Chapter 2
""It's official. I cannot live without pizza!" Gus moaned with pleasure as he chewed the bite he had taken from his cheesy pizza.
Camila gave the dark-skinned boy a warm smile at his reaction. She looked over at the rest of the kids who sat around with her at a table inside a restaurant with full of arcade games that were occupied by other kids.
She hoped taking them out to get some pizza and have a chance of playing some arcade games would help them with their emotional states.
Her plan seemed to be working based off the way the majority of the kids were showing a lot of attention to their pizza.
"Don't you think it's kind of weird this cheese is made of an animal's milk…?" Amity, on Luz's right, asked as she simply was staring down at her slice that sat on her plate with uncertainty.
"I think it's very interesting," Willow said as she sat across Amity. "I wonder why we never thought of it."
"I told you pizza is amazing," Vee, who sat next to Camila, said with a shy tone as she also took a large bite of her food. She didn't look like exactly Luz anymore. Yes, she looked like Luz's twin, but her hair was slightly longer and loose while Luz's was held in a low ponytail. Vee also had some butterfly pins to hold her bangs off her face. "You should try some, Hunter," she said as everyone looked over to the blonde teenager who was sitting between Willow and Gus, quietly staring down at his own plate, untouched.
The dark bags that hanged under his eyes were still prominent even after five weeks since the whole traumatic events he and the rest of the kids went through.
Camila was very worried for him, to be honest.
Well, she was worried for every single one of the kids that were sitting at the table currently.
The past five weeks have been very hard for them. Luz and her friends were so quiet, majority of them slept almost all day, barely ate, and were prone to tears.
Camila had taken off a week from work - she would have taken more days off, but unfortunately her work wasn't that lenient - and did her best to hold them when they needed her. She made sure to listen to anything they wanted to cry out about and hear every bit of what they had went through before they came to Earth.
Before they lost their home… their families…
Fortunately, each kid slowly showed a bit of improvement, or at least find the will to get out of bed and do something to keep their minds occupied. What really helped was they had each other to kind of understand the pain they went through.
What the kids experienced was terrible.
The way they lost their home, by some sort of powerful creature named the Collector, was hard to wrap her head around it, especially since it made her so anxious that someone like him existed. Someone that powerful…
From the group of children, Willow was for sure the 'strongest'.
Well, not really the toughest, but she had for sure stepped up and helped Camila to make sure the others were not starving themselves.
Amity, Luz's beautiful and caring girlfriend, also helped her a lot with Luz.
Luz…
She turned to her daughter who was simply nibbling on her slice, eyes half lidded with a darkness to it.
Luz did not come back the same.
She was not the usual overly cheerful hyper girl that she had seen grow. Instead, she seemed so closed off, barely giving a smile to anyone and if she did, it seemed so forced.
Camila would be lying if she didn't admit from all the kids Luz was the one who she was worried the most.
Well, who could blame her? Luz was her daughter after all.
But she had to admit, from all the others, Hunter was the next in line that she felt she needed to keep her attention to a lot.
Luz had told her a lot about Hunter, and the things Camila heard were heart breaking. How he was created by a monster who would dispose of him as if he was nothing…
A monster that was once a human and had lived for centuries.
A monster who tried killing every single living being in the Boiling Isles.
The monster who hurt her daughter…
Camila felt her phone vibrate in her lap. She quickly pulled up her phone to turn off the alarm she had set up on her phone.
When she looked up, she was met with the kids staring at her with mix expressions.
Some held fear, others hesitation, and others determination.
Camila took a deep breath, to tell them what they all have been wanting to hear that night. What they all have been waiting to do.
"Let's do this."
Philip's body painfully ached. Even breathing was a struggle, as his throat felt raw.
He slowly opened his eyes, trying to remember what had happened prior to falling unconscious. He was lying on his side, facing some strange bars of some sort.
He tried moving his arms, but he found them still restrained against his torso uncomfortably with metal wires, but this time green vines also kept him from moving much.
Philip heard some movement as he continued to lie there, collecting his thoughts.
Eventually, he forced himself up to his knees by pushing himself up with his shoulder and found himself inside a cage that was made from the looks of it, metal bars, thorny vines, and purple solid material.
He took notice that he was still inside his old home…
"So, we finally meet."
Philip came face to face to a tanned skinned woman, plumped, with a cold glare that looked very familiar.
Camila did her best to hide the fear that was eating her up by facing the creature in front of her. He looked like a mix of skin-walker and a wendigo, just like she had seen from certain videos she had found online. The grey hair was long and messy on the creature, long horns were sticking out, and glowing blue eyes stared at her, or more like it was staring through her, making her skin crawl…
Philip eyed her before noticing she had round ears.
She was human…
He opened his mouth to speak to the human, but just like before, he let out growling sounds.
So…he still couldn't make out any proper words… Which was odd.
He ignored how his heart was gradually beating a bit faster at the fact he couldn't talk yet.
"I have so much to say to you." Camila said evenly, before she dared to say what was in her mind. "Demon."
Philip was slightly annoyed at her for calling him a demon, but for now, he decided to ignore her and plan his next steps carefully.
First things first, he had to break free from the aggravating wires around his arms then he had to get out of the glass prison, especially as he felt a little of anxiety creeping up from being kept in a small space.
Communicating with the human woman seemed out of the question for now. Which was kind of disappointing, since for years he had yearned to talk to another human being.
Yes, Luz was a human, but she was a nuisance, brainwashed by witches, so she didn't count…
Anyways… he thought about breaking free from his hold now when suddenly he heard the door of his old home creak open. Walking into the living room, was no other than…
Philip felt anger when Luz and Willow walked into the room. Luz's eyes darkly glared at him before she had the audacity to stand directly in front of him, much to her mom's hesitation to hold her back. Willow stood a couple steps back from Luz, also glaring at him while she held her staff tightly, ready to defend her friend or attack him it seemed.
The room was dead silent, and the only sound in the room was from Philip breathing heavily as he did his best to maintain his composure.
Who could blame him though?
Standing in front of him was the main reason that humanity was now in more danger.
400 years of work, of suffering…of sacrifices… to do what was for the better good for their race, shattered by a girl.
And to make matters worse, she had the nerve to glare at him as if he was the one who have done wrong, as if he was truly the bad guy.
Oh, how he loathed her, especially as she insisted to have a disgusting witch in their presence.
Stupid ignorant child…
"Belos." the silence was broken with Luz's cold tone, making Philip freeze on the spot.
Belos was not his name…
She knew what his real name was…
Philip was his name.
She knew his name was Philip.
He told her before to not call him Belos anymore.
He told her to call him Philip!
Belos was NOT his name!
Philip lost himself as he slammed into the bars violently, making Camila try to pull her daughter back with worry, Willow jump to a defensive pose.
Luz stood her ground, her eyes cold on Philip who was throwing himself against all four sides of the cage barred walls that surrounded him, trying to break free.
The bars did not budge at the slightest. They were tougher than Philip had originally thought. The thorns on the vines were cutting him open.
"He won't break free from that," Willow assured Camila as Philip continued to slam into the walls like a ravage beast. "He's just hurting himself."
Her words did not reach Philip. His mind, drowned with rage, continued to drive him to strike the walls with his weakened body. Anxiety grasped his heart tighter, which made him stop abruptly stop so he could shove his limbs against the metal wires.
He was suffocating.
The walls seemed to be closing on him more.
He let out a roar out of desperation to break free from the restraints as the wires dug into his flesh, ignoring the pain his arms were enduring. Black sludge burst through as he struggled to break free and just when he felt his mind going deeper into madness, the device on his chest was activated by Luz and electric currents once again burned through his insides, making him roar in agony.
When the shocks stopped, he was left panting with exhaustion and in pain as his arms hanged limply by his sides, sludge trailing down on them as if they were bleeding.
He slowly came back from whatever his mind went, which slightly left him confused. For a moment there, he felt as though he had completely lost control of himself.
Luz continued to watch him. Her chin tilted up.
"You're not going anywhere," she said coldly just before four other children entered the warehouse.
Philip felt his thoughts abruptly stopped when he caught the sight of the familiar blonde locks that belonged to one who was walking slowly to where Camila was, avoiding eye contact with him.
The boy he had created and reminded him constantly of his destiny in life.
Hunter…
Author's After Note
Let me know what you guys think : )
And to the one who left that one review, sorry but I had to delete it cause it was just mean o.o'. Especially using the word woke to criticize the first chapter just seemed hateful, hahaha...