𝐀 𝐊𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐀'𝐒 𝐏𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 ── ( ray )

Chapter 9: Endless Despair

Dashing into the House with Don and Gilda hot on his heels, Ray heard crying and wailing as soon as he stepped into the dining hall. He made a swift turn to follow Thoma as he ran to where the cries came from, and at the bottom of the stairs that led to the second floor, the ravenette was greeted by the sight of an unconscious Y/n.

Her usual tired eyes were fluttered shut as she laid on the wooden floor. He stepped closer, reaching out to gently flip her around for injuries, and sure enough, there was a huge wound on the side of her forehead, and it was still bleeding. Her pulse is slow... he realized.

There were toddlers of ages surrounding her, crying. Phil was freaking out, trying to wake her up, but with no avail. Lani came running in from the infirmary with Anna, who was holding onto the med kit, a second later, "Thoma! Oh! Ray!" Mama stepped into the room, saying sternly, "We'll have to bring both Y/n and Emma to the infirmary. Don —"

"I'll do it." Ray interrupted, heaving Y/'s limp body onto his back with the help of a panicking Nat.

He went straight to his destination, and placed her onto one of the beds. Mama followed in with a worried Emma in her arms soon after. Norman's face was scrunched up in a frown, and the others who didn't know what happened flocked in curiously.

Ray felt his heart throb painfully as he stared at the 10 year old's unmoving figure, you were fine just a while ago... just what happened? She did look tired... but I didn't think it'd be this bad. How'd she even get that wound anyway? Did she fall down the stairs?!

"I'll have to get her treated right away," Mama announced as she inspected Y/n's wound, "Anna. Stay with me, please."

"O-okay, Mama!"

"Everyone else, please head out and refrain from entering before I'm done."

Ray opened his mouth to object, but Mama beat him to it, "You too, Ray." Almost everyone was already out of the room, he was the only one remaining. The ravenette woman was glaring at him fiercely, he was too, but he eventually gave in and stalked out of the room, slamming the door behind him violently.

"Ray..." Norman muttered, but the latter held up his hand warningly. Ray knew that if he was allowed to vent, he might just pile everything onto the others. His frustration was dangerous. And with that, he stomped back to his room.

Ruffling his hair up, aggravated, the ravenette smashed his hand into the wall out of anger. he took a deep breath in attempts to calm down.

The lad sank onto his bed exhaustedly, his hand still latched onto his head. He threw a slight glance at the wall that he'd punched, and to his surprise, saw a small crack. He looked down at his hand, it was only bruised. Not bleeding... he marvelled.

Ray sighed as heavy thoughts filled his mind, Emma's got a broken leg that most likely would heal after months, Norman's about to get shipped, the ropes were taken, and Y/n... I have no idea what happened to her... but she definitely isn't in the state of planning nor escaping. That woman! Dang it! All things were going well, until she mentioned...

"I eliminated Sister Krone." His mind flashed back to when Mama told him about the sister.

The black haired male shot up from bed, shaking his head, damn! What we can do right now... is save Norman. Emma's leg will heal, and I'll ask about Y/n. Our top priority is to focus on Norman right now, he cannot be shipped no matter what!

With that in mind, the dark haired male pushed off of bed and went out of the room, slightly calmer after some time to himself. he found Don and Gilda outside beside a well in the grounds. Norman was no where to be found, though Lani said he saw him going to the sinks.