Worn Out chapter 16
FeatherWings- Ah! I didn't update in so long! O.O bad FeatherWings! Bad! LANGUAGE IN THIS CHAPTER BEWARE (don't complain... I'm just warnin ya so ppls don't get pissed off)
"Get out soon, ok?" Benji told Pietro who nodded.
"Next time we meet, it'll be on the outside." Benji stood by the door with his stuff.
"See ya, dude." he began to walk towards the car with two people standing in front of it, his parents.
"Later." Benji got in and they drove away and he vanished as if he had never been there. He would be forgotten. The staff let Pietro and Konnor say good-bye to their friend. The staff now gathered he boys upstairs. Pietro and Konnor would become roommates because the staff thought it would be good for both of them.
Konnor turned to Pietro when they got back into the ward which they were forbidden to leave. "I'm gunna miss him."
"Yeah." Pietro looked down; he wanted to get out as well and couldn't help but feel angry at Benji and at himself. It felt like Benji had abandoned them by getting better. He was mad at himself for feeling this way.
"Attention," Nurse Annett started. "Another patient is coming in. Please go to your rooms."
"Hm? Why are they making us go to our rooms?"
"Get the fuck off of me!" they could hear a boy yelling in the hall. His voice cold and aggressive as if he had killed someone and didn't even care; perhaps even proud of it as if it were a great accomplishment.
"Pietro...let's go into the room..." Konnor said shaking, obviously affraid of the new person. They started to walk when they brought the person upstairs. They froze in the doorway out of fear and curiosity. Every hair on the back of their necks stood up and the room became cold.
It was a teenager. His hair was almost all shaved off accept there was some all over which made his head fuzzy. It was slightly longer in the middle to create a mohawk which was also dyed black. The rest of his hair was light brown. He was dressed in baggy black clothes and chains. There were several bracelets which had spikes all over which the doctors tried to confiscate. His ears were pierced all around and he wore boots.
Hyram walked up to Pietro and Konnor. The staff was still trying to keep everyone away from the new kid who they were trying to get into the padded room. "Who the hell is this?" Hyram asked.
"Hey!" the new kid yelled. "Fuck with the spiky hair! I have a knife and a lighter for you if you get these assholes off of me!" he said to Hyram. Hyram held up his middle finger. "Hey! I SAID HELP ME!"
"Why the hell should I?" the new kid got out of the assistants' grasps who had been holding him. He ran over to Hyram and they started fighting while the staff trying to pull them apart.
After while they did get them apart and got the kid in the padded room which much difficulty. Hyram had a stream of blood from his mouth to his chin which soon started to drip to the floor and created small puddles of crimson red.
Pietro and Konnor felt like they were in the middle of a battlefield and they were on neither side. Nurse Annett took Hyram to the infirmary and Pietro and Konnor returned to their room. They knew that Hyram and the new kid would be at each others' throats as long as they were in the same building. They were like a couple of dogs who hated each other on the first encounter.
The two didn't leave their room untill later that night when it was time for dinner. But even then they were cautious. When they were down in the mess hall they saw the new kid there as well who was being heavily supervised. Then they saw Hyram coming towards them. "I'm gunna beat the shit outa that guy." were his first words to them.
"Who is he?"
"How the fuck should I know? But I hate him!"
"I know you guys are talking about me!" he called over. "My name's Leon!"
"Fuck you, Leon!" Hyram yelled. Both boys began to charge at each other but Leon was held back by the assistants and a few others grabbed Hyram. Pietro and Konnor ate quickly then returned upstairs after asking permission. It was getting darker outside and the only light besides the light from the buildings was the moon's light. It made the trees cast shadows and made one believe there were monsters lurking around ready to tare someone apart without anyone else knowing.
The two made their way to the library and when they got there, there were no other patients around. "Darker...darker...darker..." Konnor repeated over and over while looking out the barred window. Pietro sat in a chair and stared at the shadows cast on the walls. He couldn't figure out why Konnor was acting the way he was but it didn't really matter. Everyone thought they were crazy anyway. Pietro began to dwell in his own thoughts and lost track of time like he often did.
Hyram appeared with a few more bruises. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing really..." they both answered trying not to look at Hyram's battle injuries.
"Can you believe that asshole?" neither answered; they didn't want to be on either's bad side. Hyram flopped down into a chair. They started to hear yelling again and they knew it was Leon. Pietro and Konnor both made a dash for their room as he came up the stairs. They shut the door behind them and leaned against it. Then they started to hear crashing noises which was a sure sign of a fight.
Suddenly someone started banging on the door but was soon pulled away by someone else. In a while, it was quiet and the two peeked out to see Hyram and Leon on opposite sides of the ward.
"I want outa here..." Konnor said and then got up and walked to the head nurse. Pietro just watched as he talked to Nurse Annett.
"Just you and me now, Tro." Hyram leaned against the wall near the door. "Everyone leaves and then you're alone."
Pietro looked down. "Yeah, you're right..." Pietro came out and shut the door then sat against it. Hyram walked away with a "hmph" sound. Then Leon walked over and leaned against the wall.
"Just end it." he said with a smiled. Pietro stared at the floor with wide eyes.
"Wanda..." a whisper escaped his lips.
"What if she leaves you? She will. Then you'll be all alone. End it now before that happens."
"No... you're wrong..." Pietro closed his eyes.
"End it. Just end it." Leon slowly grabbed Pietro's neck and started to choke him. Why he didn't resist, he didn't know. Maybe he had given up on himself or lost faith in his sister...but somehow he was able to keep going.
'Can't breathe...' assistants noticed and came over trying to pull Leon away. It was a heart-stopping experience for the staff as one of their patient's life seem to slowly be taken away by another patient. They did get Leon away from Pietro and Pietro started coughing for a long time after.
"Are you ok, Pietro?" the head nurse asked.
"Yeah..." Pietro said while avoiding eye-contact. The word 'alone' echoed in his head and didn't fade or go away for quiet some time.
-Next day-
Pietro sat in front of the Professor and Beast. Today Pietro looked like he hadn't slept and as though something unusual were troubling him. He seemed distant. More distant than usual. And he hadn't slept, thoughts were keeping him up at night and it took all his strength to chase them away. "What's wrong, Pietro?"
"Everyone's leaving. I don't want to be alone. I want to be with my sister..." he hid his face by looking down as his hair fell over his eyes.
"Do you think you're ready?" Pietro nodded. "And you won't hurt yourself?"
"I don't...I don't want to die..." he said quietly. "I don't want to die!" he yelled out. "I don't want to be alone."
"We have noticed a great deal of improvement." Beast nodded. "It seems you are ready to come live at the institute."
"The institute?"
"Wand and the Brotherhood are there now; they joined us." Pietro stared at them.
"When can I...leave?"
"In a few days. Now, has anything happened?" he changed the subject to learn what was going on at the hospital.
"Benji left, Konnor's leaving and a new kid came." he paused. "His name's Leon. Him and Hyram are always fighting..."
"And?"
"And?"
"You seem troubled by something."
Pietro paused. "Benji and Konnor became well enough to leave...so have I." he paused again. "But what about Hyram?"
"That depends on him."
Pietro never said a word about Leon trying to strangle him.
TBC!
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