Elizabeth Does Believe Naomi

Liz shook her head, not wanting to believe what Naomi was saying. The clothes Rachel was wearing and how she was so eager to make out after Susan left. No! The feeling of Rachel’s hands roaming over her body came back to her, but now she felt sick as she remembered how those hands explored.

Liz stumbled back, feeling as though the ground was about to open up and swallow her whole. She felt the bile rising up in her throat. She and Susan noticed Rachel acting off back at her house… but she assumed it was just because she was so shaken up by everything. No…

She glanced at Naomi, hoping to see any sign she was lying… but there wasn’t. Then… Liz covered her mouth with her hands, feeling the bile rising even further. Oh God. Liz choked back the bile, but she knew it was futile. The memory of Rachel’s hands, Rachel’s lips… no, those weren’t Rachel’s! Liz couldn’t hold it back anymore.

Naomi watched impassively as Liz hunched over and didn’t move until Liz was almost finished dry heaving. She wrinkled her nose and looked as if she was about to comfort Liz before thinking better of it. Liz wiped away the last of the bile with the back of her hand. God, no. She turned to Naomi, “What the hell?” she asked, in a small, shaky voice, “You… just let her be possessed? You didn’t tell us until now?”

Before she knew it, Liz took a step forward and swung at Naomi. The other girl was caught off guard and barely managed to dodge in time, Liz wasn’t done though, and swung again, this time Naomi slumped to the ground before Liz’s fist could connect.

Liz was about to attack Naomi’s **** form until she felt her body seize up before shuddering as if a terrible cold came over her. She remembered this feeling, even though the last time she experienced this was a few weeks ago, she remembered this feeling as the time Rachel possessed her. No! Liz thought before her vision swam in darkness.

She woke up sitting a small distance away from Naomi who was, once again, on her feet and was wiping herself off with her hands. Liz did a quick check, she was still in her clothes, and she didn’t feel off in any way. Looks like that wasn’t Trevor, Liz thought, slowly looking towards Naomi, does that mean?

“You can possess people too,” Liz breathed.

Naomi rolled her eyes, “Yes, although I’d rather stay out of people like you, don’t want to get myself dirty.”

Liz scoffed and stood up, “How long have you been able to do this? And, if you knew it was Trevor, why didn’t you stop him?”

“Only started being able to do this a few days ago,” Naomi replied, “and… I knew it was Trevor for a few months now,” she hesitated, “I was one of his victims, and I think he still has pictures of me saved on his phone or maybe even somewhere else. I wanted to be careful since, unlike yourself, I’d rather other people not get the wrong idea about me.”

“Oh yes, clearly you care about what others think of you,” Liz said dryly, “anyway, what happened with Rachel? Is there a way we can get Trevor out of her?”

Naomi nodded, “Yes, you see, Trevor didn’t get these powers by himself, he got them on accident and it was my own fault it happened,” she gestured for Liz to follow her and she reluctantly did so, “he found a spell or something that belonged to my Great Uncle Ian,” Naomi continued, “and that was how he got these powers. I tried searching through some of my uncle’s stuff, found out he had a friend as well, and I was lucky since I found a second scroll hidden in some old bills of his. But that wasn't the only thing I found…”

Naomi pulled out of her pocket a single necklace. Liz looked closer, seeing that while the chain was simple thread, the jewelry was made out of obsidian and depicted a spider. The necklace looked well made, but also looked old.

“I found these in my uncle’s storage,” Naomi continued, “I’ve been testing out my powers and I found out that if someone is wearing this that they can’t be possessed, and if someone who can possess people is wearing this, they can’t leave their body. These necklaces bind them.” She gave Liz the necklace and Liz put it on. As soon as her head passed through the thread, Liz felt something envelop her, it felt like something was placing a thin blanket over her.

Naomi gave Liz a crooked smile, “It looks perfect on you. Keep it, it'll keep you safe from Trevor in case he gets bored of Rachel.”

Liz’s phone buzzed:

Rachel: You were amazing Liz <3

Naomi glanced at Liz’s screen after seeing her look of disgust, Naomi looked giddy when she saw what Trevor sent, “Heh, he’s already flirting with you. Wait, don’t tell me you and him already-”

“Quiet!” Liz snapped, raising a fist threateningly.

Naomi blinked, glancing at the necklace hanging around Liz’s neck. Probably shouldn’t have given me this before you started mocking me, huh? Liz thought, putting her phone away. I shouldn’t antagonize her too much, she’s probably the only one with the most knowledge about this whole thing.

Liz looked around, noticing they’ve been walking for some time now. Her house was just around the block. She bit back a sigh, as much as she hated to do this, she hated the thought of Rachel being trapped in her body even more. “While I appreciate the necklace, how does it help us rescue Rachel?”

“It doesn’t,” Naomi replied, “I need to rip him out of her body myself. Two possessors cannot occupy the same body at the same time. I saw it when Rachel pushed Trevor out of Victoria. They fought until Rachel dragged them both out. I’m going to need to get close enough to that bastard and rip him out.”

“What’ll happen to Rachel?”

Naomi rolled her eyes, “Same thing that happened to Victoria, she’ll wake up, probably confused about what happened, or possibly not considering she knew exactly what happened when Trevor took over her body.” Naomi looked over her shoulder, realizing Liz had stopped following her, “What are you doing? I need to show you something at my house.”

“I’m not going without Susan,” Liz replied.

Naomi let out an exasperated breath, “Really? Now I’m going to have to deal with more of you? Fine, call her and tell her to get her ass over here.”

Liz’s temper flared, “I’m not going to tell her to do anything,” she snapped, “she can’t leave her house right now. Her parents are out.”

Naomi pressed her fingers to her forehead, “You’ve got to be kidding me,” she glared at Liz, “what do you want to do then, huh? The longer we wait, the more nonsense Trevor is going to pull with Rachel’s body. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s already stripped her naked to take more pictures of her to save for later. I've been possessed by that bastard, I know what he'll do to her! Think he’ll stop there? He’ll probably run her ragged with all the time he’ll have alone with her body!”

Liz shivered, the images coming to her unwillingly. Rachel, bearing it all against her will, her body controlled by someone else. Liz shook her head, chasing away those thoughts. No good thinking about that right now, if anything, it only strengthened her resolve to help Naomi, even if she really didn’t want to.