What have I done?
I took a good look at her, her eyes.... they were red with tears, my heart sank, "I.... he was... he would have.." I tried to explain myself but no words came out.
"Let me help." I said motioning to her hand, as I stood to my feet the man fled immediately but that didn't matter anymore.
I walked towards her but she looked away not saying a word, the look in her eyes hurt me, I never wanted her to see me like this..
Putting my hands in front of my eyes they came up red, some of it my own blood, I must look like a monster, pain shot through me from the side, making me realise I was still bleeding and badly.
I took off my shirt, cutting a large strip of cloth and tying the rest of it around my waist, my hands shook throughout, pain and fatigue rushed me in waves.
I approached her slowly, holding the other strip of cloth in one hand, i could feel my condition getting worse.
My heart was pumping so fast and my energy was flowing wildly, it wasn't like during the fight, this time my energy was panicking, like people on a sinking ship.
My eyes blurred and I tripped on something, a hand, that body had no life in it.
Did I kill him too..., I lay on the floor till a hand pulled me, trying to lift me.
I couldn't stand without its help, my breathing came in harsh, sharp breaths.
It was obvious my condition had gotten much worse in a short time.
I would die here.
With Alex's help I stood to my feet, the rag I cut to tie her injury lay at my feet.
"You need a hospital", she said as she helped me walk, her voice was shaky.
"No... home..." I said, the words came out slowly and slurred, I was getting very dizzy, she looked at me as though I've gone mad.
"You need proper medical attention" Her words sounded annoying to my ears, I pushed her away, and miraculously I could stand on my feet now just shaky.
"Home!!" I repeated, firmer this time. I needed to get home, and I didn't want her with me there.
I took a single step forward, then another, she tried to steady me but I pushed her again.
"You.... go home.... I go home, everything... alright" I spat out, I couldn't form complex sentences with the state my mind was in.
But I could walk now. She looked at me like I was mad, "I can't just go home I..." She began to talk again her voice was getting louder, this argument helped no one "GO HOME!!!" I screamed with all the strength I could muster I shook on my feet, coughing and spitting blood.
Tears streamed down her eyes, but it didn't matter right now, she was right in her street and her house was down the road, all she had to do was get home and lock the door behind her.
She ran away, and I looked at the mess I made, the fight wasn't that long, The guy I tripped on before was definitely dead, I could see it in his blank stare, the slight paleness on his skin.
I hurried in the opposite direction from where she went, I was too scared to get a cab, afraid to meet unpleasant discussions about the blood on my body or whether or not I should be heading to a hospital.
But the road was much worse, I was bloody, shirtless and clearly injured to the point of staggering.
People who noticed, avoided me as much as was possible on the road, the shirt I used as a rag on my wounds got soaked and started to dip blood.
I moved on regardless, the journey felt like it was hours long.
And eventually I couldn't go anymore, I slumped to the ground. "I'm gonna die" I spoke softly, my hands were bloody, everything I saw was blurry.
My energy shook in my body, it was dying out. I was really going to die.
I saw flashes of my life, my childhood, happy days, days before I had awakened my powers.
"Theola...."I muttered, I could see my mum's face, my dad was with her.
I tried to shake the image out of my head, "Theola..." I cried out louder, Her face was slipping away.
Tears streamed down my eye, the image of my mum touched my face. "I'm sorry....I'm sorry."I said, I was crying now.
Someone picked me up, I couldn't struggle, their grip was firm, I was being thrown into a car, I screamed, if I couldn't struggle with my body then i knew my voice would help me.
But no one came to my aid.
....
Vicas struggled in my grasp, I tried to tell him he was safe but it seemed like he couldn't hear me.
Some people called the police when they saw him stumbling down the road, but that wasn't why I was here.
Looking to my wife Eve, she didn't say a word, her powers were the most amazing or most developed out of us all.
She could sense the diminishing life force of her son from the hospital, knew he was in trouble,and then came to get me.
We would have been here sooner but I had to make sure I was the only one that answered the calls that followed.
Firstly the girl who reported the whole accident, apparently she and her friend were walking home but some guys tried to rob them, the friend fought and won but he got stabbed.
Then there were people who reported hearing screams around the area of the robbing scene, apparently the screams were so chilling they felt someone was being tortured.
Then people who reported seeing a bloody shirtless kid walking down the streets like he was about to die.
We got to Vicas first, with Eve's direction we found him and quickly put him into the car my wife followed immediately and continued healing him.
By the time I got into the car he was completely healed just unconscious.
"Now on to the next spot" I said, "There's no one there." my wife said, I turned to look at her, she continued explaining"Vicas killed one of them, the others are gone, they took the corpse too, there's no one there." A shiver ran down my spine, "Vicas... killed one of them I repeated to myself".
Her powers were creepy, of all the people there she had only marked Vicas, but using his life force, she sensed out everyone in that area, knowing who was dead or injured.
I always wondered how she saw the world, her powers were... life changing, both for her and those she saved.
I remember her before her powers, she was so.... alive, now she's hard to describe, i loved her still but.... She's not the same person.
We arrived at the scene, there were blood splatters around, but no one was here, there were bloody scratch marks on the floor.
Screams like someone was being tortured, one of them dead, flashbacks entered my head, "He couldn't have...." I whispered stepping back, "He couldn't have... No!!", memories of myself screaming on the floor assaulted my head, nightmares from the days past.
He used his powers, I looked at the car in anger, my wife stared back at me "He had to. Look at the state he's in, he would have died."She said, She didn't understand, she couldn't understand how it feels.
"He didn't have a choice." she said, "You don't know that!!" My voice came out as a growl, I picked up my phone, reporting everything except the supernatural stuff, I told them I was taking the boy to the hospital, they didn't need to know it was my child, from here anyone could handle the rest.
We left to the hospital, it was just formalities, we left for home soon after, I took account of what happened from his perspective, I just said some stuff that aligned with what the girl said.
Vicas didn't wake once.
....
I woke up crying, tears dropped from one eye.
The first thing I noticed was my mum, she had food already prepared, and she held my hand in hers.
Memories flooded my mind, I sat still for a while, I was in my room, i realises slowly as I took in the plain dark blue walls. When I thought I was being kidnapped or something, it must have been my parents that took me.
"How do you feel" She said, "I dreamt of her... Theola" I said, my voice felt hollow even to myself.
There was little comfort she could give me for that, but she gave my hand a tiny squeeze, to have that bit of acknowledgement felt good enough.
"You've been asleep for about 6 hours, I was staring to get worried", I looked at the wall clock the time was around 12am.
"Your dad's been out sorting issues, I don't think he would be back soon, he needs some fresh air with all that happened" My mum said, "I killed someone.... I did it with my powers". My voice was weak and a tear dropped down my eye.
My mum didn't try to comfort me, she just watched, soon after she left, without saying a word lots of people think of it as weird, but I never saw it that way, maybe I was weird too.
I looked at the food she left, it was still warm, a bowl of vegetable soup filled with potatoes and meat, there were fruits too, bananas and oranges along with bread, some biscuits, cookies, orange juice and water.
I sat staring at the food she left behind, in what order was I to eat this. I laughed at nothing in particular, and started eating from the oranges.
The oranges were juicy, their juices burst with flavor in my mouth, and by the time I was done with my third one I felt hungrier than when I started.
Then I dipped the bread in the soup eating it slowly, the soup was thick, and everybite felt like I was getting more healthy.
I slept and woke late, I didn't eat everything, there were still some biscuits and bananas left, I didn't touch much of the juice because I didn't feel like it, I was fine with just the water.
I couldn't go to school today, Alex clearly saw me injured and badly, no one knew of our secrets and it would stay that way.
I carried the juice and ate a banana while heading down to get more food.
I only met Theo's dolls, everyone had already gone out for the day, I picked out food that was left for me placing it along with the juice at the table.
Today only I and Theo were at home, meaning I had the whole house to myself.
A knock at the door distracted me, who is it at this time?, just when I thought I'll be home alone.
Then realisation struck me, no one would knock, everyone had a key on them, who could it be at this time?
The knock came again and I hurried to the door, Opening the door I saw Alex, my eyes dilated and the knob suddenly felt cold to my hands.
I was stunned silent, questions on why she was here flooded my head.
"Vicas...?" She asked.