CHAPTER NINE // BURNS

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Dark swooped down and laid Ethan and Tyler next to their stuff, which he had packed up prior to their rescue. "Thanks, Dark." Tyler said, as Dark saluted jokingly and flew off. Tyler heard something, as he turned around and saw an injured Ethan. He was crying out in pain at the terrible burns on his arms and legs. "Ethan!" He ran to Ethan's side.


Tyler was panicking, he needed to check the wounds but he didn't know how to take Ethan's black cloths off. He eventually found a hole in each one on each arm and leg, and he opened them. Yikes. The skin was red and purple, bleeding. Tyler took out extra cloths from his bag and put them on over the wounds. "We'll have to see what we can do later" He said.


Tyler took Ethan into his arms and rocked him back and forth, singing to him a little song that was only in their language and had no translation. Ethan finally fell asleep, and Tyler carried him and the rest of their stuff through the forest to find a different place to stay.


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Dark slowly walked into the hut, making sure to not wake Anti up if he was sleeping. Anti wasn't sleeping, in fact he was right at the door. As soon as Dark walked in, Anti slapped him across the face. "You idiot! I know what you did and now you have Mark on your ass! Do you know what'll happen if Mark finds us??" "W-Well, no..." "You're damn right you don't! He's going to kill you, and leave me alone to die as well! I'll have to die knowing that I let you down because of this stupid illness!"


Dark thought for a tiny moment about Anti's illness, then realizing that Anti was supposed to be in bed, and it was deadly to be on his feet. "ANTI, SIT DOWN!" "NO! IF YOU'RE GONNA ALREADY DIE FROM MARK THEN WHAT'S THE POINT?" "SIT THE HELL DOWN!" Dark started trying to push Anti towards his bed, but Anti was resisting with great strength. "Anti, please, I can't lose you!" Anti burst out in harsh tears and fell to his knees. He cupped his face in his hands.


Dark backed away slowly, with a guilty expression on his face. "Anti, look, I'm sorry, I just..." Dark sighed. Anti had an unknown illness that keeps him locked up in his bed all day and night. Not only is he weak and unhelpful, he has depression. Everything in his world is just tumbling down, and it's Dark's job to rebuild that.


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That morning, Tyler woke up to the feeling of being shook awake. He sat up and looked in front of him, seeing Ethan on his hands and knees. "Tyler, I don't know if I can walk." Tyler stood up and grabbed the upper part of Ethan's arms, not wanting to touch or hurt the wounds. He pulled Ethan up onto his feet.


Ethan winced at the pain in his legs, as he wobbled and muttered many Ow's. Tyler kept him up, having Ethan take a few steps. Ethan tried to regain any balance he had left, but he couldn't seem to find any. "Thankfully, you aren't paralyzed, you can move your legs, they just sting from the burns. How are your arms?" "They hurt just as much." "Okay. We can work on this."


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