AN: In this chapter there is so much tension. I enjoyed writing this and I hope you all will as well!
I sat in the car staring at the floor. I could hardly move without having pain radiate through my entire body. All of my guardians were watching me like hawks. Sve was the most intent. He looked… well like Sve, but his eyes were dark. He was mad. I could tell it was because he finally saw the injuries. I have hidden them for the better part of the school year but I guess he carried me off the plane and the concealer that I was wearing rubbed off onto his jacket.
We were at the hotel in under a half hour. I managed to get out of the car and grab my backpack. I turned to enter and was caught. Sve had a hold on the crook of my elbow.
"What is it?" I asked. He looked at me and sighed.
"Here." He said taking his other coat off. He handed it to me. I took it and pulled it on. It was ridiculously long on me but it was better than having the large bruises on my arms showing. I pulled up the hood and shouldered my pack on the right shoulder.
We checked in and I was in my room. It was an adjoining room, with Tino and Sve on one side, Mathias and Lukas on the other, Emil was directly across the hall. I was sure they requested rooms that did this. It would not surprise me.
I walked into the bathroom and took off the jacket. The bruises and small cuts were healing, slowly. I have been beaten up nearly every day in one way or another. Many of the major injuries were healed but left faint scars. I could see the small crescent that was above my right eyebrow. The scar was tiny but the blood that had poured from it when it was inflicted was outrageous. I trudged back to my room and grabbed the large bottle of concealer, it was the one thing that they never knew I had… until now anyway. I applied it to all of the injuries. When that was done I grabbed the bottle of pain killers that was in my pack and took two. I needed them to tackle the job on my side. I pulled off my shirt and looked at my side, it was black. I slowly began to apply the concealer. It worked, but I probably should go to a hospital.
When I was done I took my laptop and plugged it in, got dressed for the meeting, and took my sketch book out. I looked at the page after my picture of Tino and Sve. It was black.
"I didn't do this…" I muttered. I couldn't tear it out either. My sketch book is bound by cord. If you pull one page out the matching page comes out as well. The more I looked at it the more it seemed to change. I threw it onto the bed and checked the hallway. Emil was already outside dressed for the meeting.
"Are you waiting for someone?" I asked him. He looked over at me and shrugged. Apparently I was not getting anything out of him. I closed my door and walked back to my bed. The laptop light was blinking, it was charged. I slipped it into my messenger bag and walked over towards my sketch book. It was open to the black page, even though I distinctly remembered that I closed it. I bent over it and it had words written on it. In big evil looking letters was,
'You can't hide from me Tea'
I backed away from it in terror. I went to call out for someone but I couldn't get the words out. I hit the wall and slid down. I pulled my knees up to my chest and stared at the open book. I must have been there for the better part of an hour before Mathias walked into my room.
"Hey Tea, you ready to go? Tea? Hey are you okay?" He walked over to me and knelt down. My eyes never left the book. He followed the path that I was looking in and walked over to the book.
"What the—Hey guys get in here!" He called. I just watched as the others filed in from the other rooms.
"What is it?" Lukas asked as he walked in. He eyed me sitting on the floor but continued to Mathias.
"What happened to that page Tea?" He asked turning towards me. I just looked at him.
"Who did this? Tea you have to tell us." Tino said kneeling next to me.
"I—I don't know Tino. It was like that when I came back into the room. I had placed it on the bed and stepped into the hall for a moment and when I came back I started to collect my things and it was open and that was on it." I said softly. I closed my eyes and looked at Tino.
"Whatever this is, it is after me." I said looking into his eyes.
"After you how exactly?" Emil asked from where he was leaning against the door frame.
"I don't know, but this isn't the first time weird things have happened to me. They seem to happen a lot at school, and when I am alone. This is the first time it has happened with anyone around."
"What do you mean when you say that this isn't the first time?" Sve asked me.
"Well, I have had nightmares before, never that intense though. And as for the book, well I have been finding things like that writing scribbled all in my notebooks." I said staring at the sketchbook in Mathias's hands.
"How long has this been going on Tea?" Mathias asked.
"Since before—" I cut off they knew what I meant. They knew I had been hiding something ever since I had come to live with them.
"We can deal with this later." I said standing up. "We have an important meeting to attend to do we not?" I said walking over to Mathias and grabbing my sketch book then shoving it into the bag with my laptop.
"Are you sure you are alright to go?" Tino asked watching my every move.
"Oh, please since I can't go into the room itself I will amuse myself in town. And besides what could I possibly get into that would put me in any distress. In fact I was thinking about going downtown and checking out the hospital." I said opening the door after wedging my way past all of them. If I didn't get out of there soon I would never get out. I could hear the countries talking as I walked at fast as I could down the hall and to the elevator.
It only took me a few moments to hail a cab and get to the hospital. I filled out the paperwork and was waiting in the lobby. After twenty or so moments the nurse called my name and I was lead to a patient room. I waited in there for a few more moments and the doctor came in.
"So, Miss Tea, what seems to be the problem?" He asked looking at the papers on his clipboard.
"Well, this is." I said lifting my shirt on the left side. I had taken the makeup off while I was waiting.
"Oh my… what happened to you?" He asked examining the black place.
"I get attacked at school. It wouldn't surprise me if it happened there." I said quickly. I really didn't know I had it before I felt the pain.
"Well, we need to get some x-rays to see if we need to set any ribs back in place. If so we can get in and fix them tonight if you would like. You do have time I assume?" He asked. He was writing something on the clip board.
"Well, I am going to be in town a few days… I don't see why we can't get this done tonight." I said. He stood up from the stool and he motioned for me to follow him. He took me to the x-ray room where he told me to wait. After almost an hour they were ready for the images. They took several and called me back to view them.
"As you can see here, you have three ribs that are cracked. Now, they are not broken, that is a good thing. But we do need to go in and realign them. The table can be set in less than an hour." He said. I agreed. I wanted to get back to the hotel room as soon as I could. When the room was set I had changed into the gown and was on a gurney. They were placing the heart monitor and the IV. Then they gave me a shot. They told me to count backwards from 10.
"10… 9… 8…."
AN: Man I hate hospitals (actually doctors in general) but i mannaged to compress a hospital visit! I still don't own Hetalia or Slender Man. Oh, and one more thing, i was thinking about compiling 'Lost Chapters' if you have any questions regarding the chapters, feel free to ask them and when I am done writing this I will start on them, so what do you think? I hope you guys like the ideas~!