Torn

Chapter 13 Run

Leonardo

My chest tightened, my heart pounded in my ears.

She loved me?

Her head rested on mine, trickles of tears drop onto my cheeks and rolled down the side of my face. I reached my hand up to her head, being shocked to find what seemed to me hair. I entwined my fingers in it and rubbed the back of her head. I looked up, glancing at her soft pink skin.

"Alese, are you..."

Her head lifted up, she grabbed my hand and moved it to the side of her cheek. My fingers brushed over her round ears, feeling the new cartilage and skin. My eyes adjusted, I could see her face clearly. Tears ran down her rosy cheeks and trailed down into the corners of her pink lips. She eyes where lined with soft lashes and eyebrows to further captivate her emotions. She had a round nose that was slightly crooked and was dotted with light brown spots. Her short brown hair was parted to the side with a few stray hairs wave in the air.

"You're so beautiful Alese."

Her pupils dilated and squeezed my hand.

"You have no idea for how long and how bad I've been wanting to say that."

She gave a faint smile.

"Then you should have said it dork."

"Yah."

We both laughed at our childishness, enjoying this little break from madness.

"Where the hell are they?!"

We were both sucked back into reality. They were looking for us. I slipped my hand out from her and pushed her away.

"Go."

"Not without you."

"Alese, we've wasted to much time! You've gotta get out of here!"

She gave a harsh and sad glare. She bit her lip, and slipped her knees out from under me. She grabbed me under my arms and tried to lift me. Another wave of blazing pain struck me.

"Alese! Stop! I can't!"

"No shit if you don't try!"

I let out a silent scream as I pushed myself to get up. A heavy weight on my back pulled me down, but me and Alese managed. I clinged onto her, my knees where buckling under the incredible wight being put on them. She kept looking at my back with a worried expression.

"What's going on? Is something back there?"

"Uh..."

I turn my head to look back, but she forcefully turns my head back at her. She suddenly places her lips on mine. I inhale deeply in shock. She presses harder, and I lean in response. She tasted sweet and warm, but I can't imagine what I must taste like, probably vomit. She leaned in a bit deeper and yanked my head closer. I felt a huge weight being lifted off my back and a jolt of energy and will return. I stifled a small moan, I felt a small grin on Alese before pulling away. A small string of saliva broke between us.

"Gotcha!"

A man slipped into view with a gun aiming it at us. I pushed Alese to the side, moving here out of the line of fire.

Blood splattered on the floor, Alese stumbled to the ground.

"Alese!"

I lunged forward at the man, ready to rip his head of. My hands were firmly gripping his neck. He fired another shot next to my ear, a sharp, painful sound rang. I lifted his head up and slammed it into the ground. There was a crack from either the floor, or his skull. I stared down in horror of what I had just done, blood began to flow into the cracks in the concert floor. I lifted his limp head again and through it back down. And again, and again. My arm began to rhythmically jurk up and down over and over. A strange feeling of insanity and delight consumed me. I felt myself began to smile.

"Leo! Stop! LEO STOP!!"

I was torn back to reality, a force ripped my grasp from the man's soiled collar. Alese held her bleeding are tightly. Her eyes were filled with tears and anger, she took a few steps back like she was afraid of me.

"Alese, I-"

I reached my hand out, a strange wave of energy came out. Alese flew back on to the wall, she screamed out in pain on impact.
I immediately retracted my hand, hugging it into my chest.

What the fuck is happening to me?

I felt something cold and smooth wrap around my leg, I looked down to my horror to see a thin black tentacle snake around. Another one comes and goes around my chest and more and more start wrapping around various places. Where the hell are these things coming from? I look behind me, to see the black tentacles sprouting out of my back. I resist against them, trying to tear myself away from this monster that's taking hold. I kick and scream, but it only made it stronger. I dropped down, lying on my side as the extension squeeze tighter and tighter.

I look in front of me, Alese stood there shaking. I could already hear a wave of guards coming down the hall.

"Run, Alese!"

She remained frozen.

"Run!!"

Tears slipped down her face. She bolted out the door, giving a small sorrowful glance before she disappeared down the hall.

The men were getting closer, and closer to catching Alese. They probably thought we were already miles down the halls.

"HEY! IM IN HERE!! OVER HERE!"

Maybe twenty men entered in, and a few others with white coats followed. One of them I instantly recognized.

They injected me again with the painful paralyzing liquid and after put a huge metal cuff on me. The black thing almost instantly retracted.

They lifted me up onto a hospital bed and began to roll me down the halls. I felt myself falling asleep, but I tried desperately to stay awake. I couldn't do anything else to help Alese, she was on her own.

"... run, Alese... run..."