Necrocite

Exodus

I woke up on with the sun shining in intensely on my eyes with a sting, still raw from using my Oculator when I blinked the green seemed to flush them with a pulse of aching pain in the back of my skull. My ears faded in to hear the crackling that came right beside my head. A black smoke danced in the air above me in the ray of light from my window. I looked to the side to see the smouldering body from lastnight a skeleton in ashes that sent up small sparks of blue in the air just to drift away. Half of the Body was still bubbling skin from when she tried to go back into her normal state and escape. her expression was fantic with mouth open. I sat up to the hot burns that covered my body blistering over as I rubbed parts of my raw skin against others. I put my hand in the center of the girls corpse and absorbed the organic material she had left. It felt like electricity leaping into my hand and throughtout my body. My wounds started to seal up with new fresh skin and my whole body felt brand new. The feeling I remember now gave me enhanced senses and mild euphoria. It'd been a while since I absorbed a being that strong. 

It felt good, right even. But I can't get addicted, not again. Not after last time.. I looked over at the picture of my late-wife smiling in that little frame, glowing, she didn't even notice that I took the picture. It sat there on top of a pile of magazines on the tiny table beside my couch. Everything about herself was in that picture, at least to me. She looked so happy. Like she was trapped in time, in that brief moment. I keep that picture there to remind me what happens when I get out of control. 

I had just about the right amount of energy and rejuvination from the body I didn't want to get too out of control. The process took about 2 minutes while with other necrocites it could take up to an hour. It left the clear hollow shell of what was left with just a small amount of blue dust in the bones like a fragile glass sculpture. I got up and cracked all my new bones back into place and picked up the skeleton, threw it over my shoulder. I grabbed a half empty pack of cigaretts and the lighter next to it off my counter and walked over to the window and climbed out onto the rattley fire escape and felt the cool morning breeze on my chest then threw the body over the side and watched as it blew away into silvery ashes. I popped out a cigarette and put in in my mouth and lit it. I took a deep breath letting the hotness fill my chest and relax me. I mean why not? I have pretty much brand new lungs anyway. All my muscles felt at ease and I leaned up against the rail blowing the smoke out into the wind. I felt the wind blow through my messy greasy hair but it felt refreshing. 

I wish I could've stayed there and relaxed on that Sunday morning but the guild would be sending Zyphr to kill me soon. I need to skip town. I packed up 3 t-shirts, a pair of jeans, a 6-pack of redbull and the rest of my cigaretts along with my lighter. I threw on my leather jacked over my skin and pulled it snugly fit I went to the counter to grab my picture of Cynthia and wad of cash when i saw the body shaped pile of ashes. I took about 2 seconds to stare at it then jumped out to the fire escape.

I climbed it to the roof and to the next building New Brunson bound.