A taste of freedom

Chapter 45

   Emma, Ray, Marko, Don, and Gilda left after two days. While I stayed back at the shelter for a little while. I've decided to stay one more night and I'll leave at daybreak. I walked into the small library and sat down in one of the arm chairs. I sighed a loud sigh. Once I relaxed I could finally think. I know I'm starting to forget things. I suppose it's a side effect of turning into a fucking demon. Maybe I'll lose all of my memories. That's what scares me the most, forgetting my family. It started with little things, like the reason I enter a room or the topic of conversations but it's getting worse. I'm starting to lose some of my early memories. Mostly from when I was around 6 to 8. Nothing to important I think but it's still horrible. I lean back into the chair and let out a long sigh. What the hell am I supposed to do?

   I sit with questions running through my head but I eventually drift into sleep. When I wake up, someone is shaking my shoulder. "C'mon Y/n, wake up" it was Yuugo. I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and stood up, basically ignoring Yuugo's existence and walking towards the room I slept in. I checked my bag again and found that everything was still there. I strapped my gun holsters onto my legs and shoved the hand guns into them. I threw the bag over my shoulder and walked into the dining room where almost everyone was. I smiled at the thought of them wanting to send me off. I opened my mouth to speak but I was soon cut off. "We'll be going now." It was Luke who interrupted me. I turned around and saw he, Ruth, Carter, and Ace all carrying bags and guns with them. "What?" I glared at them and they faltered for a second. "We're going with you." I scoffed and shook my head, finally turning to look at them. "The hell you are."

Carter grit his teeth "we're going to make sure you're ok! Weather you like it or not!" I was slightly stunned- it was the first time I'd ever heard Carter raise his voice. Ever. I closed my mouth and frowned at them, balling my hands into fists while I stare at them. "No you're staying here. I don't want you to get hurt. I'm sorry." They hadn't moved. Because they couldn't. I never wanted to use this ability on my friends or family but I will if it comes down to it. Everyone else just watched from the background as I held the four of them in place. I climbed the ladder as fast as I could and sprinted for the woods. They were out of my view so I couldn't stop them from moving. I ran as fast as I could go, which was actually quite fast so I reached the forest in around 10 minutes.

    I slowed to a stop and looked behind me. In the distance I could see a small speck of what I assumed to be a person running towards me at a rather quick pace. A normal human, or at least anyone I had met, could run as fast as me. Except one person. Ace. I thought back on the time that we fought Luce together. He was able to keep pace with me then, so why not now? I realized that I had spaced off and snapped my head back in Ace's direction. He couldn't have been more than 50ft away from me now. Well shit. I can't just run off and leave him to chase after me through a forest crawling with demons. I sighed when he caught up to me. He was panting a little but didn't really look winded. He stood beside me with a proud smile. I rolled my eyes but smiled at him.

    "Let's go little bro." I turned back forward and started to walk around the area. I'm not sure where exactly Norman is but if I find one of those owls, I should be able to find him, like that. I glanced over at Ace but he wasn't smiling anymore, instead it look more like a disappointed frown. "Are you ok Ace?" I kept walking but looked back at him every now and then. He grabbed my shoulder and stopped me. I looked up at him with a questioning expression. He seemed to be trembling and tears welled up in his eyes. "Y/n, I don't- I don't want you to die." He croaked out his sentence and pulled me into a hug. I was still in shock. How did he know about anything related to (what I assumed to be) my upcoming death.

   I finally hugged him back, but it was weak. "Ace, I'm not gonna die. Where did you hear that?" He sniffed and pulled away from me. "I overheard Ray and Yuugo talking about how Ray would have to kill you. Only, Ray was telling Yuugo to kill him afterwards." I grit my teeth. Ray really thought he would get away with that? How the hell did I not hear their conversation? I can normally hear every word that's spoken when we're in the bunker. I huffed "Ace I won't lie to you, I am going to die but I don't really think it'll be as soon as I anticipate it to be. So, try not to worry about this." I let him go completely and turned away from him. I can't bear to look at the hurt expression on his face. I brush it off though. I need to be strong for him, for everyone. "Please don't tell anyone about this conversation, Ace."

   We walked for a couple of hours before I decided to give up looking for the owl today. I could go a day or two without sleeping but I doubt Ace could so, we stopped. We set up camp under a large tree and lit a small fire. Ace pulled what looked like a can of soup and two spoons. He tried to hand me a spine but I declined. "No thanks Ace. I ate a lot before leaving." I don't like lying but I'm usually really good at it. Now is not one of those times. "So that means you haven't eaten in a while, great. That explains why you feel like skin and bones."

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