Vein

Chapter 4

My whole body froze and I couldn't do anything but stare at where Alexander's arm was joined with my chest. I felt as he grabbed my shoulder for support as he started to pull his arm out, the burning pain flared up more intense than last time but I hadn't the strength left to scream. As soon as he let go, I fell to my knees then fell to my side. Ahmet had joined next to Alexander and I listened intently to stay conscience.
"You do everything suddenly don't you?" Ahmet looked annoyed at Alexander's rash actions
"We'll if I didn't do you really thing he would have let us stab him like that, no he would curse us and try to run. You should know better than anyone about that" he got a sly grin as he said "that's how it was for you if I remember right"
"I did not try to run" Ahmet said defensively
"Yes you did you ran right off a bridge and if it wasn't for Celestia, you would have died in the river"
"Why are you even bringing this up, it's been ages ago"
"Just giving our dear boy over there something to listen to"
"WHAT?" Ahmet seemed really worried as he hurried over to me and crouched down to see if I was awake.
"How is this even possible no ones ever been awake after the impaling, and defiantly not conscience enough to listen and comprehend for at least a week after they transform. But during the initial transforming is unheard of!" Alexander walked over beside Ahmet
"Not so unheard of as its uncommon, although it is very unusual. Anyway how about we actually begin now?"
Ahmet nodded and moved off to the side, my vision was starting to blurry and I started to get dizzy due to the blood loss but I'm almost certain Alexander sliced open his palms. Clapped them together to stop the blood from spilling out then put them in my chest. I couldn't move my head to watch and my consciousness started to drift, I could hear a waterfall. Then I was gone
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Running, tap tap tap. Followed closely by much heavier sounds more like stomps. I can faintly hear screaming and hollering in the distance, flickering light is lightly disturbing my closed eyes. I'm on something, no more likely someone, I can feel my stomach over someone's shoulder, I begin to open my eyes and can see feet running under me. I instinctually know it's Alexander but, what is that flicking in distance we are running away from it and from what I gather at a frantic pace. I lift my head yo to see better but pain shoots all through my body and darkness returns again.
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Crackling, I smell smoke, light dances outside my eyelids, I can feel the dirt, grass and rocks under me. I look around and sure enough there's the fire surrounded by Alexander but, no Ahmet. I roll to my elbow and immediately regret it with the pain that ensues, it's not enough to make me pass out but hurts like all hell. I push up to sit up as fast as my body will allow which happens to be a snails pace with a side of slow consistent agony with every move in weight. I finally make it, yes sweet victory! I open my mouth to call out Alexander but shockingly no sound comes out, I feel panic start to rise in my veins but I push it away. I keep trying to call out to him in silence on my third try I almost feel helpless but, he cocks his head as if to my silent pleas. There was no warm smile or illy timed joke just the most pure form of hatred I could never have imagined would ever cross his cheerful face. I could practically feel the hatred in his eyes, as it bore into me I was much less scared as I was curious to his behavior which has to be the only reason I didn't pass out from his demeanor. I stared him closer and realized that his hatred was not toward me but slightly above me, there was someone defiantly behind me, someone bad enough for Alexander to hate. The only thing I knew that he'd ever even hinted at hating was the crows, which definitely did not help me from panicking.
"Why are you here?" Alexander said with a voice so venomous if I didn't see his lips move I never would have thought it was even his voice.
"Oh, you know just strolling around when I notice just the man I am looking and the mad king to boot!" I could tell it was a man, his tone was very similar to Alexander's but in a more twisted way that made him sound like every syllable was mocking and condescending, he also had the weird speech patten I noticed in Alexander where he very rarely says anything like that's, isn't, and wasn't. They had to know each other and what is this mad king business, is that Alexander? Alexander rose and seemed ready to pounce at the man.
"Now now, no need to be rash. You would not want anything to happen to cole would you?"
At that note I was in his grasp before the last word. Alexander took a step toward him.
"Well I see that cole means nothing in the matter of your own personal hatred toward me, that is always the case is it not. Well I guess you have no need for him then so I guess..." He turned me around and I saw he was a raven like man with I long scar from forehead to chin through one of his eyes, piercing silver eyes and defined jawline. His skin was unusual shade of very pale white almost like bone further enhancing his look, his elbows were sharp, quite literally sharp he had bones poke out of them, they seemed to pop out of every joint he had. I noticed that the last digit of all his finger didn't have any skin, they were just pointed bone that dug into my neck.
"Nothing personal kid but I guess you have no further use for our dear alexander" he proceeded to toss me, my head got around just in time to meet the fire!