Rise of the Darkness — Chapter 9

Calla looked at the trashy house, everything was fully destroyed. She took in her surroundings and the only thing came up in her to call a name and she screamed that name at the top of her lungs. "ETHAN…" She screamed as loud as she could. She wasn't sure with his superhuman strength, how far he went. But to her surprise, in a second he was standing next to her. He encircled one of his arms around her waist, protectively pulling her close to him, making sure she's fine and safe.

Ethan looked around, everything was broken. (Some one must have come after Calla.) He thought. He sniffed the air to catch a scent but to his surprise, there were none. "How could someone do this to my house?" Calla asked with anger dripping in her voice.

Ethan looked at her, her eyes were filled with tears. He could smell her anger easily. She took a broken frame of her family's photo from the ground. She looked at Xavier's smiling face. A low sob escaped her lips and Ethan felt an ache in his chest seeing her tears. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her bridal style, keeping her close to his chest. She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in the crock of his neck. She was sobbing, she was both sad and angry. Sad because someone just destroyed the house Xavier had built for his family with so much love and angry because she was still helpless against all of this.

Ethan sniffed the air one last time before turning around to leave and again got disappointed with finding nothing. They were about to exit the house when a whimper made its way to Ethan's ears. He heard it clearly. He kept Calla in his arms and looked around for the source. He opened a room and his eyes fell on Sidney, covered in blood and bruises. A loud gasp escaped Calla's mouth seeing her friend in this poor state. She quickly jumped off of Ethan's arms and sat beside her best friend, who was always there whenever Calla needed her but unfortunately, Calla was not able to to help her when she needed.

Ethan was shocked that he wasn't able to catch the scent of blood. He was part vampire and yet he wasn't able to smell the blood of this poor woman. He dipped his index finger in her blood and touched it on the tip of his tongue. As the drop of the blood made its way to his throat, he caught the scent as well. He sniffed on Sidney's body and his eyes glowed for a few seconds. He held Calla on his back and told her to hold on as tight as she can hold. He carried Sidney in his arms and zoomed out of Calla's house. He didn't want Calla to be there for another second. He was sure there must be stalkers, stalking her, keeping their eyes on her like she's a prey. He quickly took both of them to his place. As they reached his house, he ran to a room which was close. He kicked the door and it opened. He gently made Sidney lay down on the bed. Calla was beside her now and Ethan zoomed out of the room.

Calla wanted to take her friend to the hospital, Sidney needed a doctor. But she decided to trust Ethan's decisions. She wasn't aware of what's going on around her and Ethan was well aware of everything. Sidney winced in pain and Calla held her hand. She didn't know what to do or how to get her out of this state. Just then the door shoot opened and Ethan came back into the room. He had a normal size wooden bowl in his hands. He quickly came in and sat beside Sidney. He held her head a bit higher than her chest and tried to make her drink something that was in that bowl and was really stinky. Sidney refused to drink the substance and glared at him. "I'm not gonna hurt you, drink it or you'll be dead in no time." Ethan said, which sounded more like a warning.

Calla squeezed her hand lightly and gave her a worried look. "It's okay Sid, you can trust him." Calla said in a confident voice. Hearing her best friend, assuring her to trust this strange man. She started gulping the stinky substance like it was hot chocolate to her. She finished it in no time, Ethan gently put her head back on the soft pillow and covered her body with a comforter.

Sidney drifted off in a few minutes. Ethan pulled Calla out of the room and closed the room, making sure not to wake Sidney up. Calla looked at him with questioning eyes and he heard her question loud and clear in his head. "It was a medicine, it will heal all her wounds in no time and she'll feel better as she will wake up again. But her bones will take a bit longer to be healed." He answered her unasked question, to which Calla just nodded her head. She didn't know why but she trusted him.

He grabbed her hand and pulled her to the living room. She quietly sat on the couch, she wasn't aware of anything that was happening. Ethan sat beside her and asked her in a worried tone. "Are you alright love?" She looked at him and gave him a small smile.

"How much time will it take for her to be fully healed?" She asked him in a worried tone. Sidney and Calla were best friends. They both were like sisters to each other. Calla was worried about her. And she knew Sidney was in pain.

"Don't worry, she'll be fine. I promise." Ethan said with a smile. Calla nodded her head.

Ethan got up and zoomed out of the room, in a few seconds he came back with a book in his hand. Ethan gave her the book, she accepted it with a smile. Ethan left her alone in the living room and went to the basement of his house, where he had a gym. He changed his clothes and started lifting weights. Where Calla was sitting on the couch and reading the book Ethan gave her. At start, she was bored reading it, but then it became more and more interesting and she kept reading it. Time passed and she didn't even realize that for how long she had been reading that book.

Calla marked the book, stretched her arms above her head and stood up from the couch. She felt a bit thirsty, she went to the kitchen, filled a glass with water and drank it all. She felt a bit tired as well, so she decided to take a long hot shower. She went to the room Ethan made her sleep last night. She looked out of his room's window, it was dark. Sun was set long ago and the moon was shining brightly in the sky. She stepped into the bathroom and stood in the hot shower. Hot water soothed all her tensed muscles. She felt a bit better, then she washed her body and hair.

Satisfied with a hot shower, she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her wet naked body. She got out of the bathroom and went to Ethan's closet to find herself to wear something comfy. She looked at all his clothes for a long time and pulled out an extra large t-shirt. After picking up the t-shirt, she turned around and bumped into Ethan. She looked at him and found him drooling over her body. Blood rushed faster in her body and her cheeks turned pink. She was all naked if it wasn't for the towel that was still wrapped around her small figure. She started stepping back until her back hit the wall of the closet. Ethan was right in front of her. He put both of his hands on the wall, trapping her between his huge figure and wall. She looked at him through her thick lashes and found a sexy smirk plastered on his lips. Her heart was beating erratically in her ribcage. He took the t-shirt from her hand. She thought he would throw it away but to her surprise, he made her wear it over the towel that was still wrapped around her body. His t-shirt was huge for her small figure, it ended till her mid thigh. He didn't say anything, after making her wear his t-shirt, he pulled the towel off of her body. She blushed even more when his fingers touched her soft thigh. A chuckle escaped his lips as he looked at her blushing face.

" I wanted this towel." He said it and turned around to leave the closet but stopped at the door.

"It looks cute on you. You can keep it." Saying that he exited the closet, leaving her with her crazy beating heart and pink cheeks. Her mind reminded her of his sweet words and a cute smile appeared on her lips.