The Unexpected. [Secuel To The Unknown] {Eric FF}

Forty Six.

Eric grunted as he let the weight fall in the floor with a big thud and a little rumble on the floor.

He hand shot up to the pain in his shoulder and he massaged the spot.

Lately, he'd been taking care of the initiates and the batch of outsiders, supervising their respective trainings. On top of that he had been taking care of any and all faction management he came across.

Every time Morgan showed up asking him if he needed help he just told her he had everything under control, that there was nothing left to do, when in reality it was the exact opposite. But after that month Morgan had trained the outsiders he couldn't make Morgan work, not because of the work itself, but because he didn't wanted to see that sad brow or twist of her lips when she had to leave Aleks behind. He couldn't do that to her.

So, he took care of everything and that meant he was over working himself, which often lead him here, to the gym, where he pushed up and heavy weighted his frustrations away.

It was the beginning of the week and Eric had had to deal with a lot of drunk initiates during fights and that frustration had led him to lift up double the amount of weight he was used to, so now, he was holding his shoulder in pain, praying that it was just a bad movement and nothing serious.

Given the fact that he was bent over with his hand on his knee while he still grabbed his shoulder in pain, it was pretty serious. Reluctantly he headed to the infirmary to get injected with the healing serum from erudite and get things finished.

That was not what happened.

"What do you mean they've been holding back on it?" He asked a little angry at the nurse that was attending him, he was more in pain than mad

"That's what we've been told, I can give you one of the emergency ones if you really need it" she said a bit weary, everyone had to really do their best when attending Eric in the infirmary, otherwise they knew they could end up in the morgue.

Taking one of the emergency healing serums meant sliming down the chance of someone badly injured of making it. Eric sighed, his conscience heavy on him while he shook his head
"Just give me the painkillers"

"You should have it restrained, another bad movement and you can end up with it sprained or broken"

"I'll take my chances this way" he swatted the bottle of pills from her hand when she handed it to him and turned to leave.

He headed back to his place, getting ready to be submitted to an interrogation on Morgan's behalf, he hadn't noticed how tired he was until he reached his floor, those painkillers worked quickly.

He opened the door and slowly opened it, checking for Aleks on the other side. Morgan had gotten the little one a walker, and he didn't know how to walk much, but he could move himself little by little to the other side of the room. The carrier was a relief, now they had more freedom to do other chores while Aleks entertained himself.

Eric saw him on the other side of the room, playing with the mobile on the walker.

"Hey" he saluted, making Aleks lift his eyes to him and then let out a squeak of happiness when he saw his dad approaching him. It was the most heartwarming gesture ever, and Eric couldn't get enough of it.

Aleks lifted his hand to him while Eric bent over and ran his hand on his hair.

"Where's mommy?" He asked. Aleks looked to the side, to the hallway, watching how Morgan exited the bathroom.

Instantly, Morgan knew something was wrong.

"What happened?" She asked worried, seeing how Eric winced when he moved and how he was slouched to the side.