O' What The Brain Can Do

Chapter XI: My Guardian Angel

      I watched as the two men argued. Seraven was certainly way more calm than Aliester. However, Aliester made more points. I still had to talk to Aliester though. "Aliester!" The two stopped arguing for what felt like the first time in hours, "I need to speak with you. In. In private." He looked a little curious and followed me upstairs and into one of Seraven's guest rooms. "Look Aliester, I don't remember the day, but I'm sure you do." He looked confused. "Aliester, I... I'm pregnant. With your child." His face was in a bit of shock. He never denied it once. He knew what he had done. Bastard. He simply walke dout of the room. Down the stairs. And out the house.

    I walked slowly downstairs. I felt a bit broken. Seraven was still downstairs. Sitting on the couch. Waiting as if he had already known the outcome of our conversation. "He can't handle some things." I sat down. I started crying. Seraven must not have been sure what to do for a crying female at all by the way I sensed him panicking. I cried and cried. Put my hand on my stomache and cried. I felt Seraven's hands on my shoulders and something touch the back of my head. I was now in darkness. Pure darkness enveloped me.

     Seraven was standing there in front of me. "Bella, don't cry. Everything will be ok. Don't cry." I came back into reality and saw him standing in front of me. I felt oddly relaxed and calm. He took me upstairs, showed me a guest room, and put me to sleep. That night I had a strange dream.

     She was sitting in the bushes, long dark hair covering her chest and lower regions. She was holding an odd shaped fruit. She turned to the fruit and took a bite. Blood dripped from the fruit and down her chin. Her eyes burned a bright yellow. She looked at me. A large pointed tongue covered in thick saliva curled out of her mouth. Her jaw fell, tearing the skin into string like material. The fruit turned black and shriveled into dust. The fruits on the trees and bushes turned into hearts. She flung her tongue at each strange berry and licked them up into her long throat. Her fingers were long and pointed just like her legs. A hole was where her heart was. I saw her ribs and the empty gab. As she ate the hearts, they filled the gap. A fire lit in the background. It burned through the hole in her chest. The hearts vanished. She reverted to the human form and cried. She put her hands on her head and cracked her skull. She pulled out her own brain and ate it. Her eyes rolled back and blood poured out of them as she mindlessly chewed her brain.

     I woke up after that. I didn't know what it all meant. I didn't want to think about it. I got out of bed and went downstairs. Seraven was eating something I couldn't identify. The smell screamed fish but the looks were otherwise. He must've noticed me watching, because he immediately downed the strange food and threw the plate in the sink. "Good morning, Bella." He was a rather friendly and generous person, beating all those stereo types the all Intele are crazy lunatics. I mean, I barely know this guy but he let me stay in his house. "Do you want me to leave?" He seemed a little disappointed. "No, you don't have to. Eat something. What do you like?" What did I like? I usually just ate a bagel or cereal.

      I decided on just some buttered toast. I had started feeling hungrier than usual. I didn't want to be that large of a burden. Besides, I still didn't fully trust him. I don't even know if he watched me sleep or just acted like a normal guy. "Bella, I know Frostbite is your mentor, but it is nice to learn from other types of Intele as well. Say, you can watch how I fight," he looked down, "They don't give ranks 3 through 1 an apprentice because we're 'too dangerous' for them. It would be nice to show skills to someone." He looked genuinely sad. I wonder, if he wishes he was a lower rank. Or not even in AbSenseMiND. He acts a kinder and less cocky compared to the others. Or was this some sort of act?

     I decided that with this hell I've been going through, I didn't really give a single shit and went with him. I wasn't sure if h was going to just show me what he could do or actually slaughter the daylights out of someone when it grew dark outside. "Alright, I have nothing better to do. Also you kind of saved my ass, I wasn't sure if Aliester was going to try and kill me or not." He chuckled. "Besides, how did you get so powerful? Or into AbSense for that matter?" His face changed into a more stern look. "I was raised in this lifestyle. Let's just leave it as that, got it?"

     He didn't talk much after that. I asked him if Aliester had returned while I was sleeping. He just shook his head signifying no. I sighed. I was well aware that Seraven was still caught up on the question I asked him. Whatever this man held in his past must have been dark. I decided not to look into it with him. He made I clear he wouldn't answer. I decided to try and focus on my own abilities. He also made it clear by not showing me anything now that he was going to kick some ass later on. Great. More murder. Unless, he was going after someone else and not actually killing them. I hoped the second one. I used my mind to lift the plate from the sink. I turned on the water and decided to try and wash the dish. Seraven's phone rang loudly.

     Startled by this noise, I dropped the dish and cleaning supplies, shattering them. "Damnit." I heard Seraven burst into laughter as he answered the phone. My face grew hot. Bastard. He began talking on the phone and walked upstairs. I turned to the news to see what was on. "A woman's body was found dead in a small alley way. A hole was ripped into her chest and her head was crushed. She was found to be missing her heart and parts of her brain. What appeared to be bite marks were on her body however there is no sign of rape. The way her body was found makes this case especially odd. The girl's name showed she was Katelyn Hillary. If you have any information on this death or saw anything, please report it as soon as possible. In other news..." I gagged. I felt sick. I saw that happen. That woman was dead now.

     I ran to the bathroom vomiting up all I had eaten. Aliester did this. He killed a woman and ate her. Oh God. I threw up again. I had seen this happen, but somehow it was worse knowing the media knew. I flushed the toilet and gurgled some water before leaving the bathroom. My God, there was another crime on the goddamn news. I needed to stop watching this. I turned off the TV. Seraven came downstairs. "I'm taking you to the base."