Chapter 2
Time is relentless
Disclaimer: LOK isn't my creation, dammit!
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"Yeah... we checked her files... she lives on her own..."
"No parents? At all?"
"Both deceased... poor girl..."
"What about friends?"
"There are only two people who know her... the teacher and the kid..."
"The ones who saw the monster?"
"Yeah..."
She felt as if she flying, her body like jelly as she stirred to get up. She felt her bed head being lifted as she opened her eyes dazzled by the clinical whiteness of the ward.
"Welcome back Miss McPherson... You've been under for quiet some time..." She lifted her hand to her head, and felt the bandage.
"What... happened..?" Two of the nurses' left and one remained, a tall woman with long blonde hair. She took her temperature and frowned.
"Don't you remember?"
Anya shook her head, and felt dizzy.
"You were nearly killed by the explosion...your skull and ribcage were punctured by bone... you're lucky to be alive."
Anya realised now. She was stood by the van when there was the third explosion and then a massive crunching of metal... above her a shadow formed, and she heard the splinters of bone fly through the air.
"How... what happened?" The nurse smiled, "Gas fault... the whole school went up..."
Anya felt a lump in her throat, and grabbed for the vomit bucket hurling fluid through her nose. As she recovered, the nurse took her hand and felt her pulse,
"You were under for three days... we thought you were in a coma..."
Anya felt so disgusted that she lived when the others died... just because of her gobby mouth.
"Were there any survivors?"
The nurse stood up.
"Yes... two hundred people are still alive... a thousand unaccounted for..." Anya sunk a little and closed her eyes.
(What about Mr Andrews?) She pondered, (And that kid... the wierdy one...)
"Anya!" She opened her eyes and smiled as Mr Andrews walked into the room, carrying a bunch of flowers and a bag of grapes.
"Sorry to embrace the cliché, of the well wishers..." He placed them on the table next to her,
"How are you feeling?"
She smiled a little, "Better... I heard about school... but... I don't think-" Mr Andrews silenced her.
"Nurse... can you leave us alone for a minute?" The nurse shifted uneasily and left, and he turned back to Anya. "Anya... You were attacked."
She gulped.
"I know... I remember it..." She lifted her hand to her head. Mr Andrews wiped his face,
"The nurses here are... very reluctant to acknowledge it... as are most adults... I seem to be the only one who says I saw it."
Anya closed her eyes,
"What about our tutor? Any other survivors?" His face sank as he blinked away the tears.
"No... Only us..." She bit her lip as he wiped his face, "We will not be opening the school... all students are on extended leave until further notice..." He stood up,
"I better go... someone else wants to see you..." he stood up and took her hand,
"See me when you get out of here..."
As he left, she turned to face the window, crying slightly. Selfish and arrogant, she was everything she wasn't supposed to be.
"Hi Anya..."
She turned as Raziel sat next to her, his hands clasped. He too had a bandage around his head, which flopped over his eye slightly.
"I've wondered if you were still alive..." She smiled at him when he said this.
"I'm a little harder to kill than most..." She said weakly. He smiled and closed his eyes.
"No one in my tutor survived."
"Yeah I know... I was talking to Mr Andrews... He was worried about you." She nodded. There was silence again as they both went quiet.
"There were... monsters... they attacked me..." He lifted his arms as he stood up.
"At least 8 foot tall... they just circled me, then started throwing these bony spines at me..." He closed his eyes, "It happened again..."
She sat up.
"What?"
"The sword... It was a sword..." He looked at his arm and stared at it hard, pure concentration in his eyes.
Suddenly a blue light emanated from his hand and spiralled out and Anya felt herself suppressing the urge to scream.
"Cool huh? I've been doing it while the nurses aren't around... its so... weird..." He swung it through the air as it made the screaming noise.
Anya huddled up the back of her bed.
"Turn it off!" She whispered, her eyes wide with fright. Raziel shrugged, and stuck his tongue out as he concentrated on it disappearing again.
"What... how..." She gasped, "Raziel... what's going on..?"
"I don't know..." He answered honestly, "But Janos..."
"Who?" Asked Anya.
"Oh... Mr Andrews... his full name is Janos Andrews... sorry..." She waved her hand dismissively,
"He told me he... well, he told me he has been... healing... very quickly." She shrugged,
"So?"
"His legs were broken in 19 places... don't you find it weird he can walk in three days?" She closed her eyes and clapped her hands over her ears,
"I don't want to hear about it!"
He reached over and pulled her hands down with some force.
"I'm not the only one... two hundred survived freak accidents that day... and something weird is going on! Tell me what happened to you!"
She started to cry, and hissed angrily, exhaling loudly.
"I knew the explosion was going to happen... I saw it when we were in detention... I saw the figure before it hurt me... and I saw the nurses speaking outside of my room just now... They're talking about me... go listen..."
He stood up and put his ear to the door, listening quietly.
"What about friends?"
"There are only two people who know her... the teacher and the kid..."
"The ones who saw the monster?"
"Yeah..."
He moved away, his eyes wide now.
"Well? I can tell you what they were saying... They said 'about my parents... that they're dead... they said about friends... then they said about you... then they said about the monsters."
He turned to her and saw her face blank again.
"Well? Anya?" He moved over to her and sat down.
"Anya?"
She wasn't with him... she was stood against the window, the demon approaching her again she screamed and grabbed Raziel.
"There's going to be a demon... a big green one smashing through the door in a second... Turn on the sword..." She whispered madly.
Raziel nodded and turned on the sword as Anya scrambled out of the bed, reaching for anything to serve as a weapon. She was shaking, and she noticed that Raziel was still... he didn't even breathe...
"You must die!!!!" The demon rushed through the door and grabbed Raziel, lifting him off the ground and throwing him against the wall. Anya screamed as the demon walked over, grabbing for her.
"Away foul spirit!!!" She shouted raising her hands. The demon flew away crashing into the wall next to Raziel.
She stood up and looked at her hands, amazed at what she just did.
She raised them again and smiled.
"Pinfeathers!!!" She shouted, and a thousand crystalline feathers emerged from her fingertips, pinning the demon to the wall.
"Raziel! Get up!" She screamed, as he came to.
"Yeah... I... am... okay..." He stumbled to his feet and plunged the Reaver into the demon, watching it explode into dust.
They were silent as they approached each other.
"Are... you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah... you?" She replied.
"Fine... I think..." They stared at the room and at each other.
"We... better go to Janos' house... maybe he can explain this..." She nodded,
"Yeah..."
Raziel stared at her.
"I just want to try something... if you don't mind..." She nodded uneasily,
"What?" He took her shoulder and stared at her, moving closer. She was scared as slowly she thought he might kiss her... then suddenly she felt weak as a stream of her energy flowed into Raziel.
She fell forwards onto him as he straightened up fully, his energy replenished.
Disclaimer: LOK isn't my creation, dammit!
-~~~~{}~~~~-
"Yeah... we checked her files... she lives on her own..."
"No parents? At all?"
"Both deceased... poor girl..."
"What about friends?"
"There are only two people who know her... the teacher and the kid..."
"The ones who saw the monster?"
"Yeah..."
She felt as if she flying, her body like jelly as she stirred to get up. She felt her bed head being lifted as she opened her eyes dazzled by the clinical whiteness of the ward.
"Welcome back Miss McPherson... You've been under for quiet some time..." She lifted her hand to her head, and felt the bandage.
"What... happened..?" Two of the nurses' left and one remained, a tall woman with long blonde hair. She took her temperature and frowned.
"Don't you remember?"
Anya shook her head, and felt dizzy.
"You were nearly killed by the explosion...your skull and ribcage were punctured by bone... you're lucky to be alive."
Anya realised now. She was stood by the van when there was the third explosion and then a massive crunching of metal... above her a shadow formed, and she heard the splinters of bone fly through the air.
"How... what happened?" The nurse smiled, "Gas fault... the whole school went up..."
Anya felt a lump in her throat, and grabbed for the vomit bucket hurling fluid through her nose. As she recovered, the nurse took her hand and felt her pulse,
"You were under for three days... we thought you were in a coma..."
Anya felt so disgusted that she lived when the others died... just because of her gobby mouth.
"Were there any survivors?"
The nurse stood up.
"Yes... two hundred people are still alive... a thousand unaccounted for..." Anya sunk a little and closed her eyes.
(What about Mr Andrews?) She pondered, (And that kid... the wierdy one...)
"Anya!" She opened her eyes and smiled as Mr Andrews walked into the room, carrying a bunch of flowers and a bag of grapes.
"Sorry to embrace the cliché, of the well wishers..." He placed them on the table next to her,
"How are you feeling?"
She smiled a little, "Better... I heard about school... but... I don't think-" Mr Andrews silenced her.
"Nurse... can you leave us alone for a minute?" The nurse shifted uneasily and left, and he turned back to Anya. "Anya... You were attacked."
She gulped.
"I know... I remember it..." She lifted her hand to her head. Mr Andrews wiped his face,
"The nurses here are... very reluctant to acknowledge it... as are most adults... I seem to be the only one who says I saw it."
Anya closed her eyes,
"What about our tutor? Any other survivors?" His face sank as he blinked away the tears.
"No... Only us..." She bit her lip as he wiped his face, "We will not be opening the school... all students are on extended leave until further notice..." He stood up,
"I better go... someone else wants to see you..." he stood up and took her hand,
"See me when you get out of here..."
As he left, she turned to face the window, crying slightly. Selfish and arrogant, she was everything she wasn't supposed to be.
"Hi Anya..."
She turned as Raziel sat next to her, his hands clasped. He too had a bandage around his head, which flopped over his eye slightly.
"I've wondered if you were still alive..." She smiled at him when he said this.
"I'm a little harder to kill than most..." She said weakly. He smiled and closed his eyes.
"No one in my tutor survived."
"Yeah I know... I was talking to Mr Andrews... He was worried about you." She nodded. There was silence again as they both went quiet.
"There were... monsters... they attacked me..." He lifted his arms as he stood up.
"At least 8 foot tall... they just circled me, then started throwing these bony spines at me..." He closed his eyes, "It happened again..."
She sat up.
"What?"
"The sword... It was a sword..." He looked at his arm and stared at it hard, pure concentration in his eyes.
Suddenly a blue light emanated from his hand and spiralled out and Anya felt herself suppressing the urge to scream.
"Cool huh? I've been doing it while the nurses aren't around... its so... weird..." He swung it through the air as it made the screaming noise.
Anya huddled up the back of her bed.
"Turn it off!" She whispered, her eyes wide with fright. Raziel shrugged, and stuck his tongue out as he concentrated on it disappearing again.
"What... how..." She gasped, "Raziel... what's going on..?"
"I don't know..." He answered honestly, "But Janos..."
"Who?" Asked Anya.
"Oh... Mr Andrews... his full name is Janos Andrews... sorry..." She waved her hand dismissively,
"He told me he... well, he told me he has been... healing... very quickly." She shrugged,
"So?"
"His legs were broken in 19 places... don't you find it weird he can walk in three days?" She closed her eyes and clapped her hands over her ears,
"I don't want to hear about it!"
He reached over and pulled her hands down with some force.
"I'm not the only one... two hundred survived freak accidents that day... and something weird is going on! Tell me what happened to you!"
She started to cry, and hissed angrily, exhaling loudly.
"I knew the explosion was going to happen... I saw it when we were in detention... I saw the figure before it hurt me... and I saw the nurses speaking outside of my room just now... They're talking about me... go listen..."
He stood up and put his ear to the door, listening quietly.
"What about friends?"
"There are only two people who know her... the teacher and the kid..."
"The ones who saw the monster?"
"Yeah..."
He moved away, his eyes wide now.
"Well? I can tell you what they were saying... They said 'about my parents... that they're dead... they said about friends... then they said about you... then they said about the monsters."
He turned to her and saw her face blank again.
"Well? Anya?" He moved over to her and sat down.
"Anya?"
She wasn't with him... she was stood against the window, the demon approaching her again she screamed and grabbed Raziel.
"There's going to be a demon... a big green one smashing through the door in a second... Turn on the sword..." She whispered madly.
Raziel nodded and turned on the sword as Anya scrambled out of the bed, reaching for anything to serve as a weapon. She was shaking, and she noticed that Raziel was still... he didn't even breathe...
"You must die!!!!" The demon rushed through the door and grabbed Raziel, lifting him off the ground and throwing him against the wall. Anya screamed as the demon walked over, grabbing for her.
"Away foul spirit!!!" She shouted raising her hands. The demon flew away crashing into the wall next to Raziel.
She stood up and looked at her hands, amazed at what she just did.
She raised them again and smiled.
"Pinfeathers!!!" She shouted, and a thousand crystalline feathers emerged from her fingertips, pinning the demon to the wall.
"Raziel! Get up!" She screamed, as he came to.
"Yeah... I... am... okay..." He stumbled to his feet and plunged the Reaver into the demon, watching it explode into dust.
They were silent as they approached each other.
"Are... you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah... you?" She replied.
"Fine... I think..." They stared at the room and at each other.
"We... better go to Janos' house... maybe he can explain this..." She nodded,
"Yeah..."
Raziel stared at her.
"I just want to try something... if you don't mind..." She nodded uneasily,
"What?" He took her shoulder and stared at her, moving closer. She was scared as slowly she thought he might kiss her... then suddenly she felt weak as a stream of her energy flowed into Raziel.
She fell forwards onto him as he straightened up fully, his energy replenished.