Guardian Angel

Damon sat at the bar drinking from his cup, thinking about what he and Sephirah had spoken about while memories of his time with Irene came to his head. He had changed and become so different since she died. Cold, strong headed and many more. Though he had avenged her death he still hated practically everyone but some part of him that was dead came alive again when he heard from his mother that she was going to be reincarnated. He had hope and kept waiting and searching till the same woman, his mother found out and let him know that she would be reborn as a human.

He didn't like it that she would have to come back as one of those creatures that he considered to be weak and hopeless. And now the only way to look for her would be to live among them till he finds her. Damon hated the idea.

He had asked his mother if she was already born or how long it would take before she would be born and the woman told him that at the time she wasn't born yet and she also didn't know how long it was going to take but she could be born anytime.

Damon wanted to find her, to be with her again, to hold her again so he came to earth hoping that it wouldn't be very long before he found her but it had finally become four hundred years since he came on here to look for her.

And when it seemed he was close to finding her, he just needed to confirm Ashley was the one, what happened in the past seems to want to repeat itself.

He decided to come here to clear his mind a bit before he finally decides on what to do. However, while he was still sitting there trying to think of nothing, he perceived a familiar scent. That smell of daises. He knew who it belonged to and when he looked up, he saw her enter the bar with her friend.

Damon wondered what they were doing there. He saw them take seats by the counter and order drinks.

He looked at Ashley's face from where he sat, she didn't look like someone who witnessed murder the night before but she also looked stressed out and bothered.

Damon tried again even though he knew he couldn't hear her thoughts so he listened to her friend's own instead. From what he got, Ashley had gotten the lady worried for days and yesterday's and today's own was not so good so she wanted Ashley to talk to her and stop keeping things to herself so she brought Ashley here.

When he heard the lady ask Ashley the reason why she seemed so off today at work, he straightened himself. Could it be that she didn't forget?

He kept listening. He heard Ashley talk, first about being an orphan which made him surprised. He thought she was just living without her parents but didn't think she would be someone who had no parents at all. Then he heard her talk about how she was treated at the orphanage home because of how strange she was.

Damon listened with keen interest, he had wanted to get closer to her to find out and know more about her and now he was hearing everything from her directly. He wondered just how much she had suffered.

When she talked about seeing things and feeling presence, Damon remembered what Zuka had told him. She also talked about hearing strange sounds and having nightmares. Damon knew it! He knew she had nightmares from the times he had watched her but he didn't expect it to have been for that long, two years! And the same dreams for that matter. Damon could tell her friend was surprised too. He felt it was not ordinary, the dreams probably meant something. There was really something about this lady.

The next thing he heard her say brought him out of his thoughts.

"He said he would hurt me but not yet." Ashley said to her friend.

Damon wondered who it would be. He didn't want to jump into foolish conclusions yet.

"Who said that?" Her friend asked the exact same question that was on the tip of his tongue.

"The creature in my dreams, he said he wanted to know if I was 'the one'."

Creature? The one? Oh no, Could this be what he was thinking? No, not already!

He could tell that Ashley's friend was so confused. She didn't know that her friend was really this weird. But she didn't hate her, she was just worried and concerned.

"Creature? Ash please explain to me. Who is he? What did he look like? Did he hurt you?" Natalie asked. These were the same questions Damon wanted to ask before deciding if his suspicions were true or not.

When Ashley explained to her friend about the creature, what he looked like and his conversation with her, promising to meet her again, Damon knew that it would be someone from the SAGE that visited her and his suspicions were true, they were really following his every move to find the woman he was looking for too.

He wasn't completely sure Ashley was the one but he felt like it. Damon's hands suddenly clenched into fists where he was seated and he wanted to break anything he could find. He felt late again, he wasn't on time again. Now the lady looked like she would cry any minute. Whichever one of them had come to her dreams had threatened to hurt her. Even revealed his true self.

Now since she is in danger and it was all his fault, all because of him, he was going to protect her. If this is another chance he's getting to protect her, then this time that was what he was going to do, he won't let them lay a hand on her.

She had been going through enough problems for goodness sake and now some monster unknown to her appears in her dreams, threatening her over something she knows nothing about, yet.

Damon wondered why he bothered about all of this, but he did. This could be his mate they were talking about!

Suddenly he heard Ashley laugh and he looked up. What could have happened to her?

It was either everything she was going through that was starting to affect her mentally and suddenly making someone who just looked like she was going to cry suddenly start laughing, in a very odd way or it could be an effect of the wine she had been drinking. Damon had noticed that she couldn't stop herself from drinking, drinking her sorrows away. He had seen her empty the first bottle and begin to drink from the second.

"I hate my life!" He heard her shout while laughing which made them receive stares from people in the room.

"I hate my life so much I want to end it!" Damon's eyes widened. She said it as if she was excited about the idea. But was also sad.

Her friend tried to stop her but the girl kept talking.

"But you know what? I won't, I won't end it, not until I find out about Damon and the lady." She said next and Damon froze, for two things.

First, the way she said his name. That was the first time he heard his name from her mouth. It sounded different.

And next he almost panicked. What did she know about him and.... which lady? Oh... it could be Sephirah. Could this get any better or worse?.

"What's wrong with them." Her friend asked.

"They're strange too, and I'll figure it out.." Ashley replied then laughed. Damon couldn't understand her. He wondered if it was just her being drunk or if she really got something strange about them. He wouldn't be surprised if she did though, since she could sense strange things. God knows how much he wished he could hear her thoughts now.

He saw her stand up and look around. He hid his face quickly so she wouldn't see him. Soon she started walking further into the room with her friend rushing after her. From her behavior and how she staggered slightly while walking, Damon knew she was drunk and her friend regretted allowing her to drink too much.

Damon confirmed she was out of control after she yanked her friend off, almost yelling at her so he quickly got up and went to them, knowing they would need help.

He got to where Ashley was standing and just then she turned to continue walking and then bumped into him. He felt it again that strange feeling from when she touched him for the first time. Could it be just him or his body was telling him something?

He saw her lips curve up and she opened her mouth to speak.

"It's the beautiful man again." She said and he just looked at her. Beautiful? Wow, what a word to choose.

She put her hand on his chest, "You're related to him aren't you?" She asked moving closer.

Damon wasn't sure who or what she was talking about. He removed her hand from his chest and her friend rushed to them and pulled Ashley away.

"I'm very sorry sir. She's not herself I'll take her home." She apologized and started to drag Ashley away meanwhile the latter struggled to free herself

"No!" Ashley shook her head violently as fear became visible in her eyes.

"I'm not going home! I don't want to go home. What if he comes?" Ashley shivered.

"Ash please let's go," her friend begged. God, Ashley was not like this, she thought tired already.

"No Natalie!" Ashley said and freed herself from Natalie's hold then she wrapped her arms around herself and moved away. Natalie felt frustrated already.

Ashley walked towards Damon. "Mr handsome," she started and Damon wondered what she was up to. "Would you mind if I come with you?" She looked at him with puppy dog eyes while pouting and Damon only stared back at her surprised at her behavior. She was really asking to go with him.

"Ash! what are you saying?" Natalie asked wide eyed.

"Let me help. I'll take her with me." Damon offered.

"Thanks for your offer sir but we don't really know you. I think she just said that because she's drunk and all." Natalie told him and Damon sighed. Right, she won't just trust her friend to the care of a stranger.

"Don't worry miss. She'll be fine I promise."

Natalie looked at him skeptically. From her thoughts, she wondered why he was always helping Ashley.

So she knew he helped Ashley before. Well, they were friends she would definitely know.

She wondered if he was always following Ashley. Why he was always just showing up when Ashley was in one problem or the other. Could he be Ashley's guardian angel? That might also explain his beauty.

Damon wanted to laugh, guardian angel? If only she knew.

"I know you've helped my friend here a couple of times and I'd like to thank you for that but I can't also help but wonder why?" Natalie said again giving him a suspicious look.

Damon thought of what to tell her but thankfully Ashley saved him.

"I'll be leaving now." She said to both of them as she walked away from them and towards the exit.

Damon and Natalie rushed after her but she stopped abruptly and touched her forehead as she staggered a bit.

"Ashley what's wrong?" Natalie asked but the lady lost her balance and almost fell but Damon caught her.

"I think she passed out. I'll take her with me don't worry." Damon told Natalie and lifted Ashley up then walked out of the bar.

Natalie followed behind not feeling completely sure about this. She gave him Ashley's bag when he put her in his car. Then watched him drive away after he assured her again that her friend will be fine.