Kissed By My Angel~ Book One

Recovery~ Part 1

"Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson..."

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The ground beneath me shuddered, and even in my haze; I tried to hold onto something, because in my mind I was helplessly falling, and I couldn't stop.

I didn't know what was happening, the only thing I could focus on was staying alive, and staying conscious. Vicious, loud noises kept erupting in my head, making everything sound like a bomb. I tried to open my eyes so I could see.... but they wouldn't budge. Or maybe they were open, I was just blind. Huge gusts if wind snaked along my body, and at that moment I would've given anything to comprehend what was happening around me.

After what felt like forever, I could finally distinguish voices talking. No, not talking. Yelling. And shouting. And cussing.

Threatening.

I fought my hardest to reign control over my body, but it was difficult to do when you felt like your body was covered in bricks. I struggled to turn over on my back, or move at all, but all I had access to do was to perch myself up on my hands and knees.

I attempted to open my eyelids, but it felt like a stack of bricks had been piled on top of them, and it took too much energy to keep prying them open. The throbbing in my head rolled in waves, and I felt like I was dying. No, I wasn't dying. I felt too good to be doing that. Although I was vaguely aware I was in the middle of war, my body felt as though I was floating.

No, floating was an understatement. I was flying.

My body may have appeared still, but my heart pounded at lightening speed and my mind was on a adrenaline rush, making it feel like I was in the sky soaring, instead of on the ground suffering. I let my mind take me away.... I didn't want to be left down here, if I was dying; I wanted to be up there....

I was going crazy. At once, a thousand different thoughts gushed into my brain. What was going on? Is my mom okay up in Heaven? I wonder what it would be like to drive a fast car? Maybe I should start a novel! Would the meadow in the woods still exist even if I died? Would my dad ever afford the house of his dreams? Did I pass my Biology exam?

A bunch of random, bewildering questions drifted in my thoughts, and it made me go crazy with stress. How could I answer all of those questions at once, and why was my mind acting impulsively? What the hell was going ON?

Internally, I was screaming for answers, worried, but at the same time I felt wonderful.

On the outside, my body was a basket case.

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Finally, it all cleared up.

I was able to open my eyelids and have access to my body, but not without a cost. I ached and twisted in agony, everything hurt. I felt like one big bruise. I was too dazed to sit up, although I did prop myself up on my elbows.

I was utterly confused. What was happening, and how did I get to be like this. I wanted a logical answer, and I would get it. I was beside a lake, and even though all was silent, I still feared for the unknown. Somewhere out there, someone wanted to harm me.

A loud snapping noise startled me, and I jumped in surprise, then turned my head to see what the commotion was about.

Hunter had Tony shoved up against a nearby tree, and he was holding him up by the collar of his shirt. Tony struggled to free himself, but Hunter held a firm grip. They both glared at each other with menace, their wings outstretched. Instead of the dazzling feathery white wings that Hunter had, Tony's were the opposite. I'd never seen his wings before, that's why it shocked me when I saw how ugly they were.

They were a black, darkish purple color. They weren't nearly as big as Hunter's, actually quite puny in size. His feathers didn't seem so soft; in fact they looked jagged, and torn up some. Had Hunter done that? Suddenly, it all came rushing back to me; the party, how I got beside the lake.... and how Tony and Hunter ended up fighting...

Did Tony...did he rape me?

If there was a way of checking in that moment, I would have, but it was hard to tell if anything felt unusual, on account of my whole entire body did. Would have to check later. And besides, I didn't think that neither of them had noticed I was conscious, which meant they wouldn't try to hold the conversation back, if they had something to hide. Plus, if I moved, they would know I was awake. So I focused on staying still, although my body burned in protest.

"You stupid little cocksucker, what did you hope to accomplish here? What the fuck were you thinking? Raping her? You think that's how you'll win her over? What a fucked up way of thinking!" Hunter screamed.

"You don't understand my way of thinking! How the fuck would you understand? You don't have the mind of a evil angel," Tony spat back. "Hear me out first. I drugged her so that way when I fucked her, she would be on cloud 9 and enjoy herself so much that she would think that she was in love with me. It backfired when she OD'd on it though, I guess I gave her too much."

"What the fuck? You think I ever would've let you get away with that in the first place? You're fucking stupid, and explain again how that was supposed to work out?" Hunter yelled.

"Well, it was supposed to lightly fog her mind up to where she wasn't fully aware of what was happening, all she would know was that something wonderful was happening. Or magical, or some shit. It would've been light enough to where she would recognize my face and know that I was the one behind the good feeling. Then, boom, she's in love with me."

"I ought to kill your pathetic ass right here, right now. But I can't yet, it'll have to wait. You just wait..." And with that, Hunter let go of Tony. Tony regained his footing and retracted his wings.

"Don't think I won't go down with a fight. But for now, make sure this bitch doesn't remember a thing. She still doesn't know anything, right?" Tony asked, and I flinched when he called me a bitch.

"Yeah, she doesn't." They glared at each other for a long moment before Tony started to walk away, never keeping his eyes off Hunter. Then, two things happened at once:

I sneezed, and Tony vanished into the night.

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~angel~