Curse Carrier Book 1 Of The Curse Carriers Series

Chapter 25: Curse Rejection

Utau POV

Utau follows Shin at a quick walk as he heads towards the dorms. When they turn down the boys dorm hallway she looks around shyly. There are no rules that expressly forbid her from being here but she feels like an intruder.

"Girls come down this hallway quite often to visit friends. That boy in your training class Kikoeru, brings his friends from Class C down here all the time. You do not need to be shy." Shin says.

They stop in front of a door with the name plates for Shinimasu and Jisatsu. "So this is your room?"

He nods and opens the door. Shin looks to the left as Utau follows him inside. Laying on the bed is a boy about eight or nine years old. He has his blankets pulled up over his head and is curled up in a ball.

"So you are here." Shin states. "You missed an assembly and classes have already started." He tells the figure under the covers.

"Leave me alone." He mutters and rolls over.

"You have to attend class. It isn't an option." Utau speaks to him.

His only response is, "Go away."

"You're coming to class. I get you're depressed but it wasn't your fault." Utau tells him. She grabs the blanket and pulls. Jisatsu holds on to the blanket but Utau still manages to pull it off.

The boy sits up quickly and glares at Utau enraged. His eyes flash silver, "I said leave me alone!" He screams.

Utau feels her mind go numb and she drops the blanket. It feels like she's dreaming as she reaches for her knife.

"Utau!" Shin screams and grabs her wrist. His voice sounds distant and does nothing to penetrate the fog that's settled over her brain. "Jisatsu! Stop!" He screams at the boy.

The cloud disperses and Utau becomes aware that her arms are aching. She's straining against Shin's grip. She relaxes her arms to find she had been trying to stab herself in the throat. Startled she drops the knife onto the ground and takes a shaky step backwards.

"W-what?" She stammers frightened.

"Why did you do that? You could of killed her!" Shin yells at Jisatsu.

"I didn't mean to." He closes his eyes tightly. "I can't control it anymore!" He yells and starts to cry. "Just leave me alone!"

"You can't control your curse? When did that start happening?" Utau kneels in front of him and takes his hands.

"I, I don't know." He sobs. He tries to pull his hands away. "Don't touch me!" He rips his hands away and slams his balled fist into the side of Utau's face. "Go away! Go away!" He screams enraged again.

Utau is knocked to the ground. As she gets back up Shin takes control and grabs Jisatsu's wrists and pins him down. The younger boy screams like a wild animal and kicks at Shin's stomach.

"Go get Dr. Blackmoore!" He yells to Utau. She jumps to her feet and runs out of the room. Instead of waiting for the elevator Utau jumps over the stairwell railing and swings down to the next floor until she gets to the one she wants.

She skids into the infirmary and starts running door to door. "Dr. Blackmoore! Dr. Blackmoore!" She screams.

The woman steps out of a room at the end of the hallway looking annoyed. "What?" She yells.

"I need help." She quickly explains what happened.

Dr. Blackmoore grabs an emergency bag. "Show me the way." She demands.