SHIFT 2 - Purgatory

Insightful

"Why am I always finding you like this?" Reginald asked, running a hand through his graying hair.

"Because we like to have fun." Nagisa grinned.

"You nearly killed your best friend." Reginald pinned the boy to his spot, with a glare.

"Hmm, I nearly killed myself." Nagisa stated.

Reginald's eyes grew wide. "What?" he asked in that sharp tone he used when he was startled.

"Did you talk with the twins?" Nagisa bypassed the question by asking.

"They were able to gather some interesting inormation." Reginald said.

He turned on his heel. "If you are feeling well enough, come down histhe common room." He called over his shoulder.

All eyes went to Coldar. The werewolf sat with his back against the wall. The scythe was tucked away, behind him. Collin was nestled between the mighty legs. He raised his head. First he meet his brother's gaze. Then he looked to Nagisa.

"Dad is with mom, huh?" he asked no one in particular.

"He knows you woke up." Race said, waving his phone in the air.

"Let's go." Coldar nudged Collin to get up. The vampire whined.

"You nearly died! Doesn't that give you at least a day in bed!" He cried, climbing to his feet.

"Not nearly, I did die. Even went to hell. And all I got for it, was this scathe." Coldar joked as he placed the weapon into a makeshift holder on his back. Ryu had given up the one he had been wearing that carried all the weapons.

"Ha ha." Collin snorted.

Nagisa bumped into him. He grinned mischievously. Collin huffed, looking away. He reached for Coldar's hand. Nagisa swatted the hands apart. Instead he took Collin's fingers in his own hand. He tugged the auburn haired vampire forward.

"Nags, come on..." Collin tried to take his hand back.

"No, you come on. Coldar and I died last night! None of us are guaranteed to live through the next phaze of what's to come." He added.

"Yeah, you think I don't know that! I saw Marcus holding my boyfriend's head to his body!" Collin snarled, moving to get into the shorter boy's face.

"I watched the light fade out of him! He was cold when I kissed him. I had to shove all that shit down, why..." Collin flung his hands up, knocking Nagisa back a step.

The small half vampire caught himself before he almost fell down the steps, but Collin was on a rant now.

"Because you fucking did something stupid, again! You put yourself in danger, not giving a shit about the rest of us!" He yelled. His voice echoed off the walls.

"You charge head first into danger. You claim it is to protect your siblings, or me or Coldar. When in reality you are an adrenaline junkie who is always looking for another fix!" Collin raged.

"You're worse than Xavier! At least he doesn't try to get the rest of us killed!" He was in such hysterics, that spit flew from his mouth.

"Ryu brought you back, unconscious, yet again! Why?" He yelled his voice cracking as the strain took its toll on his vocal chords.

"Because you died! You went head to head with shit that was bigger than you so you could get your fucking rocks off!" He screamed.

"Well, tell me how you really feel." Nagisa hissed in a low voice.

"Uh oh." Coldar whispered.

"Huh?" Ryu glanced to the werewolf.

"You are inconsiderate, selfish, and ..." Collin struggled to find another word.