Mercy
The minuteI stepped off the train, I felt...strange.
And that was saying something for the fact that I was a literal soul without a body.
But it was like everything inside of me was trying to push through my skin, like an earthquake was brewing inside of me.
I felt a presence.Watching me, like a ghost.I looked all around me, but all I could see was the dense crowd at the station, nothing out of the ordinary.
But I couldfeelthe energy inside of me bubbling, and the strange scent of rain assaulted my senses.The world in front of me shifted, the sunshine flickering to darkness, and the rain hitting my skin like a chilled whip.
And then it was just...gone.
“What do you see?”Valory asked.
“It’s not what I see...it’s what I feel...”I told her.
She stepped up beside me, Endor hovering behind the both of us.
“What do you feel?”he asked carefully, his tone edged with concern.
I heard his wings unfurl, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw the familiar black feathers curl around me.
But they also curled around Valory, who did not open her wings.
“My entire body feels like I have just been plugged into a socket,” I said as the daylight and darkness flickered like lights at a rave.
I took a step forward, feeling the intense stare of strangers.
I knew they could see me, but I was also acutely aware of what I must have looked like babbling to myself.Or at least, Valory was visible, being sheathed and all.
Still.
Valory walked with me as Endor continued to walk behind me with his outstretched wings.I looked every which way, the scent of cafeteria food and petrichor dueling for my attention.
And then I saw him.
Standing across the station, just beneath a tall clock.His dark gaze met mine, his hair blowing across his face in the wind.He stood there with his hands in his cargo pants pockets.
I stopped, dead in my tracks.
Miles.
Was he...
But soon enough, someone stepped in front of me, and Endor’s wings flexed of their own accord.I fought to push them away as the rude woman disappeared, and I looked back underneath the clock, but he was gone.
He wasgone.
“No,” I said, my eyes watering.I just saw him...I couldn’t have lost him so soon...
You’re getting nuttier by the minute, Mercy.Good lord.
“Mercy, what’s wrong?”Endor asked, his voice tinged in alarm.
I could feel the onslaught of a vision, and I tried to fight it.I couldn’t have a vision right then, I needed to find him.I needed to find Miles...
“Nothing,” I lied, and then I saw his face, slipping around the corner.
