Chapter 18 | Claws

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Paris sighed as he reached Micah in the hall, "This is useless."

"He's done this before." He replied, glancing down at the little girl still clinging to him. "Just never at such a bad time, I'm afraid. Regardless of circumstances, it did feel a little excessive for Jasper to send us all looking for him. He'd never-" His words were cut off by a blood curdling scream.

Their heads whipped in that direction instantly. Being that they were standing in the Warnderlust ward, it was easy to hear where it'd originated from. Friday whined and tightened her grip on Micah's pant leg. He put his hand on her head to calm her and keep her close.

"Sweetie, stay here with Paris, okay?" He softly told her. 

She didn't listen, of course. Friday wanted to stay with him and he decided he didn't have the time to argue. She trailed closely behind him as he rushed over to Kettil's room. He threw open the door, instantly relieved when he saw their missing patient. The picture in front of him may not have been what he wanted to see, but at least they found him.

Angela caught up to the others, stopping behind Micah to see what had happened. Yuki was on the floor of the very cluttered room with tears in his eyes. Under his bangs that covered his left eye, blood dripped down his porcelain skin. He raised his hand to the wound and held it there while he cried. His sights fearfully glared at the demon.

"What happened?" Angela hesitantly asked.

"Go get Beau. They're both his patients." Micah said.

"There's no need for that." Beau spoke up, walking down the long hall, "I heard the scream. While I tend to this, trade posts with Shae. Yuki will need him." 

Micah gave a short nod, "Yes, Sir." 

He turned back down the hall and hurried to retrieve the other aid. Angela kept her distance to let the doctor go to work. He ignored how pissed Kettil looked and went straight towards Yuki. Terror shook the light elf's eyes. Even his own doctor, he wasn't too comfortable with. He tried to push himself back into the corner more.

"Please, let me see your eye, Honey. I can see you're hurt." Beau tried to speak as softly as he could, as not to startle him. Yuki removed his trembling hand away from his eye. He allowed the doctor to push his hair back to reveal the skin on the bottom of his eye had been torn. "Oh, my. How did this happen?" Knowing Yuki was too scared to talk, he directed the question at Kettil.

Kettil's lack of English came in handy when he didn't want to admit to his crimes. He was still angered at the elf for what he'd done, but he wasn't going to open his mouth.

"H-He took it..." Yuki mumbled. 

Beau sighed, "So, that's what happened then?" 

Shae reached the doorway to see the mess displayed. The doctor quickly got out of the way to let him tend to his husband. Their relationship wasn't exactly out in the open but it wasn't a secret either. Not to the main staff, anyways. All of Shae's walls crumbled for that little thing. His tough exterior broke the second he saw him hurt. He pulled Yuki into his lap, holding him tightly.

"Kettil," He sneered, "You know better than to even touch Yuki."

"He took something from Yuki. I'm guessing that's why he went missing because he was sneaking around trying to find where it went. When he found it in here, I'm guessing Kettil got mad at him and attacked him." 

Shae softly kissed his baby, "What did he take, Sweetie?"

He shook his head, "Secret."

The demon stared for a moment. His precious doll had never refused to tell him something. Shae took his tiny hands in his, kissing over the smeared blood. "Baby, I can't get it back if you don't tell me what it is." 

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