Pragma

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- April -

"FFFFUUUUUUCCKKKK" a blood-curdling scream woke me up.

I looked at the time... 1:43am. What's happening?

I ran out into the hallway and saw Meowscles, and the other agents rush past me, making me more nervous than ever. They ran towards Midas' room, and that's when I knew something was wrong.

Usually when something happened Meowscles was the only one who took care of Midas, but this time all the agents sprinted to his room.

My heart was beating out of my chest and my palms were getting sweaty when I ran to his room, wanting Midas to be alright. The last thing we needed was for something to happen to him. Y/n's absence had affected him enough already, she didn't have to cause any further damage to anyone in this building. Especially not Midas.

When I reached Midas' room I ran inside and saw Meowscles stand with him in his arms. Midas' body was completely golden from head to toe, and his desperate screams pounded through the room, etching their way into my brain.

Midas was in deep pain, his facial expression told me everything. The tears in the corners of his eyes, the way his body cramped and spasmed, the way the tendons flexed underneath his golden skin. He was only wearing underwear, leaving nothing to the imagination. All his tattoos had merged with the gold and were now nowhere to be seen, hidden beneath the shiny, golden curse that had taken over Midas' body.

"W-what's going on? What has happened to him?!" Skye asked with tears in her eyes, hating when Midas was in pain.

"It's the curse" Meowscles quickly replied before hurrying down to Remedy with Midas in his arms. Midas was crying and screaming the entire time, and his body only spasmed and cramped more and more.

"Maya stay out here, I'll take care of him" Meowscles said to me and carried the screaming Midas down to Remedy and went inside, leaving me and the other agents outside.

"Will he be alright?" Skye cried and sniffled, clutching her beanie in her hands.

"Don't worry Skye, he will be fine" I reassured her and hugged her, trying to be calm to calm her down.

Was I lying? Absolutely. Hell, even I was full of nervosity, scared of what had happened to Midas. I had never seen anything like it before, and his screams and his facial expression were on repeat in my brain, seeing and hearing it like it was happening this very moment and not a few minutes ago.

Inside Remedy's quarters the screams and cries continued for about 10 minutes, and after that there was complete silence. I kept on hugging Skye, humming her favourite song in her ear, and stroking her back to calm her down.

Meowscles walked out with a sad and exhausted expression on his face.

"He forgot to take his pills. Don't worry, he'll be alright, he just needs to rest. Don't disturb him the next 36 hours. Go get some sleep" Meowscles said before gently pushing me and the others away from the door.

Skye and I went to her room to sleep, mostly so she wouldn't lie there all alone and overthink. After 30 minutes or so there was a knock on the door.

What?" I said tired and slowly let go of Skye so I wouldn't wake her up.

"Midas is muttering a name. Remedy told me that you should get the person over here" Meowscles said in the doorway, half his body covered by the door.

"Who are we talking about? What name is it?" I asked confused and rubbed my eyes and sat up in the bed.

"It's... he's muttered y/n's name for 20 minutes now, Remedy thinks this is a sign that he needs her" Meowscles explained low and sighed.

"You're joking" I said shocked and stood up, looking at the cat with wide eyes.