Fighting Faith

2.1

There was a growl that neither of us knew where it was coming from, it felt close and thunderous. The other two guys seemed too focused on what they were doing that didn’t even notice the sound, so I guess it was just us two.

“Are you… are you seeing and hearing stuff too?” he asked cautious of my answer. He was trembling as if he didn’t have any control over his body.

Besides the headache and fever I believe I was okay compared to him. Should I give him a little shake in revenge?

I moved my head no which made him even more pale.

“So that means you… you didn’t see the bear… or wolf? Whatever that was” so we did see the same thing.

I noticed while I was scanning the items Jake wanted to buy, the guys from before stopped moving. One of them left the cart on one of the aisle stands and they both walked outside without uttering a word. Even when they seemed to be running away scared, this didn’t stop them from looking graceful. They didn’t really rob anything because the antitheft alarm didn’t make any sound, but they were still strange and uncanny.

Why were they even here?

I motioned no with my head which made Jake shiver. This was my vengeance. I don’t think I’ll see any other wolves anyway. I was moving away.

After getting his change, I took a break from the register to fix the items the guys got in the cart but didn’t buy. People should be more conscious about employees; this is more work that I didn’t have to do if they were not so strange and left everything behind.

I was starting to feel dizzy all of a sudden, the rain moved from a slow drizzle to a downpour while I was doing this. I just hope Joe will arrive on time. I was eager to cuddle in the couch for the lineup of movies we were watching today.

I took some other pills for the headache and fever. It was not like a regular fever, I felt my whole body aching and burning as if a fire lighted up inside me and I didn’t know how to make it better. My skin felt as if it was being torn apart from within.

I think I need a cold shower. That will probably make me feel better.

I sit at the register watching the rain fall, it was quiet and no one was outside and that’s how I spent the next couple of hours, no customers, nothing to entertain myself but the old magazines I’ve read multiple times.

Why is Joe not here?

I looked at the clock on the wall while I ate some Doritos along with a Coke. My grams was almost here and Joe was nowhere to be seen. Under this weather I don’t think he’d be too excited to go out.

I tried moving but every step I made was as if I was moving a huge stone on my back, my muscles were sore and my back hurt like if I was hit with a bat. I fell to the ground while trying to stand up.

I used the phone below the register to call Mrs. Roberts, I don’t know what was happening to me but I couldn’t leave the register alone or the store nonetheless. Was this how drugs felt like in your system?

‘Hi Mrs. Roberts, it’s Faith.’

‘Hi darling, how is all going along?’

‘Mrs. Roberts, I’m feeling extremely sick. Is my grams still there? Joe is not here and I really need to go as soon…’

An ear-breaking scream came out of my mouth when I felt my back tearing apart. I was sweating and shaking.

What was happening to me?

‘Faith? Faith? Are you okay? What’s going on? I’ll look over the cameras. Is there someone hurting you?’

‘No, I… I just have a fever’ I couldn’t even talk due to the pain I was feeling all over my body. I felt as if my body was breaking into pieces and then coming back together as if I was some kind of puzzle.

‘Susan went out before you called me. I’ll call Joe and ask him to go to the store right now. You can just lock the door when your grams arrives’

‘Ok… okay’

I closed the call without even saying goodbye, I was internally dying. Do I have cancer? Is this what being ill felt like? I should call 911.

I was twisting on the floor due to the pain I was feeling. I noticed my body contorting into shapes. I didn’t even know it was possible for human sake. I tried to move and close the door so no one could see me like this.

I screamed. Screaming seems to alleviate the pain but it never stopped.

I was crying at this point.

I heard the bell chiming and rushed steps closing to me, I didn’t want a customer seeing me like this.

But it was grandma. She had a huge blanket to cover me with.

“It is happening sooner than I thought. I’m so sorry baby” were her words while she helped me up. She was extremely strong to rise me up and cover me with a huge blanket so no one could see me.

“What… what is happening to me?”