Fighting for the Lost (Sebastian's Daughter Book 4) (COMPLETE)

Chapter 3

Third Person POV:

Sebastian glanced quizzically at Samantha, who sighed and walked into the hallway. Sebastian followed, and closed the door, separating themselves from the others.

Samantha glanced down both directions of the hall, making sure no one was there or listening in. It was clear.

"What's wrong with Selena?" Sebastian asked, his concern evident.

Samantha took a deep breath, then told him.

"Selena has been exhausted ever since we left the lab. She only woke up once on the way here, and then went right back to sleep. She woke up after we got here, and I explained everything to her, but then she went to sleep again, and every time after that, she's had the same horrible nightmare."

"Nightmare?" Sebastian wasn't really surprised; his daughter had been living a nightmare for the past couple of months.

"Well, for one, it starts out with her back in the forest where her cage was, surrounded by millions of dead scientists and hunters. And when she flies away from them, she said it starts pouring blood rain, and the only place she can go to escape it is the lab."

Sebastian didn't like the sound of that. He had never wanted Selena to go back in there, even if it was only in a dream. She wouldn't be able mentally to be in the same building where her mother was killed.

Samantha continued. "Next, she finds herself walking to the room where Angelica was killed. She told me she opened up the room, and Angelica was standing there, holding a dead Alex in her arms, with a horrible look of blood lust.

"She said she runs for the door, but when she gets there, you open it. Apparently, you're standing there in the doorway, not a drop of the blood rain on you and the same look as Angelica's on your face. Then you back her into a corner and attack her. But she ducks around you and escapes into the rain, where she hears me calling for her and wakes up, scared out of her mind."

"She's still exhausted? How long has she been awake?"

"About eight hours or so, sir."

Sebastian nodded, then turned and entered the room. Selena was sitting in the bed, playing checkers with Finny, who was standing beside her. Alex was sitting next to Selena, and Maria was standing on the other side.

"I win!" Selena exclaimed. The others laughed. Selena glanced up at the doorway and froze, then quickly looked away.

Sebastian could see her exhaustion just by looking at her. Her eyelids seemed to droop, there were dark circles under her eyes, and she leaned against Alex, resting her eyes occasionally before jerking them back open.

Sebastian approached his daughter and sat on the bed beside her. She remained frozen in place, staring away from him.

He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. She still refused to move.

He looked into his daughter's tired eyes. "Get some sleep. We won't let anything happen to you." He gave her a small smile, and her frozen body seemed to melt. She relaxed in his embrace, remembering the comfort of her father, and happy he was back with her.

***

Selena seemed to fall asleep almost immediately. Sebastian held her.

"What did you do to her at the lab, Sebastian?" Maria asked. "When you made her fall asleep? Did you just do it again?"

"It's nothing that can hurt her, and it definitely didn't cause her immense amount of drowsiness. It's just a little something to help her rest. It's her illness causing her exhaustion; that and overexertion."

"But-"

"I used to do it to her all the time when she got sick or couldn't sleep. It's harmless."

They sat in silence for a while, before there was a bright light outside. Sebastian nodded to Samantha, who opened the window.

A moment later, the light faded, and in the room was an angel.

"Glad you could make it, Angelina," Sebastian said.

"Wait, why is she here?" Finny asked, confused.

"I have Selena's medicine for Maria to examine and see if she can duplicate. There isn't much left, and we have stopped making it, considering there are no other of her kind left besides her and her brother.

"And Selena is the only one with the disease?"

Angelina nodded to Finny. "It is a very expensive medication to produce, and the ingredients are rare to us. But I thought someone who lives on Earth would have more of a chance to find the ingredients, and maybe find something more common that will work the same way."

Maria took the bottle from Angelina. "I'll do my best, but don't you have any more? We could give one to Selena and I could try to break down the other one."

The angel shook her head. "I am afraid they would only allow me the one, and they refused to let me have the list of ingredients."

"Why would they not let you have the ingredients if they've quit making it?"

"Because if it is used by anyone other than someone like Selena, it would be very dangerous. Many people used to use it for drug purposes, but after the high experienced, it could leave you dead."

"So this won't cure her, but it will help, correct?" Maria asked.

Angelina nodded. "There is no cure for her illness, I am afraid. But this will give her her strength back and she should be as good as new for a while."

Just then, Selena began to stir. Sebastian held her tighter, and Samantha ran to her side. "She's having the dream again." She looked to Sebastian. "Should we wake her?"

Angelina stepped forward. "Step back, child," she said, motioning for Samantha to move. She did so, and Angelina placed her hand on Selena's forehead. She closed her eyes, and focused on her abilities. A moment later, she entered Selena's mind, hoping to give her comfort.