Flames

Dreams

(Rushed Alastor drawing because I want d to get this chapter out fast, be ready for more chapters coming your way btw, no more hiatus!)

It had been two days since the incident, neither Angel not Alastor had woken up yet, though Alastor was stable. Angel meanwhile, they wouldn't say, they wouldn't let them into the ward, doctors rushed in and out of his ward, and no good news had arrived yet. As of now, he was clinging on to his soul.

Charlie sits next to Alastor's bed, she sighed. What could she do to help, what could she do to fix this? Alastor would've been better at handling it, so far it's been nothing but a mess. Her dad blames her, her mother isn't saying anything about the matter, demons whisper in the streets about the fire, calling it a fortunate event, the dead weight of hell being cut off. But she won't let her idea die like this, she knows that demons can be redeemed, look at Angel.

No, not Angel, not Angel, flashes of him under the rubble flood her mind, covered in burns, bleeding, not breathing. No, no, no, she holds back her tears, Alastor needed to wake up soon, she needs help from him, she doesn't know why he hasn't woken up yet, he had bad burns but other than that was in a healthy condition, she suspected it tied to his inability to teleport on that day.

What had happened? She knows Valentino set the building on fire, those were one of the bits of information Alastor had given her before diving in after Angel. But she didn't know what had led up to that, it was something to do with Angel, that was certain. But what about Alastor's powers? What had Valentino done to them? Please wake up Alastor, please just wake up.

Alastor P.O.V:
What the blazes? Why is it so loud? What is happening, I can here beeping, machines of some sort, quite a lot of yelling. What's this all about? My eyes feel heavy and I can't seem to open them. My chest feels tight, I feel so... Weak. I'm not used to this, what's even more odd is this feeling I have, it's fear I think, I haven't felt fear in so long, why am I scared.

Burning, screaming, Angel. ANGEL? Is he okay? Oh god I hope he's okay, I can't describe why or how but I want him to be okay, I want to make sure he's alright.

It's so dark, I can hear my thoughts, my voice echos through the void, I wonder if they can hear me if I'm loud enough. I can hear Charlie, I can hear her voice, her sobs, Vaggies comforting her.
"CHARLIE! CAN YOU HEAR ME! DON'T CRY MY DEAR I'M ALRIGHT!" But nothing, no matter how much I shouted, I got no response. How do I wake up? This has never happened before. I've never let my abilities diminish this much. This was all part of his plan, to get me weak so that I wouldn't be of help. I just need to rest, and then I'll wake up before I know it. It'll only be a few hours, six tops, this is me, the Radio Demon, I am powerful.

Why so this taking so long, everyone has stopped by to check in on me, wherever I am, I'm guessing a hospital, even though there's no need. But I can't tell them that now can I? I can here him every now and then, Angel. Atleast I think it's him. He sounds so, sad, he sounds like he's in pain. I want to help him, I've yelled for him, but I can't do much else to help. I don't know what happening to him, it might just be me making it all up, maybe this is double hell. But I don't think so. This is not how I will go out, there's no way, a little bit of smoke and a fight with a lesser demon. I need to stay, to find out more about this feeling, this protection I have for this spider demon. And he finally saw it, a clearing in the darkness.

No one's P.O.V:
Charlie sighed, nothing again, no stir, just his eyes closed, peacefully, she's never seen him this peaceful actually, without his upbeat voice appearing out of nowhere and large grin. It was weird.

She should leave now, Vaggie was waiting for her at her mansion, where they were staying at the moment. She looked at Alastor, squeezing his hand,
"Please Alastor, give me something." She took her hand back, realising how hard she was squeezing his hand. Looking at him, she studied his face.

What was that? Was that a twitch? Did his ear move? Was it just her? Like when she thought she heard him speaking to her? Was it her mind playing tricks on her? She blinked a few times, watching his ears. A twitch!
"Alastor! Thank Lucifer!" She held his hand, as his ears twitched more and more, and then his hands started moving, and he stirred in his bed.

Charlie grabbed pushed the button by Alastor's bed, then grabbed her phone with shaking hands, texting Vaggie,
'He's awake!'
'HE'S AWAKE?'
'Come here quickly.'
Alastor groaned, his head moving from side to side, his eyes flickered open, squinting at Charlie.
"Charlie?" He croaked, coughing. Charlie smiled at him, her eyes glinting with tears,
"Yes Alastor?" She said. Alastor sat up and rubbed his forehead with the palm of his hand.
"Where am I?" He asked, rubbing his eyes, his face serious and lacking his normal smile.
"Your in the hospital. You've been out for two days. Are you feeling okay?" Charlie asked, reaching for his arm.

Alastor pulled away, taking in a deep breath,
"I'm fine, where is Angel? Where is Vå1æñt!πø." His name was bearly recognisable under all of the static as his name was spat out in anger by Alastor, as he stood out of his bed.

Charlie jumped up from his chair,
"Woah! Can you sit back down Al? I know your probably fine but I think we need an okay from the doctors before you can leave you bed." She said, trying to block him, he flickered in and out of the space before teleporting past her.
"Where is Vå1æñt!πø?" He asked again, his head turning towards Charlie.
"Valentino? I'm not sure, you can't go after him right now, we need a plan, he's a powerful overlord Al. You can't go after him right now." Alastor didn't respond, he just walked out of the ward, ignoring the doctor who was yelling at him, pushing past him,
"Alastor! Don't go, you need to calm down." Charlie said, running after him.

Alastor continued to walk away, teleporting farther away from Charlie as the tried to run to catch up to him. He exited the hospital and Vaggie pulled up with Husker and Nifty, they all ran towards him, he sighed,
"I just want to go on a walk." He said, before teleporting and being nowhere in sight. Charlie made eye contact with Vaggie, her face worried,
"What are we going to do?"