Devil on the Doorstep
And now, I present the next chapter… just have to find a song…
Devil on the Doorstep; Chapter V: Phantom of the Opera
Kai lifted up the Russian swiftly and placed him on the couch. Bryan's eyes fluttered open as he withdrew his arms.
"Kai…? Where am I?" Kai squatted down beside the older boy, stroking his hair.
"Ssh… Its ok, you're still at Tyson's. You passed out Bryan. Can you remember anything?"
"Ray… he was going to hit me…" Bryan whimpered, covering his face with his hands. Kai shook his head and pulled Bryan into a soothing embrace.
"You have changed…" He murmured in the elder boy's ear. "A little while ago you wouldn't let anyone touch you, let alone see you cry." Bryan shuddered and burrowed into Kai's shoulder. Kai grinned, despite his better judgement, and stroked the shuddering boy's hair. "Why are you so scared, Bry?" Kai drew away, looking curiously at the older boy.
"Don't ask. Please…" Bryan's lavender eyes filled quickly with fear and he began to shake. "You don't… You're so happy here… you don't need to know…"
"It's ok… Don't tell me." Kai gently lifted the boy in his arms and carried him back into the room. Kai smiled softly as Bryan curled up in the bed automatically, grasping Kai's hand in a death grip.
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Keep your distance, walk away, don't take his bait. Don't you stray, don't fade away…
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Bryan opened his eyes slowly, remembering what had happened the previous day. He giggled silently as he looked at Kai, curled up next to him. He looked down at his hand and realised he'd kind of squished the smaller boy's hand… it seemed to be going blue. Bryan wriggled his hand out and took another look at the younger boy. He looked so peaceful when he was asleep.
Bryan staggered out of bed, aiming for the bookcase on the other side of the room. There were Russian books scattered across the floor, but he ignored them until, finally, he got to the bookcase. He knelt down; ignoring the shaking in his limbs, and began to look at the books. He picked one at random and squinted at the title.
"A…r…t…e…mice Flowl?" he guessed at the title.
"Artemis Fowl. And who said you could get up?" Kai's teasing voice floated from the bed.
"You were asleep. I'm reading, do you mind?" Bryan growled as the younger boy snatched the book out of his hands.
"If you call that reading, I'm not surprised Ian is always arguing with you?" Kai teased. "And anyway, you aren't allowed to do anything strenuous, because your brain could explode." Bryan pulled a face.
"Yes mother." The silver haired boy groaned as his stomach rumbled. "Kai?" No answer. "KAI!" Still no answer. Bryan tottered to the bed and glared heatedly at Kai's back. "HOBBIT! I'm hungry!" Kai gave a snore that sounded very realistic, so realistic Bryan didn't know if he was really asleep or not.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Ray yelled from his room. In an instant, Bryan's confidence disappeared and Kai opened his eyes to see the older boy shaking.
Bryan's shaking only stopped when the bluenette wrapped his arms around him, and when Kai asked what he wanted to eat, Bryan said he wasn't hungry.
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Watch your step, he's out to get you, come what may, don't you stray from the narrow way, I'm running and hiding, in my dreams you're always there…
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Seth barely blinked as he walked through the wreckage of the abbey. He joined Boris as the older man counted off the survivors of the abbey.
"Corey… Zoe… Dimitri…Borya…Brody…Dima…Fadeyka…Kiryl… That's all." Boris closed the register book. Seth looked up in alarm.
"Where are Tala, Kasi, Spencer and Ian?"
"Dead. And soon, Bryan and Kai will join them."
Seth's eye narrowed. He twisted the cane in his hands, not noticing when he pulled a knife from the top and accidentally cut his hands.
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I've been looking so long for you now you won't get away from my grasp, you've been hiding so long, in hiding behind that false mask…
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What do you think? Apart from Corey and Zoe, all the others are Russian names! Tell you what, in your reviews, look at the guys names (minus Zoe and Corey) and put which one is your favourite and which one if your least favourite, and I'll write the favourite character in to the story! So yeah… review!