(Tom's POV)

'The right time'? That doesn't sound too great. I hear the car door open up and feel Tord putting me gently into the car. My head gets lifted up and is placed on top of a warm, sort of squishy object. I feel the familiar hand rubbing my head and comfort washes over me like a wave. I hear myself start to purr again and I don't care enough to stop, even if I had the choice to. I faintly heard the door slam shut and the engine starting. An unnatural feeling of euphoria is amazingly strong. As strong as when I'm drunk. I snuggle into the warmth that I now recognize as Tord.

I hear a small chuckle before Tord whispers something to himself. Unbeknownst to him, I heard him loud and clear.
"You're so cute..." my eyes sockets slowly open up, staring straight (no they ain't) up into Tord's silver ones. He looks pleasantly startled at my awakening. My body slowly gets off of him and sits up in the other car seat. I'm not in control of my body. I'm simply a spectator. Kov's in charge now. Kov rubs my tired eye sockets, getting the exhaustion out. He doesn't speak. He just stares down. Why isn't he saying anything?

Well sorry, I can't use your voice. They'll hear mine instead. His voice came booming from everywhere at once.
"THE FUCK? Where'd you come from?!"
We've basically swapped places, idiot. I talk through thoughts and you just...talk.

"Hey Witness, you alright?" Tord asked with concern, cutting through our conversation. Kov looks up at him expressionless.
"Oh, you're screwed now," I commented. Kov, fighting the urge to growl at me, just nods my head and looks back down. I could feel Tord stare Kov down, obviously unsatisfied with the 'answer'.

We keep driving. Matt, looking at the rear-view mirror to admire himself, and Edd, humming along to a song on the radio. Kov decided to strike up a conversation with me, to save us both from boredom.

So, host, what happened to make you pass out like that?
I scoff.
"First of all, you very damn well know that you took my body without me sleeping,"
Fine, I did.
"Second of all...some guy tried taking 'advantage' of me..." I get flashbacks of what happened, making me extremely uncomfortable.
Oh would you look at that...you almost got raped.
"Don't have to put it so bluntly,"
Why soften the truth with lies? Do you want me to say, 'at least nothing serious happened'?
"I mean...you could give some form of comfort,"
Why? You were a human that was going to be used to satisfy his wants.
He treated you like the worthless toy you are.
"Is that it?"
"I'm just a toy?"
"Being used by others, just to be thrown away like trash?"

The car stopped in front of the apartment complex. Kov gets out on the opposite side from Tord. They both head up to the apartment, Edd and Matt were chatting behind them. Silence hung around Kov and Tord. Tord sighs and speaks,
"Jehovah, are you really okay?" Aw, he's worried for me. Worried for someone with no worth. How funny. I respond, knowing he won't hear.
"I'm fi—" Kov slaps my hand over my mouth.

"Oh, haha. We're actually fucked,"

"Tom?" Kov ignores him and runs off, out of the building. Bumping into Edd and Matt, he stumbles a bit and continues. I hear quick, padded footsteps behind us.

"Why not travel through the shadows?"
"I'm not in the monster form," Kov replied out loud. He keeps running and rushes out into the cool night air. He flicks my eye sockets around, looking for somewhere to go. As if the other incidents had never happened, Kov runs into a dark alleyway.

I'm not as useless as you Tommy, I can protect myself.

He runs all the way to the end and stops.

"The fuck are you doing?! He's still chasing us!"
Not for long.

As I hear Tord's voice getting closer, into the alley, Kov takes a running leap and grabs at the brick wall. He starts climbing, scratching the tips of my fingers on the bricks. He climbs like a monkey, and in a few moments, we arrived on the roof. He peeks over the edge, watching as Tord pathetically tries to follow after us.

I feel out of breath, exhausted. My body wasn't reacting the same, most likely because of Kov. He walks around on the roof, enjoying the starry night sky. Suddenly, he breaks into a run, getting closer to the edge of the roof. Taking a leap, he lands on the next roof. I feel my feet hitting the roof, surprised my legs weren't broken.

"Hey! Can you try not to kill me?"
I'm not going to kill my host, that's just plain rude.
"Pft, says the one who insults me everyday,"
Those are true statements, not insults.

I sigh.

"Where are we even going?"
To the bar.
"Wait, what?"

Kov doesn't answer me, of course. As we keep running, I hear the wind roaring in my ears, the cold air rushing in my eye sockets. I spot the bar with shining lights in the distance. As we near the glowing building, Kov slows down and walks to the edge of the roof. He turns around, my back facing the alleyway below, and jumps. With my already-healed fingertips, he slides down, gripping the brick wall. I feel my skin tearing up and blood staining my fingers. He eventually lands, placing my feet quietly on the ground.

Alright Tommy, you can finally witness a feeding!
"...what the fuck is a 'feeding'?"
You'll see soon.
I already got a shrewd idea of what it was.
"Are you going to...kill?" I say the last word in an almost whisper.
Maybe. Besides, what are going to do. Stop me?
"This is my body!"
Please, you are just a toy.