To find a friend I've never met
#14 of I'm Real (scales & wings)
well your wait is over here is chapter 13, there's no yiff in this one but it really fits in with this part of the story
Enjoy
Chapter 13
To find a friend I've never met
We stepped out of the shower area; I left my clothes they were dirty anyway
"After you talk to Zero you know where I'll be" Jay said and then walked off
I exited the gym and headed towards the room
I told Zero I wouldn't bother him... but right now I have to
I reached the door and knocked
"Zero... can I come in? I need to talk to you" I pushed open the door
I couldn't see anyone at first but then I noticed something under the covers
"Zero?" I got closer to the bed and lifted off the sheets to find a scared Zero
As he looked up at me he began to back away
"Please Zero you don't have to run from me... I won't get any closer... I won't hurt you"
He stopped and I sat on the ground just looking at him
"You said you wouldn't bother me..." he said nervously
"I know ... and I'm sorry Zero...I just wanted to talk to you one more time"
He made a strange face, sad, scared and curious
"What are you saying?" he asked
"I'm saying soon I'll be gone, you'll never see me again..."
"but-" he spoke but I interrupted
"I won't be here to scare you anymore... but before that happens... I want to say I love you, you're my brother and you'll always be my brother... I want you to stay safe, stay with dad" I then stood up and looked at him, he seemed like he was on the verge of tears
"Well brother ... it looks like this is goodbye" I said and I walked out of the room
I felt a depressing feeling, regret if that's what you want to call it... from walking out of that room and leaving my brother behind
But I continued anyway, I walked to the end of the hall and started climbing the stairs
Floor 3...
Floor 4...
Floor 5...
Floor 6...
Floor 7... the highest floor... or at least the highest ceiling
I opened the door exiting the stairs and waiting there was Jay
The room we were in was quite small compared to the rest of the lab but it only had two doors in the entire place
There was no one left to stop me now not even Thomas was strong enough
I walked up to Jay "are you really sure about this?" he asked me
"I have to be... it's my only chance"
"Wait!" I heard Zero's voice behind me; I turned around to look at him
"I want to go with you" he said running up to me and grabbing onto my leg
"Zero..." I sighed "I don't think it would be safe for you... and this is a journey I have to make on my own" I looked at Jay, he handed me the thing I needed and he helped pull Zero off of my leg
"Zero this is just something I have to do" I pulled open the other door
Light streamed into the room like flowing water down a river, a breeze flew across my face and I knew what to do
I ran through the door way to end up on the roof of the entire building
I spread my wings and leaped off of the edge of the building
The breeze was perfect it elevated me just to the right altitude that I could head in a strait line
I knew where I was heading, I had escaped the lab and now I'm on my way
Tye... I'm going to find you... your wait won't be much longer
I pulled the paper in my hand that Jay gave me and looked at it; I had to use both hands to make sure it didn't fly off but I could still see the markings on it
It was a map that showed exactly how to locate the island but I had to look for land marks to find my way
The first land mark was a river with one side forest and the other side farm land
I looked below, all I could see was forest but then I peered a little farther ahead of me I saw flatter ground with a few small structures on it
That must be the farm land so the river couldn't be to far from here
I looked back at the paper it said to follow the river upstream
I dove closer when the river came into view
The water was clear and seemed so inviting but I had no time to waste I quickly found the direction of the water and flew upwards to continue
The next land mark was the source of the river which was a giant lake
It didn't take me to long to find it a massive body of water like that is hard to miss
I looked around the lake but all I saw was water ... no island... no Tye
Then I turned over the page
It showed I had to head strait across to the city, I glided across the lake that took quite a while
When I reached the edge of the city I had hit something hard sending me falling to the water below
I recover shortly after hitting the water and I swam back to the top
I took a deep breath in and tried to figure out what the heck just happened
I looked up at the city it seemed to have some sort of transparent wall, it must be to protect from anything crashing into the city that comes through the lake
I swam close to the edge and noticed there was an opening that I could get through connected to a docked ramp
It must be used for when people want to head out to the lake
I quickly found my way to the entrance and went into the city
This place is bigger than I thought... and I lost the map in the water...
I tried remembering what was left of how to get to the island there were only two steps to go and I know the final step was to head across a lake, there must be part of the city that connects to another lake
But how am I supposed to get there?
"Oh my gods what is that!?" I heard someone shriek
"Someone call the police!" another shouted
There were a few people panicking, I know I am a large size but why did I scare them?
A few people started charging towards me not looking very friendly
So I ran, I ran trough streets and alleyways trying to lose them, why would they chase me? It's not like I did anything to them
I had only been running for a few minutes but it was starting to get dark, it must have been a longer trip than I thought
I found my way under a bridge somewhere in the city, those people had stopped chasing me but I still didn't know where I was or how to find Tye
I sat by one of the posts to the side of the bridge, maybe I should wait until it was daytime again before trying to find my way
I folded my wings protectively around me, the night air was cold but I could handle it
I breathed deeply trying to calm myself it had been a bit to much of an exciting day... I wish I was on the island... with Tye
But I'm not there, I have to face that... right now I have to get some rest... it's the only way I'm going to be able to find him
I close my eyes and give in to my tired body
The first thing I hear as my dream begins is a quiet whimpering
I look around and I see the wolf curled up and seemingly crying
I walk up to him and sit by his side "what's wrong?" I ask him putting my arm around him
"Master... I see everything you do..." he said not even raising his head to look at me "and I don't understand why ... you left everything there... to search for a friend that you've never met..."
I sighed, I just wanted to go home and I knew I didn't belong at the lab so the only place left for me was with Tye
"I left because I just didn't belong there..." I said
"So you think that someone you once knew will let you stay with them... and accept you..." he mumbled
I had never seen him act like this, most of the time he's always so excited to see me, was he mad at me or was something just going on that hurt him
"I remember me and him being best friends... why would he forget me?" I asked
"Because he's just like everyone else... he's not supposed to be with you" I heard him start to cry more after saying that
So that's what this is about...
I pulled the wolf closer and lifted him up onto my lap, I looked at him in the eyes and said
"Me and Tye won't ever be together the same way as you and I... you know that... and you're the one who convinced me of that" I said "you need to know... I have you to love... Tye has others for him; all I want to do is go home... he created me there, so it's just where I was meant to be"
Tears were still falling from his eyes the look of heart break and sadness still plastered onto his face
"You... don't mean that... you know that's a lie..." he said sadly
"Please don't believe that, I love you and you know that could never be a lie" I said hugging his body squeezing him hoping he would understand
His weeping became louder as he threw his head over my shoulder
"It's because he's alive... isn't it" he sounded even sadder
I felt so bad... he thinks I'm going to find Tye and then just abandon him, but why did I feel bad, I knew I wasn't lying to him and I knew everything I said was true
What could have made him think this way?
I had to think of a way to get him to listen, but what could I do?
I started petting his head and then turned him over onto his back to rub his belly, I remembered he liked this
But I noticed something he had stopped making noise, his eyes were closed and he was lightly breathing
Is he sleeping... in a dream?
At least he's not crying maybe he just needs rest but I wonder what had made him feel this way in the first place, what could cause him to be jealous of Tye?
I continued to rub him softly as I pulled him up so I could feel his warm fur
I love him but he doesn't trust me... he's the one who said I was his soulmate, and now that I believe it, why did he stop?
After a few moments I felt his body move as he woke up in my arms
"Master..." he started talking quietly "I'm sorry..." he started to silently cry again
"It's alright... you have feelings to and I can't deny you that... but please tell me why you seemed so hurt" I said to him
"I remembered when those scientists made you believe you were in the real world and I saw how you reacted when you found Tye... you said you loved him...but I knew it wasn't real... but now that your pursuing him for real, I thought your feelings for him were real to... you won't love me when you meet him... and there's nothing I can do to change your mind..." he explained to me, even as he spoke every word that came out of his mouth seemed to sting him with just the thought
I now understand what he meant... but it wasn't true
Sure I had feelings for Tye ... but it's not like that... I'm excepting that he has lovers, he has friends, and I know that I have a soulmate
"He's a really good friend of mine... but that doesn't mean that I really love him... I just think those feelings were superficial, made up by the situation I was in" I said to him, he seemed to be calming down
"Just know that the only reason I'm trying to find him now is because, I have no other place to go, and a lab really isn't the place for anyone..." I started to feel sad about what I said... I had left my brother in the lab... but at least dad is there, I know one day he will get Zero out
I looked at him and I finally started to see his frown fade
"Then I'm glad that you had left the place that doesn't suit you... but how do you know being with Tye is where you really belong?" he questioned
"I don't" I admitted "I said it's the only other place I can go... so it must be the place I belong in"
He wrapped his arms as far around me as he could and then hugged me
"Your taking a big risk you know that?" he said
"Yea..."
"Where will you go if you can't stay with Tye?" he asked
"I don't know... but I know I'll always have you" I nuzzled his neck
He giggled and then looked up and frowned
"It looks like times up master..." he said and then he kissed me just as he vanished
"Yea... it's always to soon" I sighed
I woke up to a noise, it sounded like something wooden hitting something, and then I felt a slight pain in my right shoulder, what was going on?
I quickly unfolded my wings to see a dark but strangely small looking figure holding a plank of wood and attempting to swing at me with it
When it tried to swing at me again I grabbed the wood and plucked it out of there grasp
"What do you think your doing?" I asked
It said nothing it just tried to punch me but it wasn't doing anything, my scales were strong enough to handle that
I blew a small flame onto the plank I was holding and brought it down to see who my attempting attacker is
It jumped back as to avoid the light and it began to run, I couldn't let this person get away, why would they even try to attack me? I dropped the flaming plank into a puddle of water and followed
It tried to run to the top of the bridge but I just made a quick leap and flew up to grab onto them
"Hey! Let me go!" a young male's voice yelled at me as my attacker struggled in my grip
I landed back below the bridge and pinned the person against the wall, trying not to be to rough since it sounded like a child
I picked up a stick and lit it and brought it close to them so I could see
It was a young human boy no older than 15 but he looked a little familiar... why is that?
"Who are you? And why did you attack me?" I asked looking right into his eyes that were now full of fear and anger
"Get off of me" he struggled trying to force away my hands and clearly not succeeding
"I will once you explain yourself" I said sternly trying to get through to him
"No no no let go of me right now" he screamed, he was acting more childish then he should be, how am I supposed to figure out this if he won't give me answers
Then I thought of a plan, I shot a small flare into the air above us that seemed to stop his struggling for a moment
"now if you listen to me, nobody gets hurt" I said looking right in his eyes again I wasn't actually going to hurt him just scare some answers out of him, that seems to be what I'm able to do...
That seemed to have grabbed his attention as he stopped screaming and struggling altogether
He nodded slightly
"Good... now tell me why you were trying to attack me" I tried to speak calmly hoping to get answers
The kid seemed scared but he hesitantly started to speak
"You want to know why?... it's because of creatures like you my grandfather isn't himself anymore" he said quietly but you could feel the rage building up in him
I then realized who this kid was, this must be Detrone's grandson that's why he looked so familiar, now that I think of it, he looks almost exactly like him
"Your grandfather?" I asked him "he wouldn't happen to be named Detrone would he?" I asked already figuring the answer
"How did you-" he tried to speak but I jerked him so that he came really close to eye level
"That person you call a grandfather is a monster" I said strait to his face and then dropped him to the floor and began to walk away
"Just like you!" he yelled
I just stopped and turned my head
"Only on the outside, but the real monster is on the inside... just like your grandfather" I said before extending my wings
I jumped in the air and flapped my wings to fly to the top of the bridge but I felt something grab my tail, I looked back at my tail to see the kid had grabbed my tail and was now holding on for dear life
I didn't want to hurt him there would be no point in that, so I quickly found a place to land and safely glided down
"What are you doing?" I asked him turning to see he had let go of my tail
"How could he be a monster?" he looked at me sadly
I knew what he was talking about, I had just told him his grandfather was a monster but should I tell him why
"It's from what he's done to me..." I said quietly
He looked at me his eyes no longer filled with anger but with sadness
He grabbed onto my arm
"He did the same thing to you to then..." he sniffled
Was Detrone so evil as to rape his own flesh and blood, I had to know, if anything this kid couldn't just live like this
I felt a few tears from the child's eyes falling to the floor "it hurt a lot... and I just can't figure out why he did it..." the boy cried into my arm
It was clear now Detrone was a terrible person to more than just me, and now his grandson was here crying to another victim
I knelt down and put my arm around him so that he could cry into my shoulder
"It'll be alright... it's not your fault that he did something terrible to you... I don't know what's wrong with him but he can't just do this to people" I said trying to comfort him
He kept crying, I guess he just needed someone, but why would he be out here alone, in the dark, and angry at me...
I held him there until he stopped my shoulder was really wet by then luckily it just slides down my scales
I pulled him off of me gently and looked at him
"Are you feeling better?" I asked
"A little bit" he answered still wiping his eyes
"Well ... could I ask your name, we haven't really introduced ourselves yet"
"My name's Raymond ... but everyone calls me Ray" he said
"Ray huh? My name is Dachii" I said
We stood in an awkward silence for a moment I spoke up
"Ray why are you out here all by yourself at night?" I asked
"I could ask you the same thing" he responded
"Well I asked first" I said and then he sighed in defeat
"I ran away... from my grandfather" he said quietly
"Why are you with your grand father if he treated you so badly?"
"Because... I have to be... I don't have any parents..." he said looking down at the floor
"I'm sorry..." I didn't know fully what he meant but being stuck with an abusive grandfather like Detrone, it's just sad
"But what about you" he looked at me "what are you doing out here?"
"I'm sort of... running away to... but I have a friend I have to see... unfortunately I'm terribly lost" I said
"Does he live near the city?" Ray asked
"He lives on an island in the middle of a lake that's supposed to be near by" I explained
"Maybe I can help; I know the area really well and... I have nowhere else to go..."
"Really you would help me?" I asked happily
"Sure... but do you think we could start in the morning, the city isn't as easy to navigate at night" he said
I smiled "thank you so much... but where are you going to stay for the night?" I asked
"I don't know..." he kicked the ground
There was no way I could let this kid get away, especially if he could lead me to Tye
I got close to him and picked him up
"Hey! What're you doing?"
I glided down back to the bottom of the bridge to a safe little gap and sat down
"You're staying with me tonight Ray, and then tomorrow we go find my friend" I said as I sat him at my side
"Here?" he asked a little surprised
"It's a good enough place as any right now" I said before enclosing us in my wings
He panicked at first but I grabbed onto him "don't worry Ray I won't hurt you, just stay here where it's warm" I pulled him against my chest
He still seemed a little hesitant but after a moment he got comfortable lying on my chest
"You really are warm" he said
I chuckled "yea well... get some rest Ray in the morning we go searching"
But instead of a reply I heard him slightly snoring, he's going to need his sleep, and so will I
For tomorrow I find my friend and I go back home
End of Chapter 13
the 3 letter word was MAP i know i led you on to think Dachii was going to kill him self but you know there are other means of escape other than the easy way out
how do you think Zero feels now being left in the lab without Dachii?
do you think Dachii can trust Ray to help him find Tye?
will Dachii ever find Tye and if so will he accept him?
things to be answered in future chapters keep on reading and please comment i like to hear what my readers think