The Phoenix

Chapter 24 - Kyson?

(Scar's POV)

Lyle was in worse condition than we thought, he had suffered many broken ribs, a mild concussion, a fractured nose and wrist, busted lip, black eye, and a dislocated shoulder.

Whoever did this to him, beat him unconscious and they dropped him off on Ky's doorstep and didn't care whether he lived or he died.

But I know one thing, the person who did this knows that Lyle is friends with Kyson, and they know Kyson. So, I now need to figure out if this is Lyle's enemy or one of Kyson's.

I just haven't asked Kyson about anything yet, he's broken. His best friend is in the hospital damaged and beat up, and there is nothing that he can do about. But Kyson did feel a lot better when he found out that Lyle would be okay.

He didn't know anything at all until Mrs. Nelson showed up to the hospital, none of the nurses would tell us anything because we weren't family.

Kyson had calmed down, but as soon as Lyle's mom walked through the doors Kyson broke down once more. She pulled him into a tight hug and tried her hardest to console Kyson, but she couldn't when she begin to cry too. So they were pretty much crying into each other's arms.

I was surprised at the two because Kyson has told me stories about this woman and none of them were good.

But that was two hours ago, and things were settling a bit. Kyson was no longer left in the dark about Lyle's conditions, he knew everything.

And I even think he knows who did this to his best friend, and if he doesn't know then he has an idea.

"Carter?" Mrs. Nelson rushed out of the ICU, her hair still in the messy bun she came here with. She looked tired, worried, and relieved all at once. Mr. Nelson couldn't be here tonight because he is away on important business and won't be back until next week, so all of the stress was placed on Lyle's mom. "He's awake." She sighed with a small smile.

Kyson popped up from his seat and sprinted to Mrs. Nelson as she showed him the way to her son.

Lanie and I waited out in the waiting room until Kyson came out and again, that was at least 30 minutes later.

"Do you want to see him?" Kyson asked the two of us, which we nodded yes.

We followed him back into ICU and to Lyle's room, the door was open as we walked right in. His mom was sitting in a chair next to his bed holding one of his hands.

Lyle looked up at us when he seen us walk in. He tried to smile, but it looked as if it hurt so he dropped it quickly. "Hey, girls."

"How are you feeling?" I asked him.

He nodded his head. "Like I was ran over by a tractor, but the doctor said that I should heal up just fine."

"Do you know who did this?" I asked him, I honestly didn't mean to, but it just came out.

Lyle looked down at his lap and from the corner of my eye I seen Kyson's head go side ways at Lyle like he was a confused pup.

"Ly, you know who did this to you?" Lyle knew that eventually Kyson would get this information out of him so he might as well tell now. "Lyle." He growled.

"I think it was Ty's guys." Lyle spoke softly.

My skin crawled just to hear his name. Tyler is not a good guy, he was just another Ivan waiting to hurt me, to hurt anybody.

"I fucking knew it." Kyson was upset. "He's dead."

"Whoa, Kyson." Lyle tried to reason with him. "I need you to calm down. I told you that I think it was him, I don't know for sure. I didn't see Ty."