Author: I'll shut up… you read…
Shout outs real fast…
Misty/Perch: Don't worry I'll save em… well most of them…
Hawk: Glad you liked it… you'll see what happens soon enough. Glad you liked the redo.
Love Across Time
Chapter 18: Not the End
I ran. I ran faster than I have ever run before. I ran till I could see the boys up ahead. I felt relief wash over me as I saw that they were alone. I then saw the remains of a lesser demon servant and a demon assassin not far from were the stood…
… But relief was soon replaced by fear…
… Someone was lying on the ground. I counted. I only counted three Newsies. This could not be good. I hurried to see who was injured. I knelt down beside the fallen Newsie. It was Mush.
His shirt was covered in blood. I had to rip it open to get to his wound. A dagger similar to the one that that hit my shoulder was buried deep in his abdomen. I could tell immediately that he had lost too much blood. He was too far gone to be saved, even in my time.
I looked up at Jack the one Newsie here I knew would not disobey me. I pulled a handful of coins out of my pocket and pushed them into his hands. "Go to The Rivenshire Inn. This should be plenty for one night."
I put Mush's arm over my shoulder and pulled him into a sitting position. "Stay their. Do not leave until I come and get you."
"Where is the Inn?" asked Mush.
"On Wallace Street near Denton's Diner." Once I finished they were off. Once they were out of ear shot I put my other arm under Mush's knees and lifted him off the ground. I then carried him as fast as I could to the Loft.
As I hurried I could feel the life draining from his body. I feared I would be too late.
Once in the Loft I laid him down on the couch. I removed his destroyed shirt and then pulled the dagger from his belly. He didn't even open his eyes as I pulled the weapon from his gut.
I laid one hand on his forehead and the other over the wound. I closed my eyes. "Nunquam iterum vandum Obscurum tactus vos." I whispered.
I leaned foreword and placed my mouth over his. The connection was complete. I felt my power rush into him. I felt his wound close under my hand and I could feel the life rush back into his body.
… But I could not bring him back without the consequences…
… I felt him stir from his almost eternal rest. He awoke with my power alive in him. His mouth parted under my lips and I scream tore from his mouth.
We could both feel it as my power transformed his body. As he turned into one of my kind.
It is a painful process. Even more painful when you are not rescued from death as Mush was. You feel the pain as your internal organs rearrange to make room for new organs and muscles. As your DNA is ripped apart and changed so that your cells can regenerate faster than any other creature's. But the pain is but the crossing to a new way of life.
As quickly as the pain came, it left. I pulled back to look at his face. I smiled. It had been a success. He smiled back at me. His once hazel eyes now blue.
Author: See I saved them… sort of. RR!