Demons || Jaythan

20 Dollar Nose Bleed

I'm just a racehorse on the track

Send me back to the glue factory

Always thought I'd float away

And never come back

- 20 Dollar Nose Bleed; Fall Out Boy

Chapter Twenty Three:

I couldn't believe what I had just done, I had killed Tom. 

He's one of my best friends-- well, was one of my best friends. And I killed him. I slashed his throat with no mercy, I tortured him and then I killed him in one of the worst ways possible. I thought showering would help get rid of the blood stains and the pungent smell of blood but the smell lingered. 

And so did the memory of the life leaving Tom's body. 

I had to leave, I had to get out and this time I had to go for good. So I researched an asylum where I could go to and where I would be safe but most importantly my friends and Jay would be safe. I didn't want to cause any harm to them, I didn't want to kill them like I did Tom. 

I smiled as I saw there was a hospital up north in Blackpool where I could go; Parkwood Hospital, is what it's called. It's far enough from the others, it was at least a five hours drive from our home in London I just hoped that it was far enough. 

I closed the tab on my phone and left it at the side of the bed. I then placed the black bag in it's usual place at the back of the wardrobe before I made my way downstairs. I wasn't bringing anything with me except myself, a jacket and around a hundred quid for me to get from South London to Blackpool. 

I ripped out a sheet of paper from a grey notebook that I had just found lying around (it was most likely Tom's) and a pen and I wrote and wrote. I just wrote down everything that I was feeling and more.

To Jay, Max and Siva, 

I'm leaving and I don't want you to look for me. Especially you Jay, I don't think I could bear to look at you after what I have just done. You all probably won't look for me anyway and you're all probably hoping that I end up falling off a cliff or mutilated in a violent car crash. 

I hate me too right now and even my own self is making me feel repulsed. 

It was the demon, it was all the demon. 

I just wish that I fought off the demon more, I wish I was stronger but I'm not; i'm a weakling. 

I am going as far as I can and you'll most likely won't see me again but I just want you to know that I am leaving for you, as well as my own sanity I want to make sure that you three are safe so me leaving will make sure that none of you get harmed. 

Jay, please don't blame yourself even if you injected me with the amitriptyline Tom would have ended up dying. The demon would have killed him and I fear that the demon would have killed him much worse than I did.

Hopefully, Tom is at rest and can no longer be injured by me or the demon; he's safe. And so will you guys. Once you wake up I will be miles away and you will never hear or see from me again. 

Nathan. 

Taking a deep breath I took one last look around the hallway that I had called my home for nearly two years before I unlocked the door and left; this time for good. 

In a few hours I would be in Parkwood Hospital and everyone around me would be safe. 

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Jay's POV:

When I woke I expected Nathan to be asleep next to me. To be honest I expected to be woken at three in the morning - as per usual - with Nathan screaming after having a nightmare about the demon. But neither expectations became reality. Maybe he was right, maybe the serum makes him worse. I smiled, maybe he was getting better. 

I exited my bedroom to look for Nathan's whereabouts but I bumped into Max who looked as pale as a sheet. His face looked forlorn and he just looked so, so detached.

My happy mood that was festering inside me had immediately dissolved and I felt as sorrowful as Max looked. "Max? What's wrong mate?"

His lip's quivered. "Tom."

"Tom? What about Tom?" I was getting worried now; my eyebrows furrowed as my brain raced at a hundred miles per hour, over-thinking, over-analysing. What had Tom that had made Max look so distraught. 

"D-dead." He choked out. "He's dead Jay." He sobbed and I engulfed him into a hug, gently swaying him as I soothed him - well tried too anyway. 

My mind went into overdrive; this had nothing to do with Nathan, did it?

I hadn't even properly processed Max's words yet.

Tom was dead. 

And Nathan was nowhere to be found. 

Well he could be downstairs but this situation seemed to be too fishy. 

"Okay," I breathed out, trying to process it all. "Just-- Go downstairs and, and make yourself a drink and try to calm down. Deep breaths okay?"

He nodded, wiping at his eyes with his sleeves before he gently brushed past me and made his way downstairs. Even when he was walking it was filled with so much distress and sorrow. It was depressing to look at. I pushed some of my curls back that were falling into my face. I really needed a hair cut. God, this wasn't a time to think about a haircut Jay! I scolded myself.

I slowly made my way to where Tom's room was located -- almost as slow and sorrowful as Max. I wondered if Siva had seen either Tom or Max yet. I doubted it as he would be making sure we were all okay and phoned someone to take Tom's dead body. 

I had barely made it into the doorway of Tom's bedroom before I could smell odour of blood and a dead body. The sight of Tom could knock even the strongest of stomachs sick. I brought a hand to my mouth as I took it all in; his slashed kneck, the gag in his mouth, the deep cuts on his face and arms. 

This was definitely Nathan. 

He had done this. 

Oh, what a good job the young one has done, I smirked.

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PLOT TWIST! :O 

Who expected that aye?

This was planned from the start and had been foreshadowed earlier in the book so if any of you guys guessed Jay was the demon then you rock!

So the end is nigh, this has been a fun sixth months!

Sadly this may be my last update until next week as I go back to school on monday (kill me now) so I'll be busy with school work plus I have two exams next week so I have to prepare for those. But i'll try my best to update when I can :) 

In other news I have posted my two new books; Mr. Parker (Tomax) and The Fake Fan (Nom). The first two chapters are up so please go read, comment and vote! 

Anyways, how are you all? 

- Talia x