The Fallen Alpha

Chapter 30: Oh My Demons

  After Sloane was found, her body was moved back to the room they had had the meeting in. She was laid down on one of the seat with a cushion pillow to support her head. She looked so peaceful but one could tell by her pale skin and lips, her nonexisting heartbeat, and the black color that was moving upwards her hand, that she was having a troubling rest.
"I can't believe this happened to her" Fernanda said "From what we've heard, the curse has moved from Lady Virginia to Sloane"
"And it's all because we didn't listen to Mackenzie" Rosco grumbled before looking at Mackenzie who was also laid down on another seat, sleeping. She had tears at the conners of her eyes which made Rosco wonder ‘Can she still feel presences while she's asleep?’
   Nathan stood to the side of the room away from the others and it looked like the frown on his face increased with every passing moment. He looked like he was annoyed yet in pain and uncomfortable at the same time.
"Nathan" Dante's voice called out to him and he looked at Dante "Can you come over here and strip for a sec?" He asked and everyone looked at him strangely
"Why would you ask him to do that?" Cassandra asked and Dante shrugged
"He isn't complaining" Dante said nonchalantly "He already knows the reason why"
"Excuse me?" Nathan let out
"Stop pretending, Nathan" Dante said "Off with your shirt and let me see your back" he said in a serious tone as a devious and eerie aura was being released from him "And do it quickly. I don't want to have to use force" he added.
   Nathan sighed as he reached for the hem of the black tee-shirt before taking it off and holding it in his hands.
"Your back" Dante reminded and Nathan turned around which made them gasp as he rested his head on the wall
"What the hell is that?" Natasha asked as she stared at Nathan's back in disbelief. She wanted to touch it but Nathan flinched
"Don't" He said in a low growl "Don't touch it"
   On Nathan's back, something seemed to be being burnt or engraved on his back. It was faint but it was clear whatever it was, was dark red in color. Looking at the design that was meant to cover his whole back, it looked liked a menacing skull with long horns that started from his shoulders and moved downwards to meet with the sides of the skull.
"That's really cool" Jerald said and he had gotten some weird stares from everyone "What? Don't you all think it's a cool tattoo too?" He asked
"It might be cool. But Nathan is definitely experiencing a level of pain he's not used to" Dante said as he pointed at Nathan.
   Nathan was sweating and each time a line that made the tattoo, appeared, steam would be released from Nathan's back while the sweat would burn off and evaporate. As for Nathan, he would try his best not to grunt or make any sound.
"Today has been a weird day" Allen said
"Tell me about it" they all let out and Clark moved to start checking on Sloane
"The good news is, Sloane's not dead" Clark said as he held her wrist while avoiding the part that had been tainted black "The bad news is, she's also not alive. It's a similar case to the one Lady Virginia was suffering" he said
"Mickey is also yet to wake up" Alexa said "And I still don't understand how she was able to do what she did today"
"Are you sure the child is even human?" Rielle asked
"Even I wondered that when I met her brother" Alexa said "He took the fact I was a vampire relatively easy and never told anyone. He also acted as a daily blood supply for me. He was able to hide and even me, a vampire close to the lord level, couldn't find him, unless he let me" she said with a sigh "Like I said before, the Connor family is an abnormality among humans. They're special but to what degree and how special each person is, that is what I don't know"
"That....is truly abnormal" Rosco murmured
"I get this feeling her case is similar to Sloane's when we first met her" Clark said "Even now, Sloane still smells to werewolves and vampires, like a human. But she's a tribrid. Something extremely rare because tribrids aren't easy babies to make. If the genes disagree with each other, instead of a single tribrid, you get three beings with the three different genes, one in each of their bodies. The same could be said about hybrids, but, it's only two genes being mixed together so there's a high chance of succession" he explained
"Are you trying to say Mackenzie might be something extremely rare and new?" Rosco asked
"Something like that" Clark said before looking at Rosco "Is it just me, or have you gotten bolder and a bit chatty too?" he asked and Rosco blushed
"I just decided to talk more" Rosco said
"You don't even talk like this back at home" Jerald said with an all knowing smile "Something or someone is making you talk more" he said and Rosco glared at him
"Either ways, Mackenzie's case can be handled later" Clark said "The problem now is Sloane....." he said but his voice trailed off as he stared at Nathan ".....and maybe Nathan too" he said and everyone looked at Nathan
   The last outline of the tattoo had been engraved and just like the others, when it was done, steam released from Nathan's back and his sweat had burnt off and evaporated. Nathan took in deep breaths before the tattoo lit up and disappeared. His muscles finally relaxed and the pain he was experiencing, became nonexistent; as though nothing ever happened to him.
"Did anyone else see what I just saw?" Christian asked just to make sure he wasn't seeing things but the look on the others faces spoke volumes as Nathan stopped resting his head on the wall and put on his shirt like nothing happened
   Although they could see the frown on his face and the dark look in his eyes that clearly stated he was uninterested in the topic at hand, they simply chose to ignore him.
"Is there a chance of Sloane waking up?" Josey asked
"There is but, it's complicated and I'm not even sure it'd work" Clark said
"Spit it out already" Nathan said and Clark sighed
"In order for us to wake Sloane up, there needs to be a power equal to her own, or even slightly greater" Clark explained while Nathan walked over to where Sloane was and slightly tilted her head to align with his face.
   What he did next, left everyone in the room with blank faces
"Oh my demons" Alexa muttered while staring at Nathan and Sloane