Hounded

2. A friend for a boy in need.

Josh was up all night trying to find as much information as possible about Tyler and about Low Point hospital. He did a lot of deep digging and possibly a little hacking to get the information he wanted. He was exhausted the next day but he knew a lot more about the boy.

Tyler was taken in after being found close to death on the side of a road as a baby. He was raised at the hospital and was practically a gunnipig for the hospitals experiments with mutations, explains the teleporting and the ignition of fire to the paper without a source last night.

Tyler's mutations range from teleportation to animalistic tendencies to strength and other things. He rarely talks and doesn't communicate well, something being wrong with his brain. He hates loud noises and bright lights. Hes very violent when hes angry and can do a lot of damage even though hes small.

Hes seventeen and Hes been missing for a week, police are constantly on patrol looking for him. The hospital wants him back as soon as possible so he doesn't hurt anyone.

Josh is conflicted on whether or not he should contact the hospital and let them know where Tyler is or not. He heads back over to the mansion after school was out. He found Tyler asleep on the floor by the halloween candy.

He gently shook tylers shoulder to which the boy jumped awake and grabbed Josh, throwing him against the nearest wall and pinning him there. "Hey it's me its josh." Josh said. Tyler stared at him for a moment before letting go and going up in a corner.

He crawled around the ceiling while Josh started talking. "I did some research on you. Found out who you are and all that." He said. Tyler stopped and looked at him before dropping to the floor and standing in front of him.

"The hospital really wants you back, they're scared you're gonna hurt someone." Josh said. Tyler went over to the candy and grabbed a bag of chips, squeezing it til it busted open, then he ate the chips off the floor.

"You shouldn't eat those off the floor, the floors dirty." Josh sat, sitting next to Tyler. Tyler didnt listen so Josh sighed. "Why'd you leave the hospital?" Josh asked. Tyler growled at the mention of the hospital.

"Did something bad happen there?" Josh asked. Tyler growled again. "I'm gonna take this as a yes." Josh said. Tyler vanished and Josh sighed. He sat staring at the pile of candy for a few minutes before Tyler was back.

He handed josh some more papers and Josh was wondering where he was getting them from. He read over them. They were reports on the experiments done on Tyler. They talked about what DNA tests were done, how Tyler reacted to certain experiments, whether an experiment was a success or not.

"What about the experiments?... I think they're cool. Like you wouldn't be able to do your teleporting thing without them.. itd be cool to be able to do that." Josh said. Tyler looked angry, pissed actually. He growled lowly and went up on the ceiling.

Josh read over the rest of the papers before looking up at Tyler who was pacing back and forth. "I know you dont talk much and dont really understand communication but do you think you could try and explain why you dont want to go back and why you dont like the experiments?" Josh asked.

Tyler looked at him before sitting in front of him. He looked like he was thinking. He looked down at his arms before reaching them out to Josh. Josh carefully grabbed them, inspecting them. They were covered in tiny scabs and scars that could be from needles, bruises and dried blood scattered everywhere.

"Are these from the experiments?" Josh asks. Tyler gave a tiny nod. "... are the experiments painful?" Josh asked. Tyler nodded again. Josh gave a nod back. "What about your face? What happened to it?" Josh asked. Tyler thought for a while trying to find a way to explain, to communicate.