Dark Crawler : Part 8

Chapter 8:
After Bette brought Tina home, she went straight to her house. She wanted to talk to her mother. She needed to know why her mother never told her anything. Why her mother wasn’t the one to tell her what her destiny was. When she got home she found her mother in the living room reading the paper.
“Hey mom.”
“Hey sweetie. How was your day?”
“It was fine. Listen I need to talk to you,” said Bette sitting on the coffee table in front of her mother.
“Okay, what do you want to talk about?” Isabel asked curious.
“In the last few days I’ve been feeling strange. I’ve been experiencing new stuff.”
You have?” Isabel asked curious.
“Yeah and I think you know what I’m talking about.”
“I don’t think I do.”
“You knew my parents Sol and Brianna?” When Bette mentioned Sol and Brianna, Isabel’s eyes filled with tears. She didn’t know when Bette would find out the truth. All she knew she couldn’t intervene.
“I’m sorry sweetie. I wasn’t allowed to tell you anything.”
“No, mom. It’s okay. They explained it to me.”
“People from Alkery survived?”
“You know about Alkery?” Bette asked surprised that her mother knew so much.
“I know everything about you. Brianna made sure of that.”
“You know, you will always be my mother.”
“Yeah, but you are who you are.”
“Thank you for accepting me,” Bette said. Isabel smiled at her and gave her daughter a hug.
“So, you are the Dark Crawler then?”
“Yeah, did you know?”
“I had my suspicion. The Dark Crawler had the same powers as the Alkeries.”
“Oh right,” said Bette looking down.
“They are after you aren’t they?” Isabel asked Bette worried.
“The enemies of Garcon are after me. It appears Darcon is still alive and still wants me death.”
“Be carefull sweetie. You’re still just a teenager, he’s a man already.”
“Yeah, I know. But I don’t think he’s coming soon. He’s sending he’s weak ones first. And until then I’ll become stronger. And I’ll be waiting for him. After all it’s my destiny.”
Isabel smiled at Bette:”Don’t make it your whole life though. Okay?”
“Of course. I still have you and Tina.”
“Oh, Tina. Does she know?”
“Yeah, they ripped my mask unexpectedly off one day and she was there. Nothing I could do. But I’m glad she knows. We are a stronger couple because of it,” said Bette smiling.
“Your father is going to have a problem with it though,” said Isabel.
“Mom? Did dad ever find out about me?”
“No, why?”
“He was never really a father to me,” said Bette looking at her mother.
“Well, no I never told him. And he never said anything. You know him he would have if he suspected anything.”
“Yeah, you’re right,” Bette said getting up, ”Well I’m going to relax today by the pool.”
“Yeah, just relax. You never know when the next attack is,” Isabel told Bette giving her a hug.