The Immortal Cure - Series Two

Chapter Twenty Six - Practise

I listened to the sound of cicadas calling echoes through the thick air, flies buzzing past my head, loud and irritating. It was unnerving, until I began to hear a sound that spun my invisible body around

I had turned to my right and beside a damaged brick wall with a poorly scrawled sign, naming the hotel as 'Hotel Casa', I could see Duke, Darius and Riley. They were standing together, their voices hushed, but clear to my ears.

My feet seemed to stay in place for a moment, my mind and soul disconnected in someway, but I forced them to cooperate and managed those small steps forward.
Slowly, their voices became more serious the further I approached, they were talking about tonight.

Darius seemed worried, his brows creased in the middle, his lips tight. Riley was as usual, himself, calm, laid-back, I missed him, I missed his character.
Duke was standing firmly beside them, his arms folded, his expression unfocused, but behind his beautiful eyes, I could see the urgency, the concentration.

I stepped closer, about a meter from them.
I wondered if they could sense me, if they could feel me or see me, but they couldn't, it was in no way possible, and they were far too distracted by their conversation to even notice a stray dog waddle past with a lead dragging along behind it.

"There's another one" Darius spoke towards them, catching my full attention

"What do you mean another one?" Riley scoffed

"Another Angel. I talked to Seth yesterday on the phone, he had been inside Ty's head. Ty won't speak his name, but Seth could read that there's another accomplice within the whole thing that we are unaware of. Someone close, someone we aren't going to expect" Darius explained

"We need a name, something" Duke shook his head, his voice sending chills down my spine

Darius shook his head back and rubbed his temples "He's trying as hard as he can, but I'm sure whoever it is, won't be any more of a challenge than what Ty and Alex are going to be. It's just another number" He tried, seemingly frustrated

"Then why are they hiding him? We have no idea who this Angel is, what his tactics are and what reason he has for joining their side" Duke added

I wondered just who this other Angel was, had I already met him? Did I know him? Why was he hiding? There had to be an underlying reason, otherwise he would be just as easy to read as Alex and Ty were. They were being sneaky, and now they had a secret weapon not even Duke and Darius knew anything about.

"Try harder" Duke spat, sighing as he threw his arms up, storming from them

"Don't worry about him, he's just eager to get this done and get back to his fiancè" Riley rolled his eyes

"And I'm not eager to get back to my fiancé?" Darius spat back, his voice tinged with irritation "He isn't the only one in the world that is missing out on someone" He added before storming off in the opposite direction Duke had

Riley sighed and kicked the dirt beneath his shoe. He looked like hell, his eyes had developed a thick dark line around his irises, the whites of his eyes bloodshot.
I wondered how they'd been feeding, how they were sufficing in blood without having a customised personal bank.

I wished I could have talked to them, touched them, told them that I believed in them and that everything was going to be okay. But I couldn't and the sad reality hit me, hard.

I felt dread wash over me, seeing Duke the way he was, it tipped my emotions over the edge. Before I could control it, as I let my mind slip, my emotions took over and the world spun around me. The scene in front of me blurred and the sounds that I had become accustomed to began to disappear. Within a second, I was back from my trip, sitting on the hill top alone, tears falling carelessly down my cheeks.