When the Sons had reached the colony house, Tyler was asleep again. Caleb carried the brunette inside, Gorman already waiting on them. Caleb laid the boy down on the couch, nodding to Gorman as the boys went downstairs.
Caleb went over to where the book was, pulling it out.
"Take other spell books and try to find something, okay?" Caleb asked, seeing two affirmative nods.
Reid pulled out another book, while Pogue went to the other side of the room, pulling another out.
Caleb opened the Book of Damnation, scanning the pages to find anything that could help his lover. He flipped a page tenderly, as he glared at the book.
Date of births, date of deaths, date of executions. Nothing about going into people's dreams and hurting them. Twenty minutes into looking, Reid slammed his book shut.
"Alright, honestly, we're not going to find anything in these books." Reid snapped.
"You don't know that!" Caleb shouted.
"Yes I do! Our Covenant would never develop that kind of magic. We never Use on each other or others unless the situation calls for it." Reid said, "John Putnam would develop it, and that's probably why Chase can do it."
Pogue sighed, shutting his own book.
"Maybe Gorman would know what book to look in." Pogue said gently.
Caleb slammed the Book of Damnation, walking up the stairs. He walked into the living room where Gorman was shielding Tyler.
"Gorman do you know which of the books downstairs would have a protection spell on sleeping? Or the spell that can let Chase do it?"
Gorman looked at Caleb before standing up.
"No I don't. I'm pretty sure none of the books downstairs would have a counter spell for it."
"Then what are we supposed to do about Tyler? We can't let him just wake up every morning with new bruises and cuts!"
"Well then you need to come up with a better plan for Tyler's sake." Gorman said, "I can only shield him from Chase for so long before that damn boy breaks through."
Caleb groaned before going back downstairs. Reid and Pogue were sitting in their seats, looking at Caleb.
"Gorman says he doesn't think there is any counter spell that could help us." Caleb said, running a hand over his face.
"We can let Tyler sleep here, since Gorman can shield---"
"He told us to think of a better plan because he can only shield from Chase for so long." Caleb said.
Reid groaned before peeking out through his eyes.
"This sucks boys." Reid said, as Pogue stood up.
"I don't know if there's anything we can do."
Reid finally looked at the other two.
"If I were Chase---"
"Thank God you aren't." Caleb put in, before Reid glared.
"Let me finish, I'm trying to think like the psycho." Reid snapped, "Now in all honesty, if I were Chase, I'd fuck around with Tyler's head a little before I came back. Because fucking around with him doesn't only affect him, it affects all of us as a whole. Now, if I came back after getting my ass handed to me by Mr. Goody Too Shoes over there, I'd be furious as hell. Now if I somehow found out that Mr. Shoes was fuck---dating my ex-boyfriend who I was infatuated with to the point of Swimfan*, I'd be insanely pissed and jealous. And then I'd go on rampage that would make the last one I went on like child's play."
Caleb shuddered before saying, "Don't do that again."
"I'm not finished." Reid said, "Now we all know that Chase wants Tyler back, but we don't know the exact extremes Chase will go to, to ensure that Tyler stays his. He could threaten to kill all of us, hell, he could threaten to kill all of us and our families, and we wouldn't be able to stop Tyler from saying yes. Now to make sure Tyler stays well on his word, Chase might do something twice as insane, and then we'll have to figure out a way to save Tyler. Now, I'm all for beating the hell out of Chase, but until I ascend I'm going to be all but useless against him. And we don't know when he's coming back. So now the question is, what in the fuck is our plan going to be?"
Pogue shivered saying, "I'm so glad you're on our side Reid."
Reid smirked, "I am too."
"I think the only plan we can do is protect Tyler." Caleb said tiredly.
"Because that worked so well with Sarah right?" Reid said, "Yeah, because she didn't just slip away from us, right Cay?"
The black haired boy glared at Reid.
"Look asshole, at least I'm giving suggestions!" Caleb yelled.
"Well your suggestion is stupid!"
"Well it's better than not giving any!"
"I--"
"Shut up!" Pogue screamed over both of them, causing them to both look at Pogue in shock, "This is not helping anything. This is only making us fight each other, which isn't good in any case. Now if you guys want to talk about this like the adults we are, then I suggest not letting Tyler do anything by himself."
"But--"
"You guys didn't look at Sarah for a few minutes, that's why she got caught." Pogue said, "We know better now, so we know to look at him and not take our eyes away."
"I still think it's---" Reid cut off when they heard a scream from upstairs.
"Tyler." Caleb breathed, rushing up the stairs.
The other two members chased after him. They all ran into the living room, seeing Tyler seize up.
"Oh God." Caleb said, moving past a shocked Gorman.
He took hold of Tyler, who started screaming again.
"Pogue! Get his legs! Reid, go get the first aid kit!" Caleb yelled over the screams, as Tyler's arm reopened, blood flowing out of the cuts.
"Oh God…" Reid stood rooted to the spot, as Pogue took Tyler's legs.
"Reid!" Caleb screamed at the blonde, who looked at Caleb with fear in his eyes, "Christ, Pogue go get the first aid kit!"
The biker jumped up and ran to get the kit. Reid still standing there in shock. Gorman moved to grab Tyler's legs, the boy kicking out with tears cascading down his face.
"Stop!" Tyler screamed, "Oh God….stop it!"
Caleb felt his own eyes water, as he gripped Tyler, who was trying to get out of the death grip he was in.
"Get off of me….stop….I….oh God!" Tyler yelled, before he started choking.
Reid's eyes widened before Pogue ran back in with the first aid kit.
"He's choking!" Pogue cried out, moving to Tyler, "Caleb push air into his mouth."
The black haired leader nodded before putting his mouth to Tyler's and forcing air into the boy's mouth. They could already see bruises starting to form on the youngest boy's neck. The boy still gasping for air.
Reid finally moved over to the boy, leaning down and whispering something in his ear. As soon as Reid backed away, Tyler was able to breathe. He was silent for a few more moments before screaming again, shooting up and clutching his left arm. Tyler's blue eyes were wide as he looked at each person.
He was panting and sweating as he hugged Reid.
"Thanks for the suggestion." Tyler said, "Even if it hurt like hell."
Reid hugged the younger boy tightly.
"No problem. I thought if it worked in the movies it could work in real life." Reid said, "How'd you do it?"
Tyler pulled the sleeve of his shirt up, showing the cut that was there. Reid's eyes widened before he put his hand on the wound.
"Reid, that didn't work la--" Before the words left Caleb's mouth, the cut had started to heal.
"That makes no sense. When we tried the other night it wouldn't heal." Pogue said.
Reid glanced at the wound before realization dawned on his face.
"It's because Chase didn't cause that wound….Tyler did it to himself." Reid said.
"This is seriously hurting my head. So we can't heal the wounds Chase causes, but we can heal the ones that Tyler causes?" Pogue asked, receiving a nod.
"Hand me the peroxide and some gauze." Reid said, as Caleb situated Tyler to lean against him again.
Gorman watched the four boys as they cleaned Tyler's cuts, wondering just how powerful Chase really was.
*-Swimfan is a movie about a girl stalking a guy she sleeps with, and the movie is insane.