The Five Demigods

Chapter 56

Kevin and Leigh were up all night talking. They'd learned a lot about each other.

Leigh was 22, and got into healing because of her grandfather. She'd seen what she could only describe as magic when she watched him work and heal people. He taught her everything she knew.

She discovered she could shapeshift when she was 14 and had an anxiety attack because she was supposed to speak in front of her entire school.

She didn't go back to that school.

Kevin found her very easy to talk to and felt like he'd known her his entire life, though he'd only known her for about three hours.

Another thing about her was that she was a technopath, meaning she can control and manipulate anything with a technological component.

"So, who is Mitch?" She asked.

Kevin chuckled. "Kirstie wasn't kidding when she said it was complicated. Mitch is...different from us. He's struggled a lot especially since we started this whole thing."

Leigh nodded and kept listening.

"Uh..." kevin continued. "He was the one that did whatever to Scott. He was originally effected by the Hell Hound blood. He's also the father to Scott's baby." He sighed and ran his fingers through his short course hair. "I dont know why hes back, or what caused him to come back, but when I saw him, something was different."

"Different how?"

"Before...everything happened with Matt, he was just sort of spiteful of the rest of us, with good reason. Then, when matt came along, Mitch just...went on this downward spiral, after that. Him and Scott got into a huge fight, which resulted in the situation we have now. Mitch hasn't had the stability that the rest of us have, and I feel awful for how I've treated him.

"When he popped back in here, I could see in his face that he hated himself for what he did to Scott."

Leigh sniffled. This kinda broke her heart.

"Mitch needs all of us to show him that we do care, because he's never had that."

He looked behind him and saw Mitch and Kirstie sitting on the couch talking. He could make out what it was, and he wasn't about to use his telepathy to figure it out. It wasn't his business.

"He needs so much help, and all of us did the exact opposite of that."

Leigh cleared her throat and grabbed one of Kevin's hands. "What's done is done. What you can do now, is exactly what you just said. Show him he has people that care about him, that want him around. Feeling wanted is something we all need. Prove to him that he's safe."

Kevin looked at her. "We have to wait for Scott to wake up first. There fight was bad. I mean, bad."

Leigh nodded. "We'll figure it out. You said Mitch was the one originally effected with the blood right? Then, he probably had no control over himself. He knew exactly what he was doing, but that doesnt mean he wanted to do it."

Kevin nodded and looked at the hand that was still on top of his. "Can he maybe sweat it out?"

Leigh gave a sad smile. "Hell Hound blood isn't like a typical drug. Yeah, it'll leave his system eventually, butnits gonna take a toll on him. He'll be snappy, grumpy and rude, you just have to go with it and no he doesnt mean any of it. If he came back on his own, that probably means he wants to make amends, so you need to let him." She explain with tears in her eyes.

Kevin looked into her tear filled blue eyes. "You say that like you know." He pointed out.

She sniffled and looked down. "When I was 18, Matt got me. The same way he got Mitch. My grandfather was my world, and I did everything with him." She paused and took a breath. "He had gotten sick and none of the remedies he taught me would work, so I went searching for help. I met Matt and he said that if I worked with him, he could help Papa. He did help, but it cost me everything, not that I had much."