Virtue. A way of committing to ones ability to reside in a good environment. Or a way to lose one's true virtue. If the darkness is the way to the light. Then, maybe, light is the way to the darkness. This is bound to be the fathe of the chosen one. Or maybe death or light be the forbidden fate of the chosen one. One thing is for certain, the emitting confusion of one's soul leading into darkness will surely be the fall of the eternal being of darkness and light.

Chapter 4 - Truths VS. Confusions

The sound of music could be heard in the background. A soft scent of, what could be, pictured as freshly picked flowers. Kelly's eyes twitched and she grunted. She opened her eyes and squinted them shut quickly. It was bright. She turned her head away and rubbed her eyes. She rolled her body over as well. As she did so, she fell over. She let out a small yelp and quickly stood up. Where the hell was she?
Kelly took note of the things around her. The roses by the table. The bed she had been laying. The big window with red curtains. The room was painted black, but it was a beautiful room. Kelly was confused, "What the..."
"Oh! You're awake!" someone said from behind her. Kelly jumped and turned around quickly, holding up her fists. It was... Ryan?
"What the hell?! Where am I?!" she dropped her arms and frowned. Ryan smiled a goofy smile and just walked over, setting a glass of water on the bedside table.
"You passed out in the elevator. I caught you before you hit the floor. What happened? What made you so jumpy and giddy?.. mean, I apologize for what happened. But, I want to know what happened to you," there was a sincere concern in his voice. Kelly didn't know what to make of it, or if she should trust him, "I really am sorry though." Ryan took his seat in a nearby chair. Kelly watched him. Unsure of what to do still, she sat down on the edge of the bed. Ryan stared at her. Kelly noticed and looked down at the floor.
"I don't know what happened myself. Things have been so weird for me," Kelly tried to stop her from talking, but she couldn't. All this time... All this time she had tried to hold everything in so she didn't worry anyone, but now she to let it all out. She couldn't keep it bottled inside her anymore, "I've been havign weird feelings and weird emotions. I can't describe them. And I've been having these nightmares about this woman. This.. This demon... I don't know who she is. But I have a name. Her name is Faith. She.. I don't know. But I don't understand why I've been having these dreams!! I want them to stop!!" Kelly grabbed a fist full of blankets into her hands and closed her eyes tightly. She fought back the tears and her body began to tremble. "I'm so afraid! What if this is my future!? What if what I'm dreaming will happen?!"
Ryan stared at her. He didn't know what to say to her. All he could do was listen. It was all he could possibly do.
"I... I just want it all to end. To just disappear. But I don't understand anything! And I hate it! I go around, DAY AFTER DAY!! And I sit around and wonder if I'm going to die. If I'm going to turn into some moster that I don't even know, and end up killing all the people I care about!!" Kelly finally started to cry.
"You're only human," Ryan said faintly. He gazed over at her with this petrifying look on his face. Kelly opened her eyes and looked over at him, getting caught in his terrifying gaze.
"W-What?"
"You're onl human. What more can you do? Sometims the unexplainable will happen. There's nothing you can do. You are only human. So you are going to weird emotions from these dreams and nightmares. I mean, I can admit what you are saying is freaking me out a bit, but I can definitely say I don't know what you are ging through. It sounds frightening, and you don't even know me that well. And what happened before... I'm sure that didn't help, did it?" Ryan just stared at her with his cold eyes.
"Ryan..." Kelly said quietly.
"But I can see when I look at you that you are strong. So don't up so easily. I know you will be able to survive and go on. I know that you won't die. So, look, just put it this way. The longer you dwell on these dreams. The longer you are going to suffer and wonder these frightening things. I don't want to see you suffer. No one deserves that. No one," Ryan sounded so serious. Kelly didn't know what to make of it, "And, just please, don't worry about the future. Look at what you have now, right infront of you. The world. Friends. Everything. Accept it for what it is," and with that, Ryan stood up and left the room, shutting the door behind him. Kelly wiped her eyes and looked at the floor, sniffling somewhat.
"Maybe's her right," Kelly sighed.

Ryan leaned against his fridge and grabbed at his chest, taking in a fist full of his shirt. He winced in pain and shut his eyes tightly, "N-No!" he said as quiet as he could. The dirty blond-haired boy slumped down to his knees, "It's... She's not ready to know.." Ryan felt his vision blurring and he opened his eyes to confirm it. He was right. The world had become a big blur. 'Awwww.. But I tink it is. I think I should rip her to shreds, right here, right now!! Haha!' Ryan felt his stomach become queasy, "No!" he struggled to stand up, using the counter closest to the fridge as a leaning post. 'Why?.. Do you love her? You don't even know her! How could you possibly already feel these emotions for that.. that THING!?'
Ryan frowned, "I don't know. But I know her enough to call her my friend. She hasn't run away from me. She could have!! But she didn't." Ryan began to worry. If Kelly heard him... "Just... not right now. Let me have more time."

Kelly stared at the door. She had begun to wonder why Ryan had just walked right on her. Maybe he was laughing at her? Kelly sighed, "I'm such a fool.." She stood up and saw her jacket on the chair across the room. The chair Ryan had been sitting in. She sighed again, "What is it about this guy? Why does he care so much?" She began to ponder reasons to herself. 'Maybe he wants in my pants?' As soon as she thought this, she dropped the subject from her mind and walked over to the chair, grabbing her jacket.
Kelly threw it on quickly and walked over to the door, she was ready to open the door when she heard voices.
"No! I need more time.. Just... More time.." she knew it belonged to Ryan's, but who was he talking to? Was he on the phone? Kelly took a peek around the room and so no phone. She pressed her ear against the door and began to eavesdrop. "I told you... Just a little time... It's all I need. I don't want her to know right now! If she finds out... No! She can't find out!" Kelly's eyes widened. Was he talking about her?
Ryan was beginning to sweat. He was losing control over himself, "Listen to me. I promise you can come out eventually. But for the time being, you need to stay concealed." Ryan hobbled over to a little mirror on his fridge and peeked into it. His eyes had turned red, 'Why? I'm almost out. You don't need to have me fucking concealed!! If I take her out now, no one will know the difference!'
Ryan frowned again, "Yes they will! I'm the last person to have been seen with her! Andy saw me taking her to my car and leaving with her! You idiot!" Kelly cupped a hand over her mouth, stopping herself from yelping. He was talking about her, she knew it now. The second he mentioned Andy, she knew.
Ryan's eyes immediately shot over to her door, "Is she?" Kelly backed away from the door when she heard footsteps approaching the door. "Are you sure?" Kelly tip-toed to the chair and took off her jacket, laying it on the chair how she remembered it being. She crawled back on the bed and laid down on it, facing the wall.
Ryan opened up the door, "Kelly?" Kelly wasn't sure if she should respond or not. She just pretended she was sleeping. "She's sleeping, Raven," Ryan said to himself. Kelly immediately took note of the name. Raven. 'No she's not. Check her. Walk over to the bed and look at her face. I'll know.' "No..." Ryan turned around and shut the door behind him quietly.
Kelly flew off the bed quietly as she could and grabbed her jacket. She looked at the big window with the red curtains. She flew open the curtains and saw it was a sliding door. She peered around it and then tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. Kelly frowned, 'Shit!' She then noticed the small switch-lock and laughed at herself somewhat. She was in so much of a rush she didn't catch the switch-lock. Kelly immediately hit the lock and opened both the sliding glass door and the screen door. She ran out and just continued running.
Ryan heard a noise come from Kelly's room as he entered the kitchen again and returned to her room, opening the door. His eyes grew wide as he saw the open door, 'She ran off. Isn't that what you said she didn't do?' Ryan frowned, "SHUT UP!"
Kelly was heaving in deep breaths, "Shit... Shit... Shit..." She looked around and saw she was only, maybe, about four blocks from Andy's. "And... He... Drove... From... There?! Lazy... Shit..." Kelly began to run again, heading straight for Andy's. But what was she to do about bailing on Ryan? Would Andy believe her? Should she even tell Andy? Kelly sighed as she ran, 'And what about Jackie? She'll probably think I've completely lost it. Then again, Andy is Ryan's ''bestfriend''. Maybe he'll know why the psycho is talking to himself. And why was he talking to himself about me?!'
Kelly turned a corner, "Three... Blocks... Kelly..." Running was starting to kill her, but she didn't want to stop. As she ran, she took off her jacket. It was warm outside, and it wasn't helping her one bit. 'This is starting to feel like one of my psycho dreams!' Kelly turned another corner. She had two small blocks left to cover and she'd be there.
Kelly was dying to know why Ryan was talking to himself, 'Maybe he has some kind of schizophrenic affiliation. Or maybe he's just flat out psycho. Maybe he's got no friends so he has imaginary friends?!' Kelly began laughing at the thought of the last one. As she turned on to Andy's block, she let out a deep sigh of relief and ran up to his apartment building. As she approached the doors to the building, she began to worry. Maybe she had imagined all this. Maybe her mind was playing tricks on her. Maybe... Just maybe, she, herself, was completely losing it.
"Shit," Kelly said to herself. She frowned but stepped inside anyway. She walked up to the panel with the list of all the people in the building and their numbers. She punched the star button on the intercom and pressed in Andy's digits to his apartment. It began ringing. Kelly could feel the immediate nervousness dwelling inside her.
Butterflies started appearing in her stomach when she heard the hung over voice of Andy's saying, "H... Hello?"
"Andy! It's Kelly. Can you let me in?" Kelly didn't mean to sound so demanding, but she couldn't help it.
"Something wrong?"
"Just let me in!" she heard the buzzer and grabbed the door, opening it up and stepping inside the building. She somewhat jogged to the elevator. She hit the up button and waiting patiently. The elevator doors opened and she stepped inside. The doors shut after a moment of waiting and she hit the fifth floor button. The elevator began moving and she began tapping her foot, watching the digital numbers going up as the elevator went up.
Three... Four... "Five!" Kelly said ecstaticly. She jogged again to Andy's apartment. She knocked on the door and Andy opened it up within a few seconds of her knock, "Andy!" She nearly tackled him to the floor with a hug. Andy caught himself and her, barely holding them up.
"What's going on, Kelly?" Andy stared at his friend before him and watched as she shut the door, locking it as well.
"Ryan took me to his place."
"Oh, really? Usually he's quite shy with ot-"
Kelly cut him off, "I heard him talking to someone. But when I realised it, he was talking to himself. I passed out in the elevator and Ryan caught me and took me to his place cause he was worried. But I freaked out a while after talking with him when I woke up and ran off through the back door to his apartment."
"What are you talking about?"
"VOICES ANDY! HE WAS TALKING TO HIMSELF! Do you anything about this guy?!" Kelly stared at Andy with worried eyes. Andy turned around and walked over to his small kitchen, opening up the fridge and taking out the milk. "Andy?" Kelly asked again.
"Don't bother with him, Kelly. If you want my advice, stay clear. I'm not going into details out of respect. But he's not someone you should be around. I know too much as it is. And I don't want you knowing anything," Andy pulled out a small glass and poured himself a glass of milk. He put the milk back in the fridge and shut the fridge door.
"What do you mean?... Andy?" Kelly began to walk towards him.
"I mean... He's not normal.. I mean, he is! But he's different..." Andy looked at Kelly. She could see the worry all over his face, "Please. Stay away from him."
"Andy..." Kelly sighed. Knowing she was right about Ryan was no comfort.
"Kelly," Andy walked over to Kelly and put his hands on her shoulders, "Promise me something."
"Anything, Andy."
"Promise me you won't dig up his past. Promise me you won't force answers from him or yourself!"
"What do you mean from myse-"
"PROMISE ME!" Andy yelled at her, tightening his grip on her shoulders.
"All right! I promise!" Kelly yelled back.
"Good," Andy let go and returned to his kitchen, grabbing his glass of milk, "Do me a favor."
"What?"
"Leave."
"What?!"
"Leave. You shouldn't be here if you ran off from him. He'll know you're here. Infact, he'll probably check to see if you came here."
"Andy, you're freaking me out," Kelly began.
"You wanted some answers. I gave you partial ones. Please, Kelly..." Andy walked passed her and to his door, unlocking it and opening it, "Go home." Kelly frowned and walked out the door. Andy shut the door behind her and she heard the door lock behind her.
"Shit..." Kelly said to herself.