“I don’t remember much. All I know is when I woke up, I was here already. There was nothing and no one here.” The boy started his story. Senna scooted closer to him as he was starting to talk. Amilia found debris that was protruding from the fallen column not far from where she was standing, and she sat there. She was listening to the boy and was watching Senna intently. Her father left her in her care, and Amilia would be responsible if anything would happen to her. “You don’t even remember your name?” Senna asks. The boy shakes his head as a reply. He hangs his head down, looking ashamed. Senna was restless, she finally crosses the gap between her and the boy. She gathered his hands on her own and squeeze them. Amilia didn’t let a single action go unnoticed. “Don’t worry. We can help you, right Amilia? We can wait for your friend to arrive and help him, right?” Senna’s eyes were hopeful. The boy threw Amilia some hopeful look too. They are in this together. “Yes. I suppose so.
The Shade’s eye looks menacing. But Amilia was not going to back off. She’s going to push this through. The Shade once again advances to her and Amilia readies her stance and her weapon. The Shade aims for her neck but she easily dodges it. But she was not expecting the other claw of the Shade and she got part of her cheeks scratched with its pointed nails. Blood dripped from it but she was not bothered by it. She had a more pressing matter to attend to. “Just go away!” Amilia shout. It was futile. She just needs to release the adrenaline she felt. The Shade was not stopping either. It was determined to get its prey. He opens his mouth and tried to catch Amilia. She swings her metal rod and it slaps the Shade in the face producing a cracking sound that sends chills on Amilia’s spine. That angered the Shade more. It was now in a berserk mode. Blindly, it reaches its boney claw to Amilia, and then when Amilia dodges it will snap its mouth in her direction. It was getting harder for Am
“Come on, Zephyr. Let’s go!” Senna was pulling Zephyr’s hand. They were back in Amilia’s apartment already. Every news channel had been covering the incident in Lake District so people are going around talking about it. Blake has yet to hear that they were at the place either. Senna said that it was best to tell her father everything face-to-face. Plus, it will just affect his work. So now, they were all gathered in Amilia’s apartment. Senna had been bugging Zephyr to play with her and Chris. She was teaching Chris how to play the Uno card when she saw Zephyr looking at them. She had been pestering the latter to join their game. Lizzie was inside the room. She’s been there ever since they got back and had not left the room. Amilia gathered that it might have something to do with Zephyr. Maybe their banter was a serious thing now. Amilia stared at the balcony. There she saw a lone feather falling from above. Amilia squinted her eyes to see it. It’s a huge feather. One would mistake i
What is that? That is all that Amilia could think of. She was now sitting on her bed. Lizzie and the others were in the living room, talking. The angel already left and Zephyr was tasked to tell Lizzie what happened. Amilia’s heart was still beating hard. The image of Lizzie’s face was embedded in her mind. Right now, she had trouble erasing that in her memory. She tries not to think about it but she can’t. Whenever she feels like she was now forgetting the image, it would pop up back, making her relish the memory anew. Amilia grunted in frustration. “Is Lizzie, okay?” She asks herself. Amilia got up from the bed and peek outside, to the living room. She watches Lizzie but she looks like Lizzie. Gone was the trace of the sinister look earlier. “What are you doing?” Amilia jumped when she heard a familiar voice behind her. The Fallen. He’s back. He was standing a few steps behind Amilia. His arms were crossed at his chest as he criticizes Amilia from head to toe. “You’re back.”
Zephyr woke up in the middle of the night when he heard a whimper echoing in the whole apartment. He slowly got up from the sofa and scan the place. It was dark and he can see no changes or anything. Just the whimpers. His eyes landed on the bedroom door. The sound was coming from there. Zephyr jolt from the sofa and run to the bedroom. The doors are locked. This is weird because Amilia said that she won’t lock the bedroom door for emergency purposes. Zephyr turned the doorknob violently. But it won’t budge. “Amilia!” Another whimper. “Amilia, wake up! Open this door! Amilia!” Zephyr bang on the door. Panic washed over his whole body. He bangs his fist on the door loudly and violently might wake up the whole neighborhood floor. “Come on! Amilia! Open this!” A hand stops Zephyr from striking the door again. When he looks back to see who it was, he saw the Fallen. He shakes his head when Zephyr’s eyes landed on him. “She can’t hear you. You will just wake up the whole apartment a
“Isn’t it right?” A Shade asks the Weaver. “Hey, don’t question the Steward. You have no right to do that.” The Weaver answers. He pulls something on his hand and the Shade was thrown over to the other side of the room if that was what it’s called. They have gathered on the Under Ground and the Shades are questioning the Fallen’s presence. They were to see him roaming around the Underground for a decade that not seeing him at the place was weird. It was also weird that they were encountering him for a while on the Upper ground now. Along with some humans and that vessel he had saved. “It looks like that your pets…” The Steward throw glances at the Shade who was surrounding them. “…forgot that the Fallen was not part of this place and that he was not one of us. Did you forget to educate them that the being they were looking for was the one who will annihilate them?” Numbers of gasps can be heard all around as Steward finished his sentences. It looks to him like, the Weaver forget
“Amilia! Amilia!” Senna rushed to Amilia’s apartment in frantic. Her voice echoed in the whole hallway. She almost got passed Amilia’s door but she leaned her body to stop it from going any farther. She banged and banged the door with urgency. Lizzie and Zephyr were sitting at the couch when they hear it. Their eyes were glued to the television before it turns to the door. Lizzie was quick on her feet to open the door and saw a flushed Senna. Her eyes were in panic and she was stuttering. Her hands were also moving from all directions. Lizzie was having difficulty understanding her gestures and words. “Senna, calm down. What’s wrong? Where’s your father?” Lizzie placed her hands on Senna’s shoulder. Senna choked down a sob. A lone tear escaped her eyes. She was heaving and sobbing and then when it looks like she can’t handle the emotions, she cried. She was wailing and tears were just streaming down her eyes like a water dam. Uncontrollable. Senna’s shoulder shook violently. “Dad…
“Senna, are you sure you can do this? We can postpone it. The police can wait for us.” Amilia squeezed Senna’s hand as she held it. They were outside the police station to answer some questions regarding Blake’s death. Senna was still a bundle of nerves and five minutes before their departure, she was still bawling her eyes. Amilia, Zephyr, and Lizzie decided to come with her. Zephyr was scanning the place and he stare at a distance when he spotted Chris. He was standing and silently watching them from afar. “They can’t force you, Senna. Just say the word.” Lizzie added. “No. I can do this. For Daddy. He raised a strong girl, so I want to be that strong girl.” Senna said with full confidence even though tears were forming at the corner of her eyes. Lizzie and Amilia encouragingly smile at her. “Come on then.” The four of them entered the station. Lizzie saw the officer in charge and the office immediately run to them. He offered his hand and introduced himself to the group. He cro