Elliot's Angel

A Life For A Life

Since I never sleep, because... Well I don't need to. I spend the night roaming the halls, like your typical cliché ghost or demon or whatever it is I'm supposed to be. Surely being an angel can't be this depressing.... Right?

My thoughts are interrupted as a figure appears before me. "There's a way for you to get back" it speaks low and soft but still sounds quite scary. I've seem a lot of weird and scary things since I've died.
"What do you mean?" I ask quietly.
"It's a life for a life. If you take a life. You may return to their world. If not... You could just stay here. Forever" it says before it slowly fades away. I sigh sadly. I could never take a life. That's not fair. This is all so unfair. I don't know why this is happening to me. Why I can't just move on. I sit on the stairs smd cry silently.
"Just get me out of here!" I yell angrily and Eli slowly walks towards me.
"Livvie?" he asks tearfully and I slowly walk to him.
"What's wrong" I ask softly before bending down to be eye level with him.
"There's a man in my room" he whispers. I quickly pick him up. I don't care if anyone sees. It'll just look like he's floating I suppose but it's late no one is awake anyway. I slowly walk to his room and see a shadow of what appears to be a horrible demonic creature in the corner of the ceiling. I see bruises starting to form on Eli's face. I've watched my fair share of horror movies I know what that means.
"You're feeding off him! He's only a child!" I yell in tears at this stage and he laughs.
"Don't you see. That's you. You're the one stealing his life. So you can get out of here. But there's no escape. Not until he dies" he explains and this scares me. I put Eli down.
"Run" I whisper and he does as he's told. I look at the creature who seemed a bit more man like now. I expect him to attack me but instead I feel a jolt and he's gone. I feel myself get weaker. I use all my strength to crawl to El's room where Eli is crying in Kathy's arms. All those bruises. It's awful. I feel awful... Did I do that?

Another short chapter. Sorry guys. I hope it's... OK.... Well comment and lemme know what you think!! Thanks!!!