Bam

The boy in front of me had his gun aimed on me. I knew there was no escape from death now. He had a gun that had long range firing and some different kind of bullets having electric covering. These bullets seemed to be powerful. I closed my eyes welcoming the bullet. I had no chance. I saw him pressing the trigger and waited for bullet to hit me. Few seconds had passed but it seemed like hours, I heard a sound of bullet leaving the gun and at the same time I felt something warm blanket surrounding me. I opened my eyes thinking that I was dead but I was not. A huge white bird had wrapped his feathers around me. A bullet had hit that huge bird that was almost of my size. It was bleeding. Its beautiful white feathers were now drenched in its own blood.

At first I flinched at the site of the huge bird even though this bird was my savior. At this instant I realized that this world was not something that it seemed to be. There were more and more strange things out. It was changing its origin as each seconds passed. Another bullet that was fired on me, hit the bird.  Tears were flowing through my eyes. A bird that saved me was in pool of its own blood. Then I remembered that I could heal it. The boy in front of us was continuously firing but before the third bullet hit the bird, a cocoon was formed around us. It was like a cotton protection and dodged the bullets that were coming towards us. The bird was bleeding heavily and lost its balance. I held it in my arms. I was shaking and frightened but calmed myself down because I knew that I had two major things to do. One to save the bird from death and second is the enemy who was crazily firing and would kill us if not stopped.

It was dark and I really had no idea about the things to be done. I pulled to see how the huge bird that saved me, looks like and I was shocked to see that it had figure like human. I could not make it out properly as it was too dark and things were barely visible in faint moon light and slight green light. I was bit more frightened at the site lying in front of me. It was a human but not a complete human. The strange creature in front of me was almost human with wings. I know, I had no reason to worry of this creature but the things that were happened these couples of days were enough for me to panic. We were surrounded by cocoon but the glow of cocoon was reducing as each bullet hit it. My eyes averted to the creature that was lying in front of me. Its face was covered with its own hair and feathers were red. Its glow was reduced. I bend down and gently removed the strands of hair from creatures face revealing it.

As I saw the face of the creature, my eyes grew wide; I flinched and took back few steps. The bloody critical creature who saved me was none other than my best friend. She saved me and was now dying. Even though I wanted to kill her, I did not want her to die. They were not lying when they told me that they were my protectors. I was preoccupied in deciphering things by my own and neither I was ready to hear them. This all was my fault. If I had not ran into woods .Aimlessly, Swathi would not have followed me and got shot. A sudden remorse and regret made my heart heavy. I checked Swathi but she was bleeding heavily. She was unconscious and her heart beat was dropping.

"Swathi, please get up." I cried out in unbearable pain but there was no movement. I saw that the boy was still firing but now cocoon was not dodging bullets but absorbing them in it. Its layer had became thin and now on verge of vanishing.

I knew that the Layer will be soon depleted and we will be without any protection and no one could save us. I started wondering where the other protectors were. Was the boy alone or he was in group of people who wanted to kill us? I was getting confused as time passed.

Suddenly I saw boy pulling out machine gun and fired it on cocoon the thin layer of cocoon started cracking. I took no time and leaped over Swathi wishing I could heal her, I move my hands on her wounds but unfortunately it was not healing. Swathi’s breathing was shallow and her heart was beating slowly. Tears started beaming through my eyes.

The thin layer of cocoon broke and shattered. We were left unprotected. Still the boy was aiming his gun towards us and laughing. The outburst of my anger was more powerful and a weird thing happened. I was surrounded by hot green light coming from my arms once again and I realized that the light that I saw in the old room was my own.

My anger suddenly increased and some creeper in the woods started growing rapidly. It surrounded the boy and held him tightly. He was pinned to big tree by creepers. He dropped guns from his hand and was fighting with the creepers to free him from the grasp of the creepers. The creepers were growing tighter around him and he started suffocating. Seeing him in bad condition, an evil smile spread on my face. Definitely it was not me. Other part of me was feeling bad for him but he didn’t deserve pity and forgiven. He deserved punishment. I glance at Swathi and she was lymph. Her wounds were not healed and she was bleeding profusely. Her beautiful wings were spread around her.

I was going towards the boy who was suffocating in between the grasp of creepers. I picked up gun and was about to shot the boy but saw a white light. It was something like the cocoon that protected us.

“Wait Avni. Don’t kill him. We need to know about him. Swathi is self healer. She couldn’t heal herself when he attacked her with those bullets. We need to know about those bullets and how to heal her.” A voice said from behind and I was instantly calmed. It was the voice of person who had tendency to calm me .

“You are right Amit. Investigate him.” I dropped gun. I had no strength to handle any of the bullshit happening here, I felt like I was hit by thousand kilo hammer.” I quickly went to Swathi and sat beside her. Few minutes later, the rest of angels were here. Monica was examining Swathi

“What happened to her? Is she even Alive?” I asked sternly.

“She is alive, Her powers are bound. She is attacked with bullets made of old banyan tree. The tree that is holy and powerful. But the bullets are coated with poisonous chemicals and treated with electrode materials. Swathi may die.”

“Banyan tree, coating?” I can’t get it. How Holy banyan can kill an angel. Isn’t it supposed to kill evils? You guys are protectors?” I asked unsure that they were good or bad. And boy was not bad at all. He was shouting about threat to humanity.

“I know you doubt us. You don’t have to.you are brilliant enough to know that banyan tree has holy powers and can kill evil. Swathi and rest of us are not human but supernatural’s so banyan tree bullets can stimulate our powers since we are on good side and helping human race but if we use our powers for wrong purpose , we will be get killed or deprived of powers permanently if we harm human and animals.” Monica explained.

“But why she isn’t healing? I tried to heal her too.” I questioned I was not only confused but frustrated and sad.”

“Because the bullets are covered with electrode, some chemical and of course those banyan bullet had stimulated Swathis internal powers.

“Why I couldn’t heal her.im neither evil nor hit by bullets.” I asked again.

“You are not activated properly, You are strong as human but weak as an angel. You need your siblings to activate your powers.” Monica hesitated and explained, “That’s what we were trying to explain you”. She added.

“We will talk about those things later. First tell me what is to be done to save her?” I asked biting my nails nervously. I was enough of frightened and now I could not hold my tears back.

“I don’t know, we will have to figure that fast, she is dropping her health. We have to take action before it’s too late.” Monica spoke trying to hold back her tears from flowing. I know she was hurting but she had to be strong.

“Be strong.” Veer spoke. He was there entire time , but was too tensed and no one spoke until the tension was groing.

“Please save her.”Monica pleaded no longer trying to stop her tears,

“Be strong. She will be fine. He will tell us.” He tried to comfort Monica and pointed out in direction of boy. Amit was threatening the boy over something which we couldn’t hear.

“You are telling me to stay quite?” I suddenly hissed and leaped over Veer in anger. The creepers around us started growing furiously and were trying to hold Veer just like they held the boy.

“What is this?” Veer immediately flew in air and stopped growing creepers in the surroundings.

“What the hell Avni? Control your anger and powers. You cannot release your powers in surroundings.”He stared at me in horror.

“What? I didn’t do it. Why are you blaming me?”I asked him not knowing what he meant by cannot release powers in surroundings. I was not doing this. Growth of creepers was not my mistake.

“oh my god . You don’t know it. Do you?” Monica asked.

“Huh?” I was now more confused.

“Avni, they are growing because of your emotional status, you are having Cain’s powers representing earth. Creepers are plants and they grew because your powers are bleeding into them.” Swetha said.

“You mean im loosing control?” I asked

“yes. “They replied.”

“Can I bleed my powers into Swathi and let her grow?” I asked stupid question not knowing how to react.

“You can try.” Monica replied but then we saw Amit beating crap out of the boy in anger.

“Stop him otherwise Amit will kill him and we won’t have chance to save Swathi.” Veer and Raj ran to stop Amit and we stayed there.

Finally they held Amit and saved boy. The boy seemed to agree in telling them everything. A smile crept on my lips as I saw them freeing him from grasp of creepers.

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hi ... Thanks for 4000 reads. Lately i had been busy with new job and have to work till late.

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