Infection of Darkness

Chapter 14

Infection of darkness chpt. 14

"Hey calm down man! I know it sounds extreme, but trust me it's the only way to stop this madness!" Daithi says, trying to reason with Delirious.
"N-no!! I can't. I won't!!" Delirious yells again, stomping his feet.
"D-dude what's wrong with you, don't you want to be free??" Vanoss says in a concerned and worried tone.
"N-no you don't understand I'm not doing shit!! Y-you said I have to sacrifice something that's close to my heart- w-well-" Delirious grabs his blue teddy off of the couch and shows it to Daithi and Vanoss. "This is the only fucking thing I have!! Th-this is the only thing that's important to me in my entire life. It was a gift from my parents- the last thing they gave me before they died. I-I have nothing else left of them. I won't do it!!" Delirious eyes are filled with anger, stress and sadness all clustered together. He looks so broken, it's eating away at him. "I-I... Just can't do it. There must be another way?!" Delirious jolts his head to Daithi, pleading with his eyes for another solution. Vanoss grabs Delirious arm and forces him to turn and face him.
"Del! Listen! We don't have much of a choice ... Do you want to end up like Cry and Mini?! Do you want to die because of these demons?!" Vanoss scowls at Delirious shaking him a little, trying to prove a point, I can hear the aggression in Vanoss's voice, but it's also laced with concern. Concern for us all. Delirious looks up at Vanoss clutching onto his teddy bear, his eyes begin to well up, he looks so weak and broken.
"Del please! You gotta listen dude!" I say, joining into the conversation. "It's our only chance to stop this!"
"We are all scared- you're not alone, but you need to trust Daithi.. Well do it together!" Mark adds. Delirious looks at all of us individually, he shakes his head shrugging himself away from everyone.
"N-NO!!" Delirious screams, he hugs his teddy tightly as his tears finally break through and roll down his cheeks. Before we could react he storms off up stairs to the bathroom and locks himself in. Vanoss goes to chase after him but Mark stops him "Here, let me try to reason with him.. J-just.. Relax.." Mark insist as he pats Vanoss on the shoulder and follows after Delirious. Vanoss runs his fingers through his hair in stress and pulls at it, he looks super worried.. I turn to Daithi and see that he doesn't seem too affected by what has just happened. He looks down at me with a calm expression.
"Look, I'll leave you guys to talk things over and try to get through to Delirious, I've seen this many times before, I'll give you guys time to think .. digest all I've told you. But this is the only way to stop it ... So, call me whenever your ready ... But the sooner the better would be wise.."
I nod in agreement. "Yes sir, and, thank you for stopping by.. I-I know we may seem like a bit of a mess but.. It's a lot to take in."
"I know..." He pauses a little as he thinks to himself, he lowers his head and puts his hands into the pocket of his jeans. "Well, I'll catch Ye guys later." Daithi gives me a pat on the shoulder and heads for the door, Vanoss and I say our goodbyes and go to regroup with Mark. We both see Mark leaning against the bathroom door with his arms folded across his chest and his head leaning back against the door. Mark looks at us and shrugs his shoulders.
"He won't budge." He says, straightening his glasses.
Vanoss sighs deeply "here let me try." Mark steps out of the way. Vanoss knocks on the door waiting for a response. "Delirious?"
"Leave me alone!!" Delirious mutters, his voice cracks mid sentence. He sounds like he's been crying..
"Delirious, please.. Come on buddy let me in, we can sort this out-"
"I said go away!!... Leave me alone.."
Mark looks over at me and shakes his head. " it's no use, he just won't listen.."
I look at the door, Vanoss isn't going to get Delirious to open up, he's too far gone.
I sigh as I rub my neck. "Let's just let him be, just give him time to cool off... I'm sure he'll come out when he's ready ... Or when he's hungry." I say with a wink.
Vanoss steps away from the door and faces me, his brown eyes are dark and filled with fear, but his face doesn't express it. Vanoss, Mark and I step away from the bathroom door and decide to leave him be...
Hours pass by, and Delirious hasn't once left the bathroom. We keep taking turns to go check on him, but he won't come out. He insists he just want to be alone, so we decide to let him be and just keep an ear out. Mark, Vanoss and I decide to watch a movie since we have nothing better to do. Not that long after, Vanoss and Mark fall asleep.  So I decide to take something to help me sleep and head back into my room. I walk upstairs quietly and hop into bed, I pull Sam out of my pocket and stare at him for a while, the longer I stare the heavier my eyes feel and I soon begin to drift of...
But... Somethings.... Different... As I fall into a deep slumber my body weight becomes extremely light and I begin to feel light-headed. At first, I thought this was just the sleeping pills starting to set in but, I begin to hear murmuring near my left ear.... I hear a faint voice calling someone's name.... I shake my head and try my best to ignore it, but it won't go away... The voice gets louder.. I hear it chant: 'left behind... Lost... Left behind... Lost.... Left behind... Lost~' over and over again. And the familiar voice grows louder..... It's... It's my Darkness... He's whispering in my ear... I feel his hot breath in my ear, I feel the darkness surround me.. I don't have the courage to open my eyes, so I decide to keep them closed ..... But, another noise fills my ears.. It's, something else, a different sound.. I hear faint crying and banging... I hear whimpering and fast breathing.... I lay for a few seconds trying to register what I'm hearing. I open one eye just enough to see around my room ... I'm alone but I can still hear the whimpering, it's soft but definitely not coming from my room. My head is still foggy from the sleeping tablets but I know I'm not imaging the sounds. I try to sit up and listen harder. Again I hear the darkness near me 'all alone ... Left behind ... Lost and alone~ ...' The eerie whisper jolts me awake properly. I swing my legs over the side of my bed and go to stand up when I hear a strange clinking sound and then a scream. Delirious!!!! I fly out of my room and head for the bathroom. I stand outside the door and realise the whimpering is coming from inside. I bang on the door "DELIRIOUS ARE YOU OK?? OPEN THE DOOR!" Again there's a clinking sound followed by a gurgling scream. I bang on the door even harder and push at it with my shoulder. "DELIRIOUS PLEASE DUDE ... OPEN THE DOOR!"
My yelling and banging on the door must of woken up the guys, because I can hear Mark and Vanoss running up the stairs to the bathroom. The look on my face must have said it all because Vanoss shoved me aside and starts bashing on the door with both fists. "DELIRIOUS WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE? OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR!" He looks at me and then at Mark. We hear another blood curdling scream. Vanoss yells again "OPEN THE DOOR DEL ... OR IM BRAKING IT DOWN!" Again there's no response, I nod at Vanoss as we have to get in there. Vanoss takes a few steps back and rams his shoulder into the door ... It buckles but doesn't open. He steps back again and throws himself as hard as he can into the door. With a massive crack the door brakes open. Vanoss enters first and immediately starts to scream "DELIRIOUS NOOOOOOOO!" Mark and I rush in behind him ... I drop to my knees