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Devil's Harvest part 2

Chapter three

"Oh my God!" Deaq said as he backed away staring at the eyes.

Van sprang up in his bed, then winced as he accidentally pulled the IV tube out of his arm and blood began dripping onto his sheets.

"What's the matter?"

Deaq glanced at him then back at the window. The eyes were gone.

"I…I thought I saw something."

"What?"

Deaq shut his eyes for a few seconds. He knew he was tired, maybe he had imagined it. After all they were four stories up.

"What did you see Deaq?"

"Nothing, I just…" He walked over to Van. "I guess hearing about your dream had me imagining things." He gave a nervous little laugh. He looked down at Van's sheet as it slowly turned red from the absorbed blood from the dripping tube. "Let me get someone in to fix that." He pressed the button on the wall to summon the nurse.

Van sat in bed starring at the dripping blood. He touched his fingers to it then brought them up to his mouth where he licked the blood off.

"What are you doing?" Deaq asked clearly disgusted.

"Huh?"

Deaq pointed at his fingers.

"The blood…what are you doing?"

Van looked at him confused; he had no idea what he was talking about.

"You were…you were licking the blood off of your fingers."

Van looked at his hand for a few seconds then wiped the remaining blood on his sheet in disgust.

"Boy, I must really be tired, I didn't even realize I was doing that."

"You sure you're okay?" Deaq asked seeing a flash of fear in his partner's eyes.

"Yeah…just all this talk about cults and stuff. I guess I'm just…just…" Van didn't know what to say. He didn't know why he had tasted the blood. All he knew was that he liked the taste and that scared him. He lay back down on the bed.

Just then the nurse came in, reattached Van's IV tube, and then changed the bloody sheets. She then checked his blood pressure and left.

"Look, we're both tired. We had a rough week. Let's try and get some sleep." Deaq said.

"Yeah…okay." Van lay back in the bed and tried to tear his eyes off of the blood dripping from the bag into the tube. He finally managed to shut his eyes. Deaq was right, they were just tired.

Deaq pulled his cot closer to Van's bed. He couldn't shake the eerie feeling he was having. He glanced over at the window and was relieved when he didn't see anyone looking back at him. It was just his imagination he told himself. But instead of lying down on the cot, he sat back in the chair. There was no way he was going to sleep tonight.

The next morning

Deaq jolted awake as he heard someone moving around the room.

"Hey, take it easy partner." Van said smiling down at him. He was already up and dressed.

Deaq stood up, upset that he had fallen asleep.

"What are you doing?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why are you dressed?"

"I'm going home."

"You can't go home yet. You were…" Deaq cut off his words.

"What?"

"You need to be checked out." Deaq quickly said. He didn't know how to tell Van that he had been dead only a short time ago. He had seen him die right in front of him. He had watched in horror as the leader of the cult had thrust a knife into his partner and sliced him open. But he had also watched him heal right in front of him. Right now none of it seemed real.

"I was checked out. The doctor said I just needed a little blood to build up my blood. Well, I got that last night. The doctor was in this morning while you were sleeping and said I'm free to go. There's nothing wrong with me."

"Does Billie know?"

"I'll call her when I get home." Van looked at Deaq confused as to why he seemed so concerned about him leaving the hospital. "What's the big deal Deaq? I'm fine. I just want to go home."

"Well I really think you should stay here for a few days, just to be sure."

"Sure? Sure of what? The Doc said I'm fine." Van walked over and stood in front of Deaq. "What's wrong Deaq? Why do you want me to stay? What's going on?"

The confused look on Van's face hurt Deaq but how was he going to tell his partner that he had seen him die and then mysteriously brought back to life. He knew he'd have to tell him sooner or later but not here.

"Okay, look, let's just get you home then I'll tell you what happened."

"Okay, let's go." Van left the room and Deaq followed. They stopped at the nurse's station so Van could sign the release forms and then headed for the elevator.

Van slowed down only once as they headed for the elevator. He slowed down at the third door to the left of the elevator. A small smile on his face as he read the words above the door, 'Blood Supply'.

TBC