Chapter 13-Sarah and Butch Pt.2
Jeremiah's POV-
I coughed as I tried to open my eyes. I felt cool pavement under my cheek as I tried to move but my muscles ached as I tried to lift my arms and push myself into a sitting position. Suddenly I felt very light as I was lifted off the ground. I could hear bits and pieces of conversations as pain pricked me like needles poking into my skin. I was bouncing around in someone's arms and that only increased the pain. For some reason I couldn't open my mouth and say anything and I couldn't open my eyes. Maybe it was the shock of Sarah and Butch trying to kill me. I don't see how that can come of a shock if they don't like me in the first place.
The next thing I knew everything was dark and I still couldn't opened my eyes. I knew I was awake but I couldn't force my eyelids open. It was like I was sleepwalking although I was awake. I could hear Sarah and Butch talking just ahead of me but I couldn't see them. I couldn't see anything so I kept crashing into walls and tables and chairs, knocking things over in the process. I knew I was angering Sarah. I could just tell by the way she was quiet. But you can't blame a kid who can't see can you? But she could.
"Jeremiah. Come here," Butch said in a voice I knew only too well. I made his way over to him by following the sound of his voice. He grabbed my arm in a tight grip and flung me somewhere. I landed on a couch and laid there dazed. Before I knew it I heard a crack like the sound of a whip and felt a sharp pain on my lower back. I gasped at the pain.
Yes, I've felt it before, but not in a while so I wasn't used to it. I used to cause pain before. I reached into my pockets and hoped to grab onto my switchblade but I had no such luck as another wave of pain hit my lower back. I couldn't go through this! Not again. Summoning all of my strength, I drew back my elbow and caught Butch in the side.
I rolled off of the couch and fell onto the ground. As I tried to stand I felt a blow to my cheek and I went falling over, holding my cheek. I tried to scramble across the ground but a hand grasped my ankle and lifted me into the air. I struggled only to get hit across my chest and sides. A sob escaped my throat as I was dropped to the ground. Pain exploded throughout my arm as I blindly tried to find my way to my room. I crashed into something and, judging by the laugh, it was Sarah.
"Look at me boy," she said with her thick accent as I tried to stand. I looked around but couldn't see her. My eyebrows knitted together in confusion as I thought. 'My vision can't stay bad this long. Unless I got blind somehow. Maybe it was from the flames. That has to be it. How can I go back to my family in pain and blinded? Will I ever go back?'
"Boy, I said look at me!" Sarah growled as she grabbed a hunk of my hair and yanked me up to my feet.
"I can't!" I yelled.
"And why the hell not?"
"Because I can't see anything!"
"Of course you can. Your eyes are open."
"I've been temporarily blinded!"
I was suddenly dropped to the ground once again and I laid there curled up in a ball. I don't know how long I've been there because no one has said anything. Next thing I knew I was forced into a sitting position and something was trying to be forced past my lips. I moved my head from side to side to make sure I wouldn't take it. I knew it was either alcohol or drugs and either way I didn't want to be lead down that road again. Not after I've been purified.
I cried out loud when I felt something sharp enter my side and pull out. I placed my hand where the spot was and felt a warm sticky liquid. It was my blood. I squeezed the wound to stop the bleeding but that only seemed to make it worse. My head started to feel heavy as I reached out to grip something to keep my balance. My hand fell through the air and I fell onto my side, my breath coming out in pained gasps.
"Mommy…" I gasped before I drifted into unconsciousness.
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"Jeremiah! Jeremiah, wake up. Please!" Cody sobbed as he held onto Jeremiah's still body. Zack stood behind them, watching his brothers with tears falling down his face. Outside the room stood Max, Tapeworm, Chris, Crystal, Maddie, and Carey. Jeremiah was back in Boston. He was found very weak in an alley somewhere a little ways out of the city and someone found him and called an ambulance. From there the doctor's notified Carey.
"Wake up!" Zack whispered as he held his brother's small hand. It felt cold.
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Deep in my subconscious mind, I was in a dark void. U felt numb all over and the only pain I felt was the dull pain in my side where the blade penetrated me. I blinked and slowly opened my eyes, which were only met by darkness. In the distance I saw something flash. I took a shaky step and then ran towards it. Before I got there the thing exploded in radiant white light. It looked like an angel. The girl had wings, glowing blond hair, and beautiful blue eyes. I've seen her before.
"Celeste," I whispered as I reached out for her hand. "Are you here to take me to the afterlife?"
The angel shook her head and turned so she was facing a direction. I turned and looked in the direction also. There was a fork in the rode ahead of me. Standing on the right was Zack and Cody. On the left was Sarah. They both glowed like the angel and I could tell something was wrong.
"Jeremiah. Bud, come with mommy. We can get away from all of this. Just you and me," Sarah said as she beckoned towards me.
"Jeremiah. Come with us. Please! We don't want to lose you!" Zack and Cody said in unison. I looked back and forth, torn between my heart. Should I just end my life now? Or go with Zack and Cody and live a life of pain and deceit? A life of living hell.
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"Jeremiah! Jeremiah!" Cody gasped as he gripped Jeremiah's other hand. His head shot up when some monitors started to beep.
"He's going into a coma! This isn't good!" A doctor called out. "We need some help in here!" He called out the door.
"Come back to us!" Zack gasped.
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"They don't love you…they aren't your brothers." Sarah told him as she held out her hand. "Come."
I hesitated…and started to walk towards Sarah. I was ready to end my life…
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"Jeremiah! Wake up! Jeremiah…we need you here…with us!" Cody cried as he shook his young brother by the shoulders. "Please, don't leave us."
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"Jeremiah. We need you," Zack and Cody called out in unison, causing me to stop walking and look back at them. They had tears in their eyes. 'They care.'
"I'm sorry mom. But they need me. They care," I said as I turned around and walked towards them. I held out my hands and they took it. Warmth spread through him as a blinding light occurred.
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"…mom?" Jeremiah whispered as he slowly opened his eyes and blinked in the light.
"Jeremiah!" The twins exclaimed in unison and hugged him tight. The doctors and nurses 'awwwwwwwwed' at the touching moment and left the kids alone.
"What happened?" Cody asked.
"I don't know…exactly," Jeremiah responed.
"What do you mean? What did they do to you?"
"I don't know. I just don't know."