The Grey's Curse

Chapter Forty Three - Free

I felt only utter relief when her screams finally died out and everything melted back to normal, a serene silence taking over the room 'Does that mean it worked?' I was back to the dark and dreary place I was before Evie took control of my body.

'That means Tanner must be here somewhere'

I groaned as I forced my body to move, my wounds screamed at me and I could feel blood dripping from the cuts on my flesh.

'It hurts but I can't stop, I have to find Tanner'

My vision was slightly impaired from dizziness and blood that had splattered and dripped in from the fight with Evie.

'It's fine, I can still see, I just need to focus mo-'

I let out a shriek of pain when I slipped on something, making my body tense up and agitate my wounds but thankfully I didn't fall.

My chest heaved with deep breaths as I tried to fight off the pain 'This hurts so much' I let myself rest for only a minute before I forced my body into motion again but I stiffened when I saw something on the floor.

'Is that?'

My breath hitched when I saw a blood trail and knew it had to be his "Tanner..." a mix between a sob and a whisper came out as I said his name and I limped as fast as I could to find him.

'He has to be close' and I was right, it didn't take long before I find him lying a few feet away from the place I last saw him at.

My breathing completely stopped when I dropped to a crouch to check on him, hoping that there would be a pulse "Tanner? Tanner!" I patted his cheeks; trying to get a reaction "Come on Tanner, please" I whispered with pain lacing my voice.

'He's so pale'

His skin felt cold to the touch and I knew there was little to no chance that he would survive this 'If he is even still alive' I sniffled and slowly lied down beside him with tears welling up in my eyes.

"We did it Tanner, we beat the monster" I dreamt of this day for so long and yet, instead of victory, there was only a bitter and crushing feeling of defeat.

I raised my head up to look at the old celling with tears sliding down my face, the pain of my injuries were nothing compared to the emotional pain I was experiencing right in this moment.

"Come back Tanner, please" I moved to rest my forehead against his "I love you too" I don't know why I was half expecting him to suddenly wake up 'This isn't a movie Mars' I sobbed bitterly with my mouth turning into an ugly frown.

"You're half the reason we killed the monster but you're not even here to enjoy it" life's not fair, I knew that from the beginning, yet it always felt like a slap in the face when it reminded you.

"I'm so sorry" I could feel my adrenaline leaving me but I refused to move away from him 'We came here together and we'll leave together' I could barely move to lay beside him, I interlocked our hands together and slowly closed my eyes.

"Goodnight Tan" I mumbled, this was the end right? we were both in bad shape, I couldn't even stay awake and I was positive that Tanner wasn't even alive.

'If this is truly the end at least we got rid the monster' that was something that would live on, the curse would finally end.

'We had a good run' But just as I started to close my eyes it seemed that luck really was shining on us today as I saw a figure running towards us 'Please tell me they want to help us' my vision was blurry but I could make out that it was a women who was coming to us.