To Save A Blackened Heart

Chapter 36 - Nearly Gone

Everything is blurry. The sounds around me are fading in and out. I try to look around, quickly seeing Sam and Colby in a horrible state and things all over the floor and counters. Glass everywhere. I slowly move my fingers, feeling an extreme burn in my arms. And then I remember everything. The bliss as the sunset faded, the fear as my eyes closed. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck.
I jolt up to be met with 2 boys, staring right back
Yn- Colby?? Sam?
I suddenly feel myself being pulled into an aggressive embrace between the two.
Colby- I thought I'd lost you yn, forever
Yn- nothing lasts forever, including death apparently
Colby-yeah about that..
They both pull away and I quickly feel my neck, puncture wounds on either side
Yn- but.. I'm still breathing, my heart's pumping, I'm warm... That's not how I came back
Sam-that's impossible
Colby stands back holding his chin and looking at me
Colby- unless she's immune
Sam- immune?! I thought that wasn't possible
Colby- nor did I..
And suddenly Katrina and Devyn are bolting down the stairs, both grabbing me for a hug.
Katrina- don't you ever do that again! Your my family. I thought I'd lost you.
Devyn- you might not be blood but you're basically my family too, you're my best friend! Why didn't you talk to us? Me?
Yn- I'm sorry. I should have thought into it more than I did, it was a quick spare of the moment thing
Sam- speaking of spare of the moment, we have time to talk about this later. For now we need to focus on the fact that SHE'S ALIVE. do you girls not see what's wrong with this?
Corey- she's bitten and breathing. And Colby wouldn't feed before he knew she was long gone. Even if he wanted to he was clearly occupied with other emotions
I look around and see the wreck of the house and I look back to Colby, tears brimming my eyes and his, seeing the scrapes on his beautiful arms and face.
Colby- just when I'd had hope... I thought I'd lost it
Sam- Brennan..
Colby looks at me with wide eyes and runs outside, but before I can ask why, Brennan is running in and almost knocks me back out trying to grab me into a hug
Katrina-woah now be careful, we don't know why she's alive right now so let's not mess it up
Brennan looks at her then to my neck, quickly looking away with a slight scowl
Colby-I had to.. there was no other wa-
Brennan- well clearly she's still breathing so something went wrong. She's not a thirsty demon yet so obviously that's what we need to talk about. Why?
Yn- it's my body so I feel like I should have a say in this, I feel fine but just tired. Also these uh, cuts? They're practically healed
Kat- why haven't we thought about that?? Guys look! How do we figure this out
Colby- the only idea I have isn't one anybody's going to like
Brennan turns and holds my hand, looking at Colby
Brennan-she's just woken back up, you've already fed your hunger enough! What's your whole show of being a hero for? We all know you just want an excuse for a fresh taste
People start to step back as Colby takes a step closer, looking at me with hard, cold eyes.
Colby- maybe if you could have stopped acting like a puppy and let her make her own choices, mainly on her decisions with me, we wouldn't be in this mess!
Brennan- maybe if you stopped sucking souls out of people for entertainment you'd see what you've been doing to her this whole time! She's clearly hurt. You should have treated her like a human instead of a mouse like a cat, since you want to call me the animal.
Colby grabs something off of the counter and chucks it right passed Brennan's head, just missing mine
Colby- I know what she wants, I've been here, you haven't. I've watched her fall asleep on her dark nights, you haven't. Who's the one who ran when times got too tough, when he couldn't control the girl??? You. So blame everything on me because that's what you do! Brennan's so perfect isn't he. Who's the one who's been here, trying to save himself so he can be better for her? Who's the one fighting the urge to just kill and get the undying hunger over with at any point of every day just so he doesn't harm the one he wants? Me!
By the time Colby stopped, he was an inch away from Brennan's face, hands at his throat. While Brennan showed no fear, I was horrified. The look in Colby's eyes, the anger, it truly scared me. I pulled at Brennan's shirt, crying softly, and he looked at me with soft eyes. Colby looked at me and almost immediately stepped away and looked around at what he'd done. Glass everywhere, girls holding onto someone else, fear. He'd created fear. Brennan picks me up gently and starts walking me to his car
Brennan-you've said enough.