Star-Crossed Myth: The Divine Fate (Book One)

Scorpio, The Abrasive and Cool: Story 12 (END)

My eyes shoot open and I inhale a hard breath, so much it hurts. I come to notice the familiar ceiling, that is of my apartment. Then feeling the soft sheets of my bed, I'm confused as I'm in fact back in my apartment.

"Abbey?" I hear someone knock at my bedroom door.

I try to make a sound but from the dryness of my throat all I do is squeak.

The door opens and Dui pokes his head in and sees me. "Oh good, you're awake."

He walks in carrying a glass of water in his hand, and my eyes twinkle at the sight of it. He hands it to me and I gulp it down in in a split second.

I sigh in relief. "Thank you."

Dui smiles at me.

I set the glass down on my bedside table, and take a moment in the silence to collect my thoughts.

"Dui..." I calmly call to him.

"Yes?"

"Am I dead?"

Dui sits down on my bed, with a chuckle. "No, don't worry...everything is fine." He smiles kindly again.

"B-but, what happened to the terrorists and the child soldiers?! A-and Scorpio?! He didn't use his forbidden power, did he?!" I practically crawling out of bed and inches away from Dui's face, begging for answers.

Just then I remember the wound I've gotten from the bullet that grazed me. I check the area above my hip and see nothing is there.

"Wait...but how?"

"Abbey." Dui rests his hands on my shoulders. "It's okay...but to be honest." Dui looks down, biting his lower lip, then back at me. "I don't really know what happened myself."

I take his hands in mine. "Dui.... just please tell me if Scorpio is all right." I look in square in the eyes.

He hesitate and responds with a reassuring gaze. "...Scorpio is fine."

"Oh, thank goodness." I breath again, almost sending tears to my eyes.

Dui chuckles. "You really care for him, don't you?"

I nearly jump out of bed as I feel embarrassment wash over me. "W-what? Pfft...no, I mean yeah, b-but...uh...due to the situation we were in I mean."

Dui goes to ask something but is interrupted by running footsteps outside my door.

Just then someone else bursts through the door. "Abbey!" Ichthys excitedly sprints for my bed, landing a perfect belly flop.

Luckily, I move my legs just in time before he landed on them.

"Ichthys!" Dui scowls at him. "Abbey is still recovering." He pulls Ichthys off the bed.

"Oh, its fine." He waves at Dui reassuringly. "So, Abbey, how are you feeling?" Ichthys gives me a soft smile with concern in his eyes.

"Oh, fine, I guess." I shrug. "Kinda' confused as to what happened."

"Do you remember anything?" He asks.

I nod my head. "Yeah...I remember, I was kidnapped, Scorpio came to save me, we got ambushed, Scorpio...looked like he was going to use a forbidden power...I tried to stop him, but then everything went white and I lost consciousness." I vaguely explain.