Breaking The Dark: Chapter 4
AUTHORS NOTE: I am so very sorry that I haven't updated in a month. I am not going to lie. I was very busy with my school work and exams but also because I forgot about my story. But please don't lose faith in my story and me and please if I see that this chapter has more views and 1 or more reviews, I WILL update more often. I love you guys and to the ONLY reviewer, I want to thank you so much! Carol. I want to answer your question. There are 3 guys but one died. Josh and Tyler (brothers) and John (the killer) but John died and he is out of this story. Ha-ha. Well I have to give props to Carol because she is the only one that reviewed and I am so glad that somebody likes my story. Thank you and I still like all my viewers; I won't forget about you guys but please R&R (rate & review). Thank you and now I will leave so I won't waste a few more seconds of your life.
-TYLER'S PERSPECTIVE-
I was holding Iris in my arms as she became unconscious. Her head lolled, hanging as her hands followed. I became worried. Just because I am who I am, doesn't mean I don't care for humans like her.
"Iris, are you okay?" I lifted her up easily and shook her lightly. She lay lifeless. I held my hand at her forehead and cheeks to read that she was icy cold. My hand was getting cold just from a touch. Fear was written all over my face. I picked her up and laid her on the bed. I ran over to the kitchen where I still saw my brother laying on the floor, drooling so much that it could be the new Mississippi River. I looked through all her drawers to look for some rags to brush some water on her face. I ran over to her black armoire and looked at the bottom shelf. Bottoms. I searched through the one above it. Tops. I growled. I looked at the top shelf. Undergarments. I flinched as I touched her "unmentionables". Tap. Tap. Tap. I froze. Josh! I sped to the living room and found Josh stumbling onto the floor, dazed.
"Why the fuck was I knocked out on the floor?" He asked me.
"Because you tried to eat Iris's face off." He stood up.
"Don't you dare try to hurt her, Josh. I know your history with the girls you find. They all end up drained till they are hanging on the strand of life they have left." I stated.
He chuckled. "I'm not going to hurt her, for now. I'm too weak to do that but what I am worried about is… did you tell her? About us?" I knew what he was talking about. The secret of our society that is safely hidden from the physical and blinded world called Earth. "Hell no. I'm not like you Josh. I choose my choices carefully."
"Who said you were like me? You're the smart nerdy type that likes to burn away every piece of fun of my life while I'm the cool creative one that everybody loves." Josh retaliated, cockily.
"No, you're the irresponsible one that messes everything up while I'm the one that cleans it all up just for you to damage again and this time, Josh, don't mess this one up. Iris isn't like the other situations we've handled before and you know it."
"Tyler. Don't be so innocent and defending now. Not after what's coming. You can't let anything get in your way! It all depends on our society, my life, your life, and most importantly, my life."
I sighed. He was right. Everyone is depending on me. I had to be careful but I can't let Josh get to Iris in any way shape or form. He was dangerous even if he was my brother.
-IRIS'S PERSPECTIVE-
Stars started to cloud my vision. My body felt heavy feeling like a piano on my back pushing me to gravity. It was dark and the wind was howling. I crept along the pebbled path onto a giant tip of a cliff with razor sharp boulders on the bottom calling for my death. It felt as if I was going to fall off as I looked over; I had the feeling of someone stalking me and I turned around. This is the dream. It is happening again! There was a tall pale man standing behind me. He had sandy blonde hair that fell into the perfect position. He also had eyes as dark and blue as the Pacific Ocean that you could get lost into. His eyes shined bright; eliminating the dark around us. He was perfect. He was massive and skinny and I could hardly see a thing but his face. He had enlightened the dark even more by the flickering of candlelight. Josh. His name echoed in my mind as I started to back up. He closed in on me as I was barely balancing on the tip of the precipice. "Who are you?" I asked nervously. It's Josh. His name is Josh. What's happening? I looked into his eyes as his eyes shaded into a darker blue with a golden hue to it. Not the person you should mess with. I walked back enough to balance myself on the edge. I can't stop this. I can't stop moving. It was like I was being forced to move off the cliff. Every piece of my old dream was falling back to this horrible nightmare. He had an evil grin on his face as he motioned toward me and I plummeted towards earth with crumbs of rocks following me. I screamed but nothing came out into words. No. No, this can't be happening, I thought to myself. I looked down and saw a glimpse of a silver lash as I almost fell to my death.
I had a mini heart attack as I felt myself lean off and hit the hard cold floor. No pain, no agony, no misery other than the floor punching me. I struggled to open my eyes and looked around. The wooden floor caught up to me and the furniture towering over me. I must've fallen off the bed. I wobbled onto my legs and used every bit of strength to walk my way over to my door. I twisted my doorknob and opened a slit to see what was going on. I saw Josh standing in the living room with Tyler. Their mouths were moving but I couldn't hear anything. I leaned closer.
"Look. She may be different but a life will be at stake. One will die one way or another. If this all goes south, our race will collapse among the humans and they'll find out about us."
"Yes because humans have a fair chance against us," Tyler said in a sarcastic tone, "Trust me, it'll be fine."
"Unless you let this shabby excuse of a life source get in our way."
"This won't happen! Chill down." He said it with a stern emotion in his voice.
What are they talking about? Humans? Then what are they? The door slid and locked itself in place as I lost my balance.
"Dude, she's awake. Get her."
Panic ran over my face and my heart was beating fast. I have to leave. That's when it hit me.
Where can I go? Jump out the window and just MIRACULOUSLY live? Or just stay here and beg for my dear life? I looked out the window and thought that was my best chance to get the time Tyler and Josh walked over to my door, I was already on the fire escape outside of my window. Man if only I found about these stairs beforehand. I lifted my leg over and silently close the window to buy me more time. I bolted down the stairwell tripping as I was skipping steps two by two or three by three. As I landed onto the first floor, I backed up and looked into the window of my apartment. "Iris? IRIS! Get your ass up here!" Tyler exclaimed. Damn. They are both assholes; such tempers. I saw Josh's worried face leaning down looking at me dead in the eye while Tyler was pissed like somebody ran over his new puppy. As my mind came back to reality, I turned and started running through the November wind. I'm not the athletic type because I hate running. As I was breathing through my mouth, I could feel the dry cold wind dry up my throat and my lungs. It felt like daggers slicing my lungs like it was about to burst. And everybody thinks why I hate running especially in the cold. They say the cold is better than the hot blistering burn of a sun but say that while you're running from probably mental people in the cold wind that suffocates you while taking your breath away. Not easy is it? I turned around and saw Tyler surrounded by a transparent baby blue mist making him disappear while appearing at the bottom of the floor. Shit! Now he is even closer than I thought! His face was full of determination and anger. I bet if I was in his clutch, he would choke me till my face turns blue and falls off. I bolted like it was the end of my life, like there was a killer after me, but for all I know, this probably was the end of me. As I turned around, a boulder hit me, only it wasn't a boulder, it was Tyler. His upper body was tough and strong. He tackled me while securing his wrists with his hands. He sat there on top of me staring into my eyes as I was catching my breath.
"Why?" Tyler asked me sternly.
"Yes. Why wouldn't someone run when two strange people broke into my house and tried to kill each other? Hmm. I wonder why."
"That wasn't a wise choice! We aren't going to kill you! Just chill and stop trying to run away because you aren't going to succeed!" He yelled angrily.
"Jeez. Somebody has anger issues." I retaliated.
He sighed. "Look. If I let you go, you won't run away, right?"
"If you don't bite my head off and kill me. I probably won't run away. Just get off me because from all that running and your built body, I can't breathe from under you."
"Oh, is that so?" he grinned and pushed his body harder against mine. I gasped. He just totally squished my left lung.
"Yes," I struggled to get through, "Please. Just get off." He released his body off of me and brushed off the dirt. His emotions seemed to lighten up. I coughed the pain out and sat up. He offered his hand and I hesitantly accepted his hand and got up.
"So," I said, "Where has your temper gone and where is Josh?" I asked. He walked towards me and I backed away from him. I can't trust him right now. Just got to roll with it.
"What. Now you can't trust me?"
"I never trusted you. You didn't answer my question." I said with an icy tone to my voice.
"He is probably upstairs laughing at how surprised you were when I caught up to you and pushed-"
"Tackled." I corrected.
"Okay. When I caught up to you and TACKLED you. Happy?"
I sighed. "Whatever." He grinned.
-1 Hour Later-
As I sat in my bed, I retraced everything that happened today. John dies, two new people come into my life, and that they may never leave. After Tyler tackled me today, he walked me into my apartment telling me how I did the wrong like I actually cared what he thought. As I walked into my room I begged them to leave but as ignorant as they are, they didn't. I gave up and dragged my sore and tired body into bed. I glanced at the clock. 4:07 Am. I sighed. I bet I would wake up the next day with Tyler and Josh in my face again. I lay down and closed my eyes. This is going to make my life a whole lot harder. The last thing on my mind was the silver lash that always ended in my dream and with that, I fell under.
AUTHORS NOTES: By the way, I have to admit that my internet can never connect with my computer which is delaying my updates but please bear with me and hope that a miracle happens.
P.S. AUTHORS NOTE: 4/16/13 : A miracle happened when a person from Yahoo! Answers told me the anser to reconnect to my home wifi and now it is connected and I fixed my Mircrosoft Word 2010 app so thank the lord for this miracle! Anyway, I hope you liked this new chapter and please R&R!