Chapter 16
A nurse walked into Adam's room, being careful to shut the door without making any noise. She smiled as she noticed Adam sleeping peacefully in his bed. She put an extra blanket over him and lowered his airconditioning just a notch. She fluffed his pillows, being extra careful not to wake him, then went to change his iv. She gasped as she noticed the bag of blood was completely empty. Usually, patients don't completely drain the iv of fluid, especially ones with minor injuries like this patient, but this particular patient had already gone through three bags of blood in a period of three hours. The nurse thought about asking the doctor about this, but she decided that perhaps there was something else wrong with him that couldn't be seen. The nurse was careful not to pull the iv out of Adam's skin as she detached the old bag and attached a fresh bag of blood to the iv. When she was finished, she did one last check on Adam's temperature, then left the room, closing the door behind her. Once the door shut, Adam's eyes opened wide. He stretched and yawned with a smile on his face, removing the iv from his arm and placing it in his arm, sucking the blood from the bag.
"Ah," he said refreshed, his skin glowing with health, "Gotta love the drinks they serve here. I better make sure to leave my compliments to the bartender before I go." Adam chuckled to himself and stood up from his hospital bed. He grabbed his clothes, which were folded on a desk nearby. He changed fast and took a quick look at the clock once he was finished. 5:45pm. "Suppertime," grinned Adam, baring his monstrous fangs. He opened the door to his room silently, making sure no one heard him leave. He slunk across the hall with stealth not even a fox could rival. He looked through the window on Mika's door, stalking his prey from a distance like a lion. Mika slept comfortably against his hospital pillow, an innocent sleepy smile painted on his face. Adam smirked devilishly and slowly turned the door handle with his tail. The door opened with a crack and, with intense speed, Adam entered the room. He didn't make a sound as he leaned in close to Mika, petting his hair gently. Mika stirred, his eyes opening.
"Huh?" He said yawning. "Who's there?"
"Shh," whispered Adam, "hush, dear. Just listen to my voice." Adam cleared his throat and began to sing in a soft whisper.
"I was looking for love all over,
You're the hunter and I'm your prey.
Now I'm lost in a love hangover,
I try to leave, but I have to stay."
Mika smiled, his eyelids fluttering in complete bliss.
"What beautiful singing," he said enchanted, "More please." Adam chuckled, his fangs now exposed.
"As you wish," Adam leaned in closer, Mika's pulse ringing in his ears and the smell of his blood dancing in Adam's nostrils.
"It's voodoo, voodoo, voodoo.
Under your spell.
'Cause the voodoo that you do,
Is all that you can do,
To make me into your fool.
'Cause when you do your voodoo,
I'm just like a doll,
That your pins keep pushing into.
So every time I try to break this trance,
I'm just so afraid I'll miss my chance,
To be bewitched by the bayou.
I just gotta say I want your hex,
I don't wanna live without your hex,
I'm so obsessed with your sexiness."
Mika closed his eyes and Adam let his beastly features expose themselves. He opened his mouth wide, leaned in close to Mika, ready to bite, when suddenly...
"Now!" Cried Mika. Angela burst out of the hospital room's closet and pressed a button on a device she was holding. The device began to play Adam's singing, only backwards. At the sound of it, Adam cringed and covered his ears. He groaned in pain and that groan slowly transitioned into an unnatural screech of pain. Angela and Mika smirked as Adam looked up at them, tears of pain filling up his eyes.
"Scream all you want," said Angela, "but no ones going to help a monster like you." Angela and Mika began to kick Adam as hard as they could with the heels and point of their shoes. Adam winced in pain, but only the music was really injuring him. The sound hitting his eardrums was like taking a ginsu knife, dipping it in salty acid, stabbing it through your eardrum, and twisting it. Mika kicked hard and stomped on Adam's arm, trying his hardest to snap the bone, but it wouldn't break. He grunted in frustration, furious that he couldn't get vengeance that was satisfactory. He gasped and smiled at the sight of the crucifix hanging over the bed. Mika turned his head to face Angela, a strangely sadistic smirk on his face.
"Hold him down," he said.
"I don't know if I can," said Angela.
"Look at him," said Mika, "he's at our mercy as long as the recording keeps going. Hold him down."
"What are you going to do?" Mika chuckled and took the small crucifix down from the wall, clutching it in his palm.
"I'm going to finish this." Angela nodded and pinned Adam's arms to the ground. Adam tried to struggle and fight, but the pain in his ears made him weak with exhaustion. Mika knelt down beside Adam and raised the crucifix up, eying the perfect spot he wanted to puncture. "Time to say goodnight," said Mika, a vengeful smile on his face. As he was about to thrust the crucifix through Adam's neck, Adam's beastly features vanished and he looked out toward the door.
"H-Help me," he whispered, spitting out blood. Mika looked up and saw Sauli and Tommy standing in the doorway, carrying two boxes of pizza, in complete and utter shock. Sauli and Tommy immediately dropped the boxes and ran over to them, Tommy grabbing Angela's arm and Sauli grabbing Mika's.
"What are you doing?!" Shouted Sauli. "Are you insane?!"
"Ang," shouted Tommy, "what the hell?! He's our friend!"
"This thing is not our friend, Tommy!" Replied Angela, continuing to hold Adam down. "We're trying to protect you guys!"
"Protect us?!" Shouted Sauli as he pulled Mika away from Adam. "Mika, this has gone too far! You're beating him to death!"
"That's the idea, Sauli!" Cried Mika. "If this beast lives, he'll take you and Tommy away from us!" Sauli grunted and rolled his eyes.
"Both of you stop with this childish jealousy and just leave him alone!"
"I am not jealous!" Shouted Mika in Sauli's face. "I'm trying to protect your ass from death! Now stop bitching to me and just let me finish off this sick bastard!"
"You're the sick bastard!" Shouted Sauli back in Finnish. "Can't you see what you're doing?! He's bleeding all over the place! You're acting like a complete psychopath just because you're jealous that Adam has been making me happy and you haven't!"
"Shut up!" Mika slapped Sauli across the face and Tommy and Angela became completely silent. They watched as Sauli put his hand to his face, scowling at Mika.
"You said you would change," growled Sauli, "but you will never change! You're not a man, you're a child! A child who always has to throw a fit whenever he doesn't hear what he wants!"
"Shut up, Sauli," grumbled Mika, clenching his fists in anger, "Shut up or I swear to God I'll-"
"You'll what?!" Shouted Sauli. "Do it, Mika! I dare you!" Mika's face turned red with rage and he punched Sauli in the face, knocking him to the ground. Sauli spit out a string of blood and whimpered in pain as he tried to move away from Mika, who was stomping closer in absolute fury.
"I provide you with a home," said Mika, "I take you to the United States, I help you get a new job, I try to protect you from death, and this is how you thank me?! By acting out and embarrassing me?!" He raised his fist, ready to punch again, when suddenly Adam cried,
"Hey!" Mika froze and turned around to see Adam standing directly behind him. He was breathing heavily and his hands were trembling, showing that he was still in pain, but he was fighting it. "Leave. Him. Alone." Mika huffed and shoved Adam.
"What are you going to do about it, beast boy?" He laughed. "Upset because I got what you can't have?"
"You don't have anything but issues, Mika," snarled Adam. "You think you can just pick on people that care about you because you know they won't fight back? Well," Adam's eyes glowed bright red yellow as he grabbed Mika's throat, sinking his claws deep into his neck, "you're sorely mistaken." Adam roared in Mika's face, his demonic form escaping from the mortal disguise as he did so. Sauli, Tommy, and Angela watched as Adam threw Mika across the room and smashed the recorder next to Angela with his long, reptilian, and spiked tail. Adam panted in both exhaustion and in fury as he watched Mika slowly drift into unconsciousness. Once he was sure Mika was out cold, he smiled, then gasped once he remembered that he had an audience. He turned and looked at Sauli, Tommy, and Angela, who were frozen with fright. Adam looked at all of them, but Sauli's face was the one he paid the most attention to. He looked so...disturbed and confused as to what he was looking at. Adam tried to return to his mortal form, but his powers were too weak.
"S-Sauli," he said, his voice distorted, doubled, and demonic, "I-I..." Sauli's eyes widened in terror, his body trembling as Adam moved closer.
"What are you?"