Destination Pt 3: The painful path of enlightment.

Is this God I see behind your eyes?

Her eyes..
They shine so white, no fear, no anger.. she looks sad.. alone?

Julia was sitting up besides Frederick on the bed, he was looking at her with a mix of fear, hope and regret.
His feet were anxious to get away from there and run, his stomach gave a turn because of the nervousness of seeing such a scene, he was breathless from the surprise, his heart was pounding, his arms were numb, his neck was stiff and goose-bumped, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were beginning to fill with tears and his mind was blown-away.

The sound of pills dropping to the wood floor made him start breathing away and moving slowly towards her, turning his body halfway to touch her.. was he dreaming? is this an illusion of his heart? God's miracle?

He reached for her, slowly, trying to touch her beautiful lips, those lips that gave him so many good memories and so much love. He could hear his heart thumping loudly like someone banging loudly inside his chest.

She smiled at him with those lovely white eyes full of peace, she didn't blame him at all, she had returned to him, everything would be alright now, he would quit his job and he would be a wonderful husband.

"I promise, Julia.." he heard himself whisper.

Suddenly her warm smile became a fierce growl and Frederick's heart broke with a loud crash, no.. she did not came back to be with him.. he was not forgiven.. she came back FOR him.. she was going to take him with her so they could be together, but first he was going to be punished.

He could see it on her face, he could already feel the pain coming and he accepted it. If this was going to be the toll, he will gladly pay it, he deserved to die, he already knew it.

Frederick tilted his head and exposed his head and smiled. He was not afraid of death, loneliness was his greatest fear and he knew this would give him eternity with her.

He heard a huge roar and the bed shook, shots were fired and two people screamed. A man gave out a war cry and the other was the wail of a banshee being exorcised from the world.

Frederick opened his eyes in a hurry and saw droplets of blood on the bed and on his clothes.. Julia's? He did not feel any pain.. He heard someone call his name, no.. they were screaming his name.

"...snap out of it!! Lieutenant?!! Fred!!"

He felt a shove, with a blink he turned around and saw Anders with a smoking gun, his focus went to the crashed down broken door in the background and then back to his new partner. Frederick's eyes went wide with terror and he turned back to the bed.

"YOU FUCKER!! YOU KILLED HER!!! RRAAAAAARRRGHHH!!!!!"

Frederick jumped towards Anders and he brought him down with his body weight, Anders struggled but his aggressor's rage was just too much for him. Punches were exchanged, luck intervened and the raging man finally received a blow to his Adam's apple coupled with a blow to the head with the butt of Anders' handgun.

Crying and in pain, trying to breathe, Frederick rolled over on the floor as Anders got up and pointed the gun at him. He bared his teeth, prepared to jump and attack him again, Anders was going to pay for taking away the only chance at redemption he had and the chance to with her.

Anders was too focused on him to notice Julia sneaking behind him getting ready to strike. Frederick smiled as she jumped onto Anders' back and bit down on his neck. The rookie screamed in agony and fell to the floor, Julia was fierce and fearless and was ravaging his flesh, the pain was too much for him and he could not throw her away, she was clawing and biting.

Frederick saw Anders' pleading eyes as the light inside them slowly faded away.

A minute passed but Frederick's body wouldn't budge, he kept staring and gaping as how his wife was feeding off his now deceased police partner like a cannibal. He could see the exit wounds in her arched back while she pulled internal organs and gore.. blood was everywhere. He never stopped to be amazed at how much blood the human body contains and his was flying and spreading everywhere.

He slowly got up and headed towards the bedroom's door never taking an eye off her, she continued feeding and suddenly stopped. Frederick was rooted to the spot. She lifted her head from the now hollow corpse and smelled the air, she turned to him and Frederick saw her with intense terror in his very core.

A bullet pierced her right eye and pus and blood was leaking out of the socket, he entire face was crimson red a piece of gore was sticking out of her mouth. He stopped breathing trying not to move. Was that his adorable wife? Anders...

With another sudden jerk of her body, she continued to feed, now this time on Anders' arm. He waited a couple of seconds and began to slowly move out of the room again. He finally reached the living room and quickly closed the door and then he heard Julia scream and slam into it.

"Julia! It's me... dont.. please!.. Calm down! Im here!"

Her only reply was a roar and more banging.

Moments passed and she went back to feeding, he could her hear chewing and tearing apart what little remained of Anders corpse. Frederick quietly sobbed, his back against the door. What was happening? Was this his punishment for being a lousy husband? What was he going to do now?

He closed his eyes.. minutes ago he was prepared to die but now.. what did God wanted him to do? What happened in there? Why did Julia kill Anders if she was coming for him?

"My God Fred! What happened?!"

Julia's sister Sarah arrived.

Fred's response was to drop and shake his head.
"She's gone, Sarah.. she's gone but now, I think, something else came back."