Frostbite

Frostbite: It's me now

Henry's pov

"her spirit is gone." says Gloria as she covers Skye's face with a white sheet.

it has been almost half a day since we found her and we have finally decided to declare her dead. Skye's body is pale and its clear that she is no longer with us. Gloria covered the corpse because although she's a demon, she can't stand to watch people die in front of her.

"Even if she wakes up, she won't be alive for long." says Elias the pack doctor. "I'll call the Alpha and tell him that we need to prepare for a funeral."

I stare at the white sheets with tears in my eyes as Gloria looks around the room uncomfortably.

"sorry" I say slowly and almost in a whisper.

"no, you're fine" she says as she leans on the wall next to me.

Gloria has always hated to see people cry in front of her as well, many things bother her but she has never said why.

'I don't know how to react.' she would always say whenever I would ask her about it.

"what are you going to do?" she asks as she looks at me nervously. "are you going to wait for her brother to come before the burial?"

I continue to look at Skye's corpse as I begin to think about the different memories that I have engraved in my heart with her.

"I don't want to think about that right now." I say getting up from my seat as I walk out of the room as fast as I can.

I need time to think, time to process everything, and most importantly I need to stop blaming myself.

"umm... Henry wait!" I hear Gloria scream as she stands in the doorway. she begins to point at something in Skye's room and says with a terrified expression. "she just moved."

"what?!" I ask as I run towards Skye's room as fast as I can, Gloria moves away from my way as I quickly stand in front of the bed and slowly reach my hand out to grab the white sheets that lay on top of Skye's body.

Before I am able to get near her, Skye's hand takes of the sheets as she sits up and takes a deep breath.

Gloria and I look at Skye with terrified expressions as she begins to look around the room. she looks at us with a confused expression before her eyes land on her foot.

she begins to read the tag that doctor Elias put on her and an irritated expression appears on her face as she pulls it out.

"how rude, I'm not dead." she says as she looks at me with her dark violet eyes. "you-" she tries to say something but instead begins to grab onto her left arm. "s**t!" she screams as she begins to roll around her bed.

"Skye what's wrong?" I ask as I try to help her but she just continues to scream.

I look at her left arm and in the place where her scar used to be is now replaced by a violet mark. it begins to glow and spread all the way to her wrist.

"Henry make it stop!" she screams as she continues to roll around on her bed.

"Gloria call Ben!" I scream as she quickly reaches for my cell phone on the cabinet next to Skye's bed.

"hurry Gloria!" I scream as she looks at me worried.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" she says as she hands me the cell phone.

I hear a couple of rings before Ben picks up the phone. "Ive decided to head over there as soon as I can."

"f**k! make it stop!" she screams as she looks at me with an annoyed expression.

"Ben! that mark that you were talking about, what do we do to take away the pain that it gives you?!" I ask impatiently.

"what pain?" he asks sounding confused.

Skye continues to scream in pain as she rolls of the bed and begins to walk around the room. she begins to hit herself in the walls from the pain.

"Skye stop! you are going to hurt yourself!" Gloria screams as she tries to grab on to Skye.

Skye begins to struggle in Gloria's arms as she begins to scream "Let me go!"

the moment those words come out her lips Gloria is sent flying towards the wall and a black substance begins to come of Skye's hands.

Gloria falls into the floor with a loud thud as she opens her eyes as soon as she can and she begins to back away from Skye when she sees her.

"what the hell? why do you have that?!" she begins to freak out.

"Henry did I just hear Skye?!" Ben screams from the other side of the line as I ignore him.

Skye's hair begins to change color, her light brown hair is now her natural dark blue hair. The black substance begins to spread around the room and in surrounds her like a wall. it looks like smoke, like a misty black day.

Skye looks at me as she slowly looks at her hands and she makes an expression of realization as the black substance begins to disappear into her hands.

once the dark substance is gone Gloria runs towards Skye and tackles her down.

"what the hell are you doing?!" Skye asks as she begins to move around.

"why do you have that?" Gloria asks as she pins Skye down on the floor.

"mind explaining what "that" is before you pin down my daughter?" I ask as Gloria looks up at me with a hurt expression as I hang up on Ben.

she lets go Skye and looks at me with an offended expression.

"there's only one thing that could do something like that!" she begins to scream at me as Skye runs towards a wall and stands there with a protective stance. "I didn't know that demons could die until a century ago when my brother was killed by that thing that she has in her hands."

"he must have done something bad." Skye says as she looks at Gloria without looking away. her eyes look at her with determination and strength, knowing that look very well I can see that she feels offended and that she won't back out of the argument that she initiated.

"what?" Gloria asks in disbelief as she begins to laugh. "you can't be serious! you don't even know what that is!"

"I know its evil, but he won't take anyone unless they deserve it." she says as she looks at her hand. "if he took your brothers soul its because it was filled with darkness, and that means he's part of his collection."

"Skye what are you talking about?" I ask feeling confused. "what is this thing that you are talking about and why is it inside of your hands?"

she looks at Gloria with careful eyes as she observes her, probably trying to read her movements. "he told me his name is Death, and I don't know why he's inside me but..." a moment of silence fills the air as she breathes out carefully and slowly "it feels like if he's part of me now." she lifts up her hands and the black substance begins to come out of her hands as it begins to fly around her hands. "its me now." she says as she grins devilishly at her hands.