10- unexplainable feelings

he already raised his arm and stretch his gloved hand out slowly and steadily to her face. As his hand cupped her face, Selena felt Like she wanted to bust into tears, that unexplainable feeling of comfort. His hands were gloved and though it just killed some creatures, he held her with all the care and gentleness in the world, His eyes turned soft for a moment and looked as if melted silver were sloshing around it. His eyes also held a silver of long buried pain attached to this little joy.

Selena had tears at the corner of her eyes, His gloved hand slid up and cleaned the corner of her eye. Selena lips trembled as if she has seen someone she haven't seen for ages...this feeling she had with this mysterious man, she didn't want it to end. She wanted time to stop now, let this time not end here.

As his thumb caressed her cheek a little gasp left Selena's lips. He lifted His eyes from her cheek once more and looked into her eyes, there was so many emotion in it that Selena couldn't explain. There was a silent message she couldn't get, so many unspoken words been convied she couldn't understand what. But she just stood their looking into his eyes and feeling his soft caress on his skin that left her breathless and speechless.

Suddenly it felt like his attention was drifted somewhere else as His head moved slightly to the side, he then turned once more to look at her in the eyes and with silent message, and suddenly he disappeared leaving only a faint trail of mist.

Selena hand shoot up to catch his hand but she was too slow as he already disappeared under the night, leaving only a faint trail of mist. She now remembered that she longed for how his bare hands would feel against her skin. Would he hold her as gently as he held her now. Like something so precious, that it would shatter if his hold was tight.

At that moment after he disappeared and the mist trail vanished , she heard the soft patter of footsteps running towards her direction and once they left the disguise of the shadow into the moonlight Selena identified them as the group of people she met two nights ago.

They rushed towards her with look of worry and concern. Raymond looked down at the goo pool like puddle on the ground and looked back at selena. He quickly took her hand and said " lets leave before more arrive ".Selena noded her head and after picking up her protected laptop and purse on the floor, they all left that alley with the proof of the goo puddle for only people that know more than they should, but a mystery to normal people.

Selena was once again with them in the living room of their base of whatever its called, she was offered a sit and she sat down. They needed to talk, she think it time to get some answers.

She couldn't keep being clueless. Staring at that faces, she couldn't believe she was back here once again.

They honestly didn't know where to start from so Selena started speaking first, "so, the time you guys told me not to freak out and react was because of the things I started seeing today, right? "

"This was what we were most worried about, but gladly it didn't blow up, but....how did you subdue the situation, you didn't even need our help" Raymond asked

Selena froze. she must have thought they would ask this question, but she haven't thought of how to reply when they do.

"I-i..um..I'm not too sure what happened. But the most important thing is I'm okay right?". She didn't feel all that comfortable and wanted to keep this meeting with the mysterious figure a secret. Something between them.....something special. Could you blame her?

"Hmm...it is" they didn't want to stress her and it seemed she wasn't comfortable with answering that question, so they didn't dwell on it. Besides she was alright.

"By the way what were those creatures and what are all this all about" now that she was ready to learn more, she might as well know all she can.

" first of all we are glad you came back and we would happily reply your questions if we have the answers "

Fiona replied, happy to have her back.

Raymond stood up and walked to the station where their high tech equipments were placed.

" saying all these feel like opening a can of worms, but you need to know these ".

He started accessing a file and the others including Selena all gathered around him. He turned to look at Selena as a confirmation before he faced the screen in front of them again and pressed a button.

The screen showed a picture in the file. " this is what attacked you that day we met and today". Selena looked up at the file and it was indeed the creature on the screen. The creature appearance was still a vivid memory for her. The picture showed the black body and long limbs. The dark soulless eyes stared back at her giving her a chill. Its yellow teeth's peeking out as it bared it.

Her mouth formed an oh, and she asked " what are they called. Do they have a name or something" she said and turned to look at Raymond as she spoke.

" we call them drecons" he replied her. Selena mouthed the words to herself like a reminder.

"They are like creatures of the dark...more like shadow if you would like to say. They can easily blend in the dark. That why it more dangerous at night time. It like an advantage to them. Normal people can't see them" he said sighing and shaking his head.

Selena looked like she was in deep thought and after thinking for a while she then said " taking your advice that day I didn't go out the next day and when I finally decided to come out today, I was shocked when I saw the creatures. Though you said normal people can't see them, some where attached to the people, some have dark ominous mist around them and while some hang like a dark gloomy cloud above their heads".

"Yes. The ones that are fully shown are the ones that have taken over the body of the human" it was Brandon that spoke this time, he had a calculative expression on his face.

I guess everyone has a time to be serious. Even the biggest of jokesters have their time to be serious.

" the ones you saw in the full form are the ones that have taken over the body .of the human and disguise themselves as the person, in other word, they transform into them and live their lives. There are different stages they go through. The ones with the gloomy cloud that hangs on top of the head is the first step,".

"Wait, I noticed it wasn't all the people that was like that, is there a way they choose them or they just start with anyone" Selena spoke pointing out something she noticed.

"You are indeed right. They actually choose who to posses, but at the same time , they can't still choose some people....those with stronger wills can't be possessed easily, it takes time.... But sometimes they decide to just kill them instead to take over their essence if they want to live as them" Selena at this moment remembered her late friend, was it a normal coincident that the creature just killed her friend because it couldn't attach itself to her essences, but the strange thing is that, it only killed her, but didn't collect her essence. Is there a grander scheme behind all of this, well she would ask them later about it.

"..... But at the same time it isn't all that can kill, the once in a medium or higher rank can. Those ones also find it easier to collect the human essence and live as them or just to feed. They also choose those that have something special about them and latch on, savouring and slowly eating away their life force, slowly weakening the person and its will to live "

He move to sit at the table where the computers are arranged in a line and continued " the second stage is when the person is surrounded by ominous mist, it after it has latched on and start taking the life force slowly ".

Bradon then raised his hand and put up three fingers to now indicate the third step " as you can see in the third step you can see the outline of the creature latching onto the human it choose, by then its too late to get rid of them....poor humans" he said and sighed. He then gestured to Raymond to complete the words for him.

Raymond turned His attention to Selena and continued from where he stopped. "And there is the final step, that happens after it successfully drain their life essence of the human and then after finishing it off.... That is to make the person disappear, so their won't be clues that would be too suspicious, as you guys have those intelligent men and women in uniforms here to pick unto those cases" .Selena knew he was referring to the polices and detectives. It was true, they would latch on to any of the clues they find, till they solve or make sense of the case.

" Is there anything else you would like to know princess " Bradon said, giving her a new inferring name.

Selena fought for a minute with her hand under her chin " Now that you mentioned it, I actually do....do they have someone in charge, or learder they receive command from..."