Glass

Rescue

Dennis was still fighting for control even after he had watched Casey leave, he tried to get up so he could get out of the house, he stumbled quite a few times and had to lean on the wall for support but managed to get out of the house in the end. He was just coming down the steps on the porch when he collapsed on the floor again his whole body shaking with the effort of keeping The Beast at bay.

He was just about to give up when he heard someone calling his name, Casey, she sounded terrified, like she was in trouble. Dennis felt a surge of protectiveness which helped him to gain control over everyone as he sprang back up and turned in the direction of where he heard her cries for help, it was down the alleyway he had hidden in when she thought she was being followed, he heard her scream and he lost all regard to his own safety as he raced towards the sound of her screaming.

The Beast was growing impatient and Dennis could sense that

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING DENNIS?" he roared, furious it made Dennis wince but he had to explain to him quickly what was happening.

"Casey is in trouble we have to help her, please help me save her" Dennis pleaded with The Beast.

The Beast seemed to be considering what to say for a moment before replying "ALRIGHT BUT YOU BETTER HAVE A PRETTY GOOD EXPLANATION FOR ALL OF THIS LATER ON FOR YOUR SAKE DENNIS" he warned.

Dennis sighed before turning a corner and seeing Casey being cornered by two thugs dressed in matching black hoodies and grey ripped jeans, both of them towered over her nearly blocking his view of her, one was holding a knife and was pointing it towards her whilst the other started backing her up against the wall behind her.

"You know there's a curfew on right about now, to protect pretty girls like you" the thug with a knife said before advancing towards Casey as well.

Dennis knew he had to act now so he started marching towards the two thugs before shouting out 

"Hey" the two thugs turned around to face him "shouldn't you be inside to I mean there is a curfew on to protect weak little pricks like you" Dennis taunted

"Well well well, looks like we got ourselves a hero" the thug with the knife sneered "turn around pal there's nothin to see here why don't you jus head on home huh?" he waved his knife towards the corner Dennis had just come from before turning around and walking back towards Casey.

Dennis grabbed the guy by the shirt and pulled him back to face him "You touch her you'll have to deal with me" Dennis growled.

The thug laughed before plunging the knife into Dennis's abdomen causing him to drop him before he clamped his hand down on the wound, falling to his knees as he saw the red start to spread on his grey shirt.

"Is that it, wow you talk tough for a guy who just got taken out by a knife" the thug smirked before kicking him in the ribs making Dennis groan in pain, before turning to Casey with a malicious grin and saying "Now where were we?" as he started pressing his whole weight onto Casey and grabbing her wrists and pinning them above her head essentially trapping her.

Casey started to hyperventilate as she started to flashback to the times when her uncle used to do this to her, she peered over to where Dennis had been and noticed to her astonishment that he wasn't there, before she had time to contemplate on this her attention was brought back to the thug who had leaned in closer and was trying to kiss her.

"No please" she whimpered as she tried to struggle out of her captors vice like grip before he dug his nails into her wrists shushing her

"Don't worry it'll be over soon" he whispered which made Casey shiver with fear as she remembered that was exactly what her Uncle would say to her as well. Knowing there was no way out of this she closed her eyes and waited for it to be over with.

That was when she heard the deep, steady panting of The Beast she opened her eyes long enough to see his dark silhouette before the thug who had her pinned to the wall was violently pulled off of her and pinned to the wall next to her.  

"Wh...how are you still alive I stabbed you" the thug trembled as he looked down at where he had stuck the knife in him.

"You think a puny weapon such as that can stop me, you are gravely mistaken you filthy impure" The Beast bellowed before reaching out and snapping his neck in one swift movement letting his lifeless body drop to the floor. Before turning towards the other one who took one look t his friend and took off down the alley,The Beast in hot pursuit, it only took him a few bounds before he caught up with him and grabbed him from behind and crushing his rib cage.

"There you go Dennis she's safe now" The Beast announced walking back towards Casey.

"Thank you" Dennis sighed a breath of relief

"Don't thank me too quickly you still owe me an explanation as to what it is you were doing here in the first place" The Beast reminded him sensing Dennis's discomfort he added "But I'll let it slide for now" before giving the light back to Dennis.

Dennis blinked a few times reaching for his glasses and putting them on before sprinting over to where Casey was curled up in a ball, eyes closed and crying uncontrollably.

"Casey" Dennis whispered reaching out to comfort her until Casey flinched away from him lashing out and scratching his wrist with her nails leaving a nasty looking cut on his arm  "Casey it's okay your safe now it's me, it's Dennis" he reassured her until she realized it was him and started to relax falling into his arms and weeping clinging to his torn and bloody shirt as a way to ground herself from the horror she had just endured.

Dennis held her shushing her and rubbing her back in a comforting gesture until she was ready to pull away, then they just sat there in silence for awhile longer.

"Thank you for saving me" Casey said giving him a weak smile

"Your welcome" Dennis smiled back "You should probably get back home, I mean there is a curfew for a reason" he smirked making Casey roll her eyes as they both started to get up, Dennis groaned clutching his knife wound and breathing heavily before standing up fully.

Casey examined the wound, it was quite a deep cut and the blood had spread quite a long way on his shirt, Dennis for the most part was trying not to look at it since his OCD would probably go into overdrive if he did he was taking deep breaths and was starting to lean on the wall for support.

"Why don't you come back to the house and I'll clean that up for you huh?" Casey suggested

"No, no I'm fine" Dennis rasped

"Dennis look at yourself, your not fine and besides my house is closer and it is my fault you got that" Casey said looking down.

"Don't ever say that it's not your fault, I antagonized him it's my fault not yours" Dennis said sternly before trying to walk and groaning loudly before stumbling again, Casey caught him in time and helped him regain his composure.

"You sure you don't need help?" Casey asked questioningly a smirk emerging on her.

"Maybe I could do with some assistance" Dennis agreed, he hated looking weak in front of people and really wasn't great at letting people help him even if he needed it, he had grown so used to dealing with problems by himself he didn't like shoving his problems onto other people he didn't want to burden anyone more than he had to, but this time it didn't seem like he had much of a choice.

He grudgingly let Casey support him since he could barely walk without falling, together they managed to make it back to her house in one piece.

"Huh this feels like de ja vu" Casey remarked looking at Dennis who smiled weakly at her joke before settling him down on the sofa and going into the kitchen to grab some supplies for his injury.