To Feel Alive
Bella stepped cautiously into the alleyway, she really shouldn't be here. 'Don't Bella please! This man is dangerous, zydrate is dangerous. Please just go home.' Bella sighed happily, there was the voice she had been waiting for. 'No,' she thought to the voice, 'No! Why should I listen to you, you left me saying you wanted me to be human. Well here I am being human' She knew that this was dangerous, but that was the point.
'Bella, please. Anything but this!' The voice was already beginning to fade. 'Bella...' the voice whispered and then cut off.
'Hey Kid!' shouted a voice from down the alleyway; she half expected to see Jacob there, ready to bring her home. What she saw instead was a man with long, multi-coloured hair and a glowing blue syringe. He was watching her with an amused expression.
'Hey kid, can I help you?' Bella was annoyed at being referred to as 'kid'- she was 18 after all- but decided not to argue, he had what she needed.
"You lost, kid?" He asked as he came a bit closer."Who are you?" She countered his question with her own."Graverobber," he replied, moving to the left and collecting payment from some Z-Addict. She frowned. "I meant your name," she smirked, pushing the Z'd out addict away. "So did I. What are you doing here, kid?"
'There's something I need,' said Bella hesitantly.
'Well then I'm sure I can help you out, what do you need?'
'I need... I...'
'BELLA GET OUT OF THERE NOW!' Bella was shocked to hear the voice again and she stumbled over a brick.
' Hey kid, you ok?' said the strange man smirking 'That usually doesn't happen until after the hit,' he helped her up and looked at her closely. 'What exactly do you need? I can't help if I don't know.'
'You know what I need, I need...' Bella took a deep breath, 'I need zydrate,' she finally admitted. 'That's better, I'm sure I could hook you up. But it's gonna' cost you'
'I always heard that the first hit was free?'
'So it is,' he said pulling out another syringe, 'Are you sure about this kid?' he already knew the answer but he asked anyway. 'Yeah, I'm sure'
He reached into his bag and produced the glowing vial. Bella shivered in the cold night air. 'You ok kid? Are you sure this is what you want?' Bella nodded frantically. The Graverobber slotted the vial into place and pressed it against Bella's arm. She sighed contentedly as the pain of the world drifted away, and he came back to her. After all...
It's what she needs to feel alive.
