Winds Of The Apocalypse (21 page)

Her parents never knew that Morgan had laid his arm around Casey's trembling shoulder, and that Jon was holding her hand from the other side to keep Casey calm as they left the hospital building to go back to their summer school to plan that night’s dreadful events.

"Are you ok?" Morgan asked as they stood outside, waiting for the taxi.

"I will be better when this is over.
When I really have both of my brothers back."

Casey said, squeezing Jon's hand and looking at the road, eager to leave the synthesized
death house.

About half an hour later Colin Casey and her brothers were dropped off on the school grounds. The cub slowly rode up the hill to let them out just outside the entrance of th
e huge doorways of the mansion.

Casey got out of the cub, stretched and looked around the once crowded gardens, the place was now disserted as it had been for the last couple of days.

Colin had paid the cub driver and him and Casey’s brothers joined her at the bottom of the steps that lead to the doorway, looking around as well.

“It looks so different without all the kids…” Mor
gan whispered and Casey nodded.

She remembered that after Morgan was found almost dead in the lobby and rumors were spread that the police was looking for an attempted murder suspect, most of the worried parents had pulled their kids out of the summer school and back to their private teachers because they were afraid that whoever got Morgan will get their precious kids too.

That was probably a not so farfetched theory with the monsters around.

It was mid-day, it was hot outside and those who had no choice but to stay were mostly asleep or down in the cool cafeteria.

No one was walking in the gardens or in the main hallway so as the little gang pushed the huge wooden doors open they were the first to spot the limb body sprawled across the floor.

"Look! It’s Toby!"

Colin’s scream echoed through the lobby as he was the first to see and get to his unconscious friend.

“Toby?”
He fell to his knees and turned his friend over on his back to look down at his damaged body and his sweat stricken face.

"Oh my god!"
Casey breathed as she watched Toby’s unconscious form, his face tear struck and bloody, his breath raspy and hard and his clothes covered in green and red blood mixture of what appeared to be his own blood and something else, something far more sinister then what a human creation could have ever done to him.

"What the hell happened to him?!”
Colin demanded. “Who could have done this?!”

"We
know who did this." Jon hissed.

"No time to think about that now." Morgan kneeled down to lift Toby’s unconscious body. “C’mon! Help m
e!” Morgan rushed his siblings.

"Let’s get him up to our room before someone sees us." He said as Casey reached to grab Toby’s legs, shrieking in pain as her skin came in contact with the gre
en substance that covered them.

“Casey!” Morgan laid Toby back down on the floor, careful not to hit his injured back and hurried to lift Casey’
s hands, inspecting the damage.

“Are you o
k?” Jon asked and Casey nodded.

”I’m fine, it’s just a little red… don’t touch that green stuff, it burns.” “Are you sure that you a
re all right?” Morgan inquired.

“Yes, I’m fine.” Casey nodded. “Don’t worry
.” Morgan frowned, unsatisfied.

“Ok.” Morgan let her go and almost unwillingly resumed his hold on his f
riend.

His big brother senses going crazy. “C’mon, we have to take him upstairs to our
room before anyone sees this.”

“Yes.” Colin agreed, carefully grabbing a hold of Toby’s legs, keeping his hands away from the green substance. “Forget the injuries. It would be kind of difficult to explain why a part of his body is floating.” He squeaked in half chuckle, looking at the other teens but no one responded to his joke.

They hurriedly lifted Toby up from the marble floor with Jon supporting his torso and Casey running behind them.

“Carefu
l, he’s back.” Casey whispered.

“We’re fine.” Morgan shifted his numb friend as they carried his body up the stairs and down to their dorm rooms.
“The blood.” Morgan glanced back.

“There was nothing, it didn't seep through his clothes.” Casey assured him
as they neared their dorm room.

”Oh, over here.”
Casey sprung forward and opened the door before them, hurrying inside and watching as Colin and her brother’s carried Toby in and laid him down on Morgan's bed on his side, still covered with the green rubbish that burned her.

“Get his pants off.” Casey instructed as she ran to their small bathroom to get the first aid kit that they had kept there for ‘Morgan’ kind of troubles that came very
often in all shapes and forms.

“Casey, you pervert.” Morgan te
ased but Casey just pushed him.

“Careful not to touch
It.” She warned them.

“I’m a ghost Casey.” Morgan reminded her. “How bad can it actually be?”
 

He moved to the side and swiftly pulled down Toby’s ruined pants off, handing it over to Jon who quickly discarded them into the trash bin, while Colin lifted Toby's shirt up, revealing the nasty gashes on his back and stomach, which only added to the gruesome work that the monster’s scythe had done to his leg.

”Oh my god!” Casey gasped as she knelled next to Toby’s gashed out leg, laying the first aid kit on the bed beside him. "What the hell did this to him?!"

Colin asked as he opened the kit and grabbed the disinfection fluid bottle, dipping a few pisses of cotton in it and handing one to Casey so she could start working on Toby’s bloody leg.

"Not 'Who' but 'What'.” Casey whispered, shaking her head in sadness.

She didn't expect her friends to answer cuss they all thought the same as her, well, all except for Jon who was pretty sure that he knew exactly who did this and why did it had to happen, to Toby of all people who did nothing to deserve this kind of faith.

"They probably found something they were not supposed to." Jon said, crossing his arms over his chest and distancing himself away from the group, looking out the window into the now darkening gardens.

“They…?” Morgan looked at him. “Who are they…?
” He asked and then it hit him.

How did he not see it b
efore?! “Oh my god…” He choked.

“What?” Casey looked up at him. “What
Morgan? What is it?”

"Casey…” Morgan shook hi
s head. “Casey, where is Din?!"

“What…?” Casey looked around the room as if searching to pin poi
nt her malice filled companion.

“Din…He…” Casey gasped as she realized what Morgan was trying to tell her.

"Oh…Oh no…" Casey got up to her feet, her fist crashing the little wet cotton that she was holding, the transparent fluid ran to the floor but Casey was in a completely different place to even notice.

”They took Din!” Casey shook her head in disbelieve as Colin ran his cotton over the marks that the beast’s blood had left in Toby’s stomach. Toby jerked away and screamed in pain and Colin flung his hand aside in surprise as Toby sprung up, still half awake, his hands flyi
ng to protect his wracked body.

Toby opened his eyes as the fluid Colin had used trickled inside the open gashes, stinging into his open flesh, maki
ng it harder for him to breath.

“
Ahgh…” He cried out. “It hurts!” He began screaming. 

"DIN!"

He howled, looking terrified at the people that were now surrounding him.

“Where is he?!” Toby demanded, s
till disoriented from the pain.

“What have you done to him?” He howled, attempting to sit up but coming up short at the iron hot bleak blinding pain that took over his damaged limbs.

”Toby! Toby! Stop! It’s us!” Casey screamed as she hurried to capture Toby’s hands in an attempt to restrain him. "It’s ok! It’s ok! You are safe now. We got you! Stop fighting me!" Colin leaned in to help her and held Toby's trashing form down, embracing him until Toby’s eyes focused on Casey and his body relaxed in Colin’s arms.

Then, after Colin had made sure that Toby was not going to freak out again Colin helped him lie back down, carefully removing Toby’s trembling hands that were forcefully wrapped around his own body now and pulling the covers over him.

"Where is he? Where is Din?" Toby asked but his eyes had already held the answer.

“We were hoping that you could tell us that.”
 Morgan said, he moved closer to him to hear the full story.

Toby bit his lip and then opened
his mouth but nothing came out.

“I…” He began but fo
und himself choking on nothing.

He closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, willing away the pain that the memories had caused him, how he hoped that it was just a bad dream.

"They took him away." Toby whispered, refusing to open his eyes as he lay back on the pillow and turned his face to the wall, ashamed to stare into the eyes of his companions.

“Who…?” Casey moved closer to him. “Who took him Toby?” She asked, laying a comforting hand on Toby’s shoulder. “Please tell us.” She begged.

"The apocalypse.” Toby answered and the only thing that was now heard was Colin’s erratic pacing. “They took him…Right in front of my eyes…”

Toby shook his head, refusing to remember the horrible events any furth
er.

“Please…” He heard Ca
sey whisper. “We need to know…”

“I…” Toby sighed. “We did as you asked, we searched the school and the
n we found their hiding place…”

“What?!”
Morgan jumped. “Where is it?!”

“Morgan!” Casey shushed him; this was no time for exc
itement.

“G
o on.” She turned back to Toby.

“We went in…” Toby said after a long pause. “And then…” He felt his eyes sting with
the tears he was holding back.

“It’s my entire fault…!” He claimed in agony. ”I left him behind! Alone!
With those monsters!" Toby opened his eyes and turned back to his friends, his expression seeking forgiveness. “I’m sorry…It should have been me...”

”Stop it!” Casey commanded. "We don’t blame you." She confidently assured him.

"Thank god at least you managed to get away, Toby.” Casey whispered. “And don’t worry, we will get Din back, he will be just fine. Right guys?" Casey asked as she looked up at Morgan who nodded and came closer.

“We will defiantly get him out of those monsters clutches.” He promised and Casey got up from the be
d, clapping her hands together.

”Ok, ok.” Casey said, nodding to herself an
d then turning to her brothers.

“Change of plans then guys. “
She looked at Toby. "We will split up into two groups."

She decided, already going over the new plan as it formed in her head.

"One group will go to try and save Din while the other proceeds to kidnapping Morgan…"

"There is no need to do that." Jon stated, interrupting Casey as she spoke.

"No need?" Colin questioned. "No need to do what exactly?" He glared at Jon.

"There is no need to split into two
groups." Jon said very calmly.

"We will all go to get Morgan's body back as we planned to." He said, turning to Casey.

Toby breathed in, he, like Colin was now glaring at Jon's back.

"Look," Toby faced Jon as Jon looked down at him. "I know that Morgan is your brother and you want to save him more then you want to save a boy you don't even know but we do know Din for over six years now and
we can’t, just can’t leave him to die in the hands of those monsters like that! You know yourself how cruel they can be!" Jon's face distorted, he was losing his calm. "We have to help him too!" Toby declared, leaning up on his elbows and looking at the others. "Right?"

Jon shook his head. "No, you don’t understand Toby, Din won’t di
e, not now anyway."

He said, sounding pretty confident of what he told them.

"The apocalypse's need him. They will just lock him up with the other lost souls in the sacred chamber and feed of him like they did to the others."

Colin frowned. "What the hell
are you talking about?!"

Jon crossed his arms over his chest. "I told you guys already, this is not the first time this is happening. For centuries the family of the asshole that used to live here used the creatures to gain power, money and control over this land until it finally backfired on their ass and now they are all dead or locked with the rest of the souls like they deserve."

"And you consider this a good thing?" Colin asked annoyed. "That Din is locked somewhere with the ass holes that started this whole mess and getting his soul sucked by some mystical creatures, you don't think that we should save him from that?! And what the hell is this chamber you are talking about??"