Things happen fast. The man bounces, aiming at Will. Sonny places himself on his way and feels a slight burn on the side oh his abdomen. Cam grabs the man's arm yelling "Don't do that, come on, stop!" and falls on the floor after being hit in the jaw. Sonny has seized Will and they're fleeing. He can feel a warm liquid sipping through his jeans. He's aware he's been stabbed. By what, a knife ? Or one of this hospital's blade, like a scalpel ? He halts and presses on the wound. Will watches too and murmurs " Sonny... What did he do to you ? You're OK... ?" Sonny sees Will's eyes and holds his arms tight. In this moment, Will looks like an angry bull, bolting back, ready to eviscerate the enemy. Not letting him go takes all of Sonny's energy and he drops on the ground, whining. Will holds him up shouting " Sonny, Sonny!" with despair and helps him run along.
Sonny puts one foot in front of the other, it's all he can think about. Going on. Holding up. He can only see the dark red earth beneath, the rest is more and more unfocused. He can't run anymore and in his head he can still hear Will's screams. Will has calmed down and is now gasping for breath in their willingness to distance their assailant. Sonny wants to tell him to let go of him and run but he doesn't even try, he knows Will won't agree, by the way he's squeezing Sonny's arm. They can hear sounds of broken branches from a little afar. In the settling dark, all paths scatter around and the man knows not where they lead nor where the boys are heading to.
The last steps are the hardest. While Will is trying in keys, Sonny lies on the wooden wall and try to squish the skin so that the blood would stop pouring out. The cut must be too thin and deep and nothing changes. He makes an ultimate effort in following Will inside and as the door is shut and blocked, Sonny slides on the hard floor. Wills sits and takes Sonny's neck in his hand with precaution and places it on his lap. "You're burning up. You need help. Now." Sonny slowly nods. He raises feverish eyes to Will so as to appease himself but the sight of him so upset doesn't soothe him in the slightest. He closes his eyes mumbling "Call... doctor". Will lets out a defeated sigh.
"Sonny... our cells are back there, in the bags. And I'm pretty sure Adam mentioned this place doesn't have a phone line." Will is squealing. Sonny is not able to think clearly. He still says "...cars... bags ?""Yeah, but what if the guy is back there ?" Will answers "What if he's waiting for us ?" He gently puts Sonny's head back down, gets up, go and replace his knees with a pillow, then looks out a window. He turns, pupils dilated with fright "I can see headlights and they're not moving. We can't go back to the main road!" This jogs Sonny's memories and extracts a small detail from it. "Up that cliff... behind... I saw a truck earlier... There's a road..." Will theorizes " If I can get there, I'll walk along that road and stop a car. And if I see the SUV, I'll hide in the shade. Or..." Sonny raises a hand "Will... it's a tall cliff... how will you get up there ?" "By climbing" "You... fear of heights..." Will bends and caresses Sonny's cheeks and, this time, the contact is appeasing. " For you, Sonny, I'm not afraid to do anything."
Ignoring the throbbing pain, Sonny crawls to the skylight upstairs and looks outside for the black shape of Will. He catches it, thanks to the small light from the refuge, mid-wall, motionless. His hand goes up then falls back. Sonny recalls Will's panicked stare when facing a mere practice wall. That's when he fully realizes how much he matters to Will. Beyond his faltering, beyond his phobias. Beyond his own life. And for the first time, Sonny vouches always to be with Will, always to love him, no matter what life throws at them.
He suddenly notices Will's foot slip ; he's loosing his balance. Sonny's climber mind analyzes the danger, the wrong body placement. He'll fall, rolling down, injuring himself or even... No, not now that they've finally found each other, that he's his, completely ! He holds his breath until Will has regained balance and is resuming his very slow ascent.
Under his breath, voice hoarse, Sonny says 'I love you, Will. Please, be cautious...'
Will has disappeared up in the dark and Sonny is left alone, in an unknown place he's staining with blood, jolting in and out of consciousness. He hears a door noise downstairs and jumps up, terrified. But he can't stay standing up and falls back on the wooden bench, then waits, resigned. He can't escape and Will is not there with him. That's the saddest part.
He hears footstep up going up the stairs. Someone is calling "Sonny! Will ?" It's Cam. Sonny still doesn't understand how someone as quiet as him has turned up in such a monster. Cam reaches him and darts on Sonny. He feels him out, locating the wound. Sonny feels the fingers pressing on and realizes it's a ... medical touch. Cam is treating him. He came to save him.