Falling Angel

Fallen Angel- Chapter 2

Falling Angel

-Chapter 2-

Smoke, I smelled smoke. The house in front of me was burning, fire spewing out of broken windows and the putrid smell of smoke filling my nose. I didn't even care; I stared at the fire, feeling the power of it all.

"Nicolette! Help!"  A male voice said from the second floor window of the Victorian house.

"I cannot help you now; love has forbid me from moving on to the more important things in life." I shouted up at him.

"Love has not forbid you to do anything Nicolette! I love you, and I know without a doubt that I will forever." His voice rang out into the night.

Tears were in my eyes, not because of the smoke filling the night air, but because I loved him and I had to kill him, on given orders.

"Goodbye Leo." I whispered, just as an explosion shook the house and the whole thing started to fall apart.

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I woke up in my bed; I heaved and puked on the hardwood floor beside my bed.

"Whoa there girl, its ok." Vince's voice said at the end of my bed.

I sat up and squinted at him, then my vision became clear and I stared at him.

"What happened?"  I croaked, my throat feeling sore and icky.

"You just fainted after what happened last night; it must have been tough on you." Vince said, brushing my hair back from my face.

I suddenly remembered last night and then tears sprung to my eyes. I wiped at them with the back of my hand. Vince just squished me into a bear hug and kissed the top of my head, and then just held me there. Then he let me go 30 seconds later.

"It's ok Nicky, you'll be ok." Vince whispered.

"Thanks." I said and then sighed.

'Why was this happening to me?' I asked myself.

I was never one to believe in fantasy, this was something that would happen in a fairytale or something. Or a nightmare.

'You are special...' The voice said.

I gasped, it was still here! And it seemed to be gaining some strength, because yesterday it could only say one word, now it can say a whole sentence.

'Who are you? Or better yet, what are you?' I asked the voice in my head.

'I am Tyler, and I will help you. Think of me as your guardian angel, I will protect you mistress.'  The voice Tyler said.

'Oh wow. Thanks Tyler, you don't have to call me mistress. I'm just Nicolette, Nicole, or Nicky.' I said to Tyler.

'Ok...Nicole.' Tyler said unsure of himself, as if he weren't allowed to call me by my real name.

Vince was waving his hand in front of my face; I grabbed his hand and stopped it from waving in front of my face.

"God, you are going to make me hurl again!" I said through clenched teeth.

"Sorry..." Vince muttered.

He got out of the bed and held out his hand, I grabbed it and got up on the floor. I was a wary so I swayed a bit at first but then I got my footing and stepped out into the hall. We both then climbed down stairs, heading toward the kitchen.

"Honey? I'm making pancakes and bacon, you go sit down and I'll have them ready in just a sec. Then go get ready, ok?" My mom said from the kitchen.