Scott sighed as he led Vincent through the hospital, relieved to have Vincent all cleaned up for a visit to Septhis. Vincent was quite as he kept close to Scott obviously still a little exhausted from the amount of walking and blood loss from before, as to not be freaking out about each cart that pasted with needles on them. Within hours of getting home, the police had contacted Scott's house, informing them that Gilbert had been among four boys dead at their workplace, and the call had nearly convinced Vincent to stay home.

"Just stay calm bro. Don't look anyone in the face." Scott sighed, coming up to the nurse's station. Vincent nodded quietly. Vincent barely paid attention as Scott talked to the nurse.

"He's just finishing up with a metal skull plate surgery, you can wait till they're done. Shouldn't be long." The nurse said.

"Thank you." Scott said, guiding Vincent to Septhis's hospital room, sitting him down in one of the chairs. "It's gonna be alright bro. Sep will be alright. You just gotta tell him that someone killed Gil. It wasn't you. It wasn't your fault." Scott sighed, patting Vincent on the back.

"Right." Vincent said weakly. Scott sighed, pulling Vincent into a side hug. After a few minutes the door opened, and Septhis was guided in with the help of a nurse, looking a bit shaky as the metal skull plate could be seen in his head, the shine of the metal peeking between his hair.

Vincent looked over at Septhis with a weak smile. "Hey Kiddo." Vincent said weakly. Septhis looked over at him, his face lighting up as he saw Vincent, running over and hugging him tightly. Vincent chuckled weakly returning the hug.

"Daddy!" Septhis said happily, hugging tighter. "I missed you so much Daddy! They put a metal thingy in my head today! It makes a ringing sound that's really pretty!" Septhis said happily, knocking on his metal plate as it rang dully. Vincent chuckled a bit.

"Missed you too Kiddo. As I was told." Vincent said.

"Now i've got a really strong skull I can headbutt Gil with!" Septhis said happily. "Where's Gil? I wanna show him!"

Vincent sighed. "Sadly with this happy moment I have some bad news to give kiddo." Vincent said sadly his smile dropping.

"What's wrong?" Septhis asked, confused by the sudden sadness.

"Gil's." Vincent took a deep breath hesitantly. "Gil won't be able to come see you kiddo." Vincent said weakly.

"Well why not?! He's supposed to come and see me every day! He promised!" Septhis pouted, looking disgruntled.

"He would have and i'm sure he would be here if." Vincent sighed sadly. "If he could. I've told you that life isn't all that great right kiddo." Vincent said with an apologetic expression.

"Well yeah. That much is kinda obvious." Septhis said. "What do you mean 'if he could'? Doesn't he want to see me get better?"

"Of course he does kiddo. But life hasn't been all that kind to me of late." Vincent said sadly. "And nor has it been to you and well." Vincent said his hand clenched into a fist. "Gil was killed this morning."

Septhis's happy face dropped as he looked horrified.

"The worst part is he was killed at Uncle Scott's and I's workplace. His friends as well. I'm sorry kiddo. I know it's not something you want to hear nor is it something I wanted to hear after coming home." Vincent said sadly.

"He…. what… why…" Sethis stuttered, looking speechless.

"Don't know kiddo. I wish I did." Vincent said with a sad sigh.

"D-d-d-do they know who did it?" Septhis sniffled, starting to tear up and cry.

"No suspects as of now kiddo. Trust me I wish they knew who as well." Vincent said sympathetically. Septhis started to cry as tears ran down his cheeks, sitting down next to his hospital bed and starting to cry into his knees.

"It'll be okay. We have each other. We can do this together. You be strong when i'm weak and i'll be strong when you're weak." Vincent said softly kneeling down beside Septhis.

"I never told him i'm sorry for arguing with him. And all those times I was happy when he got in trouble." Septhis sobbed.

"I'm sure he knows kiddo. I'm sure he knows." Vincent said gently.

"W-wh-what happens now?" Septhis whimpered.

Vincent pulled Septhis into a gentle hug. "You gotta get better. I'll continue to keep income in so you can live happily kiddo. We gotta do our best to live on. That's what Gil would want. We gotta keep going, no matter how tough it gets." Vincent said gently.

"B-b-but big brother…" Septhis whimpered, more tears running down his cheeks.

"I know kiddo. I know. It's gonna be tough the first few months in sure but we can do it. We have to." Vincent said weakly.

"D-d-did he suffer?" Septhis whimpered. Vincent hugged Septhis tighter. "N-n-no. They said it was quick." Vincent said not wanting Septhis to worry much.

"I-I-is big brother going in the sky too?" Septhis whimpered. "He's not going in the ground?"

"The sky. Of course but he'll always be here with us. In our hearts." Vincent said weakly.

"I want him to be here though." Septhis whimpered.

"He is here kiddo. In our love for him, he's here. Maybe not physically. But he's here." Vincent said weakly.

"I hope he's not alone up there." Septhis sniffled.

"He's not kiddo. He's got his friends. I'm sure they're all laughing at how emotional we are being." Vincent chuckled weakly.

"I hope the lady didn't come for him. She's a bad lady." Septhis sniffled. "She said she'd 'fix me'."

"We'll never know kiddo." Vincent said softly. "Well see you're here, You're alive, and getting better. The hospital's fixing you up. Everything will be fine." Vincent said gently.

"She kinda looked like a puppet. But her voice was nice." Septhis sniffled.

"Hey kiddo. Don't think on it alright. Think on the here and now." Vincent said with a weak smile.

"I just hope she's not gonna try to turn him bad and stuff him in the suit like she tried with me." Septhis sniffled.

"You know Gil. He doesn't listen to anyone. I'm sure he'll be too stubborn for her." Vincent said.

"Maybe he'll be one of those angel things you see around Christmas." Septhis sniffled.

"Of course he will be." Vincent chuckled weakly.

"I miss him already. I want big brother." Septhis sniffled.

"I miss him too kiddo. But he can't be with us physically." Vincent sighed. Septhis burst into more tears as he hugged Vincent tightly.

"I want my big brother." Septhis wailed. "I want my big brother!"

Vincent sighed as he hugged Septhis back and patted him on the back softly. Scott looked at Vincent with a worried look.

"Maybe it's best we leave. He probably wants to be alone after that kinda news." Scott said quietly, looking at Septhis with pity. Vincent looked up at Scott with a sigh.
"Hey kiddo. I gotta go okay. I'll come by later to check up on you okay." Vincent said softly.

"Okay." Septhis sniffled, getting up and crawling into his bed.

Vincent stood up with a slight hiss at having to use his hurt leg again. "Love you kiddo." Vincent said with a small smile. Septhis smiled back sadly as Scott came over and lovingly tucked Septhis in. Vincent walked over to the door using the wall to lean on with his hurt leg.

"See you later kiddo." Scott said softly, kissing Septhis on the forehead before leaving after Vincent.