Kryptid

Chapter 10 : progression

Alex pov:

Three weeks. Three weeks went by before I even felt anything. Everything was numb to me. I was dimly aware of Isabelle and Cameron trying to bring me out of my grief. They didn't. I also hadn't said a word in three weeks. Isabelle was sad all the time watching me now. My own grief was ruining her mood. It hurt so bad to know that I had done nothing to even try to save my parents. My nightmares had come back. Combined with the fact that I couldn't fall asleep resulted in me only getting an hour or two of sleep per night. I didn't care. Isabelle and Cameron trained with me now often fighting against me. But I always won. I didn't even have to try.

Today however, I let my guard down and Isabelle ripped the gun out of my hand and flipped me by grabbing my wrist. As I laid on the floor with Isabelle looking miserably at me I realized something. Although it was my fault I shouldn't mope around. I don't deserve to cry anymore. So I got up and me and Isabelle left. Today I was driving. It was stormy out as it had been lately. Winter was coming. As I drove along the back road I took a random turn out to the middle of nowhere. An hour later I stopped the car.

Isabelle looked over at me. "Alex?" She whispered. I hadn't talked for so long it took me a moment to form the words. "I'm so sorry" I said. She burst into tears and leaned over and hugged me like a bear. "You haven't talked in weeks. I was scared I lost you" she said between cries. "I haven't heard you talk in so long. It's like you've been dead" she said. "I'm sorry" I was on the verge of tears myself. "Don't be you had reasons for it and I understand" she said. "Then why are you crying" I asked. She hugged me tighter and said. "Because I've missed you" . We sat there for a long time before she pulled away. "Are you going to be ok?" She asked looking at me questioningly, her bright blue eyes ringed with red from crying. "Yes. Maybe not now, but yes eventually" I said. She sighed and leaned on me. "Sorry for crying" she said against me. "It's ok" I said as rain began to pelt the roof of the car but we didn't care. We were simply sitting enjoying each other's presence.

I hadn't realized I had dozed off until Isabelle gently shook me awake. "Alex, hey, when was the last time you had a full night's sleep?" She asked. "Three weeks" I mumbled "nightmares" I continued. "Let me drive home" Isabelle said and we awkwardly switched places without getting out as it was now pouring out with the sky getting darker. When we switched places she started driving. "Are we lost?" I asked groggily. "No I know the area" she said. I fell asleep again and this time when I woke up we were at HQ. I got out and stumbled into the building towards my room. I didn't realize I was being followed until Isabelle was in my room with me. She shut the door behind her. "What?" I mumbled out. "I've been having nightmares too" she said "and the only time you haven't had any is with me" I just nodded and climbed into my bed. Isabelle climbed in with me and cuddled against my side. I could feel her body rub against my own and her body heat started to warm me up. I also noticed that her body fit perfectly against my own. I just realized she was already wearing shorts and a tshirt. Sleeping clothes. "Hey isabelle" I said before I fell asleep. "Yeah?" She whispered back "I" I paused building confidence "I love you" I said. I felt her hug me tighter. " I love you too Alex" she said and then I fell gently asleep.

Isabelle pov:

I was standing on a cliff. It was windy and story, the ocean churned at the bottom. A figure approached me. He was made completely out of shadow, flickering in and out. As he got to me he pointed up above the ocean. I followed where he was pointing at after a second something enormous appeared. It didn't just pop into existence it looked like I just turned off an invisibility cloak. It was massive. It looked like a giant metal diamond. I realized that it wasn't the storm that was churning the ocean, it was this things massive engines.

I jolted awake. Alex was still sleeping beside me, his room still pitch dark. I looked over at the clock. It was already noon. I hadn't had a nice sleep like that in ages and neither had Alex apparently. I gently got out of the bed so not to wake him and left the room. I headed towards max's office. When I got there I knocked. He instantly opened the door and I saw his eyes were slightly bloodshot. He hadn't been sleeping either. He greeted me friendly regardless. "Hey isabelle" he said as he slumped in his chair. "What have you been doing instead of sleeping?" I asked him. He sighed. "More and more of our facilities and safe houses are being attacked more frequently. We need to find something to end this fast. A way to get the truth out or something" he said. I nodded. Suddenly I didn't feel so good. "Hey will you ask Alex if he's ready to start going on raids and fighting the next time you see him?" He asked me. "Yeah sure" I replied casually. "Alright. I think I'm gonna go to bed now. I'll see you later" he said and we both got up and started to leave. "Oh here give this to Alex" he said as he handed me a com device. I headed back for Alex's room. I needed to lay back down. I was starting to feel really sick. When I got there Alex was still dead asleep. I locked the door behind me and set the com on his bedside table. I crawled under the blankets next to him and cuddled up close and drifted off to sleep. I woke up feeling sick to my stomach. I rushed to the bathroom and opened the toilet just in time.