Chapter 27: Roller Coaster

I screamed in shock when someone grabbed my shoulder all of a sudden. I turned to its direction to see Vyl with worried and shocked eyes. Relief instantly flooded my system.

"Shit! Your bleeding!" He immediately touched my wounded cheek. "Who did this to you?!"

My mouth wouldn’t in front of him and I could not speak. "Hey, answer me!" He added.

I realized because of his screaming. I swallowed the lump forming in my throat and managed to speak.

"I-I don't know. That thing c-came flying at us," I pointed at the knife stuck in the tree behind us. Vyl immediately turned to it and his eyes widened. He approached the whereabouts of the knife and took it. He looked at it intently and I saw his fist clench.

"This is not a fucking good joke." There was anger plastered on his face. I have so many questions I want to ask him right now but I couldn't continue when I heard Angel sob. I sat down so we were equal again and made her sit down.

"Hey, why did you run off so suddenly? I had to carry all of our food because you left" Drake complained while he was panting. He had just arrived and from the looks of it, he obviously ran towards it.

"Hey, what happened to your cheek?" He looked at me and noticed my bleeding cheek.

"I tripped. I caught this girl when she fell," I lied. I'm not sure if I can tell Drake what happened so I had to hide this from him. It's not hard to fool him considering he's an idiot.

He nodded immediately at what I said. We went back to the bench we were sitting on. Vyl talked to me using mind link. He said we would talk about what happened earlier. I agreed and focused my attention to the wound on my cheek.

I just wiped the wound on my cheek with a wet handkerchief. It eventually stopped bleeding but it's obvious that the wound is fresh.

I explained to them about Angel. I held Angel's hand while still laying down. After I explained everything, they were more than willing to help the baby girl find her parents.

We made a deal that after we help her, we'll continue with the rides. Even though I don't want to anymore.

First, we went to one of the guards here at the amusement park and enlisted here in the search to facilitate everything. He also told us that the other staff were also looking for Angel because his parents also asked for help. She’s been missing for a while.

It didn't take long for us to find Angel's parents. They were also crying over the loss of their child.

They saw the wound on my face and Drake explained what happened. They felt responsible so they kindly handed me a band-aid. Fortunately, Angel's mom brought something. I felt guilty because it was not really Angel who caused the wound on my cheek. I just can't tell them what really happened.

I thanked them and so did they, after that they left and said goodbye as we parted ways. Angel was smiling happily with her parents while waving goodbye at us. I waved back at her.

And as a deal, we went to ride some more until we got tired.

"And now, for the finale! It's the roller coaster's turn!"

I automatically rolled my eyes. I saw this coming. It's almost 10:30 but we are still here. They don't look tired at all. And I stayed silent when they pulled me onto the roller coaster.

They chose to sit in the back. Well actually, Drake and the woman he was chatting with in the queue earlier is in the back. We were in line for a while but Drake caught a chick right away. Vyl and I are both sitting on the seats in front of them.

I looked at Vyl's behavior and saw he was very excited. Seriously? Isn't he tired yet? The stamina of this alien as well as the man behind us are both astonishing. Are all idiots like that?

I gripped tightly by the start as our vehicle moved. Don't get me wrong. I'm not that scared, really. Not at all. I'm just getting cold sweat for some reason but I'm not scared.

The roller coaster is still slow so I can still breathe easily.

"Hey, you okay?" Vyl asked and I just nodded. I didn't bother looking at him. I focused my attention on the tightness of my grip on the handle. I couldn’t help but swallow the lump forming in my throat as the roller coaster slowly ascends and the thought of it going down so quick is kind of scary.

My breathing became fast when it finally went down. I can hear different kinds of screams. The others were screaming like women, some are crying and some are just laughing. Me? I’ve been biting my lips while my eyes are closed.

Fuck. I'm still not used to this. Even if I tried to ride on Vyl’s back while he was flying, it was still different. I’m having a hard time breathing.

I felt someone hold my hand. I was shocked when I saw who it was, it was Vyl.

"Scream!" He shouted.

That’s all he said and took one of my hands to raise it. And with that, all the shouts that I've been holding in came out. I am now screaming at the top of my lungs. And it actually made me feel freaking better!

I shouted and kept shouting. I don't care if I'm going to lose my voice from screaming. The roller coaster got a few rounds. When we got in the part where it would turn upside down, I prepared myself to shout again.

But something happened. It suddenly stopped.

I felt intense nervousness. The roller coaster stopped moving. I heard the complaints of the people around me. There were technical problems and we obviously weren’t in a good position because we were upside-down. Using a speaker, we heard one of the staff say that we have to calm down and they would immediately fix whatever stopped the roller coaster from moving.

My grip tightened on Vyl's hand. He also squeezed my hand to calm me down. "It's okay, we’re going to be alright. They'll fix it right away."

He tried his best to assure me. Maybe it’s because he feels the shit lurking in my system.

I was almost calming down when I heard a noise. It was as if steels were loosening. I stopped and listened to it carefully in case I just misheard. But I didn’t. It was a metal steel that came loose and I could hear it coming from where I was sitting.

"Vyl," I called. I know he can hear it too. He's now looking at me nervously.

"I'm scared." I looked at him with tears in my eyes. I also feel like my whole body is shaking. Vyl tightened his grip on my hand even more.

I made a slight move which I immediately regretted because whatever screws were attached to my seat had completely come loose. I screamed and closed my eyes when I felt myself falling. Then I felt a hand holding mine to prevent me from falling. I opened my eyes to see Vyl.

People shouted because I almost fell. The staff at the chin is already upset. I kept crying.

"Heavenly, look at me!" Tears were streaming down my face as I forced myself to look at him. "It's alright, just calm down. I will never let you go."

I just nodded at him. He wouldn’t really let anything or anyone hurt me. But I also couldn't stop crying out of fear.

He was thinking deeply and when his eyes met mine again, I saw determination in it. He seems to know what to do.

"Do you trust me?"

He of all people should know how hard it is for me to trust someone. In the short time we have been together, there's something pushing me to put all my faith to the boy with emerald eyes who is currently in front of me. Doing his best.

With another tear dripping from my eye, I wholeheartedly answered his question. "Yes, I trust you."

And with that, he removed the object attached to him and immediately hugged me. I heard people shouting again as our bodies were plunging down as he hugged me.

And I felt again the tingling familiar sensation. Our bodies stopped plunging and I felt like we were floating in the air again.

I heard gasps of amazement, shocks, screams. But I didn't mind every single one of them. I'm only looking at the person in front of me, smiling widely. Saying that he succeeded. Even though my eyes are full of tears, I burst into laughter. Vylant laughed too and hugged me tighter.

I felt as if we were stepping on the cement. We were already down and I was about to look around when he stopped me. He cupped my face gently and said, "Close your eyes."

I smiled first and followed what he said. I closed my eyes. I felt him kiss the tip of my head. And then, it was as if a strong energy had disappeared from his body. It flew my hair.

He caressed my hair and that's the only thing I remember before I lost my consciousness.