Now, this is my first chapter in AGES so be nice and drop a review okay? It might not make sense completely but I did try and I had to rush it today. The first part is in Raziel's POV then Kestrel's then Raziel's etc
Chapter 8 :McDonalds
I followed this strange child down the road, a coat draped around my shoulders, keeping my head down against the unwelcome stares of the public. To be honest I was afraid, terrified in fact, and lost too. Unwilling as I was to trust…Kestrel she seemed my only hope. I sighed. Obviously, my appearance would be ridiculous to any watching- a girl's long coat pulled horizontally about broad, masculine shoulders. She turned back to me, seeming to sense my discomfort.
"You can rip it a bit to put it on, you know. I don't mind" the remark was follow by a forced, strained smile. I returned a blank look. Rhapsody was dead. How could I smile? Nevertheless, I pulled it on, tearing it at the seams and thrusting my hands in the pockets. Fantastic- now I looked even more ridiculous. "Kestrel…this…" I began quietly, intending at first to tell her how this was what Rhapsody would have told me to do. Having second thoughts, I silenced myself and turned away. She continued to lead me down the side of the road and turned left to stand beneath a transparent shelter.
"We're getting a bus" she said to me, not questioning what I wanted to do. Still, I followed her silently, taking a seat next to her small form which shivered against the cold. "A bus" "Yeah. A bus" Kestrel said, voice dead "Like… to go somewhere without walking. It's a little hard to explain. Just follow me and sit with me, okay. I'll do all the talking" I nodded silently and we sat in uncomfortable silence for a while longer.
It was virtually no time at all until the roaring, red carriage rolled in front of us. I stiffened and hissed in an almost automatic response, shocking Kestrel. Taking my arm, she led me aboard it, taking out to oddly shaped silvery pieces and placing them in a slot. At the back of the carriage, in a deserted section, we sat. She was so much quieter than Rhapsody had been and I sensed a disturbance within her.
"Kestrel" I said, under my breath, not moving "Please forgive me if I have frightened you" She let out a small laugh.
"I'm not scared. I'm just confused… and worried. You must be having a hard time coming to terms with things anyway, huh?" "Yes" I agreed "but I will change it…" As I saw it, anyone could be brought back, should their soul still exist. Rhapsody was dead, believing, no doubt that I had betrayed her…
Why was this so uncomfortable? I turned to face the window and stared out of it, sadly. The town flashed by me, the people outside moving in slow motion. I got to my feet and slipped over Raziel, making my way down the isle and beckoned to him to follow. Leaving the bus, I led my vampire into a small single storey McDonalds. Wait… why did I think 'my vampire'? Did I truly believe him not to be human? But… mine? I shook my head, aware that Raziel was beside me and placed my order. It seemed to take for ever to turn up and once we had finally found a table, there was an uncomfortable silence.
Sauce gooed down from the end of my burger and dripped onto the table. Raziel drew back a little.
"How can you eat such a thing?" he questioned me and I met those amber eyes for only a second. "It's good" I told him thinking of how funny we must have looked to everyone else. "See" I said and held it out. He drew back, eyeing it, confused. I laughed "Oooo! Careful! The burger might come to life and rip your head off" Obviously, he didn't notice that I was joking.
Claws flashed up and sliced through my meal which lay in halves on the tray not a second later. I made to wipe some of the juices from my top, sighing deeply. "Look, that was good food" my arms folded around my chest. "I think it's goddamn time you explained this all to me" Leaning over the table on my elbows, I locked eyes with him. "Explain"
Her eyes met mine, unafraid and strong. To be honest, I was shocked by her. This young girl challenging me… I refused to dwell on it. It brought back too many painful memories. Her determination deserved something, but nothing that I was prepared to give. My recent experience beneath the Citadel had become somewhat hard to bear. An incomplete soul and a decades too late.
Raziel remained silent. "I cannot yet" he said softly. I reached out and grabbed his arm, preparing a retort however before I had the chance to we were interrupted by a boy I knew by face, a McDonalds cap on his head.
"I'm real sorry but can you leave? We've just had a number of complaints.
"Got any money on you?" I asked, walking the burger sprayed vampire into a familiar shop. I quickly corrected myself "Oh… right. Never mind" From my pocket, I pulled out ten quid. It had been my brother's once. Doubtless, he would do something terrible to me for taking it but I was used to that. It wouldn't do any harm to stock up on some make-up to cover the marks I thought, a little sadly, remembering the first time I had sat in front of the bathroom mirror, smearing concealer and foundation over the ugly purple swelling on my cheek. "Kestrel?" Raziel's voice pulled me from my memory and I nodded.
"Okay. Find a shirt. I know. Stand there" I lifted a black shirt from the rack. At the top corner was a faded looking red band logo. This would to I decided, holding it up against his chest, hands quivering a little. "Come on" I said, faced with a new dilemma.
Where the hell was Raziel going to go now?
That's all for now, a chapter that's finally forced its way out over a couple of days. Honestly, this has been haunting me all through the day. I NEEDED to get it done!
Oh yeah… if there's any questions about what's happened so far that you want to ask me, feel free to stick them on your review somewhere and I'll put in a chapter explaining everything.
And now I bribe you- candyfloss wave wave Come this way my little reviewers!!
