The Adventures of Blackwing 2: Saving Our Time

Chapter 5: A Bloody Lie

I ran home as fast as I could. Once I was there, I de-transformed.

"This is my fault! He got hurt cause I wasn't fast enough! I'm so stupid!" I screamed, banging my fists against the wall.

"Zueki! What happened?! Who got hurt?!" Yuma asked as Shark pulled me away from the wall.

I fell to my knees, crying my eyes out.

"Hawkmoth hurt Quinton and Trey! I could've prevented it, but I was so stupid I didn't act fast enough!" I said, burying my face in my hands.

Yuma put his hand on my shoulder. "This was Hawkmoth's fault. He hurt Quinton and Trey, not you." He said.

Yuma kneeled down and hugged me. "They're going to be okay. I promise." He said.

Later that day, we visited Trey and Quinton at the hospital. First, we went to see Trey.

When we walked into the room, he was awake. There was a bandage over his head that covered up his wound and his eye, even though it wasn't injured.

We talked for about fifteen minutes before we left to let Trey sleep. Quinton was the next room over, so that's where we went. However, he wasn't in the room. We asked a doctor where they had taken him.

"I believe he's in the ICU unit upstairs." The doctor replied. Hearing this made me want to cry. Shark wrapped his arm around me as we walked down the hall to the ICU.

When I saw Quinton, I started to cry. He was unconscious, had an IV in his arm, and was wearing an oxygen mask.

I just couldn't help but cry. This was my fault. I could've just protected Quinton instead of searching for Zen's voice.

Kari came into the room a few minutes later. Yuma began explaining what had happened while Shark hugged me.

My childhood friend becoming a part of my family might die because I was careless.

We arrived back at the house around 5 pm. I ran upstairs and locked myself in my room. I just sat on my bed, crying my eyes out. "This is my fault! He's hurt because of me!" I screamed, punching the wall.

I don't know how long I was crying in my room. I think it was around an hour when someone unlocked my door. As usual, it was Yuma. He was carrying a plate that had two tacos on it.

He set it down on my nightstand, then sat down next to my bed.

"What do you want?" I asked Yuma. He looked at me. "Well, I would like you to eat your dinner and stop blaming yourself for what Hawkmoth did." He replied.

I sat up on my bed. "Think about it Zueki. If Hawkmoth never started the fight, none of this would've happened."

I wiped away some of my tears. Yuma did have a point. Hawkmoth hurt Quinton, Hawkmoth started the fight, it was all Hawkmoth!

"Shark and I will be downstairs watching a movie. You can join us after dinner." He said. Yuma kissed my forehead, then left my room.

Just then, Violet woke up from her nap. "Hey Violet, are you hungry?" I asked her, beginning to eat one of my tacos. She nodded and flew over to me.

"If you want, you can eat some of the stuff in my mini fridge. It's up to you." I said. And with that, Violet flew over to the mini fridge in my room and later returned with a small bag of carrot sticks.

Once I finished eating, I decided I would go downstairs to join Shark and Yuma.

"Zueki."

I turned around and saw Astral in the corner of my room. "Astral? What are you doing here?" I asked.