Chapter 7: Eyes
It was dark wherever she look, there was nothing. Bo could barely see her hands in front of her. "Where am I?"
Cold. Her body was getting cold. Using her breath, she tried to warm up her hands but her breath was colder. "Anybody there?" Bo called out. Nothing but an echo responded to her.
"Anybody there? Lauren?!" Her own echo seem to hurt her ears kneeling down covering them with her hands.
"I'm scared.. Lauren.." Voice in desperation; clinging to life and the warmth her body knew; it was torture.
"Succubus.." A man's voice called out.
She looked around the darkness hoping to see whoever it was.
"Bo.. You need to hold on."
"Who are you…?" Bo uncovered her ears as the echo did not feel so painful.
"You can't die yet." The voice was close.
Bo turned and saw a man with different colored eyes—Brown and Blue.
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Eyes removed his hand from the succubus and faced the stunned Lauren and her needle. He opened his palms gaining control of the woman's movement preventing her from sticking the needle in his neck.
"What do you want?" Lauren was still fighting the mesmer's power .
"Did you read the book?" Asked Eyes still smirking.
Her eyes widened. "Were you the one who left that book and the box?"
"I think this will be a long conversation. I'll release you if you promise to keep those needles away from me." He said with a gentle voice.
"You.. stay away from Bo." She replied with authority even when she was clearly within his control.
He sighed and slowly walked away from the bed where Bo was laying and sat on the chair near the wall. Crossing his legs, he closed his fist and withdrew his power. Immediately, Lauren's body was set free and stood up straight seemingly blocking Bo from him.
"Who are you? What do you want? " Lauren asked him straight.
"As I've told you before, I can't exactly tell you who I am but you can call me Eyes. I'm here to help" He replied.
"To help?" Lauren furrowed her brow.
"I gave you that book didn't I?" Eyes leaned back against the chair.
"Why should I trust you?"
"I can't tell you much. It's not that I don't want to. It's just that I shouldn't. I can sweet talk you into trusting me but she doesn't have much time left. Why don't you take a look at her bullet wound?"
Lauren was skeptical and knew that turning away from an unknown fae might mean danger. Still, she faced Bo and uncovered half of her body. Gently turning Bo's body to the side, she noticed that her skin on the bullet wound was black which seemed to be spreading because of the red and bluish veins crawling from it.
"I don't understand. How can this be happening so quickly..?" Disbelief was written all over her face. She knew what it was—the flesh was beginning to rot from with in.
Eyes stood up and walked slowly towards Lauren. "I cannot save her but trust me. I can help you save her."
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Dyson pulled his fist away from the bent metal post looking down feeling ashamed in losing control. "I'm sorry.."
"Finding that guy will not do Bo or any of us any good." Tamsin said with her arms crossed.
He gave a nod acknowledging Tamsin's point. A small grin from Tamsin's lips expressed satisfaction in calming down an angry wolfman without using her Valkyrie powers.
"Four behind you.." Knuckle cracking, Dyson warned her. He had noticed the familiar smell of these faes for quite a while. It was hard to forget—the stench of crows. They finally came into full human view.
"and four behind you.." Tamsin replied still with a grin on her lips and unzipped her leather jacket exposing her favorite weapons.
They moved forward passing each other and started fighting the enemies behind each other's back.
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Kenzi and Hale had been scanning the books from shelf to shelf and would stop at a sight of any bird drawn or mentioned on any page. No luck.
"Is this all? C'mon! There's gotta be something about that peacock!" Kenzi almost rip the pages off. Her impatience cause the books to be carelessly piled up all over the archives.
"Kenzi.. relax. We'll find something." Hale picked up some books scattered on the floor and put them on the table near Kenzi.
"I can't relax Hale..!" Kenzi threw a book hitting the wall.
"No.. Kenz.. Don't do that girl. These books are very important to the Light and one these books might help us figure out how to help Bo." Hale turned and picked up the book. The lowest brick of the wall had a carving of a bird.
"Kenzi! Look at here!" Hale called out.
"What is it?" Kenzi approached Hale and saw the carving.
"That's the same carving on that peacock book's cover."
"Try pushing it. It might be a button or something."
Hale did as he was told but the brick wouldn't budge. He took a knife from his belt and scalped the brick off the wall. The brick was hallow inside containing a small rolled parchment. Kenzi gently took the parchment from Hale and unrolled it.
"It's a map.."
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With only one opponent left each, Dyson grabbed his on the neck while Tamsin used her powers to weaken hers.
"Who sent you..?" They asked in unison.
"I know you Hugin.." It was the crow fae who took Bo back then.
"Hey hey… relax.. We didn't come here to fight.." Hugin answered.
"Yeah.. our new employer.. hired us to take you somewhere.." answered the other, Munin, with a fear enveloped voice.
"Your employer?" Dyson frowned.
"Why would we let your black smoke take us?" Tamsin asked with one of her brow raised.
"Because he said.. he knows how to help your succubus." Hugin said in his casual Irish accent.
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"What's the catch?" Nothing was free in the world and Lauren knew that.
"After the bird sing for the succubus, I'll be taking it." It took a while before Eyes could give an answer making it seem like he's not sure of what he wanted.
"Couldn't you find the bird on your own? You had the resources you needed—the book, the cage, the chord." Lauren was puzzled about this man's intentions.
"Not everything.. I lack two very important things."
Before Lauren could ask another question, he door suddenly opened; Kenzi and Hale entered the ICU.
"Lauren! We found a map… who is that?" Kenzi referred to Eyes.
"Oh! That was fast, as expected of the brilliant Kenzi." His compliment raised more confusion.
"You know me? Who are you? Who's this freak?"
"That's one. The map.. and.." Eyes continued his conversation with Lauren. "And..what else?" Lauren asked.
A familiar black smoke appeared and out of it were Munin, Hugin, Tamsin and Dyson.
"Dyson?" Hale pulled out his gun pointing against Munin and Hugin who instantly put their arms up in the air
"Tam-Tam? Ok.. what's going on? Lauren?" Kenzi asked still holding the map they found in the archives.
"This man, he calls himself Eyes. He's the one who left the book and the box. He is offering help to save Bo" Lauren answered Kenzi without turning away from Eyes.
"Save Bo? Why should we trust him?" Dyson growled.
"What is your plan?" Lauren asked demanding a clearer answer.
"Ok. Let me explain the details fast because we don't have much time left. I mean Bo doesn't have much time left. She needs the healing bird which I happen to be needing as well. You don't need to trust me. The thing is I'm your best shot right now." His words made everyone silent. It was true after all. He was their only light for Bo.
After observing their faces, he continued "The Bird is the sibling of the Garuda but it doesn't feed on hatred. It feeds on 'love'. If you're going to assess the story you read about the Bird, among the three princes it was John who exhibited great love and its extensions—kindness, inspiration, motivation and forgiveness. Thus, he was able to capture the Bird and attain its obedience and loyalty."
"So, who among you can claim that your love for Bo is one of the greatest?" Eyes asked but he already seemed to know who they were.
Dyson stepped forward and stood beside the unflinching Lauren. Eyes smiled at the two.
"Where can we find this Bird?" Lauren asked.
"Mount Cristobal.. also known as Devil's Mountain."
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It took only one hour to prepare themselves for their journey. Kenzi and Hale took the golden chord and the cage from Trick's office. Dyson loaded his gun, took a knife and gave them to Lauren. Hunin and Munin stood beside Eyes waiting for his command.
"You won't be facing much enemies. The greatest enemy you will be facing will be yourselves. You can say that it will be a test of your love for Bo."
The two nodded.
"What about the map?" Kenzi asked.
"It is the map of the mountain. It tells you where the Silver Stone tree, the tree where the Bird resides is."
Kenzi handed the map to Lauren and Dyson who looked at each other to see who would take the map.
Dyson smiled and said "Wolves have great sense of direction."
Lauren smiled back and took the map while Dyson tied the golden cord around his waist and carried the cage with his hand.
"Ready?" Eyes asked signaling Hugin and Munin.
Hugin stood beside Dyson while Munin stood beside Lauren. It was familiarly awkward moment for the crows.
"We're on your side now.." Hugin said.
"so don't be threatening us.." Munin continued
Hugin and Dyson took off first. Before Munin could follow with Lauren, Eyes told them to wait.
"Lauren, it will be best if you have something that will remind you of Bo.." Eyes voice became strangely warm.
Lauren approached Bo on the bed and kissed her "I'll be back soon. I promise I'll get that bird. Please wait for me." She unhooked Bo's necklace and wore it.
"It looks good on you.." Eyes complimented.
Lauren thought it would be strange to give him a smile but she couldn't help but voice out what she was thinking. "I don't know but I can't say that I don't trust you.."
Eyes gave a nod and Munin released his black smoke taking Lauren to the Devil's Mountain
~End of Eyes~
Ok. Here's the update! Like I said.. after a week. :)
As you read, you'll realize that Eyes will be a very important character in this fic.
A thing you need to know: Eyes can reach Bo's subconscious by touch.
A thing I want you to know: My visualization of Eyes is like Richard Cypher's character
I like the Bromance between DYson and Lauren.. so there won't be any fighting between them.
Thanks again for reading and reviewing! :)
'Till next week!
