Radiant Shadows 7: Lies

After coming to the realization that Lightning had been lying, my mind started going all over the place. Quick guesses start popping up and sort of overwhelming me. "Maybe she lost her tail in an accident!" "Maybe her tail is burn proof! It makes sense since her name IS LightningFire!" "Maybe she forgot and wasn't trapped under a log!" These thoughts and more swirl around me, like a strong wind. The fact the Lightning is still dragging me around is not helping much. But out of all these thoughts, one stood out and kept repeating itself over and over.
"She's not a fox. She's LYING. She's something else. You can either go with it, or try to figure it out."
I keep trying to push it away, looking for another reasonable explanation. But it keeps saying that sentence over and over, not allowing me to think of something else. Finally, I'm tired of trying to back away from the explanation, and let it settle, but before it makes itself a fact, I have to check with Lightning. "Hey, uhhh Lightning?" I ask, still being dragged around. "Yeeeeees?" Lightning asks, while handing over a potion and some bandages to what looks like a cat with bird-like wings, and a wolf with dragon wings. The wolf-dragon sends one, quick nod, and proceeds to bandage the cat's right wing, which had been sliced, but not sliced off.
"Well, uh.. I have to ask you something about your.. tail..." I say, feeling very awkward. Lightning's smile disappears for a moment, then comes back as a forceful one. "Oh, really? What about it?" She asks. I rub the back of my neck. This is going to be weird.. "Well, I noticed that your tail doesn't really.. move, like a normal one? I mean, it doesn't like, wag or whatever. Plus, you said your tail was trapped under a log, but the place was burning down, so wouldn't your tail have burn marks?" Lightning's right eye twitches. "Uhhh, I- I mean... umm... I- actually, I-" She stutters. Clearly she was lying, but was trapped in the walls of her own lie. I mean, I've lied before, and if you try to juggle an extremely complex lies, it's like building a house out of sand. Eventually, it will crumble under its own weight.
"I- I- OH YEAH!! Uhhh.... I lost my tail in an accident! Yeah! They replaced it with a fake one." I raise my eyebrow. "Well, when I first got here, you nearly got your tail caught in the door, and you said they should make it open longer."
"Ohhh, I meant for other people!"
"Why don't your ears move? Like, bend backwards when you're angry, bend towards the ground when you're sad, and be up when you're happy?"
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeeell... Iiiiiiiiiiii.... lost my ears in an accident too! Yup!"
"What was the accident?"
"Uhhhhh... fell.. off.. a.. building? And.. broke.. my.. ears.. and.. tail..???"
"...you have WINGS..."
"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... my wings weren't fully developed?"
I stare her down for a few minutes. She is obviously uncomfortable, and doesn't look me in the eyes. I finally look away, and say quietly. "Ok.. but remember, trust is difficult to build up, but it takes one second to send it falling down." I then begin to walk at a fast pace away. I need some time alone... 
LIGHTNING'S P.O.V: 
I sadly watch Jax walk away. I get it. He needs time alone. But.. I just feel so overwhelmed with sadness, watching him leave. I decide to talk to Alexa and Lia, to make the time pass until Jax will talk to me again. "Hi Alexa, Hi L-" Alexa, the one with dragon wings, suddenly cuts me off by hissing. Her sister, Lia, casually pats Alexa's wolf ears. "Hey, Lightning. What's up?" She asks, in an angelic voice. Besides her voice, and wings that are extremely similar to an Angel's, her hybrid-ness is the only thing that keeps her from forcefully joining the Dark Lights. 
Alexa hisses again, and Lia covers her sister's mouth. "No. Baaaad. Lightning is a friend." I should mention that Alexa is overprotective of Lia to an unhealthy amount. Alexa mumbles something, then kicks at a rock on the ground. Lia turns her attention back to me after making sure Alexa wouldn't kill anyone. "Anyway, what's u- actually, where's Jax? He ok?" I sigh. "He needs some time alone. He thought my tail and ears was fake. Heh, funny right?" Lia smile falters. "Alexa, can you.. leave us alone for a bit?" Alexa looks like Lia just offended her, then answers. "Sure.. but you owe me a sandwich and a soda pop after this. And you," Alexa says, walking right up to me and staring into my soul with her black eyes with grey crosses as pupils. 
"If you let Lia to get hurt - that includes ANY cuts, bruises, or hurting at all - I will give you the pain she felt TIMES TEN. UNDERSTAND?!" I gulp, and nod. Alexa is very scary when she wants to be. Alexa stomped off, and Lia sent her a small glare. She turned to me, and shrugs. "Sorry about her. Anyway. About Jax thinking that your ears and tail is fake..." 
JAX'S P.O.V: 
I'm speed walking away, consumed in my thoughts, when.. WHACK! I accidentally walk into a girl with wolf ears, tail, and demon wings. "HEY!" She turns around and yells in my ears. "Watch it, HUMAN!" I slowly start to back away, but another girl with wolf ears, tail, and black and light grey Angel wings puts her hand on the other's shoulder. "Sister, just because he is a Human does not mean he is apart of the Dark Lights. Just because I'm part Angel does NOT mean I'm part of the Dark Lights." The first one grumbles, and walks off. 
The one with Angel wings sighs. "I'm so sorry about Galaxia. She has been in this bad mood ever since war was declared." "How.. long is that?" I ask nervously. She just sighs again, and sends a glare to Galaxia, who was picking up rocks and throwing them at the wall. "Long enough for this to become her new personality. Anyway, I'm Kamaria, and you are Jax, correct?" I nod. "Yup. I'm trying to get my mind off of... something..." Kamaria nods like she understands, and starts talking. "Well, if it helps, I can introduce you to one of my good fri-" She can't get through the sentence before she collapses to the ground, coughing with an arrow sticking out of her back. 
"KAMARIA!!" Galaxia screams, while running over. "WHAT HAPPENED!?" Droplet coughs. "J-jax..." Galaxia looks up at me with anger in her eyes. That's when Kamaria randomly gets more strength, and screams. "JAX! WATCH OUT!!" 
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