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"Speaking aloud"
'Speaking telepathically'
Subconscious thoughts, deep in the mind and cannot be heard by others at all.
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Chapter 14: Cascade
"We have her stabilized, doctor." The voice of a woman echoes through my head.
Slowly opening my eyes, a bright light from above nearly blinding me.
"Welcome back, Miss Hale." An older man's voice says to me.
Moving my head to look in the man's direction, he is wearing a formal suit. Immediately somewhere deep in my brain recognizes him and my fear rises to substantial levels to the point my entire being goes into a panic.
Beginning to hyperventilate, I am barely able to move at all.
"Oh, you won't be able to move. That is the point of the tranquilizers. Remember, you did this to yourself." The man informs as if educating me.
"It wasn't her fault and you know it. Everytime you pick and prod at her like some science experiment, she gets weaker!" A familiar voice justifies.
Looking over in the direction the voice came from, my eyes lock onto a familiar face, Emma. But for some reason she is wearing a lab uniform, along with a clipboard stacked with numerous papers.
"She is ours to use, you are her supervisor only. You don't have any room to speak, instead of having her focus on her powers, you have been getting close to her and causing distractions. If this goes on any further, you will be eliminated from this case, do I make myself clear?!" The man shouts at her, my hatred for the man grows.
What the hell is going on...
I slowly lift my head up, seeing my bare body a shrill scream escapes my lips. All over my body are cuts, stitches and numerous open wounds exposing my organs. My blood is being drawn from my wrist and into some kind of container.
My wings are spread out, numerous feathers missing and what feathers are left are coated in old and fresh blood. The skin on my wings are torn and cut up.
.
Awakening with a start, I sit up in an instant, covered by a pool of sweat, the blankets soaked underneath my body again.
Looking at my body, my deep wounds are already mostly healed and almost invisible now. Relieved my body doesn't look like what it did in my dream, I shakily sigh in relief.
"A nightmare?" A familiar voice says to me. Following the voice I see Amon kneeling down near me, watching me in worry.
I smile a little at him, "...Yeah, I think so..."
"You think so?" He asks, a little confused and mostly curious.
"...Honestly it felt like Déjà vu...but I don't remember any of it. There is no way I've ever experienced it before..." I express to him.
He watches me in interest, clearly thinking after hearing my words, "Do you mind telling me what it was about?"
After describing the dream to him, he believes it must have either been a bad nightmare brought up by Emma's death, or a memory my brain hid away to cope with something horrible that happened around that same time.
"Where is Axel...?" I wonder, looking around the basement walls and ceiling for him.
"Out finding you food. He thought you would sleep the rest of the night, but it seems you have awakened much earlier than he expected." He answers, standing up.
"Wait, Axel is out finding me food? Why would he do that?" My voice showing my evident doubt, watching him.
Amon shrugs, "I offered, but I guess he wanted to see if eating human meat would help you."
"Oh..." I trail off, looking at the ground.
Slowly I try to stand, Amon helps me once he sees me struggle.
"You shouldn't be walking...lay back down." He advises, concern in his voice.
"...I want to get some fresh air..." I mumble weakly, looking up at him.
"Okay, let me help you then." He offers, gently picking me up he walks over to the pipe with me, jumping up and into it.
He climbs out of it with me, walking a little ways away from the pipe before sitting me down on the moist grass.
"Has he gotten used to you yet? Or did he do this to you..." He worries, gently touching the mostly-healed wounds on my body.
"I think he is getting used to me...a female of your species did that to me...not him. I tried to find a shower, bathed in a stream and she found me. Axel bit my neck again...so once she noticed that she tore into me..." I explain.
Worry and disappointment spreads across his face while he listens to me, "I'm sorry. They can get like that...especially when it comes to Axel and I." He apologizes, gently pushing my hair aside to get a look at my neck, the bite barely noticeable now.
"I figured that out...do the females usually fight over the males? Or is that just over you guys..."
"Males usually fight over females, but in our case it is the opposite because we are the oldest two of the species, as well as the only surviving descendants of Nathaniel, our father".
"What happened to your siblings?" I ask curiously, he seems to become uneasy and doesn't respond.
A loud flap of a pair of wings grabs our attention, followed by a body falling from the sky, landing with a hard crash on the ground in front of us.
The crash of the body hitting the ground makes me jump, Axel lands across from me before looking over at Amon.
Silence flows between them as they speak telepathically to each other.
Amon nods before kneeling in front of me again, "I'm going to go now, I brought your belongings with me when I came. They are next to your sleeping spot." He reassures me, looking me in the eyes.
"Please don't leave...you just got back...What if I need something and Axel isn't here..he won't respond to my telepathy either..." I stress to him.
Amon looks over at Axel then back at me, running his fingers through my hair softly, "He will from now on. If he doesn't, you can always reach out to me." He suggests, standing back up.
Frowning at him, I look over at Axel.
Amon watches him remain silent before punching him in the arm, "You will respond to her, right?" He hints.
Axel lets out a deep growl while snarling at Amon after he hits him, quickly relaxing again, 'If it is an emergency, I will.' He says to both of us through telepathy.
"Good, see? You will be alright." Amon comforts me, smiling.
Slowly I nod, Amon ruffles my hair gently before flying off.
I look down at the body, able to sense that it is fresh and the fall just now must have killed the woman. Extending my claws and teeth, I dig my claws into the body's chest, licking up any blood that escapes.
Slowly I move on top of the body, straddling it's abdomen before biting deep into its neck.
Drinking the blood immediately begins to make me feel stronger, the moonlight also seeming to help. Ever since I was young, or from what I remember, the moon has always made me feel better, even when I was sick. Over the years it has done the same thing, but it seems to do more now since I discovered my differences.
I can feel Axel's curious eyes on me, primarily my unique wings. I continue to drink from the body until my stomach can't anymore, from there I pull out a variety of organs, chewing on each one to see how they taste.
In the end I still favor the heart, lung is good too though. Really spongy and soft, but this woman clearly smoked, so it was obvious to me not to even try them.
Once finished I get off the body, able to stand on my own now. My purple irises flash brightly with a blink of my eyes then begin to glow faintly in the dark, looking absolutely stunning and beautiful.
Quickly my wounds heal up completely, my neck heals itself as well, not even a bruise left.
Looking over at Axel I grin, feeling amazing for the first time in a while.
He smirks at me before walking over and grabbing the body and chucking it down the pipe. I spread my wings wide, the skin between my wings' fingers healed as well from nights ago.
He watches me, looking over my wings more.
"Come on, I've seen Amon's wings up close, let me see yours." I playfully urge him, smiling.
He smirks before spreading his wings wide, clearly trying to make them look big to impress me as if it's a competition.
Laughing at him, his dark bluish purple wings capture my full attention similar to the other Galileus' wings do, "So competitive."
'Yours may be unique, but mine are stronger.' He brags into my mind, lifting his wings before flapping them hard, sending air flying all around me.
I glare at him, "No they aren't!" I squeak, spreading mine wide before flapping them hard to try and beat his amount of air he blew at me. The force of my flap lifts me off the ground and into the air a little, my eyes widen and I fall to the ground on my stomach.
"...Ow..." I wince, slowly pushing myself off the ground, seeing Axel smirking in amusement.
Getting back onto my feet, I continue, "Yeah, okay. You were able to create more wind, but now that I'm powered up, I want to see who can fly faster. You were able to catch up to me very fast last time, but im stronger now."
Axel slowly folds his wings back up onto his back, not seeming interested.
'I do not have time to play games.' His seriousness returns, walking over to the pipe.
"What do you mean you don't have time? Why are you always so busy and pushy?" I try to get answers out of him, watching him curiously.
He doesn't respond to me, instead he enters the pipe and disappears into the basement.
"Hey!" I shout down the pipe, walking over to it and looking down it.
No response, but my sensitive ears can pick up his movement and tell he is working on the woman's body.
Slowly looking around the church's yard and the road across from it, now do I realize the church is pretty much infested with crows.
On every boarded up window, every surface of the roof and everywhere in the trees crows can be seen.
Most are asleep with their heads nestled into their backs, while others are watching me.
No wonder Amon can change into a crow... I think to myself.
Headlights grab my attention, immediately jumping down into the pipe upon seeing them down the road. I spread out my wings once the pipe ends, catching myself and soaring to the ground.
Quickly I turn around and back away from the pipe defensively, sensing the car approaching, having a gut feeling that the people have a plan concerning the church.
My sudden actions seem to throw Axel off focus, he moves his attention to the pipe, also sensing the car he becomes defensive.
We both listen closely to the sounds of the car coming closer, then to the point we know for sure it is near the church.
Listening closely, we hear the vehicle's engine get turned off.
Movement from Axel grabs my attention as he begins to scale up the wall, stopping halfway up it to where he is hidden but has a good view of the pipe.
"...What should I do...?" I ask with slight fear, watching him.
He looks over at me, 'Hide.'
Looking around, my panic makes me unable to know where to go. Seeing how the basement cuts off into a wall toward the stairs to the basement, I run over to it and hide behind the curve, at the same time trying to not get close to a body.
Peeking my head around the corner, I begin to hear voices. Two guys in their mid-teens.
"Come on man, it's over here." I hear one of them inform the other in excitement.
"We are trespassing...we should leave Ben..." I hear a younger one say with worry in his voice.
Their footsteps come closer to the pipe, "Stop being a little girl, see it over there?" The older one says, probably talking about the pipe.
"Yeah...what if that thing is real though?" The younger one mumbles, fear in his voice.
Axel begins to smell the air deeply, seeming to be getting a good scent from within the youngest boy's fear.
"Come on, Sam's dad is crazy, there is no such thing as the boogeyman. Its just something he said to scare us, you never know, there could be some good stuff down there." The oldest encourages.
I giggle quietly at their words, Oh, there is some good stuff down here alright.
A sudden bright light shines down into the pipe, both of the boys get a whiff of the smell and make noises of disgust.
"Oh dude thats nasty!" The oldest gags.
"Oh god...thats so disgusting..." The younger one complains.
"Dude what if there is a dead body down there?" The oldest jokes excitedly.
"That's disgusting...lets just go home, please?" The younger one begs.
"No dude, I want to see what's down there."
A few seconds pass and a loud sound comes from the pipe, traveling down it until a small rock comes into view and lands on the ground.
"Don't go down there Nick, please. Did you hear that drop? This thing doesn't go all the way down." The youngest warns.
"There is no other way down." The oldest assumes, "Here, just hold into this."
"There is no way I will be able to hold onto you with this!"
"Yes you can, if you are too worried about it then tie it onto that tree over there."
Footsteps walk away, the light continues to shine down the pipe, moving around and proving to me it's a flashlight.
Seconds pass, "Okay, I'm gonna go in! Just pull me out when I say so, okay?"
The two boys argue for a few moments about whether or not the older one should go down, the older one wins the argument.
Hearing the sounds of someone climbing into the pipe, I watch it closely, the light from the flashlight becoming stronger as he climbs down.
I look over at Axel to realize he is gone.
Quickly looking around, I notice him climbing on the wall closer to the pipe, planning to snatch the boy once he falls.
The boy continues climbing down, surprising me with his ability to climb down without falling.
The boy climbs down to the end of the pipe, having a rope tied around his waist, he looks into the basement.
He pulls his flashlight out and shines it around the basement, Axel, now on the ceiling, moves his body closer to the ceiling to make sure he isn't seen unless the kid shines the light up at him.
It takes a number of seconds for the boy to realize what he is seeing, the boy screams out in horror once his brain registers all the bodies everywhere, his quick panicked attempt to climb back up the pipe makes his feet slip out from underneath him. The boy falls from the pipe, the rope around his waist remains tight, but the rope runs out of slack before he hits the ground.
The tree holding onto the rope keeps the boy from falling, but the boy's weight and gravity causes the rope to snap his spine once it catches his fall.
The boy screams out in pain and terror, basically now bait on a string.
The sound of the snap makes me cringe, the younger boy watches and hears everything, beginning to panic and cry out for his brother while trying to pull him out.
Axel grins in amusement before he flies down and grabs the kid, using his claws to slice through the rope within seconds. He then flies deeper into the basement near me.
The kid cries out in terror, spewing out apologies, begs for mercy and mostly screams.
'Get the other one.' Axel's voice demands into my mind while he prolongs the other's suffering.
"Okay." I obey, coming out from behind the wall, grabbing Valkyrie and flying to the pipe and quickly climbing out of it, not seeing the kid anywhere.
Quickly I pull the rope out of the pipe, throwing it onto the ground.
My ears pick up the kid's hyperventilating, realizing the kid is hiding in the car.
Extending my claws and teeth, slowly I begin approaching the car.
My irises remain glowing, I make them glow more to where they are clearly visible in the dark.
I hide behind a nearby tree, knowing exactly where the kid is I wave my hand near the car.
The kid begins to hear and see his brother calling his name then climbing out of the pipe.
He sees his brother begin to run down the road, claiming there are police coming and that he called them but they need to wave them down.
The younger kid becomes confused, but exits the car anyway to chase his 'brother'.
A grin forms on my mouth while watching him fall for it, stepping out from behind the tree I use my strength to swing Valkyrie in the kid's direction, letting go the scythe flies over to him. The blade stabs through the kid's left arm, making him fall to the ground screaming in pain.
Taking action, I take off into the air, spreading my wings before flying over to him.
Landing on top of him, he screams out in terror and pain, throwing punches at me with his unbroken arm.
Quickly grabbing onto the kid's arm, quickly I twist it in the wrong direction the bone shatters, making the kid scream out in agony, crying.
Grabbing his neck with both of my hands, I bury my claws deep into his neck before making a fist inside of his throat and ripping it open.
Blood sprays out of the kid's neck, his screams becoming gurgled with blood until it fills his lungs. His body goes limp underneath me, his blood running out of his gapping throat.
Slowly I stand up and get off the body, smirking. I grab onto Valkyrie before stepping on the body to yank her out.
A portion of the blood coming out of the body begins to become similar to a gas, floating into the air before getting absorbed into Valkyrie.
Watching in confusion, never having seen that happen before I wonder what difference it made.
Axel flies out of the pipe, backing away from the body, he lands beside it.
He looks over the damage I've done to it before kneeling down then inhaling the remaining scent of fear lingering on the body
Watching him, he seems to be pinpointing exactly what his body needs, he stops, turning the body over he rips off the boy's top.
He slices a line into the body's lower back with his claws before burying his arm into the body, soon ripping out a lung and devouring it all in large chunks. The way he devours the large pieces reminds me of a snake, pretty much able to swallow anything that can fit in his mouth with ease.
"...Woah..." My mouth hangs open in shock, "at least chew your food dude..."
Axel smirks in response before cutting himself open, shocking me more.
"Wait, what are you doing?!" I speak up in shock, beginning to worry.
Axel growls loudly in pain, seeming to grab hold of his own lung before ripping it out of his body.
The old, decaying lung dries up before my eyes. He then crushes the lung with his hands, the organ turning into dust.
Eyes wide, I stare at him in awe.
Axel seems to be holding his breath with his eyes closed, slowly the hole in his body heals from the inside out.
He holds his breath for a good minute before deeply inhaling, his new lung put back together and placed where it needs to be by his stomach.
He opens his eyes and stands up off the body, he grabs onto it and walks over to the pipe with it before throwing it down.
"...So...you do that everytime a part of you begins to die? Thats insane..." I tell him in awe, watching him.
He looks over at me before smirking and climbing down into the pipe.
I move my attention to the sky, seeing the full moon among all the stars.
.
The rest of the night went on with Axel preparing and preserving the new bodies, I decided to focus on Valkyrie after picking out an outfit to wear from the clothes pile of mine.
Sitting down on the blanket, I have begun tying a number of feathers that I pulled out of my wing onto the opposite side of the blade.
Having no choice but to find something to tie them on with, I decided to 'steal' some twine from Axel to tie the feathers onto the staff, even tying them on doesn't seem to be enough to keep them on.
My wing bleeding a bit from where I pulled the feathers out, my frustration with the scythe and feathers becomes unbearable.
"UGH!" I let out while throwing the scythe and feathers onto the ground in front of me, the scythe clanging loudly against the cement.
Axel looks at me from the ceiling, my sudden outburst interrupting the silence and his focus.
He then goes back to working on making sure the last body stays on the ceiling.
Looking up at him, I watch him work.
He moves on from the body he was focusing on, seeming to have finally got it to stay up.
He climbs along the ceiling, checking on the other new bodies.
"Is this literally all you do? All day everyday?" I criticize him.
He ignores me, clearly not wanting to speak.
"Helloooo? Axiee?" I tease while making a tune with my voice.
He begins to growl deeply, 'Why are you still here.' He hisses.
"What do you mean?"
He looks down at me from over his shoulder, 'You are not a pet, you are not a mate. Why are you still here.'
I watch him in disbelief, "I have nowhere else to go...remember? This is pretty much all I've got. Either I stick with you, or Amon."
He looks away from me and goes back to what he was doing, 'Amon will take you. Leave.'
"What...? Why...?" I whimper, frowning.
'I don't have time to babysit.' He grumbles.
I frown, not understanding his sudden shift in attitude, "Okay..." I respond, picking up Valkyrie and walking to the pipe.
Just as I pass the table that I just now realize has what looks like a Galileus carved into it, I lock my eyes on a knife.
The knife looks handmade, as if he made it himself. The handle has a bunch of amazing carvings in it, such as a dragon of some kind being stabbed into through the neck by what looks like a Galileus.
Stopping in my tracks to look at it, I then look up at Axel, coming up with a plan to play around with him.
Smirking, it seems as though he isn't paying any attention to me, seeming too focused on the bodies.
Slowly placing Valkyrie down on the ground, I walk quietly over to the table and grab the knife.
Once it is in my hand I quickly fly to the pipe and climb out of it, giggling before taking off into the sky, flying as fast as my wings can carry me.
'Stop!' Axel roars into my mind, obviously pissed off and flying after me, exactly what I want.
Laughing I look back at him while he quickly closes in on me.
Waving my hand in his direction hidden behind my body, I make him see a spot-on realistic illusion of me dropping the knife.
He dives down after it, laughing to myself I continue flying. Soon finding a cavern that looks to be connected to the one I used to stay in, quickly I dive down to the cave entrance, running inside it and getting as deep down inside of it as I can.
Climbing between rocks and flying down sudden drops to the point where I land next to a small cascade of water coming from the rocks in the ceiling, the sound of the water flowing is the only sounds around me.
My senses pick up his arrival, I giggle, slowly removing my clothing.