Finding You

Chapter ~~3

   LUCAS

            I did not sleep last night. I watched Navia sleep, she looked so peaceful. Her beauty is of the most pure. I left in the morning to go get her something to eat from the hospital’s cafeteria. I was in line to pay when I suddenly get a bad feeling. A freezing shiver ran up my spine. A voice in the back of my mind said that Navia needed me. I drop the food and walk out of the cafeteria. As I walk the shivers came more often and get colder freezing my already cold body. The urgency I felt to go to Navia was getting worse and worse. I start running to her room. Unfortunately her room was on the fifth floor. I took the elevator thinking it would be faster.

As the elevator slowly ascended I grew more impatient. It felt as though the elevator was barely moving. Finally the doors opened to the light maroon walls that framed the hallway. I ran to her room and burst through the door. I push it so hard that the door slams against the wall. The room was dark and empty. I went to the nurses’ station, hoping they had taken her to go get a test. The nurse on duty told me that they had not taken her anywhere. I went back into her room. I could hear the nurse outside calling the other nurses and telling them to go look for Navia. I could feel that she was close but I couldn’t tell where exactly.

            Where could Navia be? I turn on the lights in her room. The needle they put in her arm was lying on the floor in a little puddle of blood. Navia must have taken it out, which means she is running again. But from what? I put that thought away for later. Now I had the means to find Navia. (If Demons taste some ones blood they become connected to that person for a temporary amount of time. By doing this, Demons can feel that person’s emotions and even locate where they are. This works on humans and most Myxs. Sometimes, when it comes to Myxs, you cannot track them. But it always works on humans.)

I picked up the needle and licked it. Navia’s blood was delicious. It was sweet and rich. Everything about her is of the utmost perfection. I began to feel her panic and confusion, and her fear and anger. Navia is not in control of herself. I felt her influence and her emotions, but I couldn’t track her. This has never happened to me before. I have always been able to track someone once I have tasted their blood. I was furious that I could not track her. Why does this have to happen with Navia?

            Then I realized that I could still follow Navia’s scent. I stepped in the door way and found her scent. Navia smelled like roses and sugar. It would be easy enough to follow. I sniffed around and found the direction it was heading in. I took off following the scent. I started slow so I would not lose it. A huge bolt of pain rippled through my body. I doubled over in shock. At first it felt as though something had struck me, but I soon realized that it was not me but Navia. Something has hurt her. I began to run, taking turns and climbing up stairs I found her on the roof of the hospital. On the door there was a sign that reads ROOF TOP- DO NOT ENTER. I pushed open the door and scanned the roof. There she is.

She stood on top of the hospital’s air conditioning unit, staring out to the city that buzzed beneath. I do not believe she heard me enter the roof. I was so relieved I found her. It was two o’clock in the morning and the sky was dark.  There was a slow buzz coming from the city. I slowly walked over to where she stood. When I stood behind her she clenched her fists.

“I am not here to hurt you” I said trying to reassure her.

She slowly turned to face me and the shock of her appearance momentarily froze me in my place. I underestimated how out of control she was. Her eyes were pitch black. Her pupils had expanded and overtook her whole eyes. (When Demons and Myxs lose control our pupils expand, giving us amazing eyesight. We can also do this on command once we learn how to control our power.) There was a cut on Navia’s leg. That was most likely the pain I felt earlier. It was still bleeding, and needed to be checked by a doctor.