Kryptid

Chapter 14 : hallucinations and darts

Isabelle pov:

I walked out of Alex's room feeling very naughty. We had almost just done it. But I felt proud of myself too. I wasn't afraid because of mason anymore. I was comfortable with Alex. I put that out of mind as I got in the fuel truck. Max wanted me to go to our fuel bunker to get some gas for the cars. It was a 20 minute drive. As I drove I kept thinking about Alex. About him touching me, making my skin tingle everywhere his hands went. I put those thoughts aside. I was there.

I parked the truck in the hidden bunker and hooked up the fuel hose to fill it. It would take ten minutes to fill. I started walking around the huge bunker. There were oil and gas barrels everywhere and stacked up on each other. I wondered behind some of them when I heard voices. Max said I would be alone. Fear raced through me. I turned around and peeked around the corner. Two Phoenix soldiers were standing by the truck, i recognized them by the insignia on their arms. "Find whoevers there and bring them here" one said and the other went off searching. I frantically ripped my comm device out of my pocket and dialed the first number that popped in my head. Alex. He picked up. "Alex help me they're here I'm hiding but hurry" I whispered and hung up and the soldier turned around in suspicion. I realized Alex would never make it in time. I could die here. I was terrified. He slowly started to make his way over to me. He had a machine gun in his hands. I held my breath. He stopped. And turned back around. I let my breathe out. He whipped around and sped towards me.

I ran. I dodged my way through the maze of barrels and tripped over one. I fells to my knees as it toppled over me and gasoline soaked through my jeans and leggings. I frantically got up and started running towards the front of the hanger-like bunker. Sunlight bathed the truck and suddenly a soldier was blocking my way. Before I could say anything he un holstered his pistol and shot me. Pain bloomed in my stomach. I looked down a dart was imbedded in my skin near my belly button. Suddenly I couldn't stand. I started seeing things. Monsters. I was so scared I thought I would die. I could barely move. My vision was flickering in colors. The bunker roof twisted into a ruling mass of snakes. I screamed. Two people suddenly flew over me. I saw monster walk out of the wall and start coming to me. Couldn't move. Couldn't breath. I screamed. I felt an arm slide under my back and knees. I was being lifted. Alex's face looked over me. Then it twisted into a demon face teeth dripping with blood. I screamed and tried to escape. I couldn't stop screaming and my vision started going black. My screams died and so did I.

It was the cliff. The nightmare cliff. A storm was brewing. I turned around. Giant spiders circled me. Their teeth clattering. I whimpered and they Charged me. I screamed and they got me.

Alex was holding me. "I hate you" he whispered. Then he smiled. His teeth showed. His eyes turned black and his canines grew to inches long. I heard him hiss and he sunk his teeth sink into my throat.

Suddenly someone was holding my hand and the monsters left. A fog washed over me and I slept.

Slowly I woke up. My limbs felt like lead. My heart thumped slowly. My eyelids were made of concrete. I felt warm. But I was terrified. I was alone. No I wasn't . Someone was holding my hand. I tried opening my eyes. It took forever but finally I got them barely open. I was in a hospital bed. I was on my side. A blanket pulled up to my chin. My arm was sticking out of it and Alex was holding my hand. He was looking at me. He looked scared and worried. "Alex" I croaked out. He scooted his chair closer to the bed. "Hey babe" he said with an uneven voice. My hand hurt. I let go of his. I realized I was almost breaking his hand with how hard I was gripping it. I tried to talk again but failed. I tried and succeeded. "W-what happened" I was able to mutter out, i couldn't remember what happened or how i got here. "Shh it's ok you're safe now." Alex said. I relaxed a little. Alex was here. I was safe. But I was still scared. And I could barely move let alone keep my eyes open. "You were shot with a dart. It had a serum that caused your fear center to overload. It also had a sedative. That's why you can't move so much" he told me. I nodded. "The fear stuff should wear off along with the sedative sometime tomorrow or the day after" he continued. "The doctor said you can leave when you're ready but he wants you to rest" Alex told me gently. My stomach hurt where I had got shot. I shifted under the covers. "Take me to your room please" I pleaded to Alex, my voice barely working. He nodded I started taking off the covers slowly. It was hard to move. I realized I didn't have any pants on. "Pants?" I whispered frantically. "They were covered in gas." Alex said. "Can you walk?"  he asked. I shook my head. "I'll carry you" he said and walked over to the side of the bed. "People will see-" I said and my voice cut out. "It's 2 a.m. Everyone's asleep. I promise no one will see. I'll be fast" he reassured me. I nodded and pulled the covers off. It was cold and I was only in a shirt and my undies. He slid his arms under my legs and around me. He lifted me gently off the bed and I wrapped my arms around his neck. His own warmth started to slowly seep into me. He carried me through the dark halls quietly and quickly. I looked up and the roof started shifting. I stuffed my face into his shoulder. I was shivering. "Are you cold?" He asked. "Scared" I said in a small voice against his shirt. It smelled like him. I was safe with him. Suddenly I heard a door shut. We were in Alex's room. It was dark. He laid me gently on his bed and pulled the covers over to my shoulder. He climbed in with me. He was facing me. I tried wrapping my arms around him but I was too weak. He wrapped his arms around me instead. I rested my head against his chest. I started crying. "Shh it's ok don't cry izzy, I'm here I won't let anything happen" Alex said quietly. I couldn't stop crying for a long time. Alex hugged me close to his chest. I finally stopped crying. I was so scared and tired and weak. "Go to sleep Isabelle" he said gently. "Don't leave me" I whispered. "Never" he replied. I relaxed. Sleep was closing in. "I love you Isabelle" I heard a distant voice say and I was out.

Alex pov:

What a day. First there was this morning. Then it got progressively worse. I almost died of embarrassment while i was with max and then izzy called. I had sped so fast there I almost wrecked. When I got there I threw the two soldiers all the way into the back of the bunker. They dropped to the ground and I rushed over to Isabelle. The first thing I noticed was her eyes. Her pupils were rapidly getting huge then growing small. She was motionless on the ground. I went and picked her up. She didn't look at me for a second and I noticed the blue dart protruding from her shirt. Then she looked at me. She looked so scared. She screamed. I rushed her to the car and she passed out, going limp against me. I pulled the dart out of her. It was long and covered with a thin coat of blood. I called max and started racing back to hq. When I got there I raced to the infirmary. Doctor garrix asked me what happened. I told she got shot with some kind of dart and gave it to him. He told me to leave the room for a moment and i agreed, arguing a little as I did.

When he finally said I could come back in izzy was covered in a thick blanket. "It was a very very heavy sedative mixed with the same chemical they gave you. Fps3. It overloads the fear center of the brain for an unexpected amount of time. But she'll be ok. She'll be asleep for the next couple of days and scared but she can leave when she wants" he said and left us alone. I noticed that my arms were covered in dried gas. I remembered her pants were soaked with it, it must've gotten on me when I carried her. I left silently and almost ran back to my room. I took the fastest shower of my life changed and went back to the infirmary. When I opened the door izzy was writhing slightly in her sleep. I sat next to her and grabbed her hand. To my surprise she tripped it so hard my hand started going numb. But she relaxed. Hours passed. Then I carried her back here and now she was sleeping peacefully besides me, my arms wrapped around her. I couldn't believe I had let this happen today. Isabelle could have died. I was so stupid. I should have went with her. I would never let anything like this happen ever again, I swore to myself. Isabelle shifting slightly in her sleep and grabbed my arm weakly.

She didn't move again after that. Hours passed but I never got tired. Izzy suddenly jerked awake. "Alex" she whispered as she feebly grabbed me. "What's wrong?" I asked gently. "The nightmares won't stop" she mumbled half asleep, "Help me" I had an idea. I had never done this before but now was as good time as any to try. I felt outwards with my mind until I brushed against Isabelle's. I had only touched two other people's minds but I noticed everyone had a wall to guard their minds. But there were cracks. I could break through the wall like I had with max but that nearly knocked him out. Instead I felt my ways through the maze of cracks slowly but gently. It reminded me of water flowing through tunnels for some odd reason. Then I was In her head. It was dark but there was light in the distance. I went towards it. I stood in front of it and turned around. The darkness rushed towards me but I blocked it all. I saw hazy images. Of monsters. Of demons. But I kept it all back. Somewhere I heard izzy barely mutter thank you and I felt her fall asleep. I opened my eyes. I could feel all the dark thoughts and nightmares straining against me trying to get to izzy but I stopped them. I was in inside her head, stopping her nightmares.

We were linked together. I could feel her body and her tired muscles. It was all so weird. I also felt her mind as if it was in my head. She was asleep to I didn't see anything. I fought back her nightmares for hours. It started getting really hard to concentrate. I was also getting tired. But I couldn't stop I thought frantically. Luckily the nightmares started getting ever so slowly weaker. Then I felt Isabelle wake up. It was as if she was in my head. She was confused at first. "What's going on?" She thought to herself but I heard it. "I'm sorry. I had to get into your head. You were having nightmares. I stopped them" I thought back to her. "Thank you Alex" she said "you can stop now. I'm awake for good" she continued. I slowly retreated from her mind. After a while I was in my own head again alone. I opened my eyes. Izzy was looking at me. I felt really tired. I hadn't slept in almost a day. And fighting those nightmares was difficult. Isabelle must have seen I was tired. "Go to sleep Alex. I'm ok now" she said and my eyelids drooped. Then I was out.