Oblivion

I was alone. My only thought as I sat at the cliffs crying. No one was coming to save me from this hell I’d been born into. I was completely helpless. I was sick of the pain he caused me. I pulled my sleeves down as though if I couldn’t see the bruises my father gave me then they wouldn’t be there but that was only one of the fantasies I had. I felt useless. Alone. Worthless. I wanted to end it all. As I stood up and stared at the churning sea below, I thought of what people would think. They probably wouldn’t notice I was gone. No one had ever noticed me in the first place. I took that final step; I fell. The cold wind whipped at my face, ripping hair out of my braid. I tried to remember joy as I neared the water but you can’t remember something you never knew. The last thing I saw before I was dragged down to icy depths of the ocean, hair as brown as melted chocolate and eyes bluer than the sea. It almost looked like he jumped after me but I couldn’t be sure cause right then I hit the water and the world went black. ~*~ I woke to the sterile white walls of a hospital. I nearly screamed as the light hit my eyes. “Turn it off!” I heard someone shuffle about then a faint click as they turned the light off. Only when the brightness behind my eyelids faded did I open my eyes again, or at least I tried to. My eyes felt glued shut and when I tried to open them it felt like I was tearing them apart. It hurt. A lot. Why was I here? Shouldn’t I be dead? I tried to move but all that accomplished was to send a wave of agony crashing down my spine. This time I did scream. I heard someone curse then there were people all around me. No! No, no, no. I won’t let my father hurt me again. I struggled against the people holding me despite the pain. I could fight the pain like I always did but I wouldn’t let him hurt me anymore. I think I was screaming but I don’t remember. Something pierced the skin on my arm but I barely registered the additional pain but then I felt something move through my veins. It made my movements thick and sluggish. Oh no, was the last thing I thought before I was washed away on a wave of oblivion. When I came to it I could feel a new pressure around my wrists and ankles. I tested my movement and found them to be bound to the bed. I also found my pain to be no more than a dull ache now, I much preferred this to the agony from earlier, not that it made a difference. I slowly sat up as best I could before pressing the buzzer in the remote next to my hand, a nurse was there almost instantly. I motioned for her to release my hand but she shook her head. “I’m afraid I’ll need to get permission before I do that miss.” I nodded slowly then motioned for water but again she shook her head. “I’ll go get someone who can help.” She left before I could get her to stay. I tried to talk but my voice was no more than a dry rasp. It was helpless. I couldn’t do anything. It wasn’t long before a police officer and a doctor came into my room. The doctor motioned for the officer to undo the restraints on my wrists as he pulled out a pen and clip board. “Now, Miss Abigail. What is the last thing you remember?” I slowly sat up and took a few sips of water. I didn’t know this man so what made him think I was going to tell him. Doctor or not, my father had contacts everywhere. I didn’t tell anyone anything; I didn’t trust anyone anymore. Not since the accident. The last person I had trusted had beat me and made me want to kill myself. “Everything you say doesn’t leave this room I can assure you. I just need to make sure that you weren’t affected by the injection we gave you.” I had no idea what that was so I continued to stay silent. “It’s a knock out drug basically.” My eyes went wide. They knocked me out? When did that happen? I could have been allergic to one of the chemicals in it. “It was nothing bad it was just a precaution since you had started to attack the staff. It was rather remarkable how you did so when you were in so much pain.” I wasn’t about to explain anything to him. So I said the one thing that couldn’t possibly do any harm. “How did I get here?” Boy was I wrong. The doctor’s face darkened and it seemed like an effort for him to say what he said next. “A man found you somewhere, he wouldn’t tell us where, and brought you in. Quite frankly he’s been a real nuisance. He’s been insisting that he be allowed up to see you but only family is allowed up-” I had to cut him off there, “I would like to see him and besides he’ll be the only one that will bother to come and see me.” “What about your family? Won’t they be worried?” I gave him a cold look which he didn’t react to at all. “Even if they did care enough to come and see me, I have no desire to see them. Now, please go get the man that brought me in.” I didn’t leave any room for discussion in my voice and he left the room without further words said on the matter. While I waited for them to return I wondered about the man I’d seen follow me into the water. I wondered if it was the cold causing hallucinations or if it was real. The main thing I remember is those eyes, they were so bright and alive. Even now I could still see them with perfect clarity but apart from that I couldn’t remember anything of the man that had jumped after me. It made me curious. I’d never met anyone with eyes like those and I wanted to see them again. The police officer watched me closely. That changed when those eyes walked through the door with an extremely worried expression on his beautiful face. My body gave an involuntary jolt as I gasped half from pain and half from shock. Relief quickly smoothed out his features and he was even more gorgeous. It was him. He was the one who had jumped after me but, that was a dream, hadn’t it? He couldn’t possibly have been real though. Maybe I was still dreaming; but those eyes. Nothing in the world could have ever made me forget those eyes. I spoke before I could stop myself. “I know you.” He gave me an easy grin but didn’t say anything only gave the doctor a pointed look. He didn’t want to talk in front of the doctor. Well, you’re not the only one. He’s creepy. I thought but didn’t say. The doctor frowned at him but glanced at me, waiting for my response, letting me decide what was too happen. I cleared my throat. “Could you please give us a minute?” He gives me a sharp nod and the officer and him left us alone but not before I saw the hatred in his eyes as he glanced at the boy. I hesitantly turned back to the blue eyed beauty. I regarded him slowly as he walked up to the side of my bed. “I’m so glad you’re okay. I was so worried when I pulled you out of the water.” I nodded slowly and grabbed my glass of water and sipped at it. At this point, I didn’t trust myself to speak. “Why did you jump after me?” I didn’t particularly care about him or at least that’s how I was trying to act. I just cared that he had robbed me of my chance to leave this hell. I didn’t want to be here and he probably knew that. “I saved you because you were throwing away a life that you need to keep living.” He had such conviction as he said it that I nearly believed him. Nearly. “How did you survive that jump? And why do I need to keep on living? No one wants me.” A pang of sadness hit me with my last statement. He just gave me a sad look. “Look I was sent to save you. I’m here to recover you and get you to come with me. You might have no reason to trust me but I think I’m the better option than going back to your father.” I gave him a considering look now. I could see bridled strength beneath his shirt and sensed a coiled power inside him. It wasn’t the kind of power that normal people possessed. For the first time in five years I opened up that six sense that I had, using it to peer into his aura. It was a bright cobalt blue and I smiled. I might his eyes and laughed. “You have no idea what you’re getting into with me, Fae.” He looked shocked. I laughed again. “If I come with you, you need to heal me first because I can’t walk in this state.” He gave me a slow nod and moved closer to begin the healing process. “This might hurt.” I just smiled. “If you think this will hurt, you have no idea what I am.” It started as a gentle tingle beneath my skin but slowly the tingling turned to a burn but I damped down my pain by opening my power. It numbed me. It couldn’t heal but it could take away the pain. Then the burning cut off, I looked up confused. “Is it done?” but he didn’t hear me. He was being strangled. The doctor was back but then again it wasn’t the doctor. This doctor had fangs in his mouth and claws on his fingers. His skin was mottled like that of stone. Then it hit me; he was a gargoyle. “Abi igneum esse inferorum. Lucius Annaeus Seneca demonem inferni. Damno remittimus et igni.” I chanted under my breath; slowly wrapping my magic around him and cutting him off from the Fae. I gradually unwrapped the stone from Mr. Blue Eyes. “Abi igneum esse inferorum! Lucius Annaeus Seneca demonem inferni! Damno remittimus et igni!” I yelled for a final time as he cursed me and was swept back to hell. I slam down the barriers to my magic and cut it off. The loss of power had me wobbling on my legs. It took all the strength I had left not to collapse. Instead I walked over to him and stuck out my hand. “Lythia.” I said as I shook his hand. He gave me a tight smile. “Matthaeus.”