Chapter 3 Let me help you

Will didn't know what to do when Nico had just suddenly blacked out and collapsed. He looked like he was in a great deal of pain as he had clutched his stomach and then crumpled to the ground as soon as he had stood up.

Will rushed over to try and see if there was anything he could do. He moved Nico's hand aside and saw the odd tint to the skin around the wound on his abdomen and he cursed for not catching it sooner. Poison! He did his best to counteract it with what he had on him but since he didn't know what exactly it was or how it affected Nico he couldn't do much more than nullify it. Hopefully it hadn't spread too far just yet.

"Please be alright." Will said as he sat next to Nico and waited for the demon to wake up again.

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It was well past nightfall and the air had become much cooler but still he sat there beside the wounded demon waiting for him to wake up so that he knew if the actions he had taken to counteract the poison had been effective or not. He planned on taking him back to his place where he could take better care of him and possibly get more information from him. But he couldn't risk moving him just yet.

Will was thankful for the outwardly human appearance of this demon because if he had looked like some huge scary monster there was no way Will was going to be able to explain why he was bringing him back to his place to recover. At least this way no one would question anything, all they would see is a wounded traveler in need of care. And no one would question Will for helping him considering that was his job as a healer.

Will leaned back against the tree behind him and felt his eyes drooping, he'd been out here for so long that he felt completely exhausted but he couldn't let himself fall asleep while he had a patient laying here unconscious so he forced himself to stay awake and alert as he watched the now steady rise and fall of Nico's chest, that at least was a good sign.

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Will felt something nudging his shoulder and he slowly opened his eyes before realizing that they had been closed and then bolted awake and sat up looking around in a panic after realizing that he must have lost his battle with exhaustion and fallen asleep anyway. His rapid heartrate decrease a bit when he saw that the one who had been nudging him was Nico and relief flooded through him, his face lit up again.

"You're awake!" he exclaimed as he climbed to his feet.

Nico let a smirk ghost his lips and looked at Will. "And now so are you." he said simply.

Will chuckled while rubbing the back of his neck. "Yeah, sorry. I didn't even realize I had fallen asleep." He said sheepishly and Nico quirked a brow at him.

"Fell asleep? I'd say more like passed out. It's past midnight by now."

Will stood straighter when he heard that and looked at the sky to see that it really was that late, but then why could he see so well in the middle of the night in a forest? "Why can I see?" he asked voicing his thoughts because he was really curious.

"I have dominion over shadows meaning I can make it as dark or light as I want and I figured it would be easier on you if I kept the dark at bay enough for you to see. It's the least I can do after you just saved my life and all." He said that last part a little quieter but Will was happy to hear it, he knew that demons couldn't all be as bad as people said; if they were he didn't think Nico would be capable of being so considerate towards him.

"That's really amazing, I've never heard of such a thing. You are really gifted huh?" Will said as he smiled at Nico, he thought it had gotten slightly darker right then but he also thought he saw the slightest hint of blush on Nico's cheeks because of the complement. Wow it seemed even the Prince of Hell could be flustered or embarrassed by something like that, How cute.

But he couldn't focus on that right now, he still needed to get Nico back to his place so that he could treat him. He didn't know anything about the physiology of Demons but they seemed to be just as susceptible to poison and injury as humans so he still needed to monitor Nico to make sure there weren't any lingering aftereffects of whatever poison had been used on him.

"Come on, I'll take you back to my home so that I can make sure that you're going to be alright."

Nico furrowed his brow at that like he couldn't make sense of it. "You are still planning on treating me? I'm not a human; you don't have to care for me like one. Besides I now have a mission to do so I can't stay here." He seemed about ready to leave so Will reached out his hand and held onto Nico's arm firmly but not hard enough to hurt him.

"Wait, I know that you're not human but you still need treatment and as a doctor I can't allow you to go without doing all that I can to help you." That and something deep inside of him was telling him that he couldn't let Nico go just yet, there was still an air of danger around him but Will had the feeling it was Nico who was that one at risk, and if the circumstances under which they had met were anything to go by, Nico was in great danger indeed.

"Please, just come with me back to my home. It doubles as a clinic and no one will bother you there, you can hide in plain sight until you are well enough to leave and then you can go do your mission."

Nico still seemed hesitant to oblige but Will felt that he was close, he just needed a little more of a push.

"Trust me, from what I have seen your recovery rate is much higher than that of a human. Where a human probably would have died by now you are fully conscious and standing, if you come back with me and let me help you then you should be back to normal soon enough."

That seemed to work because Nico let out a reluctant sigh and crossed his arms over his chest. "How long are we talking about?" he asked.

Will thought about it for a moment and tried his best to calculate it using what he had seen here in the forest. "Roughly three days I'd say."

Nico nearly choked and sputtered in response. "Three days?! That's way too long!"

Will didn't know what kind of mission Nico would need to accomplish but he hoped he could get him back in good health in time. "That's the best I can figure from what I know but it's just a rough estimate. I'll actually have to treat you to see how long it will take."

Nico looked at him for a long moment as he considered it then finally he agreed. "Fine, but I need to get going as soon as possible so I hope you know what you are doing."

Will was hoping the same thing as he led the way out of the forest and towards his home.

FINALLY!

Wow that felt like it took so long to write and we're still not all that far into the story, sorry guys...

I have had most of that written up and just sitting on my flash drive for so long I had no idea what I was doing with it and it was driving me crazy!

Anyway, I should really get to sleep since I work tomorrow(and everyday after that...) so goodnight for now, please let me know what you think so far!

Hopefully I'll be able to add more soon!