The Highway Man (Nellis L4D2 fic)

Chapter VII

Ellis woke up so drowsy in a familiar car.
"Mm...ugh...K-Kieth?"
He rubbed his eyes, his tummy rumbled and he felt his drink and the  mini pastries he had before the whole ordeal come back up. He forced it to keep it all down as to not mess up his truck.
"Bud!"
Kieth exclaimed with relief of worry in his voice, they had just parked and made it the hotel parking lot they were staying at. Kieth bear hugged Ellis,
"OH, ELLE I WAS SO DAMN WORRIED FOR YA', YOU CALLED AN-"
Ellis felt his snacks come back up from Kieth's hug.
"Y-yeah, b-but..Kieth ya' gon' make me vomit!"
He said quickly as possible before Kieth let go with a worried expression on his face,
"Wha- My bad...jus' what th'hell happened down town?"
Elli wanted to explore more of the town in Atlanta, he wanted know the 'city life' experience more, but tonight took a bad turn for him obviously.
"Man...jus' got caught up with someone while we wus havin' a drink an' he distracted me..."
He groaned, he felt so dizzy and his body so warm. Kieth guessed it was time to take him to their room to freshen him up, they could talk later.
After kieth tried dragging him up to the lobby and into the elevator, he got fed up and just decided to pick him up and carry him like he would a toddler, around his hip with two arms wrapped around him, holding him against his hip. Some onlookers snickered, while others were just plaon confused. Ellis was too tired to feel embarassed, in fact he just rolled with it and leaned his head against Kieth's. Kieth was a pretty tall dude too and Ellis knew he wasn't very tall as the average man would be, but he knew Kieth was a tall son of a bitch, he kind of felt like he was 5 again.
As they made it back in the room, the first thing Kieth did was swing the bathroom door open and left Ellis by the toilet bowl, ya know just in case he vomits all over himself. Ellis felt so sick and knew he had let the vomit out, so he did for a few minutes, pausing at timesto catch his breath.
Kieth was in the other room look for extra clothes for him. Kieth came back inside the bathroom and crouched by Ellis and rubbing his back, he tried comforting him,
"Jus' let it all out, buddy."
After a few more minutes he was done, Kieth handed him some water and towel. He felt very worried and wanted to know what really happened already, he knew Ellis wasn't exactly the type to get hammered so quickly, he was only out for about 48 minutes. Ellis lifted his head out of the toilet bowl and drank the bottled water, swishing it in his mouth and spitting it in the bowl. Kieth was too impatientand started,
"Ey, Elle?What really happened at the club?..."
Ellis looked up at him with drowsy and saddened eyes, "Mm...w-well...I was talkin' to this man, but I guess he...roofied m'drink..."
Kieth face contorted into rage, "You gotta be kiddin' me! WHERE IS THAT FUCKER, I'LL BEAT THE SHIT OUTTA 'IM-"
Ellis tried to speak up and tell him someone saved him but Kieth continued,
"NOW, I HEARD 'BOUT THIS KINDA STUFF HAPPENIN' IN THE CITY, BUT THAT IS JUS' FUCKIN' DISGUSTIN'!"
Ellis tried to get up and wobbled as he stood up,
"We leavin' t'night, this place ain't worth shit, hell, back home is way safe-"
Ellis interrupted, "No! Kieth, LEMME TELL YOU!"
Kieth shut his mouth, his eyes diverted away from Ellis' and was scowling at the floor.
"Some other man saved me from...any of that happenin'..."
He mumbled, his head felt like it was swaying, but he really leaned forward into Kieth. Kieth helped his stand up straight,
"That fancy man in the white suit?"
Kieth added, Ellis' smiled weakly
"Yeah!..."
Kieth saw how drowsy he was and felt guilty for ranting off at him, he mumbled and rubbed his neck,
"Mm..you can head off t'bed now..."
He quickly helped him to bed, Ellis felt his body sink into the mattress and dozed off instantly.