Demon Within

Chapter 26

"Hey, Kailee." Henry croaked when she walked in.

Tears built up in her eyes as she choked on sobs, looking at his condition. For once, she was glad Demon wasn't allowed into a building.

He had an oxygen mask on and tubes coming from his body.

His leg was wrapped and braced. He had bruising on most of his body and a few cuts as well.

"Oh god, this is all my fault." Kailee whispered and knelt next to the bed.

"Your fault?" Henry chuckled weakly, before coughing again. "If Tray was awake and heard you say that, I think he'd march right out of bed, despite the pain, and whack you in the head for that one."

"Tray would do that, wouldn't he?" Kailee smiled sadly.

"That's Tray for you. He never likes it when people take the blame for something they didn't do." Henry said.

"But I did." She sighed. "Those wounds were caused by Demon and I's hands and paws."

"But not by your choice or will." Henry argued.

"I can't believe you're this forgiving. You almost died. All of you." Kailee cried.

"We didn't though. We're all okay. Even if some of us are worse than others." He smiled.

"Thanks. I'm going to go visit Will and Tray." Kailee waved.

"I wish you luck." Henry waved.

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"Hey." A weak voice greeted her.

Kailee knelt beside the bed. "Hey."

"Don't blame yourself for this. I'm sure you are." Will said.

"Henry told me the same thing." Kailee laughed.

Will didn't look any better than Henry, but luckily, not much worse either.

He had tubes and an oxygen mask just like Henry, and a wrapped and braced arm. He had bruising and cuts, too.

"Just so you know, you and Henry look like twins." Kailee joked, trying to lighten the mood. It worked.

"Haha." Will chuckled weakly. "Cool. Maybe we can see who has more bruises."

"Hopefully by the time you get to do that, the count will be zero to zero." Kailee smiled.

"Yeah." Will smiled.

"I'm going to go visit Tray. I'll see you." Kailee waved.

"Before you go," Will stopped her. "Be prepared. Tray was more injured than Henry and I, so he might not even be awake yet, more or less able to talk. He did get a chunk taken out of his throat."

Kailee paused and closed her eyes. "Yeah." She whispered."I know. I was the one who did that to him, after all."

As Kailee left, she didn't miss the sad look Will gave her.

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She sat in the chair next to Tray's bed and had to bit her lip to keep from screaming in sadness and despair.

He was still unconscious, and he was a lot worse than Henry or Will, just like Will had predicted.

He had the same things Henry and Will had, but more.

His throat had tubes coming out of it, and a bandage was wrapped around his throat.

There were needles next to the bed, probably just in case they needed to give him a medicine of some sort so he could breathe easier.