"hmm its too late for company." Lightning mumbles, dropping his head on Docs chest and pouting towards the door.

"go on to bed, I'll get the door. could be someone needing medical help." Doc murmurs, stepping away.

"m'kay. don't take forever." Lightning smiles, heading for bed. Bolt easily follows after him. Doc chuckles and walks over to the door. he opens it to find a red haired man he's never seen before. he has dark brown, almost black in the dark night air, eyes. he's at most 6'3, not quite Docs height but pretty tall. figuring it's just one of their usual tourists, they had gotten some once or twice since Lightning got back, but Doc would usually just shut the door in their face. its rude to just come to someones house randomly.

"hi, can I help you?" Doc ask.

"you Doc Hudson?" he asks.

"whose asking?" Doc ask. the man sticks his hand out to shake, but Doc doesn't take it.

"I'm Elliot." Elliot waves.

"what can I do for you Elliot?" Doc ask carefully looking him over.

"I'm looking for someone." Elliot says. Doc can suddenly feel Bolt pulling on his pants leg.

"Bolt go back." Doc orders. "look I have to go, when you want to be less vague and creepy, come back in the day light." Doc says, shutting the door. he locks it and glares at Bolt, following him. Lightnings gone and Doc frowns. "Monty?" Doc ask. the bathroom door is wide open, so Doc looks in. the younger had stopped closing the door some time after Chick, because he wanted to hear if something happened. "kid? Doc ask. Bolt whines quietly. Doc frowns and reaches over to his nightstand, sliding the drawer open. Bolts acting weird and Lightning isn't able to be found so something isn't right. the red and black Glock is missing. Doc frowns slightly. Lightning had done this a few times before when he got tired. sometimes he'd relapse and think he was still back in Smokey's house. Docs got to be careful, Lightning could shoot him. he crouches down to look under the bed. "baby, where are you at?" Doc asks. he creeps slowly towards the closet. "Monty, its me baby. its Hud, its, its Doc." Doc murmurs, opening the closet door slowly. he can hear something shifting inside and takes a deep breath. he's got to be really careful or Lightning will shoot him. "hey its okay Lightning, its me." Doc says, slowly crouching down. he can make out the outline of the Glock in the shadow, pointed straight at him. "hey, yeah. you did a good job, grabbed your gun. s'good job kid, but he's not here. its okay. we're in Radiator Springs again, not Thomasville. we're at home. come on out. its just me." Doc murmurs softly, watching the gun. Lightning curls up more.

"i-is he.... h-he still here?" Lightning asks, breathing heavily. his voice is trembling, terrified.

"no kid. remember? you killed him." Doc murmurs softly. Lightnings head snaps up.

"m'not talking about Chick." Lightning said. the tone he uses actually sends chills down Docs back, its got every hair on his body standing on end.

"who are you talking about?" Doc asks softly, watching him carefully. "baby, who are you talking about?" Doc repeats. Lightning shakily meets his gaze, terrified blue eyes meeting Docs gaze. his chin trembling and eyes watering up. Doc can remember exactly the last time he saw the younger like this and he hates it.

"my dad." Lightning whimpered. Docs blood runs cold, he stiffens up.

"that was your dad?" Doc ask. Lightning nods hesitantly. "he's gone. I got rid of him. thought he was a tourist. come here baby, come on out, he's gone." Doc murmurs, beckoning him out of the closet. Lightning sniffles and holds the gun out to Doc shakily. Doc takes it and puts it up on the dresser beside them, before crouching back down. "come here." Doc murmurs. Lightning launches himself at Doc, tearfully, clinging to him tearfully. Doc grunts, unable to keep his balance and stop them from falling over. he ends up on his ass, back against the dresser in an almost painful way, arms tightly around the younger.

"he was here." Lightning sobs into the older mans chest.

"its okay. it's okay. he won't even know you're here. he doesn't even know you're here. its okay." Doc soothes. he carefully gets up not dislodging the younger from him. the youngers legs are too shaky to hold himself up, so Doc sits on the edge of the bed, pulling him down into his lap. the younger mans knees bracket his hips and his arms hold tighter to Docs chest. its almost hurting Doc how tight he's holding on, but its nothing he hasn't gotten used to . Doc fishes his phone out of his pocket and texts Red and Mack with a basic description of the guy, before turning his attention back to Lightning. "its okay, you're okay kid. you know I wouldn't let anything happen to you." Doc murmurs softly, running his fingers through the youngers hair. "okay. work with me a little here kid." Doc murmurs, scooting backwards onto the bed. Lightning doesn't move or attempt to help, but Doc manages to the them up to the top of the bed before dropping his head on the pillow.

"don't let me go." Lightning whimpers. he's still trembling.

"wouldn't dream of it." Doc assures. "Bolt, be useful and turn off the bathroom light." Doc says. its the only light on in the whole house besides Docs bedside lamp. Bolt barks at him, tail wagging. "yeah turn off the bathroom light." Doc says again. Bolt jumps up on to the bed, shoving his nose into Lightnings necks as he sniffs. the younger immediately tenses up trying to block his neck.

"stooooop." he whines.

"Bolt turn off the bathroom light." Doc says. Bolts attention immediately turns to Doc, licking the older mans face. "yuck, no stop. do I look like a bathroom light?" Doc huffs, turning his head away. Lightning gives a quiet huff of laughter as Doc reaches up to push the dog away. "stop that." Doc snaps. he looks at his phone and frowns. "Red and Mack are coming over for the night, so don't freak out if you hear a knock." Doc soothes.

"I don't want to see them." Lightning mumbles.

"well, its too bad. I want them in the living room in case they hear something." Doc frowns. Lightning huffs and shoves off him, curling up beside him. "I know something happened earlier and I'm sorry kid, but the last time I didn't take precautions, bad shit happened. I'm not doing that again." Doc murmurs, kissing his head. he gets up at a knock. "m'sorry kid, but I'm going to keep you safe this time." Doc says. he opens the door and looks at Mack. "hey, where's Red?" Doc ask.

"hiding behind me. something happened with him and the boss earlier." Mack shrugs.

"yeah I've heard." Doc frowns. "come on in." Doc says, moving out of the way. Mack comes in, pulling on Reds hand gently. "come on Red, he's in bed. go on." Doc murmurs. Red follows Mack in. "spare bedroom is by the back door." Doc says.

"you didn't say what was up, you just told us to come over." Mack frowns.

"kids dad showed up at my house. I didn't realize it was him." Doc frowns.

"okay. c'mon Red." Mack smiles, leading the way.

"make sure that back door is locked." Doc calls after them, locking the front door.

"I will." Mack assures. Doc nods and heads back to bed, shutting off the bathroom light as he does so.

"alright scoot over." Doc mutters, shoving Bolt out of his way.

"don't push him." Lightning mumbles.

"he drooled on my pillow." Doc frowns, flipping his pillow over and laying down.

"you don't seem to mind when I drool on your pillow." Lightning said.

"you always do a little more than just drool on my pillow, besides, I've been covered in all your fluids, but I love you, so it doesn't bother me." Doc murmurs, wrapping his arms around the youngers waist tightly.

"I resent that, I have never pissed on you." Lightning huffs. Doc huffs.

"okay all but one." Doc murmurs, pulling him closer. "just get some sleep." Doc adds.

"I don't know if I can." Lightning mumbles. "not with him in our town..." Lightning adds.

"I got you kid." Doc assures gently. "you've got a whole town of people who have already proved they'll do whatever it takes to keep you safe. just get some sleep, kid please." Doc murmurs, kissing his neck gently. Lightning nods a little and rolls over to bury his face into Docs chest.

Doc shifts and groans, there's a weight on him. he groans and opens his eyes.

"mmm kid, what are you doing?" Doc mutters. he sits up and looks at Doc. Doc looks at him and sits up, pulling him closer. "hey baby. what happened?" Doc ask softly, cupping his face gently.

"I-I got... I got..." Lightning said looking lost. "I-I gotta call." Lightning whimpered. Doc reaches over and grabs his cell phone.

"call who? call whoever you want." Doc murmurs, handing him the phone. Lightning pushes the phone away and climbs over Doc and off the bed, Bolt follows him. Doc watches him confused before looking at the phone in his hand. maybe he had gotten a call, not needed to call. he checked the phone, but his call logs had been cleared. that was unusual. he'd never done that. he didn't know how, so that was suspicious. he got up quickly, its only 4 AM, and he doesn't want the younger wondering around by himself. "baby?" Doc ask, walking out of the bedroom. he stops and watches Lightning, the younger is staring at spot on the floor where Doc remembered Sheriff laying so many months ago. he just staring, hands at his sides, eyes looking lost. he's got an odd expression on his face. Bolt is sitting at his feet whining. Doc looks up and is almost surprised to see Red and Mack standing in the spare room doorway, watching the younger. Red meets his gaze and Doc motions for them to stay back. "Monty, hey kid, you okay?" Doc ask creeping over carefully.

"stay back Red." Mack mutters, pulling him back into the room when he steps out towards Lightning. Doc carefully eased up beside his young lover.

"hey kid, why don't we go back to bed? hmmm?" Doc ask. Lightning turns his head slightly to look at Doc. Doc smiles at him,

"Doc, he's got something in his hand." Mack warns gently. Docs eyes flicker down and he's mildly surprised to find his pocket knife in the youngers hand. he hadn't realized it was missing from beside his cell phone.

"I see it." Doc assures. "I've seen this before. its something between a sleep walking fit and a night terror." Doc murmurs softly. "he's going to attack me, because I'm going to grab him. don't make any sudden moves and don't hurt him." Doc tells them.

"what are you going to do?" Mack asks.

"I'm just going to wake him up." Doc murmurs. "hey baby, I've got you, its going to be okay." Doc soothes gently, putting a hand on his shoulder. Lightning immediately swings the knife at Doc, screaming at him. Doc grabs at the blade quickly but misses, taking the blade to his chest.

"Doc!" Mack shouts.

"stay back!" Doc snaps. he grabs the youngers arm and pulls his hand off the blade without much of a struggle. he grabs both of Lightnings wrists in one hand carefully. "Lightning, hey kid, come on wake up. don't make me hurt you baby, I will do it." Doc grunts.

"LET ME GO!" Lightning screams.

"I'll let go if you calm down." Doc assures. Lightning screams and kicks at him. "alright I warned you." Doc mutters. he grabs the younger and flips him hard over himself and onto the couch. he doesn't want to hurt the younger, just disarm him.

"Lightning! Doc what are you doing!?" Red ask. Doc pants hard and looks down. the knife isn't in his chest anymore and he's bleeding pretty bad. immediately he brings a hand up and puts pressure on the wound.

"bleeding out." Doc hisses. Lightning groans lowly and sits up shaking his head.

"what the hell happened?" Lightning mumbles, looking around. "Doc! what happened!?" Lightning ask jumping up quickly to run over.

"I'm okay kid. its not as bad as it looks." Doc assures, pulling his shirt off quickly to take a look.

"wh-what happened?" Lightning ask.

"grab the kid, I don't want him following me to the clinic." Doc says, rushing off to his clinic. Red gently grabs Lightnings arm and pulls him close, looking him over quickly.

"does he have any knife wounds Red?" Mack ask.

"no I don't see any." Red mutters. Lightning looks confused.

"wh-what happened?" he whimpers.