The car tore through the streets engine roaring as it cut through the night
Inside chaos
Everyone was on edge sweating shouting breathing too fast
Fear hung thick in the air suffocating
"Zeven!"
"How is he?!"
Matthew's hands tightened around the steering wheel his knuckles turning white
He didn't dare look back
"Ugh!"
Zeven's body jerked violently in the back seat
"He can't breathe!" Ozias shouted panic breaking through his voice
"Matthew he's choking!"
"If this keeps up…"
Kael swallowed hard his voice barely steady "…he won't make it"
"Open the windows!" Matthew told them hard yelling
"Help him breathe!"
Cold air rushed inside but it did nothing
Zeven gasped each breath sharper than the last
His chest rose and fell unevenly like his body had forgotten how to function
Pain
Too much pain
Still he forced the words out
"Where…?"
His voice was barely a whisper
He struggled again forcing air into his lungs
"Where… are you taking me…?"
"Don't talk" Kael said quickly
"I'm taking you to the hospital" Matthew added his voice tense
"Just hold on brother we're almost there"
Zeven's fingers twitched weakly his body feeling hot as if he was burning melting from inside
"No…"
A pause
A breath that felt like it might be his last
"Not… the hospital…"
Then he passed out from the pain
Silence fell inside the car
Matthew's grip tightened
"…Are you serious?" he muttered
No answer came only the sound of Zeven struggling to breathe
Matthew exhaled sharply
"…As you wish brother"
The car changed direction
Minutes passed
Then
Something changed
Zeven's body started shaking
At first it was subtle
Then violent
His back arched muscles tensing unnaturally as heat began radiating from his skin
"What the hell?!" Dak pulled his hands back slightly
"He's burning!"
Zeven's skin grew hotter by the second
Too hot
No human body could reach that temperature
His breathing turned erratic his eyes slowly darkening black swallowing the color little by little
"…This isn't normal" Ozias said under his breath
No one replied
They already knew
The car stopped abruptly
"We're here!"
Matthew jumped out first rushing to open the door
"Help me now!"
Dak and Kael moved immediately grabbing Zeven carefully
"Take his legs careful!"
Even through their clothes the heat was unbearable
"Damn it he's getting hotter!"
"Move!"
They rushed inside
"Put him on the couch!" Matthew ordered already heading upstairs
"I'll prepare the bathtub cold water!"
Dak nodded
"Got it!"
"What happened to him?" Dak asked his voice filled with worry
"Why is he like this?" He added
"…I don't know"
Ozias answered honestly
Hearing them made Kael think about something
'That fire inside him he should've died from it already how is he still alive?'
'Is it related to what happened in the bathroom?'
'…'
He didn't know what to think anymore he was trying to find an answer for all the things that happened but he couldn't and he could feel and tell that something is changing something is happening or is gonna happen
And that was the scariest part
"Water here!"
Ozias rushed back handing Kael a glass
"Hold him" Kael said
Dak lifted Zeven slightly supporting his body
"Slowly…"
The water touched his lips
Zeven's eyes fluttered open
Barely
"Haa…"
His breath came out ragged uneven
His whole body felt like it was burning from the inside out like he is melting
"Do you feel better?" Dak asked quietly
"…I'm fine" Zeven whispered hardly trying not to faint
A lie
They all knew it
"The bathtub's ready!" Matthew called from upstairs
"Bring him!"
Kael grabbed his right arm Dak his left
"Careful on the stairs" Ozias said staying close behind
Step by step they moved upward
Each second felt heavier than the last
Inside the bathroom steam already lingered faintly in the air
"Hurry!" Matthew urged
They lowered Zeven toward the tub
Matthew was taking his clothes out
"Don't you see?" Matthew snapped when someone hesitated
"I'm trying to help him!"
No one argued
They quickly stripped off his shirt leaving only his boxers
The heat coming off his body was suffocating
Everyone who touched him felt their hands burning
Even the air around him felt distorted
"…This is insane" Ozias whispered turning his face away
The others stayed frozen watching
Not understanding
Not able to look away
"Dak help me" Kael said
"We're putting him in"
"Got it"
"Ugh!!"
"He is hot as fuck!!"
Dak stated while grabbing him
They lowered him slowly
Closer
Closer
The moment his skin touched the water
"SSSSSSSS"
Steam exploded upward
The water began to hiss violently bubbling as if it had been poured over burning metal
"What the…?!"
"It's boiling?!" Matthew stepped back in shock
"No…" Matthew's eyes widened
"That's impossible…"
Zeven's body tensed
His eyes snapped open
Completely black
Like an abyss like an infinite darkness like the darkness itself not even a bit of light left in them
"This…!"
Ozias froze in fear seeing the eyes
"Oh shit!!!"
"Guys!!"
"Do you see what I'm seeing?!!"
Dak asked the others scared
Kael which was right beside him was also completely scared
But he turned back and looked at Matthew which was also completely shocked
"Haaaa"
Everyone looked at Zeven which was in the water struggling to breathe
"Haaaa"
"What… do we do?"
Dak scared and trembling asked hardly
But then
"Arghhhhh!"
An inhumane raw voice got everyone's attention
Zeven
Crying with a desperate and trembling voice as if he hardly had any voice left in him
"Splash"
Matthew moved towards him trying to do something to help him
"Stop!"
Kael yelled
"Why?"
Matthew asked desperately
"You can't help him"
"This isn't normal!"
"Right?"
He asked them and no one spoke everyone silent
"But…"
Matthew tried to say something but Ozias stopped and told him
"Let's just wait and see we could hurt him"
"Just watch him but don't touch him"
He told everyone and they all agreed
Everyone took a step back
"Did you observe something Kael?"
He asked looking at him with deep eyes
Ozias tried him
"I think it's related to what happened back at Raven's in the bathroom…"
Kael told them what was on his mind since a while ago
Matthew who was silent now remembered
"The eyes…"
He said
Hearing him made everyone to look at him curious
"The eyes?"
Asked Ozias and then Kael and Matthew explained to them what happened back then at Raven's
"I see…"
Said Ozias as if he understood something
"Why you guys did not tell us?!"
Asked Dak yelling angry that they hid something from them
"Well…"
Kael didn't know what to say or how to explain
"Well sorry for that but that is what the situation asked for"
"So stop now we will discuss these later we should pay attention to Zeven now"
Said Matthew which brought everyone's attention back to Zeven
He was struggling to breathe he wasn't yelling now
Then under everyone's eyes his body began to shake his skin changing
"Ughh"
Zeven struggling in pain but not like before
"Something is changing about him!" Said Matthew
"How is this possible…?"
Dak asked shocked his mouth and eyes opened more in surprise
His skin was changing moving his muscles spasmed under his skin
"Looks like his muscles are moving and changing…"
Ozias stated shocked
The boys couldn't understand what is happening
His muscles were starting to look more obvious better and stronger and they stretched under his skin as if his body transformed into something entirely different
His hair also looked like it was growing longer
Hot air was emanating from him like a scorching sun
His bones were breaking as if his bones were remade
Slowly his body was calming
Calming again as if the storm passed
But the storm's waves left behind signs
Signs that an even bigger storm will hit again
Inside the bathroom the boys were standing shocked each next to each other facing the bathtub looking at it as if they discovered something or … someone
Zeven who was now in the water looked different calm as if going back to normal but there wasn't nothing normal at him
He now was taller than before about two meters his hair was longer falling over his neck covering his eyes his body now looking perfect better than ever before his muscles stronger he looked perfect as if a god came down in the mortal world
Zeven shuddered
"Splash"
His feet moved a little distracting the boys
"He is gonna wake up!"
Said Matthew
"This is… crazy!"
"Look at him"
Said Kael
"Hahaha crazy"
Said Dak laughing nervously
"I wonder…"
Ozias wanted to say something but before he could do it
"Splash"
Zeven moved in the water
While all of them were paying attention
Zeven raised an arm and caught the bathtub side
Opening his eyes
Of a bright blue like sapphires
Not human.