Chapter Twelve –

Change

She hovered around the room, moving her legs at a fast pace. When she came to a wall, she placed her left palm firmly on the cold plaster, before continuing herself at a fast rate. She rarely breathed, as if to try and suffocate herself. The room was dark, she could hardly see the items in the room, yet she knew none of them were hers. The room felt cold; the same for her feelings and her old friends. As she paced, she assured herself she was fine; that everything was fine.

Yet she knew she couldn't do it.

"I can't do this!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. She knew her screaming would alert the guards on the other side of the door, but she couldn't care less. Her hand gripped her left wrist, and she felt like tearing away her arm; tearing away what wasn't truly her flesh. "Damn you Rubedo!" she screamed loudly.

Her nails dug deeply into her flesh, piercing it badly. She kept her long nails in her skin, watching as the blood ran out. Her short red hair was covering half her face; her pink and gold eyes began to glow. She heard the door open, a person ran into the room, but their voice was muffled. She stared as a hand began to pull her nails from her skin. The light was suddenly switched on, making her blink several times to get used to the difference.

"What the hell are you doing?" a childish, yet firm voice asked.

She stayed staring at the blood on her arm, not hearing his voice. He called her name several times, another hand was placed on her shoulder. When she looked up she saw two different people; one was wearing dark cloths, with jet black hair and glowing green eyes; the other with a shade of hair like her own and ice blue eyes. Her sight was blurry, and she couldn't make out their faces that well.

"Sedaytion!" the taller person suddenly yelled, bringing her back to reality.

She could see their faces perfectly; Nigredo and Rubedo's. Her small cuts began to sting, and she wiped the blood off her nails onto her jeans. She swallowed, blinking a few times, trying to pretend nothing had happened.

"Yes sir?" she asked, standing up straight. Nigredo stood, staring at her.

"You just …" he shook his head, looking down at the cream floor.

"Sedaytion, are you feeling okay?" Rubedo asked, trying to get her attention. He put a hand on her forehead, checking her fine temperature.

"I wanna go home …" she whispered. She put her hands on Rubedo's shoulders. "I hate you!"

Rubedo seemed stunned, but not hurt by her words. He shuffled from one foot to the other, and then shook his head. "I'm sorry."

"You're not leaving me here!" she screamed.

An electrical current ran through her fingers, going through Rubedo's shoulder. He screamed; as she released him a large strand of yellow energy clung to him from her fingers. A large, devious smiled was plastered across her face as she watched Rubedo suffer. His eyes were open wide in pain; his hand clung onto her jacket and he had moved onto his knees.

"Sedaytion!" Nigredo yelled, trying to pull her away. Her eyes had turned all gold, and she looked at Nigredo with another devious look.

"Yes sir?" she asked.

"Let him go!" he demanded.

"Hmm …" Sedaytion put her right finger to her lip, returning her eyes to gaze at the suffering Rubedo that pleased her. She then shook her head. "I think not."

"Sedaytion!" he slapped her cheek firmly, making her head turn. Her hair covered her face, yet it never broke her power. She stayed like that for a moment, stunned; her eyes wide open.

She felt numb; the slap hadn't hurt her, but it shocked her. She stood up straight, looking at Nigredo. Her eyes were still glowing gold, with an evil look to them, which made Nigredo take a step back. Sedaytion's entire body began to glow yellow; her powers were running out of all her fingers; attacking all the guards in the room. She watched as everyone struggled to keep themselves alive; she watched as her electricity tore through their scream and she listening to their screams, which was almost like music to her ears.

Then she saw Rubedo collapse; his body too weak to survive her powers. She smiled; a dark and devious smile plastered on her face.

Sedaytion's eyes shot open in the dark room. Panicking, she quickly sprung out of the bed, looking left to right; wondering whether it had been a dream or not. She bit onto her nails, breathing quickly; her heart pounding.

"What the hell was that about?" she asked with fear in her fragile voice