Mystery 2

"okay, what you are trying to say is that you have two different story of where I went to and you're sure of both of them." Liam cut her off and stared straight into her eye 'weird...apart from the transformation, how mom, Mrs. Philip and uncle reacted, Sandra and I still have different memories of what happened today. Nothing makes sense. This is the day of confusion. Since we both have different views of what happened today and in her case she has two, which of three is legit. mine obviously.' He thought as he stared into the thin air with a scowled expression.

He finally spoke out after few seconds of silent "Sandra, I think you were possessed…"

"what nonsense are you sprouting, don't add to my confusion. Have you ever seen a case where a possessed person see someone do two different things at a time…is not that you splitted? I just have memories of you doing both, not that you went to pee before going out…do u even understand what am saying". Sandra said almost stammering. frustrated that she is sprouting rubbish. what she was saying wasn't making a sense.

"l understand what you mean, really I do. we both have different views of what happened today. like you said, what happened is definitely not natural. I think, this memory you have of me doing two separate things at a time is just a confusion created to cover the main incident.".

"on how you got the injury? You are watching too much movies" she said firmly, doubting what he said. She tried to process all that he said and where she thinks he went to but it didn't fit.

"did any suspicious thing happen to you during the past few days?" Liam asked her.

"Apart from school where else do I go? you have always been with me. Rather I should ask you. It's more likely to happen to you since you always bully that witch's dog".

"Okay, listen. I woke up before you and mom. I was preparing breakfast when mom woke up. Mom discovered you sick, when she went to your room to wake you up. She left you with me to get doctor Philp. Your temperature increased, you became pale like paper…better still you became white, your nails grew longer and were red." Liam gestures with his hands and face as he narrates the story. "Not only that, you were bleeding from your nails, in total you were inhuman. This is why I think you were possessed" and the whole situation that happened has a thing to do with you."

"how do you expect me to believe that? do you even believe what you just told me now? Why will I get possessed?" she stared at him sternly. She suddenly asked with an extreme serious expression "what happened to you?".

Liam stood up from the bed and paced around his room. his mind was in chaos. "I don't expect you to believe me."

"then what do you expect from me?" Sandra shouted and instantly stood up from the chair causing the chair to fall back. The thought of her changing absolutely scares her. "Liam all these you have said is not real. You might have been dreaming…yeah, exactly" she revealed a light smile and continued "when you hit your head somewhere you might have fallen into comma and dreamt about all these."

"hit my head where? In the toilet or outside the house? this is not the time to be sarcastic." 'if she wants to deny what happened, she should find a better way and not make me look stupid.' He thought. "didn't you say that you felt that these things feel unnatural." He asked.

"yes, because…"

He cut her off "yes, you are confused." He walked up to her and grabbed her hands "These things you claimed that happened this morning is just a confusion to cover up…what actually happened and it is working very well. Don't you think?"

"are you for real." his reaction and words made him seem stupid to her. "…you are watching too much drama. Who or what, will want to cover up what you said that happened. You just had a dream, an illusion...Liam, you are getting yourself worked up for nothing." She firmly said pushing his hands away.

"what I went through felt so real. It wasn't a dream. the slap, the cut, tripping down the stairs, even how hot your body was. They were all damn so painful. Sandra they felt so real." he wiped his face with his hands as he stresses the last sentence.

"Sandra, this cut on my head. I got it when mom slapped me at the building across. I fell and hit my head on the pavement when I went there to get mom and doctor Philip. The mark on my arm, you gave them to me with your hideous nails when I tried carrying you to the hospital myself. Next, there was a sudden blackout that lasted for about 2 second then you woke up with your eyes wide open like ghost in those horror movies. That's when you saw me standing in front of you with injuries on my body." As he narrated what he went through, he unconsciously held her arms and squeezed them tightly. He was traumatized by the whole situation but he had to maintain his cool.

"…sih" she cried in pain.

"am sorry, am really sorry" He immediately released her when he realized what he has done. "I don't get this…" he said this he looked into her blue eye which reflects how frustrated he was "damn" He turned and sat on his bed.

Liam stared at her for a brief moment before he gestured to the injuries on his body "these suspicious wound on my body isn't it enough to prove that it wasn't a dream…when you narrated how this morning was, did I doubt anything that you said. Sandra, you know that am speaking the truth. There is a possibility it might happen again."

"you didn't doubt me because I never said you were possessed or you turned into a hideous monster?" Sandra glared at him. She could really tell that Liam was serious and his explanation of what happened in the morning fits perfectly. She knows that how the morning went for her felt like it was real, like a dream. But she doesn't want to believe that something like Liam's description happened to her.

"have you cleaned your room?" Liam stood up from the bed after silently thinking for a while.

"yes, it was the first thing I did when I woke up" Sandra answer curiously. What does her room have to do with this?

"The first thing you did…okay let's go check it out." Liam grabbed her hand and pulled her along. When they got there, everything was exactly how it was when he carried her out of the room. "what do you see? Isn't this the room you arranged?"

Sandra froze at the sight of her room. 'why is it so messed up' she thought. She was sure she arranged it earlier. Sandra was dumbstruck, she walks forward slowly. how did her room become so messy? She couldn't recognize it. Drug was lying on the floor, dirt were everywhere, a bowl of dirty water was next to her bed before she noticed a blood stain on her blanket. sweats ran down her body. she walked close to it and stared at it before looking at her hands.

"is this evidence not enough…" Liam gestured at the blanket with his hand.

Sandra looked around her room. this is enough to prove that Liam wasn't lying. she knew he was speaking the truth; she knows her brother but she couldn't accept the fact that she transformed like Liam's descriptions. Sandra pulled her hair back and squatted down. "…I don't want to believe what you have said… but I can't overlook it either…the thoughts of it scares me. I don't want to change. Is this a prank? Liam you're scaring me."

Liam walked to her bed staring at the stained blanket "neither do I…we need to ask mom some questions. She might know what is going on. She was with me when you began transforming."

Sandra looked up at him. "ask her what? I don't think she noticed any thing. She can't even see your injuries."

"we still need to ask her; we might get a clue from her. Who knows her morning might also be different from ours?" Liam walked to Sandra and pulled her up. "stand up straight, don't be such a weakling. If something unnatural is truly happening in our lives, we have to conquer it before it conquers us…don't worry I will always be here for you." He said with determination, assuring her that he is with her.

Sandra looked at him with hint of tears in her eyes. She wiped it off and nodded her head "I'm fine…I should clean this place up." Liam released her. she picked up the bowl of water to discard it in the bathroom. Her mind was preoccupied with questions; she didn't notice when she stepped on the drug. She lost balance and stumbled towards Liam. Liam shifted. She lost hold of the bowl on her hands to be able to support herself. She reached for the bed to avoid falling on the floor but ended up grabbing only the stained bedsheet. Yet, she still landed on the floor with her butt when the bedsheet slipped off the bed.

The bowl of water fell on her head causing the water to splash on her and the bowl remained on top of her head like a hat covering half of her face. Her blue eye instantly changed to black which was not visible to Liam due to the bowel that covered half of her face.