Open Minds || Book 1 || Golix [OLD]

Chapter 11: Jere...YOU HAVE-!!!

Mike's POV

  As soon as I get to my house, I teleport the three of us into the living room with the help of Faith.  When we appeared, we ended up scaring the shit out of Vincent.  I'm guessing Doll hears him screaming, and she comes out of the kitchen.  When she sees Jeremy and Phoenix on the couch, she turns to me.

"Mikey, why did you bring the rejects here?" I could tell from her tone of voice she was annoyed.

  I walk over to Jeremy and carefully pull off my sweatshirt, revealing all of his bandages.  On several of them, you could see the blood that was soaking through them.

  Doll's eyes go wide and she covers her mouth with one hand.  Vince, on the other hand, his silver eyes widen and curses. 

"Holy crap, Mike!  Which one did this to him?"

"Foxy.  Dipshit healed Fucksgerald as best she could before she passed out from magic over use," I explain.  Ya know what?  Fuck it.  I'm skipping school today.

~Time Skip~

  Vince, Doll and Mary have left for school.  I walk out of the kitchen holding my bagel and a cup of black coffee when I hear a weak groan from the living room.

  I carefully place my food on the dining room table and walk in.  I look over at Fuck- er, I mean Jeremy, and see that his eyes are open.  Those beautiful emerald green eyes...wait, the fuck am I thinking?!  I can't-  Hell no!

  Ignoring my internal war I walk over to him.

"Hey, how're you feeling?"  I ask helping him into a sitting position.  He looks at me warily, like he's scared I'm going to beat him up.  If we were in school, maybe.  But not now, he's already injured enough.

"I'm fi-fine," the kid stutters.  Heh, that's kinda cute.  He sounds so innocent.  Holy crap, stop it!  I can't think like that!  Then I notice his eyes drift over to look at Dipshi- Phoenix's unconscious body on the other couch. 

Jeremy's POV

  Mike turns his head and sees that I'm staring at Phoenix.  To be honest, I don't really buy this "nice guy" act he's doing.  Anyways, focusing back on Phoenix, I notice something.  She's almost completely still, but you can just barely see her chest rise and fall as she breaths. 

  Sighing, Mike goes over to Phoenix, picks her up, and gently plops her down next to me.  Huh.  Never thought that I'd use Mike and gentle in the same sentence before.  Unless I'm saying that he isn't.  I go to turn towards Phoenix, but my body chooses this as the moment to register the burning pain the instant I move.  Holy carp, Foxy really did hurt me, huh?

  I ignore Mike's probing stare and gently move myself closer to Phoenix.  When I finally get to see her face, my stomach drops and my heart speeds up.  Her skin is a lot paler than it usually is, but her cheeks are rosy.  Even unconscious, she looks exhausted.  I bet if she was awake, her eyes would be a grey/blue color, lacking the light and normal color that's usually there; or they would be completely black, and nearly lifeless looking.

  I slowly move my hand to hers, hissing lightly as I move.  As I grab Phoenix's hand, after a few seconds, what I sense scared me.  My eyes widen in shock as one possibility plays in my mind over and over again.

Mike's POV

  I watch Jeremy as he holds Phoenix's hand.  His emerald eyes look like they're glowing, but how...he doesn't have magicks, does he?  Either way, they're wide with shock and worry.  He lets go of her hand, and his eyes dull slightly. 

  Turning to me, I can see that Jeremy's shaking lightly.  I wanna hug him but I'm not sure how he'll react to it.  Gah!  Damn it, stop thinking like that! 

  Then, in a quiet but serious voice, with no stutters what so ever, Jeremy asks me this. 

"Mike, what did she do?" 

  I look away from Jeremy. 

"Phoenix...she healed you as best as she could, but it took a lot of energy from her.  We both felt it.  Your life force was getting weaker.  But when she was healing you, hers was getting weaker while yours was getting stronger..." my voice trails off as my mind puts the pieces together.  Looking over at Jeremy, then at Phoenix, I realize what my cousin did.  And I can tell that Jeremy's thinking the same thing.

"DAMN IT PHOENIX!  WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" yell in a semi pissed off tone, scaring Jeremy slightly. 

  Jeremy looks back at Phoenix and puts his hand back on hers.  While he holds her hand, his eyes start glowing green, literally! 

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" I ask him, and as soon as I do, he jumps sightly, hissing afterwards.  Jeremy looks at me through his bangs, and his eyes are still glowing, though I can spot wariness in them.

"I ca-can't really use my a-abilities much, and I-I can't fight with them.  No-not yet anyway.  Right now, I c a-can mostly detect in-injuries and stabilize people, li-like what I'm doing to Phoenix." he tells me before looking back at the passed out girl next to him.  I just nod at his answer.

Jeremy's POV

  I can't believe I actually just told Mike that!  That's the biggest secret I have!  Well, one of them... I have two or three others.  One is that my father abuses me, but the others...

  I hate saying that my mom died, but my final secret...it's too personal for me to think right now.  Glancing at the clock, I see that it's almost noon.  Wow, time flies, doesn't it?

Mike's POV

  As Jeremy gets lost in thought, I sigh and walk up to my room.  After several minutes of thinking, I finally allow myself to be drawn into sleep.

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Well, here ya go! A chapter!  I literally combined 3 chapters from the original to make this long enough.  Oh well.  Ciao for now, Little Spirits!