Rise of the Darkness

Calla looked at the trashy house, everything was fully destroyed. She took in her surroundings and the only thing came up in her to call a name and she screamed that name at the top of her lungs. "ETHAN…" She screamed as loud as she could. She wasn't sure with his superhuman strength, how far he went. But to her surprise, in a second he was standing next to her. He encircled one of his arms around her waist, protectively pulling her close to him, making sure she's fine and safe.

Ethan looked around, everything was broken. (Some one must have come after Calla.) He thought. He sniffed the air to catch a scent but to his surprise, there were none. "How could someone do this to my house?" Calla asked with anger dripping in her voice.

Ethan looked at her, her eyes were filled with tears. He could smell her anger easily. She took a broken frame of her family's photo from the ground. She looked at Xavier's smiling face. A low sob escaped her lips and Ethan felt an ache in his chest seeing her tears. He scooped her up in his arms and carried her bridal style, keeping her close to his chest. She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in the crock of his neck. She was sobbing, she was both sad and angry. Sad because someone just destroyed the house Xavier had built for his family with so much love and angry because she was still helpless against all of this.

Ethan sniffed the air one last time before turning around to leave and again got disappointed with finding nothing. They were about to exit the house when a whimper made its way to Ethan's ears. He heard it clearly. He kept Calla in his arms and looked around for the source. He opened a room and his eyes fell on Sidney, covered in blood and bruises. A loud gasp escaped Calla's mouth seeing her friend in this poor state. She quickly jumped off of Ethan's arms and sat beside her best friend, who was always there whenever Calla needed her but unfortunately, Calla was not able to to help her when she needed.

Ethan was shocked that he wasn't able to catch the scent of blood. He was part vampire and yet he wasn't able to smell the blood of this poor woman. He dipped his index finger in her blood and touched it on the tip of his tongue. As the drop of the blood made its way to his throat, he caught the scent as well. He sniffed on Sidney's body and his eyes glowed for a few seconds. He held Calla on his back and told her to hold on as tight as she can hold. He carried Sidney in his arms and zoomed out of Calla's house. He didn't want Calla to be there for another second. He was sure there must be stalkers, stalking her, keeping their eyes on her like she's a prey. He quickly took both of them to his place. As they reached his house, he ran to a room which was close. He kicked the door and it opened. He gently made Sidney lay down on the bed. Calla was beside her now and Ethan zoomed out of the room.

was well aware of everything. Sidney winced in pain and Calla held her hand. She didn't know what to do or how to get her out of this state. Just then the door shoot opened and Ethan came back into the room. He had a normal size wooden bowl in his hands. He quickly came in and sat beside Sidney. He held her head a bit higher than her chest and tried to make her drink something that was in that bowl and was really stinky. Sidney refused to drink the substance and glared

confident voice. Hearing her best friend, assuring her to trust this strange man. She started gulping the stinky substance like it was hot chocolate to

drifted off in a few minutes. Ethan pulled Calla out of the room and closed the room, making sure not to wake Sidney up. Calla looked at him with questioning eyes and he heard her question loud and clear in his head. "It was a medicine, it will heal all

quietly sat on the couch, she wasn't aware of anything that was happening. Ethan sat beside her and asked her in a worried tone. "Are you alright love?" She

time will it take for her to be fully healed?" She asked him in a worried tone. Sidney and Calla were best friends. They both were like sisters to each other. Calla was worried about

worry, she'll be fine. I promise." Ethan said with

a book in his hand. Ethan gave her the book, she accepted it with a smile. Ethan left her alone in the living room and went to the basement of his house, where he had a gym. He changed his clothes and started lifting weights. Where