Two of a Kind
#1 of ~Two of a Kind~
The day was June 24th, 7 days after my birthday.
My name is Caleb Shard, I'm 16 with an average body build, standing at 5‘9", had dark brown hair, and emerald green eyes. This is the story of how my life took a turn for everything but better.
"Caleb" mother called out for me. "will you take out the trash already"
"yes ma'am" I replied walking to the kitchen to grab the trash. I tied up the bag and walked outside, and shivered at the cold air hitting my arms and pushing itself through my thin jacket and sweat pants, I didn't bother wearing a shirt. I started walking towards the dumpster about 60 yards away. On my way there I heard a ruckus coming from around the corner of the apartments. I didn't pay any mind to it and kept walking, finally reaching the dumpster and tossing in the bag of trash, afterward turning around and started walking home. Then I heard the noise again. I figured I would allow my curiosity a quick peek at what was going on.
I walked slowly to the building and turned the corner, peering slowly at 3 bickering men. They were all gangster looking and by the looks of it, it was a drug deal gone wrong. I knew it wasn't wise to stay near and turned back starting to walk back to my apartment, until I heard something that froze me in my steps.
"yo, look someone seen us. Fuck!" they panicked and without thought I turned around.
What a stupid move.
I heard a loud bang and suddenly my chest felt bare and cold. I looked down in shock. There was a whole in my chest with blood spilling over my jacket and legs. Seconds later I fell and everything went black. ‘this.. Cant be the way I die.. Can it?' I thought solemnly as I blacked out.
I took a deep breath through my nose, registering the different scents that filled the cool crisp air. Something caught my attention, it was faint, but still there, it was blood. Human blood. I picked up my cell and dialed a number, "hey Jenn ill be a little late, I'm going to go check something out ok" before she could answer I had already hung up, and started heading in the direction the smell of blood was coming from.
Even thought the scent was a few hundred yards away I arrived in just under 2minutes. I stopped and took a deep breath, looking at the puddle of blood that surrounded a male body. He looked to be my age was a bit shorter then I was. I knelt down beside him and rolled him on his back and took his jacket off, the hole in his chest was about the size of a finger, I watched his chest for a few seconds waiting to see it rise. It finally rose but just barely and fell just as quickly. He was still alive but just barely, the scent was fresh, so he had only been laying here like this for about 2 minutes, and wouldn't last much longer. I bent my head downwards licking over the top of his chest, letting out a moan of satisfaction.
"hmm what to do with you." I questioned aloud before picking him up with ease and whispered in his ear. "hang on this is going to hurt." I held him tightly as I felt the change begin.
I slowly came to, letting the damp light flood over my eyes, waiting till they finally adjusted. I was in what seemed to be a small cheap hotel room, the room was painted a light tan, and smelt of cheap air freshener. I was laying on a firm spring mattress bed with a heavy blanket covering me.
I rose up quickly realizing that I wasn't in my room, wincing at the pain that shot through my left shoulder and my chest as I did.
"hey bout time you woke up." said the male sitting at my side as he leaned in towards me, pushing my gently back against the bed laying me down. He was taller by the looks of it, and had jet black hair that laid down softly against his head, that complimented his green eyes well. His chest was bare and lean, it seemed like he worked out often.
"wh-where am I?" I asked timidly.
"your with me, now just relax." his voice was soothing and somehow I felt I could trust him. So I did for now, and closed my eyes as I tried to go back to sleep, quickly being interrupted by hands rubbing over my chest. I opened my eyes to see the man leaning over me. "I'm sorry did I make you uncomfortable?" a devious grin came across his face.
"I was shot!" I exclaimed as memories flooded over my mind.
The other male simply chuckled. "yes, yes you were."
I was sitting up again taking his hands from my chest as I removed my shirt and began looking for the hole. "am, am I dead?"
"no, now just relax I need to make sure your wounds healed right" he grabbed my waist pushing my back against the bed's head bored, as his hands moved up to my chest and shoulder which had cause me to get a slight bit of nervousness come over me.
"wounds?" I questioned. "how many times was I shot? And how am I still alive?" panic and nervousness was in my voice.
"you only had two wounds, one from a shot, and the other wound came from an animal bite." he looked up at me and smiled. "your wounds have healed over well in the last four days."
"how am I still alive? I was shot through the chest?" I questioned quickly not giving time for the current information to sink in "most people die from stuff like that."
"and most people don't heal from fatal wounds like that in just four days."
"four days!?" the information finally sunk in. "what the hell is going on?" I started to panic even more, my heart beat furiously against my chest and then everything started getting blurry beginning to fade into darkness.
"just relax, I'll explain everything" I couldn't see anymore, but my hearing was still tuned into his voice. "seems your body hasn't fully recuperated just yet." was the last thing I heard from him before completely passing out again.
"oh well." I let out a sigh as I got up from beside the bed, standing I closed my eyes and relaxed my body, before hearing my stomach growl violently at me. "better go grab something to eat." I walked out and started heading to a McDonald's I had spotted last night on my way here.
"hello how may I help you?" the kind lady asked standing in front of the register.
"yes, I need 10 large cheeseburgers and 20 large fries"
She just looked for a second to see if I was joking and finally punched in a few keys and went to the next order after taking my money. I stood and waited for about 8 minutes before she waved me to the side.
"um. Are you going to be able to carry all these bags?" she asked as she looked at the 6 bags that I assumed were mine.
"yes ma'am no need for worry" I smiled as I grabbed them placing a bag between my fingers grasping them tightly. "thank you very much, see ya around."
I made sure to hurry back to the hotel room before the guy woke up. I slid the door key and walked inside. He was still asleep, good.
"hey kid, wake up" I said as I shook the male until he awoke.
"wh-what?"
"what is your name? calling you kid seems weird." I replied with a light chuckle.
"oh yea, I'm Caleb Shard." he extended his hand to me.
"no need for formalities, its stupid." I pulled the bags up and laid them on the bed. "here you must be hungry"