The Monsters(boyxboy)

Loss

I sat up gasping for air. I was freezing and my body was numb. Once I was able to comprehend what I was seeing I realized I was back in Matty and Aurora's house. I was freezing only because I was in the ice bath.

"He's back!" I tried to stand but I was freezing and everything hurt trying to do so.

"No, you're not supposed to be back yet, Arian. What happened," Aurora said, as she came into my field of view.

I felt warm hand hoist me up by my armpits. "Relax Aurora, he just came to and he is freezing let him warm up before you interrogate him, Jesus."
It was Matty who helped me out of the tub of ice water and into the warm sitting area with a blanket.

"Do you want me to use magic to warm you up?" I nodded stiffly, still unable to move normally, my teeth chattering so much I couldn't speak.

He closed his hand into a fist then opened it revealing a flame. He quickly brought his other hand to it and rubbed them together before running his hands down my shoulders and arms. At first I was afraid it would burn me seeing as it was actual fire on my skin but the once orange flame turned a pale pink color and warmed me instead of burning me.

"What happened," he asked my softly as he warmed my body.

"H-he Kn-knocked me o-out," I responded in a whisper, my teeth still chattering.

"The demon? Or Ace?"

"G-Giovanni." I saw Matty's eyes flash red for a second. They only did that when he was trying to control his anger. Him and his sister both shared this weird trait so it's very easy to tell when they are pissed.

"I'm gonna kill him. Just watch when he wakes up."

"N-No."

He took his hands off of me. "What do you mean no? Arian I'm tired of you giving him the benefit of the doubt. Whether you believe it or not he got us into this mess. He brought the demon here. You're fucking possessed by the demon he brought here and yet you still defend him. Why? I️ don't understand. It makes no sense."

I️ put my head down. I️ knew the reason why, but if I️ told Matty it would only hurt him more.

"Why do you even care," I️ responded instead of answering his question.

He laughed. "Don't play dumb, Arian. You know why. Actually, everyone knows why except you because you're so fucking oblivious it hurts. You're my best friend and I️ dont know why but—— I️ just care about you more than a best friend should. And I️ know you don't mean to but every time y——"

He didn't get to finish because there was a loud crashing sound followed by gasps. I️ stood up running into the room despite the pain I️ felt.

I found Maverick on the ground with a sword buried in his gut. He was choking on his own blood. Winter and Aurora were knocked out on the ground, while Giovanni remained in the ice bath. Ace was on the other side of the room choking Aaron, his eyes black.

What is happening? Giovanni was supposed to get the demon out of Ace not kill my fucking pack.

I yelled to Matty to help Aaron while I tended to Maverick.

"It's okay buddy, it's gonna be alright." I knew it wasn't, I could see the blood around the wound turning black, meaning the blade probably had wolfsbane on it. Why that was just laying around the house, I'll never know but right now I tried to focus on keeping Maverick from dying.

"I have to take it out. You won't heal otherwise," I started, getting nervous because things weren't looking good at the moment. Maverick responded with a series of gurgles.

I wrapped my hands around the handle of the sword. Quickly and swiftly I pulled it out, earning a yell from Maverick. Dark red, almost black, liquid drowned my freezing hands. I couldn't stop it. There was nothing I could do, the wolfsbane prevented him from healing and to stop the bleeding he needed to heal. The wound was too large to burn it out. He was going to die.

No. This can't happen

I noticed he stopped making sounds. "Mav! Maverick, no come on wake up you can't die on me," I yelled shaking him. It was no use, he was gone. I felt the tears start to fall.

Looking around I saw everyone I loved hurt. This was all my fault. Aaron, Winter and Aurora were knocked out with various bloody wounds, Matty was wounded, and Maverick—he was dead.

I let out a growl, my claws and teeth coming out as I attacked Ace. I didn't care if he died at this point. He killed Maverick. He killed a member of my pack. He killed one of my best friends.

Suddenly, I was stopped. Not by myself but a force was stopping me from continuing even though I wanted to.

"That wasn't very nice," I heard a voice say. It was the demon.

"You killed Maverick," I screamed.

It chuckled. "Do I need to kill you too? I was starting to get quite fond of you. What a shame." Then I was flying backward through the air into the wall, landing in a crumple on the floor. The pain I felt from that one blow was unbearable. My vision blurred as I coughed up blood.

"Throw me around all you want, I'm not going to sit here and let you kill all my friends. So, it looks like you're going to have to kill me first."

"No, actually, I don't," he smirked before turning to Matty. "You see, I don't need to possess you to control you when you have your weakness right here." He put his hand out, summoning Matty to him then grabbing him by the throat.

"No! Let him go," I yelled.

"Why should I? I need you to do what I want, and you won't willingly, so I guess I need a little leverage, don't ya think?" Matty gasped for air continuously with his eyes rolling back but the demon had a tight grip on his neck. He let Matty go, replacing his hand with a blade pressed tightly to Matty's neck.

"No, Arian" he wheezed out.

"I'll give you until the count of three to surrender or I'll kill him. Ready? One."

I felt absolutely powerless. I couldn't do anything to this thing. Either way my friends would die. Either by me killing them while possessed by that thing, or by that thing killing them. I didn't know what to do.

"Two."

Everything slowed, and I suddenly felt warm, which then turned into a hot burn, then excruciating pain. I growled out. The pain just got worse and worse to the point where I couldn't take it and—

"Three."

I threw my head back yelling out as a force emitted from my body throwing Ace and Matty back into the wall. Matty got back up, but Ace didn't. I could see blood oozing from his head.

Because this was such an opportune moment, fucking Giovanni finally jumped out of whatever trance we were in.

"What did I miss," he asked hopping out of the tub, then looking around. His nonchalant face quickly turned into one of horror. "Fucking hell."