The Darkest One

The Darkest One Ch. 25 Monster (Edited)

Chapter 25 Monster

My mind whirled. I wasn’t able to focus, I couldn’t think. All I could do was lean against the door and try to shut out everything. There was too much. Too much I couldn’t process, couldn’t think through. It was driving me crazy. I was missing something, I knew that. I hadn’t the foggiest idea what it was though. It was screaming loud and clear in my mind. I could see it, I could hear it, practically taste it but whenever I tried to focus in on it something distracted me. It was as if I was purposely distracting myself.

Grimshaw wanted Kole dead. Why though? He was a hound, we were all family; even more so than the angels. We were created and born from the very same essence. They all had family waiting in Aduro, none of them were actually related, unlike us. Kole was my brother.

I ran my hands through my hair in frustration. I got sidetracked again. It was right there too! Now I can’t even remember what I had been trying to do. It was important; that much I know. Okay, okay, I just had to focus. If I focused everything would fall into place.

It had too.

I was… I was… what? I was missing something? I was missing something. Okay, I was missing something. Missing what about what though? What was I missing? Where was I? I was in an office of a rundown warehouse. Why was I here? I was here be- Why was I here? What was I doing here? Practicing; I’m practicing.  Practicing what? To destroy the world, to crush it and make them pay.

Who was going to pay? Why destroy the world? This was what I was missing. How did I get here? Was I always filled with this much hate? I must have; I’m hound, of course I was. But only the most recent events were clear; hazy at best. Everything before that was foggy and unclear.

I can’t think straight in this place!

I sank to the floor, still leaning against the door. I had long ago heard Grimshaw take his leave and Damien disappear down the hall. It was just me in this room along with Kole. Kole could think straight; he was fighting Grimshaw. He might not be thinking very smartly but he was still thinking. My head snapped up and zeroed in on him. He was huddled into a corner across from me. He didn’t have his wings though. I stared at him as if he was a puzzle. Grimshaw said he had his wings so where were they?

“Where are your wings?”

Kole was quivering when he answered, “I have them… I retracted them.”

“Retracted them?” As in pulled them back into his back? Was he pretending he didn’t have them? If he didn’t see them it was true? Or was he rejecting it? Rejecting his nature? Too many questions and not enough brain power to focus.

“How did you do that?”

“You just have to imagine them pulling back into your body. It’s a hound thing. They get in the way ya know?” His voice was barely above a whisper, “Keep knocking stuff over.”

I shook my head trying to ignore him. I was off topic again. I had to focus, if I did everything would fall into place. It had too.

Okay… I was… I was what? I was… missing something? I was missing something! Yes, I was missing something! But what thou-?

“-body is worried.” Kole’s voice cut through my focus, “They want you to come home.” He sounded braver, he didn’t look like he was shaking anymore. I glanced at him curiously, where did the scared little boy go?

“What?”

“They’ll all worried, especially Drew. Everyone wants you to come home.” Sammy continued, “Before you do something you’ll regret.”