Phantom's Spark (Book Two of the Phantom series)

In The Eyes Of The Lost

Skylor's POV-
(Some time ago)
The last thing I could remember was the warmth of Nya's hand on mine, before everything faded to black. I woke up, alone, blind, and cold.
It was like that for a while.
And then, he came.
"Skylor. Come on."
His voice was rough. Scratchy. It dawned on me that now, I would have to identify people solely on voices. It scared me.
I held on to the man's hand. "Who are you?"
His grip tightened around my fingers. "I am Morro. The god of Death."
I paused. My fingers slipped out of Morro's grasp and cane to my face. To my eyes.
"You.... you...." I said. "You blinded me! You... I remember... I'M DEAD! Harumi killed me, you.... you possessed her.... I.... I- NYA! What did you do with Nya! Is she dead to!?!"
Morro placed his hand on my shoulder. "No, she managed to summon Maya. She cured your friend Harumi of my possession. You're the only one who fell into my grasp."
I fell to the ground. "I'm.... I'm all alone...."
Morro wrapped his arms around me. "I'm here for you, Skylor. If you ever need me."
I felt my self easing into Morro's embrace.

"Now." Morro said as we walked through the town. Or what I was a town. Could've been anywhere.
Morro held my hand as we walked.
"I've arranged for you to stay with this nice guy, Kota Nauku. Really smart guy. Used to suffer from Alarmis, before that sent him here. Actually almost found a cure for it. I'm sure he'll help you out.
"Yeah." I said, nodding.
We paused.
I heard Morro knocking at a door.
The door opened.
"Yeah?" Said a new voice. Young. Accented.
"Kota, this is your new roommate I was telling you about. Skylor Chen. She's blind and still getting used to it, so watch out for her, eh?" Morro said.
"Will do." Said the other voice, presumably Kota.
Morro gave my let go of my hand, but someone else soon grabbed hold of it. Kota. He held a firm grip on my hand, like he was afraid to let go.
"C'mon." Kota said, leading me into the room. Kota sat me down, and got tea for the both of us.
"Here." He said, handing me a warm cup that smelled of lemon.
Kota sat down next to me. "So." He said. "How'd you die."
I took a drink of the lemon tea. "I was stabbed to death by my friend while she was possessed."
"What?" Kota said, putting his mug on the table that must've been in front of us. "Like... I died from Alarmis in a hospital. In. My. Sleep. You.... that's like out of an ANIME! You're like.... anime death girl!"
I sighed. "Well, I didn't become a genius and almost discover the cure for Alarmis... that was you..."
Kota picked up his tea again. "Correction: I did find the cure. The freakin' night I died. Big whoop to whoever finds my research."
I sighed. "It was burned."
"What?"
"It was on the news: 'Genius Kota Nauku dies of Alarmis, all his research is burned to prevent contamination' or something like that."
Kota grumbled. "I found the cure.... I'ma go haunt those bastards now."
"Wait." I asked. "You can visit the human world?"
"Yeah, sure." Kota said. "Is there someone there you know? The 'friend' who killed you, maybe?"
I sighed. "Just... a friend."
Kota stayed silent for a while. "I say you're lucky. My family died a while ago. From Alarmis."
I was confused. "Can't you find them here?"
Kota sighed again. "Not exactly. The afterlife is a crazy mess. It's hard to find anyone."
"But I found you."
Kota laughed. "Yeah, but girl, you got trust issues."
"Remember, I trust you."

A/N: AAAAAANNNDDDD SHE IS BACK!!!!!!!! And koooottaaaaaaaa