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Quotes and meanings below.
"Speaking aloud"
'Speaking telepathically'
Subconscious thoughts, deep in the mind and cannot be heard by others at all.
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Chapter 10: Old Friend
Claire's POV:
Once I officially concluded that Sorrell is not in the state of Florida, I booked a hotel room for the rest of the day, planning to resume my search at nightfall. All of us have tried reaching her through telepathy, but none of us has ever got a response as if she isn't hearing us somehow.
Unable to relax or even attempt to sleep, I keep my attention glued on social media.
The tv in the hotel room shows the local news, while I search different news stations in different states on my smart phone for any unexplained murders or sightings of anything unusual.
Eventually I find something, a murder that was committed on a live stream to the whole world on a website called Twitch.
The event captured the face of who did it, I immediately recognize Sorrell's face. This apparently occurred the night before Axel woke up, the same night I caught Sorrell and Maria sneaking back home.
I sigh loudly, putting my phone down on the bed and my hands on my face.
The stress overwhelming me beyond all comprehension, the nonstop thoughts of what horrible situation she could have gotten herself into plaguing my mind.
'We will find her.' I hear Axel's voice say into my mind.
'What if Alex finds her first…' I say, tears beginning to flood my vision.
'Then we finally end this. I have ordered the other Galileus to help search for her, and help fight if we don't find her first.' He says, his words calming me down a bit knowing we will have more help very soon.
Sorrell's POV:
Once everything calmed down, I got Calypso onto her feet and put to bed. I checked on Sammy, he isn't seriously injured and will live. He was lucky enough that he was able to escape with only some bruising.
The rest of the night I forced myself to stay awake, doing everything I can to stay awake. I cleaned up the bloody mess, I watched tv, kept moving as much as I could and even drank some pop, which was an interesting experience for the first time.
By sunrise my sugar high came to a spontaneous crash. I crashed on the bed in my room in the middle of reading from a book I found, pop cans all over the room.
A soft voice begins calling to me, saying my name while I feel something poking my arm.
I slowly rub my eyes and open them, seeing Calypso standing next to the bed smiling at me.
"I thought you would like this...as a way of thanking you for what you did last night…" She says.
I look at what she has in her hand, a necklace.
Slowly I sit up and she hands it to me, I take it and look over it.
The necklace seems to have a gold chain with a beautiful stone on it. The stone changes into beautiful colors depending on the lighting shown on it, kind of as if the stone somehow captured the northern lights within it. The colors shown within the stone are ranges of blue, green and gold.
"Woah...what is that?" I ask, looking over at her.
"It is called a labradorite, it is a pretty unique stone." She says.
"Oh wow." I say, looking back down at the stone, "Thank you so much, you didn't need to get me anything though…" I say, moving my attention back to her.
"It's okay. Just put it on for me." She says, smiling.
I return the smile and put the necklace on, looking down at the stone.
"It looks so good on you!" She says, smiling.
"Does it?" I ask, giggling.
"Yes. It looks perfect on you." She says, smiling more.
"You went out and got me something…?" I ask, looking around, "How long was I out?"
"The whole day. I didn't want to wake you up...you seemed exhausted." She says, looking around at the scattered pop cans all over.
"Heh...sorry for drinking all of your pop…"
She laughs, "It's fine."
I get up off the bed, walking over to the window. I look out of it, looking at the night sky.
I get an idea, I smirk and look over at her, "Wanna have some fun?"
Confusion spreads across her face, "What kind of fun?"
"Do you know of anywhere secluded? Where no other humans are ever at?"
"Uh...yeah, do you want to leave?"
"Yeah." I say, smiling.
"Alright, let me get my things." She says before leaving the room.
By the time she returns to the room I am dressed and ready to go, we leave the house and drive until we reach the ocean. We continue driving until we find a parking spot, no cars anywhere in sight.
"This area of the beach is usually empty most of the time." She says as we get out of the car.
We walk to the beach and stop once we get to a good spot. I look at her and smile.
"You might want to put your stuff down." I say.
She becomes confused again, yet curious. She places her handbag on the sand, "Okay, now what?"
I smirk at her and approach her slowly, I hold both of my hands out toward her.
She slowly takes them, looking me in the eyes.
Her eyes always seem to absorb me, I always feel so calm when I look into them, I move my attention back to what we are doing.
"Don't scream."
Her eyes widen, "...Why…?"
I grin at her and spread my wings, one hard flap lifts both of us into the air, sending sand flying all around our feet as we ascend into the air. I flap my wings again and we get higher, she lets out a loud scream, looking down at the ground.
I fly in place with her, pulling her against me, "Don't look down, look at me."
She hesitantly looks at me, my arms around her now holding her against me.
I continue flapping my wings to keep us ascended, I slowly smile at her, I nod my head toward the right of us, "Look."
She moves her attention to the right of us, she gasps.
The sight before us is a beautiful view of the deep blue ocean and sky, the reflection of the sky shining on the water. The stars and moon softly illuminate the sky and water, the soft waves sending ripples through the water. The sound of the gentle waves hitting the shore fill our ears, the height gives a beautiful view of where the ocean seems to continue forever.
"This is so amazing…" I hear her say, I smile and look at her.
"I don't want you to be in pain anymore. No more bruises, no more scars. No more hiding your skin. I want you to live freely, I want to give you a new life, a new beginning." I say, looking into her soft, blue eyes.
She looks into mine as well, tears beginning to fill her vision, "...How could you do that…?"
"By showing you there is more to life than pain. You can be free, with me. I can show you a life you have no idea exists, we can escape from the world together. Forever." I say, seeming to be losing myself in her eyes.
Tears begin to fall from her eyes, she softly cups my cheek and moves in, landing a kiss upon my lips.
The feeling of her lips against mine is unlike anything I have ever felt before, sending jolts that feel like electricity through my body.
Without my control I begin purring at her, pressing my lips into hers more, moving my lips with hers.
"Sorrell."
The sudden voice of a female makes me jump, our attention is immediately grabbed by what looks like a female Galileus flying in place across from us, my eyes widen.
"Huh? What? Who are you?" I ask, becoming defensive.
"My name is Evelynn." She says, placing a hand on her chest, "I believe you are Sorrell, the daughter of Axel, correct?"
Calypso looks at me in confusion, fear coming from her because she has never seen a Galileus before.
I slowly descend from the sky with her, the Galileus following us. I place my feet upon the sand and place Calypso down, she moves behind me.
"Yes. Do you know where my mom is…?" I ask.
Evelynn smiles, landing on the sand as well, "Yes, everyone has been looking for you...your parents are worried sick."
I let out a sigh of relief, "Thank god…I'm ready to go home…but I don't think it's safe for me to yet…"
"Your parents have a plan to help you through whatever is going on." She says, "They are on their way here now."
I smile and look at Calypso, "Do you want to come home with me?"
Calypso continues to show me an expression of fear, changing my attitude to worry, "I'm sorry...she is a Galileus, a member of my father's species." I say, referring to Evelynn.
Calypso looks over at Evelynn, still fearful.
Evelynn sends her a smile, "Twenty years ago I was human, I was dying of cancer. Her father gave me a new life, I would be dead if it weren't for her parents. I know how scary it can seem."
Her eyes widen, "...You were human…?"
She nods, smiling, "This life isn't bad, I mean, I'm alive. You have no reason to be afraid of me."
Evelynn looks over at me, "I remember seeing you as a baby, Sorrell."
My eyes widen, "Really? Why haven't you been around?"
"We have all been in hiding. Only going to your island for emergencies. Your father requested for the whole species to come looking for you."
"...He did…?" I ask, in disbelief.
"Yes. Now that we found you, everyone has stopped panicking. We were all preparing for war if Alex found you first."
"...So Alex is still alive…?" I ask.
"Yes. As far as we know the Cryal have more than doubled their population since the last time your parents and him met."
I look at Calypso, worry and fear in her eyes.
Suddenly an intense rage begins to take over my subconscious, I cry out in anger and force myself to step back from Calypso.
My eyesight becomes a deep red, but I am able to see easier than I was last time, I scream out loudly, "Calypso, run!"
Calypso stares at me in fear, backing away from me.
Evelynn quickly tackles me to the ground, holding me down, "Sorrell, you have to fight it!" She screams out at me, trying to hold me down from hurting anyone until my parents show up.
I begin growing in size, turning into my werewolf form, I roar out loudly, grabbing Evelynn's arm before throwing her far away from me. I stand up, unable to control myself.
Calypso finally obeys, running away as fast as she can.
My body acts immediately, running on all fours after her, quickly catching up to her.
A force tackles me to the ground, my senses tell me it is a male Galileus, not Axel or Amon. Just another one of the species, the Galileus holds me down, was nearby and sent to help Evelynn.
I roar loudly and grab onto the Galileus's arm, tearing it off with ease. A loud roar of pain erupts from the Galileus, another force slams on top of me, Evelynn.
Both Galileus try holding me down, I begin praying that they are successful. To my surprise, I grab both of their necks.
I rise to my feet, slamming both of them to the ground.
My jaws close around the male's neck, ripping his head off with my mouth.
A weapon is thrown at the male's chest from above, a dagger with a light blue blade. The Galileus's barely living body dies, I throw Evelynn away from me. Another dagger is thrown at her from the same person, the dagger lands in her chest.
She gasps, falling to her knees. She looks down at the dagger slowly, her body beginning to shiver uncontrollably.
Her skin slowly turns blue before she falls over dead.
I look up at who threw the daggers, a man with long black hair and black leathery wings holding Calypso against him, unconscious. He lands near me, sending me a grin.
"Nice job, Sorrell." He says, placing Calypso down before retrieving his daggers.
"You mind teleporting us to Australia? Of course you don't." He says, grinning at me again.
I place one hand on Calypso's unconscious body and the other on the man's, our surroundings change to a desert-like location, a medium sized building across from us.
"Thank you, Sorrell." He says, pocketing the daggers.
I slowly regain control over my body, my form changes back into my hybrid form.
I run over to Calypso, "Calypso, wake up!" I shake her then look over at the man, "What did you do to her!" I scream out at him in anger.
"She is fine, just sleeping." He says, smirking. He walks over to her, I growl at him loudly and fold my ears back.
"Don't you dare fucking touch her!"
"Is that any way to speak to an old family friend, Sorrell?" The man says.
My eyes widen, realizing who he is, "...You're Alexander Blythe…"
"Please just call me Alex, Alexander is unnecessary." He says.
Suddenly other beings land around us, beyond 30 of them, all bearing similar wings, some of them with tails that are double spike-tipped (an example is on my old Cryal drawing on my deviantart).
"We aren't here to hurt you." Alex says, beckoning me to enter the building.
I slowly pick up Calypso, growling at him, "I know you are trying to trick me, if you want to kill me just do it now!"
He laughs, "I'm not going to kill you. I want to do the opposite. I want to help you bring out your true potential."
"My true potential? What are you talking about?"
"Go inside, you will find out." He says.
I look at the doors then down at Calypso, slowly I walk to the doors and step inside the building.