𝕮𝖆𝖙𝖊'𝖘 𝕻𝕺𝖁

Is he gone? I thought sullenly as I looked through the hospital window to see Shadow, still unconscious. 

Just as he fell unconscious under the water, I don't really know what happened. All I felt was the world moving around me as Shadow carried me somewhere. Skye tells me that he was my savior and that he'd carried me out of the water and was really concerned about me.

Why did he do that? He hardly takes any notice of me at all! Well, to be fair, he doesn't take notice of anyone apart from Harley. We practically hate each other and he ignores me throughout each day that we spend together! What is his problem?

Shadow was unusually peaceful as he lay still unconscious in the hospital bed as the nurse made us aware that he was in a stable condition for visitors. Each one of us went into the room where the helpless boy lay, wounded and in a deep sleep. 

Sighing, I watched as Harley sat by his brother whispering inaudibly in his ear while Skye stood beside me squeezing my hand as tight as she could. Although Shadow meant nothing to me, I couldn't stand someone I knew looking like this, it was almost as painful as seeing my father sprawled dead and helpless on the carpeted floor of his own flat. This boy had saved my life. I could hardly believe it!

I thought of each of the encounters I had with Shadow, from the day I first met him and the last few minutes I had with him, and what would become of this experience. As much as I hated to admit it, I hated that thing beneath the water for killing Shadow. No.. No.. I thought as I looked once again at Shadow's pale face which was once filled with chocolate colour. He's not dead. Please...?

The nurses said that he was in a stable condition and he might wake up soon if we were lucky enough. He's not dead, and with luck, he wouldn't die until he was grey and old or when he was at least 60.. He will not die now; not here, not now, not like this.

Harley eventually stopped talking to Shadow and asked if I wanted to say something to him before we left, and I kindly took his place.

I sat down and slowly, but audibly spoke ,'Shadow, you mustn't die we all need your help and you need us. You cannot die now. Everyone misses you. I'm sorry I did this to you. Why did you have to save my life, look what you did to yourself.'

I sighed and shook my head as I nodded my head to Skye to tell her to take my place and she did the same, telling Shadow how he should wake up soon so that we can all be together again.

Just as we were about to leave, I heard Shadow's deep, lonely voice behind me, "Not... not... yet... Don't go..." but as soon as I turned around,  much to my dismay, he hadn't woken, but he was wearing a smirk on his now coloured face.

"Don't go yet.. The fun has only just  began." The voice that had spoken had been  Shadow, yet his voice didn't sound like himself, his voice was as deep as a middle-aged man, but was most definitely coming from his direction.

Almost as soon as 'Shadow' had uttered the words, the roof of the hospital crumbled and the ground began to shake, but Skye and Harley were filing out of the room, their heads bowed and hadn't noticed a thing.

"Um... guys?" I said cautiously and they looked at me in confusion before looking back at the poor boy once more.

"What's happening?" Skye asked, he voice wavering slightly.

I looked back at Shadow before answering her with a shake of my head, " I don't have a clue..."

Before I knew what was happening, Shadow sat up in his hospital bed and said with an evil grin, his eyes still closed, "Where. Are. You. Going? The. Fun. Has. Just. Begun. We. Need. To. Catch. Up. Or. Death. Awaits."

Heat pounding, I did the most insane thing I could've ever done, I stepped towards Shadow and sat next to him again. The whole room was like it was having an earthquake, but the nurses and doctors that went pass every now and then were unaffected by what we were experiencing... Or maybe they didn't know...?

Shadow (who was not really Shadow) talked once more, "We. Will. All. Have. Fun." he spoke with a monotone, but he sat up and opened his eyes which were empty and dark, "Friendss...?"

Gulping I stood my ground and spoke to him, "Shadow...?"

His head snapped to my face, eyes still shut peacefully, "Yeees...?"

I cringed, scared silly. I didn't know what to say, what do you even say to a possessed boy who is half staring at you as if you  are the one who's possessed, but as soon as I stopped talking, he flopped down on the bed and went back to sleep.

"Maybe we should leave now," requested Skye once everything stopped and everything had gone eerily silent.

"But I don't want to leave my brother here like this, especially after what just happened."

"But you've seen! That wasn't Shadow! That was some...thing... I don't know what that was but I don't want it coming back."

 Harley solemnly stood next to Shadow's bed as I was still sitting in the only seat in the hospital room. He held his brother's hand and stared out of the window, dazed.

"I just can't. He's been helping me and sticking with me our whole lives. It would be wrong for me just to leave him here. Right now. After everything we've been through."

He squeezed his eyes tight shut.

"I mean what if he dies here? Right now? And if we leave, and he's watching from somewhere?" he spun around and faced us, "I don't want him to think that this is how we are. We're a team, right? We have to stick together."

"...But Harley, he knows us enough that we wouldn't judge leave him just like that... Especially if he ends up looking down at us..." Skye said slowly.

I sighed a slow breath, "Yeah, but how would you feel if that was me? I'm stay. We're a team." 

We both looked to Skye who was still looking quite hesitant; but then she nodded.

"Okay. I'll stay too. We're a team. If one of us falls, we fall together," Skye said finally.

I shot her a confused look, 'If one of us falls, we fall together,' does that mean that if Shadow dies now, we die with him? I think this team is falling apart... 

But this is a word of promise, 'We are a team, and we can never fall apart, not even death can stop us now.'

𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖑𝖆𝖘𝖙 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖌𝖔𝖙 𝖒𝖊, 𝖍𝖊𝖍.

𝕴'𝖒 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖈𝖑𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖞 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘, 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖉𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒?

𝖁𝖔𝖙𝖊, 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕾𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖛.𝖛