15 The Ballistic Azar

Astrid POV

We were sitting in the nurses office, Sloane was still unconscious and a very anxious Cohen kept pacing about. "Cohen... could you relax Sloane is going to be fine" I say with a big sigh trying to get him to relax.

He finally stops staring at me with a piercing gaze. His face then goes soft and he runs his large hand through his pale blonde hair. "You are right sweetheart... I don't know what I would do without you" he whispers with a forced smile.

I can feel the heat rise up to my cheeks as I blush. Cohen now stares at his unconscious sister who is lying on the tiny bed. "It all happened so quickly" I muttered under my breath now watching Sloane who looked like she was sleeping.

"This isn't anything new... maybe for you but I've grown up with this" Cohen starts his voice hard with anger. "But what exactly happened... who was that creature" I screeched my voice cracking.

"Her name is Azar... she has always been a part of Sloane" he starts and I listen intently to there history. "Azar started appearing when Sloane was five years old. I was still a young child myself but my parents noticed she began acting strange".

"Azar made her do terrible things.. very gruesome things that you couldn't imagine" he tells me seriously. I take a huge gulp feeling really nervous all of a sudden.

"My Inhumane father tried to rid of Azar by doing a... exorcism on Sloane when she was only five years old" Cohen says his cracking worr despair. I get up from my seat and wrap my arms around his large form. "You don't have to finish-"

"No I want you to know"... he interrupts hugging me back tightly resting his head on mine. I know that right now he needs a friend.

"As Sloane got older... Azar was only getting stronger, and even more deadly... It got so bad that she... tried to kill me when I was only eight years old" he whispers gently stroking my hair. I rub his back offering some sort of comfort" I am so sorry Cohen... I can't even imagine going through something like that" I say.

"You didn't know my love... having you right here in this moment brings me comfort" he says bringing my chin up to his gaze. He stares into my eyes and all I see is love. I gulp deeply as he rests his forehead against mine his eyes closed as he breathes slowly.

Just then we hear a groan and I jump back from Cohen. Sloane slowly opens her eyes Cohen rushes to her side. "Sloane... are you alright" he says feeling her forehead to make sure she didn't have a fever.

"Yes I'm alright big brother... did Azar appear again" she asked him looking exhausted. Cohen nods his head as he pours her a cup of water thats on the desk. Sloane gulps the water quickly and asks for a second cup, her brother quickly pours another for her.

As if just noticing me Sloane sends me a smile her arm reached out towards me. I quickly walk to her and she pulls me into a hug. " I am glad you were able to calm Cohen usually he would be freaking out by now" she laughs gently hugging me.

"Yeah I know I'm awesome" I gloat Cohen sends me a look of pride. Sloane let's go of me and she suddenly turns serious. "Azar was... different this time... did you talk to her" she asked me now looking at me.

"Well yeah... she basically gave me some sort of warning" I say shrugging my shoulders. "That's weird... Azar never just wants to talk... she's always angry and wants to kill" Cohen says deeply now looking at Sloane.

"Maybe she is gay" I joke trying to lighten the mood. It seems to work as Sloane giggles and Cohen smiles. " That could be but I doubt it" Sloane says giggling. I smile feeling happy that I was able to make her laugh in this strange situation.

"In all seriousness... this is weird Azar must be connected to you in some way" Sloane says. "Or she could be... your guardian angel" a voice pops up and we all turn to see the nurse walk in.

"Sloane dear how are you feeling" the nurse says taking her temperature now. "I'm ok Jane no need to worry it was just another one of my episodes" she exclaims sipping on her cup of water. "Wait the nurse knows".... I whisper to Cohen feeling confused.

"Of course Sloane comes here often so I was informed of her condition" Jane responds giving Sloane an orange drink. I scrunch up my nose "so... what do you mean I have some guardian angel" I asked still confused.

"Well I've met Azar of course and when I tried to speak to her she went ballistic. I asked her why she was so angry and she said she needed to protect someone from danger"... Jane trails off deep in thought.

"So you are saying that Azar is basically my protector" I asked, these siblings were definitely insane. "That can't be I can protect Astrid myself just fine" Cohen says in disbelief. I roll my eyes at his arrogance.

"Now that I think about it Azar wasn't talking about just anyone" Jane responds a lightbulb clicking in her head. "Well then who was she talking about" Sloane asked impatient.

Its quiet before Jane continues. "Azar kept saying she was looking for her family... to be more specific"...

Her sister