Lilith Grim's Story

Eric sat on the floor, his eyes closed as he ignored the banging Adair made as he walked past the other cages until the footsteps finally made their last stop in front of his own cage. ”Open yer ruddy eyes, ya beast.” the guard taunted. Eric could hear the light pattering of spittle falling to the ground as the guard spoke, and forced himself to not respond to the guard's overbearing taunt. “I said, open yer ruddy eyes!” The guard banged his hand on the fortified glass that Eric’s cell had, only to have Eric suddenly standing in front of him, his eyes wide open, and his teeth sharp canines. “Go and do your job, Adair; don't bother me.” Eric said, emotionlessly. “Or that door there,” he pointed at the metal door that led out of his cell, ”Will, probably, magically come off.” Eric smiled lightly, making sure to flash his canines again, as the guard backed off, unable to hear what Eric was saying but feeling and understanding the threat. Eric sat back down in his original place in the center of his cell as he could hear Adair mutter, once again but this time to him, bastard, as the hallway went dark and silent. No more whistling.

He knew that Lilith was up to something; this morning, when he had been dragged out of his cell and past the others, he had caught Lilith’s eye. The look on her face was one of excitement, sadness, and anticipation. He had not been able to talk with the others for months after he had nearly killed another scientist during an experiment, and had been taken away and locked up in the highly fortified glass cage he was currently in, with sent meals and no exercise periods; Eric figured out, through the body language of the other supernaturals, that they had planned to escape, and from Lilith's expression earlier, the plan was to be executed tonight. Eric had come back to his cell filled with anticipation as night came, his powers swirling inside him, the beast inside him howling to the full moon he could not see. He closed his eyes, calming the rising sense of adrenaline in his body when suddenly a resounding click echoed throughout his room, the metal door he had referred to earlier opening to show the small figure of a young boy. “V-Vincent?” he asked, confused as he walked up to the younger shapeshifter the facility had caught only just a few years ago. As he grabbed the boy’s shoulder, a look dawned on Eric’s face. Lilith is controlling the children…they killed the children... No...they will pay for this. he snarled with anger, letting go of the child as Vincent ran to join Lilith, who stood farther away down the hall with the other supernaturals of his group surrounding her. He barely had time to answer her promise of meeting up at the village before his best friend darted out of their life-long prison, her large scythe in hand, right after the children.

Bounding out after the others, Eric flexed his tired muscles and ran straight onto one of the towers that held soldiers with machine guns, firing rapidly at the other supernaturals. He growled as he dodged bullets, hissing as one hit his shoulder, and made his hands and feet form claws, before rapidly grabbing the metal of the tower. The metal felt like cloth in his hands, as his enhanced strength helped him secure his hands and feet into the metal, and propelled him up the tower with inhumane speed. He quickly leapt into the standing the soldiers were in and decapitated them, twisting their heads rapidly with loud snaps. He hid in the standing before peeping down at the ground, only to see that the girls had already left. Only he and the vampire remained fighting the guards. After some deliberation, Eric jumped from the pit, landing with a grunt on the ground before propelling forwards, using the force of jumping down to propel his dash forward. He ignored the vampire as he rushed past the zipping figures around him, his speed causing his ears to fill with the sound of rushing air, and ran out of the facility, the large gate that had constantly blocked them from freedom open wide.

His heart pounded as he rushed through the woods, his only thought to get as far away from the facility as possible before he came to a stop, falling over as his hands and heels dug into the ground to stop his speeding. He looked around and noticed that the forest was eerily quiet, and that he was alone. Did Lilith make it out safe?! Eric lifted his head and sniffed, only faintly noticing Lilith’s scent in the air. He quickly picked up his pace and ran in her direction, his eyes picking up all movements around him, his ears listening to the scurrying of all the little critters whom were frightened by his presence. Eric felt extremely disoriented- even his nose seemed to be playing tricks on him as other smells bombarded him, tickling his senses as he made his way through the forest. He finally came to a stop as he eyed a tree with low hanging branches with Lilith’s scent sprayed all over the area. ”…Lilith?” he whispered, walking towards the tree as a branch snapped under his feet, causing him to flinch. He took another step forward this time carefully, wavering for a while before finally walking out into the moonlight, bracing himself in case Lilith wasn’t the one who was going to come out from around the tree.

To his relief, he heard a familiar voice whisper his name, and chuckled as he grabbed Lilith into a hug as she jumped out of the tree, cutting her tackle to a stop. ”Thank God you are safe." He muttered, hugging her tight, trying to keep his strength in check. His body shook as the adrenaline finally wore off and was replaced with anger and worry, as his eyes flitted around, carefully observing their surroundings.

Eric had tensed for a while, unsure of whether what he was hearing were footsteps or not- the sound of owl’s hooting and bugs chewing away at bark was just too cacophonous- and when he did, it was already too late. He let go of Lilith as she backed out of his embrace and was about to catch her and bound into the woods but the moment he had turned on his heels, a male voice suddenly shot out from the foliage. Eric turned and squinted through the trees, trying to make out if the guards had brought any weapons, but a large white flash beamed in his face, his eyes watering instantly as he turned away quickly.

“It’s Reaper and Shifter, I repeat Reaper and Shifter!” Unconsciously, Eric unsheathed his claws and fangs as he heard the man speak into the walkie-talkie, fury building inside him until Lilith suddenly stepped up to him and handed him something. “…Lilith?” he shot a curious look at Lilith’s receding back, as he glanced down at the small piece of jewelry she had just handed over to him. He knew how deadly Lilith’s powers were, and decided to not interfere; he didn’t want to take his chances around his best friend when she was on a roll. Anyways, he had always wanted to see the extent of her powers- never before had they really been able to see it, even when they were jailed together back when they were children. Her powers, at the time, had been underdeveloped, and, before she was reaped, had finally stepped into her powers.

But now it was different. Eric watched with slight amusement as Lilith walked towards the men. When he heard what the men called Lilith, he snapped and growled at them, especially at the one who ordered her around. He didn't attack, however, as he noticed that Lilith was extremely docile, for once. That is, her act of docility was extremely convincing until other men came forward, grabbed her, and dropped to the ground lifeless within seconds. So this…is the extent of Lilith Grim’s powers. Eric felt a shiver run down his spine as he watched Lilith run between the guards, touching their hands, weaving to and fro between the men and trees as if she were participating in some sort of beautiful ritual dance. He felt like he was in a trance as he watched her move, her powers seeping the life out of everything around her, even the trees in the area. Eric barely even noticed when Lilith came to stand in front of him, gently tugging the bracelet out of his hands.

“Well,” he said, an eyebrow raised as he looked down at Lilith, “Yes, we should get moving. This way, actually-“ he stopped and sniffed. Eric sneezed, unable to take in the multitudes of smells the forest had for him. He was used to dull chlorine and the basic scents of other supernaturals and humans, but not an amalgam of almost- he thought- everything placed together. His pinched his nose as he turned towards Lilith and whispered, “Wait a second.”

Eric let go of his nose and let out a whistle, beckoning for a bird to come. He grinned as a hawk landed on his outstretched hand, seeing specific types of animals for the first time always pleased Eric. Quietly, he asked the bird where the next village in, and the hawk replied him with a screech, a screech that Eric understood as if the hawk had spoken English. Nodding, he turned to Lilith; the hawk still perched on his right hand, and grabbed her arm lightly as he guided her in a different direction. “It’s this way. We should hurry; apparently Ben here saw a few more human troops, which I still can’t smell-“ he rubbed his nose with frustration, “and we’re pretty far from the village.”

Lotus grumbled as Joshua yelled at her. At the moment, she couldn't care less. She was trying to get her point across. Lotus hated when people were over protective but she knew he was just looking out for her. If it wasn't for is quick thinking they would have been back at the Heart House getting the punishment of their lives. Lotus sighed rested her head on the tree letting the water from her clothes and skin onto the ground. This sucked.

"Fuck this," Lotus turned her head slightly to see Joshua taking off his drenched shirt showing his chiseled chest. She averted her gaze and sighed again. Lotus wished she could just take off her clothes without a care in the world but like any woman that would be very flipping embarrassing. Lotus lifted her hands to her hair and tied it with rubber and she had on her wrist. She had just noticed it not to long ago but never got the time to use it.

"Well, you're going to have to stay away from me then," Lotus rolled her eyes and groaned softly running her hand over her face. 'So childish, he's still on that.' Of course she knew she had a good arm and could hit well it couldn't still be hurting. It was just a slight smack on the back of the head. No harm done. "Look...if we follow the stream downstream, we might come to a town or something..." Lotus looked down the stream in hopes of seeing a village of some sort. A roar pulled her attention away from the stream to a burned up bear.

Lotus tilted her head slightly in confusion and shock. The bear just looked at them not worried that's it skin was still slightly sizzling from the fire.Lotus backed up a little from the bear not sure to fear it and run or just watch it. She was an animal lover herself but this is a whole new level. "Lilith!" Lotus took a side glance at Joshua who had just yelled out a another cell mates name. "It's Lilith. She's not far, I think...Go on then, bear," Lotus almost laughed at his awkwardness. She was just like that in a way but instead of talking she doesn't. "Take us to her" Lotus walked up to the bear and grabbed a hold of the fur that wasn't bloody.

"I'm ready to get out of here...now."

Lotus wiped at her face again with her hand. The water from her hair was dripping down her face. On a hot day it would be encouraged but now in the cold air, she wished that Joshua never pushed her into the creek. She looked down at the bear with the patches of loss fur. Oh how she wished she had something warm at the moment. Lotus turned and looked at Joshua who was slowly drying up quicker than she expected. I guess that's just what it's like to be a Phoenix. Lotus wiped at her face once more but this time she grumbled.

They continued to walk towards Lilith with slow agonizing steps. Lotus could feel herself slowing down in pace as her body started to shut down. She gripped the fur harder and rubbed at her face again attempting to wake herself. They had to keep moving and Lotus would be damned if she let her body stop them from moving on. She shivered as the water slipped down her neck and onto her back. Lotus tightened her hand into fist pathetically keeping her hands warm and looked down at her feet as they continued to walk. How long has it been since they started walking in the same slow rhythm. An hour. It felt like forever. Another wipe to the face.

A cleared throat brought Lotus to her attention and she shifted her gaze to Joshua. "Take this. Careful, though...It's hot," Lotus looked at the stone that was residing in his palm. With slow shaky fingers she covered the stone with her own two hands and picked it up. True to his words it was hot...extremely hot. "Shit!" Lotus panicked and dropped the stone. She stopped her walking and looked at her ruby red hands. Curse her delicate skin. That was a close one though. A little too close.

Lotus looked around and after some search she found a big leaf and picked the stone up once again. The heat radiating off the stone was enough to get past the leafs cell barrier and onto her ice cold skin. She sighed in content and looked at Joshua. "Thanks." Lotus said and with that they continued on their way. It was a little while after when the sun was just peaking over the horizon when Josh spoke up again. "Lilith...?" Lotus listened closely and then she heard people. But she didn't know if they were the Trackers or her friends. It was now or never "Lilith you better be out there!" Lotus called. 'If that's not Lilith we're screwed.'

“Joshua, Lotus, don’t fear. It is Lilith and Eric, though,” Lotus sagged her shoulders along with a breath of relief that escaped her lips. Thanks goodness. I don't think Lotus could take it even take another fight. She would just stick her hands out and let them tie it with whatever they brought. She was just that drained to give up just so easy. It's sad really. After everything that just happened in a couple of hours she would let it go. Pathetic.

“What is that most infernal smell that you two have brought? I couldn't recognize the two of you because your scents were hidden by the stench.” As Lotus and Joshua walked into view she saw Eric with a look of disgust etched on his face. Lotus darted her eyes to the carcass of the bear. Now that she was where she needed to be she could actually smell it and she almost vomited. No wonder Joshua didn't grab a hold of it.

Before Lotus could registered what was happening she slumped to the ground in exhaustion. Her body had finally giving out and she didn't feel like moving from that position. Lotus looked at the sky and let an sigh escape her lips. It was a mixture of relief and pain. I don't think she can move. "Eww I sure did summon up a nasty critter for you to follow didn't I? Oh well, be gone with you beast I am in no need of you anymore, walk away then leave your body once I can't smell you" Lotus turned her head slightly and watched the bear walk out the clearing. Lotus looked at the sky again and put her hands in her face. They were still red. She cursed silently under her breath. It would take a while to heal.

"So we should start making our way to town I guess, but first Joshua and Lotus are you hurt in any physical way? I need to know so that I may heal you but if not then I believe we should get going" Lotus grunted when Lilith said if they were physically hurt. Lotus sat up and put her back against a tree and wince at the sharp pain that radiated there. She didn't have to look to know that she was bleeding. It was probably there for a long time. Probably when she fell, wait, was shoved into the river. She rolled her shoulders adjusting to the burning sensation on her back. Had she mentioned she felt like hell?

"I'm hurt physically and it'd be fantastic if you helped me in that department." Lotus lifted her arm to show them just a sneak peak at how bad her and Joshua's body were. Her arm was crusted with dried blood and dirt from wounds resting several places on her skin. "It seems that you guys treated yourself to food. You're trying to rush us out when we haven't eaten yet. How selfish." Lotus said in mock hurt when half of it was true. What was their deal? Can't they relax too? Jeez, people these days.