There was absolute darkness surrounding me, except one light hanging above my head. It swayed back and forth, or maybe that was just the room spinning.
My breaths were uneven and my chest felt hollow. I couldn't see straight, and honestly felt like I was going to throw up. As I rolled over and tried to pull myself up, my arms went weak, forcing me to fall flat on my face.
A little blood never hurt nobody. I sighed to myself, reaching my hand up to my new cut. I've had much worse compared to this.
My heart began pounding in my ears. I looked up to see a doorway with light emerging from it. That wasn't there before, or at least, not that I saw. For a split second I had looked away, and when I returned my eyes, I saw the silhouette of a man in the doorway.
Something about him seemed so familiar. If I could, I'd walk to him, crawl to him, anything, but I couldn't. My breaths became weaker, as did the rest of me. I reached for the man as my eyes slipped shut and I lost my last breath.
Then I woke up screaming, feeling my heart beating out of my chest. I looked around the room quickly, seeing nothing unusual. My bedroom was in tact, and Kevin sat reading a book right where I left him.
He stared at me with worry, but couldn't bring himself to say anything. Kevin probably didn't know if the scream came from my mouth, or someone else's.
I sighed, running my shaky hand over my face and up through my hair. It was just a dream, Annabelle. Just a dream.
My door opened and Seamus walked in with concern painted on his face. He waved Kevin out of the room, then came and sat on the end of my bed.
"You doing a little better?" He asked.
"Yeah," I sighed. "I don't know what came over me."
"Maybe you're just finally going crazy like the rest of us." Seamus chuckled.
"Hm, maybe Sly left me a piece of him after all." I snit as I let my eyes drift off.
Seamus huffed, unable to come up with anything else to say. He just nodded his head, then walked out.
God, if only he knew what it's like. He'll always have Ashley! They'll all always have someone, because I'm the one God had to make an example out of. An example that the ones you love can be gone in an instant.
Still, they won't realize to love them today, because tomorrow is a bitch. They don't give a shit!
See, nobody knows that I cry at night for him. They think I've gotten over this, but I haven't, and I never will. As cliche as it sounds, when Sly died, so did a part of me.
I walked over to my vanity, grabbing my rosary and wrapping it around my fingers. Catching a glance in the mirror, I saw I looked like shit, but that wasn't much of a surprise.
It doesn't matter now... Nothing really matters.
I knelt down, holding onto the side of my vanity for support. "God can you hear me? Or are you missing, like everything else I used to know? Hm, don't matter anyways, you might as well give me the Devil's forwarding address. We can't be redeemed for all we've done, because we've broken every damn rule we could. If you do still care, 'cause the bible says your supposed to, let me find peace, please."
✝∙✝∙1 WEEK LATER∙✝∙✝
I've taken over all of Sly's work, which isn't always pleasant. I can't do it as well as him, and it's a constant reminder of how he's not here. Luckily Seamus grew a little sympathy and now takes on a little more work. Between him and I, we make up for Sly's absences.
Part of me knows it'll always haunt me. He is like a tattoo I can't remove. That comes both figuratively and literally. I still have the mark of the fox on my arm that will never be removed. Another constant reminder...
Damn it, I won't get away from him. Even if I left the island, which isn't even an option, I'd be haunted. Whoever said dreams can't haunt you was a liar.
At the moment, I was pouting a bit because Kootra is forcing me to still deliver Nova dinner. He doesn't understand what it's like to have to feed the man that killed your one friend, your one companion in life.
As I walked through the first cellblock, I was surprised to see Dex wasn't in his room like usual. It's rare he ever leaves, even rarer he get's to with permission.
Strange, I'll have to ask Koots about that once I make my way down to him. I was approaching the main cellblock, AKA Nova's lion den, I could hear yelled.
This felt so familiar to the day Sly died. Thank God, it was just Nova and Dex arguing. Nova tends to be the one that will attack first, but he knows he can't win against Dex.
Dex... he has no bounds. Nova barely does either, but he has some. SOME.
"GUYS!" I shouted in between them. "What's the problem?"
"Just the woman we needed to see." Dex smiled, stroking my cheek.
I flinched away as I heard Nova growl. "Don't touch her!" He barked.
"I can do whatever I damn well please." Dex scoffed.
I sighed out of frustration. "What are you two on about right now?"
"He thinks he's entitled to take you. Fucker already has a woman!" Dex expressed.
"You hate women!" Nova replied. "She'd be dead in a week!"
"Why can't I just live without anyone?!" I questioned, feeling my head start to hurt.
"That's just not the way it works around here, for good reason." Nova sneered. "It's your choice, but you do have to choice a Creature to go with."
I huffed, handing him his dinner and walking out, leaving without answering them. Part of me knew they'd make me find a new mate, I just didn't want that to be true.
They're all crazy! I guess Sly was too, but he had some sanity to him. They don't... So, I have to choose the best of the worst.
Who do you guys think she should go with?
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Long Way To Happy {The Creatures AU}
Fanfiction"Annabelle, is it?" He asked, glaring at her reflection in his broken mirror. Her eyes grew at what either was a stalker or a lucky guess. "How did you—You know what, never mind. Call me Slayer, everyone else does." He snit with a cunning smile on...
