Everyone stared at Seraiya in shock. She seemed different somehow. Angry. "I think it's time everyone leaves," the doctor said "Now that you're awake I would like to run some tests if that's alright?" the doctor said turning to Seraiya.
"I don't see that as necessary" Seraiya replied. "I do, Seraiya your body went through an extremely traumatic event for 2 months you were healing at the rate of a human. The only reason you're awake right now is because your wolf healing kicked in" the doctor told her. "2 months?" Seraiya questioned shocked. "Yes," the doctor replied.
"I need to get out of here," Seraiya said ignoring the doctor. "No!" everyone said stopping her from standing after she sat up. "You need the tests Seraiya," Piper told her. "I'm fine" Seraiya replied. "No your not," Anya said cutting in as she appeared in the doorway.
Anya slipped through the crowd of people in the room and sat next to Seraiya on the bed. "Your not well Rai" Anya told her. "I'm fine," Seraiya said again "You almost died," Anya told her. "You were So close to death when I arrived after you were hurt that I could barely feel your life force," Anya told her.
"It doesn't matter," Seraiya said turning away from her. Anya smiled as she turned to Seraiyas family and friends. "Could you all give us a moment?" Anya asked. "What no way," Zack said. "Let's go," Kyra said. "Everyone out" she added as she practically pushed everyone including the doctor out of the room.
"Why doesn't it matter?" Anya asked. "Why in the world do you think you don't matter?" she questioned. Seraiya turned her head to look at Anya. "Because it's my fault, everything is my fault," she said. "If I had said no if I had died back then instead of choosing to live…" what are you talking about?" Anya asked.
"When I was 5 I almost died of a mysterious illness, turns out it was the gods who gave me some sort of life force draining virus or something like that" Seraiya started. "My mom and a bunch of other witches including Serena and Kyra traveled to the dimension of the moon goddess it was then she gave me the choice to live or die" she explained "If I chose to live my fate would be in my own hands, the gods would no longer be able to hurt me themselves but would instead need to influence others to do so but if I chose to die I would have gone to peace" Seraiya added. "None of this is your fault," Anya told her.
"But it is" Seraiya replied. "Half of our pack was killed because of me, sure bad people died when I burned down the supernatural slave market but so did innocent ones. If I wasn't under Alvera's control Amani would be alive right now" Seraiya told Anya. "Everywhere I go people die" she added.
Anya put her hand on Seraiyas "Your existence isn't a curse and what happened to those people isn't your fault either" Anya told her. "You are a powerful wolf and an even stronger witch and I can't even say what you'll be able to accomplish if and when you become a full tribrid but I know whatever happens whether people live or die or whether you help them or not it will all happen for a reason" Anya tried to reassure her.
Seraiya turned away from Anya. "I think I know how to get rid of Alvera once and for all" Seraiya whispered. "How?" Anya asked. "I can't tell you just yet but let's just say it will involve me getting up close and personal" Seraiya told her.
"NO WAY!" Damien snapped as he burst into the room. "Damien…" Anya said. "No" Damien cut Anya off. "Do you think we don't know how you ended up like this seraiya?" He asked you. "She almost killed you!" He shouted.
Seraiya was silent. "I wasn't prepared," she said simply. "RAI, YOU ALMOST DIED JUST BECAUSE YOUR A TRIBRID THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU INVINCIBLE IT DOESN'T MAKE EITHER OF US INVINCIBLE" Damien yelled at her.
Seraiya was surprised. She had never seen him so angry before. "I wasn't worried," she told him. "I figured if anything I would awaken my vampire side," she told him. "GOD DAMMIT SERAIYA HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE?" He asked her. "The seraiya I know would never be this stupid" he added.
"That's enough Damien" Tyler said putting his hand on Damien's shoulder. "The seraiya you know…" seraiya said standing up. "THE SERAIYA YOU KNEW DIED THE DAY SHE KILLED AMANI" Seraiya yelled.
"You don't know anything," she told him. "I know a lot more than you think I do, I can feel exactly what you feel. I always could" he told her. "Really?" She asked him as she took a step closer to him. "Then feel me watch the people of our pack die as I get dragged away by rouges," she told him. "Feel me try to run and fight back as they beat me, feel me kill hundreds of people when I lose control of my power in an underground supernatural slave auction, feel me buried alive and fight to break out of a wooden box and dig myself up through the ground just to survive, feel me under Alvera's control as I kill people under her command, feel me as I hold Amani in my arms as she breathes her last breath" she demanded of him. Damien was silent.
"You feel exactly what I feeling," she said as tears brimmed her eyes. "Feel everything I've endured for the last 13 years" she added.
Seraiya began to breathe heavily, she suddenly put her hand to her chest and fell backward into Anya's arms as she lost her balance. "Easy," Anya said calmly. Everyone outside the room remained silent.
Damien turned and left the room. Anya helped Seraiya sit back down on the bed. "I think you should get some rest," Anya told Seraiya with a look of concern. "I'm not tired" Seraiya replied. "I know," Anya said simply "Somnum," said Anya as suddenly seraiyas eyes went dim and closed before falling into Anya's arms. "Sleep tight" Anya whispered.
TO BE CONTINUED