บท 6: "well now is a good time"

I have been asleep for a long while, now my nightmares have started to worsen. Constant recurring dream of a car- A black classic, and me running behind it. I had regained my consciousness a few times but I just didn't want to wake up, my body would hurt.

I even felt someone lift me sometimes and a sudden strong breeze would come and hold me for a minute. It has been how long I don't know but one thing was for sure, I was in immediate danger once I woke up so just a little longer 'a little longer let me relish in this peace!'

"How long are you going to keep acting like that?" I felt Chris's voice way closer to me "Maybe i can wake the sleeping beauty up with a prince charming kiss" I could sense him closing the distance, till I felt his breath, right on my mouth!

"Get away!" I suddenly jolted up and our heads banged hard, "Owww idiot, do you want to add up to my injuries", I shouted in pain. "Well isn't that something you should ask to yourself!" he said rubbing his head.

How was I at fault here! He is the worst type of person. He pulled the sheets off me, "Do you plan on gracing the bed for more 5 months? Fast, fast get moving you have to undergo physiotherapy and we don't have time in our hand! We have to get moving after that." he said like it as if was some obstacle to him.

I have to be cautious! this could be a cheap trick like shagen's. I did a quick check on my senses 'I can feel the back and the abdomen just fine, my right hand doesn't feel anything yet but can now completely interpret orders given by my brain and well my face is back to nomal. All in all I am a perfect 80 right now'.

This felt great! perfect actually enough to land a fatal blow on an unguarded man. I quickly took the note of the surrounding he was just closing his distance to the door, there was carpet on the floor and a bare candle stand on the table right behind him 'PERFECT!'. I tiptoed while the carpet worked its best as a cushion, I grabbed the candle stand and without any hesitation charged at him.

I managed to catch him off guard but not before he turned to me, a sixth sense he must have! but it was already too late I was very close to him, it was game over! but I suddenly felt a jerk on my abdominal muscles as they cringed due to sudden electric shock and I lost my balance.

The candle stand did stab him not where I aimed it though, but it did injure his right shoulder piercing him as blood started flowing from the wound.

"Are you an idiot!" He screamed at me "Do you think I am foolish here to be saving your dumb ass!"

He leaned down on me as I was fallen weak on the ground and held me by my right arm and lifted me up halfway in the air moving me like a toy with with shear strength of his left hand; he closed the distance and shouted, "Don't make me regret a single second spent on you because you were never worth it in the first place!" He shouted on top of his lungs as he finished the sentence and threw me back to the ground.

I landed with a big thud as my body went a bit numb due to the sudden exertion.

"Chris!" A calm yet commanding voice came from the living room, it was Brian he had a angry yet calm expression on his face. "Didn't I tell you to behave, if this is how you are gonna act you can quit on being the shield!" Brian said it in a rather commanding tone.

The shield! did I hear that right! The shield of the crown ceased to exist long back, was this some trickery for me? I sat up and looked at Brian and my face said it all, there was no need to ask the question.

"Take her back to the bed and behave chris, I will drop the physiotherapist back to her clinic", brian said it to chris and left after keeping the remote control he had in his hand, he probably used it to shock me when I was about to attack chris.

I looked at chris expecting him to be still angry but he had a docile expression on his face, this was more scarier! He lifted me up without worrying about his injury, even I did not have the power to resist at that moment.

He lowered me on the bed calmly and sat beside me. I adjusted myself a little to my right for him to sit. He looked me dead in the eye bringing his hand around my neck, "Better behave, or you will face the consequences. And not every time you will be lucky enough to be saved!"

I didn't even have the strength to struggle nor the will, he dominated me easily in this situation and his eyes gave away the threat eminently. He got up and started to walk away when I shouted loud enough for him to hear, "CHRIS! I am sorry, but...umm... how is the crown's shield still in existence?".

He turned towards me, then started walking towards the door ignoring me. "Chris!" I shouted again keeping my voice in check, I felt something fishy here but wasn't sure whom I was to trust, "I need to know and now is a good time even you know that, I am weak can't do anything really!"

He walked till the door and stopped, he shut it off very lightly and then came back again. Instead of sitting beside my side of the bed he climbed upon the bed and got himself comfortable on my other side of the bed. I was still confused as to what he was doing but nothing gave a red signal yet.

Suddenly he started lips-ing something along the lines of ,'be attentive I wont repeat...trust brian...he is selfish...be careful...'. I looked away from him indicating I didn't understand a word he was trying to tell me and if he was doing this to be cautious then that was dumb coz if brian installed voice recording chip, he definitely installed a camera.

He quickly understood I wasn't fast enough to catch up with and leaned in closer to my ear it immediately sent shivers down my spine, he started whispering, "Brian is trustworthy but never trust his words for he is good at trickery, after all everything is for his selfish needs so be careful. He asks me to lure young girls in the apartment and when they are fast asleep he creeps up slowly above them" He was giving the creeps at this point then he continued with more scary expression slowly emerging from under the blanket and closing in.

"Then he slowly grabs their neck" he brought his hands around my neck and slowly moved his mouth towards my forehead "takes a knife and with his delicately skilled hands cuts open the skull in one swift motion and starts eating their brains" he pounced on me suddenly and the strength in my body failed me again as I screamed but wasn't able to push him away. I shut my eyes as he gently kissed my forehead. He let me go as I started coughing and grasping for some air 'what bullshit!!'.

He looked at me and laughed, "hahaha, You should have seen the look on your face, what are you 5 to be scared of that story?". He got up and sat straight on the bed, and I couldn't resist anymore! I slapped him straight to his senses. It was a funny prank but I just escaped deaths door and I was unsure of chris and brian as well!

He grabbed his cheek which was sure to turn red and got down from the bed, He didn't even look at my face I could see he was pissed! more than pissed it was rage! 'I shouldn't have done that! it was a small joke, but again I was scared for my life!'

He walked to the door and shut it, turning to the table he lifted the candle stand with his wet blood still on it. "what are you upto Chris!" I asked cautiously.

He turned to look at me with a maniac expression 'something so scarily wrong about him' and started walking towards me, Repeating my sentence he said, "Well now is a good time even you know that"