Element
Of Dark
Chapter Four
Nick woke up the next morning heaving. We had a press conference to go to
that couldn't be canceled and everyone tried their hardest to help him feel
better. I sat next to him while he vomited into a large basin.
"I want to go home Bri," Nick mumbled between heaves. Beads of
sweat dripped from his temples. His pulse beat unnaturally in his neck and
blisters were beginning to form on his lips.
"I know Frack but you've got to hold on," I reassured him.
Dream pressed a cold wash cloth on his forehead. He belched loudly and threw up
again, only this time missing the basin completely. A moan escaped from his lips
and he swallowed hard.
"You have to let it out Frack. You're only going to make it
worse." AJ walked in and flinched from the smell. Nick lurched forward and
vomited on the floor.
"Yo, Kaos," he attempted at a joke, "what 'sa matter? Did
ya' volcano erupt or something?" Nick didn't even bother to answer him. He
just leaned against me listlessly and I felt his forehead. No fever.
"I'm not going to make it through the conference Bri, I'm just
not," he shivered violently. "What if..what if…," he choked on
his words and spat out blood. AJ grimaced. For the first time I saw Dream
scared. Dream. Dream. I couldn't help staring. She knew something that she
didn't want anyone else to know. Nicky raised his head to look at her, his sad
eyes swimming. I could feel my heart go out to him. Dream whispered softly and
handed him a fresh basin that had appeared from out of nowhere yet she still did
not speak of this, this secret.
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Normally I nap soundly but for some reason ever since Dream had appeared
I felt an uneasiness about. It was...my thoughts were interrupted by wails that
echoed from where Nick lay sleeping as well. Jumping up, startled, I rushed to
the sound.
"Noooooo!" Nicky screamed hysterically. He frantically clawed
at the air and smashed his body against the stall he was imprisoned in. Blood
trickled down his brow mixed with sweat and grime. His eyes were closed but his
head darted all around as though he was afraid of something, something that
might be sneaking up on him.
"Howie!" I roared as I tried to shake Nick awake. "C'mon
Frack. Wake up," I muttered. Howie arrived seconds after I called him and
helped to hold Nick down. Nicky continued to shriek in anguish and thrashed
around panic-stricken. He was flinging himself against the floor in such a way
that Howie had to sit atop of him to keep him still. When he couldn't struggle
any more he broke down and wept. I embraced him tightly and he cried against my
shirt.
"Frack, calm down," I whispered. "Calm down." His
body flinched as he awoke with a start and he raised his head to look at me but
what I saw was not the Nicky I had grown up with. His gaze was locked on
somewhere in space and his eyes, his eyes were dull and glassy. I peered at them
closer and felt my heart beat inside my throat. "No more blue. No more
blue," repeated over and over in my head. I shook it uncontrollably trying
to stop the voice that screamed at me. No more blue. No more blue.
"Stop!" I shireked aloud. "Stop it!. "Leave me alone!"
I waved my arms around blindly trying to push the thought away. D stared in
disbelief.
"Brian? Are you..?" I felt light-headed. The room spun back and
forth and back and forth and back and forth. I felt my eyes roll backwards and
my body begin to slightly convulse and could hear the footsteps of the others
rush in. Leighanne's arms around me, calling me. Yellow. Yellow eyes. I couldn't
cry. No more blue. Nick. No more blue. Frack. No more blue. Instead I clutched
him for dear life, never wanting to let go. Yellow. Yellow eyes.
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