Kickdrum Beating in My Chest Again (Alternate Version)

Chapter 69

!!!!!!!!!!Author's Note!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone! Happy Saturday! I'm sorry this is late but I got home really late last night and I kinda fucked up and forgot to proofread the chapter on Thursday night. So, by the time I got home, ate dinner and sat down, I only had time to proofread it last night. I'm also not a morning person AT ALL! That is why you're getting it today instead of last night.

I hope everyone had a good week. Mine was a little frustrating, but otherwise normal. This week, Joe and Dan answer Dan's friend's questions about vampires and then go to visit Patrick in sick bay. Patrick catches them up on everything that Spencer told him. Joe and Dan tell him about his new friends and discuss their plan going forward. Gabe and Brad continue torturing Earnesto.

I need to advance time in the story a little, so Patrick has been in sick bay longer than it appears in the story and he's now been in prison for a month.

Read the tags and trigger warnings at the beginning of the chapter. The trigger warnings mostly apply to Gabe and Brad's torture of Earnesto, so if that triggers you, you may want to skip that part.

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Chapter 69

*******Trigger Warning for Graphic Violence, Torture, and Rape*******

Joe and Dan are just finishing up debriefing Dan's friends and answering any questions that they may have. Joe is surprised that they are still willing to help protect Patrick after what they just saw, but he is happy that he has more prisoners on his side. Yard time is now over, and they must go find their guards. Joe meets up with Clark again, since Brad is still busy helping Gabe torture Mateo, Earnesto, and Jesus. Clark seems to be himself again, which makes Joe happy, because he will have someone to talk to. Joe asks Clark to take him to sick bay so that he can visit Patrick. Dan meets up with Jordan, who is acting normal again, and requests to be brought to sick bay as well to visit Patrick. Both guards agree and they begin walking toward sick bay. The walk there is pretty quiet. Clark asks Joe how his day has been going, and Joe tells him that it's been fantastic, but he doesn't tell him why. Jordan doesn't seem too talkative though. Dan and Joe walk next to each other.

"What are you expecting when we get there?" Dan asks Joe.

"I don't know. He's almost completely healed from what I understand, and Spencer said he might be released tomorrow. We both know that Patrick being released isn't necessarily a good thing. It will be great to have my cell mate back though. It's been way too quiet with just me there and the silence was kind of starting to drive me crazy. I just wish that Gabe would give him a few days respite, but when I asked him before I left them, he basically said that it would depend on his condition after he was released. He said that he had planned on resuming his activities with Patrick, but that some activities may resume quicker than others." Joe explains.

"Seriously? He's not going to give him a respite at all? What a fucking monster!" Dan comments.

"I agree, it's incredibly fucked up! Let's hope for Patrick's sake that maybe Spencer keeps him another day, but I doubt it. Patrick told me that when there is no medical reason to keep a patient in sick bay, they must be released. He's going to need a lot of help from us though. The last I saw; he still can't walk. He can stand up with support from someone or something, but he can't walk. He will be using his crutches again. Let's just hope Gabe doesn't fuck with him too much. We can dream, right?" Joe asks.