Omega Kid
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The Jack the Ripper Arc
Chapter 18: I'm My Biggest Fan
BANG! BANG! The guy kept firing his little handgun; I don't know how he wasn't running out of bullets, in fact there were a load of questions going on in my head right now. Who was I chasing? How did I get here? Why am I here? Where am I? All I knew was I was in what looked like a hotel corridor, I was hiding behind a door in my Omega Kid costume, and there was a guy in the hall firing at me.
The bullets stopped, so thinking it was safe I poked my head around the corner, just getting a glimpse of the guy running round the corner; so I gave chase after him. Running as fast as I could, I got to the corner and looked around to see the guy was already turning around another corner down the 400 metre corridor, how was he moving so fast...another question that had no answers, I'm starting to sound like something out of 'Heroes'.
I ran down the corridor, and something was odd about it. You know those pictures were it has different pictures if you look at it from different angles, the walls were like that. One minutes they were white doves flying in the blue sky, then they looked like the Mona Lisa, then they looked like the 'Heroes' eclipse, then the walls looked like they were on fire.
Turning this corner, the guy was again all the way at the other end and turning that corner. Now the walls on this corridor were red poker dots of a white wall. I ran again, and the weird thing was I wasn't getting tired, and I still wasn't sure why I was chasing the guy...well he had a gun so I'll just go with that. Then the weird metre went off the scale; I started to feel unbalanced and my legs were tripping over themselves, but it wasn't my fault. The room was turning around, so now I had to run on the wall. It was like being in that film 'Inception' which I saw just the other day.
By the time I rounded the corner, I was on the wall on the other side. And the guy was again at the other end, but before he went around the corner I got a good look at his face, or maybe not...because I swear it looked like a horse. WTF?
I sprinted after him, but it didn't look like I was getting any closer; in fact it looked like I was getting further. I ran faster, but still the corridor seemed to stretch further away. I ducked my head and ran Usain Bolt style seeing if that would make a difference...it did. I looked up and saw the wall was now zooming right towards me. I stopped running and put my hands out to stop myself from crashing.
Once my hands made contact with the wall, I couldn't get them off; the wall was made of glue? I looked to my left and saw the horse head with his handgun pointed right at me; I couldn't move, I was an easy target for him.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
''AHHHHH!'' I screamed my lungs out as I sat up on my bed. The sweat pouring down my head like I just showered in it, my head felt so hot, and every breath was heavier than the last. Thankfully, since Jenna got re-hired by Comic City she works later than usual, so she would be kept up every night by my waking up from my nightmares.
I get Omega Kid nightmares about once or twice a week; some were worse than others. They varied from the really silly ones were I would walk into a fight without my costume or any clothes whatsoever. But other kept me up all night; the realistic ones were the worst because I believe that I had just been shot even after I've woken up. But the supernatural ones, like the one just now, shifted from funny to scary all the time. The worst one I've ever had is when I'm fighting Jason, Freddy, Michael and Charlie; and they all merge into some hybrid monster and tear me apart. I actually refused to be Omega Kid for three days because of that nightmare.
I had a quick cold shower; I felt so warm it was nauseating. Even after the shower I still felt like I was going to puck. Oh well, maybe it will get me off school tomorrow; but of course Jenna won't let me, she'll just say 'Thomas, you must be in for the first day of the new year, especially when it's your last'. Every time I think I'm in Year 11 now, it makes me feel like Granddad.
My phone started ringing; it was only 3:48 in the morning...so I know whose calling. I was right it was coming from Alex's phone, rubbing the last bit of sleep out of my eyes I answered. ''Yeah?''
''Where you asleep?'' Alex shouted so loud I had to move my phone away a bit.
''I have got school in the morning, you know what Jenna's like...''
''Yeah that's great. Hurry up and get to Woolingshire Road; some kind of drug dealing going on.''
''Are you lot already over there?''
''Yeah, just waiting for you.''
''Alright, I'll be there in ten'' I hung up, took one last yawn and got ready for my favourite hobby. Opening my wardrobe, I reached into the back and brought out a box (bet you can guess what's in it?). On came the suit, the gloves, the knuckle dusters and the mask; the silver streaks shone from the light of my lamp. I took a few breaths getting the costume ready for battle; over the summer, Stella had improved our costumes. We could move faster, we were more agile, and it was more resistant to rips and fireproof (you never know).
This summer had to be the greatest ever, since taking down Toxin, the crime and gang activity has declined by at least 17% (which is a lot for a whole city), and people have started to respect Omega Kid more. Ultra Kid and Super Kid had their own legion of fans as well; we were the toast of the town. Every night we patrolled the street and saved lives; of course the two got on my nerves here and there, but they were great help. Half the fights I wouldn't have been able to do on my own. But summer had finally come to an end; so we won't be patrolling as much anymore, all though it would be nice to finally get away from them for a little bit.
I finally reached Woolingshire Road; Alex texted me saying the deal was going down in the car park. I finally found them hiding behind a truck; they were suited up in their black and white, and white and black. I ducked down next to them.
Alex looked at me. ''You said you'd be here in ten...twelve minutes ago!''
''Guys, can we just get through this so I can get ready for school tomorrow?''
''That's the point, this is the last night of the summer, we have to make this really count'.
I just ignored him and looked forward; there were about six of them all passing the dugs around. Offers were made, arguments started; but something really struck me with them. ''They aren't even armed?''
Alex laughed quietly. ''Yeah I know, this is almost getting too easy. Since Toxin, there haven't been any big challenges.''
He was right about that, since most of Toxin were put away, all the gangs have thought screw that, we don't want to mess with superheroes. The only thing that worried me was Douglas and Marcus were still hiding somewhere, but there haven't been any crimes that relate to them. So they probably hit the road...hopefully. Something clicked in my mind, I turned to Alex. ''I thought you said we were all here, where's...''
''About to start the massacre!'' Alex points behind the druggies, and I could see her now. Who am I talking about? I'm talking about the fourth member of our team!
The druggies turn and freeze as out of the shadows behind them, a girl 15 years old, about five foot seven and wearing a purple costume with green streaks much like ours (We're not very imaginative so we use the same styles). From behind her the girl pulls out a green and purple bow staff and starts swinging it around like a pro. The druggies back away from her as she holds the staff steady so we could all see her name written on it...Viper!
The druggies turn and try to run but stop once they see three other superheroes; their names you probably know. ''Don't you know taking drugs is bad!'' Super Kid (Steph) said trying to sound all cool.
Ultra Kid (Alex) turns to him. ''That's the best you could come up with?''
''Guys, not now!'' I called to them.
We all turned to the druggies...to see they were on their knees begging. ''Please don't hurt us!'' ''We're sorry!'' ''Don't hurt us!'' Were just some of their audible pleas that I could understand with all their sobbing.
''This is sad.'' Was all I could say, this was the first time anything like this happened.
''This is pathetic.'' Ultra Kid complained. ''I wanted to end the summer on a high, not the bad guys being high. What kind of criminals...'' BAM! ''AH CRAP!'' Ultra Kid screamed holding on to his arm. Out of nowhere, the druggies all pulled out baseball bats, and one of them had a metal chain that just hit Ultra Kid's arm. The chain guy charged at me and swung viciously at me; but I rolled away and climbed on the top of cars to dodge him.
Two ran for Viper; she swung her staff around and blocked both their bats; she swung and knocked one back. The other swung at her; she somersaulted back and kicked the guy in the jaw knocking him out. The other charged again swinging wildly with the bat, but Viper blocked every hit with so much ease it was embarrassing for men. Using the staff to lift herself up, she double kicked the guy to the ground, and he didn't get back up.
Two others surrounded Super Kid; one swung his bat, but Super ducked and the bat hit the other druggie. The other tried his leg; but the same result, Super dodged and it hit the other guy. They kept trying to hit the enemy, but just ended up whacking friend. Soon the two were swaying dizzily; and Super Kid just stood there. He flick his finger on both their heads and they collapsed to the ground, just like in the movies.
A druggie swung his bat at me, but I moved left and right; twisting my arm to elbow him in the face and he was out in one hit. The last guy, the one with the chains, came at me swinging away. I found it challenging to get close, but he wasn't the hardest opponent I've ever faced. Soon, there was a clearing and I broke through and Sparta kicked him backwards. He rolled, dropping his chain but then pulled out a tiny knife.
He jabbed, I grabbed his arm and tossed him aside taking the knife from his hand. He had nothing but his fists now; he punched but I jumped back and showed him how to really punch. BAM! BAM! BAM! He was so dazed now he couldn't tell where I was. Ultra Kid walked over to me, holding his arm...
''You want to finish him, you haven't done anything tonight.'' I smirked.
''Hey come on, he caught me off guard. I can handle myself!''
''What a way to end the summer.''
''I said he caught me off guard; you were talking to me so...''
Viper called to us. ''Hey, he's still up you know!''
Ultra Kid and I turned to see the druggie was limping towards us. ''So, do you want to finish him?'' I asked; and Ultra answered by elbowing the guy to the ground.
''Why am I the only one who gets injured?'' He huffed.
Alex yanked his mask off; and Steph took his off and inspected his brother's arm. ''Does it hurt?''
''No...it feels all jolly and cherry...OF COURSE IT HURTS!'' He smacked Steph across the head, with his bad arm ''OW!'' ''OW!'' They both moaned.
Viper came over to me and took her mask off, revealing a friend a few months ago I thought would never get involved with super heroism; especially after all she's been through. ''Those two almost get on my nerves...almost'' Stella whispered.
''If they fought thugs like they fight themselves, I'd retire with no worries.''
''Yep... it's going to be weird to go out on patrols on school nights again.''
''I know, but this is weirder...it feels like a good weird.''
Stella then gave me a seductive smile. ''Maybe that's because you are to meet your special one''.
I'd been getting this all summer off her; Alex and Stephen annoyed me with everything except one thing...Rachael, but then I've got Stella to remind me of her. She's just got back from Spain, but tomorrow will be the first time I've seen her since before the summer...when we had our kiss. I knew I would have a torrid time if the others found out, so I didn't tell them. ''She's just a friend.''
''Trust me, they always turn out to be just a friend...but then they grow on you.''
It took me a moment to realise what she meant by that. ''Hold on...you're going out with someone?''
''Two week anniversary tomorrow.'' She squealed excitedly, and squealing is something she rarely ever does. And seeing her act excited was rare, out of the four of us she was the most mature.
''Have I met him?''
She sarcastically pondered on that question. ''Re-think that question tomorrow. Speaking of that, I better get ready, see ya!'' Stella took off. Okay that wasn't the answer I was expecting, but I guess it means that the person goes Hallblock.
Since the Toxin battle; Stella has been a new her, refusing to work for gangs and thugs she decided to help us as well as get a part-time job somewhere to help pay for her mother's treatment, which was going well apparently, good for her. It was a lot easier accepting her than Alex and Steph; she worked and trained hard. Within a few weeks she was battle ready; we fixed up a costume for her and she chose the name Viper. The four of us have been an unstoppable force. But still, other than us and Hellrider, there aren't any other superheroes...yet.
I walked over to the bumble brothers. ''Well I'm getting ready for school tomorrow!'' Finally, I can get some time away from these two.
''Hey wait, we might as well walk with you. We need to get ready as well'' Stephen said.
''But Holloway doesn't start till next week.''
''We don't go Holloway anymore!'' Alex said, and from the look on his face I could tell something was up. They moved house recently so I guess they might have moved schools as well. But the only school I can think of is...
''No...please no...''
''Hey, are there any hot girls at Hallblock?'' Alex asked.
''NOOOOOOOOOO...YOU CAN'T GO HALLBLOCK!'' I screamed.
''But we are.'' Steph said innocently.
''IS IT A LAW THAT YOU TWO HAVE TO FOLLOW ME?''
''We were going to go to Hallblock anyway; our parents were going to move last year, but the work prevented them. So, don't blame the spandex. And for the question, are there any hot girls?''
I can't believe this; I wait six weeks to finally get some peace from these guys...and they're now going to the same school as me, as if school wasn't bad enough already. I made it home easy enough, but sneaking to my bedroom was tricky as Jenna was in the kitchen. Taking a chance, I changed outside the house hoping the neighbours wouldn't look out of their windows. Back in my normal clothes, I snuck through the door and tip toed upstairs. I would only get an hour worth of sleep, but it was better than nothing. In seconds I was gone.
''Thomas...Thomas, you're gonna be late!'' Jenna shook me, trying to get me up. I groaned as she pinched on my arm forcing me to sit up. ''You went to bed early, and you still look tired.''
I yawned. ''Yeah, well I've got six weeks of not getting use to waking up early.''
''Well come on, breakfast is ready!'' Jenna left my room, leaving me to sway and drowsily walk out of bed and out of my room. After a few crashes, I finally got downstairs to the kitchen and took the first piece of toast I could see; until Jenna grabbed it. ''That's mine, yours is there.''
Feeling livelier after breakfast was about to walk out the door when Jenna called. ''Have fun with Alex and Steph.'' And then she started laughing.
''Not funny, those guys never leave me alone.''
''Okay then...well there's Rachael.''
''Why does everyone think we have something?''
''Do you want there to be something?''
''I...no...Yeah...no...Forget it.'' I hurried out of the door before she could make another comment.
Everyone was outside of school; talking, catching up with whatever they did over the summer, and giving the teachers hell...it almost feels good to be back, but of course this is school. And my last year, it's kind of scary when I think about it; I'm use to facing the world as Omega Kid, but as Thomas is where it really counts.
No one really came over to talk to me; most were still sore about me messing up the football match against Toronta last year. Speaking of football, the first familiar faces...Gabriel Adenoya and Chloe Derrick; both were on the football pitch playing with other students, I thought about going over to say hello, but they never liked to be interrupted in a football game.
''Hey!'' Finally someone called out to me on my right.
''Hey, Megan…wow, been a while!'' She hugged me and I hugged back.
''So how was your summer?'' She asked me excitedly.
I gave it some thought, as she waited for my detailed description of my action packed summer. ''It was actually kinda boring''.
''Oh.'' She said disappointed I didn't have more to say.
''So what about you?'' I asked, hoping she would perk up a bit…and did she perk up?
''IT WAS THE GREATEST EVER! I went to this great music festival in Birmingham, when to see some of the greatest movies ever, fly to the comic con, went to Devon, learnt how to play the piano, learnt how to surf…''
I had to stop her to let her catch her breath; her face was all red. ''Wait, wait, wait? You did all that during the summer?''
''No I did that in the first week and a half; after that I went to watch Liverpool vs. Arsenal, meet some of the players, got to meet the cast of that new Omega Kid series and had a sneak peek of it…''
''WHAT? You got to see the sneak preview of Omega Kid?'' I've been looking all over the internet to find some kind of clips, but I've come up squat. It's my show; I deserve some kind of special preview.
''Yeah, it looks really good. Stella's uncle works on the series; and I went with her to see the set with her, and meet the cast…I met Miley Cyrus!'' She squealed.
Miley Cyrus is in my show? As if I wasn't anxious to see it already. ''You and Stella have been on the set?''
She smiled more brightly now. ''Yeah…actually speaking of that, I haven't even said the best bit of my summer yet!''
''All that wasn't the best bit?'' I asked surprised.
''Not even by a country mile…'' She was about to tell me, then she couldn't bring the words out; her mouth was moving like a fish, and she coiled up like she normally would. Her face was redder than before.
''What happened?'' I asked, she got this far she might as well tell me. She was still smiling shyly, so at least it was a good thing.
''Stella and I…are going out!''
I was so close to doing a double take after hearing that, it just came out of the blue. Or maybe it didn't, they did hang around a lot, but I never suspected that… ''You and…you and…you and…''
''It's our two week anniversary today!'' She said cheerfully.
I'm now starting to feel like an idiot for not piecing it together, although I guess not…I don't know. One of my closest friends just came out to me and I'm standing around like an idiot. ''Wow...um...I'm lost for words...actually, I'm not, that's great!'' She jumped up and hugged me tighter, but then pulled away so not to draw a crowd. ''So...who asked who? I didn't even know that you were…'' I stopped thinking that I was being offensive, but she just kept smiling and answered me.
''I've just…always known. And about who asked...I actually...did. We were just talking one day...and then I asked...and...And she replied...by kissing me. My first kiss!'' She was starting to form tears in her eyes, and tried her best not to cry.
''Wow, I can't believe it. Yeah, you two are good for each other!''
''Yeah!'' She whispered and wiped her watery eyes; taking a few deep breaths she smiled at me. ''Um...Rachael was here a minute ago, I was just talking to her; have you talked to her?''
I chuckled lightly. ''No, but I have a feeling what you were thinking when you brought that up.''
''Well...you two get along great, and I can tell you really like each other.''
''Maybe...but...'' I didn't carry on, I was still feeling bad about the comments I made to her before the summer; if I did really like her I wouldn't have said those things.
''But what?'' She questioned.
''Nothing...'' Guess it's time for a subject change. ''Have there been any new students at Hallblock?''
Megan nods behind me. ''Now that you mention it, there are two right behind you.''
''Hey Thomas!'' Alex and Stephen patted me on the shoulders.
Why did I have to open my big mouth? ''Hey guys.'' I stressed out.
''Well aren't you going to introduce us.'' Alex said nodding towards Megan, a big grin on her face seeing the torture I was in.
''Yeah; Megan these are my friends, Alex and Stephen...''
''But you can call me Steph.'' Stephen cut in.
Wanting the flirting to stop I said to them. ''Megan was just telling me that she is now with someone.'' Instantly Alex and Stephen backed off slightly.
I smirked at the defeated Alex. ''Okay...well Thomas, have you seen Rachael yet?'' He shot back. What a way to spend the last year of school; something was telling me this was not going to be boring.
The only good thing about Alex and Stephen being here was that with most of the school hating me, I had somebody to talk to; even if they did annoy me to hell. And thank god they weren't in many of my classes, with Steph being in a younger year he and I would only have about two classes together. It's a year mix thing the school does, give the younger years more experience. Alex was in a few of my other classes.
Next up though was R.E; that meant I was going to be sitting next to Rachael for the first time in weeks. I walked into the class, and saw her in her usual seat next to mine...and I was blown away (more than usual). In her normal blue short sleeved shirt and jeans. Her skin was tanned and her hair was cut shorter, it really suited her. She was wearing glasses that really brought out her blue eyes, and gave her a cuter look…I'm a sucker for girls with glasses okay!
I gulped and made my way over to my seat; the lesson wasn't to begin for at least another five minutes, and so she was reading a Kane Chronicles book. ''Cool, Rick Riodran...still think Percy Jackson was his best.'' I said, and she looked up at me.
''Thomas, hey!'' She hugged me, and I did my best not to blush. ''How have you been?'' She asked.
''To be honest, summer wasn't the best.'' I said with my fingers crossed. ''But it looks like you really had a good time in Spain; is it true that when it's sunny there it stays sunny for the entire day, living in England I've never seen that before.''
She laughed lightly. ''Yeah it was great.'' And so began the awkward silence between us, we just stood up and looked around the room. My heart was racing and trying to find its way up my throat; I really wanted to tell her how much I missed her, I had the courage to kiss her, what's stopping me from telling her how I feel? I almost did last year; but every time I look at Rachael I still remember the look on her face from our argument before, it made me forget about our kiss. ''So another year of school I guess.'' Rachael broke the silence.
Throughout the lesson, as I helped her; she talked about her time in Spain, and I wondered what it would be like to have weather like that. And then she started talking about the amount of times she was on the beach; and the image of Rachael in a bikini ran through my head. Next up were Megan and Stella; they told her about themselves the day after they started, she agreed that they were good for each other. Then she asked me if it was true that Alex and Steph go here now, and from the look on my face she got the answer.
''Have you heard about the three new superheroes with Omega Kid?'' I asked her.
''Yeah, I think it's long overdue that he had partners. It was terrible he kept getting hurt; he needed help to take down Toxin.''
I couldn't help but laugh, if only she knew. ''Yeah I think so too.''
''I mean don't get me wrong; I think Omega Kid is still the best...''
''I know what you mean; he just got carried away, but I think he's learnt his lesson.''
''And apparently this school now has Omega Kid's biggest fan.''
''What?''
Rachael pointed to the other side of the class; and standing there were three kids. The two that I knew, brothers Biff and Smith, the most accident prone guys I know; they made Alex and Steph look like well matured and behaved sophisticates. In between them was a kid that looked much older than 16; greasy black hair, a fat nose, glasses and braces. He was wearing a blue and silver striped shirt, and on it was a badge...Omega Kid's #1 Fan! Rachael leaned next to me. ''Kevin Roberts; don't let the glasses fool you, he's no cute geek. He's really stuck up and gets on my nerves a lot...and I've only known him for 10 minutes.''
''And he thinks he's Omega Kid's biggest fan?'' I was trying my best not to laugh.
''So much so he's head of the Omega Kid fan club; and wants to start another one at Hallblock. Some people believe that he is Omega Kid...''
Ha, this is seriously too much. From the looks of it, this guy couldn't lift a pencil with marshmallows as the weights. But flashes ran through my head...of something very familiar involving another big fan, Lea. She loved Omega Kid so much she wanted to have a crack at being my partner, and ended up killing a man and tried to lop my head off. There's no way this will be a repeat of that...right? I can't take that chance. ''I think I'll go talk to him!'' Rachael gave me a seriously bamboozled look, but I had to make sure this guy had no serious psychotic problems.
There were a few students that were around Kevin listening on his 'stories'. ''You know there are rumours that Omega Kid once took down an army of Toxins with one eye closed; it was like something out of the Matrix, all of them dead, they have nothing on him.''
''Nothing on him!'' Biff and Smith repeated at the same time; and the other students were muttering amongst themselves, thinking about Omega Kid taking on that many. I love praise, but this was a bit over the top, I know I'm not that good.
''What about his partners?'' Someone asked.
Kevin sighed sarcastically. ''He only hired partners to give them a little credit; he does all the work...'' As much as I wanted to agree with that bit, it was kind of harsh ''...but the girl, Viper, is actually his girlfriend in real life; it's like a fetish thing with the costumes for them and then…''
''Whoa, too much information there Shakespeare'' I yelled; and Kevin stared at me darkly.
''Can I help you?'' He asked.
''Yeah, can you check the facts again because there is no proof that him and Viper are...a thing.'' I put it in the best way I could. If Stella was single I wouldn't have minded…actually no, even if she was still single I saw her more as a friend.
''Come on, that's how all the heroes do it. Bring the chick into the action with the tight ass costume and the silly one-liners.''
''But again I ask, how do you know this chick is with him?''
The whole class looked at Kevin; some were anticipating a fight because of the last time I got into a situation like this with Onder and Rachael. But Kevin didn't look like he was losing his crowd. ''Dude, I'm head of the Omega Kid fan club; I know his battles, his quotes, his fighting styles, his enemies. I'm his biggest fan!''
''I doubt that.'' I simply told him; the class started laughing and taunting making a big deal of it, but Kevin just sighed. ''So what, you think you're his number one fan?''
I don't know how to answer that; do I count as a fan? Shrugging my shoulders I give the only honest answer I can think of. ''Who knows?''
''Okay, a little trivia question...exactly how many bad guys has Omega Kid taken down since he started his career seven months ago?''
I thought for a moment, remembering my battles. When its life threatening it's not hard to forget them. ''79!''
''Way off dude, 482!''
''WHAT? Are we talking about Omega Kid or Spider-Man?''
''Oh don't worry, I have plenty more questions. One for each day; and right now...1-0 to me.''
''1-0 to Kevin!'' Biff and Smith called out; and Kevin went back to his seat and I went back to mine, I didn't feel bad at all being 1-0 down. If he really knew a lot about me and challenged me...it would be more like a rugby score in my favour.
The rest of the day went uneventful; except that Kevin was now using me as a marketing ploy for his fan club...He challenged Kevin, and lost. All hail Kevin, #1 Omega Kid fan! I didn't feel jealous; if he knew Omega Kid properly then I would be jealous. And it didn't seem like he would do an Alpha Girl and try to be my partner, he hated partners; he thought that Omega Kid was cooler as a lone warrior.
School ended, and Alex and Steph were in none of my classes...but tomorrow Alex would be in three of them, with Steph in one. Rachael and I headed to Comic City, managing to sneak away from Alex and Steph, I needed at least one day away from them, plus I wanted to talk with Rachael alone. ''Thomas?'' She said as we walked down the street.
''Yeah?''
She smiled at me lightly, but I could tell it was a forced smile, something was up. ''You know I forgive you, for what you said before the summer.''
I didn't want to look her in the eye; I haven't forgiving myself for what I said to her. There's no way she can forgive me just like that. ''You shouldn't really...''
''I should. I got mad at you and accused you of being something you're not. You could have got in a lot of trouble...''
''So I get in trouble, I can handle that. But I can't handle what I said to you and how upset you were about it. Every time I see you now I always picture what happened, how hurt you were…''
''I've heard worse things said to me. And from people that don't care how I feel afterwards...but you, you tried to find me after.''
''I still...I still...'' I rubbed the temples on my head; I was so tired from the lack of sleep and my recent fights I couldn't think straight. I wanted to hate myself for hurting Rachael like that, and for some reason, her forgiving me so easily was hurting me even more. Two more hands rubbed my temple, and Rachael was standing so close that the tips of our noses were almost touching.
''So those comments are all you think when you see me...not our kiss?'' She smiled, and like always her body would feel like it was melting when she smiles.
''Um...It crossed my mind a couple of times. But...what does it mean? We kissed, so what do we do now?''
She looked to give this some thought; after a few seconds she smiled at me again, I only just realised she's not wearing her glasses as her clear blue eyes looked right into mine, the urge to kiss her was so great that I was leaning closer to her without really thinking. And she was doing the same. ''Well I guess we...
''AHHHH!'' A woman screamed as she ran out of an alley and into the street. Rachael and I immediately pulled apart and walked over to the alley were the woman ran; more people around the area started moving to the alley, some were curious while others were cautious. And the same could be said for me and Rachael; she wasn't too sure, but I had to see what happened. Some old man was the first to look in the alley, and straight away he stumbled back and took off running shouting 'Call 999!'
We finally reached the corner of the alley; and looked to see the most horrific thing I've ever seen...a woman had been hung on the stair way, stripped naked, and was sliced open. Rachael threw up along with half a dozen other people that crowded around; I leaned down and tried to help Rachael get some air, she was shaking so much. No one dared approach the corpse; it looked fresh, but how could someone do all of this in broad day light and people only notice now?
''Look!'' Someone called out pointing at the wall below the corpse. I turned from Rachael to see what was on the wall, but I didn't have a good view from here; so I walked further forward. Rachael held out her arm trying to stop me, but I needed to see what was on the wall. The smell grew stronger, and I nearly joined Rachael in vomiting duties. I finally had a good view of what was on the wall...blood writing. And it wasn't hard to read, it was only two words. But those two words sent an unnaturally intense chill down my spine...the first time I've felt that chill since Toxin...
'I'M BACK'
To Be Continued...