AIDEN
Dating Shirley has been great, more than great actually. I didn't know I could like someone like I do her, she just makes me feel at ease and when am with her everything feels right in a way like it's meant to be and am by no means a sentimental being. Justin has been a little recipient of me lately, although he's still given me certain distance and I can tell how seeing me and Shirley must be hurting him especially after telling him I had stuff to deal with.
Meanwhile Zain has been giving me the cold shoulder ever since he heard I was going out with Shirley.
"Are you out of your foolish, idiotic, moronic mind? Zain shouted.
"Now that's just insulting. I will have you know am actually quite intelligent"
"Do you think this is a joke! Do you really care little of the girl that you will risk her like that?
"I tried keeping her at arm's length but she doesn't want to be kept at arm's length, what would you have me do?
"Try harder" he said through clenched jaw
"And you think I didn't. I did, trust me. Listen am more concerned about her thsn you are, believe me but you don't know what it is to be alone in this world, to have absolutely no one. For all I know, I could end up dying after all this and nobody is going to miss me. This is the first time that I actually liked a girl, she can practically just smile at me and everywhere just brightens up"
"She's going to be your weakness"
"Just drop it, okay"
Shaking myself out of the memory. Since then he has literally not said more than three words at a time to me. Who knew he can be such a surly bastard.
Turning the corner to my place, the hairs on my nape started tingling. A feeling I have come to know is a warning of danger. I rush the couple of blocks remaining to my apartment. As am about to open the door, all my senses immediately went on high alert, something is wrong. I can feel it, battle ready I open the door quietly and close it back. The house is dark just the way I left it but something is off or rather something is in the darkness waiting, I can feel it now. Something heavy hits me suddenly like a bull, shit. I fall and I can't move anymore, this is not good. Even my eyes are heavy now, am going to faint. My last thought was Shirley before the I black out.
DREAM STATE
"What just happened to me?" I asked zain, "Am I dead?"
"No you are not, thanks to a certain someone fighting the Duat bull sent to kill you"
"Duat bull?, I didn't even have a fighting chance and my energy completely zapped up immediately it hit me"
"Yeah that's exactly what it does, when its horns touches you, your powers are drained and it's incredibly fast so, it's attack can be seen by a very few"
Shit, this is very bad, wait a minute.
"You said someone is fighting it, that means it's still inside my house?"
"Yeah it is, it's purpose was to take you to whoever sent it as an invalid" double shit.
"Who's fighting it?" Because the level of power am sensing, the person isn't entirely human.
"You will be able to wake in a minute, since i have managed to replenish your powers enough to fight the bull"
He's dodging my question, and that's enough to make me feel dread. There's absolutely nobody that he can be protecting by keeping his mouth shut, except...... triple shit, not good.
"It's Shirley, isn't it? dreading the answer I already know
"Is that a question or a statement?"
It is her "when can I wake up?"
"Don't be in a hurry, she's holding her own. Close your eyes and you can see her"
I close my eyes and I did not expect what I saw. Shit, I didn't know my girlfriend was a sword wielding Amazonian. Her movements was graceful to say the least.
"Does the Duat bull have a weak spot?"
Cause all her slashes aren't doing much to slow it down. I wonder why people aren't coming to investigate with all the noise those two are making.
"It has, chop off it's head"
"Really?"
"Yeah, you can see she's trying just that"
But she's tiring, her movements are becoming slower.
"Zain!!!!!!!!!"
"Now"
Am already up and the first thing i see is the Duat bull's horn almost hitting her, without thinking I summon a sword out of thin air and catch it unawares. In one stroke I cut off it's entire head.
"Phew, that was close. For a second there I thought I was a goner" she said panting
I step close to her and hugged her, telling myself she was okay. I finally stepped back to check whether she had any injuries that I didn't know. Well she looked like she was okay and I felt relieved, then the anger came
"What are you doing here?" I shouted at her
"Starting with a thank you, wouldn't hurt you, you know" she said sheepishly
"What. Are. You. Doing. Here?" I repeated through clenched teeth. She finally notice how angry I am.
"I think you should cool down, Aiden"
"Just answer the damn question"
"Saving your life" she spat back.
"By putting your on life in danger?, Is that your idea of saving my life?"
"I can handle myself just fine. More so than you"
Yeah, she actually did handle herself more than I can at the moment. Which brings me to the question I want to ask the most.
"Who are you?"
I can literally feel her mind working, preparing to say I lie.
"Don't lie, don't you dare lie"
"I wasn't going to" she said, looking everywhere but me.
yeah, like I believe that
"Stop looking at me like that, it did cross my mind though"
"Well....start talking"