My Pet Human {UNDER SERIOUS EDITING}

His Saviour

'You're going to catch a cold, from the ice inside your soul.' ~Christina Perri

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~Axel~

 

"I'm Exodus Cain." The words send a shiver down my spine. Never in my wildest dreams had I ever imagined meeting an Exodus in person. Running into Adam that night exploring Godpheus Mathew's laboratory was an incident of pure coincidence. Nothing could have possibly prepared my already screwed up brain for yet another event like this. As it turns out, though, The Director was an Exodus all along, and had been living in the shadows and lying to us all about his true identity. I'd never had any way of pinpointing who he was, and he knew that. Only Adam or Eve themselves would have noticed the differences between him and a regular human. And aside from the weird changing eyes and extraordinary abilities, that is a challenging feat in itself.

But to meet the second of the three Exodus children made me realise that this was more than a coincidence. Maybe I was connected to all this, in some way, shape or form. Maybe it would be me who led the ship to human freedom...

...or watched as Godpheus, the all-powerful being sunk it.

At this point, the odds are low on the human side.

Exodus Cain regards me with a suspicious glance. Her eyes are soft and filled with confidence, just like the Director's, but there's a cold tinge there that hadn't been there before. It's clear that in the past, Abel has done something unforgivable. He'd abandoned his brothers for the sake of freedom, and the fear of having his sex changed. He'd forced Godpheus to select Cain as the alternative subject, while he'd assembled a human army of his own. He'd hid underground in his cowardice whilst Cain and Seth birthed the Levictus children, and then the whole of the population. Cain has every right to feel the betrayal I've beared ever since I too abandoned a friend.

My thoughts trail from Cain to Colton, or 238821. I'm sorry, buddy...

 

"You aren't all that talkative, are you, Axel?" Exodus Cain remarks, tucking a length of her white/blonde hair behind a slightly pointed ear. "I understand. It's a lot to take in, my being an Exodus and all..." She frowns. "You aren't afraid of me, are you?"

"N-No, course not." I reply, biting my lip. In all honesty, I'm beyond fear now. A flicker of the feeling struck me upon realising my new circumstance of being the size of a gnat to a Laquanian, but other than that it's foreign. I pushed fear out of my world the moment I found Waverly again, and as long as it's gone, I'll stay strong. Godpheus knows I'll need to.

While I watch my friends die...

 

"So you're daughter... er... son of Adam and Eve?" I ask in attempt to distract my thoughts from reality. I break my gaze on Cain and stare out at the ginormous walls of metre thick glass around us, the outside world completely obscured from view at this size. I sigh, willing myself not to let the fear of losing everything I've fought for sink in. Fear isn't real, Axel. I think, remembering the times when I'd tell Colton those exact words. Gritting my teeth, I focus on Cain's answer.

"Yes. Adam Joseph Mathews and Eve Mary Mathews are my parents." She confirms with a small smile. I can't help but notice how beautiful she is, despite her obvious mutations from the humanisation serum. Her face is heart shaped, almost resembling a geisha doll with eyes of glistening purple. Like every human, there's something conveyed behind them; the dark past we all have in common, hers being more gruesome than most. I know that my own grey eyes reflect my own tainted memories. Well, if they were still grey and not the metallic gold they've become now.