Scene 11
Henry pushed or pulled Will through the tunnels, up two ladders, and through the basement to the elevator while pointedly ignoring Will's questions.
Will was starting to get a wee bit upset. With everybody.
"Henry, I know you know what's going on. Now tell me." Will's voice was low, but steady.
"Nope, not talking about it." Henry's eyes were glued to the floor.
Will shoved him against the wall of the elevator and then punched the wall next to his face, screaming, "Dammit, Henry, just tell me what the hell's going on!"
"Dude-I-am-not-the-one-who-owes-you-an-explanation-and-I-really-don't-want-to-get-dragged-into-this-anymore-than-I-already-have," Henry said so quickly that the whole sentence came out as one long word. He started again, more slowly, "So could you please just drop it for now?" Henry was pleading, with his voice and his eyes, and part of Will wanted to let him off the hook.
The part that wanted answers, however, won the internal argument. "No, Henry, I can not just drop it! I want to know what's going on! Why can't anybody look at me all of a sudden and why were you holding Ashley's pants down in the tunnels and why were she and Magnus crying? What was Ashley doing with her pants off in the tunnels anyway? And why does my hand hurt so much?"
Will kicked the wall and looked down at his hand to see a bruise on the back of it. And then he remembered the dart piercing it just as he had grabbed the nubbin around the neck. "Ashley shot me." Will's voice was quiet, but it didn't really sound angry anymore to Henry.
So Henry stayed quiet. Hoping that he could escape before Will figured out enough to ask any more questions.
Ding! The elevator doors opened and Henry shot out of them, all intentions of distracting Will with video games forgotten. Will realized he was leaving just in time to stick his head at the door and yell at Henry's back, "Is that why she was crying?"
Henry didn't answer and Will leaned back into the elevator and ran a hand through his hair. No, that wouldn't explain everything. That would explain me being asleep down in the tunnels, and maybe even Ashley crying, but it would not explain Magnus crying and it would not explain the clothes and it would not explain Henry's sudden avoidance of me.
He suddenly became aware that the elevator wasn't moving. Of course not, you idiot! You didn't push the button, so it's not going to take you anywhere! Will pushed the button for the floor his room was on. Might as well take a shower, I feel all dirty and sticky. I hate feeling all disgustingly dirty like this, and I hate going down in the tunnels and I hate those stupid nubbins!
