Jenna sighed as she sat on the ledge over the subterranean lake. It seemed to glow softly, a comfort. The illusion she'd had...that there were no secrets in her new home...was gone. Worse, it wasn't from Angeal or Genesis-the two new people in the home. It was Min who was hiding something. For a month now, ever since she'd mediated into the past to find the truth. She'd quickly explained to Jenna about what she'd learned of Genesis and Angeal's births. Min had tried to make it easy but Jenna never had to read her before. Now she could tell Min was nervous about something, seriously worried. Min was hiding something. And Jenna had discovered she couldn't read her friend.
"So she stares out, her hair blending in with the sky...or would, if you could see the sky."
Jenna turned her head and offered a small smile as Angeal walked over to her. He was the only one who she was able to talk to now. She never got along with Genesis, and because of the distance Min was taken she couldn't talk to her. She was alone in nowhere, or would have been were it not for Angeal.
"Hey." Jenna whispered as she faced him. Angeal sat down beside her slowly and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Something's bothering you..." He read her, like always.
"It's nothing." Jenna lied for a moment then shook her head. "Min...she's hiding something. I don't know why. There's never been a secret between us before. She plotted our escape. I've always been able to trust her...." She began to sob and placed her arms on her knees and hen laid her head on them.
Angeal sighed and slowly wrapped his arms around her.
"Shhh...Jenna, Min is sill your friend. if she's not telling you something there's a good reason. I'm sure..." He whispered. Jenna continued to sob as she thought about what he was saying. Despite this, she could barely hear his words...only his heart. It was...different then hers and Min's. But it was different from Genesis's as well...Genesis has a different pulse then them all, but it didn't worry her as much. When Genesis and Angeal had first appeared, their hearts beat at the same speed...Genesis's pulse hadn't changed...
"You've gotten sicker." Jenna whispered and lifted her head, eyes wide with terror.
Angeal was utterly silent for a few minutes. His silent confirmation hurt, but not because he wasn't saying anything. It meant he had less time to find a cure. But there isn't one! Jenna didn' know where the voice that constantly yelled this came from, but she knew it to be true.
"...I've noticed things..." Angeal admitted. "But I'm not sure if they're connected. Nightmares every time I close my eyes. Sometimes when I'm sparring with Genesis it feels like someone else is controlling me...if only for a few seconds...a voice sometimes. I can usually ignore it...and I'd say I was crazy but Genesis hears it too...we both describe it the same way...female, cold, violent..." If you were a cruel, sadistic, bitch it would be your voice...
Jenna's eyes widened further as she gulped.
"The voice...sounds like me..."
"I didn't say-" Angeal stopped and sighed. "Right. I forgot. You can hear me...yeah. Sounds slightly like you but not that much..."
"Don't die." Before Jenna could stop herself she hugged him tightly, burying her face in his shoulder before sobbing again. Angeal blinked twice before hugging her back. Jenna stopped crying suddenly as their surroundings seemed to fade as Angeal sheltered her with his wing.
"Don't...waste your tears...on a monster like me." Angeal whispered to her, lifting a finger to dab the tears away from Jenna's eyes.
Her arm moved before she could think as she caught his hand, staring directly into his eyes.
"I am not wasting my tears on a monster...I'm letting my tears fall because an angel is dying."