Forbidden (Fallen 2)

Jonathon pulled away and stepped towards the girls shattered body. He closed his eyes in concentration. Whirling blue fire broke out along his arms and hands. The fire glowed brightly and bathed him in brilliance. I wanted to shield my eyes but restrained myself.

He walked slowly towards the remains like someone about to do a job that they desperately do not want to do.

He bent down and picked up one of the fragmented pieces. It instantly caught on fire and glittered with blue fireworks.

Within seconds all the remains had turned to ash and the fire gone like a friendly ghost. A light wind picked up the ashes and carried them away.

Jonathon turned away, grabbed my hand, and carr

ied me away from the murder scene and the realization that we were not safe.

Chapter Seventeen: Gabriel

Jonathon kept a tight hold on my hand and strode defiantly into the woods. He walked with a purpose. A purpose that I was unaware of.

“Jonathon?”

He didn’t answer.

“Jonathon?” I said again in desperation.

“What?” he replied not slowing his stride. He was walking so fast that he was dragging me by the arm.

“Where in the hell are we going? We can’t just leave!”

“We’re not leaving.”

“Then where on Earth are you heading in such a hurry?”

“To find Gabriel.”

“Gabriel?” I asked.

“I need to talk to him,” he said snapping his teeth together angrily.

“Talk to him? Talk to him about what?” I cried.

“I don’t really know. But I just need to talk to him,” said Jonathon dragging me along.

Jonathon stopped suddenly and I almost fell to the ground. I would have had it not been for his hand on mine.

We were now standing in the woods. The area around us was so thickly wooded that I was instantly turned around.

Jonathon sniffed the air delicately and veered sharply to the right nearly jerking my arm out of the socket.

“Ow,” I muttered.

“Gabriel! Gabriel! I know you’re here!” Jonathon yelled angrily. Jonathon was so mad that the veins in his pale neck stood out sharply. He reminded me of a pale white version of the Hulk.

“Could you yell any louder?” asked Gabriel jumping down from a very, very, high tree branch. He landed on his feet like a cat, from a jump that would have killed a human. A human like me.

“You have a lot of explaining to do,” Jonathon said.

Gabriel leaned against a tree completely relaxed.

“Gabriel, please explain to me how you’re not an Implanter. I thought you were the only one in the world?”

Gabriel laughed. The laugh was harsh and completely fake.