Timeless and Bliss #wattys2016

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

His face, it was back, and quickly shifting into another painfully recognizable face. I was here. I was here with the fire blazing around me. The cries came from all over calling out the names of the loved ones they'd never see again. And so did he, or should I say them. One moment he was my brave father, the man I'd always admired and loved unconditionally. The next was the face of the man I had been falling for since my eyes had ever rested on his angelic chiseled face.

It was surreal. Everything that took place in this war zone was undeniably real, yet I felt my body stir and a pair of cold hands were placed on my heated face. I was here in the false battle, but I also knew I was in the vehicle with the others. So which is real? The questioned burned through my mind. Maybe a part of me was schizophrenic, not being able to distinguish reality from my imagination. That must be it.

The surrounding fire had ceased and I could see those eyes that were full of every emotion imaginable. Felix. His hand extended towards me. A simple plea for help. I needed to save him, or rather them. I followed his actions feeling my fingers graze the palm of his hand. Tears swelled in my eyes just before I could grip onto him. Orange and red flames burst from the ground. I was quick to pull back but my hand was a bit slow, lingering long enough to blister in the scorching fire. Falling to the ground, I felt myself begin to slip. I was slipping away to the names calling out at me, to the chilled hands shaking me conscious. I slipped until that became my reality.

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"Blaize," It was not one voice, but a mixture of them.

"She's not waking up," I tried to hold onto the voices. I listened closely. The words began to slur and the voices were coming in and out of my head.

"What...we..do? "The voice was soft, A.J. I tried grasping onto their words, onto their voices. I was stuck. I wasn't here nor there. I needed to pull through the thick heavy blackness and find my way back. How did I get here? The battle field had disappeared. Usually I would wake up to the real world. But here I was, nowhere, and stuck. I aimlessly wandered about following the mixture of voices. To find my way back I needed to find out where I was to begin with. And then....

"Her eyes are opening!" I heard Atrix exclaim. Faces surrounded me hovering above my face as if I were an experiment and they were studying me. I could see their mouths moving, exchanging words. Not a sound was heard at first, but ever so slowly I regained my hearing, tuning in to what they were saying.

"My head is throbbing," I winced at the migraine beginning to take over.

"Yeah that'll happen," A.J spoke.

"Wh-What do you mean it happens?" I asked. The siblings exchanged looks questioning just how much information they should reveal.

"Where's Felix?" I sat up quickly looking over the back seat. I released my breath. He laid there, eyes still closed, chest still rising and falling. He was alive, but for how much longer?

"He hasn't woken up yet," Malakai said. He was so peaceful and it was painful knowing I couldn't do anything to help him regain consciousness.

A sudden uneasy feeling settled in, almost like I was back in a dream. I needed to touch him. I needed to know this wasn't my imagination playing tricks on me. My hand reached out and gently stroked his cheek. It was rough from not shaving and sweat dripped along his face. Dirt was smudged across his chin and forehead, regardless of his appearance he was alluring and very real. An abrupt discomfort, aching feeling shot up my hand. I pulled back instantly grabbing ahold of my wrist. As if that was going to stop the burning sensation.