Blood Red Shadows
Chapter 5: Act I, Chapter 4: Out of the Ashes...
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Alex, immediately upon waking up, was in very deep pain. The events that transpired the previous night had taken it's toll on him. And, wow, it hurt!
Alex then tried to recollect just what the hell happened to him. Not with much difficulty, though not sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing.
'Okay, first, the arrest, government burning my house down, killing my family..'
Those memories made it clear that maybe, just maybe, that his little 'escapade' should be kept to himself. If he told anyone, they might turn him in again.
'What else..? Winchester sadistically torturing me, the botched execution... Being recruited into a terrorist cell..' Alex agreed that being strong-armed into the Kahn Militia was far from his best moment. He wasn't sure what fate would've befell him if he hadn't joined Jäger and Kat.
'Joining the Militia in an attack against Area 51... Kat informing him of her correct assumptions about Silas... The Task Force and the Militia trying to kill me... And, what else?'
It didn't take long for Alex to realize that he was alone, in a hospital, or something. Alex then decided to get up... Which was immediately met with severe pain. Looking down, he noticed a blood-stained patch on his chest, remembering full well the origin of such wounds. And then Alex remembered.
'Getting the bloody hell away from Winchester and Silas... Using Die Glocke to escape... And getting escorted to a hospital by small, winged horses.' Alex wasn't sure whether or not that last part was a hallucination from the blood loss, but what he saw next debunked that theory...
Those same small, winged horses entering the room.
"Um...hi." Alex nervously greeted with a wave of his hand. He wasn't sure how to handle the situation. On one hand, he actually made it to an alternate universe... On the other... That alternate universe was inhabited by creatures who looked like they were from a little girl's TV show.
Looking at them again, the two small, winged horses... 'the Pegasi", he figured. Looked very similar, like they could be related, or something like that.
"Hello... Whatever you are..." One of the Pegasi awkwardly replied. This particular Pegasus had very messed up, almost spiky, whitish hair with a blue streak at the ends. Alex could tell she was having as much fun as he was. Meeting new people was hard enough, after his situation, the fact that they were Pegasi didn't help at all.
Regardless, Alex figured he may as well try and be friendly. Make it easier for them.
"I'm Alex." Was pretty much all his confidence would get him,
But, eh, it was a start.
"My name's Cloudchaser, and this," pointing to the other Pegasus, "Is my sister, Flitter."
Flitter, unlike her sister, had, green hair, swooping over at the bottom, with a bow tied on. Clearly she was enjoying this as much as Alex and Cloudchaser.
"Hi..." Flitter introduced shyly.
"I just wanted to say thank you for helping me, I probably would've died out there or something." Alex said. He figured that they did go through the effort of carrying him to the hospital, he may as well be polite.
"You're welcome, Mr..-"
"Walker, my full name is Alex Walker." Alex interrupted Flitter. Well so much for being polite.
"'Alex Walker'? What kind of a name is that? It sounds like something some idiot author came up with in, like, five seconds!" Cloudchaser said.
"Hey, 'Alex Walker' is a perfectly normal name where I come from!" Alex scolded. Although he had to kind of admit, she may be right.
"Which is..?" Filtter asks nervously. At least someone was trying to be nice.
"Yeah, where are you from, Alex?" Cloudchaser asks.
"Umm, Earth... I'm pretty sure I'm from a different universe, so good luck finding that on a map." Alex answers, rather rudely, even by his standards.
"Oh... How did you get here?" Cloudchaser inquires.
'Oh, god, this question. Alex thought reluctantly. He couldn't exactly tell them every terrible thing that happened to him. He was pretty sure they could tell whether or not Alex was lying. But he had to give them some kind of answer.
"I...um, well, you see..." Alex stammers.
A Nurse walks into the room just as he was about to answer, a white unicorn, Alex notices the horn sticking out of her head.
"Hello Cloudchaser, Flitter, and...um..."
"Alex." He replies, thanking whatever gods might have been for preventing him from answering.
"Right," The nurse replies,
"What's my situation?" Alex imposed.
"Well, let's put it this way, your head, neck, and shoulders are covered with second and third degree burns, you're also peppered with some unknown type of wound, and we found this..." she informs, holding up a small bag of what appeared to be a bullet, distorted at the end from the shot, and covered in what appeared to be Alex's blood, "..Inside one of the wounds."
"Ouch." Alex responded, stunned. "How long will that take to heal?"
"With our magic, about a week, we just need to apply some salve on your head and shoulders, and a few healing spells every couple of days and you'll be good as new."
Alex was thunderstruck. "That's it? On my world it would take a few days in an ICU for the gunshots and it would take even longer for the burns."
"Why, do you not have magic in your world?" Flitter asks.
"Not really." Alex answered.
"I'm going over to tell Princess Twilight about you. If you don't mind." Cloudchaser tells him.
"Ah... I don't know, I usually get into some type of trouble with authority figures." Alex answers nervously, remembering the FBI, Agent Winchester, and Silas.
"Don't worry about it, I think she wants something like this to happen, in fact, she's been asking everyone in town if they've seen anything." Flitter reassures.
"One other thing, nurse?"
"Yeah?" She asks
"Can I have a mirror, if you have one?" Alex inquired, he hadn't seen his reflection in months since the arrest.
The nurse levitated Alex a small, portable mirror, he grabbed it, nodding his thanks to the nurse.
Alex's eyes stayed the same, ice blue color, but he was now covered in cuts, the most prominent being the one he received from before the execution, his brownish blonde hair wasn't entirely gone, it was about an inch from being a full blown buzz cut, some of it curling a little bit. The scar Winchester had most recently given him started a half inch above where his eyebrow would be and ended at his cheek, never to disappear like the other cuts eventually would.
Handing the nurse back the mirror, he took out a small journal he'd gotten from his time in the Kahn Militia, an entry already written inside, practically asking for another, so that his experiences, unlike him, would never perish. Although this was a new world, it was hardly a new beginning.
Alex just needed to clear up a few more details.
"Where is my stuff?"
"Oh, those things? The larger object will be ready for you once you leave, we left the smaller one with you." The nurse replied, pointing to a small nightstand. The gun was still in the holster, sitting on the table.
"The doctor said something about letting Princess Twilight study it." Cloudchaser informed.
"Fine by me, I can tell her all about it." Alex responded, while there was still a good amount of ammo, he still might need more, he wondered if there was a forge so he could build his own bullets, did they even have gunpowder? There were so many questions.
"Well, Cloudchaser and I kinda have to go, It's 7:53, and we need to get to work by 8:00." Flitter realized, as if they had lost track of time.
"Oh, wow, you're right. We have to go, like now. You'll be okay, right? Cloudchaser asked.
"I'll be fine, thanks again." Alex answered, for the moment, it was probably true.
The two Pegasi left the room, leaving Alex alone again. He figured he should probably get some sleep, it would be a long road to recovery, but at least he was safe, at least for now.
A new thought entered his mind, a rather unpleasant one at that.
'What if they find me here?'
Next Chapter: Act I, Chapter 5: Rude Awakening Estimated time remaining: 12 Hours, 39 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Well, here we are, the first chapter after the 4 chapter rush!
If anyone has anything to say to help me improve as a writer, feel free to comment!
(I am such a noob.)
