Mr. Egbert informed the police on their arrival that John had been missing since Tuesday evening, and that he had previously been with Dirk Strider's younger brother, David Strider. He had, also, given them information on how John was unstable without his medication- which Mr. Egbert found several of John's pills stuffed in the back of his red teddy bear. It shocked him greatly just to think that his son had deceived him in such a way.
The police immediately interviewed two of the boy's friends: Jade Harley and Rose Lalonde. The girls, of course, hadn't heard a peep out of the two. Dirk, however, was on a suspect list at first until he was able to give them his alibi. They suspected Mr. Egbert, too, but he also had an alibi. The only suspects left were John and Dave themselves.
The few police officers walked in the woods with flashlights in their hands, shouting for Dave and John to come out. They were in the right area, but they took a left instead of a right thinking that they had already went that way.
One police officer in particular found the phone that belonged to Dave Strider inside the body of a small squirrel. The poor squirrel lay on it's back with its belly cut open and its guts lay out like streamers.
The sim card was nowhere to be found, but it wouldn't matter anyway. The phone was dead. With that, they placed the phone in a baggy and left to report on what they had found so far.
John sat on the bed with Dave's head on his naked lap, running his hands through his hair while he watched out the window. He saw the 'monsters' lights flashing around out there. He snarled a little under his breath. "No. No monsters… I will kill all the monsters, Davey. Just for you." He growled again until he saw the lights disappear. "That's right...go away!" He pulled Dave close to him as if he were hiding from them.
Dave mumbled softly and curled close to John.
The raven whimpered. "Don't let the monsters get me, Davey...they'll hurt me and take you away from me…" He felt warm tears run down his cheeks in fear. He held tighter to the blond and cried in his chest. He didn't like how the 'monsters' stared at him and got mad when he answered incorrectly to stupid trivial questions. He hated it when they stuck needles in his arms and took blood! It hurt! He hated them so much! He'd get back at them!
John placed a bloodied rabbit on the counter in front of Dave. "I brought you breakfast, Davey. I know you like meat and you haven't had it in a while!"
Dave stared at the bloody rabbit then at John...who in return was also bloody. His hands...were gloved in blood and his shirt, too; blood was sprinkled on his cheeks. "Uh...where's a lighter at?"
"Lighter…?"
"Yeah...I can cook it for us-"
"No! No, fire!"
"Then how the hell do you expect me to eat this raw bunny?"
John stared at Dave as if he was stupid and stating the obvious.
"John, I am not eating it raw. I refuse to do that, too. I'll eat the stupid dog food, but not the bunny," Dave said with his nose curled up in disgust. He had been losing weight so quickly. Yes, Dirk couldn't give Dave the proper nutrition, but he could at least feed him. John, though, could only give Dave dog food...or raw animal meats. Dave knew that he should just eat the dog food, but the thought of eating it disgusted him to no end.
"Davey. We are not going to have another repeat!" John shouted with his fists balled up.
"John, why can't I just cook it?"
"Because. Fire is scary."
"Yeah, if you play with it. We ain't going to play with it, we just need to cook the rabbit. We're not going to get diseases, okay?"
"Fine. You can cook it outside, but if you run...I will not be scared to make sure you stay, Davey," John said with hard blue eyes.
Dave nodded understanding that. He wouldn't run…
Dave rummaged through the drawers finding a few old lighters and only one worked correctly. He went outside with the bloody bunny and skinned it with a knife that he had brought along. Yes, he could use it against John. But why?
He felt disgusted, though, with his hands gloved in blood. He shook that away and put together sticks and lit them. He stuck a stick through the bunny and stuck it in front of the fire to be cooked. He sat there watching the fire ablaze, cooking the once alive rabbit. He sighed a little. He just wanted to be home...with a sane John in his arms.
Dave walked away from the rabbit and saw John standing behind the door, watching with curious eyes. "Scary…" John said with a whimper.
Dave stepped over to him. "No...it's not. It won't hurt you, babe." He held his hand out and, with hesitation, John took it. He led John over to the fire and stood a few feet from it. "Davey...the monsters were out there last night…"
"I won't-"
"If they come tonight...I will kill them… You aren't being taken away from me…Not ever. Never ever."
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