Warning: Mention of suicide.
'I can't believe you managed to finish it in one night.' Lewis said with a smile, he glanced a look at the blond next to him that downing a cup of coffee.
'Yea, I might even convince Lance to connect it on me today.' Arthur said downing another cup.
'Hey you seemed to sleep pretty good last night.' Mystery said from his feet. 'Even if it wasn't a full nine hours.'
'It was blank and I think that was the first time in a long time.' Arthur said with a smile. Lewis finished drying a plate as he turned towards Arthur.
'Your nightmares got worse after it happened?' Lewis asked, he put down the plate onto a clean pile. Arthur looked caught out.
'Yea, there was a period were I wouldn't sleep because I just didn't want to experience that night again.' Arthur said.
'Luckily I was able, every so often, keep the nightmares at bay.' Mystery said puffing out his chest.
'And I thank you for that.' Arthur smiled, he then dropped his mug in the sink and ran to his room. Lewis was confused before he spotted the cloak, Arthur had ten minutes before work would begin. Lewis floated down the hall, he could hear Arthur trying to dress as possible.
'Arthur do you want me to take your arm to the van?' Lewis yelled out.
'Yes please.' Was what he got back, Lewis floated into the room and picked up the finished arm from the table. He was about to leave when something caught his eye, some papers that where left in the corner of the room. He had already had cleaned some of the room out of boredom, but Arthur had kicked him out. There where a few sheets that several smudge and Lewis realised they where tear marks, he got curious and started to read.
"If anyone is reading this and I am no longer around, then I suppose I went through with it. I am sorry to who ever had to find me but to much was on my mind and I couldn't find any other way to silence the damn demon, yes I am saying it. I had a demon in my head ever since my best friend died, in fact it was its fault that he died and I wasn't able to stop it. I am weak in that aspect.
Vivi I am sorry, if you read this, I am sorry that you don't remember him. He was a great guy and..."
'Lewis!' Arthur yelled as he snatched the paper from his hands. Lewis froze where he was before slowly turning around, Arthur already had waterfalls down his face and was gripping the paper tightly.
'You where going to kill yourself?' He said slowly. Arthur froze up and looked away. 'And what was that about the demon. Is it still with you!' Lewis yelled. Arthur was terrified, he was stuck between wanting to explain and running away. His flight mode took over and he dashed out of the room, Lewis only heard the van start up and leave the drive way. Lewis panicked, he had just yelled at Arthur and Arthur ran away. Lewis went to go slap himself, but found that he was still holding onto Arthur's arm. Mystery walked in at that point and sat down silently, Lewis turned to him.
'Did you know about the demon?' Lewis asked walking towards Mystery, Mystery bowed his head.
'I did, but it was not my place to say something. Arthur should have been the one to tell you all, he was going to. At least I think so.' Mystery said and watched as Lewis walked by him and headed for the door, picking up his sunglasses on the way. 'Where do you think you are going?' Mystery asked chasing after him, Lewis opened the door and placed the glasses on.
'I am going to go after Arthur, give back his arm and tell him that I don't blame him for anything. Are you going to come with me?' Lewis said he turned and looked at Mystery, Mystery thought about it before nodding.
'But we are going to need to be careful, you are deceased and there are some that know about it.'
Lewis and Mystery took the forest path around the town to Kingsmen Mechanics, they met no one on the way and Mystery left Lewis on the edge of the town, ran to the garage and happy to find the van parked to the side. Inside he found the workers going about there business, across the garage in the corner where Arthur's workshop was there where flashes of light and Mystery know that Arthur was there. He ran back to Lewis and told him to sneak in through the wall of the workshop, Mystery ran in with Arthur's arm. Luckily, no one questioned the fact of Mystery in the garage any more.
Arthur was at his bench with metal parts clamped to the bench and was welding them together, Mystery didn't disturb him, instead he put down the arm and closed the door. Lewis' head poked through the wall and floated himself to a comer and waited. Since Arthur was missing an arm, work would always take longer then it would take normally. Eventually Arthur finished melting the two pieces together and put down the welders, he flicked up the goggles he wore and turned to find Mystery waiting for him. Arthur frowned down on his arm that sat next to Mystery before shaking his head and picking it up.
'You need to take to Lewis.' Mystery said as Arthur took the arm to the bench and placed it to the side.
'Not now, I don't want to have that conversation.' Arthur replied and umclamped the metal piece from its spot, Mystery sighed from his spot and looked over at the dark corner where Lewis sat.
'Arthur, Lewis cares for you and just wants to make sure that you are safe. You need to talk to him for you to find out.'
'No.'
'But…'
'I said no. He is happy right now, Vivi is happy. I don't want to bring my troubles in to give them something to worry about, it hasn't spoken to me in a while. My nightmares have even calmed down, so I am not going to want to take about it.'
'I am not happy knowing that you have been suffering.' Lewis said, his voice came out small and sad. Arthur turned and squinted into the corner that he was sitting in, Lewis left in and floated towards Arthur. 'I would have thought that you would have learnt to speak up since high school.' Arthur looked away and sat on the stool.
'Lewis you have only just come back, I don't want you worrying over me.'
'Fine, but I still want to know about that note that I found.' Lewis said frowning at a cigarette bud in an ash tray on the far corner of the bench, Arthur sighed and rubbed his eyes.
'Alright, fine.' He said looking at Lewis. 'I got low alright? Even after I finished my arm and continued on with my life, the demon kept giving me nightmares and speaking to me. It was driving me mad. Vivi didn't remember you, I had told Lance some of what had happened, but it that only lifted some of the worries that I had. I would still had that damn demon showing me that night, telling me that you would want revenge and that I deserved it. I fought back at first telling it that it was wrong, but then…' Arthur paused. 'It got to me. I started to believe it and I was terrified.' Lewis landed his feet and stood next to Arthur.
'I wrote that note, when the demon suggested that I should end my life. I would have gone through with it too if I hadn't had Mystery around, he reminded me that I still have Vivi, Lance and even himself here for me.' Arthur smiled at Mystery before reaching out to a clump of paper, he straightened it out before looking at it. 'I even kept it around just in case that I decided to go through with it.' Arthur just stared at the paper before Lewis brought his hand forward and a small purple flame appeared in his palm, Arthur glanced at it before lifting the papers over the flame and letting it catch fire. He dropped it and left it to burn on the bench top in front of him, both he and Lewis watched it burn away to ash. Arthur turned to smile at Lewis when the workshops door opened and Lance walked it, eyes looking at a paper in hand.
'Arthur, the parts you ordered….' He trailed of when he looked up and saw Lewis. 'Oh, did I come at a bad time?' Lance said starting to back up. Arthur shot up, almost tripping over.
'No, its fine.' Arthur said and then gave a small smile. 'No every thing is good.'
