Chapter 3: Krad?

Kala's P.O.V.

I woke up and looked at my phone; it was 10:30a.m. We went to bed at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Wow I slept for a long time. I looked at where I was; I was on my bed when I specifically remember laying on the couch. Dark must have moved me after I fell asleep. I looked at my couch he wasn't there. I got up and picked up the blanket off of the floor I was about to set it on the couch when I noticed a piece of paper; under it was a black feather. There was writing on it.

Dear Kala,

I'm sorry but I have to take care of something important and I don't want you getting hurt; if I come back then I will see you again; but if not then know that I treasured our time together and that I care for you very much.

Your Phantom Thief

P.S. always remember me.

I felt the sting of him leaving like a punch in the stomach. It felt as if my heart had been ripped out and torn to pieces. Tears streamed down my cheeks and burned my eyes. I picked up the feather and collapsed onto my bed. I clutched the letter to my chest and sobbed. If this is how it's going to feel if he doesn't come back then what would the point be in living.

Dark's P.O.V.

I stood up and found a piece of paper and a pencil. I wrote Kala a note and left one of my last feathers to her. For her sake I hope I come back. I walked out onto her porch and grew my real wings doing that was always painful. I took off and soon I seen the same light that I had seen in my dream. I sped forward catching up with it; I was prepared for it to be Krad and to my un-shocked horror it was. "Krad we need to talk, land now!"

"Ah, so it is you Dark how not surprising" he descended and I followed, we kept our distance with each other.

"Krad, what are you doing hear?" I asked him, my back was pulsing and pounding making it hard to stay standing but I could not show that I was weak.

"I'm here to ruin who's ever life that brought you here by finishing what we started" he lunged for me. I pulled out a feather and threw it at him it cut his face then dissolved.

"Krad I don't want to do this but I will if you make me" I pulled out my two remaining feathers and began to chant, the feathers went and multiplied and encircled Krad. In a last attempt he sent ten white feathers to hit me. I was hit in the chest, arms, and face half of them bore a whole in my chest and the last one impaled the middle of the whole. I could not stop the chanting because if I did the human seal wouldn't work. Finally, with blood running down my cut and impaled chest; arms; and face, the seal was complete. Krad wailed in pain as he was encompassed in stone, he became a stone statue then with the last word it cracked and exploded showering me with rubble. I hope I have enough strength to make it back. I took off and was only able to fly a few miles my strength gave out and I started to fall; spreading my wings I was able to slow down enough to not get hurt as badly. I landed with my lower half in water, I was too weak to move let alone drag myself out of the water; soon I was surrounded with darkness.

Kala's P.O.V.

I finally stopped crying hard but I still had tears running down my face. Maybe it's just a bad dream. I pinched my self; it hurt. I was beginning to think that he could be hurt some ware and I not know where he is. I began to panic so I put my shoes on and ran out my front door, I walked along the path we were going to take to go to the pond. I walked the few miles to the shore and on the far side I seen a slumped figure, it looked like it had wings. I ran to it, I started to cry hard again; it was him. He had pieces of rock in his hair more cuts on his arm and face. I rolled him over and gasped a white feather was sticking out of his chest; I tried to pull it out but it gave off an electric charge and shocked me. That I will have to deal with later. I roll him onto my arm and draped him over my shoulder.

I make my way home as fast as I could so I could help him I walked in the back door; it was closer to my room. I wobbled into my room and laid him on my bed again. The feather he left behind started to glow. "I hope this works" I say still crying as I ripped his shirt the rest of the way open. I took the feather and laid it on the wound and both feathers dissolved but he didn't wake up; I cried harder. I laid over him and soon fell asleep tears still in my eyes. It seemed that only a few minutes passed but I looked at my phone and it said 10:00 p.m. I rubbed my eyes and looked at Dark; his wound didn't look any better. The only difference was that is wings were gone. A few feathers were on my bed so I picked them up and put them on my bed side table.

My stomach growled I got up and went to the kitchen to warm up my left over spaghetti; i put it in the microwave. I walked out side to get another Braken Fern to use for his chest. I walked back in and tended his chest and wrapped it with bandages. At least it will help it heal, I hope. The microwave dinged so I went to get my food out. I pulled it out of the machine and it looked like Dark's wound; I lost my appetite. I sat on the couch and just stared at the floor. Wait a second, the white feather it couldn't have been Krad could it?

Dark's P.O.V.

All I could see was Krad's face "don't think you got rid of me that easily Dark" he said it over and over until I couldn't take it, I swung my arm to punch him but it just went threw his head.

I opened my eyes to see a white ceiling over me, my chest stung like my back did when I first woke up here. I lifted my head expecting Kala to be on the couch asleep again but she wasn't there. I got up but was in agony as I did; I had to make sure she was ok. I walked to the door and slowly opened it so it wouldn't make noise. I walked out to the living room and seen her sitting there just staring at the floor. I smirked; the worry was plain as day on her face. Its time to ease her worry. I took a few steps forwards so I was in her peripheral line of sight. She looked up and at me. It wasn't hard to see the tears streaming down her stained cheeks. She jumped up and ran to me and wrapped her arms around me.

"Oh my god I was so worried about you! I thought you would never wake up; I'm so glad your ok!" she cried into my chest she pulled her head away and looked at me. "Never let Krad do that again if he dose I will go psycho ninja white chick on him" she told me. I started laughing but quite quickly, it hurt too badly to continue. The realization of her knowing that it was Krad hit me.

"How did you know it was Krad?" I asked her as we walked to the couch to sit; I was beginning to feel light headed.

"It was the white feather, I tried to pull it out of your chest at the pond but it shocked me, after I got you home I used the feather you left me and they both dissolved" I kissed her on top of the head.

"I'm just glad you're safe" I tell her she looks at me and smiled "are we still going swimming?" I asked her, she got a funny look on her face then frowned at me.

"Not in the condition your in, were going to stay here and take it easy until your chest is fully healed" she told me. I kissed her on top of the head again.

"I love how protective you are. Its cute" she punched me lightly on the arm.

"If you stoped getting hurt then I wouldn't have to be" she yawned. "I don't know why I'm so tired for I slept all day yesterday and today" she laid her head on my shoulder.

"Then let's go sleep and we both will get your bed, no more sleeping on the couch" I tell her, she looks at me surprised but then nodded. We walked to her room; she helped me lay down and then grabbed the blanket I used while I slept on the couch. She lay down next to me and covered both of us up and fell right to sleep. I too fell to sleep quickly.