Sentry of the Arcane: Engulfed

Chapter Eight: Fitz

After I reach for the nebmentia before it hits Sophie, my scar starts burning painfully. Suddenly, I'm launched into the air, my screaming echoing off of the conference room walls. Once my body collides forcefully with the wall, the entire room is covered with white, my scar still burning agonizingly.

When I actually fall onto the ground, my scar is burning even more. Pain erupting throughout my body, the white begins to fade away, and I see Mr. Wallace staring at me with an expression of fear. Immediately, I wonder what happened to me, and what I look like now since I touched three pieces of nebmentia.

And then I remember that Sophie's here, and I don't want her to know about my allergy this way. Just as that thought passes through my head, a white light washes over the entire room, the direction where Sophie is even brighter than the direction I'm facing. After a few seconds, the light dims down, and I see Mr. Wallace now wearing sheer confusion on his face.

My eyes narrowing, I fly towards the middle aged man at a remarkable speed, pure anger flowing through my veins. Not hesitating to grab him by the arms, I throw Mr. Wallace in the direction far away from the female Percipient, making sure that he can't try to hurt her now.

As he crumples to the floor, I glance over to see that Sophie's fainted. My eyes widening, I near her even quicker than before and pick her up bridal style. Still angered by Mr. Wallace's actions, I find myself bursting out of the conference room and into the main lobby in a matter of seconds. I don't realize that I have an audience until I hear someone cursing and another person gasping behind me.

I turn around to see Benen and Donovan stare up at me with wide eyes and pale faces, similar to Mr. Wallace. I then remember that I just touched nebmentia, and the same white light blinds everyone momentarily, the light not as bright as the light minutes before. I then turn around quickly and fly Sophie to the laboratory.

Somehow, in mere seconds, I find myself easily breaking through the steel doors where Caroline and Steven reside. After I gently place Sophie down on the metal table, I fly up in the air, looking down as Caroline rushes to the main area to only shriek. The white light I've seen multiple times today washes over this area as well before I can even tell what's happening, and her screaming stops. Instead, I see Caroline beginning to heal the female Percipient like she didn't scream moments before.

"Fitz!" I glance down to see Steven burst through the doors of his secondary laborator. "Fitz Vacker! It's me- Steven! Do you hear my voice?!" The forensic pathologist waves his arms around like a maniac, quickly earning my attention.

I manage to nod, even though the simple action seemed to drain me most of my energy. My scar begins to burn with incredible pain, causing me to suddenly circle around in the air as an attempt to calm the pain down.

"You're just transforming back!" Steven shouts at the top of his lungs. "You'll revert back to a human in a bit! Stay..! Still!"

Transforming? I think to myself. Back to a human? My eyes widen. If I'm not human right now, then what am I right now? Suddenly, my scar is so agonizing that I scream.

But I soon realize that it's not the scream of a human, but the scream of a beast.

The kind that'll shake mountains and can be heard for miles on end.

I can feel myself glowing a dark blue again, and my pain is slowly dying down. Because the pain is still there, I fly around in a circle, the beastly scream escaping my lips yet again.

My dark blue aura suddenly disappears and I'm flung towards the ground. I break through the doors to the couple's personal laboratory and skid on the smooth tiles until my back hits the far wall. Groaning, I don't try to stand up but close my eyes instead. I try to replay everything that just happened over in my mind, but it's just too draining for my head.