A.N.
DemonGuest pointed out that only the gang members should be able to take the masks off. That's how it was. Think of it like this: the masks/talismans only appear to them when they become more like themselves again, the talismans/masks are the link to their pasts,without the talismans they come closer to death\not existing. The masks were able to be removed because it is deemed as important by the thing that gave them the masks in the first place... You'll understand later.
This chapter isn't as long as the more recent ones because there isn't anything really action packed in it.
And I can't believe you guys seem to think Imma kill off my favorite character!
"I want to hide the truth,I want to shelter you"-Demons,Imagine Dragons
The interrogation room
There was a moment when everything seemed to freeze. The sight of the boy coughing up blood was horrific,however,despite this,Ann noticed that his blood looked exactly the same as the blood they found outside the Amber Serpent.
Rick yelled at Bob,telling him to go and get all of the talismans and return them to their respective owners,and to hurry up with it,because if his kid died it would be Bobs fault. Bob,who'd never seen his friend like this before and found it to be extremely frightening,ran out of the room,yelled about what was happening and managed to get some help. They took the talismans to the interrogation rooms the Hierarchy were in.
Whilst this was happening,Rick was trying to get his son/brother to calm his breathing down to stop the coughing. Liam eventually passed out. A few moments later,Bob came charging into the room.
Bob noticed that Rick's shirt, arms and hands were covered in Liam's blood,and that the other man was sitting on the floor with his dying son's head on his lap(A.N. Bob sees them as father and son,and this is from Bob POV). Liam was unconscious,but his breathing was steady. Liam's fangs were covered in blood. Had he been Power,he would have looked extremely frightening,a creature that could murder you easily. But the boy was sleeping and he looked innocent and ill. Ann approached Bob,asking if he had the talisman,he handed it over,but never took his eyes off of his best friend. Bob was now realising that Rick was an extremely emotional person,who finds loss hard to cope with. This made Bob wonder what kind of things Rick had experienced in the past,how those experiences had shaped him into the overprotective man he is today.
Ann took the Talisman to Rick,who looked up only when he was taking the talisman,he opened his kids hand and put the talisman into the boys bloody palm,and closed Liam's fingers around it.A few moments after that,Liam's figure glowed a faint green. When the glow subsided,Bob looked at the boy Rick was clinging onto. He looked like an almost regular 16 year old,he had dip dyed blond hair,he had a black and white hoodie,the hood up,covering most of his hair,he had jeans and black boots on,the only thing that prevented him from looking normal was the blood around his mouth and a bit down his front.
Rick tried to wake Liam up...
Liam's mind whilst he's unconscious
Liam was floating around in his jumble of memories as per usual. (A.N. when he's asleep,most of the dreams he's remembered have been him like this. Picture it how you want,but basically there's loads of memories as pictures or balls of energy{cos that's his elemental power} floating around,some are more clear{like being trapped in a cage} and others are too blurry to be recognized,every amnesiac has something similar).
He let himself float around aimlessly for a while.
Then three tiny balls of energy floated over to him, he automatically knew that they contained Nouns.
Important naming words from his past.
He also knew that they had something to do with him. The first one contained a name he felt was familiar,but didn't know.
The second contained a name he was well aware of,he didn't need to know it again.
The third was too blurry,too fuzzy,too out of reach for his mind to comprehend.
So he made his decision.
He took the first one.
He'd known beforehand that taking it would allow him to remember whatever it was that this orb of energy contained.
He knew the others would automatically be out of reach,most likely never seen again,or at least until he regained his memories fully.
The orb expanded and faded,but he remembered the noun,the name it had contained.
He also knew it belonged to him...
He contemplated the name for a moment,then he accepted it,it wasn't crazy,like some of the other things he'd been given,like being caged in a volcano...
It was pretty normal...
After all there's nothing out of the ordinary about a name like Lloyd...
A.N...
Ohhh. I'm evil.
Bye!