LITD: Howdy. Not much to say apart from I never realised that I had spelt Jinxx with one 'x' because my friend is the beta for this story and she told me that she changed AFTER I had uploaded it -_-' Anyway, its been changed now so disaster averted XP

This chapter is another short one, but they will get longer as we go along ;)

Disclaimer: I don't own BVB, Matt Good or Sammi Doll as they are real people.

What happened next was all a bit sketchy. All I know is that the guys had brought us back to the bus swiftly. I vaguely remember hearing the panicked voices of everyone present as I slipped in and out of consciousness and Jinxx constantly saying 'I don't know what happened.

Shortly after they had set me down on the ground I fell unconscious completely, exhausted physically and mentally, and the next thing I realised was that I was in my bunk on the bus.

It took a moment to register everything that had happened, but when I remembered last night, it came back to me like a rushing torrent. A bit too fast for comfort.

Where's Ashley?

I sat up quickly and smashed my head on the bunk above me which forced me to flop back down again. "Fuck!" I yelped loudly, clutching my forehead with both hands. Not only that, the sudden movement caused my side to flare up and I groaned when the pain got worse.

I heard movement from above. "Andy's up!" I didn't get much time to register whose voice it was before an upside down face appeared from between the curtains. It was Jake, his hair brushing against my arm as he peered in. "Hey buddy!" he beamed, though his face was getting slightly red since he was hanging from his bunk to talk to me below him. "Good to see that you're up."

I couldn't help, but chuckle as the guitarist attempted to blow his necklace and his hair out of his face.

Then I remembered. "Jake, where's Ash?" I croaked, my throat was dry, but even then I could still hear the panic in my voice.

"He's unconscious at the moment." It wasn't Jake that answered as we both turned to see Jinxx standing, arms folded. He looked extremely tired, dark circles had formed under his eyes. "But I called Sammi and she is being flown over just in case. She should be here in about an hour." He sighed and leaned heavily against the wall.

"I did all I could, I managed to push his shoulder back into place, but now all we can do is hope that Ash holds up until Sammi gets here."

Long story short, Sammi Doll is a healer and a very good one at that, we met her four years ago when she saved Jinxx's life and he offered to take her out to dinner as a thank you. Everything went on from there, now they are engaged. In the meantime, Jake had disappeared from view for a moment before he rolled down from his bunk with a soft thud.

At this point I tried to sit up albeit gingerly, wincing when the pain shot up my side. Jake steadied me once I struggled to sit up straight, breathing heavily as the agony intensified. He helped me get to my feet while Jinxx placed a hand on my shoulder as an extra precaution since I was visibly shaking and my legs felt like jelly. As I was guided to the kitchen that's when I saw him.

Ashley was lying on the table with blankets underneath him, some of it was stained red, with the majority of his body covered with bandages. I slumped across from CC who had been watching over the bassist, a whispered "Hey dude." barely audible to me as I stared at my best friend. His chest was hardly rising as I scanned over his body.

To summarise using my description, he looked like shit. What wasn't covered with bandages was covered with bruises, his hair was matted and sticking to the side of his face due to the sweat and the wet cloth on his forehead, the warpaint from last night's show still visible yet heavily smudged. I jumped slightly when a hand gently rested on my shoulder and looked up to find that it was Jinxx, a very focused look bared down on me. "Dude, what happened?"

I let out a huff. I was waiting for the moment where the guys would want an explanation, but I was caught a bit off guard that they would want it so soon.
The story didn't take too long. After all, what was there to tell. We nearly died because I wasn't concentrating enough. Guys like us could usually sense when things from the Underworld were in the area, but due to the fact that we had a bit too much alcohol we could barely walk straight let alone notice another's presence.
If it wasn't for the fact that Ashley's hearing is a lot better than the rest of us and our adrenaline had energised us enough to not hit each other instead of the demons, we wouldn't be here.

I groaned and let my head fall onto the table, but it was a bit too hard since I had just smashed off of the top of my bunk. "Ow..." Don't forget, I had been drinking a bit much.

I was still tender like a child.

I heard a chuckle, but I didn't move to see who it was. The voices began to drone as I dozed off for what seemed like a minute before a sudden commotion startled me awake, my neck strained as I lazily stared at the front of the bus.

The door had been thrown open and a familiar voice immediately began to give orders. I didn't need to see her before I knew who it was. "Right guys, I need you to help me make sure he doesn't move while I do this." Sammi said, her concentration instantly focused on Ashley and I. "Wow, you guys outdid yourselves this time." she teased, smirking before she began to unravel Ash's bandages.

"Hello to you too." I deadpanned, the tiredness from the nap still affecting me slightly. I watched as she looked him over, muttering as she removed the rest of the bandages while Jinxx held a bag for the stained material to be disposed of. The others, including Matt Good who arrived seconds after Sammi, either stood to the side or waited closely incase Ashley regained consciousness...

Thankfully, he didn't as Sammi Doll's hands began to glow a light green indicating that she was getting ready to start healing the bassist. "I want to get his back fixed up first." She gestured, CC and Matt stepped forward to place him on his side meaning that he was facing me. It was unbelievable how peaceful he looked, enough though cuts marred his features. It wouldn't be long until they were taken care of.

I froze...did he just move?

I heard Sammi inhale sharply when she saw the extent of his injuries.

It didn't take her long to finish the back of Ash's body because the healer had been doing this for years.

"Right." Sammi breathed, retracting her hands and signalled for Ash to be rolled onto his back. "We need to take care of his leg." Grimly, she turned to Jake who eyes widened as he realised what she was about to suggest. "Jake, you have to hold the bones together while I fix it." As Sammi explained, the color visibly drained from Jake's face.

Just because we had seen it all before doesn't mean we got used to it.

He gulped, but gave a slow nod and moved to the healer's side. "On three?" He asked, you could hear as much fear as you could see on his face. Doing something like this was usually my job, but as you know I can barely breathe without shaking due to the pain it caused.

The pair exhaled, I took this time to notice that CC and Jinxx were missing, though the audible heaving from outside quickly explained why they weren't here, while Matt was over by the door talking to those outside. "One." Sammi started.

Something caught my eye.

"Two." Jake continued.

Ashley's eyes fluttered while my own widened.

Shit.

I reached out. "Wait-"

Too late.

I couldn't tell what was louder, the crunch caused by the bones or the fact that Ashley felt it and cried out.

Being brought back to that kind of agony isn't pleasant.

The bassist arched his back in retaliation to the pain and began to flail about while Jake tried to keep a hold of his leg and Sammi basically jumped onto him to prevent him from falling off of the table, some of the blood from his yet-to-be-healed wounds on his stomach soaked into her clothes.

Despite my own injury I caught one of his arms and pressed it into his side before he caused more damage to himself or anyone around him.

"A little help over here!" I shouted to Matt who launched himself from the door, shortly followed by Jinxx and a dazed CC. All three of them gathered round our bassist and held him even though he protested fiercely.

Everyone had tears in their eyes, never had we been put in this position before and to say we were all scared shitless was the understatement of the century. When Jinxx was in Ashley's place a few years back he was unconscious for three days.

Since I was still injured my side flared up intensely, forcing me to sit away from the commotion and watch as the noise began to die down once Sammi Doll finally set to work.

Ashley had his teeth crushing each other and his eyes tightly squeezed, though it failed to stop the tears spilling out down his face.

He was my best friend and yet, I could only watch while everyone else helped him. I know that blaming myself wasn't going to get me anywhere, but I felt so helpless. Even as the cries gradually turned into deep pants, my mind just kept telling me 'why aren't you doing anything?' I had never in my life seen someone in so much pain, why did it have to be him?

Eventually, Sammi finished with a very audible huff and quickly healed the rest of his body, which was now covered in sweat from the pain Ashley just went through and the guys who held him.

"Fuck..." came a small whisper as Ash's eyes squinted into space. "I never want to go through that again." And then he chuckled. Despite what had just happened, he managed to laugh.

It was quite infectious as it wasn't too long until the rest of us joined in, though it was a more strenuous task for me since I still had to be healed so it turned out to be a half laugh, half wince.

It was painful, but worth it.

As I shuffled to the edge of my seat so Sammi could begin patching me up since I did still have a few chunks of my waste ripped apart.

Before that though, I patted Ashley's shoulder as he was still lying on the table and his head tilled so that he could see.

"Good to have you back buddy."

LITD: The pain is over for Andy and Ashley! YAY! XD Hope you enjoyed it, things will get back to normal (in BVB terms anyway) for a bit and a couple of OCs will be put into this in the not too distant future. It shouldn't take too long since I have left school now (I know some of you are back now.)

I will say this, if any of you are taking any shit from bullies at your school, I am here if you want to talk to someone. PM me if you wish to talk to someone with 'experience' in that field. Trust me, I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Till next time folks! ;P