DoomPet

Chapter 98

Crüe took a second to move from his position lying down, splayed out on the floor as chaos swarmed around him, as Grim's hand twitched beside him. Devo was leaning against a desk, scared of the lady who was screaming at him. Haine was huddled on the floor glancing around at the terrifying human world.

When he finally struggled to his feet, he could see the Slayer on a gurney, disappearing into the maze of hallways that was the ARC carrier. He vaguely thought of the fact that he was supposed to be getting proposed to at this very moment. He took one step towards his lover then turned back to look at the two new marauders. He knew the Slayer was in good hands and Daisy would be right by his side, so he bit the bullet and motioned for them to follow him.

Elena rushed over to him, pulling him into a hug, tears were streaming down her face and she could barely speak, "Crüe, you're alive! You're alive."

He nodded his brain struggling to understand anything, "The Slayer was hurt. Haru's dead."

"Samuel's dead too, brain dead." Tears streamed down her face, running over her misshapen skin graphs. Each one was flushed a different shade of red from crying, "So much happened, it all went wrong. Are they... dangerous?" She motioned over to the two other marauders. "These past two days have been hell." She pulled away.

Crüe could barely realize it had been two days since he was back on this ship. His mind was still spinning and he couldn't understand, "I think they might be my brother and son." He watched as her face went from confusion to surprise then back again, "I can handle them. They won't be dangerous as long as they are with me." He grabbed Haine and Devo by their arms.

"Hey!" His possible son yelped out, still dazed and trying to gain an understanding of his new surroundings, "Crüe, wait! We'll leave don't-"

He whirled around and snarled at Haine, making Elena jump back, "Stop yelling! I'm taking you somewhere where we can all talk." Crüe let go of their arms and let them lag behind. He saw fear in both of their eyes and took a moment to close his eyes and stop walking to collect himself so he wouldn't terrify him more. "Come on, follow me." He continued walking them up the stairs, down a few hallways, and into a small dark meeting room with a dozen chairs. He vaguely wondered if the new marauders were now beginning to understand how he felt when they had kidnapped him. He shut the door behind them and leaned his head against the frame, sighing loudly. His mind was on a constant loop thinking of Haru, the Slayer, and Samuel. It took everything he had to not tell them both to stay there and run off to go check on the Slayer. His wounds had just been so horrific...

"We'll be out of here and back in hell as soon as possible." Devo spoke up, making Haine poke him and give him a wide eyed stare, begging him not to continue. Devo still looked furious and muttered under his breath, "I wouldn't want to interrupt your life with our stupid sob stories."

Haine let out a trembling hiss and sunk his claws into Devo's shoulder, "Mind your words he has just lost his wolf." He dealt with his fear of their new environment by being on edge and constantly fearful of death.

Despite that scolding being whispered, Crüe heard it, feeling numb at the fact Haru was never going to be coming home and to Devo's change of tone. Crue's eyes opened up and he turned his head to face the two. He moved slowly to not scare them and because he was so tired he could barely function. He leaned his hands against the table, resisting from sitting down. He could feel his energy draining out of his body and tried desperately to keep it together for another few minutes.

Haine seemed overwhelmed by everything in the meeting room, like a startled deer, and kept looking around. "Crue, will we be able to stay with the humans until Bell gives us the ok to return to hell."