MELINA
"You fool!"
Pain...I felt it everywhere.
"I thought it would work."
"You thought?!"
How had they caught me...everything was a blur.
"She was my project, Doctor!"
"Well that was a mistake, to put you in charge of anything!"
"Give me another chance."
"No. I'm done giving you chances. I don't care if she is your blood."
"But--"
"She is mine now. Mine."
~~~~~~~
I shivered as the rain soaked through my jacket. Hopefully I could at least get a chance to dry off where I was going. I went over the directions again in my head, making sure I was still on track. If I was, the house should be somewhere up ahead...
And there it was. The biggest house I had ever seen in my entire life. Would they even let a soaked, mud-splattered stranger in a place like this? Slowly I made my way up the driveway to knock on the door of the mansion. Nothing happened. I knocked again, and this time the door opened to reveal a tall man who didn't look pleased.
"What?"
I tried not to tense too much. "Um...I was given this address..."
"Who is it, dragon-boy?"
"For the thousandth time, I am--"
"A wyvern." The man just looked at me, and I could feel my face turning red. Oh my gosh, why did I say anything...
"I might like this girl." The man moved aside so I could come in. A girl stood behind him, rolling her eyes, then she directed her attention to me. Suddenly her expression changed.
"Melina?"
"What? How do you..."
"Griffin, go get..."
"The anti-social one. On my way."
I cocked my head. "Who? And how do you know me?"
The girl smiled. "You'll see. I'm Akira, by the way."
"Nice to meet you..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
KEEFER
Nightmares suck, just so you know. If you're lucky, you wake up before they're over. I almost wanted to thank whoever was knocking on my door. Until they knocked again and I heard Griffin's voice.
"Will you wake up already?"
I opened the door. "What do you want?"
"Akira wants you downstairs."
"Fine."
"Now."
I growled. "I said I would come, bat-wings."
The wyvern's eyes narrowed. "Are you trying to start a fight, Keefer?"
"Griffin...I'm running off about three hours of sleep. Sorry, didn't mean to snap."
"Just go downstairs before Akira comes up to drag you down."
"I'm going already. Geez." I pushed past him and made my way downstairs. This was not going to be a good day...
"There he is." Akira was waiting at the bottom of the stairs with her arms crossed. Was she hiding a smile? Whatever. I was too tired to care.
"Yeah, here I am."
"And so cheerful."
"What do you need?"
"Need you to find a room for the new girl."
"Why couldn't dragon-boy do it?"
"Because I want you to."
"Forget it."
"Keefer."
"Keefer?"
I froze. I knew that voice...
Akira smiled at the look on my face and motioned someone over. It couldn't be...
"Melina?"
She smiled. "Hi, Keef--" Before she'd finished, I had her in a bear-hug and swung her around. She giggled just like she had when she was little. And suddenly, everything felt right.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ugh, sappy ending.......sorry bout that. But I'm happy that Melina's here now :D
