The Detached Head

Hillmand's Hospital. The second safest place Kaiden knew other then his home. He spent most of his time here as of his sisters condition. There was no way this would be his last time.

He had hit his head quite hard and had head injuries because of it. Kaiden's mom, Tracey, was leaning over the bed looking at the teenager. A tear fell from her face and splashed against his cheek. Kaiden shuddered and gradually opened his eyes.

He jumped up against the head board and starred at his mom like she was a stranger.

"Kaiden, its ok, the doctor is in here to help you with your head. Well… Try and help you with your head!" Tracey looked up toward the doctor. "What's going to happen know?"

The Doctor smiled at Kaiden and then looked back at Tracey. "Can we talk outside, Mrs… sorry, what was it?"

"Miss Wicket but please call me Tracey." Doctor Cardio and Tracey went out side and walked through the corridor to the waiting room.

"Kaiden is absolutely fine." Said Dr Cardio. "But your daughter is the one I'm worried about she needs to be here as soon as possible or it could risk her life, especially if her condition isn't treated in the next day. We'll look after Kaiden."

Tracey couldn't believe what she was hearing. She was shocked like some one had just slapped her. She didn't say anything. All she could think was that her three children were all at serious risk of death!

She ran through the hospital, as fast as her little legs could take her. She needed to escape. Escape her past, present and future. She was scared, for her kids, her friends and the whole of her family and the life that they were going to have based on the decisions that she was about to make, right there on that day.

Kaiden awoke again to the banging of the loonies within the other wards, the screeching of the wheels on the stretchers, ringing of telephones, crying of children and the fast breathing of the life savers known as the doctors. He looked around to see the white and blueness of the rooms and the hit of light through the narrow windows. The two teenagers lay next to him fast asleep. Kaiden was confused as to how it was so dark.

11:33am

A walk would do him good. He must have been asleep for at least five hours or so. One of the girls further down in the ward from him looked familiar. Kaiden was sure he'd seen her before. Then he remembered. It was Flow's friend Mae, the one who had the 'disease' of Elmore. Kaiden didn't want to wake her. Mainly because of the chance of her coughing up blood all over him, but, he had to talk to somebody.

"Kaiden?" A familiar voice shouted his name, he knew it to well. A chill ran down his spine. It was his dad.

"Dad? What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here what if mom sees you, she'll... She'll…"

Kaiden didn't turn around. He didn't want to see him again after what he did. But he couldn't stair at the body of Mae for much longer so he turned to the coldness of his heart rising up to his eyes.

"I came to see you. To tell you that" he paused and took a deep breath. "I wanted to tell you that I'm getting married."

Kaiden could feel his heart in his mouth. The beats grew faster and faster around his ears and tongue until they turned numb. All he could taste was envy and a hint of iron coming from the blood in his heart.

He swallowed hard and felt the pain sink down his throat as it turned into anger right down to his fist. He didn't even see the impact it had on his fathers jaw he could just feel it. And it felt good!

Doctors and nurses came running through corridors and stairwells. Kaiden was carried away by to bodyguards back to his ward along with his farther to the bed next to him. All that was between the was a table and a curtain on each bed.

"I have to say…" he said with a grown. "That was a good punch for your age."

"I'm surprised you know how old I am given you haven't sent me any birthday cards for the last three years! Does it hurt?" Kaiden said with angered sympathy.

"When you find the woman of your dreams to then leave them because you're not good enough for them and then to come back to see your son and to be beaten up by him then yeah, it hurts." He rubbed his chin in agony. "Why?"

They sit in silence until the question make sense to both of them. And, finally, Kaiden answers.

"She's ill again and it's worse then ever. She gets to come home for a few weeks next month to say her goodbyes and then, her home is here. Mom's with her. God knows where Wyatt is. We need him now more then ever. So… Who is she?"

Kaiden's dad didn't answer as his eyes were filled with tears and his body curled up into a ball.

"I'm sorry K!" his voice went into a sob and a whine. "I didn't want it to turn out like this! When the doctor told us about her condition I knew it would get bad so I had to get away! But she just gave me up. In the snap of her fingers she gave me up! I ruined your life, Wyatt's life and made hers even worse!"

He stood up, took one last look at his son and then left, with out another word. Kaiden knew he would never see him again till it was too late but he didn't care. His mom was there and he was in the second safest place he knew. What else could possibly go wrong?

1:47pm

Kaiden had been sitting on that bed for ages, watching people pass by rushing to different wards and beds. New and familiar faces sitting in the bed next to him but suddenly, it went quiet. There was no one there in any of the beds. Just like when he got there. I nurse appeared from one of the doors.

"You must be bored in here with nothing to do. Here!" She handed him a crumpled newspaper. "It's today's. It might help you take you're mind of things."

"Thank you!" Kaiden said his voice croaky. "Errmm… Do you know when I can leave?"

The nurse looked confused. "You don't know? It's your hearing in three days so the judge will decide where you go from here!" She left just before Kaiden could ask.

"What? A hearing? Like a court hearing?!" Kaiden looked at the front cover of the newspaper.

DUDLEY TIMES

8th September 2015

ELOMORE HIGH SCHOOL: KILLER OR COWARD

The young 15 year old

Kaiden Wicket was seen

in the office of the recently

murdered head teacher

of Elmore High, Mr John

Lowsley, collapsed into

a fallen cabinet. After this

incident he was taken to

Hillmand's Hostpital.

His court herring will be on

the 10th September and

from then we will find out

who did this terrible crime and who will be behind bars.

One thing is certain though. Elmore High will be shutting down for the Christmas holidays. It seems that the school will not be able to cope with the amount of debt they are in and the many deaths that took place there over the years. All pupils will be transferred to the new school that opened at the start of this year. The students will be able to adapt to the new school before Christmas but until then they need the knuckle down ready for what ever tests might be thrown at them.