake and get out of bed without waking Whitney, heading downstairs. I turn the T.V. on low volume and watch as I prepare breakfast for the two of us. Just as I turn the stove on, a familiar name is spoken of. I turn and see Rose's face on the news station, a missing label attached to her name.

"...has been missing for several weeks. Authorities have no leads and are unsure as to why this woman..."

I tune it out again and shake my head, getting back to breakfast.

Whitney

Sitting up in bed, I find Ethan gone. Five weeks pregnant, I walk into the bathroom and check if my stomach has grown any since last week. Finding a slight change, I smile and sigh, brushing my teeth before throwing on sweats and a tee shirt. I put my headphones in before dancing downstairs, kissing Ethan's cheek in greeting.

Ethan

Whitney comes down and kisses my cheek in greeting. I smile and finish breakfast, kissing her cheek back.

"Hey, how are you this morning?" I ask, my eyes flickering back up to the t.v. as they go on about Rose's disappearance.

Whit

I smile and shrug, slipping onto the counter and patting my tummy, "Good. "

He seems destracted by the t.v and I study him, "You okay?"

Ethan

I nod and turn the T.V. off, not wanting to think about it anymore. Flashing a smile, I turn to her and kiss her stomach, taking her hands, "Fine."

Rose S.

I lean against a wall in the shade as the sun had climbed into the sky, a distance away was the new home of Ethan and Whit. It had been seveal weeks since my disappearnace.

"Confirm: My Disappearance." I said quietly into my voice automated mask.

"Confirmed: The Forever Knights believe you are out of state, the media and police have found no eveidence to where you have disappeared to." A mecanical voice said.

"Good, new headqurtars 39586 on 63rd avenue in Chicago IL." I said.

"Please confirm: This is the home of former friend Ethan, confirm?"

"Confirm." I responded.

Time to go reunit with Ethan, hopefully he'll help me. I soon circle around the home and climb the building, I land at the bedroom window and use sticky gloves to push the window up from the outside. I climb in and soon close the window behind me, I saw Ethan no where. Time to get his attention...

Whit

I smile and squeeze his hands, having a feeling that someone is here. I bite my lip and glance around before pushing away the thought.

Ethan

A bad feeling twists in my gut and I watch Whitney as she looks around, "What's wrong?"

Rose S.

I look around carefully thinking of a way to get Ethan's attention when I finally spot it, a sterio sitting on a table with an Ipod connected to it, I pick it up to see it was Ethan's I put on a favorite song of mine and Ethan's Three Days Grace: The animal I have become. I turn the volume up and wait for Ethan to come up and check things out as he hears it playing.

Whit

I hear music upstairs and shake my head, weirded out, "Okay then..."

Ethan

What the...

I squeeze Whitney's hands before heading for the stairs, cautiously removing the pistol hidden beneath one of the floorboards on the way up.

Rose

I hear Ethan's footsteps, heavy and strong, they came up the stairs pausing for a second and then continue. Slowly up the stairs as the music played, I bobbed my head to it and wait. The first thing I saw poke out was silver, it reflected light against the far side of the window. What was Ethan holding...? I wait my heart racing, Ethan could kill me if I didn't act fast enough.

Whit

Ethan gets the gun and heads up, me sitting on the couch, weird...