Shudders: Retribution

Chapter 19 - The Trio

       Xed gave her the happiest puppy eyes and fell to the ground onto his back while holding the fabric up into the air. "Indi. I think I'm in love!"

"Aw, here we go..." Came a more masculine voice this time that Xed recognized as his brother, Chip.

      His real name was Chey but Xed liked to call him Chip because it annoyed him. Chey was almost the same height as him, just a little bit shorter and more muscular too from how much he fights. His tanned skin had bruises and scars as proof of his battles. He had long ginger hair that was messily tied back into a braid and shorter strands fell around his green eyes that looked at his brother irritated. "Dude, you're not in love. You're just obsessed again."

"But she's different!" Xed whined. "I've never been more obsessed in my life! All I can think about is my sweet."

      Indi shook her head and looked at Chey. "Just let him have his moment. It'll go away eventually."

"Never!" Xed exclaimed while holding the fabric that held (Y/N)'s scent against his cheek with a lovesick smile.

"Yea, the last time we let him have his moment he blew up an entire building." Chip grumbled. "When he was obsessed with those human bombs."

"I tried taking them away." Indi shrugged. "You know how he is."

"I'm right here guys." Xed muttered before he went back to cuddling the fabric and thinking about his little monster. "Oh, I miss her so much. It felt like such a blessing having her use her blood against me! She's just like me!"

       Xed's abilities weren't the greatest in comparison to the others. He can't fight with his or use them for much really. It's why Zankoku always found him to be useless and made him into a lackey. But Zankora recognized his worth, she recognized everyone's worth. She made them all equal to each other, no one was a lackey and no one was a scout.

      But Xed still felt lesser when it came to his abilities. He had toxic blood, whoopty doo. He couldn't even control it like Zankoku controlled his, it was just sitting in his body waiting to connect with some poor soul. At least he had two things about him. Only he's immune to his own blood and only he can cure it if it infects somebody. He had that going for him.

      Even though (Y/N) did have Zankoku's abilities, the thing about her that makes Xed go absolutely insane is how her blood burns like molten lava. Zankoku's blood didn't burn, it didn't do anything really. But the way hers can just melt into someone's skin and burn them from the inside out reminded him so much of his blood. It makes him so jealous but oh so crazy for her. Then the way she makes her blood look like vines, her bloodshot eyes, that angry look she gets, his little monster. But then she'll also look so pure and innocent, wide-eyed like a deer in headlights and constantly needing protection, oh his sweet...

"If only that blondie wasn't around..." Xed growled. "Why have him when she can have me!"

"What blondie?" Indi asked.

     Xed sat up and placed the piece of fabric back into his pocket. "Some weirdo she's with. He keeps getting in the way of us getting her and he's so annoying!"

      Both Indi and Chey shared a wondering look. The female demon lowered herself to the ground to sit with her brother while Chey preferred to stand. "What does he look like? I can keep an eye out for him if I know what to look for."

      Xed pursed his lip and glared at the wall. "Long blond hair, red eyes, black horns. I didn't care about looking at him."

"Wait." Chey narrowed his eyes. "Long blond hair, red eyes, and black horns... Black tail too?"