This chapter is basically in Valkyries point of view. You'll get a quick view of her family.
Valkyrie POV
I heard the banging on the door and opened it to the loving faces of my family.
"Hey lil' sis!" Derrick yelled. He gave me a warm hug and continued walking into the house. Devin and my mom gave me the same warm hug my family gave and fallowed, as did the others.
"Aw, sweetie you've grown so much in the past month, I'm so happy to see you again" My mother said. Her long dark brown hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail, a style that she only wore in a stressful situation.
"Only an inch" I laughed; even though on the inside I was dying to cry, so I could release some of the pain I was feeling.
I heard Derrick whistle loudly from the living room, which I just remembered, held the bloody battle that just occurred a moment before my family arrived. Even thinking about the scene made me sick to my stomach, but I had to face it again.
"What happened here?" My mom gasped when both walked into the living room. Derrick and Devin were looking over Angel and Gazzy, my nephews over Nudge, my nieces over Iggy, my uncle over Fang, and my Grandpa over Max. It was then, that my leadership skills kicked in.
"Ralph, Tim, Devin and Derrick you guys go take care of the erasers upstairs, they should be dead by now. Mom and Grandpa you go get some towels, and heat up a lot of water. Uncle you go make up the beds upstairs and make sure their comfy, and Stacy and Kyra, well you guys know what to do. Let's go people!" I clapped my hands and off they all went. I did hear my Grandpa mutter something about me being a great leader but I ignored it. Ever since I came back he's been talking about me becoming the family leader, but that's the last thing I want to do. I know it's kind of mean, but as soon as we beat Itex I'm getting out of here. I'll probably live with my dad for a while then go to college, then open up my own cafe in central NYC.
"Valkyrie can you help us?" Stacy asked me. She was my niece and she was 14, a year older than me. Her mom, my sister Kendra, is exploring the Amazon in hopes of furthering research on some of the animals there, so is her father.
"With what?"
"The healing" Kyra piped in. She was Stacy's sister, but also a year younger than me. Both of them stood in front of me smiling. They both had dark blue eyes like their father and long blond hair like my sister. She was suppose to come back in a month since, surprise, surprise, she was pregnant.
"Healing? Guys I'm not healers like you two" I shook my head. "Heck I'm older then you and I only have one and a half, compared to you guys who have all 5"
"Yeah but you went to itex, maybe what they did to you retarded the process of your powers."Stacy said.
" Yeah" Kyra agreed.
"No"
"Please, please, please, please" She begged.
"No" I said again, this time more firm.
"Valkyrie we need energy. And from what Kyra and I can tell you have a lot of that to spare, if 2 healers tried to fix all this," She sweeped her hand across the room, "Then were probably going to be in bed for about 2 months. And our currently pregnant mom would not like that. We need some with the same amount of energy that Kyra and I have and that's you. "
I sighed, they were right. The moment I endanger one of Kendra's kids is the moment I could say goodbye to my life. "Okay fine, just tell me what to do."
"Yes!" Stacy jumped up and down with her little sister in hand. She smiled at me and thanked and we walked farther into the living room. "Okay first we have to bring all of them into the center so come on."
All three of us dragged all the bodies into the center, it was so weird touching their bodies though, it was like they were dead, but of course they were only unconscious.
"Okay now, Kyra you go to the TV and Valkyrie you go to the stairs" Stacy pointed in our directions and we did as she said.
"Okay now Valkyrie lift up your hands and close your eyes and just focus your energy onto these guys" She said. "Kyra and I will take care of the rest"
I did as they said and lifted my hands and closed my eyes. I could tell around me, Kyra and Stacy did the same. They started murmuring words that I could never in the name of god pronounce. They sounded so complicated. I tried to focus my energy and the flock in front of me, but it was harder than you would think, mostly because I had no idea how to do it. But it must've been working since soon after the girls started murmuring words, I felt like somebody tore my entire body in half and the liquid that was in my body started pouring out. It was such an uncomfortable sensation, my body tingled, I felt like my neck twisted, and in the distance I could hear a tiny little scream.
As fast as the circle started, it ended. Kyra and Stacy clapped their hands and closed the circle, but the pain I was feeling before stayed. The tiny scream I heard in the distance grew louder and louder until I finally figured out that the scream was coming from me.
"Stacy whats wrong?" I could hear Kyra's panicky voice. "Why is she screaming?"
"Um, I don't know. I don't know!"
"What's going on?" My mom asked coming down the stairs with towels and my Grandfather behind her with a bucket of water. "Why is Valarie screaming?" Her voice was so worried.
"We don't know!" Kyra and Stacy both screamed.
I could feel the pain gradually fade away, and I was able to finally focus my eyes. Everyone was staring at me with such concerned faces. It tore my heart in two to see them like that.
"Guys" I waved my hand in front of me so someone could help me up. Stella came over to me and let my body lean her. "I'm fine"
"Well now you are. But we still don't know that was you were doing" Said Kyra.
"Its nothing really, but I'm never doing that again!" I shouted.
"Maybe since it was her first time it was painful. Besides sis, she gave to much" Kyra said while taking my hand and leading me over to the couch.
"Your right sis. Valkyrie you should rest. Your energy level is dangerously low right now. The rest of us will take them up to the rooms and clean them up." Stacy said sitting down beside me.
I stared at her for a moment, not knowing what she was talking about. Then it hit me, she was talking about the flock. I completely forgot they were here. I stared down at the living room floor, amazed at what happened. All their wounds were gone, including Max's stab. But the blood and the smell still lingered around. It was disgusting mess, and my stomach was clenching just by looking at it.
"Wait are you saying we have to strip them to clean their bodies?" Kyra asked.
Everyone else nodded while I stayed still staring at the flock.
"Um ew! No! No no no no no no NO! I am not doing that!" She screamed again. Yes she was young, but only a year younger than me. Our family has to do this many times when someone from our family comes back from itex. I'm sure she's done it at least once or maybe not. But she has to learn sooner or later.
"Kyra don't worry. You'll have the youngest girl so there really won't be anything to worry about." My mom said while walking over to us. She dipped a towel into the steaming water and placed it on my forehead. "Now lay down and rest honey, we got this." She then stood back up and faced the flock, she pointed to Angel's body.
"Her names Angel" I said.
"Okay then, Kyra you'll take Angel…" Then she pointed to Nudge's body.
"Nudge" I said.
"Stacy you'll take Nudge" She then pointed to Gazzy's body.
"Gazzy" I said.
"Gazzy? What kind of name is that?" Kyra asked. I ignored her.
"Robert you'll take him" Then she pointed to Iggy.
"Iggy" I said.
"Dad you'll take Iggy" The she pointed to Fang.
"Um mom…that's Fang" I hesitated.
"Oh, well you think I would recognize him. Well then Derrick and Devin will take him. I'll take the other girl, and Ralph and Tim will take the dog."
"NO mom." I said, a little louder and harsher then I intended. She turned back to me and I sighed, I don't know how I would explain this to her.
"I'll take Max, you take Fang, and Devin and Derrick can finish up with the erasers"
"What? Honey no…"
"Mom please" I interrupted her. "I do have to talk to Max anyway. And plus maybe if Fang see's your face when he wakes up this will be all easier on him."
"Why did he even bring the others. This just makes it harder on him and them." Stacy said.
"He'll probably be the death of them" Kyra added.
"You two don't talk like that!" I yelled. If there's one thing I knew, it was that those two always made a situation worse. And this situation was as bad as it could get. "We don't need any more negativity, now take the bodies upstairs to the room and start cleaning"
"Ill take care of it." My uncle Robert said. He then raised his hand and made a sweeping motion. Just as he did that, the bodies of the flock fallowed his motions and floated up the stairs, each of my family members behind them.
"I can never get used to that." Stacy whispered to me as we walked up the stairs side by side.
"Me either. It's so creepy" I whispered back.
By the time Stacy and got to the landing of the stairs everyone was gone. So we went in our separate directions so we could get to the bodies of the flock. Max's room was all the way down the hall. When I opened the door I just saw Max's body laying down on the mattress. The room was empty except for her and the mattress and 4 white vanilla candles at each of the corners and 2 towels, and a sponge, and a bunch of other stuff we used for this ritual
I sat down on my knees beside her body and lit each of the candles. The vanilla scent filled the atmosphere in the room lifting my spirits a tiny bit. The candles were special herb candles made by family. The specific herbs that were used are supposed to cleanse your body and mind of all evil spirits and keep you at peace for a while. I couldn't tell from how Max looked that she was at Peace when I lit the candles. It was from her mind, from which I could tell she was happy, it's like a little smiley face in her mind that seemed to brighten my day even more. I guess you could say I was happy the flock was safe, and Fang was safe. Those stupid erasers came out of nowhere, and since they saw the flock it now meant that Max and her family were in this game too, and that's the last thing I wanted. But maybe if they helped enough, they could help me end this game.
There were two towels, and a bucket of steaming water sitting next to me. First I grabbed one towel, dipped it in the water and let it soak up the water, then laid it on her head. Second I picked up the other towel, dipped it in the water, and started dabbing at the dry blood that covered her face. I let the towel linger on the purple and blue spots for a little while longer. Then I took of her shirt and dabbed at all the dry blood that sat there. Her stomach was especially bloody from the stab, and I could see the scar from the wound that Kyra, Stacy, and I closed up. I took of her pants and dabbed at the dry blood that lingered their too. I tried to ignore the fact that she was now completely naked in front of me! But I still did my job.
The first part of this ritual was done. I've done this oh….3…4 times? And I'm still not use to it. Now I had to take the sponge and the soap and basically bathe her. That way when she wakes up she'll be refreshed an happy.
After I bathed her the next thing I had to do was put clothes on her. So I underwear and yoga shorts, and put those one her. I grabbed a white spaghetti strap and put that on her. Then I grabbed a special gold silk robe that my aunts fashion company makes especially for these rituals an tide that around.
The last thing I had to do was give her a pillow, a blanket, and to say…
"Forever be at peace my friend" I put my hands together and said a little prayer then blew out the candles.
Sometimes it bugged me at how spiritual my family is, sometime I was so thankful. But this ritual we always did was so weird. I'm not saying it hasn't worked because it definitely has. Even the grumpiest person would wake up pure and happy and stay that way for a while. It's just that it seems so extreme.
Now I had to wait here until she wakes up. For two reasons, one being that its tradition to stay with the victim so that their cleanser can help them if ever needed while they were sleeping. And second because I, thank to Fang's blog, know she will freak out as soon as she wakes up. So I want to make sure she doesn't go off and run away because she thought we were killing her.
So now I had to sleep in here till morning. Lucky me.
Sooo please give me a reveiw. For the cookies!
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