I Scored Myself A Mate

"Well first of all I need painkiller. A lot of them" Alex told him and Joe's eyes widened.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?" 

"No, I am trying to stop hurting so I can stand because we won't make it through the door the way I am. Please" he begged and the boy with a sigh disappeared into the house bringing a small white bottle filled with pills.

Alex threw three onto his hand and looked at the calculating if he could chug them down in one go without drowning. It was possible he thought and stuffed them in his mouth, swallowing with difficulty. There was no time though for him to be picky.

"Now, do you have a car?"

"Yeah."

"You will take me to the compound"

"But I don't know where it is."

"Just get me to the police station and I can guide you from there." He told him remembering vividly still the route the bus had taken that night when they searched for Clarissa. Just a few days ago they were talking to her but now she was gone. Time really is irrelevant to many events "Also, we have a few hours before your dad and everyone else begins going there but we should leave now. To make sure we will get there safe" he explained and attempted to get up from the couch. 

It was fruitless though, every muscle on his body felt like it was on fire and the sound of the burning started ringing through his ears making him hiss. He could do this. He needed to do this. It wasn't really that hard and he would definitely not let this handicap that he had been granted to jeopardize such an easy plan. If he could just stand on his feet…

"I'll help you. Wait" Joe told him before he was gone for a while once more. He reappeared with a pair of keys, holding them from the key chain before he stuffed him into his pocket and ran towards Alex. 

He very gently grabbed his arm, passing it over his shoulders and with his other hand he held his sides. It was the first attempt to getting him to stand and it was actually successful surprising the both of them.

"Honestly…" Joe said while struggling to open the door while literally having someone else attached to him, it was like his weight had been doubled now that Alex could not really support himself fully. "…it's amazing how strong you are. A normal person would be sleeping for days and don't get me started about standing and shit like this"

Alex bit his lip thinking. Well, he wasn't like everyone else. Apparently he was an elf or whatever those people were called. Maybe this had to do something with his speedy recovery, even though he still felt the pain and it hurt like a bitch. 

Joe got them to his car and helped him sit to the passenger's seat, making also sure that he put on his seatbelt properly before he went over to his side and started the engine. He speeded off the driveway of the small house and the further away the got from their start the more he stepped on the gas.

"Why are you speeding like this?" Alex asked him feeling his stomach turn into a washing machine.

"My dad has people everywhere. Considering the possibility that someone recognizes my car they will signal him and follow us, if he thinks something is wrong so we need to hurry." 

"Oh, that's perfect. I guess you forgot to tell me about that" Alex mumbled and unwillingly he let out a scream when Joe stopped suddenly the car on a red light. "Fuck!" he swore feeling the sting in the places he was forced to move so he wouldn't smack his head on the car board. His eyes teared up and he fell back on the seat eyeing the boy angrily and watch him smile apologetically mouthing he is sorry. 

Soon they reached the police station and memories began flooding in. All those dreams. It was like he could hear that voice once again, calling his name anxiously. That need to find someone but not even knowing who he is was an add to his pain, the emotional one because he didn't believe the physical one could get any worse. 

He was scared to face Luke. He would definitely be mad and scream in his face and Alex knowing himself he would just try to explain what he did and why even though the wolf should have already understood that. One of the reason's Alex had decided to abandon fate was because of this. This feeling that they both spoke different languages unable to understand each other. None the less he didn't hate Luke, he was the reason, even if it was unorthodoxly that he was somehow finally finding himself, piece by piece but Alex couldn't forget that he, his mate never offered him help in this journey, rather than that he tried to stop him. He let out a sigh and wondered if he would have helped them if Mark was here with him and he wasn't worried about his well-being. Yeah, he probably would and he knew how much of an idiot he was because of that.

"Oh shit" Joe said and then took a sudden turn into the woods. They had left the city a while back and Alex was giving him directions on how to get to their final destination but he had suddenly changed course with an anxious look on his eyes. "That was my dad's car up ahead. Let's hope he didn't see us." 

The ground was bumpy as they drove through the small paths in the forest, the sounds of twigs breaking invading their ears. Alex felt like he had been turned into an alive human punching bag as with every turn or even when they were heading straight he was hit by bolts of unmeasurable pain. He hated acting like a whiny child and crying but he couldn't stop. Joe was looking at him once in a while not knowing what he could do for him. Sooner or later he would faint from the pain and they would lose their navigator.

"Just kill me already!" Alex screamed wanting to tear off his skin. "Straight! Go straight we are changing our route" he screamed trying to keep himself conscious. 

"They are following us!" Joe screamed when his father's car suddenly came in sight from behind them. He kept honking without a stop and Alex believed that his ears would start bleeding too. 

"Faster! We are almost there" 

"He was a freaking jeep Alex! We won't make it. My car is already at its limit." Joe said feeling already defeated.

Alex turned his head and looked at him, the teenage boy feeling like he would burn holes through his face. His green eyes were darker know, his jaw clenched and his face was nothing more than a frozen mask.

"I did not survive a freaking fire, got burned all over my body just so your dad could kill everyone I love. Step on the gas!" he commanded him and Joe felt like he had to obey even though he didn't scream or shout. He seemed completely calm but the tone of his voice, the power it held made him shiver and feel like there was no other option. He had to step on the gas. "Here stop here now!" he shouted this time. 

Joe had been maneuvering the car, once almost hitting a tree trunk to confuse his father and his people who for certain were following close behind and as it seemed they had managed to do it for a few minutes because the view of the enormous jeep had been lost from his mirrors. The teenage boy let out a sigh relieved and stopped the car, noticing the clearing that was being revealed in front of him. His jaw felt as he looked at the beautiful place hidden in the dark forest. 

"Yeah, yeah it's pretty now please get me out" he told him interrupting his admiration and making him go to Alex's side and get him off the car. He helped him out and they walked the same way as before but this time unfortunately Alex felt even weaker, because of the banging on the car so he made it even more difficult for him. "Sorry for shouting"

"No problem. To be honest if you hadn't shaken me up there I might have stopped." He confessed. "I was really scared."

"I understand. Thanks for helping me. I owe you" He said as they stepped into the clearing. 

"You don't owe me anything. Just promise me. My family won't get hurt." Joe told him, his voice turning serious.

"I promise." Alex said. No matter what he was going to keep his promise to Joe, even if he knew he would face some problems along the way. "Just take me towards that door frame thing over there and be careful to not touch the flowers. They're poisonous."

Alex didn't really want to show him where the portal was. It was too dangerous but they had no other choice since his father seemed to be already on his way to the compound. If he managed to get to the other side and signaled someone he would bring help. If he found…Theseus.

"Joe! What are you doing!" A familiar voice called out the teenager and both of them froze. 

They came face to face with his father looking at both of them furious and four of his men pointing their guns at them. They hadn't even heard the car stopping and from a short glance Alex realized that there was no car, they had followed them here by foot and he had just showed them the location of the Veil Portal. 

No matter what, they shouldn't find out. 

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Hello guys! Thanks for reading!

Also I have a serious question...have you seen my book on your recommended or anything like that? I wonder if i've been actually getting my features.

Also I am planning kind of like a small mass release soon!