Chapter 76 - Spirit (2/2)
”Please. I know you must of had that thought somewhere up there since it is a possible choice. You're too smart not to have thought about it,” the spirit fired back while poking it's finger into Malene's. She just smiled but didn't deny it.
”WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE LITTLE TALKING PERSON THAT WANTS TO FEED ME TO A MONSTER?!?!” Laz lost it. It lost it hardcore.
Let's drop the fact that it's a little talking person...
That can fly...
And called me stupid...
And appear out of a light on your hand...
But now it wants to feed me to this monster?
AND YOU'VE CONSIDERED IT???
This time, both Malene and Aqua stared at Laz as though they'd been struck stupid.
Neither side moved, apparently from shock.
The little spirit seemed to be the first one to recover it's senses as it flew over to Laz's face and started waving it's hands around.
”YES, I can see you waving your hands around, that a problem?” Laz asked, confirming it's actions.
”How can you see me?”
”Why do you want to feed me to this frightening creature?”
”You'd be more filling that my mistress?”
”How the hell is that an answer?”
”You asked the question, don't blame me for the answer.” The spirit looked indignant.
”Don't blame me for smacking you with a fly swatter.”
”You want to go? Bring it on big boy.” The little spirit adopted a fighting stance as though it was going to attack him.
Malene, finally coming back to, looked at Laz and Aqua going back and forth before confirming that Laz could really see Aqua. From what she knew, it shouldn't be possible for him to actually see Aqua's shape or speak to it. At least, Aqua normally followed Malene around and seemed invisible to the world. At times, Malene even thought that maybe she had just gone crazy and was imagining the whole thing. Even when Aqua touched her, she felt that it could be fake. The only times she was able to prove Aqua was real was when she had Aqua do things, like break a lock or that time it attacked Laz to scare him.
Those flashes of metal that Laz thought he saw were actually just energy reflections from Aqua. Normally, Aqua was just a ball of blue light that hovered around Malene, but didn't have any substance. When Malene 'summons' it, then it can become corporeal and actually interact with matter. It takes a bit of energy to maintain it however so she can't keep it going all day, but normally, eight hours it's really a problem.
The problem was that because no one else could see Aqua, Malene started doubting herself. After the first time she tried to introduce Aqua to her parents and was dragged to the doctor's for a referral to see a shrink, she knew than that she could not talk to anyone about Aqua. Because of that, she started to wonder if Aqua was real, or if she was going crazy and the things that did happened were caused by her another way, like with a knife.
The more this thought hit her, the more she started to believe it. She felt like she was blanking out, doing stuff and then thinking that it was Aqua's doing.
It really began to scare her. Then this beast appeared and she freaked out. Knowing that once again, no one close to her would believe her, she decided to find the one person who seemed to hate her and tell him about it. Malene was able to pull Laz's address from the student directory and decided to come down her to see him. Even if he got mad at her again, at least he was someone she knew. He was real. No matter how scary the real is, it's still better than the unknown scary.
And now, this red eyed monster was arguing with Aqua, showing that Malene had never imagined it. Aqua was real which meant she wasn't crazy. She couldn't help but start to tear up and she brought her hands up to her face to cover it.
”Yeah? Little shit. I'm going to go grab a can a raid and take out your whole family.”
”OH? How's about I grab a stick and fly it straight up your ass? Eh? What now?”
It was only once they both heard Malene's sobbing that they stopped and looked at her.