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It has been about three to four days since Chloe has began to stay in the Mai headquarters. Most of the time there was no one in the house, but Alek and Chloe. Chloe refrained from speaking to Alek unless necessary, and Alek accepted her silence not wanting to push it. They would occasionally pass each other locking eyes and having barely an inch from each others shoulders. A lot of the time, Chloe stayed in her assigned room. It was very modern with an ocean blue bed cover and a black rectangular head board. The walls were a light beige. The room was accented with more blues, blacks, and whites. She would sit on the bed with her laptop and ear buds shoved into her ears blocking out any sound she would hear from Alek. Alek mostly stayed in the living room watching television keeping an eye on the front door at all times. Chloe could tell Alek was boring quickly. She doubted he could last any longer. He would occasionally get up from the couch and pace back and forth with a frustrated look on his face. Chloe would pass by to get something to drink, and he wouldn't stop for a second. Sometimes he would glance at her and continue his pacing or stop and sit back on the couch. Very little words were spoken between them, but Alek knew he wasn't the only one being tortured with this isolation.
Today, Chloe sat on her bed as usual messaging Amy complaining about this hell she was forced to stay in. Amy would tell her not to dwell on it and look at the bright side. It was the wrong thing to say Chloe realized when she asked what bright side. Amy went on a rant about forgiving Alek and that he didn't really have much of a choice. Chloe did nothing but deny and fight back. She refused to forgive him, and act like nothing happened like he never kept a secret in his life from her. However, she knew he did. She knew he always had secrets, but it never really mattered or occurred to her until now.
King4406: I just want to get out of here.
ItsAmy: I know how it feels. With you being on lock down, Paul and I don't have much excitement anymore.
King4406: Thanks I guess.
ItsAmy: Does your mom still believe you're in New York?
King4406: Surprisingly yes.
ItsAmy: That is surprising since every time I am on the phone with you. You sound like your miserable.
King4406: Usually when she asks about that I say I'm home sick.
ItsAmy: Excuses. Excuses.
King4406: Whatever. I should get off now before I ring up anymore electric bills.
ItsAmy: I agree.
King4406: I miss you guys.
ItsAmy: We miss you too. Bye.
King4406: Jeez. Pushing me out of the digital door much.
ItsAmy: I wouldn't be pushing you out of the digital door if you would just forgive Alek already. You're the perfect couple, and you're ruining it for a little white lie!
King4406: Amy, if that was the only little white lie image the real lies he's keeping from me.
ItsAmy: Ugh. Okay. Fine.
King4406: Bye.
Chloe closed her laptop and rested her head on the headboard of her bed. She ripped her ear buds from her ear while closing her eyes focusing on the television and Alek's breathing. The rhythmic breaths soothed her relaxing her muscles. However, they were suddenly disturbed. Chloe could hear him pacing again. She rolled her eyes under her lids, but then heard his footsteps stop and the front door open. She shot up from the bed and raced over to the living room. Alek stood in front of the open doorway.
"What are you doing?" Chloe asked genuinely confused.
"Leaving," was his only words as he walked through the door heading for the elevator.
"Wait! You can't just leave me here!" She shouted after him as she ran the short distance to him.
"Yes I can. Now stay in the apartment. I'll be right back."
"You're not going anywhere, Alek. Valentina strictly said for us to stay here."
"Oh please! You want to get the hell out of here as much as I do. You think I don't hear you talking with Amy about how horrible it is for you to be here?" Chloe's mouth dropped open. She couldn't believe how much lack of privacy she had.
"You need to stop eavesdropping on everything. It's like you don't have a life or something besides being the protector and crap."
"I don't!... You are my job. You are my business." Chloe stood there with a hurt expression on her face. Was that all she was to him? A job? His face softened as he realized how his words had come out and affected her. He reached towards her struggling for words that could never come out in time. Chloe rushed past him into the elevator hitting the lobby button quickly letting it shut out the image of Alek heading towards her. She could hear him call her name through the double doors as the elevator went down. It stopped letting her quickly run out into the dark city streets. She walked and walked not stopping for even a moment to rest. Her mind was reeling and for some reason she felt like she was choking and couldn't breathe. Something warm and wet was falling down her face. She brought her hand up to her face and wiped the salty tears a little puzzled. It has been at least an hour and half since she left Alek on the eighteenth floor of the apartment building. The night was colder and darker than she ever remembered it being. The day fog still lingered making it hard to see even with the night vision. A weird undescribable noise lingered near her. She twisted herself to look behind her and could see nothing but a piece of paper floating in the freezing breeze.
She looked back in front of her hearing the noise once again. She began to walk a little faster confused and a little frightened by the weird definitely non human noise. She then heard a woman's voice in the distance calling out for help. She ran as fast as she could into a dark alley. When she arrived deep enough, she could see the woman on the damp floor with something so out of this world that her feet rooted into the dirty stone floor. It was long and slender as it stood in front of the woman. It looked at Chloe with shining golden wolf eyes, but its skin was so dark it blended in the darkness. It wasn't black though that Chloe could tell. It had scales dark dark red only visible when light reflected off them. The hands and feet were menacing claws longer than Chloe's claws could ever reach.
The face was a little more human perhaps. The nose flat but head, eyes and mouth the right proportion. It also had a tail sort of like you would see on a dinosaur back in the ancient days, but way more flexible as it waved behind the creature. The creature smiled showing long Canine teeth and the ears that were hidden with the rest of its darkness defined itself as pointy and long as everything else. A roar so deafening escaped through its teeth with a mix of dinosaur and lion. Chloe's heart turned to ice. She was frozen in place not knowing what to do. The woman on the floor started to laugh as she rose. The creature stepped back allowing the woman with auburn hair and grey eyes come closer. Slowly her features melted away allowing the same black/red scales to appear and the long tail to grow out from behind. Her eyes melted to a shiny glowing gold. In seconds, she looked just as the creature Chloe thought had attacked her. The woman's voice came from the creature she now became.
"This was easier than I thought," She said through her pointed teeth. Within the few moments of her terror and the creatures voice, another dark yet more human figure jumped on the creature. The nonhuman thing screeched and clawed at her back with her razor sharp claws. Chloe forced her night vision back after the brief paralyzing moment that turned it off. She could see the figure was Alek. He used all his strength to throw the thing onto the wall. He extended his claws trying to fight off two of the unidentifiable creatures. He stabbed one in the stomach letting out a roar of pain and fell back. He took the woman creature and left marks on her body that wasn't enough to keep her out. Chloe stood in place not moving an inch. For once in her life, she couldn't start into action. Alek threw one of the garbage cans onto the creature stalling it for a second or so. He ran to Chloe grabbing her wrist and pulling her to run. Her feet acted on there own, but she couldn't help but stay in shock at what she had witnessed.
"What the hell where those things?"
"Sheuts."
"What the hell is that?"
"Sheut means shadow in Ancient Egyptian language. They are the descendants of the ancient god Osiris, the god of the underworld."
"So pretty much, they are what?...Demons."
"I guess that is a way to describe them. They mostly do the dirty work for Osiris. They help with the killing whoever is next to die. Sort of like the Grim Reaper but much scarier."
"So I'm next to die?"
"Chloe, can we talk more about this when we don't have to out run scary Sheuts that are coming to kill both of us now."
"Oh yeah. You're right,"Chloe said finally realizing and sort of understanding why these shadow things were so terrifying and...well...downright wrong. Alek and Chloe took a lot of weaving around until Alek finally thought they were safe. There breathing was struggled as now they finally began to walk back to the apartment.
"How did you find me?" She asked patiently letting him catch his breath. He touched his nose lightly as they continued to breathe hard and head into the lobby of the apartment building. Smell was the last thing Chloe thought Alek would use, but he was more Mai then she could ever be. They got up to the apartment and sat on the couch sweaty.
"So am I the next to die? Is that why they are after me?"
"No. They are after you because you're the uniter not because Osiris has suddenly decided you're next."
"Is every race in the entire world after me?" Chloe huffed exhausted. Alek stayed silent causing her to look over at him.
"Yes," was his only word after Jasmine and Valentina walked into the door.
"My strict orders were to stay in this apartment at all times. Was that not clear?" Valentina spoke explaining how she saw Chloe and Alek walking back to the headquarters.
"Yes. It was, but I was going to leave and Chloe tried to stop me, and I made her upset so she left. She encountered Sheuts, and I had to help her. Well, mostly risk my life while she watched on the sidelines," he explained glancing at Chloe. Chloe felt guilty for not stepping in to help Alek but at that moment it felt impossible.
"Sheuts!" Valentine and Jasmine exclaimed in union.
"Yes. They attacked me out of nowhere and Alek saved my life again. What is up with the whole demon look on them and then being human and such?" Chloe asked trying to get her questions answered.
"Sheuts were offspring of humans and Osiris. He made them to be his minions. They were born to transform just like when we transform at the age of 16," Jasmine informed still in shock at what they had encountered.
"Sheuts usually keep to their own kind and never really mingle with other races," Alek added. Chloe yawned not with boredom but more with exhaustion. Chloe was amazed by how many races she was going to learn about either with encountering them while they try to kill her or studying them in books.
"You should head off to bed," Alek said pulling Chloe to her feet and pushing her off in the direction of her room. Chloe reached the bathroom and showered letting the warm water massage the aches in her neck and shoulders. She changed in pajamas forgetting to call her mother and falling straight to sleep dreaming nightmares of even more horrible looking offspring of ancient gods out to rip her lives away.
