Fallen Angel

Chapter 36: The Fever Can Spread To A Certain Point In The Body

Chapter 36: The Fever Can Spread To a Certain Part in the Body (EDITED)

Corinne

On by one the men dropped down back onto the deck unconscious. I could get used to this i exchanged looks with Kai and Taylor as I walked over to them "Well that was fun," I said with a smile "If you say so," Kai answered not at all amused of the situation. The opening of a door opened behind us so we all spun around in unison. Out of the door emerged Hayden holding Willow tightly against him. He ran his fingers through her hair as her head stayed buried within his chest as she too held onto him tightly. From what I could see her eyes were puffy and red where she's been crying for so long and her hands were covered with blood. Some came out from her scars around her knuckles but the rest was someone else's you could tell. "Willow!!" Kai called running over to her. I stood frozen in my spot. I couldn't push myself over to see her as I watched Hayden hand her lightly over to Kai as their hands slid out from each other. I dagger struck my heart. Was it jealousy? Kai held her against him caring and lovingly. He laid his head down into her head and kissed it passionately whispering words to calm her. Do I wanna know what she did? I soon felt Hayden by my side and I said to him "See I told you she would listen to you." But my voice was cracking at the sound of each word. The pain I felt that she would never trust me the way she trusts other people. That hurt me in words I could never explain. I had to convince her that she could trust me and that was going to take time. Kai got on his dragon holding Willow him so Crystal was riding alone next to her rider. Her eyelids were curved with sadness as crooned at her rider. We all jumped on our own dragons and headed back towards Berk. "I know what you're thinking and no, she didn't do it, she didn't kill him," Hayden flew next to me snapping me away from my thoughts. I nodded, "I'm glad."

We got back to the house later that night, Kai took Willow to his place to stay and calm down before are parents saw her the next day. However, I and Hayden headed back up to the house to check on Nathan and see if there were any improvements. As we entered, I felt like I had just entered the house of doom and despair. Everything that has ever happened in this house has just been complete torture. But worst of all something tells me that it happened the day we had been born. I searched the house to find my parents while Hayden looked the other direction. I soon found them, my father was holding mother close to him and she seeped deep cries into his chest. I slowly made my way towards them, "Mom...dad...where is he?" father pointed up the stairs at out room and I raced my way in that direction. I entered the room slowly. As I entered I saw Nathan lying on his bed. His wings were curled up round him, but not like they used to, like they were weak and not able to be held together much longer. His skin was pale as a ghost and his heart was beating very little, I looked at I saw my brother's body shutting down little by little. His body sooner or later being turned into a deceased corpse which I can't let happen. I made my way towards him and whispered his name over and over again. Each time I would receive no response from his body, each time there would be no movement.

I slowly slid down beside him and held him close against me. His wings slid down behind his back and I pulled him close. They would no longer wrap themselves around the both of us but instead just drop in plain sight. His skin was ice cold, as no heat would transfer through his blood and pulse round the body. I'm scared, I've never felt this scared in my life but here I am, I'm fearing for my brother's life that may not be in my arms much longer. I felt the burning tears escape from my eyes and drop down onto his pale skin making no mark, slipping down as if he was crying himself. Why did this fate choose him? I thought that we had a choice in life, what happened to that choice? Why are we all like this? Why is he like this? "Don't worry Cori...I'm gonna be fine," this angelic voice whispered below me; I wasn't surprised like usually as he reached his hand up to wipe away my tears. "Please don't leave me Nathan, you're all I have left," I held on tighter "I'm not gonna leave you, not in a million years will I leave you...I know what you're thinking Cori and however much you think it's true you can't blame her for what happens to me, she has no role in hurting me she's trying to help me I know that now and I can see it clearly." He spoke before he went back to sleep in my arms. What did he mean by all that? I have to feel this way because it's the only thing that keeps me going. It's the only vibration that keeps my pulse burning. The blame has to go somewhere and it has to be her. If she never set foot off this island this would never be happening. If she only stayed put and wasn't so stubborn then maybe Nathan would never be on the verge of death. If I don't blame her I feel I have nothing to live for. The fire burning inside me was ignited the moment she let me into her secret, parts of it at least and little by little I could see that each step she made someone would get hurt in the process.

If there's anyone to blame it's her. I blame Willow.