As stated previously, this story contains a high amount of trigger warnings located both in the summary and directly below this note.

Trigger Warnings: Suicide, Mental Illness, Depression, Murder, Self-Harm, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Delusions, Drug use.

You scream. Your eyes glued to where your brother is. The little brother you love dearly, the one that is now hanging in the middle of the room with a noose tied around his neck. The sharp smell of urine and feces hitting your nose as you stand, shocked in the fingernails are all broken and bloody, his violet eyes vacantly staring back at you from a somewhat swollen face.

You gulp thickly, Still standing in the same spot glued to the floor. You have… You feel you have to get him down! You race over and look for anything you can use to cut him down…

Nothing. You can't find anything and he's hurting. You grab the desk and begin dragging it behind you, he has to still be alive… He just, has to… You drag it until its under his feet, knowing that'd relieve the pain on his neck while you got help.

"Please, little brother." You beg, grabbing his legs, keeping them steady on the desk.

You look at your hand, you still have Tino's phone. You wipe your eyes with your arm as you hit speed dial, calling Berwald.

He answers quickly. "Tino? What's wrong?"

"B-Berwald… It's Ice! H-he hung himself… I-I got here just in time! You need to come here! I can't cut him down!" You respond, your voice is shaking, the phone resting on your shoulder while you talk, both hands holding your brother.

It was silent. "I...okay. I'll hurry over…"

POV shift: Sweden, 3rd person POV

He sat in silence after hanging up, thinking about what had happened. Lukas had Tino's phone, Lukas was not back at the house, Lukas was with Emil at his house. And Lukas said he saw Emil hanging.

Berwald sighed and looked around Lukas' old bedroom, the same room Mathias had been brutally murdered in. He sees a window broken in the room, the glass covering the ground.

"How did this happen?" Berwald questioned studying the window. He looked every inch of the broken window over, someone had broken it intentionally, signs of forced entry were apparent here. But one question still remained, why had someone broken it, and who had killed Mathias?

"Berwald!" Berwald turned, seeing Tino standing in the doorway, looking worried.

"Tino?" Berwald asked, moving over to Tino's side.

"It's Lukas! He had a nightmare so I woke him up and he wanted to call Emil before he ran off!" Tino explained.

Berwald frowned, wondering if Emil could be able to sort everything out and dialed Emil's phone. "We're sorry, the person you are trying to reach could not answer the phone right now. Please leave a message after the tone. The voice mailbox is full. Goodbye."

"W-why isn't he answering his phone?" Tino asked hearing the message as well.

"I don't know…" Berwald didn't like this, if Lukas was upset because of something that happened with Emil…

"Hey did Lukas take his medicine earlier?" Tino asked, looking nervous.

"He did. I saw him take them." Berwald nodded. "Why?"

"It's just… Before he left the house, he seemed… Unhinged… Like how he gets when he skips the medicine…" Tino whispered.

Berwald shook his head. "They might just be taking a while to work."

"What if they are no longer working for him? We should consider sending him back…" Tino's voice dropped, his eyes cascading to the ground.

"No. We will not send him back there. He's fine." Berwald refused, his expression dark.

"But… What if he gets worse?" Tino asked.

Berwald sighed. "Very well wife. If he does in fact get worse we'll… Send him back to the psychiatric ward." It hurt him to say this but if it was for Lukas' wellbeing… "Anyway I have a pretty good idea as to where Lukas is now, I'm going to go get him and bring him home." He added soon after and left Tino back in the house Mathias was murdered in to go get Lukas.

As Berwald pulled up in front of Emil's house, he frowned, seeing the front door wide open. He got out of his car and went into the house, a putrid odor hitting him upon entering the small two story house. "Emil? Lukas?" He called, covering his mouth and nose to avoid the stench as best he could.

He climbed up the stairs, looking left and right for either boy and saw Emil's bedroom door open. He got closer, the smell growing stronger as he drew closer to the bedroom.

He got the front of the room, his eyes growing in shock as he saw Emil's lifeless corpse dangling limply by a noose, his face pale and bloated, his eyes open. Lukas stood by holding Emil's legs.

"Big brother…" Lukas whispered, looking back at him.

POV Shift: Norway, 2nd person POV

You see Berwald standing there, looking from you to Emil over and over, his normally stoic face green, as if bile was seconds away from coming up.

"He needs our help…" You tell him. Tears are starting to cloud your vision.

Berwald nods at you, his face still slightly green as he pulls you back, taking your spot as he leans up and cuts at the sheet tied around your little brother's neck.

As Berwald's pocket knife cuts more and more of the sheet holding Emil off, your concern for your little brother grows, had you actually helped him?

The sheet gives way and your little brother collapses to the ground, neck still bound. You rush over and take the sheet off from around his neck, holding him in your arms. He's not breathing… Why?

"Why is he n-not breathing? I saw him! I had come just in time! I-I helped him…" You sob, trying to pound the air back in his chest.

"It's too late Lukas, he's gone." Berwald whispers, you hadn't even noticed him come up behind you, hadn't even noticed him hold your arms, to stop you from continuing your useless attempt to revive Emil. "He's gone…" He whispers again, softly crying in your hair while he holds you in his lap, keeping you from Emil. You sob into his chest as the words hit you, holding onto Berwald as if he were your lifeline.

Well! Chapter 2 is done and I must say… That ending hurt…

Big huge shout out for TrueCanadianGirl, My friend Bun, and Snowflower for their help, they're awesome!

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Thanks again for reading and I'll see you next chapter!