Caidoz

Chapter 10- Friend Or Foe?

   I squinted my eyes open, taking in the darkness of blue sky. Every breath hurt though as far I could tell nothing seemed broken. Can I move? I tightened my back muscles, flexing them slightly.  An odd warmth at my right arm frightened me, every impulse telling me to look. I became aware of the sound of pops and crackles. Leo is a fire Caidozian. Shakily, I rolled into a sitting position, using little but my back. A gentle blaze of a fire flickered light upon the scene, casting shadows and spreading ash into the wind. Hazily, a shadow came into closer clarity from the others. The silhouette of a man crouching by the burning kindle.

  My eyes widening, and my body became rigid. Was this one of Leo's men who had actually jumped off a cliff to follow me? Talk about commitment, I thought.  I didn't move for he seemed not to have hurt me when I was unconscious, if he thought I was still unconscious, he may leave me until I show signs of waking.
   However, he turned his head my way before I could feign anything. His eyes were soft on me until he saw I was awake. He came closer to the fire and I realized he was not a man at all.

   A boy that appeared around fourteen with silver-grey hair and pale skin sat before me. He wore brown pants with black straps attaching a small bag to his right leg and he wore two complex daggers with curved sharpened points at either side of his waist. He had a light brown shirt with a black jacket covering him. He also had blue leather straps across his chest, though they contained no weapons. On his head were aviator goggles with dark turquoise rims and black straps.

   His eyes were the thing I found odd. A beautiful blue with a green rim around them. They sharpened when they saw I was awake.
   I flinched at the criticism in them. "Where... where am I?" I asked.

    He turned away from me, ignoring my question.
   "Where is the dog?" I tried, but to no avil. I reached out to feel his emotions, but I felt nothing, not even my own. I began to panic, for without my powers, I was lost in the intuitive world. I relaxed as I remembered my Caidozian energy flow was probably at extremely low levels and I would probably recover. Probably.

    "I do not beileve I had made your aquintence." I said, indicating that I was asking for his name.
   He glanced at me, but continued to show disdain.
   I felt completely alone. No one is here with me other than this strange boy, not mom, not dad, not even Homam.

    I had always envied my mother for her silent but beautiful tears when she cried. When I cried, my face became red and the tears left my face spotted. After all that happened, I couldn't stop the flow of tears from falling from my eyes. Completely alone...

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      I looked up from my deep thoughts at the sound of sobbing. If there was ever a soul that knew that that sound it was I. Sneaking a glance at the girl, I saw in horror that she was crying. Not just any tears, painful memory tears. I hestitate, my eyes falling to my side purse, then I realized I had been rude, if only slightly.

"Please, don't cry...." I said, though I knew it would made no difference. "Sorry about my attitude, it has been a while since I have spent time with anyone. Please, I'm sorry."
   The girl covers her face with heavy sniffles.
   I came to her side. I saw her face becoming tear streaked, and blotted with red sploutches, making her look more alien-like.

   She uncupped her hands, but continued to cry horribly.
   I looked at her eyes and almost jumped out of my skin. They appeared to have turned a shade of blue. Memories came shooting at me and I knew that if I let her be to cry alone, she may never recover, may never care about anything ever again. I could not allow her to suffer the same fate as someone I very closely had once knew.