*Tay’s POV*
When I came to, I was tied to a chair. I looked around and recognized the room I had been staying in when staying with Danielle. “Taylor, Taylor, Taylor….little, stupid, weak, Taylor.” A familiar voice said. I turned to find Daryl.

“You. What the hell did you do to my father?” I growled. He just chuckled at me.

“Your precious father stole my little slut once again. They escaped when I went to get you.” He said with an evil smirk. His eyes were completely black, but I wasn’t scared of him. I could feel something going on inside of me, but couldn’t figure out what it was.

“How did you know I was here anyway?”

“I can smell your putrid soul from a mile away. Not to mention, that small amount of grace from that other little slut.”

“Grace?”

“Ah, I forgot, no one knows.”

“What do you mean?”

“No one knows why Cameron tried to kill himself.”

“I’m gonna ask again. What do you mean?”

“Don’t tell me you haven’t even thought about it.”

“I haven’t. Now tell me what the fuck you mean, you fucking asshole.”

“Your stupid aunt Tris is an angel. She possessed you and you stole some of her angelic grace.”

“Why would she possess me?”

“Because you couldn’t handle the evil, from me, in you and you were going to eventually kill everyone. All because of me. Now you have god and evil constantly fighting inside you.”

“You asshole.”

“Ah, ah, ah. Your life is in my hands now.”

“Not like you’ll take it. You’re nothing but a coward!”

“Watch your tone with me, girl!”

My head dropped and I began to chuckle darkly. I don’t know what’s going on inside me, but it felt good.

“You know what your problem is, Mitchell Lee Wolfe? You’re not only a coward, but you talk so big to try and scare people. You hide behind the real truth that you’re a little bitch. What’s the matter? Mommy and Daddy didn’t give you enough love, is that it?”

“Shut your mouth, you little bitch!”

I fought against the rope that tied me down.

“No. You can’t take this out on people, Mitch. Or is that even your real name?”

“Shut up.”

“No, it’s not your real name. It’s the name you were given when you took over Mitch’s dead body.”

“Shut up!”

“Mitch was a good kid, too. That is, until you came along and fucked up his life. He was supposed to be dead, but you took his body and used it to fuck up my mom and her life.”

“Shut your god damn mouth.”

He reached into his back pocket and pulled out a dagger.

“You should have just stayed in hell, Micah.”

“I said, shut your god damn mouth!”

“No! You don’t deserve to be here! You should still be in hell, burning!”

“I…said…shut…the…fuck…up!”

He dived towards me with his dagger, but I broke through the rope and dodged out of the way.

“Enough!” A new, but familiar, voice yelled and I felt pinned to the wall by an unseen force. A white light filled the room. The light faded to show my aunt Tris. “Let the girl leave.” She demanded to Daryl.

“No.” He growled. I looked and found him pinned to the opposite wall by an unseen force.

“Micah Lee Armstrong, you have no choice. You let Taylor leave with me.” Tris said, walking towards me. As she got closer, whatever was going on inside me, dissipated.

“Or what?” Daryl spat.

“I’ll send you to the cage with Lucifer. You’ll never get out and you’ll be his bitch there.” She warned.

“Ah, fuck you! She can go, but only this time. Next time she won’t be so lucky.”

I fell from the wall and looked up at Tris.

“You’re an angel?” I asked as we left the apartment building.

“Yes.” Tris answered simply. She put an arm around my shoulders and suddenly we were outside my house. “No one knows, so please don’t tell them.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone.” I promised.

“Your dad is inside, go on in.” Tris said before disappearing into thin air. So I turned and walked to the house.

*Andy’s POV*
After about half an hour, Ashley’s face was buried in my neck and she fell asleep. I carefully placed my hands around her, so I could carry her, and slowly stood to my feet. I carried her up to her room and laid her in bed. Deciding the TV didn’t need to stay on without anyone watching it, I walked back downstairs to turn it off. Once I hit the bottom step, the front door opened.

“Alysha?” Came Mike’s voice from the area of the front door.

“I think she’s upstairs.” I said and he walked into the living room, where I was. Someone followed behind him.

“Ash is asleep?” Mike asked.

“Yeah, I just put her in her bed. I was gonna go join her after I turned the TV off.“ I couldn’t tell who was with Mike because it was so dark and they were behind him.

“You let the, sleep together? I was never allowed to do that!” The person behind Mike said, making me realize who it was; my mom, Rose/Danielle.

“I trust him, Rose!” Mike snapped.

“She’s not even ready for anything. I don’t want her to feel like I’m doing anything wrong when it does happen.” I said snidely. I didn’t like what she was insinuating. Ashley was pregnant with a child from one of her rapists. That’s not something you just bounce back from and start having sex with others because of.

“Woah…calm down, boys. I’m just saying that if I was still in charge, this wouldn’t be happening.” Danielle said softly. I took a step forward and stood tall.

“Well, you’re not and you never will be. So back off.” I growled as Mike moved out of the way, putting me face-to-face with her. “Would you rather her hide inside herself, huh? Or feel like she should just die rather than live with the fact that four strangers pinned her down and raped her? Taking turns as they ruined her life and came all over her and inside her? She was a virgin! She didn’t want to lose it like that!” I yelled at Danielle.

“Andy, shoosh, you’ll wake up Ash.” Alysha said, rushing down the stairs.

“What is she even doing here?” I asked turning to Mike now.

“I decided I would check in with your sister and see if your dad every showed up and she just forgot to tell us, but when I got there no one was there. As I was leaving, your dad pulled up in his car with Rose.” Mike explained, but my birth mom interrupted him.

“Mike, I’m Danielle now and would appreciate if you called me by my name!”

“Fuck no, Danielle is my sister-in-law. You are Rose. No matter what body or what legal name, you will always be Rose to me.” Mike snapped before turning back to me. “He explained that Mitch-“

“Daryl.”

“Shut up. Mitch came back and started beating her.” Alysha was the only sensible one and finally turned on a light. Now that I could see, I found that Rose had a busted lip, bloody nose with both dry and new blood but it wasn’t bleeding too bad anymore, and a black and swollen eye. Multiple bruises and cuts scattered her visible skin.

“She had called asking for help, so he went to help. He almost got himself killed.”

“But he didn’t.” Danielle said, making Mike scoff.

“Yet. Anyway, when I was about to leave, Tay showed up. She said that you dad needed to get to the hospital before Erin woke up.” Mike said and I looked at him confused.

“That still doesn’t tell me why she’s here.” I said skeptically.

“Your dad didn’t want to leave her alone or bring her with to the hospital. So she’s here for me to watch out for and make sure Mitch doesn’t come back.” Mike explained.

“Andy?” Ashley’s tired voice came from the top of the stairs.

“I’ll be up in a second, Ash.” I called up to her. Then I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and I rushed to them.

“How did I end up back in bed?” She asked softly.

“I carried you. I just came down to turn the TV off.” I explained softly.

“Who were you talking to?”

“Your dad.”

“Dad’s home?”

“Yeah.”

She walked past me and to her dad giving him a hug. I walked back to them and watched Ash carefully.

“You didn’t say goodnight tonight.” She said looking up at her dad.

“I’m sorry, sweetie. Let’s go upstairs and I’ll do that.” Mike said with a smile. Ashley nodded and followed her dad upstairs.

“Stay away from us. You have no say in anything her and I do.” I said to Rose with a glare. With that, I turned and walked upstairs, to Ashley’s room as her dad was walking out.

“Can I talk to you for a minute?” Mike asked on his way out. I nodded in response and stuck my head in the room.

“I’ll be in, in a minute, Ash.” I said softly. She nodded tiredly and closed her eyes. I turned back and looked at Mike. He nodded for us to go to the end of the hallway.

“I understand how you feel, but be nice to Rose. If she could have stayed around, she would have.” Mike said softly. I looked down and nodded.

“I know. She just gets on my nerves. She irritates me easily and I can’t control it.” I said softly.

“I know…you’ve got so much of her and your dad in you. It’s scary.” Mike said with a chuckle. I chuckled too and looked back up at him.

“Was that it?” I asked.

“Yes. Go ahead and join her. Go to sleep. Once that baby is born you won’t be getting much of it.” Mike said with a small smile.

“Alright. Goodnight.” I said and walked back to Ashley’s room. I closed the door behind me before climbing in bed beside her. “I love you, Ashley.” I said with a small smile. She turned towards me and softly kissed me.

“I love you, too, Andrew.”

*Ben’s POV*
I awoke to the sound of someone sitting beside me. I rubbed my eyes and looked. “Dad?” I asked, confused.

“Shhh…let her sleep.” He whispered to me.

“Where have you been?” I asked.

“I’ll explain later.”

“But-“

“Go back to sleep. I’m here now.”

Notes

I apologize for making you wait so long. I've just had a lot going on. First it was finals week and graduation, then a trip, then looking for a job,then I moved and couldn't find my folder with this story in it, then I moved again and found it and worked on it. I started typing this chapter up a little earlier this week and my phone fucked up, so I lost it all and had to get a replacement. But alas, here is a new chapter. What do you think?

-Rose