I'm so sorry for taking so long to get a new chapter posted. I was having a hard time coming up with this chapter so hope it's good!
While they tried, the Council and Fairy Godmother couldn't do anything and as weeks passed it only got worse. Soon every villain child in Auradon was being affected by the pain. Every day at least one kid was in pain because of the brand, even Mal and Evie. Mal had all of us villain kids training for at least an hour every night, us older kids (me, Ace, and the original four) normally trained for at least another hour longer. Sometimes Ben came and trained with us. We knew our parents could cause pain but we didn't realize the extent of it until a few weeks after we started training.
Ace and I were passing Jay and Carlos's room one night when we heard yelling through the door.
"Carlos no! Stop! Gosh damn it Pup!" Jay yelled, accompanied by crashing. Thankfully the door was unlocked and Ace and I ran in. Jay was holding Carlos down while trying to wrestle something out of his hand.
"Thank goodness you guys are here. Hell help me hold Carlos down, Ace I need you to get this razor out of his hand," he panted out when he noticed us. We nodded and moved to help. Ace pulled the straight razor out of his hand as I sat on Carlos's legs to stop him from moving. Carlos's eyes were glassy, his pupils dilated. He was thrashing violently, trying to get free of Jay and me.
"Ace, baby call Evie and Mal. Tell them what's going on," I said, trying to stay calm.
I turned to Jay, "What happened?"
"We were making out and then suddenly he stiffened and his eyes glassed over. I didn't realize what was going on until he pulled that razor out of his nightstand drawer and moved to slice through his arm. That's when I tackled him."
As Mal and Evie crashed through the door, Carlos seemed to come out of it. It was like he was waking up from a dream.
"Wha-what happened?" Carlos blinked and realized the looks of shock and horror on all of our faces. He then focused in on Jay and realized his normally stoic boyfriend had tears streaming down his face.
"Jay, baby what's wrong? Why am I on the floor? Why are you crying?" He turned to face the rest of us, "Guys what's going on?"
"Carlos you stay here with Ace, Mal, and Evie. Tell him what happened and then you need to go and talk to the Council and Fairy Godmother. Jay and I will meet up with you later okay?"
As soon as Carlos hesitantly nodded I gently pushed Jay towards the bathroom. When we reached the bathroom Jay slid to the cold tile floor, the tears running down his face now accompanied by loud sobs. I sunk to the floor across from him, not speaking. Carlos had been cutting himself for years and even had tried to commit suicide a couple of times. Ace had been cutting himself too and also had made attempts. Jay and I had both found Ace and Carlos on separate occasions with blood flowing out of their wrists.
Slowly Jay's sobs quieted down into hiccups and he scrubbed at his eyes.
"He hasn't cut himself in almost a year. 6 months ago we agreed he didn't need to be monitored when he shaved. We were actually gonna go out for dinner next week to celebrate a year. Hell… I thought we were mostly done with this. He was doing so good. I don't think I could go through it all again," he quietly said in a hoarse voice . I leaned over and pulled him into my chest,rubbing his back.
"Jay you know he did this today because of that damn brand. Carlos and Ace both have been doing amazing since we've gotten here. Jay, he wants this as much as you do. Literally him and Ace made me sit there for an hour because they were deciding what he's gonna wear. He can't wait to mark a year. He's already got Ace thinking about doing this for her when she gets to a year. Jay, Carlos would never do that and the reason that bitch De Vil did what she did was she knew it would hurt both of you. Kill two birds with one stone. This isn't gonna stop. So we hide the razors and the knives from Ace and Carlos, we hide the lighters from Mal, we keep an eye on Evie so she doesn't binge and purge, and the two of us wear ourselves out in training so we don't end up doing something we regret. We won't let our parents control us. Got it?"
Jay nodded.