Heal my Heart

Chapter 34 - Fight for Tolerance

"Let's go." Grizz stood up weakly.

"Grizz, you really shouldn't..."

"Sam, thank you for worrying but I'm fine, I just hit my head a bit too hard. I need to be there to see the power removal and wear the pendant." he told him calmly but firmly.

They followed Will downstairs where Erika was waiting with Campbell, Jason, Allie, Luke and Becca.

"Hey Grizz, how are you feeling, buddy?" Luke inquired.

"Better, thanks." his gaze met Campbell's.

"We're doing this at my dad's wine cellar, Helena is meeting us there. Campbell, you ready to go?"

"I'm not going anywhere with you freaks." he snapped at Luke.

"We'll see about that" Jason said, grabbing Campbell's handcuffed hands and pushing him toward the exit.

Grizz didn't say a single word. He watched the guys bringing him to the car, Allie giving the last instructions to Erika, the latter showing him the pendant he will be responsible of.

"You okay, hun?" Sam asked him.

"Yes, of course." he told him, trying to sound as detached as he wished he actually was.

They all joined Helena at Luke's and brought Campbell downstairs, locking him in the glazed room.

"I only want Luke, Erika, Grizz and myself in this room. Campbell is maybe a criminal, but he deserves discretion and dignity." Allie said.

"Do you think it's a good idea for Grizz to be there? Last time Campbell was near him, he smashed his head against the ground..." Helena asked.

"I'm fine, Helena." Grizz answered.

"Are you s..." Allie inquired.

"I said I'm fine." he interrupted coldly.

Grizz walked downstairs with the pendant between his fingers, followed by Luke, Erika and finally Allie. They walked into the wine cellar and Luke grabbed immediately Campbell before he could even insult Grizz.

"You try to make even on move towards him and I dislocate your shoulder, am I clear?" he threatened.

"Alright, alright, I won't touch your faggot whore." he giggled.

"Luke, can you please hold him down and keep him from moving?" Erika asked shyly.

The quarterback pushed the Eliot brother to the ground, holding him by the shoulders. Campbell didn't even try to resist, he had already understood that there was nothing he could do to prevent this from happening. He only looked right at Grizz with hatred.

"I swear to God, Gareth Visser. I'm gonna make your life a living hell and you're gonna regret the time your sick father abused you compared to what I'm gonna do to you."

Grizz swallowed painfully, the anxiety of this threat taking his breath away.

"My name's Grizz, not Gareth." he whispered.

He hated the name Gareth, the only one to have ever called him that was his father.

"There's so many other ways to hurt you than with my power, you know. With or without it, you're gonna suffer, badly. So be prepared, faggot." Campbell smiled devilishly.

Luke tightened his grip on the boy as the latter began laughing frenetically.

"Erika, do it." Grizz instructed, sick to the core after those menaces.

The timid girl held the pendant in one hand and place her other one on Campbell's chest. The latter was still laughing like a mad man. Erika closed her eyes, focused and the pendant suddenly glowed. Campbell stopped laughing at once.