I woke up in the middle of the night. My chest hurting and the background quiet. I sat up slowly clutching at my heart and breathed gradually. I didn’t know why my chest was hurting but as soon as it came the pain faded away. I looked around and stood up to peek outside my room. Everyone at the society was apparently asleep for the halls weren’t busy with scurrying people like always. I closed the door behind me quietly and walked down the dark halls. The lights along the ceiling flickered as I walked further down the hall. I licked my lips as nervousness creped along my spine. I could hear my heart beating now but didn’t let the fear get the best of me. Besides I had been living here for almost my whole life…yet it still scared the crap out of me at night.
I passed into another hall and came to my little sister’s room. I clutched at the handle and pushed it open quietly. I crept into the room and saw my sister sleeping in her bed with her back turned to me. I checked her breathing and it was normal. I walked over to the side of her bed and felt relief; she was ok. I sat on the edge of her bed and pulled the blanket over her shoulders. She always seemed at most peace while asleep. There she was at least away from the worries and pain of reality. I smiled, she was all I had in this messed up world (mom and dad died in a fire ten years ago) and if I made even one little mistake I could lose her in the blink of an eye. I brushed the stray red hairs from her face.
I should have known though; my sister was a medium light sleeper. She turned over and slowly opened her eyes to look at me.
“What are you doing up?” She whispered sleepily
“Just wanted to see if you were ok.” I gave a half smile in reply
She smiled back “I’m fine Luke, just stop worrying about me ok? Go get some sleep.”
“When did my little sister start telling me what to do?” I smiled
“Just go and let me sleep.” She sighed and turned over again
I sighed “Ok, Ok I can see when I’m not wanted, night Gem.”
“Night Luke.” She yawned
I slipped back into the hall and shoved my hands in my pockets. I looked up the hall and then down. Just as I thought, no one was awake except me…..hmmm. Instead of going back to my room like I should have I continued down the hall and towards the main hall. As I neared it I started to hear the mummer of voices.
“Do you think it’s true?” I heard someone ask
“It can’t be, we would have known sooner if there was one here.”
I wonder what it was…..
“We didn’t know about that Malcolm kid.”
“Yah, but it’s different now.”
“How so?”
“I don’t know just different!”
“What makes it worse is that we might have to kill them, for the possibility of them being linked to Lucifer.”
Lucifer??
I snuck along the side of the room where they couldn’t see me in the shadows. One was a tall lean guy with red hair while the other was shorter, more muscular, and had thinning gray hair. Anyways, whoever this person was, they were in big trouble….kind of like I would be if these guys caught me out of bed at this time of night.
“A shame yes, but it’s worth the lives of our families.” The shorter man said
“Yes but the chances are that they are just a kid Vick, as a father I don’t think I could do that to someone else’s kid.” The taller one replied
“They’d understand if they knew that half their kid’s soul is black.”
The one man sighed “It just isn’t right.”
“Nothing is right anymore Caleb, nothing is…”
“There could be a chance that their Raphael’s though!” Caleb said hopefully
“With our luck? Doubt it, but let’s hope your right.” The other man said as they walked off.
I watched as the two men departed with so many questions; souls, Lucifer, Raphael, linked, kid, but who? Something screwy was going on, but I didn’t have time to worry about other people’s worries. I had my own to deal with at the moment.
Maybe I should just go to bed I thought and didn’t complain
I made sure there was no one else in sight and went back down the hall that led to my room. I passed the training room when I heard someone in there. I took a step back and peeked in; Zoe was in there practicing with a wood sword with the dummies. I took a step in and she whipped around throwing an actual knife at my head. I ducked out of the way.
“Hey!” I laughed “I thought we were friends!”
“Then don’t sneak up on me then!” She snapped and went back to practicing
I watched as she beat the dummies with all her might. I was glad that weapon was turned on them and not me. Then I realized something; Zoe only came here (went not training or teaching new comers or what I like to call “fresh meat”) was when something was wrong.
“Hey, you ok there Zo?” I asked
She hit the dummy in the chest “Yah, why?”
“I don’t know it’s just that you usually come here to let off some steam.”
She paused in mid-strike and looked over at me “Everything is fine Luke, I just couldn’t sleep,” she said “What are you doing up anyways?”
I could tell she was lying but I also knew she didn’t want to talk about it.
“I couldn’t sleep either.” I replied
“And you thought you would just come here?” She eyed me
“Hey I have my rights to come here just as much as you do.” I raised my hands up in defense
I stood there in silence as she swiped at the dummy’s neck and thrust the weapon to its chest. I hesitated before telling her what I heard the two guys in the hall talking about earlier but then decided that I needed to find out as much as I could “Hey Zo?”
“Yah?” She asked as she re-continued to hit the dummy
“Do you know what’s going on around here?”
“What do you mean?”
“Oh cut the crap Zo I know you know what I mean,” I snapped “about this kid being linked to Lucifer or Raphael.”
She turned around and glared at me “You shouldn’t get in the middle of that.”
I stared at her for a few seconds and smiled “I wasn’t….but now I might reconsider…”
“Lucas, trust me,” she said almost as if she was begging “do not get you and your sister involved.”
“I never said I would get my sister involved.” I snapped
“By you getting involved you’re getting your sister involved, you should know that.”
“I just won’t tell her then.” I replied
She laughed “The hell you won’t, I also know another thing about you Luke; you might be able to keep secrets from everyone else but we both know you crack around her.”
I sighed “True….then why don’t you just find out for me?”
“And be your messenger girl? No thanks.”
“Oh come on Zo,” I sighed “just this once?”
“No.”
“Zo, come on.”
She smiled “What’s the magic word?”
I scowled.
“Oh come on,” she mocked “just this once?”
“Forget it.”
“Just one little word…and then I’ll help you.”
“I’m not saying it Zoe.”
Nothing was worth making me plead for help with some stupid word. I never really cared for manners, why should I start now?
“I guess you don’t want to know that bad then.”
“Whatever,” I replied and started walking out of the room “I’m going to bed.”
She sighed just to annoy me “Fine, night Luke.”
“That’s Lucas to you.”
“Oo, someone’s cranky, yet what’s new with you? You always are.”
I balled up my fists but forced myself to walk away. I stood outside of the room and in the hall. Why do women have to be so annoying all the time? Every time you want them to do something they have to ask for something in return! Guess that just goes to show how helpful women are. I walked down the hall and made it to my room.
I looked up and down the hall to make sure no one was up. I opened my door slowly as it creaked and slipped back in. My room only had one small window that showed the view of the half moon. I wanted to know about this kid and Lucifer but I didn’t have the time! Plus I just didn’t like using manners to get the information. My sister came first before anything else though. There were only two things that I should be focused on right now; taking care of my sister and trying to find a cure for her leukemia. She was doing fine tonight but it wasn’t always like that; I wish I could switch places with her but I know that’s not possible, so the most I can do right now is try to be there for her and to try and find a impossible cure, but improbabilities can switch to probabilities in an instant if you try hard enough. I just hope it’ll be enough to save her before it’s too late….
I walked over and sat on the edge of my bed. My room was almost completely bare except for a couple band posters, my bed, and a dresser with a knife and a colt gun on top for defense in case demons broke into the Society (not that I would use them anyways, but it’s required of everyone to have them). Sometimes I wish these rooms were a little bigger as well, but there is nothing I can do except complain about it to myself. I laid back and put my hands underneath my head. I stared at the ceiling and thought strangely about Zoe; the way she was hitting those dummies. Something probably happened between her father and her again. I never personally like her dad; he was a prick. Ever since I started hanging out with Zo he seemed to take an extra dislike in me (Like I gave a shit what he thought though). He always kept telling Zo that I was a bad influence, not only that but he’d say that right in front of me while he said it. He always seemed to be there when I did something wrong as well. Thinking about it now I was surprised he didn’t catch me tonight…probably out demon hunting or whatever. I never really got in the middle of Zoe’s and her dad’s business though (one of the only things I didn’t get involved in); if there was one thing I was sure of, it was that Zo could take care of herself.
I got out of bed and walked over to my dresser. I opened the second drawer and found my headphones and iPod buried (Hey I wasn’t going to take chances of someone stealing them). I walked back over to my bed and laid back as I flipped through my music. I decided to go with Last Resort by Papa Roach. I sighed as I kept the music on low but still enough to drown out at least some of the outside world. I closed my eyes and fell asleep to the pounding music.X
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