Everything Happens For A Reason (MikeXOMC!)

Chap. 7 The Search Begins

An hour later, Mike came back into the bathroom with clothes in his hands. "Damian.." Mike slowly opened the door and found Damian sitting there in the tub just staring at the water. "I uh I brought you some clothes." Mike spoke softly as he looked at Damian. He set the clothes down on the counter of the sink. "We called the police. They'll be here in the morning to look for them." Mike grabbed a towel and handed it to Damian, who decided to get out of the tub. "I'll let you get dressed. I'll be outside the door, alright?" Damian nodded and Mike walked out of the bathroom.

Damian slowly dried off before pulling the fresh clothes on. Once he was finished, he exited the bathroom to find Mike standing there waiting. "I'll take you to your room. You need to get some rest." Mike looked Damian over. He looked better than he did when he showed up. He wasn't shaking badly anymore, and he didn't look unnaturally pale either.

"No. I need to wait for Beth." Mike didn't argue with him, instead he helped Damian walk to the room with the huge TV. Sam was the only one in the room when they got there. She gave Damian a sad smile when she saw him. Mike left to grab Damian a blanket after Sam sat down beside him.

"Are you okay?" Sam asked.

"Yeah..." Damian replied quietly. Mike came back and handed Damian a thick blanket. The three of them sat there in silence. The silence gave Damian comfort as he sat there waiting for Beth to walk through the door. Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours. Damian struggled to stay awake. He was exhausted from wandering around in the dark. He eventually fell asleep while resting his head on Sam's shoulder.

A few hours later, Damian woke up to hear voices and footsteps in the lodge. He rubbed his eyes as he sat up from the couch. He looked around confused for a moment, then he remembered what happened last night. Damian saw a couple of police officers walking around the lodge. He stood up and walked into the kitchen to see if anyone was in there. Josh was sitting at the counter with his head in his hands. Chris and Sam stood near him to comfort him. Mike was quietly talking to an officer close by. When he shut the door, Mike looked over then gestured him to come over.

"Damian this is officer McKinley. He wants to ask you some questions." Damian nodded as he looked the officer over. He was a tall man with a strong build. He was bald, and he had a beard and brown eyes.

"Damian, I just need you to answer a few things and then you can go home with the others." McKinley took out a notepad and pen to take down notes of what Damian would say. "Where were you before the twins ran off?"

"Beth and I were in the kitchen, then I went to grab my phone from our bedroom." The officer nodded as he wrote something down.

"You and Beth are in a relationship correct?"

"Yeah, we've been together for almost two years." The officer nodded again as he wrote it down.

"Your friends said you ran after them, but you made your way back. Can you tell me what happened?"

"After I grabbed my phone, I heard Beth yelling so I went downstairs. The door was open and I walked out in time to see Beth running off. I didn't know why she was running into the wood, but I ran after her because I didn't want her to get lost. I didn't know she was running after Hannah until I came back. She was running pretty far ahead of me. I followed her footstep as quick as I could before the snow covered them. She jumped down at the side of the steps instead of going the safe way. It was pretty dark, so I took out my phone to use the light on there. By then I had lost sight of her. I yelled her name but she never answered me back. I heard some strange thing...screaming. It wasn't a human or any animal I've ever heard of. I freaked out when I heard it and stopped to look around. My phone ended up dying at that point, so I couldn't see anything. I heard Beth scream so I ran in the direction I thought it came from. I just kept running until I couldn't run anymore. I somehow ended up at the lodge. I thought Beth would have been here by then, but they weren't..." His voice trailed off at the end. Mike looked down at the floor with a guilty expression. The officer nodded again as he finished writing.

"I'm sorry about all this happening. You're a pretty brave kid for going after them." McKinley gave Damian a light pat on the shoulder. "We'll find your girlfriend and her sister so don't worry about it, okay? They will be fine." Damian nodded and the officer walked away, leaving Mike and Damian alone.

"Damian I'm so-"

"Don't."

"But-"

"Just stop Michael. I don't blame you for any of this. I don't blame any of you, so stop apologizing okay?" Mike sighed and hesitantly nodded.

"I already packed your things for you. They want us to leave soon so they can look for them. Emily picked out some clothes for you to wear since she wouldn't let me do it." Damian let out a small laugh.

"Of course she would do that. She would snap your head off if you didn't pick something fashionable for me." Mike laughed along with Damian. He was happy to see Damian cheering up some.

"Come on. Let's go get ready and we'll head out."