Demons And Humans

Chapter 127

Addison walks in the front door, a smile on her face. Jake sees her and growls, having already brought Emma to Zul and Levi. He was sitting on the couch and stands up, staring at her. Kye was laughing as he walks in, but his smile and laughter quickly falters as he sees Jake, hiding the hand he had his ring on previously. "Oh, hi." Jake's hands were curled into fists and he slowly approaches them, staring at Kye. "Emma told me that you left together." She backs up into Kye, looking a little nervous. Kye smiles awkwardly, trying to play it off normally. "We were just looking for dad, she.. she said he left, and he wasn't here, so.. we went looking for him." Jake growls louder at both of them. Addison presses herself against Kye, looking scared. Kye frowns. "Hey, why are you doing that? It was no big deal..." Jake huffs. "You shouldn't be alone with Addison!" Addison looks away. Kye sighs, continuing desperately to resolve the situation. "We were just looking for Vincent! Nothing more!" Jake shakes his head. "I don't believe you. What were you actually doing?" Addison looks up at Kye, her face pained and she makes a slight gesture to her stomach, desperately just wanting to lay down. Kye sees this and tries to get Jake to calm quicker. Forgetting that Addison being a demon now wasn't common knowledge he speaks of it. "Look, we were! She just ended up being hungry, so we split off from that and I hunted for her because she can't hunt on her own.." Jake raises an eyebrow. What?" Addison groans, trying to be quiet and leaning against Kye. Kye huffs, remembering. "She- Vincent turned her into a demon accidentally, can we please go? I'll be right back.." Jake growls even more when he sees Addison leaning on him. "Where do you need to go?" Kye frowns. "I just need to get her to a bed, okay?" Addison was holding her belly tightly, staring at the floor. Jake looks her up and down. "Why can't she go herself?" Kye huffs. "Because! Just- I'll be back!" He leads her to the stairs. Jake looks a little hurt, going back to sit on the couch. When they reach the stairs, Addison shakes her head. "I'm not gunna be able to get up there... It hurts way too bad..." Kye sighs. "Okay, I'll take you to my room.." he leads her there. Addison sighs in relief once they get in there, her going over to the bed and laying down, curling up and groaning in pain. "D-Dont leave me alone.. Please.." Kye frowns. "I have to... I'm sorry, but you'll be safe here.." Addison shakes her head. "B-Bring him in here.. T-That way you can still stay with me.." Kye shakes his head. "Addison, he's not going to like that.. just stay strong for a few minutes while I talk to him.." Addison frowns. "B-But what if someone comes...?" Kye huffs, getting desperate. "Addison, please! I want to stay with you but I cannot do that with Jake! I'm going to have to just leave you in here if you don't let me go!" Addison looks hurt but sighs shakily and nods. "F-Fine.." Kye smiles apologetically and leaves the room, heading back to Jake, running his fingers through his hair with the hand where his ring was supposed to be, not even thinking about it. "I'm sorry about that.." Jake notices his hand. "Where's the ring...?" Kye's face goes pale. "U-Um.. I.. must've.. set it down.. somewhere.. heh..." Jake looks really hurt. "M-Mmf.. Y-You should be wearing it.." Kye looked really nervous. "H-Heh.. Um.. I-I know.. I... D-Didn't know I wasn't..!" Jake looked really confused. Kye gulps, knowing he'd ask again later, and wanting to avoid hurting him more he comes up with a more long term lie. "Um.. so.. I kinda lost it...?" Jake's eyes widen. "W-What...?" Kye struggles to meet him in the eye. "I.. I'm.. sorry..." Jake's eyes start to water. Kye frowns, staring at the ground. Jake turns away from Kye. Kye felt guilty, wanting to be able to tell him to the truth, but not thinking that would be any better, afraid it would be worse if he knew it connected with Addison. Jake mutters. "Just go hang out with your girlfriend..."
Kye looked surprised. "Jake! She's not- this doesn't mean I don't love you!" He tries to take his hand. Jake pulls his hand away quickly. Kye looked hurt. "Hey.." Jake huffs and turns back to look at him. "Can't you take a hint?! I don't want you near me right now! So just go away!" He quickly turns back around. Kye stumbles backwards, and looks away, before walking off and heading to Karma's room, going in and seeing him with Warren on his bed, and Karma on the phone. Karma sees him and looks relieved. Kye then sighs, taking Warren and heading to his room, going in. Addison sitting by the trash can that was in the room, seeing Kye and looking relieved. "Mmf.. I'm really nauseous right now.." She looks away. "I should've just let my body heal on its own like he said..." Kye didn't respond, looking really upset and setting Warren down, who immediately started whining. Addison sighs shakily. "Can you bring him to me...?" Kye sighs and picks him back up, and hands him to Addison. Addison sighs and looks at Warren. "Are you hungry again, sweetheart..?" Warren looked up at her with a wide eyed gaze, signifying a yes. Addison nods and smiles awkwardly at Kye. "Do you mind shutting the door..?" Kye goes and shuts the door without conversing. Addison sighs and just takes off the shirt she had on all together, setting Warren up and then covering his head and most of her chest with it, looking back at Kye. "I told you not to give up the ring.." Kye didn't look at her. "They would've killed you.." Addison shakes her head. "Even if they did.. Jake wouldn't be mad at you if you had kept the ring.. You shouldn't have sacrificed your happiness.." Kye sighs shakily. "Vincent would've killed me if he found out I was the reason you died.." Addison sighs. "Hey.. Come sit with me.." Kye looked hesitant, but then goes and sits. Addison kisses him on the cheek softly, trying not to disturb Warren. Kye's face goes red as he hadn't been expecting this. "Wh-?!" Warren was not disturbed, still very focused on eating. The shirt falls off of Addison, her face also going red as she frantically covers herself back up. Kye, out of respect, instinctually looked away. Addison sighs shakily, just staring at the ground. Warren continued to eat. Kye wonders wether or not it would be safe to bring up Emma. Addison smiles a little at Warren, uncovering his eyes slightly. "You're very hungry, aren't you?" Warren made a cooing noise as he recognises her voice, and then gets straight back into eating. Kye was staring at the ground. "Why don't you love Emma like him...?"  Addison sighs shakily. "Mmf.. I don't know.." Kye was staring at the ground, though his eyes were elsewhere. "You're a demon now.. so... shouldn't you love her as an equal..?" Addison looks away. "I-I don't know why I don't love her.. I just can't.." Kye looked disappointed, and hurt. "You don't know how much that hurts me.." Addison looks away. "I-I'm sorry.. I've tried to love her.. I just can't seem to do it.." Kye sighs shakily, closing his eyes for a moment. "Is it because she's the only girl you've had since Isabelle?" Addison's eyes widen and start to water and she turns her face away from him. Kye felt a bit bad, but not enough to stop. "Is it?!" Addison jerks her head back towards him. "Stop! Isabelle was going to turn out to be a beautiful, smart, and funny women! Don't compare her to anyone else!" She seemed genuinely upset and trying to be protective. Kye leans away, and not being able to help himself he speaks, "Or she could've become a mass serial murderer like her father." Addison chokes on her breath, quickly looking away again. Kye murmurs. "Emma's looking to have that potential." Addison looks back at him. "NONE of my children will take that path. Not even Emma. I will make sure of that if it's the last thing I do." Kye lets out a shakey breath. "I wish I had a parent who cared about me like that.." Addison frowns. "I care about you like that.. I'm still technically your parent.. I'm your stepmom.." Kye intakes a sharp breath and looks away. "Can we just decide how our relationship is gunna be from this point..?" Addison shrugs. "What do you want it to be?" Kye looks uncomfortable. "I.. I don't know.. I mean.. really for both of our sake's I want you to just be my mom... but I want us to be close.. but as a family.." Addison looks a little disappointed. Kye looks more uncomfortable. "I-I mean- We ARE both engaged! Just.. I'd rather share unconditional love with you rather than risk us and be killed by the monster that fathers me." Addison takes a deep breath. "He may not even come back for me.." Kye frowns. "Look... He will. I'm not saying that because I believe in his dedication with you, I'm saying that because he believes you're "useful." Especially now you're a demon. I apologise for bringing her up, but he married my mother because she had deep ties with the LAPD, which made him easier to glaze past when the department was looking into his crimes. He got rid of her when he was caught. As long as you still have a use for him, he won't leave for good." Addison looks away and then down at Warren, trying to ignore what Kye said. "Sweetheart.. There's nothing left for you to eat.." Warren wines loudly, clearly upset by this. Kye sighs and shakes his head. Addison frowns. "I'm sorry, baby..." She rubs his head softly and then sets him down, putting the shirt back on and then picking him up again. "I'll figure a way to get upstairs to go get clothes if you watch Warren. Can you do that?" Kye nods. Warren continued wining, grabbing at her shirt. Addison sighs and tries to hand Warren to Kye. Warren cries out, not wanting to leave her. Addison huffs. "Fine. You can come with me." She stands up and looks at Kye. "As your "mother" I need your help getting up the stairs. Especially now that I have to hold him." Kye gives her a smile, this feeling right to him. He nods and gets up, heading out his room door. Addison follows him, walking slowly. Kye walks close by her side to the steps. Addison sighs shakily, holding Warren with one arm and using her other arm to hold onto the railing, slowly heading up the stairs, clenching her teeth as she did. Kye glances over at Jake, looking guilty, before looking back to Addison, staying close in case she slipped or something. Addison gets to the top and then attempts to lay Warren on the bed, hoping he'd be okay with it since it smelled like her and Vincent. Warren stayed silent and calm, seeming to be indeed okay with it. Addison gestures for Kye to sit next to Warren. Kye complies, sitting next to him. Addison goes over to the closet and grabs a red crop top and then grabbing a pair of jeans shorts, along with a new set of undergarments, stripping what she had on right in front of Kye then putting on her new clothes, turning and smiling at Kye. The top showed a lot and the shorts were really short. Kye blinked, not really sure what she wanted him to do. "..Uh.." Addison rolls her eyes playfully. "Do you like it? It's one of Vincent's favorites." She chuckles. Kye looked nervous. "Haaa... 'course it is..." Addison huffs. "Do YOU like it? Do YOU think I'm pretty in it?" Kye looked uncomfortable. "Yeah..! It's.. nice.." Addison sighs. "I literally ask my kids all the time what they think. There's no reason to get uncomfortable about it."
Kye lets out an awkward laugh. "Right... sorry..." Addison sighs and goes and sits on the bed with them. "I guess we could take Warren to meet Jaidan. Will you come with?" Kye smiles a little. "Uh, sure.. yeah.." Addison nods, picking up Warren and standing up, heading over to the stairs and waiting for Kye. Kye goes over, helping her down. Addison goes to Jaidan's bedroom, knocking on the door. Jaidan answers a few moments later, him looking like he hadn't slept in a while, his hair a mess, and his clothes super dirty and wrinkly. "What do you want?" He looks at Warren. "Is that my new brother?" Addison looked concerned about Jaidan. "Yeah.. He is.." Addison looks to Kye as if asking if he knew what had happened. Kye shrugs. Warren stares curiously at Jaidan with wide, sparkling eyes. Kye speaks up awkwardly, trying to act like they didn't despise eachother. "Uh, are you doing alright?" Jaidan stares at him, not even meaning to and it was becoming noticable that Jaidan was trying to keep his body weight on his left side. "Yeah. I'm fine." Addison frowns. Kye notices this and looks him and up and down, trying to see if he could notice a problem.
If you looked closely at his face, there was a small bruise under his eye but nothing else on the surface could be seen. Addison was playing with Warren. Kye frowns, not really caring, but asking further on behalf of Addison. "You look hurt, and you definitely aren't okay. What happened?" Jaidan huffs. "I said I'm fine." He gestures towards Addison slightly as if saying I can't say in front of her. Addison sighs shakily and looks at Kye. "You two can talk if you'd like. I'm gunna go lay down." Kye looks concerned, and a tad scared, as if it made him uncomfortable to be alone with Jaidan. "..Okay.." Addison walks off with Warren. Jaidan's breathing was heavy as he stared at the ground, leaning against the doorframe. Kye furrows his brow. "So... What happened...?" Jaidan looks up at him, his eyes filled with pain and he turns, walking towards his bed but he kept a hand on his ribs and one on the top of his right leg, dragging his right leg and he gestures for Kye to follow and shut the door. Kye mutters as he follows and closes the door behind him. "Geez, you look like me." Jaidan carefully sits on the bed, gripping onto his ribs as he did but he shakes his head, looking back up at Kye. "I don't know what happened, okay?" Kye looks very confused. "What? How do you not know? That.. doesn't make any sense." Jaidan takes a shaky breath, it clear he was in a lot of pain. "I think I got kidnapped and drugged.." Kye frowns. "That.. would make sense... but why?" Jaidan groans, clenching his teeth and going back to staring at the ground. "I don't know but.. Nobody else knows.." He looks back up him with pleading eyes. "I know we hate each other.. But please.. I need you to look.." Kye looked surprised by this. "Uh.. Okay. Sure...?" Jaidan slowly takes off his shirt and pants. His entire right side of his ribcage was black and purple with bruises, it clear a few ribs were probably broken. His right leg was covered in blood and at the knee the bone was sticking out slightly. Jaidan looks up at the ceiling, not wanting to look at it. Kye's eyes widen. "Lord Lucifer..." Jaidan continues to stare at the ceiling. "No hospital.. Okay..?" Kye raises both eyebrows. "Uh, Yeah Well then you're gunna have some issues." Jaidan looks at him, staring at his face, being careful not to look down. "Not until I know what happened. Do you have anything at all to help for now?" Kye thinks. "Uh... well, Zul might be able to help mend the bones a bit.." Jaidan shakes his head slightly. "No one else can find out. Not even him." Kye sighs. "Alright.. Uh.. well.. demons really aren't good with healing.. but... I guess Ice magic could help to some degree..? But.. I don't have that.." Jaidan sighs shakily, looking away as his eyes were tearing up from the pain. Kye thinks deeper. "What was the last thing you remember before this happened?" Jaidan takes another shaky breath. "I think I had gone outside to do something.. But I don't know what I was doing.." Kye nods. "Where outside? Out front? Back?" "Front.." Jaidan coughs, clenching onto his ribs and tears running down his cheeks. Kye nods again. "I'm gunna go see if I find anything. How far did you go out? Do you remember?" Jaidan shakes his head slightly. Kye was tapping his foot against his ground rhythmically. "Okay. I'll be back." He heads to the door. Jaidan sighs shakily. "Please try to hurry.. It's not as bad when I'm with someone else.. Cuz I'm not just sitting here thinking about it.." Kye nods. "Okay. I'll be quick." He heads out the room and the front door, observing the immediate surroundings for anything odd. There was a patch of blood a little ways out. Kye sees it and goes over, kneeling down and observing its freshness. It seemed like it has been there for about a day. Kye looks around it for something that could possibly have a scent to follow. There was nothing around it. Kye frowns, setting his fingers against the blood to see if they could pick any of it away from it's pool. It was completely dried. Kye sighs, disappointed, and tries to pick up a scent from just the air. There was no scent to be found. Kye huffs and heads back in to Jaidan's room. Jaidan had layed down and was staring at the ceiling again. Kye was going over everything they knew. "Well, I wasn't able to really find anything through the scene, except a bit of dried blood." Jaidan looks at him and nods slightly. "I'll come with you to go look at the newsboard." Kye looks skeptical. "Are you sure you can make it safely?" Jaidan sits up slowly, clenching his teeth again and then gets off his bed, dragging his leg over to the closet. "I'll be fine." He grabs another black hoodie and a pair of black sweatpants, putting them on carefully. Kye sighs. "If you insist..." Jaidan looks at himself in the mirror. "Oh crap.. I've got blood in my hair..?" Kye frowns. "Maybe I should just go alone." Jaidan shakes his head and puts his Hood up. "It's fine. It doesn't matter." Kye shrugs. "Okay..." he heads out. Jaidan walks slowly behind him, keeping a hand on his ribs as he did. Kye slowed down seeing his pace, and walked out the front door, heading towards the square. Jaidan sighs shakily. "Why do you think this happened..?" Kye shakes his head. "I don't know.. could be because you're a prince, but it doesn't make sense why they only had you for a few hours then... did you loose anything valuable you had on you?" Jaidan shakes his head and holds up the locket. "I still have this." Kye looks confused. "Huh... why would they leave that...?" Jaidan holds up his hand. "I've still got the ring too." Kye clicks his tongue. "Odd... that means they weren't after money.. hm.." they get to the square, and Kye heads to the newsboard.
Jaidan follows him. Kye gets to it and observes it. In the far right corner there was a short article, labeled, "Mysterious Kidnappings." Kye sees this and grabs it from the board, reading further. The article read, "Multiple people have been reported missing but then have appeared a few hours later. They don't seem to remember anything about what had happened during the time they were gone. They have suffered severe injuries but nothing valuable was taken. If you know anything please contact this number." There was a number written at the bottom of the page. Kye frowns when he sees this. "Maybe I can find out who the other victims are.. there might be a pattern, similarities between them all.. a possible motive hidden in that." Jaidan sighs and nods. Kye pulls out his phone and calls the number. A young women picks up the phone. "Elkwood Station. Peacekeepers of the Elf Kingdom Serisan. How may I help you?" Kye sighs. "I'm calling about the mysterious kidnappings? I was wondering if I could get a list of the victims?" The women covers the phone and then comes back. "Why do you want this information?" Kye stays calm. "I'm trying to find a possible connection with them, try to figure out a motive... my friend was recently victimised by this happening and so I've involved myself." The women covers the phone again. "What's the victims name?"
Kye gives it, "Jaidan Afton." There was muffled talking over the phone and then she comes back once again. "Come to the station." Kye sighs. "Alright. We'll be there soon." The women sighs and then hangs up. Jaidan looks at Kye, a little angry. "I didn't want anyone to know!" Kye grumbles, having forgot. "Look, we're not finding anything else out if even they don't know. We need more information to even progress a bit." Jaidan huffs. "Fine. But I don't want them looking at the bruises and stuff." Kye shakes his head. "Well we'll see I guess. Come on." He heads to the station.