Time's Journey

Shall We Start?

Gel coughed and wheezed quietly, blood dripping from the bottom of his mask. The front and the back. He was leaving a trail of red splatters and streaks, Diane following closely behind.

"I don't think you're okay..." She said in a concerned manner, jogging to reach his side. He stumbled over and began leaning toward her. She caught him by the chest, but he dragged them both down.

Gel coughed and blood spewed up into the eye sections of his mask, the red liquid now seeping into his eyes. "H-help me up." He urged, trying to sit up, but always falling and bashing the back of his mask against the sidewalk.

"You need to rest here." She murmured, pushing his chest back to the ground. She noticed he has glass shards shoved into his body, including a significantly large one in his throat. Her eyes widened as she lightly stroked her hand over it.

Gel yelled, turning to his side to avoid her hand, the shard digging deeper into his throat as it scraped the sidewalk then fell out, leaving a gaping hole in his throat.

"Oh my god! Are you alright?!" She screamed, rolling him over to face her. She watched in stunned silence as the hole seemed to zip shut, his eyes rolling into the back of his skull. "What the fuck..."

"Please help me up..." He begged. Extending a shaky hand, his bloody eyes glaring at her.

Diana did as requested, despite her feelings toward the situation. "What was that?" She asked, completely puzzled.

"What...?" He grumbled, looking down toward her.

"When you're... neck closed." Her sentence drifted off as she began to think about it.

"I'm a god, love. Do you really think I'm going to die that easily?" He asked sarcastically, his step gradually becoming normal again.

"You didn't tell me that..." she slightly chuckled, thinking about how she believed his little guardian angel act.

"That's right. I'd forgotten." There was that same crinkle at the end of his eyes.

Diana felt safe. She didn't quite know what is was about this man... but for the first time, she felt like she could trust someone.

She smiled, her cheeks beginning to turn rosy and she blushed. This was where her life would change...