Fractured Unity - 15 - "I'm not okay"
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Part 14
Jason worked on the computer, completely focused on it, his hands moving rapidly over the keys.
Reiken sat on the floor with River. He was talking slowly before explaining as well as he could what he just said. River then repeated the words, while Reiken corrected him.
Acheron sat on the couch, going through a book he found somewhere. One that Bell translated for him after Jason gave her some of the translations.
Clover chatted with Hein, since she was the only other person that could understand him.
Amilia and Max were busy sparring against each other, in the back of the bunker. Neither of them used any ability, just going hand to hand. Every now and then Jason would glance over the two, to make sure that they were fine.
Tyler took Nova and Curio with him to go get the supplies that Jason needed. They left early and haven't contacted anyone again.
Jason rubbed his temples. He could feel the headache threatening to start, right behind his eyes.
"How long have the others been gone...?" Kade asked, where he was lying on one of the couches.
"About two hours," Clover said, before turning her attention back to Hein.
"Clov... what are you doing?" Jason asked, as he worked.
"Teaching Heiny about the modern world," Clover said, as she showed Hein something on her X-powder.
"What is that thing?" Kade asked, turning his head towards Clover, frowning at her X-powder "Looks like it's something like a cellphone"
Clover looked over at Kade, grinning. "Well" she said, looking really impressed with herself.
Jason rolled his eyes as he turned his attention back to computers. "Here we go..." he muttered under his breath.
"Well... It is kind of a phone" Clover said "It has all the functions of a phone, can do analysis, access other computer systems, as well as create disguises, a fingerprint scanner, tracking device, flashlight and can even be used as a satellite dish" she looked over at Jason "And just why did you decide to stay behind?"
Kade stared at her. "All of that.... In that thing?" he asked, almost looking impressed.
Clover laughed. "Oh we've got some really good tech" she said.
"Evidence is in that bag.... and don't touch it" Jason said, pointing to his bag "And I think it's just safer for me to stay right here. Don't want to get chased again".
"Probably for the better," Clover said.
"I'm not touching your creepy tech" Kade said, shaking his head "I have enough problems of my own"
Clover nodded. "I don't think that Jay will let anyone touch his creepy tech," she said before turning back to Hein.
Jason squinted at the screens in front of him. The looming headache had gotten so much worse in the last few minutes. It almost felt like his head was going to explode.
For a second his vision blurred and the sounds in the bunker dimmed. Jason caught the edge of the desk with one hand, just holding on to it. Everything felt like it was moving. As if he was about to faint. There was something seriously wrong at the moment.
He started running through options of what might be happening. There wasn't much not that his mind wanted to focus on anything much.
Jason gasped.
He heard a voice talking, but couldn't make out what it was saying. Images started flashing through his mind.
It took him a moment before he realised that he was seeing Tyler and Curio. They were running. He wasn't sure if it was toward something or away from something.
Somewhere in the back of his mind, he could hear voices talking to him, but he couldn't make out what they were saying. He was too focused on the images.
The Images started again.
Nova was fighting what looked like some blue skinned creature. Tyler and Curio had their back towards him. There was blood on their clothes. They were struggling.
Flashes of lightning kept on appearing around them. Everytime it looked like they were being absorbed by Curio. The teen's skin had taken on a light blue, almost translucent colour.
Tyler called out, his words lost in the static sound of the vision.
Nova spun. Something slammed into his chest throwing him back. It almost looked like some kind of burn. His body hit the ground, and spasmed for a moment.
Immediately Tyler rushed over to help. Curio stepped between them and the blue skinned creature.
Tyler knelt next to Nova. His mouth moved as he talked without sound.
The vision focused on Nova and Tyler. Tyler seemed to be checking Nova's vitals, before the blond's hand shot out and gripped Tyler's writs.
So he was alive.
That was good. That was very good. At least he wasn't dead, although Jason doubted something like that would kill that guy.
Tyler pulled Nova to his feet. The blond looked unsteady on his feet, one hand pressed against his chest. There was some blood dripping from his nose, but at least he was conscious.
Without warning both spun to where Curio was fighting against the blue skinned creature.
More and more lightning formed around them. The teen was good, he was keeping up with the creature, clearly used to fighting, but he was still falling behind. The creature grabbed him, its fingers curling around his throat.
Tyler and Nova tried to reach him, but an explosion of electricity kept them away.
Curio squirmed in the creature's grip, before he gripped the creature's wrists. He seemed to say something before there was an explosion of lightning.
The last thing that Jason saw was a being made of lightning stepping out of the explosion.
Curio's blue eyes seemed to glow, his blond hair was like fire. His skin was a blue translucent colour, with lightning as his veins. Lightning crackled around him.
Jason watched as Curio effortlessly attacked the blue skinned creature. He had to admit, the kid was good.
As the fighting continued, Jason could have sworn that cracks started appearing on the teen's lighting body. He probably had a limit for how long he could use it.
One attack threw Curio back.
The teen crashed into the ground. Immediately Nova and Tyler stepped between the creature and Curio. They needed to protect the teen until he could get up again.
Nova and Tyler attacked at the same time.
Jason lost sight of them for a moment. So he turned his attention back to Curio.
The teen was slowly getting to his feet.
Lighting erupted around him and he attacked again. Curio appeared and disappeared into the lighting, attacking every time that Nova and Tyler's attacks gave him an opening.
Without warning this vision disappeared.
Jason was ripped back to the bunker. Immediately pain tore through his head. He could hear people talking and moving around him again. Slowly he opened his eyes.
Worried faces filled his vision.
The first one he recognized was Clover. Her blue eyes were wide and worried. He could have sworn that there were tears in her eyes.
"....Jason?" her voice asked. It sounded far away and almost like he was listening from under water.
"...Jason... hey... can you hear us?" another voice asked.
He wasn't sure he knew that one. Who was that? It sounded like a woman. He stared up at the ceiling. Slowly the rushing in his ears started to fade. His vision cleared enough so he could make out the faces around him.
"What....?" he started, before winching.
His head felt like it was going to explode.
"That's what we want to know" the blond teen said, as he crouched next to Jason "You freaked out and passed out on the floor"
Jason stared at him for a moment, before he slowly sat up. "We... We need to get to the other three.... they are in trouble" he said as the vision started to come back to him.
"What do you mean?" Amilia asked, catching his shoulders when he tilted slightly.
"I..." Jason started, blinking at them before frowning "I saw it..."
"Did you hit your head?" Clover asked, worried "You don't have any abilities, Jay..."
"I know..." Jason said, "But I saw it... Alright... They were fight and Nova got hit with something, while the kid turned into some lighting being"
"What?" Kade snapped, grabbing Jason by his shirt "What do you mean, are you sure about it?"
Jason nodded. He did not have the energy to go against the teen.
Kade immediately let go of Jason, pulling back. "Shit.... no..." he whispered "We need to find them... Quickly... if the kid used full mimic, we need to get to him..."
"What's wrong, why?" Jason asked, blinking surprised.
"He gets seizures when he uses it.... It's not good for his health" Kade said as he got to his feet "The longer he uses mimic the worse the seizure gets".
"Hold on..." Amilia said "We don't even know where they are.... and even if we did... we don't know how to get there"
"Then ASK the DAMN AI!" Kade snapped, the worry in his chest, making it hard to breathe.
"Easy there..." Bell said "But he's right... I can give you the directions to where they are"
"There you have" Kade said with a clenched jaw "Now let's go!"
"Hold on" Amilia said, catching Kade's shoulder "Most of you are injured... You are not going out there to get hurt more"
Kade's eyes narrowed at her. The shadows in the bunker flickered and twisted, soft hissing and growling came from them.
"Alright... take it easy" Jason said quickly, putting a hand on Amilia's wrist "None of us want to see anyone get hurt... But we can't go out there without a plan" he took a breath "Bell... can you triangulate where the other three is?"
"Yes, I can"
Jason nodded. "Do that please.." he said looking at the others that have now gathered around "Now who's the least injured?"
"We're not," Max said, motioning to himself and Amilia.
"I'm fine," Clover said.
"..We're... fine..." Reiken whispered, motioned to Acheron, Hein and himself.
Kade clenched his jaw, not saying anything.
Jason nodded. "Alright... Max, Clover and Reiken" he said "You three go out to where the others are... Find them and bring them back here. Acheron, Amilia, make sure everything you'll need to treat the injured..."
Amilia nodded, before motioning to Acheron to follow her to the back where the infirmary was.
"What about the rest of us?" Kade said, his voice cold and dangerous.
Jason took a deep breath. "We're going to try and find out what the hell happened out there and how they were found out"
Kade nodded slowly, before motioning for Hein to come to him.
The shadows started calming down slightly and Jason breathed out. That still weirded him out a bit. The immediate feeling he got from them was extreme danger. The teen was the same.
He kind of scared Jason....
"Now Bell... can you show me where the other three are?" he asked.
Immediately images started flickering over the screens. More and more images went over the screens, moving faster as if the computer was searching for Tyler, Nova and Curio.
After a few seconds the images started to slow down before Tyler appeared on the screen for the first time. After him more images appeared but this time it was Nova and Curio.
"There" Kade said quickly "When was that?"
"That was about an hour ago," Bell said.
"Anything else a bit closer?" Jason asked, eyes flickering around over the images.
"Give me a moment," Bell said.
Immediately the images started speeding up.
"There!" Kade said quickly, pointing to another screen.
The image flickered to the main screen. It showed Nova and Curio fighting.
"Bell, can you give those three the coordinates for the others?" Jason asked quickly "Why didn't they call for help?"
"They can take one of the devices from the first drawer to the left" Bell said "I will give them the directions on that"
Immediately Jason pulled open the drawer that Bell mentioned and threw one of the devices at Max.
Just as the other three started moving, the outside door burst open. Jason and Kade shot to their feet as everyone else turned their attention to the door. Everyone looked ready to fight.
***
Tyler was the one that came rushing into the bunked, bridal carrying what looked like an unconscious Curio. One of Tyler's sleeves looked like it's been ripped off, blood ran down his fingers. There were more cuts and bruises over his body. Behind him Nova came in. His clothes were covered in blood.
The teen in Tyler's arms was limp. His skin was so pale that he looked ghostly. Not that his pale face against Tyler's black clothed shoulder helped at all.
"Come on kid..." Tyler was muttering "Just a bit longer... Just hold on..."
"Curio!" Kade called out, stepping forward, eyes wide.
"Bring him over here!" Amilia called out to them.
Tyler managed to take a few more steps, before his legs gave in and he sank to the ground.
Kade and Nova reacted at the same time. Nova caught Tyler before he could collapse and Kade caught Curio before he could fall to the ground.
"Come on, kid..." he said, as he slowly lifted the teen up and carried him to where Amilia and Acheron were.
"Come on you, Fucking moron" Nova grunted as Max came over to help him with Tyler.
"What the heck happened to you three?" Max asked, frowning at Nova's bloody clothes.
"Attacked" Nova grunted, through clenched teeth as they helped Tyler towards the back.
"Bell..." Tyler groaned "Call Arthur"
"You are reckless..." the AI said "Arthur is on his way"
"Peachy...." Tyler groaned, feeling his body starting to get weaker. The damn demon wasn't healing him again. Screw that thing, if he gets injured enough, it will force the demon to heal him faster.
"Stop fucking chatting with your fucking computer and move" Nova growled at Tyler.
Tyler rolled his eyes. "I'm fine..." he hissed as pain shot through his side into his shoulder. He might have to get one of the others to break a bone or two to get the demon's attention.
"Like fucking hell you're fine" Nova snapped "You look like shit... bleeding all over the fucking place"
Kade gently placed Curio on the bed, stepping back. He clenched his hands into fists before turning to Tyler and Nova.
"How long did the seizure last?" he asked, eyes flashing dangerously.
The two guys looked at Kade.
"We didn't exactly have a fucking chance to measure the time" Nova said they reached the second bed.
Kade's eyes flashed dangerously as he looked at Nova. "I need to fucking know how bad it was" he snapped. The shadows around him surged for a moment.
"Calm down" Amilia said, "We'll take care of him..."
Tyler smirked slightly. "Thanks... Arthur will come help" he said "He can take care of anything that happens so.... you don't need to... worry"
Amilia nodded as she turned to Curio, immediately making sure the teen didn't have any other injuries. He looked so pale that it all but scared her, especially with his breathing being so shallow and short.
"You... are.... not fine" Reiken said softly as he walked toward Tyler, Nova and Max.
Tyler looked at the red headed man.
"...Don't worry..." he said "I just.... need to.... jumpstart my... healing"
Nova looked at him with a flat expression. "The fuck is wrong with you?" he asked.
Tyler chuckled, before his leg gave in beneath him. Immediately Nova and Max were forced to hold him up. Blood dropped to the floor and the two quickly put him on the second bed.
"Keep your fucking mouth shut" Nova grunted.
Amilia looked at Reiken before motioning to Tyler. "Help him" she said before turning her attention back to Curio.
Before she could start healing him, his hands started twitching.
"Bell" she said "Time the seizure!"
Curio's body started spasming.
Gently Amilia made sure that he wouldn't fall off the bed, not hit his head on anything.
Immediately Kade was next to the bed again, gently placing his hand on Curio's shoulder.
"It's alright, Kiddo..." he said softly "You'll be alright.... Just hold on a bit longer... It wouldn't be much longer..... just hold on..."
As the seizure continued, they heard the door to the bunker open and footsteps coming down the stairs.
Acheron shook his head slightly as he walked over to the black haired guy on the other bed. Immediately he started checking Tyler's wounds, making sure that the other guy wouldn't bleed to death.
"Alright" Arthur said as he reached the infirmary part of the bunker "What happened this time?"
Kade's head snapped towards the old man. "He's having a seizure..." he said softly "Please.... help him"
Arthur nodded and immediately went over to the bed.
"How long has it been going on?" he asked, quickly taking out a few things from the drawer next to the bed.
"That's the third time..." Nova said.
"It's about five minutes now," Bell said.
The old man nodded and quickly took Curio's arm, giving him an injection. After a few more seconds the spasms stopped. Arthur quickly gave the teen another injection.
"Keep an eye on him..." Arthur said "If anything happens, let Bell call me"
With that he turned to Tyler and Acheron.
"Master Tyler..." he said "Has the healing started yet?"
Tyler shook his head, winching. "Not yet...." he said "Thought.... maybe... it needs some... encouragement"
Arthur looked at him with a flat expression. "Don't be an idiot, Master Tyler" he said "Now let us take care of your injuries before you bleed to death on that bed"
Nova and Max stepped back.
With a scowl, Nova watched everything. The blood on his shirt, making it stick to his body. He could feel the stitches above his hip pulling slightly, but at least he didn't rip them this time.
"Will they be alright?" Max asked, watching everything with a worried expression.
Arthur glanced up. "Yes..." he said "They should be alright... As soon as Master Tyler's healing starts, he'll be fine and sir Curio.... He'll need treatment for a while and enough rest"
Max nodded.
"Sir Nova," Arthur said.
"Just Nova," Nova said, watching them.
Arthur nodded. "Very well then.... Have you been injured?" he asked.
Nova shook his head. "Just a few scratches" he said "Take care of them first... Although a change of clothes would be nice"
"Bell.... please ask Master River to bring down a change of Master Tyler's clothes"
"Of course, Arthur," Bell said.
"Why are you always so nice to him?" Tyler asked, with a slight pout.
"Because he's polite" Bell said and Tyler rolled his eyes, before he could say anything, the pain of the healing started.
Tyler clenched his jaw as the pain started to rip through his body. His hands clenched into fists. Slowly he felt the cuts on his body starting to knit together.
He bit back a groan, as his vision started to black out at the edges.
"Breath Master Tyler..." Arthur's gentle voice said "It's almost over... Just a little longer..."
Time slowed down for Tyler as the pain kept on bombarding his body. In the back of his mind, he could hear the demon laughing at him.
When the pain slowly started to fade, Tyler just slumped back down on the bed, eyes treating to close. He tried to keep his breathing even. It was no use to upset everyone with the NightAngel.
***
River looked at his brother with a flat expression as he handed the blond guy with an angry scowl some of Tyler's clothes.
"The heck did this moron do this time?" he asked.
"Got beaten trying to protect the brat" Nova said as he took the clothes.
"Who's blood is that?" River asked, looking Nova up and down.
"His...." Nova said, nodding to Tyler "I think"
River nodded, crossing his arms. "Fine... When you've changed clothes, give me your dirty ones and I'll have them washed" he said.
Nova nodded. "Alright..." he said, looking the teen in the eye. Well the kid was barely a teen. He kind of made him think of Max when he was younger. Shaking his head, he patted the kid on the head and slowly made his way to the bathroom.
River patted his hair back into place, before walking up to the bed where Tyler lay. He leaned onto the bed.
"Hey, Ty" he said "What kind of mess did you get into this time?"
Tyler's eyes flickered open, for a moment. The corner of his mouth pulled into a slight smile.
"Sorry kid..." he said as he slowly sat up. His body complained for a moment before the pain dimmed. Exhaustion rushed through his body. The healing really took a toll on his strength and energy.
River frowned, flicking Tyler's forehead. "Idiot" he said, shaking his head.
"See... I'm fine" Tyler said "Now don't you have any homework to do?"
"Unlike you... I don't like patronising everyone around me" River said "Don't get killed while doing whatever the heck all of this is"
Tyler snorted. "Whatever, you damn brat" he said.
With that River nodded and left the bunker. Amilia and Acheron were still helping Arthur to take care of Curio and check everyone else's injuries.
Jason was sitting on one of the chairs, his head in his hands. His head hurt so badly that the slightest light made him feel like he was going to throw up. Clover brought him some painkillers but they haven't kicked in yet. So now he was just sitting there.
Cover and Hein sat next to each other, talking softly. Mostly it was just clover talking and Hein looking confused.
Kade sat next to Curio's bed, like he had to make sure the other teen was still alright, no matter how many times Amilia and Arthur told him he'd be alright. The shadows flickered every now and then.
Max sat off to the side, just watching everyone with a frown.
Reiken looked like a ball of nerves, not knowing if he should try and help or not.
When Nova came back, he was wearing a black t-shirt that was clearly too big for him. The sweatpants were also to long for him, the bottoms rolled up. There was still some blood staining his hair and face, but mostly he didn't look like he's gone swimming in the stuff.
"Damn Dami..." Max said looking at his brother, trying not to laugh "You look like a drowned rat"
Nova flipped him off.
Amilia looked up, chuckling softly. "I did not think that Tyler was that much bigger than you..." she said, shaking her head.
"Just focus on the idiots," Nova said, slowly sitting down. The sleeves of the t-shirt reach his elbows.
Arthur looked at the rag tag group. "Alright.... None of you are leaving here again today" he said "Not until I give you a clear bill of health, or that you wouldn't die tripping over your own feet"
***
Curio's eyes slowly opened. He felt sick. His body hurt and nothing wanted to stop moving.
"...Cure?" Kade's voice asked, sounding like it came from far away.
He slowly turned his head towards the voice. If Kade was here.... Everything will be alright.... It should be safe.
It took some time before his eyes managed to focus on the brown haired figure next to him. He could make out a bit of the worried look on Kade's face.
"...Kay?" he groaned.
His vision slowly started clearing.
"Yeah...." Kade said softly "It's me, man.... How are you feeling? Do I need to call the butler guy?"
Curio shook his head slightly. "No.... I'm fine...." he muttered "Just feel... A bit... Sick" he said.
"You had a seizure," Kade said.
It took a moment before Curio nodded.
Kade pulled back, before smiling slightly. He patted Curio on the shoulder.
"Don't scare me like that," he said before pulling back. It looked like he hadn't slept the entire time.