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Chapter Seven
Worried Thoughts
Meanwhile, Pandora slept on the sleeping bag covered by a blanket whilst Chastity watched over here.
Regan was also sitting with the dove analysing the hybrid.
"So, she doesn't know who she is hmm?" the little vampire bat asked.
"Seems that way Regan." Chastity replied, "From what I can gather from the burns, she might have been involved in a fire or an explosion of some sort that knocked her back, it can happen, as Rex mentioned."
"Poor thing." Regan mused as she looked at Pandora, her head cocking and her golden curls falling around her face as she did so.
Chastity watched Regan as the young vampire bat looked at Pandora and saw her brushing a hair away from Pandora's face.
It was then the young vampire bat's eyes lit up when she saw where there was blood from a cut that had healed, yet the stain remained, and she licked her lips.
Chastity watched the bat and narrowed her eyes slightly then her eyes widened as Regan licked the blood off Pandora's face.
The Hybrid stirred a little, but she didn't wake up.
Chastity was a little shocked at Regan's behaviour but before she could say anything, Regan spoke first.
"Her blood has a unique taste to it." She reported.
"Beg pardon?" the dove asked.
"I can tell the blood type by taste." Regan answered, "I can taste mostly reptilian, yet there is traces of human in it too."
Chastity frowned.
"You were able to determine that?" she asked.
Regan nodded with a smirk licking her lips.
"I've tasted a lot of blood for too long to work out the source." She said, "And not just from animals or humans, or even mutants."
She licked her lips again.
"I can even remember the taste of some blood I've enjoyed especially, like the dragon for example!" she smirked "He was like drinking gold."
Chastity looked a little nervous as she remembered Tyroth and knew how he along with the Knights were hunting Diablo, yet the Raven still was able to evade him and they had been travelling around the states for years, chasing evil sinners and similar.
She was about to speak when Rex entered the room.
"How is our new friend?" he asked.
"Still sleeping." Chastity said, "Yet her wounds are almost healed."
"That's good to know." Rex replied, "It's just that once she's strong enough, we'll need to move on again."
Chastity looked worried.
"Did our last outing get people talking?" she asked.
"A few yes." Rex said, "The police found the aftermath of our last little adventure and it won't be long till they start searching here, so we'll need to get packed again."
Regan sighed.
Chastity also looked forlorn.
"Where's Diablo right now?" she asked.
"Scanning the sky area with Lilith, spying on the searching below, Samson, Seth, and Ravage are keeping on the look out outside."
"Okay." Chastity said, "Shall we thinking about getting everything packed?"
Rex nodded and the dove looked over at Regan.
"Watch over our guest please."
Regan agreed and continued to look down at Pandora.
"You are a rare one I can tell." She purred as she watched the sleeping hybrid "I'll be very interested to know what you are, and where you came from." She licked her lips again "I can taste it, that you're not a source of the water that gave us our forms, but something else."
Outside, Diablo and Lilith were flying above where their hiding place was.
Diablo flew a few miles away in one area whilst Lilith flew the other side.
They were in a town a few miles away from the city of Chicago, and as well as worrying about Tyroth and the Knights sniffing them out, he was worried about who else would be on their trail after their latest victims were discovered, tortured and insane.
It had been years since he and his Disciples had been near Chicago as he knew Tyroth wanted him captured, and this was the one time he had been close to the city as he and the Disciples had been chasing a group of Neo Nazi attackers and murderers who had alluded the police and FBI for several weeks and had been on the run.
The Disciples had stalked them for several days before finding them hiding out in a motel and after securing the room, they had used their methods of torture, both physical and mental before leaving them for the staff to find.
Like all their other antics, they had hit the news and people were now scared as well as curious, and some had even celebrated the fact the evil sinners had been caught and were now facing justice, but there was now the risk that he and his Disciples would be found and caught.
But it wasn't just that worry that was eating at the raven, as he also had the fact that Pandora was amongst their company.
When he had set sights on the young hybrid, he almost felt a connection, almost like he knew who and what she was, and it had almost scared him.
Flashback
"Boss! Boss!"
Diablo heard Lilith's voice from nearby as he looked up into the air.
He had been waiting outside the old, abandoned house he and his Disciples had been sheltering in since Lilith had radioed him saying she had found someone one of the Islands on Lake Michigan.
He had wondered how long it would take for the falcon to return and he soon saw her flying down towards him with a body in her arms.
"What did you find Lilith?" he asked, then he almost cawed in shock when he saw what the Falcon was holding.
"Holy shit!" he exclaimed seeing the lizard girl in Lilith's arms, bloodied up, soaking wet and covered in burns "What the hell happened to her?"
"I don't know, but she's not breathing, and she needs help!" Lilith cried "Where's Chastity and Lamia?"
Diablo gestured with his thumb behind him, and Lilith ran past and inside the house.
He followed closely and watched as Lilith informed the dove and Eel who she found, and they wasted no time in trying to revive her.
As he watched, Diablo analysed the lizard girl's appearance and he couldn't help but think he saw something familiar about her, almost like he was seeing someone he knew, or once knew.
Yet he couldn't dwell fully on it as the commanding voices of Chastity rang in his ears.
"Clear! Nothing!"
He was snapped out of his thoughts as he watched Lamia and Chastity leaning over the lizard girl and how her body spasmed as Lamia sent electric shocks through her body.
"Again! Clear! Nothing!"
Fear pooled in Diablo's stomach, and he stepped closer only to feel Samson's paw stop him.
The other Disciples were watching in fear as they saw Chastity and Lamia trying to revive the unresponsive lizard girl.
"Again! Clear! Nothing!"
The other Disciples were watching in silence.
Regan was gripping the hands of Rex and Ravage as she watched whilst Lilith and Seth were standing close to each other, and Seth was speaking quietly in Hebrew as if making a silent prayer that the victim before them would make it.
"Come on!" Chastity's voice sounded desperate "Ready! Clear!"
It was on the fourth attempt that the lizard girl's body jerked, and she began to cough violently.
"She's back!" Chastity shouted triumphantly to which everyone cheered.
Diablo felt a small smile curl on his beak, and he stepped closer to have a look at her.
End Flashback
He had been relieved that Chastity and Lamia were able to bring her back, and he had wanted to know who she was and how she ended up where she had.
Yet now he knew she had amnesia; he had no way of fully knowing.
Yet there was this niggling that he knew very well who she was, her face seemed to strike him, and the eyes, despite the fact they were lost and empty, he had seen eyes like those before.
Yet again, he couldn't be certain….
"Diablo? Diablo!"
The Raven was pulled away from his thoughts when he saw Lilith flying up and hovering before him.
"Boss, where were you?" she asked.
Diablo blinked as he looked at the peregrine falcon before him.
"I…I.. I just." He spoke with a low tone.
"What's wrong?" Lilith asked analysing the raven "Are you worried?"
Diablo looked back at Lilith, and he sagged his shoulders, almost dipping in the air yet he kept his balance to stay hovering.
"Is it to do with our new friend?" Lilith asked.
Diablo sighed, he knew given the way Lilith was looking at him, she wasn't going to let it go.
"I cannot lie." He said, "But yes, I am concerned about our guest, given she doesn't know who she is, or where she's from."
"Well, I think it is safe to assume she's from Chicago." Lilith said, "Yet where exactly and why she was there, we don't know."
Diablo nodded.
"So many questions, yet no answers, and we do have to concentrate on making sure we stay hidden after our last mission."
Lilith looked to the sides.
"So far, no-one is searching this far, so we should be fine for a little longer, at least until our guest has recovered fully." She said, "Yet I can't understand why we cannot give her the water?"
Diablo frowned.
"I have a hunch her birth was not from the magical water." He said, "I cannot be sure, but I have a feeling, and I will not give her the water as the risk is high should it not work for her."
Lilith looked confused.
"I don't quite follow." She said, her eyebrows lowering as she gazed at the Raven.
Diablo looked around then down towards the hideout.
"Let us return to our base, and I will explain in more detail there." He suggested "The others might be just as curious, and we can see if our guest has recovered yet."
"Very well." Lilith said as she followed Diablo back towards the base.
Looks like Regan's showing an interest as well is able to tell by tasting the blood of the hybrid what she is and her source.
Also Diablo is feeling a connection as well as seeing familiarites about Pandora, is the penny going to drop anytime soon?