Eden
We were on the move shortly after our little escapade in the motel. Gabriel was the dominant presence in my mind, but I began to feel several others. More like thousands upon thousands of others. But I ignored them.
"Pietro- where are we?" I asked in a silent tenor, as we trudged through the bitter cold snow that stuck to the forest floor.
Pietro shrugged, but squeezed my hand with reassurance.
"Ne'er to fear моя любовь, I'll protect you." Pietro said with a cute smile, his lip curling back and revealing his pearly whites. His lips although were tinted blue by the temperature, were still pink and plump, and tasted exactly what they had looked like.
I desperately wanted to kiss him again. Every moment spent intertwined with him made me feel whole.
"If we continue on like this, Pietro, we'll freeze." Wanda huffed, but Pietro shrugged.
"Not me, or perhaps Eden for that matter. You, will." He quipped, and she glowered darkly at him.
"I'm not in a joking mood." Wanda said, and Pietro shook his head with a grin.
"When are you ever, dear sister?"
I assumed this wasn't my place to say something, so I walked quietly hand in hand with Pietro.
"We need to find shelter."
"Wasn't it your idea to trek into these woods? 'Ultron wouldn't have a brain if he came traipsing in here to look for us', you said." Pietro said sassily, and I stifled a laugh. Another thing I loved. He made me laugh. Something I had to acquire as I aged. Perpetually I wouldn't ever age, according to Michael.
"I could possibly forge the area. I mean- I have so many gifts, pathfinding might be one of them." I suggested, and Pietro flashed me a toothy smile.
"This is possibly the greatest idea I've heard in quite a while. Give it a shot, my love."
I blushed at his pet name for me, and we paused in our steps and I closed my eyes and wracked ,y brain to find a path or lead.
You're a smart one. I wouldn't have pegged you as so abnegation. I heard a different, but familiar voice in my head.
Raphael?
Outwardly emit rays. Envision them. Feel their texture. Imagine their color and vibrancy. It helps if your arms are extended and fingers separated.
I did as he instructed, and visions of this peaceful light pink came to my mind, and I projected them outward and I opened my eyes as information flooded through me.
" A mile and a half northwest, there's a cottage habited by a young couple with three young children. They'll happily house us."
~~
"I'm not knocking Pietro. I don't think I have it in me to ask these innocent people to shelter us." Wanda murmured, and I stepped forward to the front door. Inside I could hear the soft whistles of the children's breaths as they slept, and the parents cuddled up by the fireplace, discussing their future.
I raised my hand up to the solid wood door and rapped on it a few times, and stepped back to be beside Pietro.
A large man opened the door, about 6'4 in stature and brutish, but held a kind and paternal air.
"Извините, что беспокою вас в этот час , но мои сестры и я в опасном опасности , и будет навсегда в вашей задолженности , если вы были в дом нас только на одну ночь ?" Pietro asked, and the man stepped aside and ushered us in quickly.
"Входите, входите в ! Это замораживание здесь!" The man said hurriedly, and we were engulfed in such a pleasant warmth.
"В чем дело? Кто-нибудь из вас обидел?" The man asked, and Pietro shook his head.
"Нет, мы были на марше , и температура упала слишком низко и медведи начали рыскать." Pietro lied expertly, the man believing every word. It frightened me in some weird aspect that this stranger could so willingly trust strangers who looked obviously dangerous.
"Ну, мы , возможно, придется остаться на ночь . Просто чтобы быть в безопасности. Давай, я буду иметь моя жена сделает вас что-то теплое , чтобы разморозить вас ." The man said warmly, and Pietro smiled in response.
"He said he'll be able to put us up for the night, Eden." Pietro said, and I nodded, having being able to understand their conversation.
"I'm fully aware. I led you both here, I surely understand your language."
~~
I'd learned that the man's name was Richard, and his wife's name was Heidi. They were both extremely young, only 25 in age and having three children all under the age of six. They situated both Wanda and I in the children's room as soon as they all awoken, an Pietro on their modest couch. They were old-school and traditional, very religious, and ironically their children were all name after their own personal favorite religious figures in their faith.
"He is our oldest, Michael. 4 years." Heidi, explained in fractured English. We'd learned that they were planning to move to America, to give their children the opportunity of living in the land most famously known for its golden opportunities.
"Middle, Gabriel. He is name after the messenger of God, is 2 years." Heidi pointed out warmly as her two oldest sons played with wooden toys.
"And Lucifer- he the youngest." Heidi pointed the little toddler out, sleeping soundly in his crib.
They're all named after us. Michael said sadly, and I nodded with a serene smile.
Lucifer does mean light bearer. It isn't a symbol of hatred.
"Lucifer means light of God- he don't talk much, but when he does, it meaningful." Heidi explained, and Wanda smiled.
The twins weren't aware of my siblings. Or the extent of who I actually was. They thought I was exactly like them. No family left, burdened by this new power, and on the run from both forces.
"Excuse me, I need some air." I said politely, releasing my hand from Pietro's hold and giving it a squeeze.
He gave me a knowing look and I walked outside and was greeted with a bitter cold.
"They're wonderful kids." I spoke aloud, and Michael laughed in my head.
I remember being as young as they were. The planets of millions of solar systems of our universe was just being created- we were truly a family then. Father wasn't so distant or absent. Of course Lucifer was just beginning to notice that father's attention wasn't solely on him quite anymore.
"I don't have any memories."
I don't expect you to, Eden. You can't possibly be a child now under these dire circumstances. Father created
You as you are now for a purpose.
"I'm safe, now. I'm with Wanda and Pietro. I cons feel you and Gabriel nervously picking away in my head."
It's not only just the fact that you're with two people who're the few of the most dangerous yet powerful people on earth, but it's something else involving our family that I can't possibly get you to understand.
"What, what is it?" Father did he find out that I spoke to Raphael?
Our eldest, brother. Lucifer. He's- scratching. We haven't heard much activity since I - Michael paused for quite some time. I knew what he was going to say but, I knew how he felt when he said it.
He's found a chip in the cage and he's picking at it. And he knows so damn well that he can't get out with out those seals and if he does, I have to do more than put him in the corner again. Michael said dolefully, and his expression that was displayed in my head was heartbreaking. He looked so detached and bitter. Angry almost. So dramatically different than Gabriel.
"Where's Gabe?"
He's...out.
"Eden, Heidi's prepared us some food inside." I heard Pietro's raspy voice from behind me and I jumped, turning around to see him with a jovial glint in his eyes.
Oh father- did he hear me?
"Oh, yes. I'll be right in." I said, and Pietro stepped closer.
"You don't have to worry, my love. They won't find us."
But oh how he was so wrong about that.
~~
translations!
Извините, что беспокою вас в этот час , но мои сестры и я в опасном опасности , и будет навсегда в вашей задолженности , если вы были в дом нас только на одну ночь
Sorry to bother you at this hour , but my sisters and I are in a dangerous hazard , and will be forever in your debt if we were in your house only for one night.
Входите, входите в ! Это замораживание здесь
Come in, come in! It's freezing out here!
Нет, мы были на марше , и температура упала слишком низко и медведи начали рыскать
No, we were on the march , and the temperature dropped too low and the bears began to prowl.
Ну, мы , возможно, придется остаться на ночь . Просто чтобы быть в безопасности. Давай, я буду иметь моя жена сделает вас что-то теплое , чтобы разморозить вас
Well, you may have to stay overnight . Just to be safe. Come on, I'll have my wife make you something warm to unfreeze you.