Disclaimer: I don't own Rebirth, but wish I did! sigh
Fallen Angel
Chapter 3: Arguement
It had been three days since Remi broke his ribs and Rett was still feeling it. He smiled ruefully. 'I'm over 300 years old and I'm fussing over a few broken ribs, what a joke!' Despite his discomfort though, he picked up his pace. He was supposed to meet the others for their conference with Master Tae. As he neared the large room where they typically met, he heard shouting. Rett broke into a run.
He skidded to a halt at the door way and found an angry Deshwitat holding an equally angry Remi by the throat some feet of the ground. Millenear was shouting a Desh to let her go while both Beryun and Master Tae stood watching silently.
"Desh, I'm sure she didn't mean it!" Millenear cried.
"Oh, really?" Desh's voice was soft with barely controlled rage.
"Shut up, Millenear! I don't need you to defend me!" came Remi's choked shout. Her face was red with anger and turning purple from lack of oxygen.
Rett decided he had to do something, but by the looks of it, whatever the brat had said had really upset him and talking to Desh wasn't going to fix it. He rushed over to the enraged vampire and tackled him, and Remi, to the ground. The trio fell with a thump and all three groaned in pain. "Ooooh...my ribs," he whimpered.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" roared Desh as he threw Rett of him.
"KEEPING YOU FROM COMMITING A HOMICIDE!"
"DID NO ONE HEAR ME WHEN I SAID I DIDN'T NEED ANY ONE TO SAVE ME?" Remi yelled. All eyes turned to her as she pulled herself up. Rett thought that maybe he had tackled the wrong person. "AND I DID MEAN IT!" She shouted at Desh. Deshwitat growled and launched himself at her, only to be stopped by Rett's restraining arm. Remi glared at them all and sprinted out of the room.
"Desh calm down," Rett said. He looked at Master Tae and Beryun. "What happened? What did she say?"
It was Beryun who answered. "We were discussing Lilith being alive. We were trying to figure out how and why when the girl paled and said 'She should have died when she was given the chance,' and then...well, you saw the result."
Rett was astonished. 'Why would the brat have said something like that?' Desh yanked out of his hold and stalked over to the other side of the room.
"This proves it..." Millenear whispered.
"Huh?" Everyone turned to look at her.
"Don't tell me you haven't noticed? Remi has been acting strange for weeks now! She has these violent outbursts that aren't like her, she won't sleep anymore, and she is crueler than I would have ever fathomed her to be!" Her face was lined with thought and concern for the girl. Even Master Tae was silent, deep in thought.
Rett nodded. 'She's right,' he thought. 'What could be wrong with her?'
Meanwhile...
After she had run out on the others, Remi found herself heading for the forest surrounding the temple. She kept up the pace until she was as far away as she could get without getting lost. She sat down on the ground completely exhausted and peered up at the darkening sky. 'Oh Mom, why couldn't you be here to help me?' she wondered in silence.
As the sun sank farther and the sky got even darker, Remi began to feel a sense of overwhelming guilt. Not only was she being horrible to everyone, she was lying to them as well. 'But I have no choice...right?'
A couple hours later Remi got up and began to make her way back towards the temple. "Thank the darkness for full moons," she muttered as she made her way by the bright moonlight. As she came to the gate she found Master Tae waiting for her. She gulped audibly.
"I believe you and I should have a talk, child," came the old monk's stern but kind voice.
I know, you're still waiting for me to get to the point, but I promise it will happen soon!