Dead To Me

5.

4:31 PM

Louriza keeps changing her eyes from normal to completely black. It must be entertaining her because she hasn't stopped since we started walking. At least she's taking her mind of the spirit stuff. It upsets her. I don't like when she gets upset.

She suddenly stops and squeezes my hand. She looked weak. She must've forgot that using her powers take up energy.

I take the bottle out her backpack and give it to her. She quickly drinks a bit. I then see her tattoos start to appear darker. Maybe drinking blood helps her control her powers more.

" Do you feel better? " I ask. She nods. I sigh and wrap my arm around her. She looks down at the ground as we walk. Mickeey turns our way and looks at Louriza.

" Hey don't worry. We'll get there soon. It's only a few miles down. And if anything gets in our way I've always got this, " He says and pulls out his gun. He aims it in front of him and pretends to shoot it. " Pew Pew, Boom Headshot! "

Erika grabs the gun out his hand. " Don't play with that Mickeey. It's dangerous. "

" She does have a point. Plus we shouldn't solve all our problems with violence. " I tell him. He crosses his arms and pouts.

Louriza then stops and stands in one spot. She looks straight ahead as she started to change form. What was happening?

" I remember she told me she changes automatically when someone she has to kill is near by. She can't control it. " Erika tells us. Louriza never told me that.

" Aw yeah Action Time! " Mickeey says and sits on a log. Erika rolls her eyes and sits next to him. She gives him back his gun.

Who could she possibly wanna kill? We're in the middle of the forest, Who would be out here?

Louriza then starts to grow wings as her feet start to lift off the ground. I have to do something about this.

" I'm stopping her. " I say. I slowly walk towards Louriza. I feel someone pull me back. I turn and see Erika. " What are you doing? "

" You're gonna get hurt. Her spirit form doesn't know any of us like she does. If we get in her way we might get killed. The only way for us to stop her is to injure her. "

I look at Louriza as she starts to fly higher. I then turn to Mickeey. He was amazed by Louriza's powers not knowing how dangerous it is. " Mickeey, I need you to shoot her. "

" Wha- Are you crazy? "

" Just do it, she'll heal immediately! " I tell him. He takes a deep breath before aiming at Louriza. He shoots, Hitting her in her leg and a wing. She then lost her balance and fell quickly to the ground. Everything changed back to normal except her eyes partially.

  I run over to her. She looked scared, more than she usually would. I went to hold her hand but she shook her head and backed away. She wasn't breathing normally. She then got up quickly, somehow not feeling pain from the shots. " We have to run. " She says.

" Why? "

" Someone is coming for me. We'll talk about later, just run! " She tells us.

We all then run quickly through the forest, following Louriza. I wonder who's she's running from.

We soon stop running. I can't believe we caught up with Louriza, that girl is quicker than Flash.

Louriza sits down on a nearby log. Her eyes back to normal. She sighs as I sit next to her. She then looks at her leg. " Did you guys shoot me?! "

" We were trying to stop you from changing. " I tell her.

" Did anyone get hurt? I run pretty fast, it runs in my family. "

" Erika got bitten by a snake on her arm. But lucky it wasn't a poisonous snake. "

" Oh, Maybe you should wrap it up for her. " She says, taking out another bandage strap and giving it to me. I nod and walk over to Erika. Mickeey was hugging her as she looked at the sky. I could tell she wanted to cry but she stayed strong.

" Hey, don't worry. Everything will be okay. Just don't think about it. " I tell her. She doesn't respond. I then wrapped up her arm. " All done. How's that? "

" It's fine. " She whispers. I sigh at her reply, She doesn't talk to me like she does the others. I wonder why..

Louriza walks over to us. Mickeey then sits up straight. " Why we're we running? " He asks.

" One of my old friends who got cursed with me, he's trying to kill me before I get to Winnipeg. We were ordered to compete for our freedom. I have killed more people than him, so now he's out to get me. If I destroy the bodies without him, then I'll be free but he wont. He'll be cursed forever. " She says.

" What's his name? " I ask.

It takes a second before she finally says, " Alex Eling. "