Symbiosis

|Chapter 21|

POV Leo:

Darkness was all I could see, I couldn't feel anything, but as I laid on the ground, I listened to the sounds that filled this void, listening to the voices surrounding me...

"Noooo Papa! Papa!"

"Mikey help me get these kids off of him, I need to check his vitals!"

"Bro stop!- Ack- Donnie you're scaring them!"

The voices spoke around me, arguing amongst one another, pushing up from the ground, I looked around the darkness, 'loud...too loud...', why was it so loud...

Walking away from the noise, I wrapped my hands around myself, and my eyes felt heavy as I stepped further and further away from the sounds, away from the arguing. Lifting my hands I wrapped the palms of my hands over my eyes, closing my eyes as tight as I could, my teeth grinding against each, listening as their voice slowly got louder and louder, and the sound of ringing filled my ears.

"Stop..."

I whispered as I continued to walk, my hands never falling from the side of my head as I slowly walked faster and faster, gripping the side of my face, I pinched my skin harder and harder, yet for some reason I couldn't feel anything...

I couldn't feel the pain...

"Stop..."

"Stop"

"Stop"

"Stop"

"Stop"

"STOP"

"STOP"

"Leonardo..."

Everything felt silent as the soft voice broke the noise, lifting my head, I looked around but as I looked forward, there she was...

"GramGram?..."

My knees gave out and fell to my feet, I watched as she walked forward, I tried to speak, to say something to her, but nothing came out out of my mouth, my jaw chattered as my words trembled, my throat and eyes stung as I reached out for her, noticing the gentle smile appear on her face...

"Hello Leonardo...how have you been?"

She walked towards me, and helped me up from my knees, letting me sit on the ground right next to her, but for some reason I didn't speak, staring at my hands as I rubbed my thumb along my palm

"Hm...then how are the kids...How is Venom..."

I froze, turning towards GramGram, I squeezed my hand and looked back down at my hand, watching as the nail dug deeper and deeper into my palm, yet I couldn't feel it

"Wha-what?"

"You think I didn't know about them? Krisa Karai and Jay Lou?"

It was strange...

Her voice sounded so calm as she spoke, yet I could feel my heart racing, pounding in my head as she said their names, sweat dripping down my forehead.

"And I must say..."

She lifted her hand, waving something over in the darkness, I tried to see what she saw, to see what she wanted to come over so badly, but as the dark figure walked out, I could tell in a moment who it was...

"Venom?"

Switching back and forth between the two, I feared Karai would take him down, that she would kill him before she ever got to know him, but as she reached for his hand bringing him down to join us, her soft smile never left her face as she turned towards me