Insane Asylum (Natemare/Antisepticeye story)

Thirteen

When they got to the hospital wing, Natemare set her down on one of the many beds lined up along the room, nurses and doctors immediately hooking up all kinds of equipment to her. They were told to wait outside the door, staying right outside of it.

"This is all my fault..." Sean said, running his hands through his hair. "It's all my fault..."

"No it's not, for fucks sake.." Natemare groaned. "I keep telling you, it was Anti..I'm sure Lily will know too."

"Then how come he wore MY face?" Sean snapped. "How come he used MY damn voice??"

"Because it's called possession, dumbass.." He said. "They do that."

Shaking his head, he looked through the little rectangular piece of glass on the door, the nurses blocking his view of Lily.

"Dammit..." He mumbled. "They're blocking her."

"Not surprised." Natemare said, folding his arms as he sighed. "I just hope she's gonna be okay..."

"Since when do you care about—" Sean cut himself off, his eyes widening. "Oh...um.."

"Now's not the time for that." Natemare said sternly when he saw one of the nurses move just enough for him to see. "Looks like she'll be okay..they got the wound stitched up."

"How do you know?"

"I just glimpsed it when a nurse moved enough." He said. "We'll go in when they leave."

They continued to wait, Sean thinking of the time that Anti was in his head. He had no idea it was Chase..he should've seen it coming. The way he was acting, ignoring his advice, always drinking, those should've been red flags leading up to it. But he wasn't quick enough to realize it.

Natemare glanced through the window again. "They're gone." He said, opening the door. "Let's go."

Heading in, the stale hospital smell settled across their noses, the room a little brighter than out in the hallway. Approaching her bed, they sat on either side of it, the steady beep of the heartbeat monitor keeping it from being the awkward silence.

"So..you and Lily.." Sean said. "Never thought that would happen..."

Natemare shrugged. "Well she made the choice to let me in completely..to not be a figment of her imagination. Then...things...went from there."

"So what, you're not a ghost anymore? Like you're actually real?"

"As real as you and everyone else around here." He said. "It's kinda nice actually..even though I already went insane from being a ghost." He sighed. "Feels lonely almost.."

Before Sean could ask another question, Lily stirred in her bed, slowly opening her eyes, all their attention going to her.

"Hey.." Sean said. "You okay?"

It took her a couple seconds to speak, her voice scratchy. "Not really...still painful.."

"Look..I'm sorry.." He said. "I didn't--"

"It's fine..it wasn't you." She said, Sean getting an I told you so look from Natemare.

"You'll be out of here soon." Natemare said, getting her to look over to him. "Anti got taken care of, before you ask.."

"So...was he Chase?" Lily asked, getting a nod from the boys. She scoffed. "Figures...so where is he now?"

"Not sure...hopefully some place better." Sean said.

She bit her lip when Natemare squeezed her hand. "Bottom line is..it's all over now.."

"Yeah, except being in this damn place..." She said when he grinned evilly. "What?"

"I got an idea.." He said. "Once you're healed up..I'll bail you out of here."

"How the hell are you gonna get passed all the guards and cameras??" Sean asked, disbelief on his face.

"Just because I'm real doesn't mean I don't have my powers."

"How would you get out?" Lily asked.

He leaned a little closer to her. "Once you're better...we'll meet up in your room, and I'll get us out of here..don't even need to worry about the guards or anything like that."

She looked at him wearily, but gave a small nod. "Okay...but where would we go?"

"The only place I can think of since nobody else lives there." He said.

Raising an eyebrow, she was confused. But when she turned to Sean, his eyes were wide, rapidly shaking his head.

"Hell no! I'm not going back there!"

"It's the only place that won't be suspicious." Natemare said. "I know what happened there..but if you wanna get out of here this is how.."

He suddenly stood up when Lily stopped him, grabbing his wrist.

"Stay here for a minute." She turned back to Natemare. "Give us a little bit, would you?"

Nodding, he gently kissed her forehead before vanishing into thin air.