The Secrets of The Soul Wanderer (In

Chapter 10

The room felt heavy with tension and suspense, Zoe was still overcoming her emotions. I decided to speak first, but Gab interrupted me and introduced himself to her, "sorry about earlier my name's Gab. I'm Claire's Knight." Zoe looked baffled, "you speak? Oh shit of course, this angel spoke to me because I'm fucking dead."
Gab blurted out, "I'm not an angel! It's a common misunderstanding and no you're not dead." Zoe nodded her head and said "so what the fuck are you?"
Gab explained to her in a very summarised easy-to-understand of what Knights are, "so us Knights are beings that make souls that we send to Earth. Make sense?" She nodded her head again, and then asked "so you made Claire right?" Gab replied with an over enthusiastic tone, "yes I did, and not to toot my horn but I think I did good." Zoe agreed with him, "yes I think you did," she turned to face me and asked me the question I'd evaded so far. "So Claire what did you want to show me besides this guy here?"

I shuffled towards Zoe, held onto her hands and asked her "have you been had a dream about a grimy street and a rogue wolf?" Her face looked stunned and she retracted her hands from my grasp. I guessed the answer was a 'yes,' based on her reaction. I decided to show instead of tell her, I felt her eyes burn right into my skull.
I quietly said, "let me show you, instead of tell you." With that I shut my eyes and did a deep inhaling breath, my soul slipped out of my unconscious body.

Zoe didn't behave the way I thought she would, I tried to talk but I was silent. Talking was only for me entering minds, to my suprise Zoe was not scared but fascinated. "Wow Claire, you just did that I do remember seeing you now." The sudden realisation hit her like a speeding train, "oh shit! You entered my mind and saved me from the wolf. Can you come back to us please."
I nodded and dived back into my body, only to feel her hands touch mine. I then explained to her everything from Corvus to now. Even my suicude attempt, at the end of the hour long story, we both got up and stretched our legs then sat on the leather couch. Gab also listened to my story, I never went to church confession as a child but this felt very intense.

When I finished talking my chest felt light, but my voice sounded dry and gravelly. Zoe was shocked and we came to the conclussion that Isabelle was maybe like me. "I'm certain that Isabelle is like you Claire. That bitch put that wolf in my mind to restrain my soul. I mean it only makes sense yeah?" Zoe sounded confident in her theory, but I couldn't take it to heart yet.
We were all tired, I looked at the time and saw it was eleven o'clock at night.
Zoe got nervous again, so I said that I would sort out Isabelle. "You sleep in my bed, I'm going to sort out Isabelle I know where she sleeps." My voice really was fading by this point, Zoe shook her head in disagreement so I commanded her to sleep in my room.

I slept on the couch in the lounge, Gab slept on the floor. I closed my eyes and a flood of relief engulfed me that deep down Zoe was a nice person. It was all Isabelles work that made Zoe turn into a mega bitch. I wondered why Isabelle didn't control Frankie until I remembered that Frankie is strong willed. Did Isabelle only do her work on the kind souled and weak? Only one way to find out I thought but I started to fall asleep, maybe I should think about a game plan tomorrow.

Morning came faster than expected, I didn't have my soul wander anywhere during my sleep. I woke up feeling quite refreshed, forgetting that I was on the couch. I watched Gab sleeping, he slept on his right side and used his wings as a make-shift blanket.
It was then that I realised that although I hated to admit it, Gab was my god. Gab made my soul and my mother birthed me, I always believed in science and facts, but what I could do was beyond science.
My mind started to go down a philosophical rabbit role, could I ask him if the big man upstairs, the true God ever existed?

Gab gave a light chuckle, I was deep in thought, he looked at me. He didn't say anything but his eyes said it all. God was real but there was something else in Gabs eyes I noticed. Before I could think it, Gab interrupted my thoughts, quietly muttering "I haven't seen him."
Feeling confused I wanted to know more, but Gab tapped his head. It was obvious what Gab wanted, the more times I used my ability the better I felt. Maybe it worked like a muscle, and less of an ethereal being.
I shut my eyes, took a few deep breaths and just like that my soul slipped loose. Gab mentally grabbed and dragged my soul into his mind.
His mind was not a tropical beach but it was a black void. Everything around me was black, there was no light or any hint of colour. I decided to run forward, I could tell I was naked like last time but now was different. The floor was glossy, my feet felt like I was on very opaque glass. Expecting to see something I just gave up and sat down.

Out of no-where I heard Gabs voice, it echoed through the void causing me to flinch. "This is my biggest fear, not the dark but feeling truly alone. I have a monster here, that I need you to seek out." I shrugged my shoulders and felt my confidence rise. That is until Gab crushed it with ease, "you will have to find this monster without your sight. You must use the Echo to your advantage."
I felt nauseous and unnerved by this task, I then realised that my eyes weren't there, only empty sockets. I let out a blood curdling scream, only to realise that I mentally saw the area around me.

Then it hit me, I had to use my Echo, as in echolocation just like bats and dolphins. I let out a quieter scream and 'saw' a monster approach me. It was medium sized but made a low growling sound almost like a pissed off dog. Before I felt at ease by the creature, Gabs voice boomed from above me "you have found the first monster. I will grant you sight but I will warn you, this isn't going to be easy for you."