Fallen

9

After all my classes had ended, and need I mention that Mr Blade avoided me the whole day. He missed class and gave some measly excuse about being busy with something very important. I ran to the teacher's lounge as the bell rang, not even bidding goodbye to my friend.

I ran to the teacher's lounge and caught Mr Blade when he was just about to leave. Is he trying to run from me? Seriously?

I caught up with him and he looked shocked that I found him. "Hey Mr Blade, I'm ready for that talk we're supposed to have?" he looked at me and looked uneasy. "Okay, we can go to my house then" I looked at him, mouth hanging open.

o-kay, maybe he is a paedophile. I can't go to his house, I'm too young to die.

"I am not a paedophile... I'm anything but that" he said, looking me straight in the eye. Did his eyes just change colour again?

How can he read my mind? Isn't that like my private space? Where I can think anything about anyone without getting caught?

"And I don't read minds Ms Taylor" I gave him a are-you-kidding-me look and he just smiled, "it's just that I know that if a teacher invites a student to his house... its often interpreted wrongly. I just want to talk there because its private... and safer" he added the last part so quietly, I thought he didn't want me to hear it, too bad I did. "You can tell your parents where you are going just to be safe if you want" I shook my head and relaxed, somehow it feels like even though what happened yesterday really scared me... I feel like I can trust him.

"Okay, we may take my car" he said. "Oh no. um take your car, that way you can drive home after we're done. And I don't want unnecessary rumours starting" I nodded and walked over to my car. "you just follow me" I nodded again.

We drove for about 20 minutes when he finally came to a stop. I did the same behind his car. I was about to get out of my car when he started driving again. "ugh" I followed.

2 hours later he finally stopped and got out of his car. I followed his lead and went to where he was. Surprisingly, there was no house where we were... since it was in a forest. Wait is this That forest? I looked around and couldn't answer the question, all forests look the same to me.

I walked towards him, he stopped on a huge oak tree. Wait, it was that forest... I would remember this tree anywhere. "So what do you want to know" he was so serious and his eyes looked cold now, not welcoming.

I took a step back and looked at him.

"Everything".

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I walked closer to Mr Blade and he didn't seem hostile so I sat down on the tree trunk, next to him but keeping a fair amount of space between us, so he wasn't in my personal space nor I in his and additional space to keep our relationship strictly student-teacher relationship.

He looked at me and started talking. "Okay what do you remember from last night?" I told him all I remember which is basically everything except how I got home since I passed out before that happened.

"I don't really know what to tell you Tori... what happened last night just happened." He said apologetically. I glared at him, like really glared that he couldn't stand it anymore and looked away. "You called me here to tell me that?" I asked incredulously and started pacing, angrily.

"You just wasted a good 3 hours of my life for nothing?" I was fuming now, that is never a good thing. "What did you mean when you said we needed to talk at your house because it was 'safer'?" he looked at me with a questioning look in his eyes, "yes I heard you. So, are you gonna tell me what happened or not because... nobody fights like the way you did and ...and that ... guy, was he an angel of some sort?" I took a deep breath and when he said nothing, I got even angrier.

"What the hell is going on here?" when he said nothing, I started gathering my things... I need to get out of here. I started walking towards my car. I'll make a plan to get home, sure I have no idea where I am but I'll make a plan.

"Okay stop" he stood up and instructed me to sit back down, I did and he started talking. "That guy who wanted to kill you is a fallen angel" I looked at him as though he just lost it. "Yes I know I sound crazy but I've done my research and he was a fallen angel. He wanted you dead for some reason... I still have to find out why" I felt like he was keeping a lot of things from me. I don't know if I should call it instinct or intuition but with every lie he told, I felt that it was a lie.

"What are you keeping from me? And how did you manage to fight him?" he opened his mouth but I remembered something and disturbed him. "And last night I was hurt, there was no chance of survival... but this morning I was okay. As if... if... last night never happened. So spill" I know I sounded childish, but hey I was the child here.

"Okay. I said we should talk at my house be-"I disturbed him yet again. "Oh yeah, THIS is not a house" I gestured around the forest. "According to my knowledge about fallen angels, he cannot trace you if you are here" but he found me yesterday, I thought.

As if on cue he answered my question, "yesterday he found you because you probably triggered something in you that enables you to be traced. A feeling...or ... a thought. It could've been anything. And I could fight him because well... I've been training a lot" even though I didn't believe most of what he said, I decided that he might be the only person I can trust with this since he knows and won't look at me like I'm crazy, so I let it go.

"We have to find a way to protect you from other fallen angels" I looked at him, confusion written all over my face. "If one fallen angel was after you, it was obviously for something, so there must other angels after you. If we don't find a way to shield you from being traced, the next time some other angel finds you, you might not be so lucky" I understood what he meant.

He searched his back pocket and took and amulet of some sort. It looked more like an accessory that something that will save my life. He placed it around my neck, without asking for permission. "Never take that off if you ever do and whatever triggers your 'tracker' occurs, they will find you and they will kill you" I felt the seriousness of his words and fought the edge to smile, no laugh.

Even though my life was in danger, I still found humor in how serious he was and how funny he sounded.

After all that explaining and gift-giving and receiving Mr Blade and I drove back home, in separate cars of course. Because I had no idea how to get home I gave it to Mr Blade and I followed him in my car to my house.

We got there after what seemed like forever 'Oh my Gosh my parents!' I remembered that I forgot to let them know that I'll be a little late tonight. Wouldn't want a repeat of last night. Mr Blade bid me goodbye, promising me he'll do more research and try to find a 'permanent' solution to my problem.

Slowly I walked towards the porch, hoping that my parents are asleep, 'ha! fat chance'. I slowly opened the front door and it gave a little creek and I cursed the door, internally of course. Seeing that nobody was up, I quickly tip toed towards my room, which happened to be really far, I took off my shoes to make sure I made no sounds.

"Whew!" I breathed out the air I had been holding for the past 5 minutes as I closed my bedroom door, resting my head on it. Weird enough my parents were really asleep, you'd think after last night they'd keep a closer look on me.

I took a quick shower, making sure I do not wake my parents, thank God I had my own bathroom in my room. Then I went to bed, relieved that I know a little about what happened.

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A/N

Hoooooooo! two chapters in one day, its a record I haven't achived in a while. I like typing up my chapters in a separate document and then uploading them later. Any ways, Thank you for your time.

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