*Kate P.O.V*
I woke to the sound of voices talking over me. As consciousness came ever clearer to me I found that a thick, warm arm had wrapped itself around my waist and was pulling me firmly against what appeared to be a giant wall of muscle. I kept my eyes closed as I tried to make out what they were saying.
I felt someone nuzzle the back of my neck and couldn't help but arch further back into the wall of muscle as a liquid heat spread through my body, inviting me back into sleep…. NO! I had to stay awake.
I heard more muttering as the wall of muscle and other people carried on talking when suddenly, the sheet was ripped off of me and the wall of muscle was gone with a roar. The cold air bathed my skin making goose bumps rise in response. Great, now I'm really awake a sarcastic voice in my head couldn't resist but say.
"No one touches her" I could hear what I presumed to be the wall of muscle, saying.
I let out a gasp as I felt my muscles lock and something took over my body. My arm took a lamp off of the bed side table and I felt my face twist into a snarl. I smashed the ornate glass lamp shade and brandished the jagged end into on my like a weapon in front of me.
My mind clouded over and all I saw was the naked, wall of muscle that I had slept with last night.
I saw his mouth move and the people behind him rush to the door, but all I heard was my blood pumping through my ears.
He took a step forward and I lunged. The lamp got stuck in the muscle of his chest and, this time, I heard his roar through the pumping in my ears. I screamed as his blood washed over my body and I felt my spirit being pulled out of my body again; only this time, I didn't go to a spirit world, I stayed in the room and watched as my body started to claw at the wall of muscle as I was now calling him.
The door opened and a mountain of a man stormed in, his mouth open, and even though I could hear nothing, I guessed that he was roaring very load as he grabbed my body around the waist and hauled me off of the wall of muscle., who was now laying still on the floor, a lamp sticking out of his chest and his body covered in claw marks.
My body was still struggling in the man-mountains' arms as more people rushed through the door and crouched by my wall of muscle. I looked at my body and saw that my teeth had two new additions to them in the form or a set of ivory fangs. I felt my spirit- self recoil in horror as I took in the whiteness of the skin that had used to have been a dark tan and the blackness of the veins, once full of red blood, now empty, except for the venom that now rang through them.
"You're not in great shape at the moment are you?" an all too familiar voice asked me from behind, making me jump.
"What have you done to me?!" I screamed at Artmeis, who still looked as stunning and as naked as ever.
"This is not my work Katrina, but of one much darker" she said in a stern voice, her brown hair flaring about her in a non-existent wind.
"Then is it that Mormo creature thingy?" I asked desperately "The must be something that you can do!"
I turned my head back to the scene playing out in front of me. My body was still struggling in the man-mountains' arms, which was now covered in claw marks.
"The only thing that I can do is to return your spirit to your body. You, yourself, will have to fight the creatures hold on you. I will be there with you, but only you can fight his hold."
She looked me straight in the eyes and I knew that whatever she was going to do would not be pleasant.
I looked back at the team of doctors trying to remove the glass shards from the heart of my wall of muscle and my demonic looking body. I turned to look at Artemis, took a deep breath and said "I'M ready".
With the confirmation out of the way, she stepped towards me and ran her fingers up my arms, all the while, slowly dragging me closer until our noses touched. She looked me straight in the eyes as her fingers plunged into my chest and grasped my heart. Her body pressed into mine as I arched backwards in pain. Her lips met mine once again, only this time; it was as if she was stealing the very essence of me. The hand that wasn't in my chest ran up and down my back, leaving those wretched goose bumps in its wake.
My vision started going blurry, then suddenly blacked out, and I took in a deep breath as I was back in my body; blacked out again and I could feel Artemis' lips against mine, and the blackness took me and I was in my body. Only this time, someone else was in there with me.
"Get out of me!" I screamed at it. As I spoke I felt a rush of pain as the venom left my veins and blood rushed back and the fangs retreated back to where ever they came from.
Then I reverted back to my demon self as the Mormo regained control once more.
"You are mine now Kate. Your blood runs in my veins. I'll let you have this round, but don't forget, I will return, any time, any place and that time, your precious Artemis won't be able to save you and you will feel the pain that I did for all of those years. Stuck in that wretched limbo, not being able to die or live, whilst you lived on, saving the world and falling in love. I will be back, and you will pay!" the Mormo screeched in my voice.
The venom and fangs left me once more and I was left, hunched over in pain, gasping for the precious air that Artemis had taken from me, my hands clutching my chest, trying to stop a bleed that wasn't there.
Seeing that I had stopped struggling, the man-mountain let me fall to the floor and ran of my wall of muscle, whilst I lay there on the floor, too weak to move.
I felt a blanket cover me and I looked up to see the girl that the Mormo had almost fed to dogs. She looked at me with huge, brown, tear filled eyes. Julie. Her name was Julie. I gave her a weak smile, thankful for the blanket.
Her eyes flicked over the commotion going on by my wall of muscle and then back to me and my blood soaked hands. She recoiled in horror and I felt my smile fall off my face as I realised that, for some reason, I didn't want to upset her.
She looked back down at me, and for some reason, it seemed to calm her. She turned and walked over to the bed (which is where I presume that she got the blanket from) and grabbed some of the pillows. She dragged them over to me and put two under my head, and I instantly felt more comfortable, then she put the others against the closest wall and sat down by it, all the while, watching me with those big, brown eyes.
A roar from where the doctors were turned my attention to them and I saw my wall of muscle stand up, his eyes pure gold and the holes on his chest, mere scratch marks now. He turned his head and saw me. All time seemed to stop as I took in his features. His very well-muscled body, his tanned skin, his face screamed bad-ass, his golden hair was cropped close to his head to grab in a fight. I made the mistake of looking into his eyes and immediately wished that I hadn't. His gaze held me like a snare, his eyes burned my mind with the need to look away, in submission that he was the biggest and baddest person in the room, but even in my weakened state, I refused to acknowledge and respect any power and authority.
He started to walk over to me when a blinding light filled the room and that infernal goddess Artemis appeared between me and the sexy wall of muscle.
As everyone gawked at her amazing, naked body, and the fact that she's just appeared out of nowhere, I covered my head with the blanket and wished that I had my sword and wished that none of this had ever happened.
"Kate, come out of the blanket, not acknowledging me, will not make what we did go away" she sounded genuinely offended that I had refused to look at her naked glory so I uncovered my head from the blanket and wrapped it around myself, making a weird dress and providing me with the tiniest shred of dignity that I could muster. I waved Julie over to me and she helped me stand up. I had to lean on her heavily though, and I could see that she wouldn't last long holding my dead weight, and apparently, so did Artemis, who waltzed over to me and helped to support me, taking my weight off of Julie.
Her hand snaked its way down to my rear and gave it a reassuring squeeze. My face went slack with shock and I would have slapped her, if not for the fact that I was as weak as a lamb…. And if I moved one of my hands, my "dress" would fall down.
"Let's get down to business, Kate has been a bad girl and her past has caught up with her, I have set her a task so that this whole thing can be over and done with. You must help her Curran, or she will die trying. Now that that's out of the way, I must go, my power here weakens by the moment." She giggled, kissed me square on the lips (and for once, it was a nice kiss) and disappeared. Leaving me alone with a scared teen age girl, a group of pissed off shape shifters and no clothes to wear.