Winds Of The Apocalypse (17 page)

Casey
stomped her leg and pushed him.

"
And you're sick." Casey stated.

Din ignored her. “I won’t let you down Morgan.” He said, serious, his voice still bearing the guilt for the conseq
uences of their night of fun.

Morgan shook his head. “I believe you Din but…”

"But I already have a plan.” Casey interrupted, turning to Din and Toby.

"I need you two, to discretely,” She emphasize
d on the word, glancing at Din.

“Check the school. See if you can find anyone who looks suspicious or talks a
bout anything that sounds off."

“Like what?” Din questioned.

“Oh, I don’t know.” Casey rolled her eyes. “Maybe something that goes like: I summoned some huge fucking monsters and landed a kid in the hospital with brain damage.”

Din smirked. “Oh, something
like that. No problem, I bet a bunch of people mention that kind of thing regularly.”

”Yes, something
like that.” Casey sighed and looked at Toby.

"And please try to keep Din out of as much trouble as you possibl
y can so you won't get caught."

Toby nodded as if it was a given.

Din frowned. "I do not need a baby sitter!"

Casey smiled. "Yes, you do, Baby Din. Maybe I should get Toby a lich.
" She added on the off thought.

“Why you…” Din growled but Toby had already caught him by the shoulder and started dragging him towards the door.

Casey smiled at Din’s annoyed features and then turned to Colin and Jon.

"You two will come with me.”

“Where?” Jon asked seeing that Casey didn't want to go to the place she was planning to visit.

“To the hospital.”
Casey answered, flinching like she had just swallowed a bitter pill.

“And while I distract my parents with some well-deserved screaming you will check if it is possible to get Morgan's body out of the hospital undetected, and preferably alive."

Jon smirked and Morgan chuckled.

"Look at you, all grown
up and bossing people around."

Casey snored and gave him a little smile. "Well, with you and Jon out of order as you said, I
got to go into my battle mode."

Morgan laughed full heartedly. "I didn't know that you had a battle mode.” He presented his right hand fingers and began counting. “I know the crying mode,” He closed one finger. “And the annoying mode,” He closed another. “And the…."

"Oh! Shut up! I got it already! You know, you should really be thanking me here!

I am trying to help your sorry ass out of this mess!" Casey snapped and Morgan dropped his hand, pretending t
o be ashamed but still smiling.

"Sorry, sorry, my pretty little ass thanks you.” He bowed before Casey and then c
rossed his arms over his chest.

“So ok then, while you are all out scouting and hunting what I am supposed to do here? You gave everyone an assignment but me. What? Am I invisible again?"

Casey bit her lip as she toughed over the dilemma Morgan had presented her. "You…You…" She muttered, trying to think fast enough to respond. “You…”

"Are coming with you!"
Morgan bit her to the answer, glaring at her in a 'Don't argue with me' kind of look.

Casey groaned
, she should have been expecting this. "No, Morgan. You don't have to…"

Casey tried protesting but it didn't really seem to help her.

”I am coming!” Morgan said determinedly.

“I really rather you wouldn't. “Casey shook he
r head. “What if mom sees you?”

“She didn't see Jon!” Morga
n pointed at his brother.

“But she might!” Casey protested.
“How are we going to explain this?!”

Morgan c
rossed his arms over his chest.

“So you just expect me
to sit here and wait? Again?!”

“Yes.” Casey nodded.

“No way.”

“Morgan…”

"Not going to happen! It's my body!" Morgan declared, now more annoyed than ever, he was not going to be left behind again.

"And I don’t want you assholes messing something up with it. I still plan to use it before it
has to be returned to sender."

“You really think that I would let something happen to it?!” Casey
questioned, genially offended.

“No!” Morgan’s tone got higher then he inten
ded. “No…” He repeated quietly.

“But think about it Casey, what would have you done if you were in my position?”

Casey opened her mouth to speak but then Morgan’s words hollowed through her. “Fine…” She surrendered. “Fine, but the second you even think that mom can see you get the fuck out of there, you got that?”

Morgan nodded. “Don’t worry Casey.” Morgan said, getting closer to her and laying a r
eassuring hand on her shoulder.

“Everything will be ok, it has to be. You planed it, right?” Morgan winked at her and
Casey gave out a little giggle.

“Ok…” She agreed. “Ok.” She said, turning to Din and Toby. “I’ll call you the minute we come back from the hospital, don’t raise any suspicion, ok?” Sh
e half begged, looking at Toby.

“You can trust us Casey. C’mon Din.” Toby nodded and then he and Din left the room.
 

"Ok, good.” Jon watched the door close behind them. “Casey, how are you planning
to get to the hospital?”

Casey shrugged. “I guess
we’ll take a cub or something.”

“Good.” Jon nodded. “Then I and Morgan are going to meet you in the hospital."

Jon said to Casey and both Morgan and Casey raised their eyebrows.

"Aren't you going to come in the cub with us?" She asked, sounding a little disappointed. “No.”
Jon shook his head and smiled.

“Why?” She questioned.

"Mmmm, well, you know, to us ghosts, there is a different way to travel.”

He looked at Morgan. “I’m going to teach you how to di
sappear like I did.”

Morgan grinned widely and Jon turned
to Casey who slightly frowned.

“Just go, we will meet you there, don’t worry." He promised, missing the hurt expression that spread on Casey’s features.

”Ok…” Casey said lowly and Morgan looked up at her just in time to catch the disappointed look that said that Casey was felling left out, but he chose not to say anything about it. Morgan knew that Casey felt like she was not part of the brotherhood that Jon and Morgan were now a part of but Morgan promised to himself that he would make it up to Casey as soon as he gets his body back, Casey could wait that long, right?

And he, he was bound to return to her. After all, in all the stories the good guys always win so wh
y should this be any different?

“I’ll see you there.” Casey spoke. “Don’t take too long, ok?” Her voice was somewhat bitter and Morgan nodded as Jon laid a hand on his shoulder and then, as Casey turned from them and the door closed after she and Colin had left through it, Morgan glanced at his brother.

"So how are we supposed to get there?" He questioned, a little unsure about this whole disappearing act thing anymore.

Jon frowned. "Didn't you see me disappear earlier when I went to the hospital?"

He asked and Morgan nodded. "Yes, I did see that Houdini but I can’t do that!" 

“Who is Houdini?” Jon fro
wned and Morgan shook his head.

“Never mind, some magician, anyway! Not imp
ortant! I still can’t do that!”

Jon smiled.

"I guess I missed quiet a lot of this world’s entertainment growing up.” He said, almost sarcastically.

“Yes, monsters are not the best educators.
” Morgan agreed and Jon smiled.

“Anyway, with my lack of human knowledge aside, Of course you can do that Morgan. You are a s
pirit after all, just like me.”

“But…”

“No butt’s. You can do it, and you have to learn it anyway in case you ever need it, so don’t give me that ‘I can’t’ boolshit, you just didn't try it yet. Now c'mon, I'll show you how…" Jon offered his right hand to Morgan who looked at it hesitated and then took it unwillingly, a little suspicious at what Jon was about to do to him.

Jon pulled Morgan closer, making him make a little sound of surprised protest as Jon wrapped his other hand around Morgan's body and pulled him even closer.

"Now," Jon said, his warm breath inches from Morgan’s cheek.

"Now I need you to close your eyes and think about the hospital. Think about where it is and about the people in it, think about the sterile walls and the medication smells even if you can…” Jon watched as Morgan closed his eyes and fallowed what he told him. “Now…” Jon continued with the same hypnotic low tone. “Take a deep breath and let yourself go, see us standing in the midd
le of that white corridor and…”

And as he spoke Morgan began to feel the world around him movin
g.

It was the weirdest and the most unpleasant thing Morgan had ever experienced, worst even then falling down those steps that he now remembered.

Burning immense pain Morgan had felt his body twist and turn without him even moving. It was like swirling up a hot gashing stream in blazing deep water with his stomach pulled forcefully somewhere billow him and the hot water stream filling up his breathless lungs.

Morgan felt himself on the verge of screaming, he felt the urge to claw himself out of his own skin but Jon was holding him forcefully, the process of this ghostly transfer had left Morgan disoriented and breathless, and as he felt himself returning to normal a thought accord to him that it was probably a good thing at the moment that he didn't have
to breathe anymore.

”
Oohhh…” Morgan felt the ground appear beneath him, he squeezed his hands around his brother and then pried his eyes open, blinking at the bright light of the hospital hall in search of a familiar face.

”Casey…” He immanently saw his twin walking right pass him. “Casey?” Morgan choked but the teen slightly shook her head, ignoring his presence as Morgan lifted his head to the direction Casey was headed in to see his mother as Casey stepped up to her.

Morgan breathed in.

He assumed that because teleportation was so new to him, it took them a lot longer to get to the white building than it would have taken Jon on his own, but they arrived about at the same time as Casey and Colin did so there wa
s no harm in their slow travel.

Except now Morgan had to witness Casey face their mom without him and from the look on her features this was not going to be a pleasant ride.

”Casey!” Lilith exclaimed once she saw her approach Morgan's room from up the hallway. She immanently ran towards her, her entire body screaming for her to stop Casey.

She didn't want Casey to see Morgan at that moment, she knew that as she approached the room, Morgan’s doctors were doing the last
check ups on him, a sort of a last chance process to make sure that he was not going to wake anymore and that cutting him off the machines will surreally end his half-life.

"Casey!" Lilith called out to her a little louder, relived as she turned to her, missing the doctors that had just left Morgan's bedroom, gravely shaking their heads.

”What?” Casey asked, making Colin pause beside her, he did see the old white robbed men leaving the bedroom but he didn't say anything in front of Lilith as Casey crossed her arms over her chest and waited to face her mom.

”I…” Lilith stopped in her tracks, she did not expect Casey’s tone to be so rough and at that point she frankly did not need this
offensive behavior towards her.

“Casey…Baby…” She tried to turn down her sadness, she knew how upset she was and she did not want to make Casey feel even more horrible but as she closed the distance between them Lilith had suddenly realized that the emotion that she had read on Casey's face wasn't sadness, her eyes did not reflect helplessness but anger. In fact, Lilith swallowed; it was pure hate that was reflecting from Casey's dark brown eyelids. Lilith gulped; she had no idea of wha
t was going on in Casey’s mind.

"Casey, honey…" She came a little closer. "Is there something wrong?" Casey smirked evilly, maki
ng her stop in her place again.

‘No!’ Lilith thought. ‘She couldn't have found out so soon!' She wasn't ready for Casey to kn
ow Morgan’s real condition yet.

“Casey…” She tried again. “Is there something wrong?” She asked in a tiny voice and this time she had received back a frightening roaring laugh
ter.

”Casey!”
Lilith took a step back. “What is wrong with you?!”

Casey abruptly ceased her laughter as if a button was switched off, her fac
e taking on a grave expression.