Emma
Everything was silent again. None of them knew what Ragnarok was, but Abe thought he did. He didn't say much but let with some mumble of words. I didn't hear them. I didn't hear anything but the screams from my newfound memories.
I can still see the world burning. Tyr knows what's going to happen; at least he thinks he does. He's sure about it that it's scary though. Demons will flood the earth, killing millions. Someone will be leading them on some kind of ship that floats through the air. It's dark and chipping away in flakes of what looks like ash the way it fades into the air. It's at least three miles long and another one across by the way it easily smashed through these city building and still has room on either side.
The world will suffer through a freezing winter then after the warriors come. Tyr will send the army on its way while him and Thor (me and Jay essentially) will summon a portal. Through it, a giant serpent will come and will destroy the world with ash and fire.
My body shook as I lay there. I barely noticed it anymore. The images kept coming of everything kept coming. Sometimes I smelled the scent of burning flesh from every memory I had of Tyr killing people with my body. I saw the dead, unrecognizable and bloody, every time I closed my eyes. When they were open, I saw demons killing and the world burning. I was intent on keeping my eyes open as long as possible because the future was easier than the past right now.
"Are you cold?" Liz asked, touching my shoulder gently. I twitched away from her touch and turned my head to look at her. She was suddenly kneeling down next to me looking very worried.
"No," I answered smally, unable to actually speak much. Tyr's probably taken my voice along with my sanity. I might be cold right now, or it may be the memories. I don't know anymore. I'll say it's the memories. She rubbed my shoulder and looked around. I turned my head back to its position staring at the table. They could probably see my eyes and wonder why I wasn't blinking. I brought an arm up and hid my face. Staring at the darkness of my shirt was better I found.
Something was draped over me, probably a cover. I barely heard Liz moving around. My ears were ringing it felt like now. The screams were stopping. Maybe it was because I didn't want to hear anything them anymore, maybe Tyr had taken them away. Abe came back through the door.
"I couldn't find much," Abe started. I moved my arm down a little and saw him put a pile of books on the table. I barely heard them slam down. Selective hearing has taken over.
"What's Ragnarok?" Liz asked, coming over to see the books. Abe looked at her and paused.
"The end of the world," He answered. She froze. I know. The time when everyone will die at some point and everyone will suffer.
"Someone is waking the sleeping demons so they can find their master. He'll lead them with a ship and they'll kill everyone alive," I said quietly. They all looked at me.
"It says something like that here," Abe muttered and looked through the books. "It will start with a trembling in the earth, with that first tremble Loki shall break free of his bonds, and lead the undead in a battle upon a ship made of dead men's nails against the gods themselves."
"It'll be winter when me and Jay will open the portal. Some sort of serpent will come and kill the world with ash and fire," I finished. Abe referred to his book.
"A vast winter shall come, not a single winter but three rolled into one unyielding cold with no summer between. The Midgard Serpent shall free it's self from its tail and rise up from the ocean, spewing poison over land and sea. And the heaven shall offer no comfort, for the sun and the moon shall be swallowed whole," He recited. There was silence.
"Who's waking the demons?" Red asked after a while. Abe looked to me for an answer. Tyr didn't show me that. The picture of that lady came into my mind. The one that woke those scorpion things that led to me being shot and brought here. Maybe he was showing it to me, or maybe I was remembering it on my own.
"She was at city hall. She's the one who woke that demon," I said softly.
"We should look at the security cameras. There might be a picture of her," Liz suggested. Abe nodded his head in agreement and she left to get permission to do this. What was her reasoning going to be for this, but I couldn't even focus on that.
"It says here that Loki will lead his army against the gods…Thor is one of those gods he'll fight against, but Tyr isn't listed," Abe told me, looking for an explanation.
"I don't know," I said almost as a whine. I felt like I was being crushed. I only know what Tyr gives me! That's all!
"Is Tyr on Loki's side then?" Red asked.
"No," Abe answered and shook his head, "Thor wouldn't help him then. His aim must be against Loki. Did he show you why he's going to do this?" He asked me. I just stared at him. Tyr didn't show me why, but he's crazy. I've learned that you don't need to make sense if you're crazy.
"Can't we separate the demon from Emma and prevent Tyr from doing anything?" Red asked Abe. He thought it over.
"I will have to see. Excuse me," Abe said and left hurriedly. I re-covered my eyes and stared at the threading of my shirt. The images were crushing me. I can't breathe. My head is pounding. I feel like I'm crying blood.
Red
My hands curled into fists and my teeth clenched as I watched Emma suffer. In only an hour, she was broken. Abe's books said that Tyr was insane…He had to be to do whatever he did to her. Those scientists had to have known he was crazy when they did this to her. They had to of, or at least realized at some point.
Emma was still shaking. It stopped when Abe came back, but now it started back up, worse than before. Her eyes were wide open still, just like before. She barely blinked that I could see. Maybe she was going insane herself now. My teeth hurt now. How could they do this to her? I don't know how to help her and neither does Abe.
"Tyr," She started. I leaned closer to hear her. She talked so softly now. "I killed so many people," She said with horror wavering her voice.
"You said you couldn't lie," I said to her suspiciously. I couldn't help it. She said she didn't kill anyone before and swore she couldn't lie. We stuck up for her; we swore she was telling the truth. If she lied to us…well she's in trouble.
"We can lie about things we don't know…Tyr killed them using my hands. I'm the one who killed them," She said. Her body shook harder and she curled into a ball.
"You didn't kill them, Tyr did," I told her and relaxed a little. She told us that Tyr takes over her, why can't he control her body as well? It wasn't her actions or mind that wanted anyone dead. It was Tyr, so it's his fault. He said he takes away her memories of it, so she can't intentionally lie about it. She's innocent.
"I couldn't control him," She said shakily. I felt like she was going to break completely. I can't let that happen. She's suffered enough in her life.
"It wasn't your fault," I reminded her and got up.
"They're dead because of me," She said hurriedly, her fingers curling into her hair.
"NO, they aren't," I told her and grabbed her hands. I don't know if she was conscious of what she was doing to her head before, but she would be now if she did anything. I stopped my hands from tightening when I saw the still glistening scratches under her hair. Did she feel them at all? She got quiet but didn't stop shaking.
"Kill me," She said in such a small voice I wondered if she actually said it. "Kill me," She repeated again after a minute with almost her former strength.
"No," I said firmly. She may have suffered all her life, but it can be better for her. This all has to end first though.
"If I die, Tyr goes away. The portal can't be opened, no one else will die," She mumbled. I clenched my teeth and jerked her up her hands and twisted her so she could face me.
"I won't let that happen," I told her strongly. She stared at me, her eyes glistening with tears.
"If Tyr takes control-" She started.
"We'll stop him. We won't let him kill anyone else," I told her. She stared at me and didn't respond. I put her down and took her silence as a yes. She curled back into a ball, but wasn't shaking anymore. I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing.
"Don't go anywhere," I told her. She didn't move and I left. I can't be by her right now, it's too horrible. I was just outside the door when Abe came back down the hall. "Did you find anything?" I asked him. He shook his head no.
"There's no information on what the scientists actually did to her in her file. I did find a list of addresses and maps though. One of them leads to a place here in Manhattan," Abe said.
"I'll check it out then," I said. Abe paused.
"Should we try to find the other two?" He asked me.
"What other two?" I asked. Two could mean anything here.
"Jay and Daniel: Emma's family. Maybe they know something, or maybe they can help Emma," Abe said. I thought it over. We barely knew Emma, but those two grew up with her. They could help her more than the three of us. It's a good idea, except none of us know where they are. Not even Emma.
"How?" I asked. The FBI hasn't been able to find them for how many years already. Why should we have any better luck?
"When I looked into Emma's mind the first time, I saw the graveyard. It had a memory attracted that I haven't been able to decipher until now. It's also a way communicate with each other. They take a piece of paper and put it in the hollow of a tree and tie a black ribbon on a branch as a signal to the others that someone's been there," He told me.
"You want me to put a message in a tree then?" I asked, figuring it out on my own.
"Yes," Abe said and smiled.
"Okay," I agreed and shrugged, "You write it though." I turned and started walking away to find Liz. She shouldn't be far. Abe didn't say anything, but I heard him go back into the library. Good luck with Emma…I couldn't tell him out loud though.
