The Freak and The Angel

Chapter 24 : Watched

Eddie and I laid in bed together, our fingers intertwined as we talked about our possible lives together. We spoke in hushes whispers as we slowly fell asleep curled up together. The last words I heard leave his lips being, "I love you."

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I'm walking down the aisle, in a poufy white and silver dress covered in sparkles.  I feel like a princess meeting her prince as I glide my way to the front of the church. Everyone I've ever known or loved is sitting in the seats on either side of me.  I can't help but smile when I reach the officiant and Eddie. Everything is beautiful and perfect. For once, I don't have a single cut, bruise, or scratch on me. I can walk down the aisle with the pride and confidence I had lost not too long ago.

"You're so beautiful." Eddie says to me with a sweet smile as he looks at me in my dress for the first time. His face tells me how lucky he thinks he is to be able to call me his.

"Thank you." I whisper back to him as my cheeks turn pink at his gaze. "You're beautiful too."  I can't help but stare at him standing there in a tux, his hair in a low messy knot, but damn it looks good on him.

Right as we are about to say our vows, there's a loud crash against the church doors before they swung open. There are about thirty or so crows flying into the room, all circling above me. Everyone in the wedding party and the guests all now preoccupied with the birds, no one heard the officiant.

"There will be no happily ever after for you." He said as he suddenly pulled out a gun, aiming it directly at Eddies chest. Without hesitation, I pushed him out of the way. The gun pressed against me before it was fired, the bullet blasting right through my chest and exited through my back. "No! It wasn't supposed to be you, Morrígan!" The officiant screamed before he seemingly vanished into a cloud of smoke. 

Eddie rushed to my side and cradled me in his lap.  My sparkly white and silver dress now turning black and red as my blood seeps into the fabric. I weakly lift my hand to his face and force a smile through the tears as I can feel  myself leaving this world. 

"'Till death do us part." the words barely leave my lips as I struggle to breathe. My blood  dripping from my lips as I speak.

"'Till death do us part." He cries as he presses his lips to mine, tasting my blood as I take my last breath in his arms.

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There's a bang on my bedroom window. I sit up screaming, covered in a cold sweat. Eddie is scared awake from my outburst and sits up quickly beside me. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me to his chest. My heart is pounding as I try to catch my breath, realizing it was a horrible nightmare.  

"It's okay, you're okay." he hushes me softly as I start to calm down. 

Wayne, Steve, Robin, Max and Eleven all come running into my room, scared to death at what may have cause me to scream like that.

"She's okay. It was a nightmare." Eddie explains to the group as they look at me still trembling in bed. "Everything's okay, Angel." He tries to comfort me.

There is a tap at my window, we all look over unable to see what it is through my curtains. Steve walks over and gently moves them out of the way, revealing a crow sitting on the outside ledge. It continues to tap at the glass with its beak, something small and shiny being held in its pointy mouth.

"What the hell?" Steve asked as he watched the bird continue to tap. 

I tilted my head as I watched the feathered black creature. Slowly I pulled away from Eddie and out of bed, going over to the window with Steve.