Helpless

Chapter 2

“Morning, Baby Boy.” Tyler jumped and spun around, coming face to face with his best friend, who had somehow managed to sneak up quietly. A rarity where Reid was concerned.

“Oh, hey Reid.” He slammed his locker shut. “Didn’t see you this morning.”

“Yeah, I got held up. That brunette last night certainly was a pretty one. Very good lay.” Tyler nodded and again tried to look interested. He didn’t want to hear this. “She was a bit loud though. I would rather someone who’s quiet, like… I dunno, you. See you in Social Studies, Baby Boy.” He dashed off. Tyler continued walking.

'Wait,' he thought suddenly, freezing in place, 'What did he just say?'

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Reid slowly became aware of himself only to realise he was in deep, deep shit. He was in Social Studies, the third class of the day, answering the occasional question, taking down notes and reading through the textbook. But he wasn’t the one telling his body to do so.

'Oh shit.'

Suddenly, his body paused in what it was doing of its own accord (seemingly), and he felt a smirk cross his face.

'Ah, seems somebody’s finally come back to awareness,' said a voice in his head as his body got back to work. 'It’s about time.'

'Chase.'

'Very clever. Perhaps you’re not as dumb as I thought, but from the looks of things in here it’s pretty safe to say that you are.'

'What the fuck do you want? You’re supposed to be dead!'

'Yes, well. After our mutual friend Caleb defeated me by pure luck, I found myself not so much dead as without a body. I thought yours would do fine.'

'You’re not going to get away with this.'

'Au contraire, I think I will. See, I can see in your head, which allows me to mimic your behaviour flawlessly. Even if I do get caught, it will be too late.' Reid felt some sort of sick delight coming from the being inhabiting his body. 'Nobody will suspect a thing. I am going to have fun with this, I really am.' Suddenly his head turned and he gazed hungrily at the boy occupying the seat next to them. 'I have to agree with you about him. He is very pretty.' His eyes roved down Tyler’s body before moving back to the front of the class. 'He’d be fun to play with.'

Reid heart went cold. 'If you touch him, I swear I will kill you very, very slowly.'

'I’m already dead, there’s not much more you can do. Unless you somehow manage to kill yourself, but that would only result in you being dead and me needing another body. Maybe I’ll go for him next time, because a host whose spirit is already broken is a lot easier to control.'

Reid fell silent, knowing that there was nothing he could do, and if he annoyed Chase he might use his body to hurt someone. So for once in his life Reid kept his imaginary mouth shut.

'I knew you’d see things my way.'

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