Aetherman 6

                                    

                                          
The first thing I felt when I woke up was a huge migraine from the nausea.
                          
I heard some voices, but I wasn't able to make them out. After a moment of the pain dulling, I opened my eyes. My vision was blurred, but now I could hear the voices.
                          
"Jesse, hold still! That arm won't heal if I don't bandage it." I recognized the voice to be Ivor's. 
                          
"Sorry."
                          
I sat up, rubbing my head. My vision cleared, and I could see I was in a dim room. I realized it was inside of Ivor's house. I looked to the other side of the room to see Jesse flinched away from Ivor, who was holding a roll of bandages in his hands. Confusion washed over me. Why did Jesse bring me back here when he found out what was happening?
                          
After Ivor quickly bandaged Jesse's burnt arm, he turned towards me to find me up.
                          
"Oh, you're awake."
                          
"Yeah..." I replied, failing to hide the edge in my voice.
                          
Jesse got up from the bad, and walked over, crossing his arms into an awkward position.
                          
"Lukas, I think you have some explaining to do."
                          
I sighed, looking away. I was expecting this, but it didn't make me any less uncomfortable. I could see even Ivor had a serious look on his face. I knew Jesse told him about it.
                          
And so I told them everything. From me discovering the curse feather in the temple, the transformations, to the book, and why I fled. There was no point in hiding it any longer. Jesse saw it with his own eyes, and I even ran from battle in an attempt to hide it. I wouldn't even be surprised if they didn't even trust me anymore. But I didn't want to lose them, just like how I lost Aiden, Maya and Gill. 
                          
"Lukas, I... I don't know what to say." Jesse's voice had a bit of regret to it.
                          
"I know what to say." Ivor said, crossing his arms. "Louie, you are an IMBECILE for keeping that to yourself. What if Jess-"
                          
"Jesse." he angrily corrected while Ivor was in mid sentence.
                          
"-JESSE didn't find out later, and what that book said was true!?"
                          
"I..I don't know." I stammered, refusing to make eye contact with either of them.
                          
"You should have told us sooner." Jesse sighed. "If not the others, I would have understood completely."
                          
Somehow I thought that wouldn't be true. Sure, Jesse did turn into something similar, but that was for a short time, and he wasn't slowly losing his mind. Or was he?
                          
"I-I was just afraid that if anyone found out, you'd be afraid of me, or hate me..." I confessed.
                          
"Dude." Jesse started with a less serious tone. "Why the nether would I hate you for being a Demigod!? If I did, that'd make me a hypocrite."
                          
"What was this 'beast' you were turning into again?" Ivor asked me.
                          
"Aetherman..." I replied, my voice trailing off.
                          
"Aetherman..." Jesse thought for a second.
                          
"..I know what those are."
                          
"What?" Both me and Ivor looked at him.
                          
He grabbed a stool, which was conveniently in the corner where my bed was, and sat down.
                          
"Well, it looks like you guys will be in for quite a story."
                          
"I'm sorry, what?" I said.
                          
That was the literal most farfetched story I've ever heard. And with Jesse being as sarcastic as he is, it would be difficult to believe.