Adrastos

Chapter 12

Kyle suggested booking a room nearby so that they could check on Mason, but when Ellen came to, things got complicated. She just wanted to go home as she began seeing things, things she wasn't supposed to see, everything was heightened, her vision distorted with mixed colours. Ellen didn't tell the doctors about it because they might have detained her for being a lunatic, she did cause a scene last time. She was lucky that Dr. Liz brushed her last episode to post-traumatic stress. Dr. Liz ordered a monthly therapy session with her, something about assessing her. When Ellen said she'd use her family therapist, Dr. Liz didn't take it well. And it didn't stop there, Kyle moved Mason back to Manhattan, 172 Madison Avenue Le Penthouse, and brought in a specialist, hoping they could help.

Ellen just wished that everything could go back to normal. It didn't. Three months from that incident and Mason dared to sleep. First, he never sleeps, and now all of a sudden, his sleeping beauty. True love's kiss seemed appropriate at the time, but even so, the ass didn't wake up. Mason was still stuck in a coma, which meant that some evil spirit has a hold of him. She couldn't tell anyone about that too. Tobias was the only person she could speak to about it, but his memories of what happened are nonexistent, making her feel a bit anxious. It's not a fun thing to see the unknown.
Just yesterday, Ellen went to sleep, but her eyes instinctively shot open, something was watching her. Ellen's eyes focused on the blinds in front of her. There was a red spider with unique features, none of which she saw in her lifetime, and it was watching her. "it's not real, " she began repeating like it was some sort of mantra, trying to calm herself down as her heart did the opposite.

The spider did not disappear instead it crawled, unaware that it's being stalked. Ellen dashed to the door and hit the light switch. Inspecting the blinds and being relieved that she found nothing, "See, it's not real... And I'm talking to myself. Great, I'm losing it."
After opening the blinds, Ellen went back into her bed. Outside the view should have been comforting. The first fall had started, the grass had a thin layer of frost, but a dark cloud blinked bright as the lightning struck it for a brief moment. No thunder followed, but that didn't stop her from being fearful. Slowly drifting to sleep, lightning struck again, causing her eyes to snap at the window, contemplating whether she should shut the blinds again.

A man in red crawled to a corner of the roof. At the corner of Ellen's eye she saw movement, following it she found a creepy man with black circles around his eyes, his face was painted with white. He looked as shocked as she was, "Kyle... Kyyyyyllllllle!" she yelled.
"What's wrong," Kyle asked as he stumbled across her room, half asleep.
"There's a..." Ellen stared at the spot she was pointing at, but there was nothing there, no creepy old pervert, nothing. She was losing it.

"What," Kyle asked again as he rubbed the sleepiness off his eyes. He didn't want to tell her, but she was reminding him of Mason, "are you taking your medication," he added.

"I'm not crazy," she indignantly said to herself more than answering his question. Kyle sighed. This was the fifth time this week. Ever since she got out of that freaky coma, she's been like this. "I'm okay, " Ellen said, smiling lightly, "just a bad dream, " she added.

"You've been having a lot of bad dreams lately," Kyle warned.

"It'll get better. I was traumatised by this whole trip situation."

"I told you not to come, but..."

"it doesn't matter. We can't change the past," Ellen interjected.

"Mason still didn't get up, and Tobias is still recovering," he said with weak words. He just wanted to have fun before life happens, but it seemed as if his circle was already broken.

Ellen pulled her brother close into a tight hug, "it's going to be alright, our bond with them is strong. We're like family, " she said before jumping into her bed.