Novus falls back, once again asleep, Yanamarie stood above her, holding where they held hands. She shook and fell to the ground crying. Opal rushes in with the others quickly behind her.
“Radial what happened?!” Opal touches Novus’ head and sighs,
“I experimented.” Rave pushes through to the best of his ability he huffs stumbling onto a nearby bed,
“Radial what did you do,” All the Pure Lights stare at me wanting answers rather than looking at the facts themselves. Rave was no exception, you could see the sweat drenching his face. The darkness that was unleashed from Yashiro was too much for his body, he was ill and needed to rest, “Radial what did you do?!” I look at Rave,
“I..I did what I had to,” the room becomes silent, I hear a crack, crack, crack, knuckle cracking. Knuckle cracking doesn’t cause arthritis, it is however a coping mechanism for anxiety and OCD, Crack, crack, crack, Opal grabs my hand, the cracking was me. She rubs my fingers and smiles,
“Radial, Liam is awake, did Novus wake up before I came in?” There was a stimuli, Novus and Yanamarie touched causing The Soulmate’s Touch she woke up briefly and said two words,
“She did..She woke up, said Yashiro’s coming and fell back to sleep.” My thoughts are running so fast, it’s hard to distinguish what is important and what is causing me more stress. Rave stiffens, becoming as ivory as Novus. He opens his mouth,
“I..I can’t be a leader. That’s Novus’ job..this..god why did this happen..” He rambles, and rambles becoming more upset as he spoke. We are a mess, all of us. Do they see it as much as I do? Do they not want to say anything? I don’t want to be the first one then look like an idiot because no one else believes the same thing, “Liam why did you have to wake up?! Why couldn’t it have been Novus! This isn’t fair!” Everyone flinches, Opal lets go of my hands, at a slow pace she whispers into Rave’s ear. His trembling ceases, but his breath remained the same, raspy, incomplete. We sat in silence. Opal made Rave lay down and take medication, he didn’t deny her. Liam sat staring at all of us,
“Liam how do you feel, we should still do some tests, give me a second I’ll get the tools.” He flinches,
“I don’t want any tests. I want to talk to one person, Radial.” Crack, crack, crack,
“Why do you want to talk to me?”
“You brought that bitch here. She’s the reason Novus isn’t awake. She’s the reason, and you brought her here. You did this, and now Novus hates me! This is all your fault Yanamarie!” He lunged at her Rasia pulls back Yanamarie.
“He’s corrupted. I..I corrupted him. I’m so sorry..sorry.”
“Can anyone purify the corruption?”
Everyone sighs collectively, “Novus.” Rave’s head bobs up, he looked tired, much more calm.
“I can.”
“Rave you’re not physically or mentally well I don’t think you should-”
“No, It’s okay I’ll be fine. It’s just a bit of magic.” Deafening silence, I could finally think. This is why I prefer my lab. Opal guides Rave beside Novus and Liam, he takes Liam’s hand, in response Liam flinches. Rave begins to mumble, lights swirls around his hands, a spell. A spell that I didn’t know, a spell that mother didn’t teach both of us, the room grows in light, until it slowly diminishes, and Rave weakly pulls his hands away,
“Where did you learn that spell?” I questioned Rave, his body shook as he stood, our eyes meet, but Rave wasn’t there.
“I just picked it up, Radial, you can do things that I cannot, just let me have this one thing.” His eyes dart to the left, looking down at Yana instead of me,
“Why are you lying to me? I just want to know, It took years for Novus to learn the purification skill.” His legs move towards the door, he regains eye contact with me,
“Radial, quit psychoanalyzing me or whatever you’re doing. Do your job and find a way to wake Novus up.” Rave uncrosses his arms, but continued to pick at them,
“I’m doing my job. Finding out our weaknesses are and improving them with my technology or tell Opal for therapy.” This gains Opal’s attention, her posture drops, she’s uncomfortable,
Rave grabs my arm, he huffs, “That isn’t your job!” Something pulls me, something snaps, I pull my arm back, Rave tumbles back, gathering everyone's attention, making my head spin,
“What am I supposed to do Rave? My whole life is a mess! Novus told me what to do, I’m doing what I was told to do! You are not! You’re not doing anything you’re supposed to do!” Crack, crack, snap, and silence. I bite my lip until the slight taste of blood slips in. The room closes in, Opal touches my finger and the pain floods down my arm. Silence, unbearable silence. The world twist and turn, Everything goes silent and I’m no longer in the infirmary, but in my lab, right next to the Crystal of Light. It shone brightly giving me a headache. That’s when it started, the tears began to pour. I didn’t mean it, I didn’t mean anything that I said. My head hurt, my finger burned as well as my throat.
“Radial.” Our eyes meet, Raisa smiles at me, it was the pity smile. The type a mother gives when a child had a bad day at school. She walks up to me, taking the hand that wasn’t throbbing.
“Don’t look at me like that.” Her head tilts,
“Like what?” She rubs my hand, the gloves were silk, it was soothing,
“Like I’m a child. Like I did something bad, Rave’s an asshole.” Raisa laughs slightly allowing her fiery hair to drift in front of her eyes,
“I’ve heard horror stories about siblings, but you can’t blame him. Novus is the one person he grew up with that wasn’t a sibling, plus the darkness affected him.” Such a strange excuse, why did the darkness affect Rave and not us anyway? I stare at Raisa, her pity smile still carried into our conversation. A chuckle bubbles up and escapes my mouth, I pull away.
“Who sent you, they want me to come back don’t they.”
“I want you to come back. Don’t let them bully you, get your finger wrapped, take Yanamarie, and find a way to bring Novus back. That is what you’re good at.” Raisa’s voice rambles on, I get lost in my own thoughts. With Yanamarie as a Guinea Pig there’s so much we could learn, we could learn about Soulmates, about the Unspoken. I could bring Novus back. Without realizing my lips curl,
“I think I know what we need to do.”
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