Remedy's POV:

I groan. 'What time is it?' I open my eyes and look over to the the clock. It flashes 3:00 am. 'The hell? 3 in the morning?' I drag my feet over the edge of the bed and stand on the cold floor. I open my door and walk down the hallway. I walk half way to the kitchen until I hear voices. "What are you doing here at this time of day?" That sounds like Dan. "Well I have to leave out of town early in the morning and I have no one to watch Keith." Is that Officer Tom? "Keith is very capable of staying by himself." He sighs. "Look I know you're struggling a little with adopting Remedy and all, but they are going to send you out of town soon for a rescue mission and you have to leave her alone. You're not going anywhere right now and I want you to just check up on him. Help him and Remedy find a job together so they can go and leave together and be safe. Please just help me out." Officer Tom sounds desperate. I sigh and step out. "Hey Officer Tom. I'll help look out for Keith. My best friend and cousin will help too. I have already been looking at a job at Hot Topic in the mall and since I'm turning 15 this Saturday then I'll be able to go and apply for the job." They both looked at me shocked. I just shrug. "I was already up and I was coming to the kitchen until I heard voices and I eavesdropped." They shut their mouths and looked at each other. Officer Tom just sighed and nodded. I hug him and he leaves to go on that rescue mission. Dan turns to me. "Looks like your bandages need changing." I look down and see my bandages soaked with blood. I turn and go back down the hall to get my bandages out of my bag and went into the bathroom. I just realized something. 'I never did look at how bad my scars were.' I unwrap the bandages of off my legs and see about 30 stitches in both legs. Three cuts went from my thigh to my knee on my right leg. Two very deep cuts went side by side from my inner thigh all the way around my leg and down to the top of my knee. I cleaned up the blood and wrapped my legs back up. I unwrapped my finger to see it had stitches on the side from my finger nail to my hand. I dabbed the wet warm cloth on it and it stung. I hissed and kept going. I wrapped it back up. I unwrapped my stomach and chest and let's just say it wasn't a pretty sight. I had so many deep cuts and stitches. It looked like I was hit multiple time with a sharp whip. It hurt so bad. I saw that one of my stitches had started to break and fall. So i went into my room and grabbed a needle, a lighter, and some tough string. I went back into the bathroom and put the string through the needle and burnt the tip of the needle. I stitched myself back up and finished cleaning my stomach and chest up. I wrapped myself back up. I had a strip on my face. It went across my cheek. I took it off and just saw that it was bleeding. I cleaned it up and tore a strip off and put it back on my scar. I balled up all the bloody bandages and threw them away.  I walked back into the kitchen. I looked at the clock. 6:00 am. 'Oh well. I can't go back to sleep so might as well go for a walk.' I go to my room and slip on my black and white hoodie and white converses. I grab my earphones and my phone. "I'm going for a walk!" I yell. "You have your key right? I have to leave in a few minutes to go to work, squirt!" I check my pockets and find the keys. I put them back in my pocket. "Yeah, I have the keys. See you later Dan." I walk out the door and walk on a trail in the woods. I love the woods. It's really peaceful and quiet. Nothing but the birds chirping and the sound of water rushing from the waterfall. It's my favorite place. The waterfall. I put on Dollhouse by Melanie Martinez and just sit down on a rock. I hear a twig snap and bolt up in a defense stance. I see Keith walking towards me. "What in the hell are you doing here?" I ask him relaxing but keeping my guard up. "This is my peaceful spot. I always come here." He tells me and sits down. "This is my spot. I found it first anyway. So you can might as well find a new spot." He just looks at me. "No" He puts his earphones in and just turns back around. I just scrunch my face. 'The hell is his problem?' I shake my head and turn to leave. "I heard it was your birthday this Saturday." I turn around. "So? I don't celebrate it anyway. It's not anything special." He shrugs. "You're doing something with your best friend aren't you?" I just look at him. "We having a b-day bash but only with me and her. So what?" I cross my arms. I see him pull something out of his pocket and throws it to me. I catch it and it's a small box. I open it and find a red and black dragon necklace. "It was mine, but it's yours now." He walks away. I just stand there. 'What.....just.....happened?'