The Genie's Curse

Chapter 13

"How are you feeling?" Allon asked, biting down on his lip harshly, "New life, new body... not exactly what you were told."

Tsuru looked at her hands and clothes, seeing a purple set of pajamas on her. The same one's evira wore before she poisoned her, "There's got to be something wrong."

Allon shook his head, "No, everything is right... and the real Evira, she's dead."

Evira's mother, Caron walked towards them, "Oh Evira, im so glad you woke up. I was so worried about you." She touched her face pulling her hair back, "You got us so scared. I'm so glad Allon found you when he did."

"What happened to me?" Tsuru questioned looking at her hand averting eye contact.

What did she at least think happened to her? She couldn't process how things could go this wrong this soon.

"Allon found you suffocating in your room." The woman stated eyes looking down, "You were foaming and I panicked, I called the emergency services and we've been here an hour. Doctors don't know what caused it, they're still making tests."

"I'm sorry to worry you... m... mother?" Tsuru spoke, stuttering She looked up to meet Allons stare before looking back at Caron forcing out a smile to seem more like Evira, "Can you go check if they have anything to tell me."

Caron smiled back at her with a short nod as a response. Looking at Allon before standing and leaving the small hospital room, "I'll be back in a bit then, hopefully there's nothing wrong."

Allon walked to her side as soon as Caron exited, his mouth forming into a scowl, "Not what you expected, I know."

Tsuru looked down at her hands, thinking that this was Evira's body brought a shiver of regret through all of her, "What does this mean?!" She grabbed the sheets of the bed pulling at it hard to get them over her legs.

"It said new life didn't it, yeah I fell for that myself, but you get used to it." Allon sat on a corner of the bed looking away from her, "The body I possess now well... it belonged to a child." Allon mentioned recollecting his memories on the matter, "This is why I knew it wouldn't work. He wasn't my master, by my real masters body... he disintegrated, and this kid's body was the next thing."

"Why didn't you tell me then?" Tsuru growled, how could he keep such an important detail from her?

Allon sighed, "What for? You never listen. If I had told you, you wouldn't have believed me. You would have said i was making it up just so Evira could live." He lowered and grabbed a bag that hid from Tsuru's view, he brought it to his lap and dug through it.

She saw him searching but her thoughts wandered back to her regret, feeling as hot tears slipped down her cheeks, "I didn't want it to end like this. I thought it would work..."

"Really! You seemed quite determined!" He lost control over his voice, lowering it again brings the lamp out of the bag, "You watched her suffocate and then you say that, what happened to all your determination?"

"I need time, I apologize for... everything." Tsuru said, letting her head down and taking a deep breath, "I know she wasnt a bad person... and she didn't deserve it."

"Because she was innocent." Allon spat out as he crossed his arms. He didn't know what to do, feeling lost, confused even, but he understood where she came from.

She looked at her hands while her eyes were clouded with tears, having a hard time believing her body was not her body. The lamp had played yet another trick on her. A small number on her wrist caught her attention as she stared at it confused, not remembering to have seen it on Evira before. It glowed bright with the number twenty three very clear.