Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 13:26:54 -0500 From: ~GhettoAngl~ Subject: Angels Wings 33 Hey Ya'll well I guess im back for a little bit and some wrote me and asked could I write again, so while I am here on shore I think I just might. Tell wha u think so I can do what I need to 2 the story. U have to read tales-of-the-new-phoenix/ it is a great story. Latta - Steelo Shane) That was the weirdest..I don't know what. It felt so real, the pain the touch everything. I felt a pain on my back still and ran to the bathroom testing the door to make sure it was there this time. Walking in I looked at my shower door that dubbed as a full length mirror. Looking at my back I saw that my tattoo had changed into the creature in my dream. I reached to touch it when my concentration was broken by the chime on my door bell. I walk down to the down and saw Gene standing with a bag of Berger King. I opened the door for him and let him in. "Are you feeling better?" "Huh?" "When I carried you in last night you were knocked out, and you seemed a bit clammy." He said feeling my head. "Your cold! Are you feeling ok?" "Um yeah I think so." He was right I as feeling cold as hell and my stomach was twisting it's self. "Well I brought you something to eat." He said holding up the bags. "My hero." I replied in a high nasal voice. We ate and basically sat around the house for a bit more. We watched TV and played command & concur on the network. As 12 rolled around Gene said he had to go into town for a little bit. "Are you sure you don't wanna go.?" "Yeah I'll be ok I'm still a bit tired, I'm make me a Grilled Ham and cheese and head to bed." "Yeah you do that you still look a little out of it." Gene supplied as I put my food on the stove. (Gene) I was still worried a little about Shane he seemed off beat a bit. I was walking to the car when I remembered I left My wallet by the computer in the house." Walking back in because Shane hadn't come to lock the door I went into the game room and picked up my wallet. I was about to leave again when I smelled something burning. Going into the kitchen I had to make sure I laughed to get back at how bad he beat me in that game. "Damn man just tell me how, I mean not many people can burn a grilled cheese sandwich." I laughed coming around the corner. But stopped when I saw the fire on the stove and Shane out cold on the floor. I had ran to turn off the stove and burnt my hand a bit but it didn't stop the fiery sandwich. I got the pot cover next to the stove a tried smothering it. A few seconds and two more burns it was out. Shane was till passed out on the floor. I got a cup from the cupboard and filled it with cold water. Kneeling down I put his head in my lap and started splashing him with a little bit of water and tapping his face. "Shane, buddy, wake up. Shane are you ok please wake up." I ran some more water along his for head with my thumb and felt that he was dead cold. But I could still feel him breathing. I sprayed him with a bit more water and he started to stir. "Shane I have to get you to a hospital." I said holding the glass of water to his lips for him to drink. "No." He rasped out. "No Hospitals." Why he was dead set against the hospital I could say but I knew if he got any worse I would have to make him mad and bring him in. I brought him upstairs to his bed and took of the rest of his cloths except for his boxers and even thought she looked tired Amari seemed to stand watch over Shane. I wondered out of the room into the hall way looking for a linen closet when my cell phone started ringing. "Hello?" "Gene where are you I've been ringing your door bell for the last 15 minutes?" "D thank God you're here. I'm next door at my neighbors house and he doesn't look good at all, I need you to get over here quick." After I said that I could hear his breath rate increase. "The one right next to you?" He asked still breathing hard. "Yeah." I answered as I was walking down the stairs to meet him at the door. I saw him coming across the lawn. I let him in and he began looking me over. "Are you ok?" He asked still out of breath. I am but my neighbor is in bad shape. His body his freezing code but he is sweating. I was over hear earlier and I walked out for a but and he had passed out on his kitchen floor with his food on fire on the stove. "Why don't you just call an ambulance?" It was I question that I knew was going to come but the answer was one that even I didn't understand. "He doesn't want to go." I trailed off. "What do you mean?" "I don't know It's just when I said I was going to call am ambulance he was very insistent that I didn't." "That doesn't make since, Gene what's going on?" "I don't know? But please just look at him." I pleaded. I had asked Howie cause he was the nurturer of our group, he would take care of us when we needed him. We walked up stairs and was met at the door by Amari who seemed to have no intention to let Howie into the room. "it's ok girl he's here to help." I tried to reason, but she growled. "Howie man let her sniff your hand." I whispered. "Are you nuts?! She'll murder me." "Howie please." I pleaded I was getting seriously worried about Shane. Howie must have noticed cause he shook off his fears and put out his hand for her to sniff. She checked it a few times and licked his hand and returned to Shane's bed side looking at us as if she was waiting. Howie walked to his side and put his hand on his for head. "Dude he is cols as ice." Howie whispered. "I know is there something we can do?" "Lets get some more blankets and hot water bottles." HE suggested as he wiped down Shane's forehead. I had begun my quest once again for his linen closet. Finding it I had pulled out two more thick comforters. Bring them back we wrapped him up in them. They seemed to calm the chills there going through his body. "Gene we can't keep him here like this, we have to get him professional help." "But he said.." "Well what about family?" "I don't know, he hasn't mentioned anything." "Well does he have a cell phone, surely he has numbers in there somewhere." I agreed and remembered that we exchanged numbers. I looked it up in my phone and dialed. But I heard the houses phone go off. Looking again I found his cells number and heard the chime over by the dresser. Picking it up I looked thought it hoping he had something listed as House or Mom or something. I also had a small gilt thing going on about going though his stuff but got over it seeing as this was an emergency. Going through I saw a listening for three people with his last name so I tried the first one Jelani. (Ring Ring) "Shane? Where are you bro?" "This isn't Shane this is Gene." "How do you have his phone?" "I'm his next door neighbor and I came over today and he was cooking and he passed out and I don't know what do." I practically broke down into the phone. I heard a long inhale and exhale. "Ok calm down where are you now?" He asked calmly. I gave him the address. "Ok we will be there as soon as possible and thank you for helping my brother." He ended the call and I went back to Howie and Shane. Shane had his eyes open but they were so glassy. He looked over at me and my eyes started to water. He reached for my hand from under the covers. "Is that you Gene, I can't see that well everything is so blurry." I choked back a sob and held his hand tighter. "Yeah bro, it's me." "What's going on?" "I don't know but I called your brother and he said he would be here soon." A small smile crept on his face. "I prayed that you would find a way to help me and you did. Thank you Gene you're my angel." He gripped my hand tight and just passed back out. He was still breathing steady and his was smiled was still on his lips. I wasn't going to pull away from him, I was going to stay here until he woke up. I looked over at Howie who was wiping tears from his eyes, playing it as if something blew into his eyes. I stayed with Shane as much as I could unless I had to use the bathroom or when I went to let Howie in when he went to get us food. I didn't what Shane could handle so I had got him some chicken soup and he came back into conciseness he sipped it down. The next day about ten o'clock at night there was a knock at the door. I was half asleep but made my way down stairs and open the door. By what a wake up call three guys that looked exactly like Shane were standing there. "Um Hi." "Hi, is this Shane Valdez's house." "Yes you must be his brothers." I stood to the side and let them in. One of them was holding on to the other. "Is he ok?" I asked looking at him. "Yeah, he said he started feeling sick on the way over here." I showed them upstairs to Shane's room and Amari quickly got up to greet the visitors with kisses. "Hey girl how you been your getting big." The one with spiked hair said patting her. "She pregnant." I told him. "How?" He asked.. "Shane said by some dog named Geo." The sicker one laughed a bit. "Ataa boy." He coughed before he collapsed in a chair. The other moved over to the bed and began looking at Shane. I walk over to the one in the chair. "Are you ok?" "Yeah but I'm starting to believe that twin thing. You know if one is sick the other can feel it." "Yeah, so your Shane's twin." "Yeah we came in sets." He laughed a bit before rubbing his head. "Me and Shane, and Jelani and Remy." He pointed to the other two. "I'm Rajin." He said sticking out his hand. I noticed his palms were very sweaty. I shook it and felt it tighten before he fell onto the floor and passed out. "Damn it what is going on." I asked myself as I bent to check on him. The other brothers rushed over. "What happened." Jelani asked. "I don't know he just passed out." Going into one of the other rooms Remy found the cot that Jim was sleeping on and brought it into Shane's room. Placing him on his cot they checked his temperature. "Damnit he's burning up." Jelani swore running from the room to get a bag of ice. "Why don't we just bring them to the hospital?" Howie asked again. But it didn't seem like an option. For the brothers. (Rajin) It's so dark in here? "Rajin?" I heard a echo in the dark. From behind me a dim light appeared and I began walking towards it. "Rajin?" I heard it again, and it sounded like Shane's voice. I began running towards it's source and found Shane sitting Indian style in front of the remnants of this huge blue egg like he was meditating. I went over to him and touched his shoulder. "Shane?" "Hey you're here." He smiled wide as he got up and hugged me. I felt the hug this was some dream. "Where are we." "We are in our minds from what I can figure so far. Last night I had a dream that I received my powers last night and when I felt you were close I thought it was time for you too and I called you here." Pointing over to a darkened corner a unseen source of light illuminated a huge red egg. I walk to it and had an urge to touch it. I looked back at Shane and he just gave me an assuring nod. Putting out my hand I touched it surface and it was hot but it felt comforting. The before I knew a gold metal ran down from the egg in a oozing like motion onto my arm and onto myth back. I felt a heat tracing my tattoo in a searing pain that brought me to my knees. While I wanted to let go something said it wouldn't last long so I held on. I finally let go and looked at my hand and saw it was totally fine and there was no pain. I took a step back as I noticed the egg cracking. What I saw was one of the most beautiful thing I had every seen. I only had a few minutes to see it because as soon as it had broken free it fly out of sight in a fiery blaze. I looked to wards Shane and saw him walking towards me. "So what now?" I don't know I've been here for who knows how long trying to call out to you." "So you haven't tried to leave?" "I was getting used to my powers." "But your body can't take much more of this. When is the last time you ate?" "I understand but I don't know how to get out, may-be Jelani will find a way." "Well while we wait why don't you tell me what you've been up to." We took sometime and we just talked like old times joking around. Then I had the urge to smoke. And reaching into my pocket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. "Damn even in your mind your dirty." Shane snorted. I shrugged but noticed I didn't have a lighter. "Well from what I saw I would say you have fire powers so why don't you try something." Shane suggested. Using my finger I touched the tip of the cigarette and it lit. "Bad ass." I smiled. I saw Shane looking at his hand and a snow ball appeared and he launched it at me. We had both sprung up form our seats. "So it's fire against ice huh?" I smiled holding my finger like a gun ready to fire. "No really water against fire, cause what is ice but frozen water." Shane smiled as he snapped his finger and bubbles started floating towards me. I fired at some and a couple were able to get over me and pop splashing me with more water. We were going to start another volley when we saw a light. "Well it seems like this will have to wait." I smiled smothering the flame in my hand. We both took off as fast as we could towards the lights and everything went black.