Better Off Without Me

Chapter 2: Run away

It was late morning, everyone but Mortis was awake. They were all eatting breakfeast happily.

"Poco, I found Mortis last night. He was hidding really well." Bull said to Poco.

"Really?! Thank you!" Poco said happily.

Poco was happier that Mortis was found, and not forever lost.
Soon, it was time to go brawl, except Mortis wasn't going.

It was the afternoon when Mortis woke up, tired.

"I'm home... But how?.." Mortis thought.

Mortis got out of bed, he looked at his arms. He sighed. Mortis went to his closet to get some other clothes to wear, ones that aren't stained with blood. He found a shirt that Poco made for him, it had a bat sitting on a pumpkin. Mortis changed into that shirt, even if it was a t-shirt, then started to look for some comfortable shorts to wear. He found some shorts with skulls on it. He changed into those shorts.
After Mortis was done changing, he went to the kitchen to see if there was anything good to eat. Mortis dug through the cabinets, looked through the fridge, and checked to see if anyone left anything some food. Everyone ate what they wanted, no leftovers were available.

"I guess I don't have to eat today. Which is good, most of them don't care for me anyway.." Mortis thought.

Mortis decided to do some chores, like pick up everyones rooms.
As he cleaned up the house, Mortis felt happy.

It was getting late and everyone was coming back home. Staring at the ceiling, Mortis was lying down, thinking of something.

"Would anyone, but my friends, care if I died?... Probablly not. I mean, some of them would, but not many." Mortis thought.

In the morning, everyone was going to stay home. It was a break from so much brawling. Poco went to Mortis's room, he knocked on the door.

"Mortis, I made breakfeast for you!" Poco said happily.

Mortis opened his room door, he had changed early in the morning.

"Here, I made your favorite!" Poco said happily as he handed Mortis a plate with 2 waffles.

Mortis took the plate.

"Thanks bud." Mortis said, he sounded tired, but happy.

"No problem." Poco said, he hugged Mortis tightly before running off to go eat his breakfeast.

Mortis closed his room door and went back to his bed. Eatting the waffles, Mortis sat on his bed.
He was wearing a sweater Poco made for him, but kept the shorts with skulls on. The sweater was a pastel purple galaxy.
After he was done eatting, Mortis went for a walk, he was going to his secret spot.

"Mortis, where are you going?" Poco asked before Mortis left.

"I'm going for a walk, I'll be back later." Mortis said as he walked out the door.

"Ok, please be safe!" Poco said.

A couple of hours later, Mortis was in his secret spot. He hid in the bushes, and relaxed. Someone had followed him to his secret spot, it was Shelly.

"Why does Poco have to worry so much about me? Maybe because we've been friends since we were very young." Mortis thought.

Shelly went to Mortis, they once were friends, until Shelly found out Mortis's and her parents are enemies.

"Hey Mortis!" Shelly said with a sinister tone.

Mortis stayed quiet, he didn't want to give away where his position was. Shelly already knew where Mortis was, so she went to him.

"I messed up! Oh god!" Mortis thought.

His heart was racing, fear took over him.

"There you are!"

"No, please!"

Shelly cut Mortis's face, she had a knife with her. Mortis put his hand where he was bleeding, he was bleeding a lot.

After a while, Shelly made her way home. On the other hand, Mortis was cut and beat up badly. Cuts all over his body. Bruises on his face, arms, and torso. Blood went all over the place.

"Sh-Shelly..." Mortis weakly said.

She looked back at him.

"Please.... H-Help m-me.."

Shelly just walked away.

Mortis started to cry, many vile thoughts rushed through Mortis's head. Voices in his head started to say mean and evil things.

"Worthless!"

"No one needs you!"

"Everyone hates you! You shouldn't exist!"

"Sh-Shut u-up.."

"I-I...I-I w-want t-to g-go h-home.."

As the sun started to set, Poco was running around with Bull and Colt, they were all looking for Mortis.

"Mortis! Mortis!" Poco called out, tears ran down his face.

"Mortis, answer us!" Colt shouted.

"Mortis! Say something!" Bull shouted.

Mortis could faintly hear them call out for him.

"P-Poc-co...?"

Mortis coughed, a lot of blood came up aswell. Mortis rolled over and tried to crawl to them, but he was too weak.

"B-Bull... C-Col-lt.."

Mortis cried so much.

"Mortis! Please!" Poco cried out.

Mortis's vision started to get all fuzzy. All he can hear is ringing. He went unconscious.

"Mortis! Mortis! Answer us!" Colt shouted.

Bull ran towards the secret spot Mortis was in, Colt went to the events to see if Mortis was hidding there, and Poco ran off in a different direction to look for Mortis.
When Bull was near, he saw a trail of blood that lead to somewhere. He followed it. Once he got there, he was shocked by what had happened. He ran to Mortis, he checked to see if Mortis had any pulse, and he did! He was still alive. Bull picked Mortis up, he started to cry.

"This has to be a dream! Who would do this to him?!" Bull thought.

He called Poco, he told him to go home since he found Mortis. He did the same with Colt. Bull ran home as fast as he could. Mortis slightly opened his eyes, his vision was very fuzzy.

"B-Bu-ul-ll..." Mortis, very weakly, said.

He went unconscious again.

When Bull got home, he ran to Poco's room. Poco looked at Mortis and started to cry his eyes out, but he did help.
Bull put Mortis on Poco's bed. Poco started to bandage Mortis up.

After an hour, Mortis had banages over the cuts, and a few things hooked up to him. One had blood, the other had liquids that would help hydrate Mortis. Poco was crying his eyes out as he held Mortis's hand, hoping he would be ok.

In the morning, Poco had fallen asleep on the floor, next to his bed. Bull and Colt went to Poco's room to see how the two were doing. Colt went to Mortis, he wished for him to be ok. Bull went to Poco to wake him up. Poco woke up. Mortis was still unconscious.