04-24-2014, 05:07 PM
To awake alone was scary. Neal could have sworn he slept beside Lexxi. Looking at the empty room he was in, he began to doubt himself. Everything around him began to swirl and stir. Within seconds, his body plummeted into a pit of darkness with no end. As the abyss swallowed him whole, Neal tried to scream. With no luck, he reached for his tender vocals. Why wouldn't they work? Why was noise impossible?
Darkness ate him. It was all he saw. That was until he shot up in bed. Face stained with sweat, he gazed around. Panic set in. Lexxi wasn't here. She was nowhere to be found. To make matters worse, this wasn't his bed. Well, it was. But it wasn't. There was something oddly familiar about it and it tore at him.
As the panic deepened, the deafening sound of loneliness tore into his flesh. He writhed and screamed in pain. He didn't leave the asylum to end up alone. No, he refused to. A gripping pain from within started to control him. It forced him to his senses.
Then, the piercing ringing came. Eyes flicking toward the phone, he darted to the object. The message, though cryptic, gave him hope. Lexxi was alive and well. They were to meet at the park.
There was no thought with what came next. He smashed out the window and tumbled down to the earth below. The cuts, bruises, and bumps were markings of his sheer determination to reunite with the woman who saved him. She was his salvation. She was his reason to live.
Arriving at the park, Neal's piercing blue eyes danced around those that gathered. A boy and girl moved in toward one another, as if to talk. Another boy approached from behind.
"Where's Lexxi," Neal's words broke the stiff, eerie air that shrouded the park. Eyes darting around, they finally landed on a figure that leaned against a tree. She looked like Lexxi but... there just... something was off about her. Still, perhaps something happened to Lexxi and she looked different.
In a second, Neal's hands were on Eleanor as he inspected her. This woman, Eleanor, looked an awful lot like his Lexxi. How. Why? Was this a trap? A game of sorts? Were lookalikes here for a reason.
Growl coming to him, he shoved the woman away before storming back toward the entrance. He would ignore anyone who spoke to him. His only intention now was to find Lexxi and keep her safe. He would kill, if he had to. She was worth it. Nothing would stop him.
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