And we continue...

There were a handful of students roaming the hallways of the school yet Kevin couldn't get the feeling that someone was watching him. No, it definitely felt like many eyes were one him…as if there were cameras around the hallways that pierced into his mind and gave away his paranoid thoughts. Whatever it was it gave him the creeps.

The little ginger tried his best not to give in to his paranoia and focus on heading over to Nazz's seventh-period class to wait for her. He gripped the strap of his bag a little tighter as he quickened his pace down the hall and up to the second floor. Instead, he focused on the emotion of anger for what had happened to Ed. Was this part of Johnny's random urge to beat someone up or was this ordered by Sam? If so, then for what purpose?

Kevin supposed that if Sam wanted him on his side, god knows why he would want that, he wouldn't do anything to his friends. So perhaps Johnny was just out of control and wanted to blow off some steam…though it definitely was a terrible way to do it. It seemed that Sam liked him, well, liked him enough to be slightly friendly with him. Maybe Kevin could use that to his advantage and ask Sam to leave his friends alone. But would that come with any consequences? Would Sam ask something of him in return?

With a huff, he shoved his hands in his jean pockets and stood quietly close to the wall across from Nazz's classroom waiting patiently. Kicking at a small gum wrapper on the dirty tiles of the school floor he tried to resist his urge of wanting to message Eddward to find out how Ed was doing. He tightened his hold on his phone closing his eyes and taking a deep breath in hoping everything would turn out ok in the end. It was only the beginning of the school year.

A couple of minutes into his waiting he had leaned back on the wall stare directed down toward the crumbled wrapper peeking underneath his shoe. There were still a good 10 minutes before the bell rang and by each passing second Kevin became more impatient. Something was going on and it scared the shit out of him.

Almost as if it were on cue a handful of wide-eyed students rapidly walked down the hall as if trying to run away from something…or someone. Two of them were whispering among themselves occasionally looking back with guilt while another tried to hush them. Kevin leaned forward and listened carefully to the girls who continued to whisper to each other.

"…believe she's so stupid to try that!"

"She should have known better"

"SH!" they awkwardly looked in Kevin's direction before shutting up completely and turning to look down at the floor and speeding up.

There had been a victim…he would be lying if for a moment he thought there was a possibility that the victim was Nazz again, and in that moment he felt his heart race so fast it had stopped. But she knew better than to try again alone…he knew that she was better than that.

So he relaxed watching the students disappear turning a corner. His calmed state didn't last long, as other worries began to trouble his mind. Now Kevin questioned if Eddward knew about this. Both of them had been at the parking lot when it most likely happened, but the athlete had seemed strange and unfocused when Kevin had arrived. His frown deepened at the thought of Eddward knowing exactly what terrible things were going on around the school and not doing anything about it.

This couldn't go on forever… he has said it time and time again. Though, Kevin knew that the raven haired teen had something to lose if he rebelled and he couldn't help but wonder if it was worth the safety of all the innocent people. Kevin like to think whatever the reason was, it was big enough to justify Eddward's lack of action.

At least he hoped so…

…

The white home was enveloped in complete silence as Eddward worked on cleaning a particularly nasty scratch on Ed's elbow. The taller brunette sat on the toilet seat with a scowl looking down harshly at the floor while Eddward stood next to him. The raven haired frowned hating the expression the other teen displayed; the anger in his eyes really didn't match his normally bubbly personality.

He had sent a message to Kevin letting him know not to worry about Ed and asked if everything was alright at school. The ginger had thankfully replied instantly and let him know that he and Nazz were making their way to his home. The news relaxed the raven haired teen tremendously knowing the freckled teen was out of harm's way.

"You must have provoked Johnny somehow if he harmed you this harshly" the swimmer mumbled breaking the silence rubbing alcohol onto the wound to clean out the remaining dirt. "What did you do?"

Turning his face to the side his frown deepening "I can't understand how you can stand there and do nothing…"

Eddward paused his work and stared deeply at the cut pressing his lips together "I don't know what you mean"

The brunette shoved his arm away from the swimmer "You know what happened Double D…"

Letting out a breath Eddward bent down to be eye level with Ed but did not look him in the eyes "I heard some sophomore wanted to tattle tell…I'm assuming you intervened?"

Ed looked down at the blue eyed teen "I can't be a bystander Double D…I can't do what you do"

"You need to understand that you can't aggravate Sam, Ed" Eddward stared back "I need you to help me look after Kevin and Nazz"

"But it isn't JUST about them Double D! It's about everyone!" Ed stood up enraged making Eddward look up in surprise at the sudden outburst from the usual calm teen. "She was innocent D!"

"If she had known her place she would have avoided her misfortune" The athlete muttered out.

Ed's lips parted as he looked down at the raven haired teen "I can't believe this…Seriously?"

Eddward looked up now meeting the other bewildered eyes "…"

"You're still thinking like them" Ed sat back down on the seat staring down at the floor.

The swimmer felt a rush of guilt drown him hearing the disappointment in the other's voice and wondered what it would have felt like to hear that same disappointment come out of Kevin's lips. Would it have hurt the same or worse?

"What would you have done if the victim today had been Kevin hm?" Ed asked looking up to look at the wall. "What if it had been Nazz or me?" Ed turned his head to meet the other eyes with a serious look. "You say that you would come running to help us if anything were to happen, but why don't I believe you Double D?"

The boy's words sink deeply into the raven haired teen, what would his immediate reaction be if the victim had been one of the three? "Ed, you know I would" he settled on the response he hoped would be true.

"You're lying" Ed mumbled out

"I'm not!"

The taller teen gave him a sad smile "But you're unsure"

"…"

…

Hours later, after the brunette had taken his leave, the raven haired teen laid contemplating on the cold sheets of his bed staring fixedly at the ceiling. Every bump on the wall made him tilt his head and frown thinking how rough the texture of the wall was. He remembered having to place sticky notes on the rough wall and would cringe at how imperfect the smooth flat sticky notes would become. There wasn't anything he could do to change the texture, and it was the one thing his OCD would allow him to ignore because placing the sticky notes on the damn wall was the best form of communication he had with his parents.

It had been the only thing that was allowed to be imperfect in this house.

And he envied it

Eddward turned to his side his eyes sight landing on the full body mirror across the room catching sight of his slumped body. It was a pathetic sight and he decided to close his eyes instead sinking into a bottomless pit of darkness in his mind. It was now that his thoughts and the voices began to crawl into his conscious mind. Ever so slowly rising in volume they pounded into the walls of his mind causing a lot of unwanted noise.

Then he was back in the room illuminated by the single lamp at the center of the room with the puddle of water underneath it. The wooden walls slowly taking form as he looked around the area. In mere seconds he was sealed inside the room with the only sound of water dripping from the ceiling.

He stood still a moment waiting for the voices to come in hushed whispers through the openings of the wooden walls. However, they did not come immediately which was unusual in this dream. The room was completely silent with only the water drops falling to the beat of a ticking clock. The irregular silence brought an unnerving feeling towards the raven haired teen as he walked around the room steadily. He ran his fingers along the wood as his eyes scanned the area looking for something that was out of place, yet he found nothing.

It was until Eddward finally made his way around the room that he felt a particular loose area of one of the walls. As he pushed into the wall he watched as the loose section formed into a door slightly opening itself into pitch black. He stepped forward only looking back for a second with hesitation before opening the door wide.

As he leaned further through the door he finally heard them lightly laughing clearer than he had ever heard them yet it was as if the voices were at a distance. Eddward did not step out into the darkness for fear of the dark figured hands that had been haunting his most recent dreams. He didn't plan on going any further until he heard a familiar sweet voice in the distance of the darkness.

Kevin's voice was calling out to him though he could barely hear his words. Eddward was hesitant knowing this was all a dream and whoever was calling out was not in fact Kevin. However, the voice was becoming more unsteady with a fear which caused a swirl of anxiety to encompass the swimmer as he stared into nothingness.

Then he heard Kevin's voice so clearly calling his name, begging for help and it brought him back to the day he had left the freckled teen vulnerable and alone in the clutches of Jimmy and Johnny. The image so fresh in his mind the scene started to fade into the darkness and played right in front of him. Eddward saw a terribly beaten up Kevin being held up by Johnny and Jimmy screaming at him words he could not comprehend as he gestured towards Kevin with anger. The two boy's words were slurred and mixed together into a static gibberish that freaked the raven haired teen out, though Kevin's pleas were loud and clear.

Eddward stood still at the edge of the door gripping the handle with an extreme force as he watched the scene. Kevin's screams seemed far too real, but he knew this was all a trap to lure him into the darkness. It pained him to watch the scene and stare right into the freckle teen usually vibrant green eyes now dimmed with sorrow.

The voices started getting louder now as Kevin screams did as well, they laughed horribly as they changed coward. Eddward couldn't find the strength to look away to turn around and lock the door for he feared he would be doing the exact same as betraying Kevin once again. It wasn't until out of nowhere Jimmy had pulled out a blade and was screaming something at him that Eddward finally ripped his stare away from Kevin.

Jimmy and Johnny's eyes had turned completely black and now only yelled one word clearly just as the voices surrounding the darkness. They were all yelling coward except Kevin who was only becoming more unstable as the seconds passed. Then he saw Jimmy become frustrated and turned to charge at Kevin. It was then that Eddward instinctively ran out into the darkness wanting to take the blade away from Jimmy.

He had yelled out, but before the blade made contact with Kevin's stomach the dark figured hands reached out to grab Eddward by the ankles tripping him. When he looked up in desperation all he saw was Kevin's sweater completely stained in blood and his body going limp in Johnny's hold. The sight before him was far more excruciatingly painful than the wounds the hands were leaving as they pulled him down sinking him into the darkness.

Jimmy then walked towards him slowly and dropped the bloody blade in front of him as Eddward tried his best to release himself from the grip of the hands. He knew there was only one way out of this horrid dream and he looked up towards Jimmy who looked down with black beetle eyes and a deformed smile. He felt tears fill his eyes as he saw Kevin lifeless body in the distance slowing fading out. When the body had completely disappeared Eddward reached for the blade and stared down at it leaving drops of tears mixing with the blood. He lifted the blade and stretched his other arm out in front.

The last thing he heard before he sliced at his arm was the fainted laughter of the voice and Jimmy repeating the damned word.

Eddward jolted awake gasping for air feeling pain all over his body and chest. He rapidly sat up grabbing at his shirt now drenched in sweat feeling at a loss of air in his lungs. He coughed and tried desperately to breath in as much air as he could but nothing was seemed to be working. So he quickly stood up and opened his window and leaned out catching the light breeze of wind. He closed his eyes tightly feeling dizzy watching the leaves dance around with the wind. However, this only amplified the left over feeling of the dream and the darkness of his eyesight only made the voices echo more clearly. He knew it had all been a nightmare, but this by far had been the most traumatizing one he has had. Remembering Kevin's screams and limp body brought a nauseating feeling forcing him to run towards the bathroom and regurgitate what little contents he had in his stomach.

He had flushed it away and sat down on the floor leaning against the wall closing his eyes once again. Eddward took deep breaths in and exhales out attempting to calm himself as he slumped down. He tried to recall the happy bubbly feeling he got every time he noticed Kevin quietly watching him as he swam laps in the pool. The memory of a smiling Kevin was the only thing he knew would ground him because the memory was real, Kevin was real and alive and perfectly happy.

As he opened his eyes he felt tears begin to spill down his cheeks and felt an appalling grief grip his chest tightly as he silently begged whatever divine existence to keep that beautiful smile on Kevin lips. Tilting his head back he looked up to the ceiling and let his tears run down finding it helped to calm him down. The cool floor chilled his skin and kept him fully awake once his eyes had dried and nothing but an empty feeling was left.

That afternoon he had called Ms. Adams letting her know he would not show up to work with the excuse that he was ill. Being the gracious woman she was, Ms. Adams did not question him and simply told him to rest up and drink medicine and told him to take the next day off as well to which he was grateful knowing had he shown up to work she would have easily figured something was wrong. Ms. Adams was a very observant woman and although he appreciated that aspect as it made communication with her easier, he did not want to involve her in anything unnecessary.

The athlete resisted the urge to call Kevin that evening as well knowing that the second he heard his voice he might break down once again. He wanted to hear the small teen and just know he was fine, but he didn't want to alarm him. So that evening, he spent it laying on his bed staring off at nothing begging that he won't make the same mistake of turning his back on Kevin once again if and when the times comes. Both Nazz's and Ed's words swirling around in his mind as he watched the lighting on his room change from oranges to dark blue. It was then that he stood up and pulled the curtains to the side letting the moons light brighten his room.

Placing his hands in his pockets he leaned on the window staring out onto the quiet street. He breathed in quietly feeling relaxed enough to contemplate the issue at hand. He would have once again had to rise up to be Sam's loyal knight if he was going to gain his trust, though he hoped having this role again wouldn't jeopardize his bond with the smaller teen. Eddward was going to try his damn best to keep Kevin as far away as possible.

…

There has stirred something in Eddward the night from the nightmare. He needed to do something immediately and he needed to distract Sam's attention from the freckled teen. It had been very peculiar to him how Kevin had managed to easily catch the other's attention, and it made him question what that exact interest Sam had was?

The various possibilities to this question were sometimes alarming and sometimes confusing. However, after a couple of days of observing he realized Sam had an uncanny fascination towards the freckled teen and Nazz. On some instances he found Sam leaning quite close to the blonde girl and Eddward would roll his eyes stepping in pretending to need to speak with Sam and harshly shove Nazz away giving her a warning glare. What truly alarmed him though was the fact that he could never find Sam and Kevin, and would not know about their encounters until the smaller teen would tell him about it. It was highly irritating knowing that Sam would give him small tasks to do precisely during this time. Eddward knew Sam did it on purpose, and it only highly worried him about Kevin's safety during this time.

It was upsetting at times because as Kevin was telling him about his encounter with Sam, Eddward could tell that the little teen was holding back some information from him. He knew first hand how easily Sam could manipulate a person, he just hoped Kevin as a little stronger than that. Nonetheless, he needed to finally start putting into effect Ed's plan of him taking over after Sam. He knew he needed to convince the blonde of his true loyalty and commitment which was why he was currently seeking Sam outside of school.

The blonde was idly chatting with Jimmy as they over looked the basketball court at the east side of Peach Creek, while Johnny sat on the ground playing with a pebble with Plank. Eddward noticed Johnny look up with curiosity as he looked up noticing him approach and stood up alerting the blonde. When Jimmy looked back the swimmer felt rage brew in the pit of his stomach and he let out a small growl no one but Sam heard as he chuckled out with an amused grin.

"Eddward!" Sam happily called out stepping forward to meet the raven haired teen half way "What brings you here my dear friend? I didn't call for you"

"I'm aware" Eddward glanced to the J's who were both very curiously trying to listen in. "I'm here to speak with you" he looked back to Sam.

The teen let out a small laugh "Why am I not surprised"

"Perhaps you should be" Eddward crossed his arms giving the other a serious and firm stare.

Raising an eyebrow Sam tilted his head "Care to tell me why?"

"I've decided to take you up on your offer from a year ago if you recall"

"Of course I do!" Sam chimed with glee "Though I must ask why now? If I remember correctly you completely rejected my offer"

"Boredom?" Eddward suggested shrugging keeping a straight face on.

The blonde gave a small chuckle stepping closer to Eddward and placing a hand to the side of the athlete's face with a firm grip. "I'm going to need you to give me a clearer answer another time" he spoke softly then leaned back breathing in with a smile and dropping his hand. "Well, Eddward I'm very pleased with your decision and eager to see you in action once again"

Eddward stood still watching as an idea formed through Sam's head as he looked back at the basketball court where some kids were playing and looked back. "You know, I was going to have these boys take care of problem with the guys over there dressed in black." Sam scratched a small amount of stubble he had on his chin "You see they owe me money…" his mischievous dark eyes met with Eddward's. "Mind taking care of it instead?"

Eddward had known Sam was bound to make him do something like this, which was why he had come mentally prepared for a fight once again. "Gladly"

Once again Sam stepped closer and now held onto his shoulders tightly with a wicked grin "Don't screw it up" he whispered before giving him a pat on the shoulder and sending him to the field.

Putting on the mask he once wore Eddward stood with the strength that Eddward Vincent once possessed, the strength that ensued fear and intimation by everyone that knew his name. He had seen Jimmy and Johnny smiling with excitement as he passed by watching him with wonder. Yeah, he was going to make them fear him once again, he was going to be Sam's knight once again, and he was going to end this as soon as possible.

"What would you have done if the victim today had been Kevin hm? What if it had been Nazz or me?"

Ed's word's played in his head and as he approached the group he swore he wasn't going to turn his back on them. He was going to do this for Kevin, he was going to do this for Ed…

"Do you honestly think because Kevin forgave you that you are suddenly a good person? MY Kevin trusted you! And for a MOMENT I trusted him enough to trust you! and YOU go and turn your back on us…on KEVIN! The only one who has cared enough to forgive your stupid, repulsive, God awful actions!"

And he was going to do this even for that infuriating girl Kevin loved so much. He was going to show that petty princess she was wrong and that Kevin was right in trusting him again. Perhaps she was right in that he wasn't a good person, because he someone called him good he would most likely laugh. Not after this, not after all he has done and was about to do. Kevin was good…Kevin was…so good. May God bring mercy to whoever dared to hurt the small freckled teen because he was going to make it his personal mission to bring hell to them.

Eddward approached one of the guys in a black shirt harshly shoving them backwards catching them off guard and landed a punch to his face. Immediately a wave of the guys companions charged in to attack him but Eddward was skillful enough to take them on. Some of them tried to attack from behind while other's grabbed his attention from the front. It was a good few minutes of Eddward struggling to untangle them from his legs as he threw punches at others.

He could hear Jimmy and Johnny cheering with excitement for a moment before Sam released them and they came running to join in.

The rest of the fight was a blur as his mindset was set to finishing the fight quickly and his eyesight darkened.

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I barely did any edit on this so hopefully the writing isn't too bad :P

Also, you have no idea how many times I had to rewrite this chapter lol the solution? Change the perspective to Eddward's lol

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