Dragoon

Part 8

"I hate them, I hate them both."

Water frowned at the words being uttered from his knight's mouth. The dragon knew that one of them had to be Nadil. But the other he couldn't think. He then remembered Rath came in earlier so the other could be Rath. But that was just a guess.

Rune fell asleep soon after crying himself to sleep. Water sighed softly and lied back down next to his master. The dragon fell asleep with his mind unease with worry for Rune.

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Rath was still up after leaving Rune's room. He mentally cursed himself because he left Rune alone. Maybe he should just check up on the elf since he didn't want anything to happen to Rune at all. The reason he pushed Rune away was because he was thinking something else was going on. Maybe Rune didn't like him and just said it to satisfy him. But then Rune was always honest except when there's something wrong.

His mind was going around in circles right now. He was confused. Nothing he knew was going to calm him down. So he decided to check on Rune even if Rune might be mad and ignore him for his earlier actions. He walked towards Rune's room and knocked softly.

No answer.

He knocked again, still no answer. He turned the knob slowly to find the door unlocked. That was strange. He was sure that Rune would actually lock the door. He didn't think more of it and went in, shutting the door silently behind him. Then Rath walked over to Rune's bed. He saw the elf asleep but dried tears marked his face signaling that he'd been crying. He wished that Rune would be better.

Rath had to tell the dragon lord. But Rune begged him not to tell. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He sighed and then walked out. He wished there was something he could do. But his only option was sort of out of the question because it was a promise.

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Rune sat up right after the door closed. He was awake the whole time. When Rath knocked he hoped that he would leave when he didn't answer. But that didn't happen and Rath went in maybe just to check and see if Nadil had any effect on him. But it was already too late because he's already been affected.

He sat up with his legs bent in front of him parallel to his chest. He buried his face in his hands because tears threatened to spill again. He didn't want to wake up Water. Though he wondered how was he going to make his dragon keep its mouth shut. Dammit everything was so complicated.

Rune swung his hand harshly knocking the lamp down on the floor. It lied in broken pieces. This startled Water out of sleep. He looked up at his master and wondered what the noise was. Rune wasn't aware that Water was awake actually he wasn't aware of anything at the moment. There was only one thing on his mind.

He stood up and looked around him. If one were to look closer his eyes didn't have any light in them. He picked up an object and threw it across the room, shattering as it made contact with the wall. Water chirped in warning but Rune wasn't listening. He didn't care and just began throwing things to the ground and walls. He didn't care if anyone heard it. Maybe he might trip and end up dead with a broken shard stabbed right through his heart that was non-existent. It used to beat for life but now it only beats every second towards death.

The only things what were left standing were the bed and drapes with a few places of being torn at and the mirror. The mirror…

Rune walked over and stared at his reflection. He looked like a mess, like he hadn't slept in days. Bags were under his eyes even when he just slept dreamlessly last night. He brought his hand up and traced it softly down the mirror of his reflection. Out of anger and hate he slammed both his arms on the mirror shattering the glass that cut through his skin. He began crying. He slid to the floor on his knees and just sobbed. He saw red liquid leaking down to the floor to notice that his arms were bleeding.

He suddenly began to feel tired and everything swirled in front of him. He panted for breath then soon collapsed unconscious on the floor as he fell right into the darkness he so craved.

Water quickly rushed to his side and chirped to see if Rune was even conscious. Rune didn't respond. Now the dragon was really worried. He hoped that Rune was still alive because he's been feeling it somehow what his master's condition was. Suddenly the door busted open and Lykouleon along with others were standing there. They just heard the noise and thought of it as someone being clumsy so didn't respond to it the first time but when it became continuous and stopped that was what sent them running.

"What happened here?" Alfeegi asked everyone's question after surveying the mess.

The drapes were torn, shattered pieces of lamps and such were spread along the floor, and the mattress was also ripped. The room looked like a tornado hit. Water chirped to get their attention. They all rushed over as they saw Rune lying on the floor bleeding. Lykouleon picked him up carefully.

"C'mon we have to take him to the infirmary," he said leaving with the others.

Rath stayed behind he noticed. He gave Rune to Tetheus and walked back inside. Something sure was up. He watched Rath since Rath didn't seem to notice him. Rath surveyed the damage and mentally cursed. He knocked the remaining object to the ground.

"You know those things cost," Lykouleon said startling Rath out of his demeanor. Rath didn't bother to turn around he was sure that the dragon lord knew something was already going on and would do his best to force it out of Rath.

"Do you know anything that would explain this?" he asked. Rath didn't answer.

That usually meant a yes.

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Rune lied almost motionless on the clinic bed. His breaths were coming in short gasps even in his sleeping state. His skin is paler than normal because of the blood loss. There was nothing anyone else could do except wait for the elf to wake up. Rath went to check up on Rune since no one was around.

It was hard but he was able to dodge around the truth to Lykouleon. He kept a promise and he intended to keep it so maybe Rune wouldn't hate him anymore. Though he wondered what happened. What happened to make Rune act that way? Maybe he should ask Water since the dragon was the only one in the room.

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Rune slowly woke up. He wanted to sleep more but his mind was telling him otherwise and his body was complying. He tiredly looked around but everything was blurry.

"Well I see you're feeling better," a cold voice said. Rune made a move to sit up quickly but was held down. A hand rested behind his neck making him arch his head a little. He knew it was useless to try and do anything since he was the one bedridden. He wondered where was everyone else and why wasn't he in his room? He felt an itch on his arm. Now he remembered. It was from the glass he 'accidentally' cut himself with. (A/N: Sorry for interrupting but I just gotta ask. Don't you people hate it when you have a cut like that and it itches like a bitch? Just had to ask. Okay I'm finished back to the story.) 

He felt a warm breath blew across his neck while the cold hand stayed where it was. It was hard for him to object since the cold hand and warm breath was welcome because he was suffering a fever and it was cold in the room. Of course then he remembered who this was and attempted, although a bit slowly, to push away the demon. But failed miserably. He was too anemic to do anything. So forgetting who had the upper hand he turned to his side facing in Nadil's direction, surprising him a bit.

"Go away," Rune said surprising the demon even more. His eyes were closed as if completely rejecting the world.

"Why should I?" Nadil asked making Rune snap out of his semi-conscious state. Blue eyes burned with hate and fury glared into his own red purple ones.

"Because I said so," Rune bravely stated and faced the other way hoping the demon would actually listen. Demons listen? He softly scoffed at the thought. Just as he thought, he was being picked up. He gasped in surprise and struggled all that he was worth. Unsurprisingly he wasn't let go. He didn't know what he was doing. Maybe it was the fever that's making him not think straight. He wasn't supposed to do anything. He was just supposed to let it all happen and hope that something good can come out of it. No, he was being delusional. Reaching for the sheets he tugged harshly waking up Water from his seemingly good sleep.

Water finally came to his senses and began to chirp loudly in warning. He passed them ready to fly out the window to warn someone. Before Water could get anywhere it was choking by its neck as, Nadil held it tightly. Rune was surprised but soon came to his senses and tried to break Nadil's grip from his dragon. It was all pointless but it was worth a try since Rune didn't want anyone to come in here. Nadil dropped the unconscious water dragon. Rune ceased his actions as he figured Water was safe.

And it was just that time that Rath decided to come in.

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Kinshin: I'm very sorry that I took very long. I think everyone probably lost interest in this already. And I just apologize if the next one comes late too. Thanks for your visits!

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