Sacrifice Helle

Chapter 10

"Why are you walking funny?", Asami asked me. "I'm walking funny?" "Yeah." 'Hmm, maybe I am, by back kinda hurts, and my ass hurts too, or, at least it's in that region...', I thought. "I fell in the park yesterday." "There’s a park?!" Asami's eyes widened up, "Why havent you told me before?! I wanna go there!" "Why..?" "Being inside with you is boring, lets go to the park!" I was unsure about this... It was daytime, so vampires shouldn't be a problem, but Darien and the others were going to be there. Although the park was huge, I didnt know where they were going to be, and I didnt want to run into them. But.. we could go to the cathedral. Im sure there wouldn't be any vampires nesting in that area. "Okey, lets go to the park then, on our way home. But we're only going through, no running around aimlessly.."

The weather was nice today, it was warmer in the air than earlier this week. I didn't bother wearing a jacket, I just had a t-shirt and a larger cotton shirt over it. Asami off course ran around like crazy, looking at everything. I tried to keep my eyes on her, but my mind wandered off to other things. I looked up at the clear blue sky, with its small white cushions high up there. And before I knew it, Asami was gone. "Asami!", I shouted, but no answer. I stayed on the pathway, but Asami had probably run off in between the trees, thats where I had last seen her. "Asaaamiiii!" 'Damn that girl, this is not a good place to get lost....' So I stayed on the path, not wanting to get lost in the forest-like park. I walked a bit further, continuing to shout her name. She really made me freak out, after last night my nerves weren't working on my side, I freaked so easily. Again I shouted, "AASAAAAMIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Helle!" It was her! It came from further down the path. I started running towards her voice, running was so uncomfortable right now... "Helle!" I turned around a few bushes and some trees and there she was, sitting on the ground with a man sitting close to her.

I froze for a second, not expecting to see anyone else. He had a hood covering his face, so I couldn't see who it was until he looked up at me. With a smile he said, "Good day, Helle!" I let out a sight of relief. I was Raphael. He took down his hood and let his blonde hair curl around his face like a halo. Asami looked at him and gasped. "Your sister here was running a little to fast for her own good..." Raphael pointed down at Asamis knee, her jeans were full of dirt, and the part covering her knee was ripped up. "Asami, you tripped?" I sat down next to her. "Yes, but I'm all right now. This man helped me!" I looked at Raphael, "Thank you." His eyes looked concerned. "Maybe I can help you too?" "What? I’m fine.." His eyes told me that he didn't believe me, but instead he said, "I didn't know your had such an adorable sister!" I helped Asami up from the ground and we continued walking. "Oh? I though you knew everything...?" He just smiled, "I almost do. But I didn’t know she was that cute." Asami kept running ahead of us and I shouted that she wasn't allowed to run away again. I hoped she would stay close. "Listen Raphael..." He looked at me concerned again, "I know you have been through much lately, and I understand your concern. I may not be human, but I'm on your side so far, and I'd help you if I could, really I would." His hand held on to mine, and it felt warm and nice. It would have been nice to hold on to it... What he said didnt surprise me at all, he understood everything that went through my mind. A sudden thought came to me, "You... you were the one who gave me that 'poem'." "Yes. I stole it, I thought it might warn you." "I didn’t understand it...Wait.. stole it from who?" "Lets talk about this inside, trees have ears..."

We came to the cathedral and Asami tried to see the top of the spears while standing to close, so she fell on her back. "Jesus, Asami, when did you get so careless? Did you eat to much sugar or something?!" Asami got up and rubbed her back... "It hurts a little, Helle... Can you kiss it away?" "I sat down on my knees, lifted her shirt up and kissed her back. "Did it help?" Asami turned around disappointed. "You’re not good at it! Can you do it??", this time asking Raphael, "You do it much better than her!" "Sure, little one.." Then Raphael sat down, lifted up the shirt and placed his fingertip on her back. "Wow! Thanks!" Asami ran off again. "I hope she doesn't go break her leg knowing that you can heal her afterwards..!", I said irritated. Raphael looked hurt, "I guess your right. She mustn't get dependent on me. I cant come heal her always.", and while looking at me, "And some wounds cant get healed that easily." He had again read my mind. When he mentioned 'getting dependent on' I remembered that Darien had said the same thing to me. "Why do you read my mind? It's private." "It's not like I read you mind, I sense your feelings." "Okey, what do you sense right now?" I thought of Darien. "Someone who you trust, but don’t know if you should. You are confused about this one, what's his intentions? But I know that you trust him, even though he might have done something very distrustful to you." Raphael stopped talking for a moment. "Whatever he did, Im sure he had good intentions. I can't feel anyone wanting to hurt you. Well.. There's..." he stopped again. "What?" "Lets get inside." Asami pulled me aside before we entered the cathedral, "Is that your boyfriend?" "o_o No!" "He's really pretty, if you’re not gonna, can I marry him?" "Fine with me, if he wants to, you can just marry him..." Then Raphael came back in the doorway, "Are you guys coming or not?" "Yes, yes! Right behind you!" Asami gave Raphael the most obvious flirtatious look she knew, and she didn't look quite sane, but Raphael just smiled at her and then when she had run off he whispered to me, "Don't you think she's a little young for me?" "Oh, I bet you'll still be gorgeous when she's all grown up.. So what did you want to say to me?"

He held on to my hand again as he led me deeper into the cathedral. "Daniel!", he shouted. Then a young man came meeting us. I didn’t quite notice where he came from, but he had short brown hair, thin, but not skinny, and he had brown eyes. He wore a hooded jacket, like Raphael, and what looked like big comfy sweatpants. And the zipper on his jacket was open so there should be no mistake; the guy was without a shirt, and he did have a six-pack. "Wazzup?" "Yo, chilling, Dani, chick need a heal, and sista go'in crazy, man..." O_O 'What tha fuck?' "Cool, no sweat, I gotcha. Watza name?" Daniel, apparently, was lookin at me. I was just staring back, still thinking 'what tha fuck?!' "Oh, I’m sorry,", he then rephrased himself, "whats your name?" "I'm Helle..." "Nice to meet you. I’m Daniel!" He grabbed my other hand and shook it (Raphael still holding my other hand). "And who's your sister?" "Eh.. Asami.." "Okay then ^_^" And then he walked off into the cathedral shouting "Asami!!!" while Raphael led me in another direction. "What was that?! Please, tell me I'm just going crazy..." Raphael raised one eyebrow, "You can handle demons and vampires, but you cant handle it when people talk a little differently?" "I just.. never saw it coming.." We walked up some stairs and through a door. I bumped down on a seat, then made a grimace from the pain, 'Shit, I forgot it hurts when I sit!', so I got up again, deciding it was better just to stand. We were in a room behind the gallery, just the two of us.