Warning: Mavin! 3

Michael ran through the city. He knocked on Ryan's door.

"Michael, what the fuck? You know what time it is?" Ryan said as he opened the door.

"It's Gavin. He...he's not good. Geoff doesn't know what to do" Michael cried.

"Woah, man. Calm down. What happened?" Ryan asked.

"He was bitten by a cave spider" Michael said. Ryan went back inside and grabbed a few things.

"Where is he?" Ryan asked. Michael wiped his eyes.

"He's with Geoff. Geoff is getting the arrows out of him" Michael said.

"He'd been shot? Shit, Michael, go get the others and meet us at Geoff's house" Ryan pushed past him and ran to Geoff's house. Michael went to get the other guys. When they all got back to Geoff's house they crowded around Gavin.

"Is he..." Michael started but couldn't finish his sentence.

"I know something that can work as an antidote for cave spider venom but" Ryan sighed "He can't be awake for it"

"Why not?" Jack asked. Ryan looked at him while he put some ingredients together.

"It speeds the heart up. If he's awake his heart will over work and...shut down" Ryan said. Michael gasped. "That's not even the worst part. There is a slim chance that his heart will slow way down after the medicine is done and it will continue to slow down"

"What's the point?" Ray asked. "I mean how is it necessary"

"Well it pushes the poison out faster. If we don't the venom will kill him" Ryan explained.

"Do it Ryan" Michael said.

"Wait, should we talk about-"

"No, Geoff. the longer the venom is in Gavin the less time we have" Michael snapped. Ryan looked at Gavin.

"I didn't think about the arrow wounds" he mumbled.

"What about them?" Geoff asked.

"Well, his heart is working faster and that could cause him to bleed faster" Ryan said. Michael was furious. It was like there was nothing they could do that could help Gavin. Michael stormed out and walked aimlessly around the city. Why would Gavin do this? What was he thinking? How could Gavin do this to him? Michael stopped when the reality of everything started hitting him harder. Gavin was dead. He had to be. Well, he was going to die and Michael wasn't going to raise his hopes just to watch them fall and hit him harder. Michael fell to his knees and hugged himself. He cried.

Gavin was dead. Gavin was dead. Gavin was dead.

"How could you do this to me?!" Michael yelled to no one in particular. He just yelled out in anger. "How could you leave me?! I love you!"

Michael thought about what he just said. Was it really true or did he just feel this way because of what was going to happen to Gavin. Michael thought about it and prayed that he was wrong but the more he thought about it the more it made sense. He was in love with Gavin. He was in love with Gavin, and Gavin was going to die. He was in love with Gavin, and Gavin was going to die, and he would never know if Gavin loved him back. Michael stayed that way, crying, until he started to see the sun rise. He got up and walked back to Geoff's house.

When he got inside, Jack and Ray were asleep on the floor. Geoff was sitting next to Gavin and Ryan was standing above them.

"Hey Michael" Geoff said sadly.

"How is he?" Michael asked sitting next to Gavin. His eyes never left Gavin's face. He looked peaceful but in pain at the same time and it angered Michael that he couldn't save him.

"He's fine. The antidote is working out just fine. He's not bleeding more than normal. It was a miracle that the arrow didn't hit anything important though. Gavin's gonna be in a lot of pain when he wakes up but we got his shoulder and leg and side wrapped up" Ryan said.

"If he wakes up" Michael said bitterly without looking up. How could something like this happen? And especially to Gavin. He was sweet and kind and funny and just a beautiful person all around. How could something this bad happen to someone that good.

Ryan and Geoff must have sensed Michael's need to be alone with Gavin at the moment. Geoff went to wake Ray up.

"What? what's going on?" Ray asked groggily.

"It's almost morning. You better be going back to your place" Geoff replied.

"What about...?" Ray was about to ask but noticed Michael staring at Gavin gently messing with his hair. Ray decided it was best to keep quiet at that time. He got up and got Jack and left.

"Michael, I've been up all night..." Geoff started.

"Go get sleep in my house, Geoff" Michael snapped without letting Geoff finish. Geoff left with a sigh.

"Hey, Michael, I have to go take care of Edgar" Ryan said. Michael didn't even acknowledge him. "I um...The antidote as well as the sleep potion will wear off but when he wake he'll be in a lot of pain so be careful with him and don't let him get up. And um...if he's hungry feed him"

"He's not a pet, he's a person" Michael snapped.

"Be careful with him, Michael. We don't know why he did this. If this was a plot to take his life-"

"Gavin would never-" Michael said pinning Ryan to the wall.

"You don't know that!" Ryan yelled pushing Michael away from him. He sighed and rubbed his head. "The biggest smiles hide the most pain. I once had a friend like Gavin before I came here. We never thought anything was wrong. We treated him the same way we treated Gavin. We never thought that...He went to the Nether, left a note saying good bye and he wasn't armed with anything. When I got there he..." Ryan looked down trying to fight back tears of remembering his fallen friend.

"I didn't know" was all Michael could say.

"No one knows until it's too late. The only question is: was this" Ryan said gesturing to Gavin "An accident?"

"I will do anything...ANYTHING it save Gavin. I lo-..." Michael said.

Ryan nodded before leaving. Michael returned his attention to Gavin.

"I am so sorry, Gavin" Michael said starting to tear up again. It wasn't like him to get so emotional but then again it wasn't like Gavin to be in a life or death situation. "Gavin, if you can hear me, I love you. I am in love with you. I will do anything to keep you with me" Michael whispered to him. "Just please be alive. I don't care if you don't love me the way I love you but just please stay with us"

Hey Party People,

So second chapters up...next chapter will be up soon. This story was already completed in my docs I don't know why I didn't post it. so Read on, Write on, Carry on,

Live it Off the Wall

~Star7K~