I Hate Everything About You: Chapter 3

Wrath:

I would give this female the world from here on out, anything she asked of me would be hers… Famous last words.

Beth pulled back from our kiss and spoke five words I never expected to hear, “You have to go back.”

I was dumbfounded. I didn’t know what to say. What did she mean I had to go back? Back where? There was no back. I was here, now. Firmly planted in The Fade. I felt my soul slip from that world. That world no longer existed for me. My jaw dropped and closed again, before finally forming the words, “Wha… I’m sorry, what?!”

“You heard what I said, Wrath.” Her eyes fell to her lap.

“Oh, no! No, no, no! You need to look me in the eye and say that to me.” I responded. I couldn’t believe my ears. Didn’t she want me here? Had she not been yearning for this day just as much as I had been?

Slowly, her gaze raised back to mine. “You have to go back, my love. L.W…”

I cut her off, “L.W. is better off without me. Without his deadbeat dad who can’t stop thinking about being in The Fade with his late Queen, 24/7.”

She leaned back on her heels and stood up. “You’re wrong, Wrath.” She began to pace. “L.W. needs his father. He needs his father to take the giant stick out of his ass and male up!”

Whicked:

Vishous pushed me off the King as if I barely weighed anything.  My upper body covered in blood, my t-shirt still being used to stem the flow of blood.  As I sat on a pile of rubble, the other huge Male started throwing about some rubble, uncovering a young Female.  “V, I got Anara over here. She is pretty beat up, but she is breathing.” V looked over at the Male and nodded. “Lets get them both in the Escalade, true?”  The Male picked up the Female and carried her over to the SUV and laid her down in the back. Once she was secured he came over to V and the Doctor and helped lift up the huge frame of the King.

I watched as Vishous and the other huge Male that had driven the SUV, lift up Wrath and carry him more gently that I would have thought possible to the back of the SUV and load him in.

“Wait!” I yelled as they got ready to leave.  “I am coming too!” I got up and started to make my way to the SUV, before Vishous barred my way, his lips curled up into a sneer, waves of aggression pouring off of him directed straight at me. “No, that is not gonna happen Female.  Don’t you think you have done enough? I stood my ground in front of the Male, showing no fear. “Look, I didn’t blow the King up and I think you know that, I was here before you guys showed up, what the fuck was he even doing out alone?  Shouldn’t the Brotherhood be with him when he is out? Don’t lay this at my feet because the Brotherhood fucked up!”

A grown echoed around the alley, Vishous’s fangs elongated and he started inching toward me.  Great looks like the King wouldn't be the only one heading to the Fade tonight. @DarkLoverLost

Wrath:

Standing up, this was exactly the kind of argument that Beth and I used to have. She had never had one ounce of fear towards me and it actually turned me on, which would piss her off even more. I used to love the fire that sparked in her eyes when we’d get into a fight. She was fierce when it came to what she believed and it didn’t matter who had an opposing thought.

“Male up?! I just sacrificed myself for the love of my son!”

It was her turn to interrupt, “Bullshit! That is the biggest cop-out I’ve ever heard! You didn’t do this for L.W. You did it for yourself!”

I tried to get a word in, but she raised her hand to stop me and just kept talking.

“This is the most selfish thing you have ever done.” She paused for a split second, giving me the thought that I was going to get to speak, but before I could open my mouth she started back up, “Wrath, you have never lied to me before, don’t start today.”

Boy did that sting. “I’m not… “ But it was true, and she knew it. I fell back down to my knees and my voice came out weak. “Haven’t you been waiting for this day as much as I have?”

Whicked:

Before Vishous got a chance to tear me limb from limb, the doctor stepped in between us, no longer an apparition, but a solid Female form.  What the actual fuck was going on here? “Vishous, back off. We need her, we need her to try to feed Wrath to jumpstart his healing process and hopefully get him back into the land of the living again.”  She placed her hand on Vishous’s chest and gently pushed him backwards away from me, he glanced at her and nodded before eyeing me. “Looks like it is your lucky day Female.” I took a deep breath and nodded once. “Yeah looks like it,  doesn’t it.”

I pushed past the pair of them and got into the back of the SUV,  I scooched over to where the prone body of the King lay. With gentle care I cupped the nape of his neck with my hand and lifted his head high enough to slide underneath,  resting his head on my lap. My fingers softly stroking back the blood sodden strands of hair from his face. His face was completely open to me, his wraparounds still lying amongst the rubble from the blast,  he looked so at peace as he lay there. His face completely unstressed unlike the last time I saw him. I sat there humming softly as I tried my hardest to clean up his face, picking off pieces of rubble and wiping away the blood,  both red and black.

I looked up at the sound of the car doors slamming shut,  the Doctor was gone, instead replaced with an young Female looking at the King and I with utter fear.  Vishous looked over to me from the passenger seat and glowered. “Well, you gonna feed the King or not? @DarkLoverLost

Wrath:

Beth fell to her knees next to me, “Of course I have!” She placed her hands on my cheeks. “Wrath, there is nothing I want more in this world than to have you back by my side.”

“Then what’s the problem?” I pleaded.

“Not like this, Wrath.” She said as she shook her head. Leaning in, she met my forehead with her own. “This is not the way, my love. You have too much life left to live… and L.W. has never needed you more than he does right now.”

I began to protest again about L.W. but she stopped me by placing her finger upon my lips.

“Trust me. Being up here enlightens you to things you would never see from down there. He needs you, and just as importantly, you need him. You have more life to live, my love. I’ve seen it.” A tear fell from her eyes and she pulled back to wipe it away. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel for you. A light that does not include The Fade, not yet, anyway. You have just yet to allow yourself to see it.”

“What light? What the fuck are you talking about?” I didn’t want to hear about lights at the end of a tunnel. I wanted to be happy that I was here, in The Fade, with her. “Besides, I can’t go back there. I felt my body die. There is not going back, now.”

“Again, you’re wrong.” @DelicateDeviant

Whicked:

I scowled at the diamond eyed fucker sitting up front.  I brought my wrist to my lips and bit into it hard enough to score through the skin, bringing rivulets of blood to the surface.  I focussed only on Wrath as I brought my bloodied wrist to his lips.

Vishous watched me carefully,  I could feel his eyes boring into me, as if at any second I was going to do something to endanger the King,  but what else could I do? He was already dead.

I kept my arm in place, my free hand stroking his head, focussed on nothing but the King, I unknowingly started singing to a song I used to listen to a lot in the period just after my family had been taking away from me. My voice cracking as I sing the words, not really realising what is going on.

“There's a whole other conversation going on

In a parallel universe

Where nothing breaks and nothing hurts

There's a waltz playing frozen in time

Blades of grass on tiny bare feet

I look at you and you're looking at me”

A cough wakes me from the mix of my past and present.  Was this how my life would be? Would I always be surrounded by death, did I bring death to those around me?  I looked up at the sound of the cough and caught the drivers eyes as he looked at me via the rear view mirror,  his sadness pouring off of him, surrounding everyone in the car.

With a jolt,  the car pulled to a halt.  I had no idea where I was, I looked up and out of the tinted windows, my eyes fell on an underground parking garage.  Where were we? We must be at the Brotherhood’s clinic, where else would be safe? @DarkLoverLost

Wrath:

“Wrong?! What do you mean wrong? Dead body, soul irreversibly placed firmly in The Fade! No going back!” I knew what she spoke of, but that wasn’t happening here. Not when I’d finally held her in my arms again. I’d felt her touch, her arms around me, her lips pressed against mine own! There was no way in hell I was going back!

With tears in her eyes, she leaned forward and just kissed me again. This time it soft and I felt the goodbye in her embrace.

I pushed her away, “No! You are not saying, ‘Goodbye.’ to me! I am not going back!”

For a split second, I felt a dizzying sensation and pain. I felt pain all over my body again. “What the…”

“It’s happening.” The tears came faster now, as Beth looked on. “Know that I love you, no matter what… and I want you to live. You have so much ahead of you. Welcome it. Welcome her…”

What she was saying didn’t make sense, and I reached out and pulled her to me as if I could anchor myself to her. @DelicateDeviant

Whicked:

As I looked around the outside of the car, I saw 4 or 5 huge Male figures plus the same amount of Females if not more and a young boy,  around 10 or so. Scribe, that must be the King’s son? A Female stood beside him, her arm secured around his shoulder. A Male in a lab coat came over pushing a gurney toward the car and before I could blink, Vishous and the driver of the SUV had come around and opened the doors.  The lifted the King out carefully and laid him out on the gurney, before anyone could say anything I hopped out and climbed up on the stretcher, straddling Wrath, my wrist once more placed against his lips, dripping my blood down his throat as I prayed silently to the Scribe Virgin that somehow this would help.  

One of the Brotherhood stepped forward, a enormous blonde with teal eyes.  He moved as if to move me from Wrath. My eyes flared and I growled at him.  “Back off Blondie...I am trying to help here and I don’t have time for your bullshit!”  He looked over at Vishous and raised a brow. “V….what’s doing with this chick?” He looked over and shrugged.  “Rhage meet Whicked she uhhh...she pulled Wrath out from the rubble. She is the one that called Manny.” Rhage nodded and backed up.  “Sorry Whicked...just looking out for my Brother is all”. The Female that was clinging onto the King’s son tugged at Rhage’s arm and pulled him backward.  Must be his Shellan or something.

The lab coat wearing Male and Jane,  who seemed to just appear and disappear like a ghost pushed the gurney with Wrath and I upon it through the corridor and into a huge operating room,  equipment, all top of the range was set up and a red haired nurse was setting out some instruments on a table beside an operating table. In the corner,  a blonde wearing a white floor length robe stood, her hands clasped in front of her.

“Whicked….?” Jane spoke softly at me.  “Whicked we are going to need you to climb down so we can get in to attend to Wrath’s wounds, ok?  You don’t need to go anywhere you can just step down and rest. You have done great, but Ibree is here, she is a Chosen.  She will take over the feeding”.

A loud growl came from my chest as I glanced around the room, eyeballing everyone around me.  That so would not be happening! @DarkLoverLost

Wrath:

The pain disappeared again and I let out an enormous sigh. I was still holding onto Beth more tightly than ever before. This couldn’t be happening. I was so ready to be here, in The Fade with my Queen, my love, my leelan. I was done with the world I’d left behind. I had lived a good life, now it was my time to be rewarded for everything I’d been through. I deserved to have this, to be happy.

“You will be happy again, my love.” Beth spoke the words as if reading my mind.

“I won’t. Not back there. Not without you.” I refused.

“But, you will.” She pressed another soft kiss to my lips to keep me from protesting more. “Kiss me, my love. We haven’t more time.”

As I leaned in and kissed her hard, I could feel the pain creeping back in. “Don’t let me go.” I pleaded softly against her lips.

“I have to.”

The pain came back with a vengeance and a growl so low in my gut bellowed out past my lips.

“I love you, Wrath.” were the last words I heard before everything went black.

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