Your World

Soul to Soul

You woke with a start, groaning unhappily. You hated Power days. You slowly sat up straight, an arm waving behind you trying to find your wires. Finding them you gripped it hard and yanked it out. Immediately the throbbing in your neck toned down to a small buzz. You tiredly stood up, shaking slightly. You stretched, but the action ended up just drawing more energy out of you. Walking over to your bag you picked it up. With another loud yawn you checked the inside of your bag for rust. He was sleeping in the bag, curled up in your scarf.

Shouldering the bag you began the long walk out of the building.

...

It took you awhile, a long while to get out of human territory. You were walking almost lethargically, constantly trying to keep yourself awake. You heard rustling from your bag, causing you to pause and lean against the wall. You saw Rust peek out over the bag and you almost naturally offered him a hand. He climbed onto your hand, sitting on your shoulder.

"Hey Rust. Take a good nap?" He nodded slowly waking up. You wanted to sink down the wall, take a break, but instead you got up. Continuing to walk your muscles protested greatly.

You were now back in the street with all the stores. Everything was closed down now, though small lights lit up each storefront. Lily's store passed, purple floating flowers illuminating her door. The kindness restaurant had branches of glowing mushrooms growing out of the doorway. You would've created your own light but you were tired and preferred to keep the last of your magic running around inside of you. It was pretty much the only thing keeping you awake.

"You are terribly slow." You laughed.

"Yeah, sorry 'bout that."

"What did they do?" He asked softly, not wanting to disturb the quiet atmosphere around you.

"Ah, today was Power day, which means humans drain my magic." You explained, too tired to elaborate more.

"What could they possibly use your magic for?" You didn't bother answering, instead gesturing wildly towards the lights around you.

"Power." Despite your tired answer Rust seemed to get the gist. He thankfully didn't ask anymore questions, letting you walk on auto.

Suddenly you got tackled.

"Shit!" You hit the street hard, a scraped hand pushing your body up immediately. You spun to see a human running down the alleyway, your bag, and more importantly your bitty in hand. You could see Rust, terrified and growling. Hell no.

You turned to your perfect mode, your halfway transformation. Running you barely felt your wings came out sharply, turning steel immediately. Your tails whipped angrily, helping you keep balance as you chased the man. Your talons dug into the wall as you used it to spin, turning a hard left into a dead end. You could see the man standing at the wall searching desperately for an escape. He spun, noticing you standing in the entryway. He started breathing heavily, his eyes jumping from left to right.

"You can't hurt me! I've been following you, I know you don't have any power right now. So just- just leave before things get ugly." The man said shakily, only angering you more.

"You want to fucking bet."

You strolled forward, but at the cry of your bitty you sped up, appearing in front of him. Your talon was gripping his neck, raising him up above the ground. He dropped your bag to hold your claw, struggling furiously.

"Stop! Stop!"

"You'd do best to drop my bitty." He sneered.

"You can't do anything. You have to follow my orders." You chuckled, your talon collecting electricity in your palm. You slammed him into the brick wall, this time your electro ball held against his head. The lightning snapping out and touching his face, lighting up his fear. His dark blue eyes were wide, switching from your hand to your face, hard set golden eyes staring him down.