The Five Souls - The Beginning

Chapter 12 - lovely night to be Chased

as I walked out into the night air there was a slow cool breeze. the malt shop was like a mile away from the house so I just walked to the shop. tonight just so happened to be a blood moon. just recently I went to a movie about vampires that are only allowed to get out on nights when the moon is full but on the nights when the blood moon comes out the big vampires come out and try to take over as much land as they can before the nights out. a whole bunch of monster hunters come together and have to stop the bloodsuckers from taking over the town and turning people into vampires. 

as silly as the theme was it still gave me a shiver. but it gave me a thought. why can't I be free why can't I just let my powers go? why can't I just tell everyone? But our government isn't exactly accepting of superpowers. plus not everyone is good so what's to say the government won't try and run tests on me? 

But the worst part about the blood moon was that Mom was obsessed with the idea that there was something more to it. she was a bit of a conspiracy theorist. the rumors that I heard about danax actually came from mom. She believed there was something extraterrestrial about the place. she found articles that had pictures and mentions of our town hiding a secret facility. then the things everyone saw go in and out were just odd. But now that I have seen it I wouldn't be surprised. the mess that's going on in my life is crazy but makes sense. even if she's wrong she was right about the high-tech side of it. the machines looked insane. maybe the boss is working with the government and it's some sort of off-the-books location. it would explain the unstableness of the boss and shade but why? why leave something so big in the hands of a bunch of crazy people? it doesn't make sense. 

as I was thinking about this I heard a noise and looked to my left where the sound came from.

"Hello," I yelled. I was met with the quiet rustle of the leaves as an answer.

Just thinking the wind was blowing leaves I ignored it. when I looked ahead of me I noticed a flicker of a fire. the closer I got I realized that it was a trash fire. As I looked at it there was a sudden motion to my left. I jumped back and let out a breath of air as a woman in a tattered cloth waddled up to me and asked "Can you spare me some money?"

"of course. Have a blessed night" I said as I handed her 30 dollars. 

About half a mile passed the homeless person I heard another noise from behind. I turned to see who was walking up behind me but no one was there. "odd" I thought out loud.

"odd indeed." said a voice in front of me. I turned suddenly hearing the voice. but was met with nothing. no one was in front of me. confused I just continued walking feeling like someone was watching me. Then there was a hand on my shoulder. I turned to face whoever was touching me. A person with long hair in a cloak was looking at me. I couldn't get the actual face as the shadow made it look like a shadow of black.

"Who are you?" I said staring at the cloaked figure. 

"Oh, my dear child you don't recognize your own mother?" said the cloaked figure in my mom's voice. 

"ho.. how are you here," I said confused.

"what do you mean? I'm a ghost son" said the figure in my mom's voice. How was this possible am i seeing things or is she an actual ghost? no, she can't be she was a good person.

"no.. no you..you were a good person you can't be here. you should be in heaven or something like that," I say stuttering feeling sadness rushes over me.

"Well, I can't be in heaven if I have a demon for a son?" the voice said coldly.

"what Mom how can you say that?" Tears were starting to rush down my face.

 "doing drugs, beating up innocent kids, destroying lockers, and insulting people. " with a malicious smile she reached out for me.

"no, you do not understand," I say stepping backward