Chapter 17
The Flames Cont.
I rush to check on Hennessy as she lay like a limp noodle on the floor. I see the cut on her head as it bleeds freely, I make sure that she is still breathing once I was satisfied that she was going to live I move through the barrier and look out the through Hennessy. The best part about being flames is that I don’t need to have Hennessy awake to be able to watch through her.
I watch as the dark shadow walks closer and bends down to look over Hennessy, he doesn’t touch her thank goodness so I continue to look around to see where we are and assess whether I can make the rest of the trip to the cottage with Hennessy passed out I listen to the dark Shadow whistle before everything goes quiet.
“This stupid mother fcker” thinks that he can scare us off the road just to whistle a stupid tune I swear I will gather up every little bit of his shadow and flame on.
I listen as does the shadow to the sound in the distance, it sounds like a car. Taking a step back I rush back to Hennessy and see that she is still passed out.
“Come on” I shout though no one can here me. Though I do take some sick satisfaction in making the shadow jump a little. The best part about being me is that I affect all beings whether they admit it or not.
As the car pulls up, I listen as the man and the shadow fight over the accident which I completely agree with. Stupid shadow.
The man reaches in and slowly pulls Hennessy out of the car and moves her towards his car.
“Oh, I am going to kick some ass” I mutter
“I am going to light this flesh bag up” I mutter as he continues to take me towards the back seat of his car. As he lowers Hennessy down, I feel a blip in Hennessy’s heart and I rush back to her. Closing my eyes I move through Hennessy and notice that she had broken a couple of ribs and one of her broken ribs has punctured her heart.
These stupid low life idiots just killed my girl. As the man and shadow place Hennessy’s dying body on the back seat of the car, I feel the flames taking over I surround Hennessy’s body and take some sick satisfaction in the man yelling and jumping back as he gets a little singe on his arms. Before long the whole of Hennessy is alight and so is the stupid guy’s car. I feel Hennessy moving away from the flames so I make them a little hotter. We can’t move yet we need the flames we need them to be reborn.
Each time Hennessy is reborn is another step that I am closer to coming to the surface permanently but it is also another lesson that poor Hennessy has to learn and adjust to. Another failure on her part to be enough. Good enough to be apart of a super family, good enough to drive a car but at the end of the day Hennessy never finds herself good enough.
Increasing the temperature of the flames I count down from ten hoping that the shadow can’t reach us just yet.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six… I can feel the pull on our body a little more I turn up the heat and listen as the man and shadow argue about it being too hot. The man doesn’t want to go into the flames as he will take too long to regenerate and the shadow doesn’t like the flames.
“Too bad sunny” I say while laughing.
Three, two and one. They are still arguing giving us just a little extra time.
The more time that we stay in the fire the better we will be and the faster we can heal. I feel a sudden chill that knocks the flames out. I fade in and out of consciousness as we teleport with the man.
I don’t know how long I am knocked out but I feel a soft bed on our back and notice that Hennessy still hasn’t come to yet. I hope that the fire was enough.
I listen as the man and an advisor talk about us like we are not here. I smell some delicious smells and I wish Hennessy would wake up so that we can eat. But no, she is out for the count. I try take control of her body but that isn’t something that is working either.
Finally, the advisor leaves and its just me Hennessy and flesh bag with his shadow. I do another check on Hennessy and see that she is ok for the time being. I continue to sit by Hennessy for a while until I fee the cold start to push into my room. Looking up I see the shadow standing in front of me.
“What the hell are you?” the shadow growls
“I would talk to you but I don’t want to waste the energy” I growl back
“What are you and why is that girl just laying there” The shadow growls again
“Go NOW!” I snap. I watch as Hennessy starts to twitch.
“Answer me, we are Royal you must answer” The shadow growls again
“I have told you so many times now. GO NOW!” I shout as the flames come roaring to life.
I hear the shadow scream a high pitch girly scream. I laugh uncontrollably as the shadow is forced out of our space along with the flames.
“What the hell” the man shouts as he pats down his arms.
I watch for a while as the man tries to put out the flames, meanwhile laughing so hard that I am almost crying.
It takes another few minutes for the flames to die down when they do the shadow is looking pssed and the flesh bag is looking crispy.
“What the hell was that” the flesh bag growls at the shadow.
“Flames” the shadow growls.