Gemini sisters

Xedna and Xantara have been best friends since high school. The girls always had their own special bond that they couldn’t really explain to others. If you tried to understand them, you would think they were nuts. The girls could talk through their own mind link that only they shared and when they were together, they are able to read others' minds. The even weirder thing about them was their abilities. Xantara is a healer, she could heal any sickness and only heal deep cuts and gashes with Xedna’s help. Xantara can also manipulate nature, growing trees, vines, foods, anything that you could grow she could manipulate it. Xantara is also a white witch who helps heal small issues and aligned chakras. She is a small thing packed with curves, her hair has small tight curls that fell and framed her apple-shaped ass. Her hair was always half up and with her beautiful body came her sarcastic attitude. Tara was always taking care of someone else and never had much time for herself. Xedna was partly to blame for that because she keeps her plenty busy these days.

Xedna seems to cause trouble everywhere she went. Xedna has the ability to move things with her mind and with a single touch she could make someone ill. Deathly ill if she was motivated enough to make it happen. Xedna was a feisty little control freak. She never liked being told what to do or someone trying to control her if anyone was going to make decisions for her it was going to be herself. Hence why she was always in some kind of trouble she never did anything she didn’t want to do. She was always getting into trouble also leads to her looking out for someone else other than her own well-being. Anyone who knows Xedna doesn’t blame her for being controlling because her dad controlled most of her life until she moved out for college. Xedna is never caught without her signature leather jacket. Today it was the maroon one. Her favorite color. she always wore jeans and her combat boots and was always driving around on her Harley. Sid loved the freedom she felt when driving on highways. She had long wavy hair that fell to the small of her back always french braided in a single or double.

“Hey! Busy day today?” I say walking into the dorm setting my keys on her desk, taking my boots off at her bed looking across at Xantara sprawled out across her bed.

Xedna’s POV

“You know damn well I was busy today! You need to slow down, I’m a miracle worker, not a Quick and Eazy gas stop. You’re moving faster than I can heal everyone!” Tar yells at me more like venting pent-up frustration towards me.

“Ok, ok I’ll slow down, I’m sorry,” I exclaim.

" What’s going on with you lately? you seem to be stressed out more than normal?” Tara asks me with concern in her voice.

" Just a little distracted and in my head more than normal is all,” I explain letting out a deep sigh.

I was going deeper into thought about her dad. It had been 2 years now since my dad had passed taking his own life. I can’t help but think that if I had been home, he would still be around to watch me graduate. All I feel is I’m to blame for not being there and noticing the signs. Before I can go any deeper into thought about the memory Tara snaps me out of it with her crying.

“It wasn’t your fault, Sid! we’ve been over this there would have been nothing you could have said or done to stop him. The idea was there long before anyone realized it. Quit beating yourself up about it please!” Tar says tears streaming down her face feeling how much pain her heart is in.

My mom passed giving birth to me all I had was my dad. Now that he was gone all I have is Xantara.

“Stay out of my head Tar my thoughts are my own!” I say feeling my privacy slightly invaded. This was a normal thing for us. We were always together. Most of the time at least.

" You have no privacy when it comes to me!” Tar says looking at me.

“I know this bitch but still damn!” I yell toward her.

" Shut the fuck up. Let’s go get some food I’m starving with all the work you’ve been sending my way.” Tara yells back still slightly frustrated with me again.

" I just took my boots off jerk!” I say.

“Bitch!” she replies.

“Fuck face!” I yell.

“Cunt!” Tara yells back.

" Yo mama!” I yell back at her reply. We both freeze looking at each other and in unison both replying.

“Too far, too far!” we laugh it off, and just like that, we’re normal again.

“Come on let’s go eat get your boots back on,” Tar says.

“Alright, alright I’m moving,” I say lacing one boot after the other and walking out the door with her.

“Where do you want to eat?” I ask wanting to meet her there. I will make any excuse to ride my Harley more.

" I want street tacos. You know the place!” She says hoping into her classic Volkswagen bug.

“Alright, I’ll meet you there,” I turn put on my helmet, and start my bike reeving the engine winking at Tara and making jokes with her.

We meet at our favorite place to eat. Fill ourselves till we’re content and start to head out the door after talking about tomorrow’s plan for business. Walking out the door I mount my bike When Tara realizes she left her bag in the restaurant.

" Do you want me to wait for you?” I ask her before starting my bike up.

“No go ahead and head home I’ll be there soon,” she replies running into the restaurant.

" Ok see you later!” I yell starting my bike and revving the engine letting her know I’m leaving. Before I leave, I notice 2 guys I saw at the campus and while we were driving here. I thought maybe it was a coincidence. I shrug it off thinking nothing of it and drive off to the dorm after securing my helmet. I got home 30 minutes ago and realize Tara still isn’t home. It’s only a 10-minute drive from the taco place to our dorm.

“Sid!” Tara’s voice rings clear in my head, and I slightly panicked.

“What is it? What’s wrong?” I reply urgently.

" A couple of guys have taken me,” she says to me.

I quickly tell her to start naming as many landmarks as possible that she can see until she stops. After their journey had stopped, I hop on my bike to go find my sister livid at myself for leaving her alone.

“Shut up! I told you to leave!” Tar yells at me in my head.

“You shut up! I knew something felt off. I’ll be there soon. If they hurt, you I swear to any god they will die!” I yell back to Tara.

“They haven’t even done anything besides pushing me around a bit it hasn’t gotten bad yet.” Tar replies.

“As long as it stays that way they’ll still live. Till I get there to keep me in the loop on what’s going on.” Sid says in concern.

“Well, yea you’re the only one that I can talk to technically through this soo... I kind of have no choice” Tar says ringing in my head sarcastically.

Tara’s POV

After watching Sid drive off, I grab my bag from the table we were sitting at. noticing from the corner of my eye 2 tall muscular guys walking out behind me. Following me to my car thinking something felt wrong and my intuition was right because the next thing I knew I was chloroformed. Fucking chloroform! Really? Damn it!. I curse at myself. When I wake up I’m in the back of a van looking around I see a sign for Redding exit in the next 5 miles. I quickly mind-link Sid and tell her everything that’s happening. After talking to her I lean forward-looking at the muscular men. Mm, mm, they look FINE! I wasn’t stupid I knew good-looking men when I saw them. Smiling and leaning forward slightly I begin to speak to the men.

“So? who are you?” I say slyly trying to hide the amusement in my voice knowing my sister is coming. No reply. So, I continue with my questions.

" So? where are we going? hopefully someplace good! I need a vacation!” I say leaning back and putting up my feet. Both the men look at each other in confusion but are still nonetheless silent to my questions. I keep naming off lad marks through the mind link to Sid when I notice a bug.

“OO PUNCH BUGGY NO HIT BACKS!” I say punching the guy in the passenger seat. He looks at me like I’ve lost my mind. Like I had the nerve to punch him. He looks at his friend as if they were talking through body language and he lets it slide.

“You’re fucking with them, aren’t you?” Sid rings in my head I start laughing out loud at her question startling the guys driving.

“Oooooohhh yea!” I say way too happiness through the mind link.

“Try not to mess with them too much I don’t want them to hurt you if you get them angry,” Sid explains in concern.

" Yea, yea I know.” I sarcastically scold my sister.

After another hour we arrived at our destination. we’ve been driving through the woods for what felt like hours we make our way into Willow creek and turn driving down an unmarked road deep through the middle of the woods. Sid assured me it had only been 5-9 hours. Which I corrected with “duh Hours!” I say to her exasperated. We were in California still just now up north deep in the woods when we arrive at the gates to what seemed like a tribe or maybe a cult, I thought to myself. Driving in there were people walking around looking at the van I started to feel self-conscious at all the people looking at me as I was grabbed rather roughly out of the van and dragged to a basement that was dimly lit and poorly ventilated it smelled very musky in here. Before I could get a word out, I was pushed in falling to the floor scraping my knees on the ground and the door slammed and locked behind me. I brushed myself off and healed my knees before mind-linking Sid and telling her where I was. Literally the middle of the woods in northern Cali near Willow Creek.

Xedna’s POV

I drove for hours checking off the landmarks Tara told me she saw. I had stopped at the last landmark she gave me waiting for her to collect more info for me. I was only 2 hours behind her. when I made it to the last landmark before the “cult’s” gates as Tara put it to me. I decide to hide my bike in a large bush and start looking for an entry point to get to her. Being cautious of where I step looking out for traps. Hiking a few miles in, I find an entry point. As I make my way for the entry, I hear something making me turn to look at my surroundings. Before I can fully see my surroundings, I’m slammed to the ground from the side by a large gray-blue wolf. Baring his teeth full length to me his eyes were flashing from brown to gold. I looked at him confused and shocked thinking if I don’t get out of this, I’m dead for sure this is the biggest wolf I’ve ever seen. As to why he hadn’t ripped my face off, I don’t know but I wasn’t going to wait for it to act. I quickly reach for the wolf's legs pushing myself under the giant wolf and rolling from underneath it. I stand up quickly and grab my knife attached to my thigh flipping the blade to the outside of my palm and watching the wolf turn to me. I scan everything around me to find an escape.

“There was a fucking wolf on top of me!” I yell to Tara. As I’m telling Tar this, I use my telekinesis to pull a tree out of the ground and send it hurling at the wolf. I stand there in shock looking at them standing still as if it didn’t faze it, it just barely budges it. Both looking at each other the wolf shifts into a man. My eyes nearly fall out of my head. He’s nude! I turn my head looking away.

“What the fuck are you?!” I yell. Meanwhile, I’m telling Tara everything I am seeing. As I’m looking to the side, I see more wolves coming from the woods.

" A tree like a small one or a giant one?!” she yells in my head making me wince at how loud she’s being.

" A FUCKING GIANT TREE!!” I yell back while I keep eye contact with the man, I see a giant rock behind him. Using my powers, I lift the giant rock out of the ground and hold it above him. All of the wolves growl at me ready to attack me.

“If you move the boulder falls on him. Do you understand?” I say looking at the wolves as if they could understand me. I look back over to the man again and he looks at all of them nodding as if giving them a command. I back out of the circle slowly and wait until I’ve made a good distance and hurl the rock to the other side of the area making sure to hurt nothing and book it for Tara. Running through the woods I can feel the wolves gaining on me. I look up and use most of my strength to jump into the trees. Landing in the tree I look down at the wolves and then back up at the trees around me and start to jump from tree to tree making my way through the forest until I hit a clearing. I jump down and start to make a run for it again leaving the wolves behind. At the end of the clearing, there’s a cliff and I use most of my strength to jump to the top again when I’m grabbed from behind and slammed to the floor knocking the air out of my lungs. Gasping for air I struggle to reach for my knife. Once some air finally hits my lungs again and I pull my knife out to the man standing above me. Who was still naked!

" Are you the one who took my sister? ” I choke out.

“Depends, who’s your sister?” He says his eyes changing colors and flashing. He kneels down to me. I hold my knife to him still as I scoot up and back away from him.

“Depends? Is stealing women a normal thing for you!?” I say in shock, at this point I’ve scootched to the cliff and used it to pull myself up.

“No, we don’t steal women.” He says watching my movements carefully now.

" She’s been talking to me the whole time telling me where you guys were taking her. I followed her instructions a few miles from where I was.” I say struggling to stand up straight. The wolves are now coming up behind him slowly each one changing into a human form.

" How is that possible are you a wolf? You don’t smell like one?” He says smelling me clearly enjoying my scent due to the low growl that escapes his chest.

“Smell like a wolf? What are you talking about!? I’m just here for my sister that’s all I don’t care what kind of cult bullshit you have going on here. Just take me to her and we’ll leave never look back or talk about this place.” I say this finally standing up straight and looking at everyone trying to find a clearing. The man notices this and moves closer to me. He stops when I pull the knife to his neck.

“Do not touch me! If you touch me, I guarantee it’ll be the last thing you do.” I make sure to keep eye contact with him, so he knows this isn’t a threat.

“I won’t touch you but if you come willingly, I’ll take you to your sister. No harm to you from us and no harm from us to you. Deal?” The man says bringing his hands up and stepping back from me.

“Fine deal, now can you all put some fuckling clothes on, please? I’m tired of looking at everyone’s dicks hanging out!” I say turning my head to the side. I can hear him chuckle at the remark.

“Sure thing, ok your good now everyone’s clothed.” I peek first to confirm and see pants on the bottom half of almost everyone. When I look up finally, I see everyone has clothes on.

“So, you’re going to take me to my sister then? No tricks?” I say looking around at all the faces.

“Yes, I’ll take you to your sister no tricks. She’s at the house this way.” He says turning.

“Are you sure this is a good idea? Taking her to the pack house? I don’t trust her Alpha.” A young, man with a scar across his right eye from his forehead to his cheek says to the one supposed to be leading me to Xantara.

“Yeah, I’m sure. There’s more protection there. Did you see what she did? She lifted a fucking boulder with her mind. We’ll deal with her when we're closer to the house. Eric, you can’t whisper I don’t know why you even try.” He says whispering too loud.

“I mean it you have no clue what I’m capable of you said no tricks. Give me your word no tricks!” I say getting ready to jump up the cliff again. The man turns around looking at me up and down his eyes flashing from a honey brown to a shimmering gold color.

“No tricks you have my word.” As he says this his eyes stop flickering staying at the shimmering gold color. I look at him confused, I must have been staring for too long because he realizes smirks at me closes his eyes take a deep breath, and open his eyes again and they’re their honey-brown color again. I take a quick step back because of this. Everyone walks ahead of me following the man who appears to be in charge. As I walk behind them, I catch myself looking at this man. He has long gray-blue wavy hair that comes to a stop just before his clavicle. His back muscles flex with every step he takes. His voice was smooth as he talks with the others giving them commands sending chills down my spine. What the hell is wrong with me? I smack my palm to my face how can I be checking out this person who kidnapped my sister right now!! I’m going to hell.

“Tara, they say they’re taking me to you right now, I want to ensure our escape so I’m going to make one or many of them ill so be ready when I get there.”

“Alright, I’ll be ready. Hey, are any of them cute? The ones that took me were FINE!” She says ringing in my head.

“Really? Right now, Xantara!?” I shout through.

“Yea I want to know!” she shouts at me.

“I mean yea one of them is cute he’s sort of built and smells amazing and his voice is... Wait why does this matter, Tara!”

“HA, no reason I just wanted to fuck with you.” I roll my eyes at her last comment. I’m going to kill her when we get out of this. After walking through the woods for what felt like an hour, we approach an area where there were a bunch of people sparing with each other. They all stop looking at the man I assume is the leader to say hi. Some call him Alpha, but he slightly shakes his head no and they look at me quickly. I stop walking and start to slowly walk backward back into the forest to make a run for it again. I bump into someone behind me. Turning to see what’s behind me. I make eye contact with a man behind me with piercing green eyes as he peers down at me. He tries to use his large build to intimidate me, and it slightly works. He grabs me as I try to take a step back and make a run for it. I quickly grab his arm making him turn gray and he falls to the floor hunched over starting to cough up blood. I look around and everyone stares at me starting to close in on me. I knew this was going to happen damn it! A woman lunges at me trying to take me down and I do the same thing to her, and she too falls to the ground turning gray and coughing up blood.

“Don’t touch her!” The leader yells.

“You said no tricks, I told you not to pull anything that you’d regret it!” I say to him. The guy he called Eric comes running to the people on the ground.

“What did you do to them?” Eric yells at me.

“I made them ill, my sister Xantara can heal them if you take them to her. I can make the illness less intense or more, but my sister can heal them Take me to her or watch them die it's up to you.”

“Fine no more tricks grab Vincent and Letty and bring them with us. Nobody touches her!” The “Alpha” commands everyone. For the most part, they all listen to him. The Eric guy keeps staring me down. We get into a car, and he drives us to a big house in the middle of everything. It’s like a commune here there are even stores it's almost like an entire zip code here and no one knows about it.

“This way.” The man says directing me inside the house. It had to be at least three stories’ people were coming in and out of the house stopping to acknowledge this man and then would move on. As we walk through the house, we walk down a long hallway with no other doors except for the one at the end of the hall. I get ready to attack in case they decide to do anything funny. We reach the end of the hall, and the man opens the door to the room and moves out of the way. I see Tara laying on the floor literally twiddling her thumbs like she’s bored from waiting.

“Xantara!” I rush in starting to check her up and down making sure everything is in one piece.

“I’m fine I’m fine! OH, but they aren’t! What did you do Sid?” She says looking at the sick people and then back at me.

“Yea we need to heal them, someone touched me, and it went downhill from there,” I tell her this twirling a frayed hair that fell from my braid looking anywhere but at her.

“Shit you made them that bad we both have to heal them?!”

“Well, I had to make my point somehow! They kept trying to play tricks.”

“Uh-hm! Can you bicker later and heal our friends, please? NOW!” The man yells at us. Tara jumps at the command, and I stop her pulling her back by her arm.

“No, your word means nothing to me now after everything you tried pulled to get me here. How do I know you won’t lock us both up in here and have your way with us once we heal them hmm?” I say eyeing him. The man keeps eye contact with me. Tara looks back and forth between the both of us. His eyes start to flicker again.

“You know that’s a good point! If Xedna made someone this ill she, does it because she feels threatened. And the way you’re looking at her like she’s a piece of meat right now I don’t like either. Are you going to let us out once we heal them or are you going to let them die and get yourself killed?” I look at her breaking eye contact with this man to look at her scolding her in my head. She shrugs at me looking sorry for her choice of words. This man now walks toward Xantara making his presents and demeanor known throughout the whole room. I pull her back and step up to him matching his energy and making sure my presence is felt too.

“You come any closer you’ll be on the ground just like them,” I say standing taller and raising one hand to prepare to touch him and the other hand pointing at the others. His eyes move down looking at my hand’s placement. Like a challenging brainless idiot, he moves forward, and I make a move making him collapse to the ground.

“Damon!” Eric runs to him. So, his name is Damon ok. Eric looks up at us looks at me and then looks back at Tara. Knowing we are the only ones the help his friends he backs away letting us move to the other two on the ground. He lets us move over to them. I take one hand placing it on the woman’s head and Xantara holds my other hand, and we remove the curse from the woman. My hand starts to turn gray, and I start to cough into my shoulder taking the illness away from them and back to me. Once it's removed Tara releases my hand and heals the woman completely. She knocks out once she’s healed. We move over to the man and do the same thing to him. The same thing happens my hand turns gray my veins show through and I cough again, he’s healed and passes out once Tara is finished. I hunch over feeling the curses take their toll on me. Tara looks at me worried and Eric makes it known that we still have one more person to heal. I nod and tell Tara I’m fine and we move to heal Damon. I hunch over him touching his chest with one hand and Tara holding the other and I take a deep breath in feeling the curse pull through back to me. My head starts to pound, and I can feel the nosebleed coming. I look at Tara and she gives me a look knowing what’s coming for me. My whole body turns gray this time and I start coughing again blood spilling out this time. I start to black out and I fall back hitting my head on the concrete of the room and knocking out.

Xantara’s POV

“What happened?” Eric asks as he looks over at Xedna.

“She was an idiot and took too much is what she did! Ugh! She’ll be fine Let me finish with him and then I can fix her too.” I snap at him frustrated at Sid. I heal this guy and he wakes up instantly, I’ve never had someone recover that fast. I rush to heal Sid when this Eric fool stops me.

“What the hell do you think you are doing?” I yell at him ripping my arm out of his hand and he rushes to me pulling me back again putting my arms behind me this time. I look at her coughing now choking on her own blood. This idiot has done it now. She made sure to take most of it so I wouldn’t use much of my energy to heal them. Damn Idiot. Damon rushes to Sid looking over at me.

“What the hell is happening to her?!” He yells at me.

“When she cursed you guys, she used a strong one and then made sure she took most of it out so I wouldn’t have to use much of my energy to have to heal you assholes and now this bitch won’t let me heal her!” I say screaming the last part behind me at him.

“Let her go! She’s dying, Eric! Now!” He commands him.

“We need to kill her she almost killed you! She’s too dangerous Alpha!” Eric yells back at Damon.

" God damn it Eric let her heal her! She’s, my mate! We’ll talk about this later!” he yells at his friend. Eric didn’t like what he was hearing or seeing but he submits to his alpha’s declaration. I rush to Sid healing her and see her coming too quicker than normal. What the fuck is happening here! She sits up quickly jumping back from the man named Damon she looks around with hazed eyes. Seeing the door open she grabs my hand gets up and quickly tries to make a run for the door when Eric knocks her out. Damon looks pissed walks up to Eric and punches him and starts yelling at him.

" Not trying to interrupt this but, is this where we go back in the basement now? Is that how this works?” I say looking between the two muscular guys. Damon just leans down to pick up Xedna and tells me to follow him. He leads me to a room and sets Sid on the bed in this room and I sit next to her on the bed. Noticing that he’s half-naked after shifting he leaves the room and returns fully clothed pulling a chair up to the bed and looking at Tara.

“Hi! Welcome to Walmart! Get your shit and get out!” Tar says loudly kicking the chair back making Damon fall off to the floor. He scrambles up from the floor yelling at me.

" Your sister is my shit!” I stand there confused at what he’s saying.

“Yea that’s not going to happen?” Xantara exclaims. Standing there with confusion on his face staring at Tara waiting for her to explain more.

“Why not? He asks wanting more details about Xedna.

I know the chapter is long We are sorry for that.