Scales

Nove

   "What about him?" Alsion asked skeptically at her son's tone. Her eyes narrowed to slits as she locked eyes with her slightly jumpy son. "Wellllllllllll." Noah stalled. "What is it?" Mason asked, coming over to his son and placing his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Noah's in love with 'em!" Cole shouted out with an evil smirk placed upon his lips. "Why would you tell them that?!" Noah shouted before ramming into his brother at full force. Due to both boys being weak, both went tumbling down onto the concrete, laughing as they rolled around.

   Cole landed on top of Noah and rolled off to the side, still in the middle of a laughing fit. "How long did he say you had?" Cole asked curiously. Noah just shrugged. "Never specified. Just said he would kill anyone who hurt me." Cole and Noah both snickered and stood up. They turned around to face their family. Soon, their smiles dropped as they saw the horrified looks on all their faces.

   "What's wrong?" Cole asked with an awkward smile and a slight shoulder shrug. "What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG!?" Alison screamed, "WHAT'S WONG I THAT NOAH FELL INTO A FUCKING SNAKE PIT AND IS NOW IN LOVE WITH THE FUCKER THAT TRIED TO KILL HIM!"

   "Calm down, sheesh. Perigo wouldn't hurt a fly." Cole said dramatically bringing his hand over his heart as if to fain shock. "He's killed a few people." Noah piped in. "Not helping? Okay, okay, my bad." Alison turned beet red. "Oh, so he has a fucking name now!?"

   "I don't see what's wrong with this relationship, do any of you?" Cole asked turning to the rest of his family. "Yes!" They all yelled out at the same time, but a quiet 'no' was barely audible. Everyone turned to look at Emila in shock. "Yes!" Noah yelled out and launched himself at his 'younger' sister. The boy kept squealing as he jumped up and down with Emila in his arms. Noah's adorableness almost made everyone coo. Almost.

   "This ends now. We're going home." Alison spoke so calmly that it chilled everyone to the bone. She gripped Noah's forearm harshly and dragged him along behind her. The scales she gripped onto came off with an easy peel, and Alison dropped it in disgust. "What is that!?" She yelled out at the poor boy. "Skin and scales," he muttered under his breath. "He's shedding, you have to get him back to Perigo." Cole chimed in. This time Kristian jumped in. "No, we don't. That psychopath will just kill him!"

   "He'll die without the damn snake, anyway!" Cole shot back. "Stop!" Alsion screeched out, "Let's just go home and get these damn scales off of him. He looks hideous." She began to drag Noah again. He struggled against her grip. "Let me go!" He yelled out. Alison didn't listen. "LET ME GO!" He screeched like a hawk. He continued struggling and screaming but to no avail.

   But then suddenly a snap was heard, followed by yells and screams. "No no no no no no no. Let me go, mom, let me go!" He yelled, squirming and yelling. She didn't let go. Cole backed up. Guys, either back up or die. Your choice." He said as he moved even further away. "No, we're leaving now. Get your ass over here!"

   "Noah, I'm coming~" Noah started to hyperventilate. The voice sounded psychopathic! He wanted nothing to do with it. It sent shivers down his spine and back. Not a good feeling. The sinking feeling in his stomach plummeted even further. Alison turned around.

   "No!" but it was too late. Alison was being held from the neck by a long tail. Noah whipped his head around to Perigo. "Put her down!" He screamed in his face. He squeezed. Crimson poured down the naga's tail, staining the pavement and the hearts of all who witnessed it. He dropped her limp body. He moved to Mason.

   The father didn't fight his demise, but it never came. Instead, he opened his quenched eyes to see Noah gripping the naga's arm tightly, effectively taking the naga back to his calm self. "Leave now, before I kill you all!" Perigo screamed out. They didn't move. "Right....... he said, and I quote, 'Leave now, before I kill you all.'" Everyone but Emila and Cole stumbled back and ran.

   "They're the good ones. Yeah...." Noah trailed off. His eyes landed on the bloodied corpse below him. She had quite a dramatic death. It fit for how she was acting in her final moments. Like a bitch. Tears streamed down Noah's face silently. He didn't make a sound, just wept for his lost mother before turning around and making his way back to the exhibit.

   Crystal tears glided down his face as he walked. He chose to ignore the snake following behind him, spewing words of apology and passion. He got the exhibit to find the railings broken in and a tree pulled from the ground and used like a step latter. Noah sighed loudly. People had run wherever they walked, guards swarmed them but never advanced. It was hectic.

   "Whatever your excuse is, I don't want to hear it. I know why you did it and I knew that if I screamed you would. You even warned me! I was just stupid." The naga slithered over silently, placing his head in the crook of Noah's shoulders as they reached the soil below. "I just want to go to sleep," Noah muttered to himself.

   "Can I please?" Noah was too tired to understand what Perigo meant, but once they reached the little hollow, Perigo lifted him gently onto the bed before whispering into his ear. "This is going to hurt. A lot."

   Without warning, Perigo bit into the side of Noah's neck, earning a yelp of surprise from the younger. Venom pumped through his veins and he felt as if he was on drugs. The bite was painful, but the effect pleasurable. Noah didn't know what to think anymore. And, without warning, he passed out.