Chapter 4: Black eyes watching
The voices woke me up, they found it, they found it, they found it, it's too lateā¦
I opened my eyes, same park, same terrible life. Great. And apparently the voices had found something, well good for them, I hope it was worth waking me up for.
There was weird smell in the air, like rotten eggs? Gross.
I also heard a noise like a bug zapper, the park lights were flickering on and off, all of them. Was it me doing that? I could usually feel when I did something like that. No, maybe it was just faulty lights.
I turned over, ready to try and sleep again when I suddenly heard a deep, gravelly voice in the back of my mind. One word as clear as day. RUN.
I bolted upright a spilt second before arms grabbed me and threw me to the ground.
At first I thought the cops had found me but then I looked up. And oh god I wish I didn't, they were hideous, masses of darkness and terror. All writhing beneath those people's faces, whose eyes had turned as black as ebony.
"Well she isn't much" one of them, a girl, breathed in my face "honestly I expected more". I tried to stumble to my feet but I was suddenly thrown through the air into a nearby tree with an immense force, invisible chains holding me there. I struggled and pulled but I couldn't move at all.
The girl walked over, reached out and stroked my cheek, her breath turned to mist in the cold air. I squirmed under the invisible force but the other one, a man, slapped me hard across the face.
"Please don't" she smiled sweetly "it's highly inconvenient for you to try and fight back, we don't want to hurt you unless we have to" she raised a hand to her chest "scouts honour" she promised.
She looked like a normal girl, you know except for the fact she had something hellish inside her. Long black hair and pale skin, dark brown eyes. She wore grey jeans, a black singlet, a stylish leather jacket and silver jewellery.
"Name's Ruby by the way, sorry we got off to a bad start but it's not like you would have come with is willingly, our real faces can be, well, intimidating" she played with a lock of my black hair.
"Now you on the other hand" she laughed "could be very pretty, just gotta' fix" she motioned to my whole body "this general area. Don't worry we'll have you cleaned up when we get back"
I had seen some strange things throughout my life, but a monster giving me fashion tips was a first. I was too stunned to think of what to do, what the holy hell was happening! What were these things, what did they want with me?
I swallowed my fear and croaked out "sooo, what do you guys want with me? just curious you know" I stayed dead still in fear of being hit again.
She chuckled "I forget you don't know anything yet, actually" she put a finger to her forehead thinking "probably shouldn't tell you anyways"
My mind was whirring, if I could just use my powers again, this time I truly didn't care if they got hurt if I lost control again. I think this world could use a few less monsters.
"Oh I wouldn't try doing that honey, you'd be a scorch mark before you could get it up" she sneered. My face must have look shocked because she laughed again.
"Oh yes, I can see inside that pretty head of yours, seriously messed up stuff in there I have to say"
My heart sunk, I realized I couldn't escape these things, I didn't know how I could. They were toying with me like a cat plays with a mouse.
"Believe me, it hurts me to see you sad little mouse, but god" she tipped her head back and screamed in glee "we found you before those fluffy winging dicks did, we can win!" she turned back to me and smiled. "I should be thanking you, we would never have found you in time if you hadn't gone full on hulk back at the bus station, magnificent by the way!"
Oh my god, I thought, how do they know about that, was this all connected?
"So, you basically sent out a bat signal to us, a sonic blast so powerful it broke your location protection" she put her hand on my shoulder "and now here we are, we finally found you"
They found it, I remember the voices saying that, was this about me? So many questions and no answers for miles, I felt helpless.
Ruby turned to the man, "ready to go, oh I'm so excited, he'll be so proud of me"
The guy pipped up "and me?"
She rolled her eyes "oh sure".
"Go where?" I asked.
They both turned back to me and she smiled "you're going to your new home to meet the master and don't worry" she pointed back to park bench "it's a better home than that at any rate".
Better a bench than living with you, I thought. I defiantly wasn't ready to be taken anywhere and one interrupts my sleep and gets away with it!
I realized that after the bus stop, my power flowed easily, as if it was just waiting for me to call on it, a storm just below my skin. I called it to the surface and it thundered to life.
They must have noticed my eyes starting to glow, but I was faster than them, stronger.
I broke free from their force and landed on my feet, punching Ruby in the gut I sent her flying. The man came at me and tackled me to the ground but I pushed him off me. In a rush I grabbed my bag and ran out of the park, and I didn't stop running.
