Kasadya (Hellhound Awakened) (9 page)

The bathroom opened and Nanini strolled out wearing the same type of outfit Lada was, her smile almost stretching past her ears
.
“You’re up Kas. Hurry up, times wasting,” she said and started to jump on the spot, but this time I didn’t think it was her adrenalin.

Shaking my head, I went into the bathroom and got dressed. A few minutes later I was standing in the hall looking at everyone shaking like mad, even the divas. Nanini took the lead down the stairs and we all followed. She steered us straight into Vulcan’s office, where we all squeezed in.

He was sitting behind his desk looking at us with a smile, until his eyes finally rested on Nanini
.
“So, to what do I owe the pleasure?” he asked.

“We need an okay from you today, to go have some fun,” Nanini replied, jumping on the spot.

“Where will this fun take place?” he asked his smile growing.

“At the beach,” she answered, giving back a wicked smile filled with mischief.

“What about the weather, Nanini?” he questioned her, looking at us standing there shaking our butts off.

“Got that covered for the day. I also need an okay to go visit my dad,” she replied, looking at me with a grin. Okay why would she want to see her dad, and how the hell does she have the weather covered?

“Granted, but you will all return before sunset and if anyone shifts out of
Exsilium
I will revoke your off day, understand?”

We all agreed to the terms, he then stood up and walked to stand in front of us
.
“Get some stuff from the kitchen,” he said and gestured to the door. Nanini grabbed him and gave him a hug. Shocked, I looked at them. He was totally cool with it; I have a feeling this is not the first stunt Nanini has pulled.

We all left his office and gathered in the hallway
.
“Okay guys you get the food and drinks, and Kas and Lada will go with me to see my dad. We will meet you at the beach, don’t forget the root beer,” she said before offering her hands to Lada and I.

Lada smiled and took her hand, so I did the same. We shifted into a house with a hippy kind of vibe. We heard a voice in the house, and Nanini jumped into action
.
“Daddy!” she yelled and sprinted out of the room. Lada and I followed her into a kitchen to find a man hugging her.

“Oh my
Filiola
, we missed you so much,” the man said, hugging her like someone he hasn’t seen in ages. We only get to see our parents once a month and I think it may be too long for these two.

“I missed you guys too. Daddy, we need a huge favor from you,” Nanini said, releasing him and looking at her father.

“I see, you have one of your brainwaves again?”

“Yip, we are going to the beach today and hanging out there, it’s our off day. But we are going to freeze.”

“I see and you would like to have a pleasant day I guess?” he asked, laughing at her.

“Yes please, Daddy. It’s just for the day, I promise.”

“Okay, come walk with me,” he replied, gesturing to the doorway. We followed him and Nanini outside where he went to stand in the garden. He raised his hand in the air and stood there like a statue. Okay this is so cool; her dad can manipulate the weather. On that final though, I felt the air around us turning warmer, until it was as hot as a summer’s day.

I had to remove my jacket at the sudden rise of temperature, and still felt the heat under my clothes. So that’s why everyone took on the freeze your butt off step. Lada and Nanini weren’t having the problem I was; they were dressed cool and ready for the warm day.

“There you go my love,” he said and turned around opening his arms to hug her again, she jumped into them
.

“Oh, thank you, Daddy,” she gushed, hugging him like mad. I suddenly missed my own father. Just like her dad he always saved the day. My dead serious mother, on the other hand, always explained that I needed to suck it up and get on with life.

“You girls take care now, no getting hurt,” he said, and released Nanini, who came to stand next to us
.

“Don’t worry Daddy, we will be super careful,” she replied, offering her hands to us again this time with a huge smile. Greeting her father farewell, we took her hands and then shifted to a beach. The salt air hitting my face, I closed my eyes and smelled the air. I always loved the sea, it smelled fresh and luring.

“Yo guys, over here!” Lotan yelled at us and Lada basically sprinted to him. She had a long night with Nanini and I drilling the info out of her. She confessed that they are an item and absolutely loved it.

“So are we in the human world or still in
Exsilium
?” I asked Nanini sprint walking to keep up with her.

“Nope still in
Exsilium
, we have all the things a human world has, just a bit smaller to fit into our world.”

“That’s nice, so we have mountains and stuff too?”

“Yip, and really big ones too. My dad took me hiking on them a year ago, was totally wasted afterwards,” she replied smiling at me.

Wow, this world is turning out to have a way cool effect on me. We reached the others who have already set up a camp-like site. Chairs, umbrellas, and the whole works.

“Better get out of your warm clothes, Kas, or you’ll end up cooked,” Nanini said, grabbing a can of root beer.

I walked over to a chair and started getting out of my clothes. Looking at my bare legs, I suddenly wished I asked for a pair of swim pants, I felt too naked. I looked up and straight into Kali’s pissed off face. She has been staring at me since the incident yesterday.

I totally forgot to mention it to the girls, drilling Lada was way more fun. I looked away from her and went to stand at Nanini’s side. I have no idea why she is so pissed, I didn’t mean to intrude, and it’s not like it’s forbidden to date a
Custos
. Maybe they wanted to keep it a secret; well that’s one secret I have to share with the girls. I think they will be as stunned as I was the moment I saw the two.

Chax really had me surprised. I didn’t think someone so serious would go for a girl like Kali. She is spoiled and brags the whole time. If he wanted to keep it a secret he really picked the wrong girl. I think she has already advertised their romance to everyone by now.

“So girls, have any great ideas for the day?” Lotan asked, embracing Lada in his arms, who had her back to his chest and a smile like a cat who just got the mouse.

“Oh yeah, you boys up for a wicked challenge?” Nanini asked, moving around in the sand trying to pace around.

“Always, so what’s your great plan?” Lotan asked smiling at her, the two boys to his left also smiling.

“Cliff diving of course,” she replied, looking at me with an evil smile.

What? She has really lost her mind. There is no way in hell I’ll go cliff diving
.
“Oh no, there is no way,” I said to her, shaking my head.

“Oh come on, Kas, it’s not like we can die,” Lotan teased and I looked at him shocked
.

“Yeah I know, but it still hurts like hell. I don’t really see myself lying in bed for two weeks trying to get my spine all healed up,” I replied looking at them all.

“Such a pity, I really had great hope for you,” he continued trying to get me to change my mind.

“Not going to work, Lotan, so don’t even try. I’ll go with you and give my support from the side line, but that’s it,” I replied, pushing down the message so he gets it.

“Suit yourself, but you’re missing out at the greatest rush you’ll ever have in your life, I guarantee it,” he said kissing Lada on the cheek and then walked off to get some more participants for their sick sport.

“Come on Kas, just try it. I also thought they were all bonkers when they first mentioned it to me, but after that first jump you’re pretty much hooked on it,” Lada, who came to stand in front of me, reassured.

“Yeah it’s the adrenalin rush that kicks in; in my case it doubles up and by this afternoon I will be so wasted,” Nanini said, skipping in joy.

“You guys are so sick; there is no way I’m doing it,” I replied, shaking my head. Then the rest all came walking up to us, even the three divas.

“Okay guys let’s do this!” Lotan yelled and took the lead.

We followed him for a mile or two, the sandy beach retreating and making way for rock foundations. From there we climbed up a huge cliff. At the top we all stopped and got our breath back. I looked around and then down. Oh my soul, it was freaking high! It must be something like 600 meters or something. No way in hell!

“Okay who goes first?” Nanini asked from behind me, and then the next thing I knew someone came running past me and jumped off. Shocked, I kept my eyes on the person and just before she hit the water, noticed that it was no other than that sick little girl, Nanini.

“Oh man, that was awesome,” a boy on my left said, so I looked up at him. It was Cam and he was grinning all the way
.

“There’s something wrong with all of you,” I replied, and turned around to get away from the drop side. No way do I trust anyone of these sick people to hang around near the edge.

“I’m next,” Dustin yelled, and started sprinting to the drop. Just before the end he jumped up into the air and fell screaming “Yahoo” all the way down. Sick I tell you
.

“Kas, you have to try this,” Nanini said shifting next to me, soaked from her jump.

“You’re all mad, totally freaking mad. Do you know how much it’s going to hurt if you hit a rock or something?” I responded, looking at her.

“Kas, I don’t want to spoil your day or anything, but pain is pretty much part of our DNA code. We are going to feel it, over and over again. At least now you’ll have some fun in the process,” Lotan said, and at those words he had me dumbstruck.

He’s right, we are pretty much doomed for mountains of pain, and I get a feeling a demon will give a lot of it. Ah hell, I hate this.

“You too scared hound?” I heard a girl ask, and looked up to see Nina and the other two divas standing a few steps from us smiling at me.

“Yeah Nina, she is. Some hellhound hey? Too bad,” Kali pitched in next to her. Juno remained silent but still had her Chax face on, always pissed off.

“Oh go jump off a cliff,” Nanini said to them, and they all started to laugh.

“Yeah, Tinkerbell, we are planning on it. Unlike your friend we embrace our destinies and face it with honor and courage,” Kali replied and turned around to face the drop. Then she burst into speed and jumped off, laughing all the way.

“Yeah hound, leave this to the fallen worthy of service. Scared fallen like you only gets in the way,” Nina said and followed suit, her howling sounded back at us. Juno went next, in utter silence.

Oh that just pisses me off, freaking divas telling me I’m not worthy. I’ll show them. The moment they shifted back to the cliff, I walked over to the drop and turned to look at them all. Lada and the rest were smiling like mad, so I transformed into my fallen body. If I’m doing this, I’m doing this in style. I lifted myself up about a hundred meters from the cliff, smiling at them the whole time. Then I back flapped, to make sure I was away from the rocks at the bottom, and then closed my wings and dropped, doing a 360 with my body to put in the extra oomph in it.

I transformed back to normal the moment my head was towards the water, and looked down. Seeing the water heading towards you is unbelievable, the rush is phenomenal. Reaching the water, I angled my body just right, gracefully breaking the surface. I shifted back to the cliff, scaring the hell out of Nina when I shifted in behind her.

“Top that wolf,” I said, and moved to stand next to the girls who were yelling and screaming in delight.

Lotan gave me a high five. “Now that was cool,” he finished. I turned to look at the three divas that were standing there dumbstruck. Oh yeah, this hound is officially in business.

After that we took turns going over the drop, me included. We tried our best to out maneuver each other and some even made a game out of the whole thing. We continued for a few hours until it started to get boring. We shifted back to the camp site and everyone went their own way, Nanini ending up at the food digging in.

I grabbed a soda, planted myself on a chair, and looked at the others having fun in the water. My first days here started out very bad, but looking at all of them having fun, I felt content. Yeah sure we had to battle demons for the next ten thousand years, but hey at least I have some great new friends to do it with. I never had friends like Lada and Nanini in my normal life, everyone avoided me.

But now I do have some, and I love it. For a change I don’t have to hold anything to myself, I have two friends to tell it to. Looking at Lada and Lotan hugging and kissing in the water, I thought back at the kiss in the garden. Yeah, I now have two friends and one hell of a guy to kiss the daylights out of me.

Life has a funny way of working out, and boy am I glad it worked out okay. I was really lonely in my normal live, but now I know it’s over. We continued the day enjoying the sun and water, and reaching sunset we were all totally wasted. Very slowly and with great effort we started cleaning up and gathering the things to get back to the house. The boys shifting them back as the girls cleaned and packed it up.

Then we shifted back to the house, some heading for the entertainment room; some going straight for the bathrooms. The girls and I ended up in our room, Lada calling dibs on the bathroom, and leaving me with an almost completely drained Nanini. She still moved around and stuff, but a lot slower.

“So how does your dad do it?” I asked Nanini, still mind baffled over it.

“He is an elemental fae, and basically he can work the weather and stuff, really cool hey?”

“Oh yeah, so if he is fae and you’re fae, then what’s your mom?”

“She is a water fae; she can control and manipulate water. That’s why she is always stationed at places with a lot of water, like Venice. She can use the water to counterattack the demons, and then when the time comes, eliminate them.”

“Wow now that sounds cool, wouldn’t mind having some special ability or power for myself. So what kind of a fae are you?”