Baby Blue (Sal x Larry)

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Sal's POV

    The black mass crawls from where they cut my stomach open. I instantly recognize it. Its the Red Eye Demon. It exits my stomach. The Cult surrounds me. I watch myself scream.
   I pull at the ropes. The Red Eye Demon lets out a ear piercing screech before shooting up into the ceiling and disappearing out of sight. The Cult then begins to stitch up the cut.
   They put a rag over my face. My eyes close. They untie me and then drag me out of the room. Is this whats suppose to happen? If so, im scared.

   My eyes open. I look at the time. Its 8pm. I roll over. I rub my eyes to see better. Larry is still asleep. I take a hand and place it softly on his cheek.
   I take my thumb and stroke his cheek. He reaches up and holds my hand. "What time is it, Blue?", he asks. "Its 8pm.", i say. "We slept all day?", he asks. I nod.
   "It appears so. I didnt realize how long we were asleep until i checked the time. Im still sleepy.", i say. Larry smiles. "Ill sleep here with you tonight.", he says.

   "Sounds great to me.", i smile. I get up. I look around my dark room. I feel something there. I look in the corner of my room. I see something black. "L-Larry...", i say.
   My heart beats fast. "Whats wrong, Sal?", he asks. I point to the black figure in the corner. He gets up and turns the light on. Nothing. I sigh in relief.  He walks back to me.
   He combs his fingers through my hair. I reach up and put my hands on his hips. Theres a knock at my door. "Yes?", i call out.

   "Hey kiddos. i brought pizza home for dinner.", i hear Henry say. "Okay. We will be right out.", i call back. I look up at Larry. He smiles. "Lets get you fed.", he says.
   I get up off the bed and we both go out into the dining room. Henry already had plates made up for us. "Thank you, Henry.", Larry says. "No problem.", Henry says with a smile.
   Im so glad to see my dad change for the better. He went from being a raging alcoholic to who is now. Supportive and helping me. Hes doing such much better.

   "Hey dad. You still have all my baby stuff right?", i ask. He nods. "Yes. Its all in the closet in boxes.", he says. "What about my old crib and stuff like that?", i ask.
   "I think we still have your crib but its not put together.", he says. "Would you mind if we used it for the baby?", i ask. He smiles. "No. Not at all.", Henry says. "Thank you.", i say.
   He smiles again and takes a bite of his pizza. We eat. I eat more than normal. Usually id only eat 2, maybe 3 slices of pizza. I ate 5.

    After eating 5 slices, im full. I start to feel nauseous. "You okay, Son?", Henry asks. "Yeah. Just a little nauseous is all.", i say. "You want me to take you to the bathroom?", Larry asks.
   I shake my head. "No. Its not at that point yet.", i say. I freeze for a moment. Then it hits me. I get up and run to the bathroom. Larry follows close behind.
   He pulls my hair back and i throw up. He rubs my back. Theres a knock at the front door. "I got it!", my dad yells. In comes Todd and Ashley.

   "Hey guys.", Larry says. "We found something.", Todd says. I look up at Todd. "About what?", i ask. "The cult.", he says. I look at Larry. I finish throwing up. I brush my teeth.
    We head to my room. Me and Larry sit on my bed. Ash closes the door behind her and Todd. "What did you guys find?", i ask. "Several things. Ill start with Travis.
    His dad is the pastor at the local church. However, under the church is an old tunnel connecting to the apartments. Whats it all connected to? The Cult's temple.", Todd says.

   "Thats not all. The apartments were built on top of the temple. The church is the only connection besides the apartments.", Ashley says. I look at Larry. "Thats how they got to me.
   They are here.", i say. "We need to find the way into the temple through the apartments. Once we can do that, we could possibly seal it off. Find a way to seal it.", Larry says.
    "Ill get on finding it. Ill let you guys know once i find it.", Todd says. All of this is overwhelming me. I start to feel nauseous again.