you are my home - leslie withers x reader

chapter fifteen - heartbeat

now you were utterly confused. what was a detective doing here? and why were all these strange things happening? the detective came closer and you instinctively backed off. he looked at you with kind eyes and you slowly allowed him to come closer.
"what are you doing here? and what is happening? who was that man with the burn scars and what does he want with leslie?"
the questions just spilled out of your mouth. you needed some clearance, now. otherwise you'd go insane, if you aren't already.

"whoah, slowly there" sebastian answered, "one question at a time. i will answer them on the way."
"on the way? what do you mean, where are we going?"
"first of all we have to find a way that leads out of the hospital, leslie isn't safe here. come on." he motioned you to follow him. you hesitated, but you figured you didn't really have another option. getting killed from that scarred man didn't really seem like a good alternative.

you walked towards leslie and helped him get up. he followed you like a lost puppy. your heart skipped a beat as you thought about how much he must've trusted you to follow a complete stranger without hesitation. you touched your chest with one hand in a pathetic attempt to slow your heartbeat down.
leslie noticed your distraction and tried to catch up to you.

he walked in front of you in an attempt to stop you or at least slow you down. you almost didn't notice him and nearly ran him over, but he didn't seem to mind. he looked worried. you were about to say something when he started to raise his hand and carefully moved it closer to you. when you noticed what he was doing your breath hitched. you still haven't moved your hand away from your chest and as leslie put his hand on yours, you could feel your heartbeat almost explode.
leslie must've noticed it too, because his expression grew even more worried.

"y-y/n... are you okay? heartb-beat... fast..."
for a moment you weren't able to say anything but you quickly came back to your senses when you noticed sebastian's look on both of you. you carefully took leslies hand and looked at him.
"i'm fine leslie, don't worry. come on, we have to hurry."

leslie didn't really seem convinced, but you started walking again and he followed you.
on the way sebastian explained everything to you. that the scarred man, who's name is apparently ruvik, was a victim of a horrible experiment where his whole body was literally torn apart. only his brain was left, so now he needs a compatible host, a body to bring his actions to life. leslie's body.
you looked back to see how leslie was taking the news, but it seemed like he wasn't really listening. he was in his own little bubble and in this moment you were thankful for that. you didn't want him to suffer anymore than he already did, he deserves to get better and be happy. more than anyone else.

sebastian turned right, then left, then right again. it seemed like he didn't really know the way out, like you. but you followed him anyway, it was better not to be alone at the moment. sebastian knows more about ruvik and the whole situation, so you figured your best chance to survive this was to stick with him. you still wanted more answers and you knew you'd demand to get them, but the most important thing right know is to get to a safe place. if that was even possible, you didn't know what ruvik was capable of.
"so... are you alone here?" you asked.
sebastian didn't stop and still furrowed his brow. he looked like that since you started walking. after a few seconds of silence he answered you.
"no. my colleagues are also in here. the detectives juli kidman and joseph oda. we lost each other while we were trying to get away from ruvik. and a doctor is also in here... the names jimenez, i think."

leslie started to whimper. you tried to calm him down.
"doctor jimenez... uhm, marcelo jimenez?"
you asked him and hoped he would confirm it. you really didn't want the other brother to be in here with you, who knows what torment he put leslie through.
"yeah, that was it", sebastian said.
you felt leslie relax and instantly felt relieved.

"i think that's the right way..." sebastian mumbled to himself and walked through another door. at this point you had completely lost your sense of direction and were blindly following the detective.
it felt like you were walking for hours when you heard sebastian shouting.

"finally!"
you raised your head and saw sebastian opening a door.
"looks like we found an exit. after you."
he motioned for you to go through the door.
leslie and you walked past him and as soon as you stepped outside it felt like you were able to breathe again. you closed your eyes for a second and enjoyed the fresh air. but the moment didn't last long. when you opened your eyes again, you noticed the chaos.
the whole town was destroyed. buildings collapsed, cars were laying flipped over across the streets and there was smoke everywhere.

"what happened...?" you whispered.
sebastian walked a few steps before he turned around and looked at you with a stern expression.
"ruvik."