I regain consciousness in the nurse's office with Jasper telling the nurse that I collapsed. I try to turn my head but my head refuse to obey my commands. I can't control any part of my body.

"Relax, fishy. Your boyfriend doesn't suspect anything," Angra internally tells me. She keeps my eyes close so that no one knows that the both of us are awake.

"Get out of my body!" I scream at her in my mind. It feels as if I'm floating in space and I can't do anything. Separate from me, I feel my Siren self agreeing with me. She's pissed off that something is taking control of my body.

"A minute," Angra reminds me. Judging based on her tone, it is as if she's searching from something. It takes me a moment to realise that she's going through my memories without my permission.

"What the hell? That's private."

My Siren self snarls, knowing that Angra is invading our privacy. If she knows everything about me, she could use it against us. As much as I often clash with my Siren instincts, we always agree on keeping ourselves a secret for our safety. She definitely values her life.

It's only natural to do so. 

"Product of rape... sad child. Your uncle did the right thing by hiding your existence, but you're so naive to the outside world. You're putting your loved ones' lives on danger for what? Just to go to school? Fit in?" she taunts.

I stay silent as she rambles on about all the mistakes I made in my life. Now I can understand why people can go crazy when a spirit possess them.

"Powerful indeed. The capability to rule both land and sea. One of a kind. I wonder..."

I can feel her ill intention of completely taking over my body, which makes me panic even more. She can easily push me off the cliff of existence if she wants to and there is nothing I can do to stop her.

"Hmm... your uncle's friend Emily is most probably working for the HQ Agents. Possibly one of the higher-ups if she could fake your test results," Angra says thoughtfully.

"Huh?" I think in confusion. I didn't think much about Emily since dad keeps assuring me that they just work together. I'm guessing Angra compiled all my memories to extract more information about Hunters Headquarters. 

"Shouldn't she be awake by now, nurse?" Jasper asks worriedly. 

A cool hand touches my forehead, momentarily shocking me. Polly must have felt me punching her earlier, making me feel guilty. Angra has no right stealing bodies whenever she wants.

"... make them suffer," Angra mutters softly around me. "Useful friends you made. Elementals, Dark Pegasus, elves, demigods... you're such an important person, Melinda Caesar."

I freeze at the mention of Elementals. "Don't you dare touch them," I warn Angra. If she dare hurt or possess Aunt Beth or Uncle Seb, I'm going to find a way to exorcist her ass out of existence. God knows how many people's lives she has ruined.

Angra ignores my loud thoughts, but I can sense a little bit of emotion from her being.

Guilt.

It was a flicker of emotion. It happens so fast that I don't know if it actually happened or I imagined sensing it. I shake my head and remind myself that she's basically called herself a destructive spirit. She's one of Asmodeus's ally.

So is Denise and the Elven children.

"Don't you have your own body, Angra?" I ask, making it my mission to distract her and hopefully gain control of my body back. The feeling of someone else controlling my movements makes me terrified at how helpless I feel.

She ignores me as she concentrates on my memories. No doubt she knows of my true nature since she called me fishy. 

"Hmm... Gurney City could be it..." she mutters with a hint of anger in her mindvoice. 

"What - ?"

"One minute is up, Nessie. I might come back for more information. I better go before someone finds Polly's unconscious body, he he." 

With that, I felt her leave my body and my mind is slammed back into the control centre. My eyes open instantly and body jerk as if the wrong gear is put on the car.

Why does this always happen to me?

"Mel? Are you alright?" Jasper asks in panic when he sees me awake. 

"What happened?" I ask in daze. The nurse left to attend to another student who has a bash in the head.

He gives me a look of concern. "I was on the way to loo when I saw you running and then collapse. I caught you, took you to the nurse's office and called your aunt. She's on the way to come pick you up."

"My aunt?" I repeat. This situation is getting way out of hand. I can no longer keep any of this a secret when a destructive spirit is threatening the lives of my loved ones. "Did you see Polly?"

"Polly? Were you running from her?" Jasper looks confused at the rapid change of topic.  

I hesitate, unsure what to tell him. Technically it wasn't Polly's fault that she's been possessed and cause ruin to a town. Angra is searching from something and it's definitely related to the HQ Agents. 

"I'm tired," I blurt out. "I think I'll just wait for my aunt to take me home."

Jasper frowns and checks my temperature. "Okay... I'll talk to you later then..."

"Thanks, Jasper," I say with a grateful smile. He knows it's more than just him taking me to the nurse's office. He's not pushing me to answer him and I can tell it worries him. Without a fight, he leaves the office and let me take a short nap. 

Angra taking over makes my body so exhausted to the point I can sleep through anything. 

Aunt Beth wakes me up gently the moment she arrives at school with Uncle Seb behind her. They thank the nurse for keeping an eye on me and then signed me out of school for the day. I see Elise, Eli, and a few of my schoolmates giving me side glances. All of them are curious of the new girl leaving school early.

We also walk past the janitor's closet with the door wide open. There are no signs of Polly or Angra's misty being anywhere, which bring chills to my body. Uncle Seb, who has been supporting my weight as we walk, notice me shivering and warm me up a little with his Elemental power.

No one ask me any questions until all three of us are in the car with Uncle Seb driving and Aunt Beth sitting in the backseat with me. She combs my hair with her fingers in assurance.

"What happened?" Aunt Beth asks me calmly. Uncle Seb glances at me through the driver's mirror, also waiting for my explanation.

I let out a long tired sigh. "I'll start from the beginning... It started when Valerie and I went to Elise's party and I supposedly got kidnapped..."