So this has been a goddamn nightmare.
Why haven't I been posting for a while? I'll tell you why. I got fucking kidnapped. Eric and me, we got jumped, had black bags put over our heads like in a movie, and taken to some sort of warehouse- again, like in a movie. It was, as noted, a goddamn fucking nightmare.
(You'll excuse me, I hope, for the language.)
They fed us. They gave us water. God only knows why. Could've just killed us. Sent us to embrace the Archangel or whatever the hell. But we've both been suffering enough as it is. Maybe that's all they ever really wanted anyways. Wouldn't be out of the question for the willing servants of an incarnation of fear. Gotta feed it somehow.
But here's the thing.
One of them was the tattooed man. Nico Rossi, as his name turned out to be.
He taunted me for months. Reminded me over and over of what happened to Mason. Asked me things about Mason- his favorite movies, his favorite food, whether he read a lot, anything that he thought might remind me of his absence.
He got better at it after a while.
And then, one week ago, something happened. The Timberwolves left, save for two named Melanie Hector and Rainer Kavinsky, who stayed back as guards. They tied us to our chairs, back-to-back. I swear to God, it was like those motherfuckers learned their kidnapping techniques from action movies.
And then we saw two people walk in.
One, I recognized as Asher Lyall. The fox mask and long black coat are pretty distinctive. The other I didn't recognize, but he had an Archangel seal on his right sleeve.
I was ready for the worst.
Then Giles drew a knife and started walking towards Melanie, and Rainer punched him.
It was a blur after that. I remember throwing punches, getting punched, stabbing people. Asher's side of the story is much more detailed.
Frankly, though, I don't really care how it went. All I care is that they rescued us and tied up Melanie and Rainer for the rest of the Timberwolves to find.
We're traveling together now. We don't have a destination in mind, just wandering, now we're free again.
Giles and Asher- or, rather, Kaden, his real name- are free now too. Free from the Fears they'd joined.
I'm happy for them. They seem to really love each other.
