The Truth Lies Beneath Your Eyes
Published by Nzingha Keyes at Smashwords
Copyright 2011 Nzingha Keyes
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Chapter One:
Familiar place with a brand new face
“Refrain please, from everywhere and anywhere and don’t stay near ‘cause I don’t care who you are. Please remove yourself from in the way of the sunlight, much appreciated,” the girl said. Ugh, am I really smart or are people getting immensely dumber as time passes, She thought. She turned back, half snarling as the striped hood that covered her head slipped back enough to let in a ray of sun in her eyes.
“Dude, move,” she said. He stayed in his position trying to read the manga novel she had in her hand that was now closed. “Listen you nosy-ass-fucker, you’re in my light and now my air space,” she said standing up on the staircase reluctantly, because she was in absolutely no mood for this guy and his bullshit.
“Temper, temper,” he said.
“Shove it, your ruining my peace,” she said Jumping down the stairs to go lean on the parked cars. The bell rang to head inside; she did just that while making sure to shove passed the asshole she encountered this morning.
“What’s your name kid,” The guy had caught up to her.
“One, I’m fourteen and two, what’s it matter to you?” She said.
“Wow I thought that you were like twelve, I’m fourteen as well. I am looking for my uh, tour guide, I’m new here,” He said. She looked up at him curiously,
“You’re from…Europe, I can hear it. My names Amethyst,” she said pulling the hood from off her head.
“Nice name, I’m Alias,” He said. She laughed,
“You’re not serious, doesn’t your name mean ‘false name’?” She asked.
“Precisely, but my mom loved how it sounded and thus my name,” He said with a smile.
“Well if I’m your tour guide, I’ll need to see your schedule,” she said.
“Oh yeah, here,” he handed it to her.
“Alias Damien Cardei,” she read aloud.
“Amethyst Lyell Alexander,” He countered.
“Whoa there stranger danger, how do you know my full name?” She asked suspiciously.
“The world works in mysterious ways,” he said.
“Uh yeah, well here’s your study hall,” She said.
Sitting in her seat she looked at Alias. No matter how nice he just was he’s still strange, she thought. He looked normal, just like any other average teenager. White t-shirt, dark blue jeans and red and white converse with a black backpack. He was tan with light brown hair that stopped right below his ears and had freckles. He had amber colored eyes with green in them and an AC/DC wristband, whatever. Like one of those undercover superheroes, she thought. She pulled out the D.N. Angel manga she had been reading before Alias came along. Five minutes into that she could feel someone standing over her, she looked at the ground and saw Alias’s converse and then threw the book in his face. He caught it and laughed.
“You have anger issues, kid” he said flipping through the book.
“What did I tell you about calling me kid and you have a lacking of common sense, most people know not to do that,” She said.
“Go catch the next slow boat to hell,” She added while snatching the book from his hands.
Math class, math sucks. What dude thought up this stupid number junk anyways? I wonder if he was trying to draw a family called ‘the numbers’ and they were in groups. Then his teacher told him to make a project and he made up math by mistake? If that’s how it happened Then someone needs to beat the shit out of him for giving teacher a new reason to assign homework and then strangle-hey pay attention!!!
“Well Amethyst would you like to tune in long enough to answer the question?” The math teacher asked.
“Honestly?” She asked.
“Cut it, answer the question,” The teacher replied.
“I would really rather not,” She said.
“Well then what’s the question at least?”
Oh hell no, that looks like a war between the green on the chalk board and the chalk, she thought.
“Umm, no I really can’t.”
Alias was in all her classes, and that seemed like it was going to evolve into a problem. She looked up at where Alias sat, with a strange look on his face. He looks at people like…toy soldiers, like it’s all a child’s toy. She thought. Trying to figure out the predictability of the people here, quite strange seeing as you have only just gotten here. School takes too much attention, she thought. The day was moving slowly and besides talking to some people Amethyst was very bored. Class was tedious and tiresome. Science was fun Algebra was a battlefield and now it was time for statistics, A hell-zone. Just as I thought I would be entertained, I end up here, she thought. She took as seat on the floor against the wall as opposed to on a chair.
“Everyone this is our new student Alias Cardei,” their teacher said
. Well isn’t that pointless, what are we five “everyone say hi to Alias”, she thought. “Tell us something about yourself,” the teacher continued.
“No thanks,” Alias said quickly and took his seat.
“Why might I ask are you sitting on the floor?” Alias asked.
Amethyst shrugged, “I’ll let you know when it matters”.
And as the light shines, no lies
Like diamonds and fireflies
Jewels and all the things that shine
So pure you are stuck in my mind
But I am not you
I am not clear
And if you see my mind
You see my fears
Can only hope you turn away
Before the sun burns through me
Word to the wise, you shouldn’t care
That’s what was written in her math book. Around it was the do now and a definition of something she would probably see on an upcoming test. Ich nein habe Achtung fur Mathe, She thought. Thoughts in German, the language she was learning. She thought “
I don’t have attention for math”. She looked up to see Alias looking down at her.
“What?” she said.
“Nothing, nothing,” he said looking back at his paper.
Now it was time for lunch and she didn’t care much where Alias had run off to. He will probably find
some people to chill with while I chill with mine.
“Hey Sparks, hey Sunny, hey Kitty,” Amethyst said. “Hey moonlight,” They all said in unison.
“What’s the deal with the new kid?” Sunny said.
“I don’t know but he went from irritating to cool to irritating in one morning,” She responded, pulling her hood back up as quickly she stepped out into the sun. Nicknames that suited perfectly since the first day we all talked, unknowingly of course, she thought.
“Hey Sunny D, what do you want for lunch,” Amethyst asked jokingly. Sunny smacked her upside the head with a smile.
“Oh you trick!” Amethyst said returning the favor.
“I told you not to call me Sunny D, that sounds mega homo,” she said.
“And I told you I don’t listen, so were even,” Amethyst said. Sunny walked inside along with Sparks. “
Moonlight, where is the new kid from?” Kitty asked.
“I don’t know somewhere in Europe,” She answered.
“Dude, go somewhere!” Amethyst said under her breath.
“What?”
“He’s fucking grilling me from across the street, new kids a stalker,” she answered. Kitty looked over to where Alias was standing,
“Yeah but a hot stalker.”
“Did you enjoy your lunch?” Alias asked while standing next to her.
“Ultimately yes,” she responded.
She has a point, he is kind of hot…or it might just be his accent, she thought. “Mine was rather uninteresting, people are of fleeting intelligence…well most,” he said. “
Most, who are the exceptions?” She asked while writing in her small notebook.
“So far you, but I don’t know other people and don’t remember most names,” he said.
“hmm is that right?” she said sounding slightly interested.
“Yes and your name is interesting where did it come from?” He asked. She moved her dark brown and highlighted hair from out of her eyes to reveal purple Amethyst colored eyes with specks of gold in them,
“that’s how,” she responded moving her hair back to its original position. He sat there astonished by the color and well she didn’t care,
“Moonlight, come play soccer with us!” Kitty and Sunny yelled from the gym floor.
“Later Alias,” she said taking off her hoodie and climbing off the bleachers.
“I trust you not to go through my backpack,” she finished as she ran to go play. Gym was for distractions and energy.
Midnight, it was ten minutes before midnight and thus ten minutes before Saturday. Hmm, well my friends don’t call me moonlight for nothing, she thought. Sitting comfortably on her bed still in black jeans and red X games t-shirt that she had worn to school. A week off starting tomorrow…cool. She heard a tap and the window.
“Ahhh!!! What the hell!!” She yelled. Alias just flew into her bedroom…through her window. “What the hell are you!? A fucking ghost!!!” she yelled. “Get the fuck out!!!!” Then things went dark, there were no words and no sound and Amethyst didn’t know where she was. Midnight was for dreamers
Chapter two:
Who the hell is Lucifer?
“Alexander, get a bottle of water,” Alias said. Alexander returned with the water and placed it by her bedside.
“Alias she’s going to wake up and either have listened and then kicks your ass, or kick your ass and then listen, were halfway around the world,” Alexander said. Alexander was correct by any standard, but at the time that didn’t exactly matter at the moment Alex was being treated as what he was, the little brother. Short with light brown hair that was wavy and covered his eyes, Freckles all over his face and lucid blue eyes that could no lie see right through you. He appeared closer to ten at first glance and never failed to prove you wrong, with jeans and every skate team t-shirt possibly owned by one person, he was undeniably Alexander.
“Shut up Alexander, I know exactly well that there will be great consequence for my actions but that isn’t the problem at hand”
“Well when will that be Alias?! When she awakens to find she has been kidnapped and contacts the Romanian authorities? Or when she realizes the strength and potential through rage and annihilates us!!!” Alex was yelling.
For a twelve year old boy you sure are a wise ass, he thought quickly. “Why don’t you-”His comment was cut short.
“Liniste, ambele de tine!” Christophe yelled from the doorway.
“SĂ luaţi o fată ostatic pe prima ta zi de scoala pe suspision. Apoi, pentru a procced chiuitură ca un cretin la Alexander, care prin modul în care este corectă. Mama şi tatăl ar drăcoaică tine mai rău decât mine!“ Christophe was yelling at him in Romanian, quickly and quietly as not to wake Amethyst.
“Prost!” Christophe said as he left.
Neither protested or said a word to Christophe as he left. He had jet black hair that stopped at his collar and at the moment was wavy and moist from the shower he had just taken. He had eyes the same color as Alias. He only had on his black jeans and a belt and was holding the shirt he was waiting to put on. He was sixteen, the oldest and when mom and dad were not there (which was often), what Christophe said was law. Christophe had the ability to speak English but when at home he usually chose not to. Alias didn’t want to admit to it but, both what Alexander and Christophe said had been correct. He had been impulsive and caught up in the moment. As far as he was concerned, he was deftly mistaken and put everything and everyone in danger.
“Where…am…I?” The voice was quiet and careful and slightly familiar, Amethyst had awoken.
She looked out the window that was at her bedside and then saw Alias’s reflection in the window.
“Where am I!? Where have you taken me!!!?” She yelled. I expected…whining, not as much rage, he thought.
“Romania, welcome Amethyst,” he said flatly.
“Are you mentally deficient?! Have you lost what little brain you originally possessed? I am calling the police!!!” She yelled getting up to reach the phone.
“What have you done!!!?” She yelled. She was unaware of the tears she had put in the mattress and the bedside table that she had broken in her rage and he was very certain that what he thought from the beginning was true.
“You don’t know the number for the authorities here and besides that you need to listen to what I need to tell you,” Alias said.
“What I need to do is go home immediately you damn stalker! What did you do? You were flying!” She yelled. He didn’t know how to deal with this. He hadn’t thought things through this far.
“Okay, were in Romania,” he started off. “You’re here with me and my two brothers,” He continued.
“Okay why?” She asked calmly. Okay I guess the shock is setting in and she won’t yell at me, he thought.
“Have you ever seen Dracula?” He asked.
“Please tell me you didn’t take me here to reveal that you’re a vampire and I’m your next meal,” she said.
“No, of course not but well there is a problem,” he responded.
“Get to it then,” She said.
“Me and my brothers and a few others here are what’s known as fallen angels,” he said. She studied his expression and then started laughing,
“this is…the dumbest dream…I’ve ever had in my life,” she said in between bursts of laughter.
“I’m not joking Amethyst, this is serious,” He said.
“Well prove it!!!” She said laughing. Alias focused and then wings ripped through the back of his white t-shirt.
“THAT’S INSANE!!!” She yelled while backing up against the closed window.
“I’m not going to hurt you, just listen,” Alias said.
“Why am I here Alias?” She said sounding frightened.
“I’m getting to that, hold on,” He said. “Well fallen angels are usually synonymous with the word ‘demon’. We don’t strive for that, the way you are a fallen angel is if you do something wrong in a previous life and a supposed to be sent to hell are sent to earth again trying to correct whatever you did wrong,” Alias said.
“What did you do?” Amethyst asked.
“I would rather not talk about it. The problem at hand is the Calibers. They are like us except they are full demons, they use their reprieve to destroy us, they think they are better,” he said. “We think that if we can destroy them we won’t have to wander the earth for all eternity,” He finished.
“Okay…where do I fit in here?” Amethyst asked.
“If suspicion is correct you as well are half demon/ fallen angel,” He replied.
“No way, that isn’t possible,” Amethyst said.
“What makes you so sure?” Alias asked.
“I wasn’t banished from heaven, I’ve never been there!” She said.
“I know, you would remember that. The thing that tipped me off was your eyes and you like ripped through the mattress and broke part of the table next to you,” Alias said.
“So I’m strong and my eyes are purple, big deal,” She said.
“Yes, big deal you can’t be born with purple eyes. Besides that, It is said that is a full demon has a child with someone with blue eyes the genes don’t decide and they combine to purple,” He finished.
“Mom has blue eyes, I don’t know about my dad,” She said going quiet. “I did have a habit of breaking things, but still…” she continued. Alias left her to think.
He walked into the living room. That went relatively well, he thought.
“How did she take the news so far?” Christophe asked while moving to sit next to him on the couch.
“I don’t know, how do most people respond to being told that their half demons? Christophe, what if done something wrong?” Alias asked. He was in need of some of his older brother’s wisdom at the moment and Christophe never failed to disappoint.
“Relaxa fratele mic, ai facut ceea Ce a fost corect,” He said messing up Alias’s hair as he went back to his room. He reapeated what Christophe had said in his mind. ‘Relax little brother, what you did was right’, he thought.
He heard talking coming from his room where Amethyst was at and walked toward the room. “You get to be special, like a superhero,” He heard Alex talking and then heard Amethyst laugh.
“Is that how you see it Alex? Can I ask what you did?” She asked.
“Uh, I would tell you but it’s up to Alias and Christophe because it’s all related,” Alex said with a smile. “You seem like a good person Alex,” she said.
“I always have been…I just messed up, by they way don’t be sad anymore…your eyes are pretty and superheroes are awesome,” He said sliding off the edge of the bed noticing Alias was standing in the doorway. “I didn’t mess up anything in your room, it just that she was crying and you-“he was hushed. “I understand, thank you Alex,” Alias said and Alex left.
“Okay well, what am I supposed to do here exactly Alias?” She asked him.
“Help us fight the full demons that get many fallen angels framed,” He responded with slight bitterness. “But I can’t do that, I don’t know how to,” She said.
“Me and my brothers will teach you for the time being, call your parents and tell them that your sleeping at a friend’s house for the week off,” he said passing her the phone.
“Why did we have to come to Romania?” She asked while picking up the phone.
“Because that way me and my brothers aren’t being lectured by our parents and you can’t call the police, this is our parent’s house and they told us to stay with our grandmother for the week while they vacation and then go back to New York over the weekend,” Alias said.
“Hello, Mom?” She said and Alias walked out.
Chapter 3:
I don’t understand or believe what I see
After a moment of reasoning her mom was convinced she was sleepover at a friend’s house that she conveniently enough didn’t have the number to. So, I’m in Romania convinced I’m a half demon, in a house with 3 boys…for a week, she thought. Well this sounds so safe. Well I’m definitely in for a very interesting midwinter break, that’s for sure. Alias walked in interrupting her thoughts. “Okay well this is my room, yours is the spare down the hall,” Alias said.
“Okay that’s cool, and very good to know,” she responded.
“I should probably introduce you to my brothers properly,” He continued. Alex walked in,
“Hey there,” he said.
“Hey Alex, I believe we have met,” She said with a smile.
“I’m almost certain,” he responded in the same joking tone.
“Don’t be fooled, he’s not as sweet as he seems,” Alias said.
Alex is absolutely adorable, she thought.
“Hey, let me figure that out on my own,” she responded. Alex stuck his tongue out at his brother and waved to Amethyst as he left.
A tall dark haired boy walked into the room without a shirt on. Oh my god he’s hot, she thought. I’m staying in a house with him in it!!? Oh yeah this will definitely be fun. “Oh, um sorry!!!” He said pulling on a t-shirt he had been carrying quickly. The dark haired boy said something in a different language.
“That’s what you get, dude” Alias said and the boy smacked him in the head.
“This is my older brother Christophe, excuse his shirtless-ness,” Alias said.
“It’s n-nice to meet you Christophe,” she said smiling.
“My brother was correct, your eyes are absolutely dazzling,” Christophe said, sounding absolutely adorable with his accent. “If you would excuse me, I have to continue helping Alex, A fost o plăcere să vă cunosc,” he said as he left.
“What was he saying?” Amethyst asked.
“First he said, ‘you couldn’t warn me she was up?’ and just then he said, ‘it was a pleasure to meet you,’ Alias translated.
“Nothing personal dude but…you’re brother is insanely hot,” Amethyst said.
“You know you really shouldn’t-“she tuned out. Oh my god, the hotness, she thought. He likes my eyes!!! Well since I’m stuck here part of whatever mission thing I’m doing is to get to know him better.
“Hey, are you listening?” Alias was yelling.
“Huh? Yeah, yeah I shouldn’t do whatever, got it,” She responded.
“You didn’t hear a thing I said did you? I know that look, I’ve seen it before,” Alias said. “What look? Amethyst said completely unaware of what he meant. “Never mind, just…don’t think that way. I know Christophe, he’s trouble.” Amethyst got up to go to her room down the hall, Yeah, undeniably hot trouble, she thought with a smirk.
She walked into the room with her name on the door and it was absolutely amazing. It looks like my bedroom, she thought. She was right, same bed spread same dresser, same clothes in the dresser. She looked up at the posters on the walls. The Used, AFI, Tokio Hotel, Blink 182, I Set My Friends on Fire, Paramore, Alexisonfire, All the posters were there. The only thing that changed was the organization, there were no clothes on the floor and the view out her window was different. “Amazing,” she said.
“You like it? I tried to make your room as comfortable and familiar as possible for you,” Alias said.
“How did you do it?” She asked.
“Simple, your clothes we just took because you would have had to pack anyways we bought some posters and a dresser and a bed spread and the paint color was just lucky,” he said smiling.
“Thanks, maybe you’re not as horrible as I thought, maybe,” she said.
“Thank you,” she added.
“Can I sit here?” Alias asked.
“Yeah sure,” Amethyst responded. “Hey well what am I going to do while I’m here?” She asked.
“Were going to train you to fight and control your powers better,” he replied.
“I’ve never seen any angel wars in New York,” Amethyst said.
“No, you have you just didn’t know it. Like if you’ve met any other purple eyed kids, or kids that were like me,” Alias said.
“You mean they look at the world with an ‘I’ve seen it before’ glare?” she asked.
“Uh, yeah okay,” he said. “But wars have been there, just out of your sight,” Alias said.
“And you needed my help because?” she asked.
“You are powerful and I want you to realize the potential you have and…” he stopped.
“And what?” Amethyst asked.
“Uh nothing…come down stairs and eat breakfast,” Alias said changing the subject.
She walked into the kitchen and everyone was seated, “wow…a lot of food,” she said looking at the round table with eggs and sausage and chocolate chip pancakes and cereal all spread out.
“Yeah, three demon guys, were always hungry but at least there’s always something you like to eat on the table,” Alex said. She took a seat in between Alex and Christophe and then everyone reached food to put on their plates.
“Yum, chocolate chip pancakes,” she said swallowing.
“Those are Alex’s favorites too,” Alias said. “You like your breakfast?” Christophe asked. “You made all of this?” She asked.
“I made half and Alias made half, I made the pancakes,” Christophe said.
“Awesome,” she said.
After eating she walked back up to her room and noticed the iPod dock plugged into the wall by her bed.
“Hmm,” she said aloud while getting her iPod out her striped hoodie that she must’ve had put on her when she got here. Plugging in the iPod and quickly scrolling through her playlist.
“So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close? Dance to this beat, dance to this beat, dance to this beat,” She sang while jumping around the room.
“Let’s get these teen hearts beating, faster, faster,” Alias said the hallway as he opened the door to come inside.
“Ahhh!!” she yelled falling backwards.
“Ha, how cute” he said with a smirk. “It’s not funny!” she said laughing while she got up. “What do you want?” she asked turning off the music.
“Lessons begin now, your first lesson is in the park with Alex, get to it,” he said closing the door.
“What up Alex?” she said once at the park.
“Okay well, Alias said I had to help train you ‘cause your new and all,” Alex started.
“No offense but that’s sounds really boring,” Amethyst interrupted.
“I thought so, were gonna do speed training my way, alright?” He said. Amethyst nodded.
“TAG, YOU’RE IT!!!” Alex yelled and ran away at an astonishing speed.
“Wait, what!!!” she said trying to chase after him.
“That’s all you got? You run like a-Ahhh!!!” Amethyst jumped him.
“Ha, got you!!!” She said. “Yeah, it only took 20 minutes,” he said teasingly.
“Shut up,” she responded. “Okay lets chill for a minute,” Alex said.
Chapter 4:
It makes no sense…or does it?
It was astonishing and absolutely amazing how little and unimportant everything and everybody seems to be when you have your own personal soundtrack playing in your head just loud enough that the voices of outsiders and their words are left muted and unheard. She doesn’t know what I know, Alias thought. He was lying on his bed with his ear buds in his ears but couldn’t care less about the lyrics to the song the he wasn’t really listening to. They weren’t important right now.
“Ugh and it’s my problem,” he mumbled. “I can’t explain why this bothers me so much but it’s something.
His bed smelled like amethyst. Like lavender and clean, the smell was pleasant but slightly unfamiliar. He walked into the hallway to see Alex and Amethyst walking inside, drenched and just after that Christophe greeting them both.
“Well it’s only been about two hours,” Christophe said.
“Yeah, it started pouring rain and we decided to come inside,” Amethyst said.
“Ah, of course,” he said smoothly. He could feel himself begin to seethe watching Christophe.
I need to relax, he thought. Then Alias caught the look in Christophe’s eyes and felt himself getting angry all over again. He had seen that look before too. For a moment he focused on the music still playing through his headphones. “Escape to the stars. Feeling so free, just you and me,” he listened and sang softly.
The look in Christophe’s eyes irritated the hell out of him. He knew what it meant and he knew that it worked always in Christophe’s favor. It means I know what I want. What I want is you, Alias thought. He knew his brother well. Christophe wasn’t a player and he was a good older brother but he also knew girls and he knew what girls saw in his brother. He cringed. He’s magnetic and usually girls get their hearts broken…well looks like she wont, he thought some more. That thought burned him but he wasn’t sure why, the only thing he was sure of was a truth he didn’t want to hear. Christophe always wins, that’s just how it is.
“Alias what’s wrong?” Alex asked.
“Huh, nothing Alex, I was just thinking about something,”
Alias responded.
“Was it something or someone? You sure your okay bro?” Alex asked.
“Nothing Alex, um how was training?” He asked changing the subject to something more important.
“Fun, very damp however, she’s getting faster,” Alex said.
“I’m gonna go change,” He said. As Alex left Alias still stood there, watching. He studied both of their expressions not caring about what was said.
Once back in his room his brain was in a tirade and he wasn’t prepared for it at all. I’m not this type of person. Usually so calm and collected…now was so dangerously angry? No that will cause a switch; he thought. Being an enraged half demon was not something he wanted to experience. He pulled his headphones from out his ears and grabbed the soccer ball from under his bed and headed toward the door.
“Alex a spus-o lui ploua destul de tare,” Christophe said.
“I know that, I don’t care,” Alias responded grabbing his raincoat.
In the rain, on the grass soccer field, by himself. He didn’t care and the rain didn’t matter. The only thing he concentrated on was the soccer ball and the goal and not falling. 10 minutes later he kicked the ball into the goal with his eyes closed…or it should’ve been the goal until someone kicked the ball back at him. Opening his eyes he saw Christophe. “Du-te dracu’,” Alias mumbled and the words echoed in his head in English, Fuck you, He thought. Before he thought about it he had kicked the soccer ball flying toward Christophe’s head. Christophe caught it quickly.
“Intra în interiorul înainte de a vă de rău,” Christophe said with a laugh.
“How about you just let me suffer?” Alias asked with a slight smile.
When he got back in Alex and Amethyst were playing the Wii.
“What happened to training?” Alias asked.
“Why, you already know she’s super strong anyway” He said.
“And she’s better at guilty gear than you two,” he said with a laugh.
“Really now?” Alias asked doubtingly.
“Am apel viitoare!!!” Christophe yelled.
“Nu! Eu sunt urmatorul!” Alias yelled right after.
“What did they just say?” Amethyst asked.
“Their arguing over who’s next to fight you-you just killed me!!!” Alex yelled. “Rematch!!” Alex yelled.
“No mine!” Christophe yelled pulling the wrist strap off Alex and remembering to speak English so Amethyst could understand him.
“Ready?” she asked.
“GO!!” he yelled. The battle was awesome and really close but in the end of it.
“Annihilation!!!” Amethyst yelled.
“Good game, Jewel,” Christophe said.
“Yeah…good game,” she said with a smile. “Uh, hey you still want to play me?” She asked Alias.
“Yeah!” he said. After a good eight rounds they both decided to call it a tie…for now. There was a knock on his door.
“Come in,” he said. It was Amethyst.
“It’s cool here so far,” she said.
“I’m glad you think so,” Alias responded turning from the window.
“You never told me that other part of why I’m here,” she said.
“What other part?”
Alias asked.
“You said that I’m here to help with wars and
reach potential and then you stopped talking and told me to go eat
breakfast,” she said.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said at a monotone.
“Don’t lie to me you liar, you’re a bad liar,” she said quickly.
“Temper, temper,” Alias said.
“Fuck you, it doesn’t matter,” she said. “Oh yeah do you have like stalker vision?” She asked.
“What the hell?” he asked.
“You were staring at me for a while, with some weird look, what the hell?” She said.
“I don’t know what you mean sorry,” he said.
“Whatever,” she said. Alex was right, I do have a look…but why are mine always so…obvious, he thought.
The rain had not let up yet so outdoor training was temporarily postponed as it seemed and that was fine. Everyone was having fun. Alias had calmed down some but there was still something wrong and he was still unsure what it was. He didn’t know who his problem was with and wasn’t sure what it was but he knew for sure he needed to deal with it before things got out of hand with his temper which he was usually good at controlling. Lunch was fun and amethyst still seemed amazed at all the food they had to eat.
“Your chair Madame,” Christophe said smoothly as he politely pulled out Amethyst’s chair for her.
“Thank you,” she said taking her seat.
Lunch was full of laughter and once that was over Alias rushed to his room not from anger at someone but anger at himself for knowing the problem and knowing that there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it. He knew earlier but tried to avoid what he had seen coming. “I’m falling in love with her…” he said with his voice muffled by his pillow. “But Christophe always wins…why must I want what I can’t have?” He thought aloud. “This sucks,” he finished putting in his headphones, making sure to skip over any song related to love or any such mater.
Chapter 5
Talking upon deaf ears, does your throat hurt yet?
Alias left quickly, I wonder why? She thought. He’s been acting weird all day-. Her thought was cut off when she noticed Christophe staring at her.
“Uh, what do you need Christophe?” She asked shyly.
“Oh nothing, sorry…it’s rude of me to stare,” Christophe replied with a smirk. Stare if you want, she
thought.
“You seem concerned? About my brother I presume?” Christophe said.
“Yeah, how did you know?” She asked.
“He’s weird, that’s how, want to come with me and see what’s wrong with Alias?” Alex Interrupted.
“Sure,” Amethyst responded.
“You forgot I was sitting there, didn’t you?” Alex asked laughing.
“What, no…why did you ask that?” Amethyst asked confused. Alex laughed again,
“It never fails, me and Alias both have seen that look before”. Amethyst stared at him.
“What is it with you two and some look that I haven’t seen. You both keep saying that.”
She said. They were standing in front of Alias’s door when Alex mumbled with a smirk,
“you are so taken”.
Knock, Knock, Alex knocked on the door.
“Go away,” Alias yelled from inside.
“Open up,” Alex said calmly. Alias didn’t answer.
“What’s the matter?” Amethyst said through the door and then stood back as she heard the click of a lock and the door open.
“Nothing’s wrong,” he said blowing some of his hair out his eyes.
His face is flush…and he seems not angry, but…bothered? He’s radiating heat…to keep his reactions calm, but why? Amethyst thought as she looked at his expression.
“Liar,” she said while keeping her tone light. “What’s wrong?” she asked again.
“Um I don’t want to talk about it, not now at least,” he said while directing his gaze at the floor. “Later, then?” She asked with a smile.
“Much later,” Alias mumbled.
“I wouldn’t want to bother you-“she said turning away.
“Never going to happen…you have immunity,” He said looking up at her to return the smile and then closing the door back, without the lock.
Amethyst looked down at Alex who had a distressed look on his face now.
“What is it, are you guys taking turns being in moods or something?” Amethyst said poking him in the side. Alex laughed,
“No problems with me, just my brothers. Hey, no problems with you for now either…remember, you’re a superhero!!!!” He added while tickling her.
“Hey no fair!!!” she said chasing Alex through the house.
“Hey look it’s sunny outside!!!!” Alex yelled while still running and ran out the door in the direction of the park.
How did I- Alex!!! She thought quickly realizing Alex was on the ground.
“I’m sorry!!! I don’t know how I did that!!!” she yelled while helping up from off the grass.
“THAT WAS PERFECT!!!” Alex yelled.
“Lex, did you hit your head that hard? How was that perfect?” Amethyst asked staring at Alex with a confused expression.
“You phased in front of me, that’s why I was running so fast,” Alex said.
“What?” she asked.
“I told you, you have powers you just don’t know how to use them. To get you to phase I guessed that if I ran fast enough you would figure you couldn’t out run me and focus on a speed ahead of mine to get in front of me automatically, it worked,” Alex explained.
“So I thought about being in front of you while I was running and then disappeared and reappeared in front of you?” She said barely understanding her own sentence.
“Exactly,” Alex said. “Can you do it again?” Alex asked moving further back from her.
“Um, I think so,” she said as she closed her eyes. Focus...Focus, she thought as she felt a wave go through her and opened her eyes again. “Eep,” she said. She was standing dangerously close to Alex as opposed to how far away he had been.
“Good we can work on this,” he said laughing.
“What so funny?” she asked. “Eep,” He imitated and laughed some more and then ran.
“Hey!!! Moving target!!!” she yelled.
When they got back to the house they were laughing and joking.
“What’s new, you two?” Alias asked from the couch.
“Go inside first, please?” Amethyst whispered to Alex. Alex walked in smiling.
“It was so much fun!!! We played tag and-“Alias gave Alex an amused look.
“I told you we were training her Alexander,” Alias said.
“I did!!! I taught her how to phase!!!!” He said still excited.
“Really? Prove it,” Alias said.
Amethyst closed her eyes and felt a wave and then opened them and was behind the couch smiling. “Fine, one, two, three,” Alex counted.
“CAN WE KEEP HIM!?!” Amethyst yelled.
“AHHH!!!” Alias screamed.
“Score!!!” Alex said and then he and Amethyst starting laughing.
“Impressive,” Alias said with his face slightly red.
“Hello, Can we keep him!?” Amethyst said impatiently.
“Keep who?” Alias asked. Amethyst moved to in front of the couch so Alias could see the small black bunny rabbit in her arms.
“Geliebt-Dämon,” Amethyst said.
“What does that mean?” Alias asked.
“Beloved Demon…” she said innocently. “It’s German,” she added.
“You taught her how to phase…and bought her a bunny?” Alias asked confused.
“No, she kept getting distracted by the bunny so she kept phasing to wherever the bunny moved instead of catching me,” Alex explained.
He’s so cute!!! How can he say no to a bunny!? The bunny likes me…aw he’s sleeping!!! She thought not hearing the conversation.
“See what I mean, it’s that easy,” Alex said gesturing toward amethyst who was still staring intently at the rabbit. “It was either let her hold the bunny or…all focus is gone,” Alias laughed.
“Can I keep him please Alias…I’ll take care of him, look at him!!! How can you say no…” She asked while holding the sleeping bunny up to his face.
“You got my vote, but make sure it’s Okay with Christophe and then we can go and buy some stuff for the little guy,” Alias said laughing.
Amethyst phased to outside Christophe’s door so she got practice and because walking seemed far too slow. Phasing doesn’t seem to hurt him, she thought. She knocked on Christophe’s door impatiently. “Come in,” he yelled.