Chapter Five:
I took a breathe of air when I made it out of the filth of the alley and frowned as I saw the lights of several different pubs; I hadn't a clue were I was but it was night time and it was a well developed city with carriages here and there, quite enough though; I hated cities, so much going on, so much energy, so many different fibers.
"You should come back with us." The Nephlium not named Will said in an almost sympathetic voice.
"Jem! Would you stop inviting the strays home." Will protested as I chuckled slightly.
"Such vulgar words for such a gentleman as yourself." I stopped turned swiftly inches away from Will's face and stared at him. "Young ladies should not be talked to in such a manner." I winked and laughed turning to continue walking down the side path.
"Under law we are to take you back, aid Downworlders in seek of help." The Nephlium called Jem said; I thought I should probably tell them I wasn't a Downworlder but then they would ask me what I was and I couldn't tell them that now could I?
"You see the only problem with that is; I am no Downworlder." The words tumbled out of my mouth and I winced at the end; when Dominus found out he would not be pleased with me.
"Your not human." Will remarked.
I stopped again turned to face him and said: "How do you know?"
"Because humans can't do whatever it is that you did back there."
I was a human. I thought to myself with sadness. At one point in my life I was human; where it matters anyway. "You don't know anything." My tone was cold, so dead that I flinched away from it; it sounded so much like Dominus'.
"We still owe you aid; you saved Will." Jem stated.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence Jem." Will rolled his eyes
"You missed a step." I said trying my best to focus on my footfalls only and no one else's, "It was simple and small, but Python demons can't see they sense" I paused and glanced at him "and that one sensed your misstep," I looked back at him and smirked just slightly "you were very entertaining though."
"You were very distracting." I snorted at his retort.
"Will."
"Alright, alright we'll take her back."
"So kind of you but my mother told me to never go anywhere with strangers." I said lightly looking around my situation finally seeming to dawn on me; what choice did I really have.
"Now say it with some more feeling." Will whispered in my ear making me jump swing my leg back; kicking his left leg out from under his feet and tighten the fibers around his neck; all within seconds; before Will or Jem could even realized what happened.
"Shit." I swore after a second and released him only the have him draw his knife and push me against one of the many town houses along the road.
"Will!" Jem called in protest seeming to realize what was going on.
"Do it." I whispered only low enough for Will to hear; the words slipped from my mouth with the only real emotion I had showed in a long time; since Nate and I first meet.
His hard eyes seemed to soften just slightly and then widen as he heard me; his hand loosened on his knife giving me multiple ways of getting free but I stood there half hoping he would do it.
"Will for god's sake man it was a mistake." Jem tried to reason with him but he simply stared at me.
Something in the way he looked at me unnerved me slightly, but for some reason I liked the way it unnerved me, which only proved to unnerve me further.
"And if she wants to die?" Will asked in all seriousness.
Jem let out an almost nervous laugh "Don't be ridiculous Will, it was a simple mistake, come on let her go."
Will loosened his knife again and twirled it around his fingers before slipping it into his pocket with a small flick of his wrist. He stared at me for a second and something in his eyes changed for a moment, something other than his dull amusement, something I could not place because it vanished just as fast as it appeared.