Life's Passing

Andy's POV

The letter was signed M.R. and now here I was looking at a grave stove with the name Matthew Ryder. I didn't know what to do. I just stared down at the words. There was no 'in loving memory' or 'we will always remember you.' Just a name and a date. Was he like this in life as well? Is that why no one seemed to care about him now.

I heard the sound of a camera and looked behind me to see Jake was a camcorder. "These tend to work a little bit better than an iPhone might." He said taking more pictures of me and the grave. I walked behind it and actually put my hand on the grave and let Jake take a picture. "He have to get something in that one.' I noted. He nodded and continued taking pictures.
I sat down near the tombstone like I had the night we were here. I closed my eyes and leaned my head back and tried to zone out. It was a while before anything showed up but a figure slowly walked up to me here in the darkness. It was me again darker eyes and pale flesh. "So you came to find me?" He said in a playful tone. "Well, what is it that you want to know? " He asked. "What the fuck do you want with me?" I asked. He simply shook his head. "Did you not pay attention at all to the letter. You will know in time what I want with you. " I was angry now. "What can you tell me then?" The bastard seem to think about it for a while. "Well, there are things that will be happening in the future and you're going to help me full fill my obligations Andrew. You see, I crave power and the feeling of striking fear into others. I've been waiting for a soul to latch on to for years and finally you walk up to my grave one night. " He smiled and chuckled to himself. "Don't worry when I'm done you wont have anything left to feel for. No family, no friends, or even your little music fans. You cant fear me Andrew Biersack. Soon you can be exactly like me and have everything that you could want." I lunged at the man only to find myself back in the cemetery with Jake staring at me. "You okay?' He asked again.
I sat in the car scared to death of what might happen. What if he made me hurt someone. Juliet came to my mind then. Fuck, I couldn't hurt her. She meant everything to me. What if it was Ashley? He had always been there for me no matter what had happened. He was the older brother that I didn't have. Jake, CC and Jinxx were so profound to me. If anything happened to them on my behalf I could not live with my self. Or hell, my dear parents. I cant imagine everything that they had gone through because of me. When your child grows up to be a rock star you've had to put up with something in the past.

As Jake was taking the last of the photos he started walking in toward the car. "What do you say we head back?" Jake said as he climbed into the car. I nodded and stared out of the window again. We pulled out of the cemetery gate and headed for the interstate. "Jake, he's going to try to hurt you guys through me. " Jake shot me a look of concern. "What?" he asked a little scared. "The other night when I was sleep walking, that was him. It was he who shot me at the concert, and he is just going to continue." Jake's grip on the steering wheel got tighter. "Well then we need to do something about this soon."

I stayed up the whole ride home listening to the music that played through the speakers of the car. Trying as hard as I could to concentrate on that. I couldn't wait for Jake to upload the picture to see if we had found anything. I needed that confirmation that we had found something, and maybe when we got it the guys would believe me. We got back just as the sky was starting to get dark Jake texted CC and Juliet and told them to meet us in their room so we could all look over the photos.

Jake hooked his laptop up to the TV in the room and started uploading photos. The very first photo, you could see me standing there and then there was an outline of me just to the left. Like there were two of me. The next was the picture of me touching the tombstone. Right where my hand touched the smooth marble was a red 'orb' as they called it. The rest of the pictures continued with the red orb floating around. He had been there the whole time with us.

Notes

More chapters coming up tonight !!!!!!!!!!!!