Welcome to the next instalment of Guardian Angel! We are quickly approaching the end of this series…. However it may continue if people want me to continue it, but we should wait and see! Anyway, last chapter I hope we were all shocked by Rachel’s father’s grand return! Apart from the small fact, she wants nothing to do with him… or anyone else for that matter.
How was it possible? Why was he here? My ‘father.’ I hate him so much! I just had to get away from him, this time I left him… I hope he feels pain, but he won’t he doesn’t love me, properly just wanted money from me or something… but he didn’t know I was going to be there! Why am I sticking up for him? He abandoned me! Why had I run to the old park anyway?
I sat on the old creaky bench I always sat on when I came here…. Last time I was here, Oliver had come back from his holiday, sometimes I wish I could go back to those times, when I didn’t enjoy life, but at least I wasn’t hurting people, and my father hadn’t shown up!
I was so tired, I had ran all the way here, I got a cab from the other town, but I didn’t have much money so I was dropped off on the outskirts, I would have been scared normally… but I just felt so empty and tired so I put my head on the bench and fell to sleep…. Or so I thought.
As I awoke I could tell something was wrong… it felt like I hadn’t slept at all, and the park was still the park, just the flowers weren’t in full bloom…. And it just felt odd. Then I felt someone’s presence, and jumped as I saw my mother sat next to me on the park bench.
She smiled at me “My girl, when will you let the world in?”
“Mum!” I may have been 16, but I wasn’t ashamed to hug my mum in public and cry and kiss her and I couldn’t let go. “Mum, I need you so much, what are we doing here.”
“I’m reminding you of something, like how much your father loves you… and how much you love him.”
I couldn’t help but grunt in disgust. “Mum, I know you love him, but HE LEFT ME!” Tears rolled down my face and in a whimper I said “He left his little girl.” My voice grew harder, tougher. “I don’t need him.”
“I know how you feel, but as your mother I want you to know, I love you, and that you need to pay attention, you and your father are the most important people in my life… and you two need each other…”
I saw her begin to glimmer and she started to fade… I reached out to her “MUM! Stay with me, I NEED YOU!”
Her last words will be with me for the rest of my life “You don’t need me, My Gift from Above, always remember I’m proud of you and I will always watch over you, I love you, and I know you will make the right choice. Now watch!”
I was alone. All alone, but what was I supposed to be watching? No one was here, what time period was this anyway? Then I heard their laughter…
I couldn’t get over how happy they were together, I may have hated my dad, but I knew he was made for my mother, and my mother was made for him. They were laughing and very happy, obviously I wasn’t around yet.
“This little girl is going to be the most spoilt child in the world.” My mother’s voice sounded so sincere, she loved me even before she physically knew I was there… my father on the other hand, hated me, it was becoming clearer and clearer.
He said nothing. So my mother cupped his face with her hands and he pulled her closer… “What’s wrong? I thought you wanted to have a family?”
“I do. I just don’t think I’m ready. I’m failing at my job, we don’t have any money, I don’t deserve such an amazing women, not to mention something as precious as a child.” He looked down, he looked defeated, like he really wanted me in his life…
She looked right into his eyes, with so much adoration and love, “You will never fail me Robbie, and don’t EVER say you’re not good enough for me, or our child!”
“Your right, as long as I have the most…no-“He stopped and touched my mother’s flat stomach “The two most important things, we will be fine, I love you, both of you.”
I was used to the flashing light that overcame me, it meant I was going to see another vision of my past, this time my parents were holding hands, I recognised the room… I think it was a hospital ward… yes, this was where I was born! Then I noticed what they were standing over, a crib with a child sleeping peacefully in it, me.
I watched as my parents began to show their love for each other, they broke apart for my father to say “I will always be here for both of you, I will make sure you both have the best lives possible!”
These flashing lights are really starting to annoy me, just like these stupid flashbacks! I must have been 2 here, maybe I bit older… my mum always used to have her hair up in a ponytail in the summer air, we’d always go on walks, which I’m guessing is what we were doing now, I looked cute as a toddler, I looked safe and secure with my father.
My father seemed like the perfect father. He looked at me like nothing else in the world mattered, and as I reached out to touch him, he smiled and kissed my forehead.
“You’re the best thing that ever happened to me.”
We seemed like the perfect family… and we were back then. Then my dad stopped loving me… didn’t he? Why was I doubting myself?
I remembered it was here that he started to teach me to walk… he wasn’t around often, he was trying to earn us money, but he was determined to be the one to teach me how to walk…
It took a long time, but he didn’t give up. He kept encouraging me, believing in me.
“You can do it Rachy…. I know you can, I believe in you!”
Then one time I reached him.
“I DID IT!”
“Yes you did! You are the smartest girl in the entire world! And then he picked me up, and whirled me around making me laugh and smile I loved it when he did that. Maybe he did love me…
“You did well teaching her to walk Rob.”
“I had to. I’m never around for her, I wish I was, but we need the money, I won’t let anything happen to you, either of you.”
I was smiling… he loved her so much, and he loved me to. What happened?
“Sometimes I wake up and think would you be better off without me? You would find someone in a week, your to beautiful. Once I came close to leaving, It would hurt me, but if it helped you Crystal, I would.”
He paused and looked over at where I was playing. “But I then I looked into her face, she looked at me and reached up, I can’t walk away from her, she needs me, and as long as I’m good enough for her, then I know I can stay for you as well.”
She held on to his hand tightly, seemed to give him strength by her touch, and whispered something in his ear, but the wind picked it up and drifted her words to me You will always be good enough for her, you need each other.
Then my mother picked me up and they began to walk away. I couldn’t help but cry out Why? But no one was there to listen. Then I felt a weird pain in my head, it was different from every other time I was taken in to a vision, this one caused me pain.
When I woke up I was on another bench, but I didn’t recognise where I was.
It was a dark strange place that seemed wrong. It looked abandoned, but as I looked up at the terrifying structure I recognised it as a building around town, people were said to come here if they had no other alternative, it was this place or death. Why was I here?
Then my father walked out of the doors. Walked wasn‘t the right word, swayed would be correct, he looked weak and his face was dripping with blood, when was this? Was this going on now? Or was this what happened when he left? I felt something deep down, was it anger, or sadness?
I hated seeing him like this, they must have beaten him. But why? He looked so white and pale I was scared, was this what he meant when he said I felt like I couldn’t go on… My heart was thundering away when his weak voice shocked me he looked up at the sky and said “Sorry Crystal, I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t look after her.”
Something was wrong, he held on to himself and let out a cry of agony, he was so thin, it’s like he hadn’t eaten in days! My dad was dying!
He dropped to his knees, his cries of pain and agony grew worse, why was no one helping? Tears was blocking my vision, I lost everyone, my mother, my aunt, I couldn’t watch my father be taken from me to!
He lay down, hardly moving, and then my feet remembered they could move, I tried to touch him, to hold on to him, but I went right through him, he was going to die! It was then that I realised how much I loved and needed him, just like he needed me. It was as he was gasping for his last breaths he said it “Rachel…. I’m sorry…. I love you!”
I felt a dark presence behind me, my father was going to die, and I didn’t want him to! Why did it take his death to realise that?
“NO DADDY! I LOVE AND NEED YOU! PLEASE COME BACK!” Then time seemed to stop, I felt the presence disappear into the night it came from, and I heard a noise…
I couldn’t believe my eyes…
My dad was getting up, he thought death, he was still so weak looking, but I didn’t care, he was alive, and I loved him!
“Rachel, I know you’re out there somewhere, and I’m going to do everything I can to give you a better life, for now it’s here with your Aunt…. But one day I will be the father you can be proud of.” I let out another cry “I’m already proud of you!”
I ran over to him, I didn’t care if I would go through him, I just needed to hold him, to give him the will to fight until he found me again.
He began to fade, and I knew this was what my mother wanted to show me, I knew I would wake up in the present day, where I had hurt my dad, “I love you daddy.” And then he was gone.
I ran home, it wasn’t far, I crept in slowly I didn’t want to be bombarded with questions from my concerned friends.
Wow, I looked rough. I had been crying. A lot. I didn’t look good. But that wasn’t the half of it. I wasn’t looking good on the outside, on the inside I felt worse. I’d hurt my father, badly. I had properly hurt Taylor as well, not to mention my friends and family were properly worried about me, and then there was the whole Taylor and Oliver thing. OK, first things first, Taylor. He had always been there for me, we had a connection, and he had found my father, I needed to find him.
I heard the door slowly creak and Megan came in, “Sorry, I hope I wasn’t interrupting, but I heard you come in, and I was worried, Taylor explained everything to us, I feel so shocked for you!”
I was taken back, how could I have made such a good friend as Megan? “Megs! That is so sweet!”
“I forgive him Megs. He’s still my father, and I need him, and he needs me.”
“I understand, my dad is the only one who loves me, unless you count Kris of course...”
Then the door creaked open again, could no one have privacy in a bathroom?
“RACH! I’m so glad you’re OK! I can’t believe your Dad is here! He seemed really upset after you left, he’s staying with Oliver for a few days, and Taylor looked horrid! He kept saying it was his fault and that you shouldn’t see him.”
I never mean to hurt anyone’s feelings, I was just shocked.”Is he OK now?” She shook her head. “What should I do?”
“Go to him, he needs you.” I felt like he did, I should have known our connection would tell me where he is, but when I sent my thoughts to him, I felt nothing. Something was wrong.
Why did we always have to see each other on this beach? It was so far and the sun would set soon, and I don’t know why but I felt I NEEDED to find him, something was defiantly wrong…
“Thank goodness!” I was so relieved when I saw him standing by the sea, he looked so handsome standing by the sunset, but he should have known I was there, he could always do that, and I couldn’t hear any of his thoughts…
Meanwhile…
“Rachel didn’t mean what she said…. She’s just really independent and protective, she’s the best girl I’ve ever known. She doesn’t hate you, she can’t hate anyone!”
“I know that, I know she can’t hurt anybody… she’s been hurt so much in her life, I doubt she could. I just NEED to talk to her, make her understand!”
“I know you want to see her, so do I, but she needs space and if you just walk over there and –“I was stopped mid-sentence, something was very wrong.
There was a searing pain in my cheat, my heart. My heart that I would completely give to Rachel if I could…
I could feel her, she was frightened, scared, confused, and I knew Rachel was in trouble.
The feeling didn’t go away, it stayed there, burning away, I was scared for her, but mind was sending me messages in my head, she liked Taylor, Taylor will help her, Taylor didn’t abandon her. And I had abandoned her, and I wasn’t going to do it again!
“Mr. Morgan I can’t explain how, but I know that if we don’t find Rachel, something bad will happen!”
“What are we doing standing here for? How do we find her?”
“I know where she is, she always used to go there when she was a kid, let’s go!”
All I knew was that if I didn’t get to her in time, the Rachel I knew and loved would be gone forever…and a life without her is not worth living…
I didn’t know what to say to him, so I decided to tell him the truth… that I cared about him, deeply.
“Hey Taylor.” Nothing. He didn’t even move, had I hurt him that badly?
It frightened me. How still and lifeless he was, I had always been able to hear his thoughts, but I couldn’t now… had the bond between us broken?
“You came to me. We belong together Rachel.”
Suddenly he turned around and I was so scared and shocked when I looked into his face.
He wasn’t the same guy I had fell in love with, his expression was so cold and lifeless. He didn’t have that childlike charm or the love for life that he normally had…
“What’s wrong with you?” Was all I could manage to say through my shock.
His eyes looked wrong. They weren’t the usual bright blue that I loved to stare into, they were a weird red colour, and as I looked into them, I couldn’t stop, I just kept looking into him.
Suddenly his expression changed, it changed into the cocky smile I loved so much, but something was wrong…
“Look at me Rachel. We don’t need anybody else…”
He grabbed my arms, violently, his was being so different, but…. I didn’t care. He was mine! Something was happening to me, I was forgetting everything and everyone else, it was just me and him in our own little world.
I couldn’t stop looking into his eyes, his dark red eyes. I was lost in them.
“Do you love me?”
“Yes, I love you and only you Taylor…” But that was a lie, wasn’t it?
I must have been with him for at least an hour, a whole hour of just me and him, I couldn’t remember anyone’s face… just voices and names… and they were quickly fading… all that mattered was I was with Taylor. Then I felt someone else arrive, 2 people in fact, and I loved them both very much. “Rachel!” I struggled against the pain in my head “Oliver?”
The moment I said his name Taylor’s hold on me grew tighter, forcing me to continue looking at him, I felt trapped and scared, why was he doing this?
“Taylor… I’m scared! Let me go!”
He brought his face closer to mine, I could really look into his eyes now, and they were so bright! How could this boy that looked like a God be interested in me? I thought he was going to kiss me, I wished for it with every bone in my body!
“Forget them all, all you need is me, your Guardian Angel, it will be me and you forever!”
He held me close, but far away enough that I could see that cocky smile of his again, his eyes flashed and for a moment I thought I saw the familiar blue colour that I would give anything to see again, then they were replaced with red again, only this time it was a lot darker as he said the following words… “Tell them how you feel.” I tried to fight with myself I don’t need them, one of them abandoned me, actually they both abandoned me, all I need is Taylor!
“Rach, look at him! Something is wrong, get away from him, he’s going to hurt you!”
“You’re just jealous! He would never hurt me, he loves me, and I love him!”
He looked over at Oliver, and said something so horrible I will never forgive myself for just standing there “See loser? She doesn’t want you, ever!”
“Why don’t you show him how much you love me?”
I was totally under some sort of control, it had to be those eyes, those big red eyes, but it didn’t matter, at that moment I would do anything for him.
Oliver’s POV
She took his face in her hands, she seemed so not there, something was wrong here, really wrong. I don’t know what was wrong with Taylor, I know he’s not like this normally, and that he would never hurt her intentionally. But something had happened and I wasn’t going to let her get hurt.
“Oliver, just leave us, I love him, why do you care anyway? I’m happy with Taylor, so just go!”
Her words hurt me, but I knew she wasn’t herself, and this seemed like the only way to help, I should have told her so long ago…. “Rachel I won’t leave you, you’re in danger and you can’t see it. I won’t leave you…. because I love you!”
She let him go like his face had burned her, a single tear fell down her perfect face, she looked so confused and scared as she looked from Taylor to me. “You love me?” She said in between tears… I walked over and took her hand, “Yes, I do love you Rachel.” She totally took me by surprise and said “I love you to.”
Then I found myself leaning towards her, and she did the same, our lips touched and I felt everything she had been feeling, she was so afraid and confused, but more than anything she was worried about Taylor, she was just that sort of person.
She took her hand and gently placed it on my cheek “Do you mean it? Or is this all in the heat of the moment?” I had to look right into her eyes and hope mine told her exactly how I felt, how I had felt for years… “Rach, I’ve loved you for a long time, I just didn’t find the words to say it.”
Rachel’s POV
I stood there, with his arms around me, and mine around his. He was so warm and welcoming, and he loved me! “Thanks for always being here Oliver, even after all I’ve put you through…” He was such a nice young man, even at 17, not many people would stick by me after all that happened. “Nothing you do can ever push me away.”
Taylor’s POV
I woke up, pushed through whatever had taken over me, and watched her. She was happy. Happy with him, and she wasn’t safe around me…. What had just happened? Then Jessica’s words from before in my own world hit me But there are risks…. If you take your sister’s place, you may not ever be able to find love, her powers will join with you, only much more evil and violent. I’d almost hurt Rachel, how could I ever forgive myself…
She looked over at me, I guess she knew I was back as she let out a gasp as she looked at me, properly out of fear. She tried to put her arms around me, but I can’t do this to her anymore, I can’t trust myself…. “Don’t touch me Rachel…”
“Taylor, I don’t care what happened, I just KNOW it wasn’t really you, I still want you, no need you in my life… please let me know your OK…”
“Rachel, you can NEVER see me again, I’m too dangerous!”
Then I left her, I planned for it to the the last time I ever saw her… she had found her father again, she lived with friends and family who loved her, and she had Oliver. I had always known how close they were and I knew she would be happy with him.
I was so upset! Everything had happened so quickly! I was still worried about him, I knew he wouldn’t hurt me on purpose, something happened to him, and he needed my help to sort it out, but he told me not to follow him, my heart hurt knowing I would never see him again. “Rachel?” I had to put this all behind me, I had to face him.
How could I come so close to hurting her? How could I let that power and darkness overcome me? Was this how my sister felt every time she was with someone? I couldn’t stay here anymore, I could hurt someone, and I can’t go back, Demi was getting married soon, I couldn’t ruin her big day, but I also couldn’t control the ‘enchantress’ power. I guess I would have to end it all…
“It’s over now Rach, don’t worry, I will be here anytime you need me.” And I knew he would be, it felt good knowing how we both felt for each other, but there was also something else I had to do. “Rachel?” He looked at me, like was going to burst into tears. “Dad.”
“Dad, I’m so sorry….”
“So am I sweetheart, so am I.”
Wow, this chapter was big! The end is vast approaching now guys! The next one might even be the last! Can Rachel and her Dad really get on? Will Oliver and Rachel officially become a couple? Can Taylor control the dark side of himself? Next chapter we finally find out about his past and how he is linked to Rachel! Please rec if you liked it and PLEASE leave me a comment over here http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/193631.page to let me know if you want me to continue afterwards or just to leave me a comment! Happy Simming!
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