The Seduction Of Chaos

Chapter 5 (The Shift)

Laurent De'Vall's Hybrid Form

It was like a breath of fresh air. That son of a b***h had held me back for too long, and I just couldn't resist not coming out to play when she was around. After that moment of meeting her in Zone A, I was intrigued by her. I felt a little jealous that she was kissing him and not acknowledging me. 

Her lips were still pressing against mine. Such a gentle kiss... let's change that. I grabbed her waist and pressed her against me, and deepened the kiss. I wanted her to feel I was there. Not him.

Her body squirmed within my arms. She suddenly broke our kiss and looked up at me. Her eye's widened at the sight of me. She tilted her head like a puppy. "Well...that didn't take long." 

I smiled slyly. "How did you know?" 

"Your different when you kiss me, and your chi is out of this f*****g world. I can feel the difference." She said as a matter of fact. She then giggled, "Awe, you wanted to come out and play with me; how cute." She teased. Then she tried to pull herself away from me.

"What do you think you're doing?" I growled. She looked up at me with those fake innocent eyes. "What? I can't move?"

"No."

"Uh, what do you mean no?" She asked. She had been in his embrace and was going to leave mine? I didn't think so. I decided to let go of her. I would make her want to come to me...

"Well, thank you." She said as she brushed off her skirt, and as she did, I smelled an awful scent—another male.

I started to grind my teeth together. "Who were you with, other than me?" I said through my teeth. That smell made me wanna puke. "Who is he?"

She looked me up and down, then the corner of her lips curved into a smile, "Why are you jealous?"  I had to stop myself from pinning her against the wall and taking her for myself, but I wanted her to come to me. To need me.

"It's a foul odor. Doesn't suit you." I felt my face scrunch up, disgusted by it.

"What? Do you mean Knox? You can smell him on me?" She took a couple of steps towards me with her head tilted.

Knox.

"Yes," I said through my teeth. "Oh wow, your sense of smell is amazing when you are in your hybrid form." 

"We are not the same." I snapped. How dare she think of me as that whinny little runt. He never embraced me as part of him. As of now, he was curled in the back of his own mind shutting me out. 

"I'm much more suited to your tastes," I said

"Oh, is that so?" She purred then started to walk towards seductively.

Yes. Come to me, my pet. I embraced the ache in my fangs...

Then she stopped. "I want your chi." She said with a straight face.

I chuckled, "You want my life force?" I asked.

"Yes." Her eye's suddenly changed. Bright blue and glowing. Something sprouted out of her back which I now realized were bat-like wings not much bigger than she was, and something was swaying back and forth behind her legs...

My eye's widened, taking all of her in. She was so in-tuned to this side of herself. Maybe that's why I was so drawn to her in the first place. Laurent never accepted me, and I wanted to be like she was in front of me. Whole. 

I could now feel him clawing at me. He wanted to pull me back in, but I wasn't going anywhere. I wanted to be with her...

She sashayed towards me, I held out my hand to her, and she took it. I pulled her into me. "I'll give you anything you want...Just let me stay." I said in a breathless tone, more to myself than her. She took me by surprise with a kiss of heated passion. I greedily embraced her kiss with ravenous need. He had left me starved of everything. I wanted to indulge in her.

I felt her pull away as she looked into my eyes. "Your eyes, they glow green when you're like this." She said, starstruck by them. I smiled, "That way, you'll know who you're talking to."

She giggled," I like talking to you." She caressed my cheek with her soft petite hand. I gently took her hand in mine and kissed the back of it. 

He was now ripping at me...I wasn't going to be able to stay with her. I swear to god, I hate you. But, one day, I'll be here, and you won't if you don't start excepting me.

I sighed heavily and kissed her hand again, lingering on her fruity blissful scent as I slipped back into emptiness.

-Nila Quill-

He kissed my hand ever so gently. I liked this side, Laurent. So gentle yet surrounded in danger. It was sexy. I wonder why he never accepted this part of himself. He suddenly released my hand and fell to the ground.

"Laurent!" I yelled. What the hell just happened? "Are you alright?" 

Laurent's eyes were back to normal. However, he looked dazed and confused. "What happened?" He asked, then grabbed me and was frantic. "Did he hurt you!?" His eyes were wide and dilated.

"I'm fine. He didn't hurt me." I said as I cradled the hand he kissed close to my chest. A warmth started to fill my chest...

"Why are you smiling like that?" Laurent furrowed his eyebrows at me, looking me up and down. Was I smiling? 

"Uh, it's nothing; just glad your okay." I pushed the feeling away. Maybe I was catching a cold or something.

"God, my head is pounding." He held his forehead rubbing his temples. "I'm sorry you had to see me like that." He added. 

"It's alright. I don't mind." I actually liked seeing him like that. Very different from this now present Laurent. I wonder if the others knew about this? He had two different parts of himself. He had rejected the hybrid part of himself so much that it took on its own presence. I never knew that type of thing could happen. It must be hell, though, to fight yourself every day...

"Hey, Uh-" I wanted to ask him but, maybe that was too forward. "Let's get out of here and go to the fighting area." I helped him up."I'll get you something for your headache." 

"Nila." He looked up at me with his dull jade green eyes; now that I was closer to his face, I saw that they had bags under them. "Thank you."

"For what?" I asked.

He looked up at me with a half-smile," You freed me. I wanted to let you know; I'm thankful for that. I don't have to dwell in a cage anymore." 

I smiled meekly, "It's nothing really." He was out of a literal cage, yes, but now he had one in his mind that caged the other side of himself. Keeping him from feeling whole.