The Awakening of Otari

Chapter 8

          'Ash filled sky, blood, and the fire covered city, the screams of people fleeing, my people fighting off the rouges that had attacked in the late hours, the clanging sounds of metal hitting metal, the blurry faces that filled my memory'. Each image told a part of my missing memory and I understand each one, reliving the terrifying experience once again, 'The smoke smell stung my nose as well as my eyes but those couldn't compare to my fear, my ears rang as all the commotion seemed to slow down as the only voice I heard was of that man, whose voice was full of pure evil, The fear engulfed me as that voice continued to echo throughout my mind. Agonizing pain cut through my chest as a long double-sided blade slashed across my chest, during my attempt to escape from the men who had taken me. I attacked the men who were fighting me and dashed when I was given an opening but I didn't get far, I was knocked unconscious and taken away'. As more of the images flashed through my mind the more the pain and increased. 'Darkness slowly turned into dim lighting as I found myself chained up inside of a small cell, my tail laid limp behind me and my wings were stretched to their full length of 5 feet, Tall figures surround me yet I couldn't make out much of their facial features from the dim lighting, I growled in pain as a sharp sting flared up as the end of a whip cracked down onto my back as I also received a few kicks to my stomach and ribs "You have what we want! Give it to us!" Yelled the man in charge as I bit my tongue and stayed silent, days, turned to weeks and weeks turned to months of painful and slow tortures that slowly killed me, I was starved and became the beating toy for the leader to play with until he got the information he wanted but I never spoke to them, I would never give them the information they were seeking. Every day they would beat me, break my bones, cut me open, sometimes even cut me deeply so I bled for a few days, they even made me blind, but I endured all the pain that they put me through all those months" I screamed as my ears throbbed again and another image appears, the man standing in front of my chained up body, "You have no need for ears if you can't listen to a simple order!" yelled the leader as he grabbed one of my ears and placed a knife at the beginning of my ear and sliced it off while another man had a tight grip on my hear making it impossible to struggle, my screams of pain filled the room and he continued onto the other ear and took it away too, then the man moved onto my wings which were precious to me but he clipped and tore them away, and tossing them behind him "You are no longer useful to us, therefore useless shit like you deserves to die and be ridden of your power" yelled the man as he gripped my hair and tugged my head back and sliced my throat open" everything became black once more. My eyes slowly opened and all I saw was darkness, seeing the darkness over and over again left me shaking ferociously and tears began to fall from my eyes, my cries turned into loud sobs as every detail of my past was unfolded to me in a matter of seconds again, and my mind was fuzzy as it was still processing through the new information . I couldn't hear my cries and I cried harder in fear, I tried to move my body but I couldn't until I was lifted up and held close to someone, I screamed and pushed against the person until I was set down and I backed up until I hit something and felt it was the wall. I threw my hands up to my ears and touched them making sure they were there and they were but I still couldn't hear or see anything, I then scratched at my face until the material covering my eyes was off and I threw it aside and cried as I could still only see blackness "Otari it's alright, calm down your safe" Yelled Mrs. Anne as she picked me up again and ignore my screams and squirming, she carried me into a room then took away my now shredded clothing and set me in a tub filled with warm water, I shrieked and tried getting out of the tub but she held me tightly till I was just sitting there in the tub, in the warm water trembling and crying. "Shhh Otari, what's wrong?" Asked Mrs. Anne but I still couldn't hear or see "Are your ears bugging you? And your eyes?" Stated Mrs. Anne as she dumped water over my face and I gasped and shoved my hands out in front of me trying to get her to stop, she just patted my head making me snap my head around until she lifted my eyelids and I blinked a few times and shut my eyes before opening them on my own, my bottom lip trembled as I wiped my eyes with my hands and cried more. Mrs. Anne grabbed a small bottle and placed it besides her as she placed her hands behind my ears and rubbed them then had me tilt my head as she dropped a few drops of the liquid into my ears then rubbed my ears a bit more until I shook my head and burst into happy tears as I could hear once again. After I had stopped sobbing Mrs. Anne washed me from head to toe and was careful when washing my sensitive ears and tail just like a mother would do, after I was thoroughly cleaned, Mrs. Anne dried me and dressed me in a nice set of clothes that I didn't deem me worthy enough to wear and tried to take off but she shooed my hand away then led me into the kitchen where Aoba, Lord Hitachi, and the Royal Guard Haze paced through the kitchen until I and Mrs. Anne entered the kitchen, I hadn't noticed that Mrs. Anne was dressed in a nice long dress that reminded me of the one in the picture that was shown at school and her hair was white instead of the light grey it was before "Damn, dat Ass" muttered Aoba, as he turned away as the tips of his ears, were red along with his face "It's time that our people know that our prince has returned and is here" stated Lord Hitachi as Mrs. Anne shook her head "not until he's ready" she growled as she placed her arm protectively on my shoulder which I yelped and jumped forward as my shoulder blades throbbed in pain, I quickly limped back into my room and unbuttoned the shirt and tossed it onto the bed as I whimpered in pain as I arched my back, I moved my shoulder blades and a pair of wings shot out of my back and spread open widely, I panted in pain as I could feel the blood running down my back from where my old scars had ripped open, Mrs. Anne gasped as she saw my wings on my back she gazed at them for a second before I slowly opened and closed my aching wings "so it was true, you do have wings" stated Mrs. Anne as I nodded and touched my back as it still had blood running down it. "They're beautiful" awed Mrs. Anne as she gently stroked my wings and I flinched but didn't pull away "Thanks Mom," I said as she gazes at me a teary look as I wrapped my arms around her "I remember everything, how I died, who killed me... every single detail" I said as I shivered in fear as the images flashed through my mind again "there's not much time Anneaberius, wars coming again, and destruction awaits the people." I said as she shook her head and dragged me back to the bathroom and cleaned up the blood on my back, and she carefully cleaned my wings then dried them and left me to put my shirt back on, I sighed and held the shirt up and mumbled a few words I had learned from the gods at the realm and a golden light flowed around the shirt, once two holes for my wings appeared I smiled and slipped the shirt on slightly struggling to get my wings through, but I managed and re buttoned the shirt. Before I left the room I grabbed my Cloak that was a gift from Max and wrapped it around myself, then pulled the hood up as I entered the kitchen again where Mrs. Anne, Lord Hitachi, The Royal Guard, and Aobo stood waiting for me. "The Blood Pack is coming, they're coming to kill and capture me again, they know I'm alive." I said with slight fear in my voice but I kept my head high "Everyone needs to be warned, They shall not bring destruction to this land or to our people again! and they will not live another day!" I growled as I started trembling in fear while I said the last part "I'll rip them to shreds when I find them and their leader!" I roared In anger as my eyes glowed a bright orange-red color as fury and rage coursed through my veins. Aoba, the royal guard, Lord Hitachi, and Mrs. Anne all gasped in shock as they gazed at my eyes.