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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 28: Travel
Consciousness comes back to me slowly, feeling I have gotten a sufficient amount of sleep. Feeling strong arms around me, I moan in comfort quietly, cuddling closer to the familiar warm body.
Axel's arms tighten around me more, purring instinctively like he has been doing all day without even realizing.
I rub my head against his chest affectionately, sending waves of warmth through me.
His purring deepens, he moves his arm, putting his fingers on my chin to lift my head to look at him.
Opening my eyes I look into his, unable to resist the urge to plant my lips against his, further familiarizing the action and emotions to him.
Feeling his heart beat harder with my hands on his chest, I realize he is finally beginning to feel the emotion he is supposed to feel naturally.
He cups my cheek, returning the kiss.
Our moment is ruined by him suddenly pulling away from my mouth, his attention locked firmly on something beyond the bedroom door.
Deep, loud vicious growling comes from him in the same moment he begins snarling, his mandibles fly open and he quickly rises from me, his whole protectiveness making me fearful about what he is sensing.
He storms out of the room, going after whoever or whatever he senses inside the factory.
Pulling the sheet over my body, I sit up and stare at the open door.
A loud, defensive roar from Axel, far down the hall makes me jump, the sound of his pained screeches reach my ears immediately after, making my heart drop.
Quickly I throw the sheet off me and run into the dark hallway, running right into the scene.
Celest stands in the middle of the hallway, her arm outstretched toward Axel who is pinned high against a wall by chains, none of the chains bearing hooks, thankfully.
"Let him go Celest! Please!" I cry out, running to Axel, putting my hands on him while he struggles to get free, pissed off would be an understatement.
"He came at me." She tells me calmly, telling me it was self-defense.
"Well, we live here..." I tell her, looking at her from over my shoulder.
"I didn't expect him to try to kill me..." She tells me, looking at me now, the chains tighten around Axel, making him roar loudly from the pain before Celest recalls the chains into the wall, dropping him from the wall.
I grab onto him once he is down, wrapping my arms around his waist.
"If you come at me one more time-!" She begins, cut off by Axel shoving me aside rather roughly, taking a step forward before letting out a very loud threatening roar of aggression, wanting her out of his factory.
She holds her hand out toward him, taking a step back, baring her teeth at him.
"Stop it you guys! Celest, out! Please!" I demand, pointing in the direction the door is.
She looks at me, "I just came to tell you I'm ready to go, so is his brother." She tells me before narrowing her eyes at Axel, disappearing before our eyes.
Axel continues to growl, his body sore from the chains that were once around him, he crouches down onto one knee, holding one of his arms that was wounded the most on his body.
I run over to him, kneeling down in front of him, "It's okay..."
His eyes lock onto mine, his eyes filled with aggression, baring his teeth from the pain, clearly he tried breaking out of them, although that is impossible.
I move my hands to his free hand, gently holding onto it as I look into his eyes.
He begins to calm down, no longer snarling, his mandibles slowly fold back down.
He rises to his feet, I rise with him.
'Pack.' Is all he tells me before heading off to his workroom I assume to collect his things.
Watching him walk down the hall, guilt overwhelms me.
She didn't have to do that...
I should have warned her about him being so territorial...
And protective...
I should have went after him.
.
On our way to Texas, Amon and Axel decided to travel by flight, remaining close by above the thick clouds, out of sight.
Celest and I travel by car, carrying my scythe and a number of Axel's other items in the trunk.
Axel decided to finally part with his truck, destroying it along with the factory before we left so there is less of a chance of recognition once we find our new home.
6 hours in, we end up having no choice but to stop for gas.
Celest pulls up to a pump, turning the car off before exiting the car, leaving me in due to my lack of clothing.
Both of us have our wings out of sight, a sudden clunk on the roof of the car makes me jump, looking up, I see Amon in his crow form slowly slide his way down the windshield, very slowly, making me laugh as he keeps direct eye contact with me the whole way down, purposely making me laugh.
He begins to hop on the hood of the car, my stomach growls, he immediately stops upon hearing it. My face reddens in embarrassment, he flies off the hood, flying over to the store of the gas station.
Watching him, he lands and nonchalantly walks his way through the automatic doors, making my eyes widen. The doors close behind him, Celest climbs back in the car, noticing me staring at the store.
"What's up?" She asks, following my gaze.
"Amon went inside..." I tell her in disbelief.
She begins laughing, "What?"
Seconds later Amon flies out of the store with a bag of chips in his beak, the angry owner chasing him out.
We both crack up laughing, Amon flies to the car, pecking at the window Celest rolls it down, letting him drop the bag of chips in before he flies off to join Axel in the sky.
Celest grabs the bag of chips, "Amon is such a blessing." She laughs, ripping the bag open.
"Wait he got that for me!" I cry out, laughing.
She laughs before handing it back, "Oh I know." She winks at me, letting me eat them.
Throughout the next few hours, Celest and I have been jamming out to the music on the radio, both of us catching up with modern music.
She turns the music down, "So, I want to talk to you about something, Babe." She teases.
"Go ahead." I tell her, giggling.
She takes her eyes off the road, glancing at my body that is completely exposed to her, "When will the time come where you let me tap that?" She laughs.
I laugh at her words, "What? Nahh."
She giggles, "It's very distracting for the driver here. I've been only paying half attention to the road this whole time." She begins laughing.
My smile fades, "Wait, are you serious?"
She looks at me, "Nahh, I'm kidding." She laughs.
Seeing right through her lie, I begin to think she forgot Axel was nearby, remembering, she decided to lie, as if that would make a difference.
"...Are you?" I ask her, observing her body language.
"Actually, do you want to drive?" She asks, changing the subject, stopping the car at the shoulder.
Looking at the wheel, I begin to laugh, brushing off the previous subject, "I haven't driven a car in forever...I don't think I remember..." I admit.
"Come on, it will be fun, there is no one out here." She convinces me.
"...Fine." I give in, stepping out of the car.
She follows my actions, throwing me the keys as we switch spots.
Sitting in the driver's seat, I begin to feel awkward, adjusting the seat to fit my short size, I feel a bit better.
"I've never driven naked before...I don't even have my license on me..." I worry.
"Well, don't get pulled over, your man might have to step in if that happens." She gives me a wink.
Taking a deep breath, I exhale slowly, taking it slow to get used to everything again.
After a half hour, I have become familiar with the whole process once again, within the next hour we are forced to stop due to the rising sun, sadly there is not much of a chance that Axel would be able to fly through the sky unnoticed.
We pull up to a hotel, the building looking pretty expensive.
"Okay." I begin, putting the car in park, "How am I going to get in there." I ask, referring to the small amount of people around, and my nude body.
Celest puts a hand to her mouth, humming. She smirks and lays a flat hand out, a set of clothes appear before me in her hand.
"Woah...okay I want to learn how to do that!" I exclaim, taking the clothes and putting them on.
"It takes a lot of energy." She explains, clearly looking more exhausted than she did before.
"Still." I tell her, finishing up.
"At some point I will." She tells me, winking before exiting the car with me.
Seeing Axel and Amon land on the roof in my peripherals, we enter the building and get two rooms near the top floor of the tall building.
Celest gets her own room, too weak to use the box to get home.
Walking into my own room, the sun begins to shine through the open blinds into the bedroom, sending me a warning.
Quickly I run to the window, finding a way to open it and take off the screen, Axel climbs down from the roof before climbing into the room, Amon on his shoulder.
Axel has been clothed the whole time in his usual trench coat, new jeans and a new black shirt, since apparently his old clothes got destroyed 23 years ago the night he attacked that bus.
Amon flies off his shoulder, landing before turning into his real form, he checks out the room, "Woah, this place is cozy." He admits, walking around.
"I know, it's nice. I can only guess where Celest gets the money from." I giggle, removing my shoes before putting the screen back on the window, closing it and drawing the blinds, closing those before finally closing the thick curtains leaving the room completely dark for us.
Turning on a lamp, I slip into the bathroom, leaving the door open before slipping my clothes off and taking a long bath.
Amon and Axel remain in the room, Amon lays on the spare bed while Axel removes his clothes to get comfortable, both of them talking, or at least Amon is the only one literally talking.
Sitting in the hot water after cleaning myself, I listen to Amon respond to whatever Axel is talking to him about.
Closing my eyes, I relax, the warm water feeling blissful against my skin, especially the wound on my hip from Axel's claws earlier.
Recalling the events, I begin to feel the taste of Axel again on my tongue, feel him inside of me, the way he craved me. Running my fingers against my neck slowly, I feel the newly scarred tissue, smiling to myself.
Moving my attention to my hand, the scar from Axel's claw the day we made our strongest bond still remains. Focusing on the bond, I begin to feel his calm, strong heartbeat within my chest, along with mine.
Feeling comfort from this, I relax further in the hot water, closing my eyes.
Recalling the words Celest spoke in the car hours ago, I open my eyes, worrying about what kind of response Axel would have to something like that.
Feeling Axel's heartbeat quicken suddenly, I quickly sit up, hearing Amon laughing loudly like a child, my ears also pick up a sound I have never heard before.
Axel's laughter.
He's laughing?! He can laugh?!
What the hell are they doing that would make him laugh?
Curious, I stand up and get out of the water, grabbing a white towel as I wrap it around me.
Peeking around the wall, I see something amusing.
Both boys are wrestling each other, like children. Axel currently has Amon pinned down beneath him, chuckling with pride.
Sensing my eyes on him, he shifts his gaze over to me, becoming distracted. Amon takes this opportunity to twist Axel against the ground, pinning him down before laughing in victory.
Axel growls at him, speaking to Amon.
"That too was fair!" Amon exclaims, grinning at Axel.
Axel uses force, pinning Amon down again before growling in a playful manner at him.
"ThAt WaSnT fAiR aXeL" Amon mocks Axel's words in a way to make fun of him.
Watching both of them makes me giggle, amazed at how much Axel can lower his tough personality when no one is around except the one who truly knows him the most.
Slipping back into the bathroom, I drain the water before drying off and drying my hair.
Taking the time to make myself feel good, I put my underwear back on.
Hearing knocking at the door makes the whole room go silent, yet Axel and Amon continue to playfight out of view of the door silently.
This relaxes me, telling me it isn't a stranger.
Walking out of the bathroom I slowly open up the door a crack, seeing Celest beyond the door.
"I decided to knock this time." She says with a giggle, handing me a tanktop to sleep in.
Taking it, I smile, "Thank you, for both."
She nods, "Goodnight, or good day." She laughs before going back to her room.
Closing the door I throw on the tanktop, enjoying the silky feeling of it.
Walking back into the main room, Axel and Amon begin to ease up on the roughness to not worry me, turning on the tv I begin to change the channels, not finding too much.
Stopping on a music channel, I decide to listen to the music that plays from it, turning the volume down to a comfortable level, I turn the brightness down to a dim glow.
Moving my attention to the boys, I watch them continue to mess around to the point I begin to think Amon is doing this to distract Axel from the desire to hunt, now that we are out of Florida, his habits will need to change to keep our tracks covered.
No more hibernation. No more eating humans.
Within minutes, Axel proves himself stronger, separating from Amon he makes his way over to me, climbing onto the bed to comfort me further.
Amon rises to his feet, "You only won because you're older." He teases, laying down on the other bed, pulling the blankets onto himself to see how they feel.
Axel buries himself under the blanket to my level, only wanting to comfort me with his presence, and to feed his new, growing desire for affection, although he will deny this as the truth.
Pulling my body against his, he wraps his arms around me from behind, beginning to purr in my ear, my hips against his. Without my wings between us, I can feel so much more of his body while mine fits perfectly against his.
Moving my head to look back at him, I press my lips against his, making him sit up a little to make him more comfortable, enjoying the feeling of my soft, smooth lips against his.
"Are you guys...kissing?" Amon's voice breaks our kiss, making us look at him.
He watches in confusion, "That's so weird, to see you do, Axel. The last time I saw you kiss anything was...way back in time. Our mother, I think it was." He recalls, looking off into space as he remembers the faded memories.
Axel watches him, remaining silent.
"I kinda got him into it, again. Did you guys completely forget how kissing should feel? Or even forget that kissing is a thing your species can do too?" I ask Amon.
"I haven't forgotten about it, I definitely don't have anyone to test your theory on about feeling things from it." He tells me, looking over at me, his wings spread out on the pillows behind him.
"Oh...well Axel did for a while. He felt nothing. He still doesn't feel much." I tell him, looking at Axel again.
"Yeah, it's a strange concept for us to accept." He tells me before letting out a yawn, partially spreading his mandibles in the process and ending it with a short high pitched screech.
My eyes widen while I watch him, never having seen a Galileus yawn before.
Seeing him yawn quickly makes me yawn, exaggerating the ending of it I groan loudly, "Damn it Amon, your stupid yawn got me."
He looks at me before grinning.
Rolling my eyes I close my eyes, only now do I realize Axel's quiet inhales through his nose, quietly sniffing my clean body and hair.
Listening to his breathing, his heartbeat and the feeling of his protective hold on me makes my eyelids grow heavy, soon being dragged under into unconsciousness.
.
Heavy breathing suddenly wakes me up, quickly realizing the breathing is coming from Axel behind me.
Opening my eyes slowly, my gut tells me something is wrong, very wrong.
Moving my eyes slowly to look at Amon to see if he is awake, thanks to my luck he is not. His back is to me, his wings dangling from the bed.
My gut tells me to be afraid, telling me Axel isn't right, a strong amount of fear expels from me, going right into the air, and into Axel's lungs.
A deep, predatory growl erupts from behind me, he smells the air deeply, I then begin to realize.
He is hungry.
Axel lingers on the incredible scent coming from me, the whole situation brings tears of fear to my eyes, afraid to move.
Axel hasn't eaten in almost two days. Something has to be dying by now...
'Amon...' I speak telepathically to him, staring at him.
He doesn't move.
'Amon...!' I speak up, getting a groan out of him.
'Something is wrong with Axel...' I speak into his mind, fear laced in my voice.
Amon, waking up now, catches scent of my fear, sensing the problem he pushes himself up, moving his attention to Axel.
"Axel?" He speaks to him.
The moment he speaks a sharp pain explodes from my shoulder, making me cry out loudly in pain and fear, Axel's arms grab me.
Amon quickly jumps off the bed, running over to us he grabs me, roughly throwing me away from Axel and across the room to protect me.
Crashing to the floor, I cry out in pain, holding onto my shoulder, blood pouring out of my wound, making me cry out in agony, a large chunk of my skin missing.
Amon pins Axel to the wall, his wings spread wide, wings sharp. Axel roars loudly, grabbing Amon by the neck and throwing him hard against a wall, nearly collapsing it.
Amon growls loudly from the pain as he rises slowly, Axel stares at me, seeming to be trying to hold himself back from attacking me again.
Crying, I watch.
Amon gets to his feet, yanking two large feathers from his wings before throwing them at Axel, one feather nails his right arm to the wall, the other joins the first one, making sure he remains in place.
Gentle hands place themselves onto my shoulders, making me scream in fear, realizing Celest has appeared in the room and is behind me.
She puts pressure on my shoulder, "What the hell is going on here?!" She screams out, chains burst from the wall, holding onto Axel once again.
Axel begins to struggle, growling loudly.
"He needs a new heart, he is withdrawing from his body's desire to eat human flesh...Iris was the closest to him that resembled a human..." Amon tells us.
"Why is he withdrawing?! Why didn't he just eat earlier?! This isn't like him at all Amon!" I cry out, the blood seeping out from between Celest's fingers.
"He needs a heart from an animal, any animal." Amon says.
A deer heart suddenly appears in Celest's hand, having been torn straight from a living deer, she falls weakly to one of her knees, handing it to Amon.
Amon takes it from her, withdrawing his feathers, Celest releases Axel, Amon tosses the heart to him.
Having more control over himself, Axel catches it and forces himself to devour it, despite the taste.
We watch him, he falls to his knees, feeling his heart struggle to keep beating, pain courses through his veins, making him wince badly.
"...Axel...?" I watch, tears in my eyes I quickly stand, only for Celest to grab my arm, keeping me from running to him.
Axel collapses onto the floor, I focus on the beating of his heart, feeling it slow drastically to a slow pulse, I cry out and break from Celest's hold, she tries to grab me again but I get too far away, falling onto my knees beside Axel, placing my hands on his arm.
"He will be okay." Amon reassures me, relaxing me a little.
His heart stops beating, sending panic through me, "It stopped! His heart stopped!" I cry out, unable to control my panic.
"Wait, are you bonded to him? By a blood bond?" Amon asks me, making me look at him and nod.
I feel his heart begin to beat again, tears fall from my eyes in relief, his body takes a moment for his blood to flow before his eyes open.
Slowly he pushes himself off the ground, I nearly tackle him, wrapping my arms around him tightly, crying against his chest.
He exhales deeply, clearly pissed with himself because of what he had done, and what he nearly could have done.
"Someone please explain to me what the hell is happening?!" Celest exclaims.
"Axel's diet is being shifted." Amon tells her.
"Wait, you started that already?" I ask him.
Celest narrows her eyes at Amon, "Is that why you said he was withdrawing?"
Axel pulls me close to him, he begins licking the wound on my shoulder, making me cry out in pain.
'I am so sorry...' He apologizes to me, his voice full of frustration in himself and disappointment.
"It's okay..." I tell him, letting him continue to lick my wound he caused.
"Yes..." Amon responds to Celest.
Celest slowly rises to her feet, weak from using so much power, "Lucky for us...there is no one booked on this floor but us...not many heard the commotion." She shares.
Amon walks back over to his bed, throwing himself back onto it, "Great...I'm exhausted...this bed is lovely..."
Axel closes my wound, just now finishing closing his own.
Celest looks at her watch, "It's about time to go, so get your ass up, feathers." She tells Amon.
Amon smirks at the name she called him, "Can I sleep in the car with you guys? Please?" He asks.
"I don't care." Celest says, leaving the room to gather her things.
Axel remains on the floor with me, slowly standing with me.
"Can I fly with you...?" I ask, looking at Axel.
'As a familiar, yes.' He tells me, dressing himself again.