Reborn {YogFic}

Chapter 7: Tick Tock

~Xephos Perspective~

Tick tock

Tick tock

The seconds passed by, then minutes.

Tick tock

Was Duncan already dead? Or was he in great pain? I clenched my fists in frustration over not being able to help out. It was like my nightmares - I saw everyone die and I could not help. A powerless man, with only the memories of his passed away friends to accompany him. If Duncan died, I would see his face every night. It would ask me why I did not save him. Why I didnt give my life to save his. I gritted my teeth and felt anger, fear and sorrow making my stomach a rollercoaster. Suddenly Nilsey left the temporary sickbay and came over to me. I quickly stood up and asked;

"How is he?" Worry dripped from my voice and I could see he was trembaling, trying to avoid telling me the truth. That Duncan was dead and that it was my fault.

"He. We. Um..." Nilsey stuttered, his mouth opening and closing. He stared at his shoes and I knew what he ment.

"Is he...." I took a deep breath.

"Dead?" The scottish man filled in. He looked up, tears in his grey eyes.

"Not yet but he...he will be soon." Nilsey finnished. My heart skipped a bit. Will be soon?

"Can't you save him?" My worry was starting to spill over into frustration and this poor man was soon going to experience it. He began saying something but I pushed him aside and ran inside to see my friend. But I did not expect to see what I saw in there.

Duncan was lying, pale as snow on a bed, sweat pearls on his forehead. His body was shaking tremendously and the big cut in his stomach had begun turning into a purple coloured infection. I could almost see it spreading, making his skin go a faint purple.

Lomadia was sitting on a chair beside him, franticlly reading a book about healing herbs, but judging by her facial expression, it was not going great. She looked up when she noticed that I had dashed into the room and she shoot me a worried look, tears already forming in her eyes.

I looked at Duncan but I was met with unresponding eyes. My whole body trembled and I slowly backed out of the room, tears now flooding my eyes and freely staining my cheek.

Outside the room, I bumped into Nilsey.

"I'll...just get some air" My voiced cracked and I quickly ran outside, with Nilseys sympathic eyes following me.

~Rythians Perspective~
(He is like in a bubble of madness right now and it is not night. It was a bir unclear but since it is in his PoV I cant really say he's mad. You understand?)

My breaths were shallow as the darkness closed in on me. It laughed, a high cackle that pierced my ears.

"You are nothing compared to the darkness" It whispered to me. I tried to block it out, my hands stuck as if glued onto my ears. This is what I had feared in my whole life.

"Why be scared, little human? We are all friends here" It snickered.

"Shut up!" I cringed, a single tear falling from my eyes.

"Why are humans so afraid? We are here to help you." It sounded as if it was coming closer to me.

"What do you have to lose mage? The dinousaur does not need you, all of the others hate you and the one you loved, you left to die."

"How dare you talk about Zoey!" I screamed at it. "Dont you talk about her or anyone else" I was now crying tears made out of darkness, streaming down my cheeks.

"You are already tainted. Cant you see?" The voice smirked.

"We are already one." Suddenly, the shadows before me took shape into a human. Then one more appeared. The first one looked like Duncan, pale and bleeding, just like I left him at the Jaffa Factory.

"Why are you such a cruel person, Rythian?" He almost sang the words, his eyes a blood red colour. Next to him, the other person stood, this one looking like Zoey. My heart ached as my eyes fell onto her face. The beatiful red hair, the pale but friendly face. Her eyes met mine, burning with hatred.

"Why did you abondon me? I thought you loved me?" She tilted her head, her eyes not breaking their connection to mine. My whole body trembled under her gaze.

"You left them to die, the love of your life and your old friend. Isnt that proof enough that you are truly evil?" The voice said. Duncan and Zoey smirked at me and held hands with each others. Big tears rolled down my cheeks as the two of them kissed.

"What do you want from me!?" I screamed with new found anger at the darkness around me. It only laughed at me.

"What I want is nothing you can give me, mortal." My heart sank in my chest. Then what did this voice want?
"But you could be useful." I screamed out as my head exploded with pain, erasing all thoughts. My hands clutched my head as I fell over on my side and my body shook with some otherworldly power as my screams echoed in the darkness.

Thats it for this a bit longer chapter. Hope you enjoyed me being evil. And if you did not notice, I changed a bit of chapter 3 earlier since it was weird. Please read it so you undetstand what is going on.

Seeeyaaaa!

~Mikkua