Faith

Chapter Three

'How is he?' Rain asked as he arrived for the shift change.
'Oh y'know, asleep. Like he has been for the last three weeks.' Sodo said as he got up. Sodo was the smallest of all Ghouls, but also the most ill-tempered. And the last few weeks had made him even more irritable. Rain ignored him and looked at Swiss who had also gotten up.
'He's been okay, he had a few nightmares but didn't wake up. Where's Aether?' Swiss asked as he watched Sodo walk off, putting a cigarette in his mouth. He sighed and looked at Rain.
'He said he had to do something. He'll be here in a minute though..' He said, trailing off as he looked at the young man in the hospital bed.
'Oh, he's having another nightmare.' Swiss said as he walked over to the side of the bed. He gently put both of his hands on the guy's shoulders as he had done half a dozen times before. Except this time the young man's eyes shot open. Before either of the Ghouls could say anything the guy threw a punch at Swiss' mask, hitting him right in the eye.
'Ah, fuck!' Swiss yelled out as he grabbed his mask. He stumbled away and behind one of the curtains before pulling his mask off.
'Are you okay?!' Rain asked, putting his hand on Swiss' shoulder. Swiss just groaned, pressing his palm against his eye.
'Let me see.' Rain said as he gently removed Swiss' hand from his face. He had a little cut below his eye where the eye-hole of his mask had hit him. 'You'll be fine, just make sure to disinfect it properly, okay?' Rain said as he pointed Swiss to the nurse's station.

Meanwhile Aether had arrived, looking confused as to what happened.
'Did.. Sodo hit him?' Aether asked as he followed Rain to the only occupied bed in the infirmary.
'No, it was him. But don't be mad he was having a nightmare and he just woke up and Swiss was right there and-' Rain stopped rambling as he and Aether arrived at the bed. Which was now empty.
'Not again...' Aether groaned as he turned to Rain. 'Okay, you go look and I'll get the others. He can't be far.' He sighed and walked off as Rain disappeared through the doors on the other end of the room.

A half hour went by and they still hadn't found him. Sodo was starting to get annoyed by the others who were just ordering him around. So he went to the infirmary, nobody would be looking there so he could chill out for a minute. He walked over to one of the beds and leaned against the wall behind it. He slid down and sat on the floor, pulling down the black fabric that covered his mouth. He put a cigarette between his lips and lit it.
As soon as he did he noticed something move from the corner of his eye. He looked and through the one foot gap between the curtain and the wall he saw the guy they were looking for. He was curled up underneath his bed, staring right at him. Sodo just chuckled to himself as he shook his head.
'Want one?' He mumbled as he held up his pack of cigs. The guy didn't respond but Sodo still slid the pack towards him. Sodo watched as the young man hesitantly grabbed the pack.
'My friends are idiots.' Sodo said, looking forward as he took a long drag of his cigarette. He looked back as he heard the strike of his lighter.
'I won't tell them though. I like seeing them struggle.' He said softly, hiding his smile by putting his cigarette to his lips again.
The young man quietly coughed as he continued to stare at the masked man. Sodo just looked back, trying to figure out what the stranger was thinking. Obviously he looked terrified but there was something more, something that made the young man panic.

The sudden sound of someone bursting through the doors made the young man jump. Sodo merely looked up as Swiss stormed in.
'What the fuck are you doing here?' Swiss stopped as he noticed Sodo sitting on the floor. Sodo just shrugged as he finished his cigarette.
'Dude, you can't be smoking in here! If nurse Agatha finds out she'll have your head.' Swiss sighed as Sodo got up. He didn't move away from the wall though.
'What's that?' He asked, pointing at something Swiss was holding.
'A bag, I found it at the edge of the woods where they found him. It has a name tag in it that says "Logan Glas."' Swiss shrugged.
'That's his name?' Sodo asked as he walked over to Swiss, eager to see what was in the bag.
'I don't know-' Swiss said as he kept the bag out of Sodo's reach. 'Have you found him yet?' Swiss asked.
Sodo hesitated for a second, not that Swiss noticed though. 'No, I haven't.' Sodo shrugged as he crossed his arms.
'Well then get out there and start looking!' Swiss said sternly as he pushed Sodo out the door, closing it behind him.

At the other end of the room two doors opened and nurse Agatha walked in. She said nothing about the smell but was rather interested in the bag. Especially because it had some sort of medicine in it. Swiss asked her what it was for and she explained it quite well.
'Such a shame it hasn't been refrigerated. I shall see if I can get my hands on some new vials. For when you find the young man of course.' She said as she took all of the medicine out of the bag and gave it back to Swiss.
But before he could take it, Aether walked in. He wanted to say something but was distracted by something behind Swiss and the nurse. Swiss looked at the other side of the room and saw the young man who was apparently named Logan.