Wither Sickness Book 5: Legends Remembered

Unexpected Events

Jesse Pov:

My head pounded vigorously as I laid on the floor of the cell that I was in.

My mind was racing and my stomach growled.

It was cold, I was hungry, and possibly sleep deprived.

I shuddered and thought about what I had heard earlier.

Genesis... is Dead.

It's just so hard to believe especially when she's up and about before my own eyes.

But then again what if it's true.

My head pounds faster and I feel like I might throw up.

I close my eyes and wish that I had medicine or at least an ice pack.

Suddenly, I feel Reuben's presence without warning. It was intense and overwhelming to say the least. Something was... off, but I end up having a vision.

Blood is on the floor of a metal cage.

I hear shuffling and loud groaning. It sounded like someone was in a lot of agony.

Something shuffles in the cage, stirs and coughs feebly.

The person reaches out their hand to me, but their hand was all scratched up and bruised.

As the person looks up they meet my gaze, but before I could recognize the person the vision ends.

(Sylvia pov:)

Genesis finally left, but I was in even more pain than before.

It hurt even to just shift a little bit now.

"Tell me," I say quietly, "...Please tell me my suffering wasn't in vain Amy."

"Heh, sure wasn't," Amy says softly, "Although, Genesis' 'death' is going to get in my way. I need to find out why she did that and fast too. Fortunately I have some assistance."

I close my eyes, exhaling faintly. It hurts, but it's necessary. I hear my best friend sigh heavily.

"Syl, hang in there alright," Amy says quietly. I can't help, but hate how she sounds so concerned for me.

"Yeah, don't worry," I say, reassuringly, "I'll be fine."

I hear Amy exhale deeply.

"If you say so," Amy says and ends the call swiftly.

Good... she ended it because It'd be unfortunate if I got caught.

(Jesse Pov:)

A few hours I think had passed since the vision and my head was hurting so much that I couldn't even focus.

I wasn't sure why I was having a headache, but it seemed to be getting worse as time passed.

"Let me go!"

That voice...

My head pounded even more, breaking my focus.

I heard something being thrown against metal which hurt my ears.

"Looks like you have another friend here Jesse."

As soon as I heard that menacing voice my heart stopped a beat.

Her footsteps faded away and I'm grateful she didn't mess with me.

"Ugh... my head," I hear someone mumble as I sit up.

That voice... no it couldn't be.

My eyes widened as I glanced over at the cage.

A pool of blood was starting to form and they coughed before reaching their hand out to me.

Just like in the vision their hand was bruised.

I reached my hand out. I wasn't able to see the person very well to their barely being any light in the room. And man was my head killing me!

I glance at the person and their gaze meets mine.

I gasp sharply, shaking my head frantically while my eyes are wide in disbelief.

"L-Lukas!?"