Second chapter :) I tried to keep grammar and language in check, but if anything escaped me, please kindly tell me so I can fix it. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: Beyond: Two Souls belongs to Quantic Dream. The only profit I get from this is practice for eventually becoming a professional writer, which is my dream.

"Cry, little sister (Thou shall not fall)
Come to your brother (Thou shall not die)
Unchain me, sister (Thou shall not fear)
Love is with your brother (Thou shall not kill)"

- Gerard McMann, Cry Little Sister*

2. Blade

Jodie was kneeling on the bathroom's floor, her head resting on the toilet seat. The smell was awful, though she didn't seem to notice. Her eyes were staring into the empty white tiles covering the wall. Her gaze was just as void as the room. Her muscles were limp, and a trail of dry vomit coming from her mouth disappeared where her cheek touched the seat.

Nathan and Cole had had a hard time trying to trigger any positive reaction from her. They were immensely worried. Nathan had seen many ugly things in his life investigating the paranormal world, but he still got nightmares about it when an invisible force used his car to murder a boy. Unit 4 had to go through a lot of trouble cleaning the mess, coming up with an explanation for the kid's families, compensation for his colleague's house, psychological treatment for all the people involved. If he closed his eyes, he could still see the boy's face plastered against his windshield, the agony in his eyes, and all the blood leaking through the crack on the glass.

He knew Aiden was a dangerous being from the moment it had tried to choke Jodie's fake father the day they had left her in the lab. But when it had fought against other entities to protect the girl from them, he had started thinking that perhaps it wasn't as evil as he thought in the beginning. As the years passed, Aiden seemed to have decided to play the role of Jodie's protector, doing what she asked and making sure the entities left her sleep in peace at night. It was doing such a good job, the entities even stopped coming. Nathan assumed Aiden was a good being. He didn't know if he should refer to Aiden as a person, so he just said 'it'. It was the most scientific and wise course of action, right?

Cole observed the collar Nathan needed to wear as a result of the other car crashing into his from behind. Both of them were standing in the hall outside Jodie's room, watching her through the cameras. Well, more like waiting for her to leave the bathroom, since they didn't put any cameras in there to give her some privacy. The girl was such a pitiful sight right now, severely shocked by the events she lived. During the three days that had passed, she didn't have a moment of rest. If she fell asleep, she would wake up around twenty minutes later, and start crying and shaking. Every time she ate, she would throw it all up. They had to give her daily medical attention to keep her from dehydration and starving. She also caught a bad cold, so she had to endure the fever. They talked to her every day, trying to soothe her, but she'd just tear up again without answering. She hadn't spoken a word ever since she witnessed the kid's murder. It was obvious she felt guilty, even when they had tried to explain it wasn't her fault, only Aiden's.

Speaking of which, they hadn't had news of the entity since the party. After Nathan got out of the car and ran to hold a shaking and crying Jodie in his arms, Aiden didn't move a finger. The scientists wondered if maybe it felt bad for killing the kid, or for upsetting Jodie so much. Could it be in the same estate as her? Shocked and depressed? It seemed very unlikely, they never heard of a regretful murderous entity. But maybe it was more human than they thought before. The biggest question was: what was Aiden? And what were his intentions?

Jodie's eyes looked towards the cupboard over the sink. There was a razor on it, meant for shaving her armpits. Sharp like the knife plugged deep into Matt's shoulder. No, what she was thinking wasn't the solution to her emptiness. Venting her emotions, or the lack of them, into physical pain, it had always seemed absurd to her. However, in this dark moment, what she thought before wasn't valid anymore. There was a chance it was true that with that little razor, she could at least find a fleeting peace, or something to keep her mind from thinking about Matt's eyes looking at her with disgust, calling her a monster. She knew he was right. She had killed him. Maybe she was undeserving of life. But she couldn't kill herself, like he had told her to do. Even though it was the only definitive solution to her troubled mind and soul, she couldn't.

Before she realized what she was doing, she had gotten to her feet and walked to the sink, and grabbed the razor with a shaking hand. The door was closed, there was no way Nathan and Cole could see her. She didn't care if it was painful, it couldn't hurt more than how her whole body and heart were aching right then. She walked backwards until she collided with a wall, and slowly let body slip to the ground. Her pale legs seemed to be highlighted by the bathroom's lamp, like telling her it was the perfect place to hide any scar. As if they were whispering "You just need to wear long pants and nobody will notice". She believed what her legs were trying to tell her, what the razor was trying to tell her. She pulled the hem of her pajama pants up to her thighs, and neared the razor to her skin. Tears started running away from her through her eyes, abandoning her but marking her cheeks, and she closed their escape doors. She pressed the razor to the right leg and moved it in the direction of the blades, immediately feeling the crude pain of a superficial cut, and she let out a shushed wail before biting her tongue. Was this how release felt like? She just needed to keep moving the razor. Should she do it slowly, or be over with it in one fast sweep?

But she wasn't given a choice on the matter. Suddenly, a cold breeze hit her, angry rumbles reaching her ears. She opened her teary eyes, and drowned a scream in her throat when she found an entity in front of her. It had the vague shape of a standing person, but with a blurred outline, filled with black foggy shadows, and what seemed like two bright purple eyes on the face. "They came back?!" she thought in fear. But something caught her attention, a purple light in form of a tether that begun in her abdomen and ended in the entity's.

"Aiden" She whispered breathlessly. It couldn't be; he was supposed to be invisible to her physical eyes! Yet there he was, giving her what felt like a scolding stare. He narrowed his eyes at the razor she held on her leg. She sensed energy accumulating near it, and a couple of seconds later it jumped from her hand and flew across the bathroom. She was too shocked to form any words. How was this possible?

Aiden felt uncomfortable in the form he discovered he could take. He didn't know how he managed to get a human shape, or to be visible to be honest. He hadn't tried. He just needed to protect Jodie from herself, from the estate he had put her in. At least she seemed surprised enough to get her mind on other things instead of the dead boy, things like himself for example. However, when a disappointed look replaced the surprised one on her face, he looked down at his makeshift body and found he was invisible again, and the tether had gone back to it's spectral nature. He knew it wasn't going to last much. Nonetheless, Jodie's eyes were still glued to the place where he was, where she had last seen the shape of her friend. Yes, her friend. She had thought of never speaking to Aiden again, she felt too saddened and betrayed by his bloodlust and his broken promise. But he was there, still trying to protect her. A strange feeling made her heart race. Aiden had changed, but he was still himself. Could she ever trust him again? None of them knew for sure.

That's it! I hope you liked it :) Please, leave a review with your opinion. I'd like to hear from you, readers.

*I recommend a version of the song I quoted at the start made by Aiden. Seems fitting xD

Until next chapter~