Heaven & Hell

Chapter 5

Melody

I had only just gotten back to my room to rest when I saw of flash of Killian in my mind. With the look on his face as he drove, I immediately knew where he was going and I knew that I had to do something to stop it. I ran out looking for Beth and asked her how to communicate with him. Unfortunately, Beth had never had any luck and was too busy to teach me so, I was on my own. Taking a deep breath, with concern washing over my face, I decided to try and talk to him, knowing that angels couldn't actually speak to humans.

"Killian, stop this, please. I don't want the justice you're seeking. You're safe and that's all that matters to me. Don't change that, please." I was unsure if it had worked so, when he failed to listen, I took matters into my own hands. I took another deep breath and exhaled slowly as I visualised the car that was heading towards Killian. The driver was drunk, I could sense it. Exhaling once again, I visualised the car going onto his side of the road and just like that... I heard it. Hearing the collision, I jumped and lost my train of thought.

I watched Killian pass out and I watched him get taken to hospital. There was nothing I could do but hope. I prayed that he would be ok. I begged for him to be ok. When he woke up, there was only one thing I could do. All I could do was apologise. I apologised for causing the accident. I apologised for leaving him. I apologised for not telling him how I really felt when I had the chance.

"I lost her and I never even got to say goodbye." Killian was leaving when he got caught up talking to the family of the other driver. It was my fault he was dead, yet Killian was the one apologising. The words he said, they made me regret, even more, not taking the chance to tell him how I felt when I was alive. I spoke to him again when I saw him getting out of a taxi. I begged him to go home.

"Would you please go away? Melody is gone. I don't need her voice in my head. I know what I'm doing is wrong, but I have to do it." Hearing his reply, I panicked. He spoke to me. I thought angels and humans couldn't communicate both ways. I couldn't understand how he could even hear me.

I was failing already. Killian was following his hate and his anger. He was following evil and there was nothing I could say to stop him. I watched him walk in to that house. I heard him say he wanted to be a part of their horrid gang. I watched him slide that mask over his face. All the while, I was begging him to stop.

"Killian! I said stop! You're going to die!" I knew he could hear me. I didn't know how, but I knew he could hear me. He was ignoring me and there was nothing I could do at this point.

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Killian was finally alone so, I decided to down to him. This time when I did, I hugged him. I knew he couldn't feel me hugging him, but I could. I took the opportunity to talk to him. I apologised for leaving him. I apologised for allowing him to grow hate in his heart and... he listened. Killian listened to every word I said. He told me that he wasn't doing this because of hate. He was doing this because he thought he needed to. I couldn't believe him. As much as he swore it wasn't hate, I could sense the evil surrounding his actions.

"Killian, you have to get out before it's too late." I begged him, but he told me it was already too late. He told me that he was already in too deep and then walked away. Once again, I felt the pain that hurt more than any pain I had ever felt. Watching Killian walk away made me feel like I had failed.

Wiping the tears from my eyes, I flew back to heaven. Feeling defeated, I started walking around aimlessly, hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with Killian again for a while. It hurt to wish for something like that, but I was so mad at him. I was furious when I ran into Beth. Snapping out of my anger, I quickly smiled before sighing in defeat.

"What's wrong Melody?" I told her about Killian. I told her that I had caused a car accident and taken an innocent life to try and stop him. I told her that had spoken to me. I told her about how we could communicate both ways. Beth looked at me in disbelief as I spoke. Her reaction immediately saying something was wrong.

She quickly grabbed my arm and dragged me in the opposite direction, looking for Drake. When we found him, he was looking over his new charge. Beth hastily told him everything I had told her. Within moments, I was being dragged through the gate.

"This isn't possible! This connection, I should have known when you told me that you could still hear him." Drake was panicked and furious at the same time. I was rendered completely speechless by their reactions and haste. When we landed on the other side of the gate, we were back at the car yard.

"Melody, the connection you have with your charge is dangerous. Beth could never connect with him and neither could any other guardian. You have been what had kept the evil away from him for the past eleven years, because you are the good. The only problem is, he is the evil. We only though he was being guided away from evil, but it was all an imprisonment of his soul." I was lost by what they were saying. There wasn't a single word that made sense in what I was being told. I especially didn't understand why I had been dragged back to the car yard, until they explained it was for privacy.

"Your death had released the evil back into his soul. There is no saving him from evil Melody." I started to cry. I was still completely speechless, tears were the only reaction I could give. I refused to believe them. I had to save him from evil. I would never be able to see him face to face again if I couldn't save him from evil.