Primal Inheritance: Freedom [COMPLETED]

Chapter 35: Sitting on a Tree

Axel

"Axel, wake up! We have a job for you."

I jumped up, wild eyed, and looked around. The room was a little hot, and Jessica was tossing and turning in her sleep. I pulled the covers off of her to give her some air wiping the beads of sweat that collected on her forehead, I could see the revenant disease starting to appear under her skin.

"What do you want?" I responded with my mind. "It's three o'clock in the morning."

I got out of bed and walked to the mini fridge. The ice had completely melted, so I grabbed the bucket and went down the elevator to the lobby.
"We need you to go after Donovan and his crew again."

"First of all, what is this we? If Avery wasn't biting pixie dust to save her ass you'd be as worthless as Shaye right now."

I filled the bucket with ice and then bought a bag of chips out of the vending machine.
"No need to get nasty about it. Especially since Jessica's on her way to becoming one of those creatures herself."

I clenched my fists and looked around.
"Show yourself so I can kill you."

I was expecting him to appear out of nowhere, but he just walked through the hotel door like a normal person. Laughing, he was shaking his head.
"I'm sorry. I'll stop antagonizing you. Avery wants you to go after the werewolves."

I shook my head. "I can't do it. We're not ready. Jessica's in a pretty bad state, and Teresa's​ having trouble keeping her spirits up. I can't fight them all with just Teresa."

"We don't need you to fight them, we need you to capture Allen and bring him to the office."

I wasn't sure if it was just me being sleepy or if I was actually confused.
"Who the heck is Allen?"

Gabriel frowned. "You don't remember? You almost killed him when he released the werewolves the first time."

"Oh! The human! That's a piece of cake. I won't even need Teresa's help for this. I'll just nab him and run. Simple."

Gabriel shook his head. "No, it's not going to be that simple. He's a werewolf now too, and he has a considerable amount of strength. I haven't been keeping an eye on him all the time because I've been helping Avery, but you might want to be careful."

I yawned and waved him off. "Stop being so dramatic. I bet it's nowhere near as bad as you say. All you do is exaggerate."

"You need to listen to me-"
I grabbed him by his shirt and threw him into the vending machine.
"Leave. Before I decide to eat something else besides these chips.
He dissolved into smoke, and when I tried to reach into the broken vending machine all of the glass shifted back into place, perfectly new. I wasn't moving fast enough and it cut my finger. I hate that guy. I really do.

Allen

I was lying against a huge tree stump with Marissa at my side. We were watching the clouds go by, listening to the sound of dozens of insects and enjoying the smell of nature.

"So, Allen, what are you thinking about?"
I looked over to see if she was staring at me and she was. It wasn't in a creepy way, but the smile on her face bothered me.