~Avery's POV~
And then came the scream again. This time it was louder, it was deadlier. Natasha's eyes shut close once more and she squeezed herself as far into the railing as she could.
What was happening? Why was I seeing all of this?
I rubbed her knee with my hand, trying my best to calm her. My heart was racing in my chest. Was this a dream? She's sitting right there, terrified. Five-year-old Natasha.
I looked past her and up the stairs, seeing a light shining from the left side of the hall. It wasn't a lamp. This light moves in waves. Holy shit, it wasn't light, it was fire.
I quickly stood and ran past Natasha up the stairs. But before I could reach further, I felt a small hand grab onto mine. I turned around and saw her big eyes staring up at me. She was trembling. Her entire little body was trembling in fear. Her hand shook as held on as tight as she could.
"You can't go up there," She said in the most broken voice I had ever heard.
"Sweetheart I'm only going upp there quickly okay? I need to check on your mom, I promise I'll be back." I said as I cupped her cheek with my hand.
She shook her head violently before taking her other hand and standing up. She placed her hand in the air in front of me, two steps up. Her hand didn't move further. A glistening light was met where her hand touched. It was a barrier.
"Mommy made me promise to stay," she said.
"She put this here to protect me," Natashas mom put the barrier up because she knew what Crow was going to do to her. She wanted to protect her child.
I put my hands on the barrier, pounding on it. Another scream was heard, cracking my heart into pieces. She was dying...
The scream was followed by that menacing laugh and I felt my stomach turn.
I pounded harder onto the wall in front of me.
"No!" I screamed in frustration when I couldn't get through.
Another scream was heard and this one was louder. I felt my fear shifting into rage, and my face going red. The heat was exuding from my body and I so badly wanted to kill him. He was killing her while his daughter was out here, hearing everything going on.
I took my hand and laid it flat on the invisible wall. Pushing it harder and harder. It felt as though I was setting my hand on fire with every inch that it moved further through the barrier.
"ARGH!" I yelled as the final inch was reached and the barrier was broken. I fell forwards onto the steps, panting. I turned around quickly to Natasha and grabbed her hand. She looked at me in shock, her mouth slightly open.
"I'll be right back okay? I need to stay right here. Do not come up regardless of what you hear. Stay here until I return." I scanned her face and waited patiently for a reply. I couldn't risk her seeing her mother being harmed, or worse.
And I definitely couldn't risk her getting hurt. She nodded her head slowly and I ran up the stairs.
I ran over to the door that the fire was burning in and burst the door open. There she was.
Floating in the air, flames surround her, burning her slowly from top to bottom. Her flesh and been burnt off and the flames had come up to her waist. She was screaming in agony.
Crow was standing in the middle of the room. His hands moving. I saw that he decided when the flames move and stop.He was torturing her. I ran over to him, intending on knocking him down, breaking his focus. But as I reached him and threw myself at him, I went straight through.
He was a ghost. He didn't realize I was here. I laid on the floor and looked up at Natasha's mother. Her eyes looked lifeless. To my surprise, her head turns and she locks eyes with me.
"You need to kill him!" She yelled and I looked at her in shock. I was panting on the floor. Our eyes were locked and I felt all of her emotions.
Crow's eyes were focused on her. A sickening smile played on his lips. He was enjoying himself. He was torturing his wife, the mother of his child and he felt no remorse. I gasped and looked back at the woman in the air, engulfed in flames. I couldn't attack Crow, I couldn't save her.
She was going to die.
"You need to kill him, Avery! You are our only hope. The faith of your kind lays in your hands. He will never stop. He must be killed!" She yelled again, this time louder. Her eyes were turning black. Her head turned more and more.
"How?" I yelled back. Feeling more confused than ever by the events that were occurring. And my heart breaking more, every passing second that she's being burnt alive.
"You are connected. He is in your mind, Avery! With the magic he is using, it is not only your mind that he has occupied, it is your entire being. He and you share the same lifeline!"
I swallowed the words that were about to come out.
She just told me how to kill Crow.
Her eyes were now completely blacked out and her face turned serious. The pain was still visible but the anger covered it.
"KILL HIM!" She flew towards me, the flames following her and I covered my face and screamed in fear.