HIDDEN (hide or die)

Chapter Nineteen

KYLE'S P.O.V.

"Kyle! Kyle!" Daren stood in front of me, repeatedly calling my name and clicking his fingers at my face trying to gain my attention.

Did he really say what I thought he said? Was this just a bad joke?

I blinked a couple of times and then stared him in the eye, " what did you just say?" His expression became serious, he took a few steps backward, gestured to the pool and said, 

"You need to get into the water dear, we need to start the procedure as soon as possible."

Yup, it wasn't a joke, his tone confirmed it, I was in deep s**t.

My body started trembling, It felt like my skin had suddenly caught on fire, I began sweating profusely, my mind was racing a thousand miles per second and right there in the middle of my breakdown, it dawned on me that if I made any rash decisions I could end up sealing my faith for life. 

I started moving slowly backward away from the pool, my mother's words, my daily motto, rang repeatedly in my head Hide or die! My secrete had to be protected. 

I had no idea who this guy was except for the fact that Becky said he was her brother. I couldn't let him see what I was, it could lead to severe consequences but then leaving was neither an option. He made me understand earlier that I could die if I left without treatment so, in other words, I was standing between the devil and the deep blue sea completely fucked

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"What are you doing standing there for? Take off your clothes and get into the pool! Delay is dangerous!" He looked at me expecting me to jump into the water and it seemed he was getting irritated by my stalling and I didn't know what to do to stop it.

"I can't swim. Please there has to be another solution, another way to my problem." I said in a desperate attempt to escape my predicament.

"Alright dear, calm down, you don't need to worry, there is another solution." He said with a big smile and my heart leaped for joy, my face instantly lit up in a smile.

He walked towards me and then bent a little so that our eyes could be on the same level, "Can you take off your clothes for me dear? I need to drain out the blood from your penis." My smile faded and completely turned upside down.

I quickly jumped back, away from him

"Don't you have something I could apply to it or a mixture I could drink to cure it?" I asked, desperately trying to keep my tears away.

"Hahahaha!! Daren started laughing, he laughed so hard that he began to cry; I stood still and stared at him, completely confused and on the verge of crying from frustration.

"Wha-t... What's so funny?" My voice broke.

"Come on Kyle, let drop the bullshit, shall we?" His expression suddenly went dark, he was now wearing a very dangerous looking smirk on his face as he slowly and purposefully approached me.

"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" I was beginning to get really scared of him. I copied his movement and slowly started moving away from him.

"You know what I mean Kyle! I can smell it on you! His voice had suddenly taken a very vicious tone and his eyes were staring at me with murderous intent in them.

" Please, I don't know what you are talking about. Why are you doing this?" My voice shook in fear.

"I know you're a Cygan, Kyle! Don't take me for a fool! I had my suspicions when I first met you at pixies and as faith would have it, my love-stricken sister brought you to my doorstep. Once I heard your name fall out of her lips, I knew this would be the best time to confirm my suspicions so I immediately went to my bedroom and put on some 'matelure' a perfume I specially concocted for your kind and as predicted you just couldn't resist it." 

I turned and looked at the heavy door that was now closed and thought of how I was going to make a run for it but then I heard him chuckle, " Don't even think about it, you won't be able to open it anyway." Then he started moving toward me again and I also tried to move away from him but this time he stretched out his hand, grabbed mine and started squeezing it extremely hard. I winced in pain trying to pull my hand free from his clutch but he was unsurprising very strong.

"What is it dear, don't you what to be treated again? His voice took a teasing tone as he mocked me, urging me to make a move if I dared.

I became very pissed, he was toying with me, stalking me like a helpless prey and the worse part was I hadn't done anything to deserve such treatments. I straighten up, stood confidently and shouted to his face: "Get the f**k away from me! I don't care if I ended up dying in a ditch somewhere, it would be a hundred times better than taking any form of treatment from a psychopath like you!" 

I soon regretted my actions because I wasn't expecting what happened next. He let go of me, his smile widened, all of a sudden his arms began to stretch, they become incredibly bigger than it was before, his fingers disappeared giving way for thick, large and extremely long claws then the veins on his arms became very visible; I watched in pure terror as the same thing started happening to his legs and how he became extraordinarily huge towering over me like a 12feet giant.

I quickly made a run for the door but I wasn't fast enough. I felt his sharp claws, slice my jacket and pierce into the skin of my right shoulder down to my arm and I immediately cried out in pain.

I tried running towards the door again but he quickly sneaked around me and blocked my way. I turned around and started running towards the pool, my heart was pounding from excess fear as I got closer to the pool only to realize he wasn't even chasing after me instead he was standing still and watching me run like a patient hunter with a smirk on his face. 

I immediately stopped running, turned and faced his direction, I didn't want him sneaking up on me again. I watched him like a hawk while also using that opportunity to take off my torn, blood-soaked jacket and then took a proper look at the four long, b****y strips that his claws had made on my hand in horror.

"Oh look! We have finally taken off our skin, don't we look beautiful?" His voice had changed from normal to a very deep one making my fears heighten. 

I couldn't die like this. I couldn't leave mom on her own. I had always been in hiding, I had never done anything with my life. What was the point of all that hiding if I would end up dying in such a manner with nobody for a witness? No! I had to escape, there had to be another way out.

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I clutched my injured arm and desperately started scanning the room for another way out but unfortunately, there were no openings on the walls except for the heavy door so out of desperation I looked up at the ceiling and almost cried out in relief. 

The skylight had a latch on it meaning I could open it up and escape. So without wasting any time, I started flapping my enormous wings but it made the pain on my shoulder intensify forcing me to cry out; I decide to ignored it and kept my eyes on the price "ESCAPE!!". I flapped harder and finally took off from the ground.

I realized too late that Daren had gotten close to me when he stretched his long hand, grab my leg and started pulling me down.

I flapped with all my strength as I tried to get my leg free of him but it was to no avail. 

"YOU LITTLE MUTT! Did you really think you could escape from me that easily? after what you did to my father?!!!

I became filled with rage, I wasn't going to die like this! I told myself as I struggled for freedom. To my greatest surprise, my canines suddenly elongated, my nails gave way for sharp long claws and once my transformation was finally complete, I looked down at my hands and smiled wickedly. Oh, he was going to get it! He was going to get it so hard!

I stopped flapping hard I allowed him to drag me down to his level when I was close enough, I quickly swerve to my left then I landed my claws on his left eye and dragged it down to his cheeks. He screamed in pain but mostly out of shock and he quickly let go of my leg. I didn't give him room for recovery I immediately flew around him hooked my claws on his shoulder dragged it down to his rips for personal satisfaction. He screamed again and I smiled then I went down to his leg and clawed it as well, he let out another scream and I went in for the final blow. I used all my strength and knocked his leg off the ground then I immediately flew out of the way and watch him stumble and fall into the cold water.

The weirdest thing happened. Immediately his body hit the water, he started shaking uncontrollably as though the water had been charged with electricity. I quickly flew straight for the latch not waiting to see what was going to happen. When I got to it, I hastily unlocked it and squeezed myself out of the small opening but in the process, the tight opening worsened my injure making the pain on my shoulder and arm become very unbearable. I attempted flapping my wing but the pain wouldn't let me. I needed to get off the roof but the only option I had left was either falling off or jumping off so I reluctantly looked down at the height I was going to jump and sighed but then I noticed a black car was parked just beneath me, so praying with all my heart that it was Daren's I wrapped my wings around my body and rolled down the roof landing on the car with a loud noise. 

I rolled down from the car in so much pain but I endured. I held my injured arm and started staggering towards the gate.

" What the hell is going on! " I heard Becky's voice and I began to walk faster.

"OH MY GOD, KYLE?!!!" I heard her exclaimed, I ignored it and tried walking even faster but it was to no avail because she soon caught up with me.

She grabbed my hand and stared at me with much shock evident in her eyes.

"You are a Cygan." She didn't say it as a question but as a realization. I quickly pulled my hand away from hers and placed it back on my injured arm. She left without saying a word and started running back toward the house. I became scared she was going to bring backup or worse her brother so I began flapping my wings again but it hurt so bad that I felt like I was going to die; I paid it no mind as I lifted myself from the ground and started frying towards the gate at a very slow pace but it was better than walking.

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I heard the sound of a car moving toward me and I began to flap harder but unfortunately for me, my shoulder gave up and I came crashing down on the hard concrete.

"KYLE!! I heard Becky screamed. Soon after her blue Mercedez came to an abrupt stop by my side. She quickly got down from the car and ran to my side. She tried helping me up but I pushed her hand away.

" Please Kyle, let me help you. The car will be faster and safer than walking or flying, and besides, we need to hurry, Daren will soon be here." Her voice was chucked up with tears as she stared down at me with much sincerity in her eyes so, with no other option in sight, I decided to take my chances with her.

She helped me get into the car then we drove out of the cursed castle. We drove for a while and then finally arrived at the main road. Becky let down my seat and windup the car windows. When I made a move to seat up she told me to lay back down so as not to draw attention to ourself but I refused; I couldn't let her take me anywhere blindfolded. She sighed and asked for my address when I told her, she punched it into the GPS and then asked me to just listen to the GPS if at some point I felt anything odd, I could always seat up and check so I relaxed and did as she instructed.

Some minutes later, we were parked in front of my house. Becky got down from the car and knocked at my door while I sat in the car and prayed with all my heart for mom to be at home. I lost my phone sometime within that whole mess so there was no way of contacting her. Luckily mom came out of the house and met with Becky.

"Hello, how may I help you?" Mom asked and Becky pointed to the car. I lifted up my head a little bit so that mom could see me when she noticed me she Immediately rushed to the car, tried to open the door then she noticed I wasn't wearing any shirt so she quickly ran back inside and brought back a blanket. She opened the door and wrapped it around me then she helped me into the house.

"Baby? What happened to you?" My mom cried as she looked at my injuries.

"He got into a fight with a Sego, my brother," Becky replied and immediately my mother's face whiten with fear "What?!! How? Why?" Mom began to panic but Becky quickly grabbed her hand and asked her to focus.

"Oh my God! We need to leave!" Mum shouted in a panic and was about to rush upstairs but Becky stopped her again.

"Ma, you need to leave I get that but there is something else. Kyle got into this problem because he needed help for an erection that refused to go down," Becky said bluntly and my mother's face became paler than before as she turned and looked at me with a shocked face. I quickly brought my head down in shame and looked down at my b***r but I was surprised to see it was no longer there, it had already gone down; at that moment, I felt like punching myself in the face for being so foolish.

"Excuse me Ma, but my brother is already on his way." Becky said and mom quickly came to me, grabbed my hand and asked: "Who is it?" She looked so scared, I had never seen her so scared before and it broke my heart.

"Who are you talking about mom?" I asked confused 

"Please honey, I need to know right now the name of the girl that caused you to have that erection." My face suddenly became as red as tomatoes and I quickly averted my eyes from hers.

"Kyle! Snap out of it!" Mom yelled and I flinched "What's the problem mom?" I asked, shocked that mom could yell at me. 

"KYLE, NOW!" She yelled louder than before and I Immediately screamed "ANDREW!" Her mouth fell open so did that of Becky. 

Mum quickly composed herself, "Andrew from across the street?" She asked and I slowly nodded "Are you guys dating?" She asked again and I shook my head then she quietly got up and turned to Becky, 

"He has to come with us." Beckey nodded and then added, "Leave that to me." She quickly turned to the door but then she remembered something and turned back to my mom "what if he refuses?" 

"Then you use force," mom replied shocking the living daylight out of me.