Switch Blade Romance

Hospitals and Melodrama.

March 3rd 2015

Sarkis Arkansas.

It had been all of twenty four hours since Andrew Grant had escaped his living hell. He supposed most of the day had been spent in a hospital exam room.  One of the first things that happened when the deputy had found Andrew, Sam and Kayleigh  was to take them to the local police station so they could be fingerprinted. Andrew didn't have his drivers license or any other form of identification on him. Once they could confirm he was actually Andrew they took him to the hospital, they ended up driving him, Kayleigh and Sam to the hospital in Sarkis. It was just over the Tennessee state line, they didn't want to attract a lot of press attention. Rachael and Lacey, Dr Anthony and Sheriff John Henry were going to come to the hospital. They first had business to attend to in Sneedville, Andrew sat in his hospital bed he was hooked up to and IV he was dehydrated and suffering from mild shock. Honestly he thought, " its probably more than mild shock he figured. They want to see if I'm crazy they want to know if I killed people, if I was in on all of this. Even though there's evidence that supports that I was just as much a victim as the others. The cops had come by to ask him questions earlier that afternoon, They had shown him pictures of missing people and had asked him what had went on in the two months since he had been missing. He had answered their questions as best he could. He was tired and eventually a Doctor had come in and told the Tennessee state police that they needed to let Andrew rest. But how could Andrew rest exactly? Charles Grady was still out there! One of the cops. Officer  Frederick's was his name Andrew believed. Had told Andrew they hadn't found Charles yet. " Mr. Grant are you sure you stabbed him in the stomach?" Yes I did I took the dagger or sword, knife, whatever you'd like to call it. And I stabbed him in the gut! I doubt I hit anything that would have been deadly but he bleed and I was able to help Kayleigh and Sam escape. Officer Fredericks nodded. " Well see Mr Grant while we did find a substantial amount of blood in the Basement of the cabin, we didn't find his body. It's possible he may have run off into the woods and died. We plan to use our bloodhounds to track his scent." Andrew shook his head, no, no sir you don't get it. That man is not fully human! He's been worshipping some Demonic force and its given him power and who knows! Maybe immortality. Officer Fredericks laughed at Andrew."  I'm glad you find this funny officer! Officer Fredericks regained his composure. " look Mr Grant you've been through something extremely traumatic I can't even imagine. But this guy, he's just a sick man, I swear to you. If he's not dead we will find him and we'll throw his ass in prison. That is if he doesn't get the chair! Andrew sighed! When can I see my family? My friends? My dog even? Well as soon as your folks get here they're gonna come straight here to see you. As for The others, they're in Sneedville helping us look for Charles Grady. Officer Fredericks had left shortly after that. Andrew had slept until 9pm that night, he woke up to a knock on the door. His mother entered the room first. Andrew's eyes brightened up as soon as he saw Helen Grant. " Mama? Oh My God, Mama.! Helen rushed over and hugged her son.  My baby, oh my baby Helen cried as she embraced her son. His father was right behind Helen, Deshaun and Olivia followed behind. But most of all Andrew was happy to see La-Laurie. His Father had her on a leash, she wagged her tail and barked at Andrew when she saw him. He patted a space on his hospital bed and called to her. The lab was happy to see her human, she came and put her front two paws on the bed and nudged Andrews arm with her nose. Andrew patted her head and just held her! His mother and father talked to the doctors. They had wanted to take Andrew home right that day but Andrew's doctor, a woman named Bethany Starks. Told his parents that it might be a few days before he could leave. " Mr and Mrs Grant, as you know Andrew has been through a traumatic ordeal. There are some physical things that need to be addressed, like his broken middle finger, he has several deep scars on his back that need cleaning so they don't become infected, his right ear drum is punctured. Plus we'd like for him to see a psychiatrist as well. He's going to most likely have some PTSD to deal with. Andrew hated for them to talk about him like he wasn't in the room. His parents had agreed to let him stay in the hospital, not that they really had a choice. His mother had sat with him and watched some Tv, while his Father and Olivia and Deshaun, and La-Laurie had gone to their motel. His mom handed him a brand new cellphone, " Here you go baby. The cops had to uh take your old one because they needed to look for evidence. You have the same number and all your pictures are on Icloud so it's like you have the same phone. But just new" Andrew smiled wow thanks mom, its so nice. They sat there and watched the news. A strange news story came on at around 6pm, this is Rusty Dalton bringing you the Local and National news. Tonight our first story comes from our Neighbors to the south. Mississippi, it seems that a small town in the south Eastern part of Mississippi is a virtual ghost Town. Yes a modern ghost Town, The town of Ollie Valley which lies 65 miles south of the states Capitol "Jackson"  and 25 miles north of Hattiesburg. Has been abandoned, back in October of last year. There were reports of Missing people and a string of Animal attacks which began at a local Cemetery. After that the Town seemed to slowly empty out, either by people leaving or by Disappearances or Death. One former resident said that it was rumored that a Cult had taken up residence in the small town and another said that the ground water had become contaminated and it made people, have mass psychosis...... Something came to Andrews mind, later he would never be able to explain why. Actually two things came to his mind, The name Aaron, and The word Vampires. He had said the word Vampire aloud. His mother looked over at him and asked if he had said something? Andrew shook whatever trance was he had been in off. No MA Im OK I think I may sleep though, Helen Grant smiled at her son. OK baby you go right on and sleep I'll be right here. And that's exactly what Andrew did.