Book 1: Until the Light Goes Out

Chapter 4: Tail

!!!Blood warning!!!

Not Meant For Me

Chapter 4

Tail

Tyla growled, her teeth bared at Macaque. An excellent way to blow off some steam. Steam she had, after what happened between her father and her.

Macaque didn't expect Tyla to fight so raw. He ran his fingers over his face and looked at his hand. If there was one thing Tyla knew it was how to fight half transformed in certain beasts.

"Can you not turn into the whole tiger? Pathetic." If there was one thing Wukong taught his daughter, how not to throw all your aces on the table at one time. She wanted to toy with him, she wanted him to feel what her sister felt. Slow and unhinged agony.

"For all you know."

He looked her over from head to toe. No shoes, black work pants, white shirt, and a messy apron. Had she only just got back from work when it started to snow.

"Tell me. Where is your father?" He asked. Tyla narrowed her eyes.

"Whats wrong? Going to call my daddy and tell him I clawed your face?" Tyla's grin was mocking him. He ran toward her. Much to Tyla's disbelief he grabbed her face and slammed her against a rock. She wasn't immortal like her father, that hurt a lot. Blood dripped from her nose, as she stood back up spitting the blood from her mouth.

"Oh...oh no...looks like you got something...just there." He pointed to her chin.

"If you're going to kill me just do it." She growled at him and straightened up. "If not...go away."

"He said you had no mother." Macaque asked her. Tyla looked up from running her fingers over her face.

"Yeah, no mother. Looking to have some pound purries too?" Tyla giggled, it was a half giggle. Macaque chuckled, grabbing Tyla and looked her in the eyes. "You aren't feeling so hot. Whats up with you and your dad?"

Tyla shook her head and sat on a rock.

"None of your business."

"Come on give. You're about to die anyways. Might as well spill." He held up the staff and glared at her.

"I just...wish he loved me." She shrugged her shoulders. Macaque's eyes grew wide as he walked over and ran his fingers over her cheek.

"Oh that's harsh. I thought it was something stupid, like he took your toys away, or he said you couldn't go to a concert like most teenagers. But...but that's kind of harsh." He chuckled, nodding his head. "It really is a pity he doesn't know what he has. I know you're powerful, and you can fight pretty well. Not to dumn either. You took me on and lived...fooled me too. Wow...what a blind monkey he is to be a fool to what he has. You know...how about you and I...we can run away together." The horrified look on Tyla's face caused him to growl. It was like he slapped her with a ten ton brick.

"Not li..." Macaque grabbed her throat and squeezed. Tyla's claws ran along his chest cutting into the cloth, and his chest. Tyla did what she had to to get him to let her go. She felt the blood drip down her neck. His claws dug deeply.

"Careful girly...or else you might actually hurt..." Tyla grabbed his arm and kicked up hitting his chin and he fell backward and into the river down below the ridge.

She stumbled away from the side and started to walk back toward the monkey temple.

She saw movement, she knew that it was her father. She started to walk toward him. She felt like headed. He could help, it didn't hurt that bad before. She felt some pressure, she looked down to see something black sticking out of her. The sudden fear filled look in her fathers eyes and he ran forward watching the Macaque shadow disappear before their eyes. The staff disappeared from Tyla's chest. The shadow must have been left behind just in case he failed again.

Failure...was something Tyla knew a lot about.

The ringing was all she could hear.

"Tyla...Tyla?!" Wukong shook her, and didn't get a response.  "Give me that...cut it...put it into her mouth." It tasted sweet like...like a... "Come on Tyla eat it...do it for..."

For who...?