Everything in bold at the bottom is important. Please look at it~
Needed information:
Lust/Luciana
Chase/Chastity. Fire, clothing changing, telepathy. Works at a dojo
Claire/Charity.
Hailey/Humility
Temperance/Talia. Water, healing, clothing changing. Works at a bakery
Kindness/Kiara. Plants, clothing changing & wall climbing
Previously, on Angelus ad invidiam:
"I can't keep everyone together. I feel like it's my fault."
She's out there because she's afraid of either me or hurting Envy, so if I brought her in, she'd panic. If I left her out there, she could freeze. I finally decided on leaving her there, knowing she wouldn't die.
Chapter 17
Don't Wake Me
Kiara's POV
I woke up sometime that night, freezing. There were icicles all over my clothes and in my hair, and I was pretty sure my lips were blue. I stood up, teeth chattering. My legs gave out and I crumpled to the ground. Okay, this is bad. I shouldn't have slept wet. I weakly went to push myself up, my arms trembling under my weight. I closed my eyes, focusing on the grass. It moved, then rose up, pushing me up along with it. I safely stood up, swaying a little, the grass holding me upright.
Gotta check on Envy. I slowly turned and peered through the window. I felt like I was a million years old as I stared into the dark room. My numb brain slowly put things together. If the room is dark, then Temperance is done, or Envy's dead. No, if Envy was dead, I would know. That must mean he's sleeping. I moved my arms shakily to climb through the window, then stared as my fingers crumpled as they touched the sill. They were so numb I couldn't move them very well. The tips were purple. I shivered harder, then placed my hand on the wall.
The feeling returned in my fingers as I stole heat from the inhabitants inside*. I felt myself warm up enough to crawl through the window. I felt dizzy as my legs gave out as soon as my feet touched the floor. I stared at the very faint glow from the bed which Envy resided on. I crawled over to the water bed in the center of the room, then grabbed hold of the bed and heaved myself up. I panted as I took in Envy. He was still beat up pretty bad, but he was alive.
I reached over and gently touched his cheek. I choked back my tears, sliding down to my knees and resting my head on the water bed. I grabbed Envy's hand and laced my fingers in his, then fell into black oblivion.
~The Next Morning~
Talia stumbled into the girl's room, half-asleep. She stopped, staring at the red peeking from the other side of Envy.
"My mom." She hurried around Envy and touched Kiara's head.
Kiara was sitting in a puddle, water soaked to her clothes and hair. Talia touched her skin, to find it barely warm. The normally-calm Talia was panicking. Talia was about to grab Chase when she paused. Kiara was clutching Envy's hand.
"You idiot." Talia sighed, then hurried out of the room to get Chase.
"Chase, wake up, Kiara's back." Talia shook him gently.
His eyes snapped open. "Where?" He jumped up, then swayed.
"Whoa. . .got up too fast. . .world spinning**." He leaned against the wall for support.
Talia tried not to facepalm. "C'mon, I need your help moving her."
"What's going on, Virtues?" Pride asked.
Talia jumped slightly, turning to see the Sin-turned-human watching her with a rather creepy gaze.
"Kiara came back and she's half-frozen." Talia explained.
"Crap, I'm going to kill that little redhead." Chase ran through the adjoining bathroom.
Chase threw open the door, then paused. Kiara holding Envy's hand, sitting in a puddle of water. He sighed, then walked over and tried to pry her fingers from Envy's.
"No. . .don't. . ." Kiara mumbled in her sleep.
Chase stopped, then whispered, "K, you need to wake up. You're going to get sick again."
Kiara's jade-green eyes fluttered open. She stared at Chase, not comprehending what she was seeing.
"Don't. . .move me. . .not until. . .Envy wakes up." Her voice was raspy, then she coughed hard.
"Kiara, you're getting sick. At least dry your clothes." Chase said.
"Not. . .leaving again." She closed her eyes, her fingers tightening.
Talia pulled the water out of Kiara's clothes, leaving her clothes stark-white with salt.
"The ocean?! You flipping idiot, why didn't you come in!?" Chase tried harder to pry her fingers free.
"She was probably too scared." Talia was checking Envy's vitals.
Chase grumbled under his breath, finally freeing Kiara's fingers. He scooped her up, frowning at how cold she was.
"No. . .don't. . .Chastity. . ." Kiara reached for Envy.
"Stop it. He's not going anywhere. You need to warm up." Chase carried her out of the room.
"Please stop." She whispered.
"You're going to get pneumonia or something. You need to at least change your clothes, alright?" Chase sat her on the couch. Luciana was watching silently, then woke up Hailey.
"Whut?" Hailey asked sleepily.
"Kiara's back." Luciana said.
Hailey sat up, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Really?"
Hailey looked so cute half-asleep, it was hard to believe she was over 300 years old.
"Promise you'll put me back." Kiara reached for Chase.
"Promise. Now change." He turned his back.
Kiara changed into a green shirt and black jeans, then coughed again. Chase picked her up, then carried her back into the girl's room. Hailey followed, then watched as Talia directed him to set her on a bed next to Envy. Kiara reached for Envy's hand a drifted off to sleep.
"Someone take a picture and send it to Claire. She'll have a heart attack from this." Luciana deadpanned.
Talia stole Chase's phone from his pocket, then took a picture. Her fingers danced over the phone, then handed it back to Chase.
"Thanks." He took it, slipped it in his pocket.
Talia froze. "We have work today, don't we."
"Shoot!" Chase paled, glancing at the clock on his phone. "I've got, like, twenty seconds to get to work!"
He changed into a red t-shirt and jeans with a red flash, hugged Hailey goodbye, then sprinted out of the house.
"He'll never make it." Luciana sighed.
"I've got to go as well. Luciana, I'm putting you in charge. Get Hailey and Pride to school." Talia directed, glowing blue for a moment as she changed into a pair of ripped jeans and a teal off-the-shoulder shirt. She vanished in blue smoke, leaving Hailey, Luciana and a bored Pride behind.
"Do we have to go to school? I want to avoid other humans as much possible." Pride's face scrunched up.
"You heard Talia, we have too." Hailey sighed.
"Let's go. I've got work as well." Luciana said.
Both Hailey and Pride groaned.
"Yaay. . .more years of re-learning things I already know."
Poor Hailey and Pride. That must suck really bad. (Not that I care...'cause I'm evil...mwuhahaha~!)They'll be geniuses by the time I'm done with them XD
There's a song reference in the chapter title. It has something to do with a frying pan. Cookies if you can get it correct in a review (I've made it, like, super easy.)
*Kiara made the house, and since she used her powers, she can absorb things (such as heat) and transfer it to herself.
**Please tell me this happens to people other then me and my dad (he's got balance problems anyway, so he doesn't count)
~Reviews~
Ice Maiden Olivier: Unfortunately, not much Claire and Greed in this one-but then, it's on the short side 'cause I'm working on your birthday present. Did you know you share a birthday with my aunt? I didn't know either... Yay, I love making people happy with my crap-it makes me happy~!
MissiB: Nu-uh, kissing virtues is a big no-no! Lol XD Wonder how Chase would react to that? Probably freak out XD I should put that in a chapter...*mutters to myself while writing it down* My mom's computer is crap too, so I understand. I don't mind when you review as long as you do~
vetty123: I frankly don't know how people can write books on angst. I respect them so much... Vwua, ya, for a Virtue to properly judge a person, they have to see people's memories. That's how Claire knew about the Gang. Now that I think about it, it's actually really creepy...A red fish, I'm sure a bunch of people look like that when talking to their crushes XD
3vilPupl3d0t: No problem~ And look, an update! Yays! :D
Lilyloverstrikesagain: Aww, thanks so much! I'm glad you like it-I aim for random sometimes! I think everyone has an inner tsundere ;)
Phew, I think that's everyone.
If you want me to write something for your birthday, please, don't hesitate to tell me~
And if you have an idea for clothes, nail salon names, place where seamstresses work (can't remember what it's called), girl names starting with D, I, S or L, or bakery names, please tell me. It'll make things more fun~
Lotsa loves,
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