Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Crawling In The Dark ❯ Capter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Crawling In The Dark

Chapter 2

 

 

 

Back in his room, Calix is fixing the place up, all of the things that looks somewhat useful he shoves into one corner, and all of the stuff that looks unuseful he pushes next to the window for later, he opens up the windows, though there are some boards over them, he breaks those down and light fills the room, he turns around to face the room and notices just how much more worse it looks.

 

“...maybe...I should have just left it the way it was.”

 

He drops his head and starts to clean the room quickly, after a while the room looks better, less dusty and it looks a lot more organized, he looks back at the tool box and looks at the pile of junk, there's an old refrigerator and other stuff, like an old radio and just random scraps of metal, he start to take the fridge apart and fix it, being incredibly smart with anything machine based.

 

“Why an old factory would have a fridge randomly in here is beyond me, but whatever works...”

 

His cat jumps out of his hood and jumps over to the window and mews, sounding confused. “Hm? Oh, Miyu, we're gonna be living here now...” Miyu tilts her head and sneezes from the dust. “...Well..I still have lots of work to do...” He sighs and continues working on the fridge.

 

Arsen is heard slowly coming up the stairs and lets out a cough. Calix's ears twitch, he now has goggles on and pulls them up over his eyes, onto his forehead, the fridge is looking...functional now. He gets up and walks over to the door and looks down the steps at him. Arsen is holing onto the railing and looks beaten up and is finding it hard to stay standing. Calix's eyes widen and he runs down the steps to him and grabs his arm and pulls it over his shoulder to help him balance,

 

“What happened to you!?”

 

“I got caught...”

 

He coughs again wrapping an arm around his stomach, flinching. Calix whines and helps him up the steps.

 

“Damn...” He mutters some more and once at the top of the stairs he looks at both rooms and brings him into his room and helps him onto the bed, Calix sighs “Got caught...what did you try stealing a burger from someone who was already eating it?...”

 

“I tried raiding the register...”

 

Calix slaps his forehead,

 

“Smooth...” Miyu jumps onto the bed and cocks her head at Arsen and licks a cut that he has gently.

 

Arsen sighs, “I gotta get money somehow, I have no job and I've been living here since I was 12.”

 

Calix sits on the ground, “Well I stole the money from my parents, if you needed money for something you just could have asked...” He looks around the place, “Real run place to live a good fraction of your life...”

 

Arsen looks at the pentagram on the back of his hand. “This is actually the first time I got caught....”

 

“There's a first time for everything I guess...need anything?”

 

“I'm fine.” He flinches again.

 

“..If you're sure.” He glances at the fridge, “If you need anything, lemme know, I'm just gonna be over here.” He stands up and walks over to the fridge and continues working on it, most of it fixed now, since it wasn't that bad to begin with, Miyu curls up next to Arsen.

 

Arsen looks at Miyu and she starts to purr and she looks up at him, big green eyes, she's only a kitten, “Prreeow...?” Calix looks over at them and smirks slightly then continues working. Arsen starts to pet Miyu,

 

“She acts like a cat I used to have, very friendly...”

 

“Good, at first I thought you hated her.” Miyu purrs louder, Calix stands up in success and plugs the fridge in to the wall and cleans the dust off of the front of it and pushes it against the wall. “Wala, a working fridge...” He doesn't hear anything coming from the fridge, he kicks it once and it whizzes to life, he opens the door to it and the thermometer is already dropping in degrees, he smiles and drags his bags over and stuffs everything food based into it.

 

Arsen tries to get up, “I'm going into my room, I need to finish something for later tonight..”

 

Calix walks over, ripping his goggles off and throwing them aside, “Are you sure you'll even be ok, and what do you mean finish something for later tonight..” He gives him a curious look and sits down by the bed, resting his chin on it, looking up at Arsen.

 

“There's going to be a fight downtown, and I'm not going to miss it.”

 

Calix lifts an eyebrow, “You in it?”

 

“Of course, why else would I go?”

 

Calix drops his head, “Your just gonna get hurt some more...” He mutters something else but it's to low to hear.

 

“If I don't go they'll think I'm a coward, I never missed a fight and I won't miss this one.” He tries to get up again.

 

Calix growls at him, “Do you really care what they think?”

 

“I'm no coward, and I'm going to the fight and I'm going to beat them!” He forces himself to stand up and flinches.

 

Calix stands up, “You'll end up losing though! You're already beaten up enough as it is!!” Miyu watches the 2 argue.

 

“I'm going to that fight and nothing you say will stop me! And tonight, I'm making sure they won't start a fight again.”

 

Calix stops, “...What do you mean by that...” His ears lower.

 

“What do you think I mean?”

 

Calix tilts his head, “I'm not quite sure...so you don't want them to start fights anymore..? Not something I ever thought Id hear from a guy like you..”

 

“They've turned my existence into a joke for the last time. He starts to walk over to the door.

 

Calix grabs his arm, “...why not just...wait until you're healed...at least...I mean..” He has his head down.

 

“I'm a tough guy I can handle it.” He pulls his arm away.

 

Calix looks up at him with sadder looking eyes, “If you say so..”

 

Arsen starts to walk out the door and to his room. Calix sighs and sits on the bed, Miyu comes and sits on his lap and meows, he pets her and sighs again,

 

“Should I even bother watching...?..I hate fights...in the end I end up feeling depressed and like I was the one who took the damage..” His ears twitch and lower even more.

 

A loud scraping noise is heard coming from Arsen's room, and Calix grits his teeth and the noise rings in his ears, he looks over at the door and then at the floor,

 

“...I don't really know if I want to know what that is...”

 

It gets louder and Calix growls and walks over to the door and peeks inside, Miyu at his feet, also looking in. Arsen is sharpening large knifes and the walls of his room are covered with different weapons (all stolen) and lead pipes with points at the ends are against one wall in a row. His eyes widen at the sight and Miyu ends up meowing in protest. Arsen stops sharpening the knife and checks the point and edges and hangs it on the wall and takes out a gun and loads it.

 

Calix looks down at Miyu, who is starting to hiss in anger, Calix nudges her with his foot and puts a finger to his lips trying to tell her to be quiet but she hisses at him as a response. Arsen fires a test shot at a target on one of the walls.

 

Calix jumps and Miyu runs into the room and jumps onto Arsen's leg, clawing up to sit on his shoulder, when she's sitting there she hisses in his ear and digs her claws into him, Calix runs in, but is to late to stop her and he skids to a stop.

 

“WHAT THE HELL!”

 

Calix jumps again and Miyu hisses at him some more, “...Uhhh...I-I tried to stop her...but...”

 

“GET YOUR CAT OFF OF ME!”

 

Calix flinches and hesitantly walks over and he tries to get Miyu off of him but she bites his hand, he pulls back and then groans “Are you trying to get yourself killed?”

 

“NO! But this kid is gonna get himself killed!!!”

Calix stares at her, “..... “

 

Arsen grabs Miyu and drops her on his bed, “Don't be so rude, kid, planning a funeral?”

 

“...why is my cat talking....?”

 

“....cat? Oh right..” She looks at herself and sighs, “Long story.”

 

“Just get out of my room.”

 

Miyu glares at Arsen, “Don't expect any help after your bleeding to death.”

 

She jumps off of the bed with her nose in the air and walks out, Calix is babbling, very confused.

 

“Get out.”

 

Calix looks at Arsen and bites his lip wanting to say something, then narrows his eyes and walks out, in his room he blasts his headphones and works on some of the broken machines, while Miyu is talking to herself.

 

Arsen takes a picture out of a drawer and tears of anger form in his eyes as they change to a deep purple and his window is the only one without boards and he punches through the glass and tosses the picture out the window. Calix is biting his lip and it starts to bleed, he growls and pulls his goggles onto his forehead again and he's fixed what seems to be the radio...or maybe a toaster, he throws it over his shoulder in disgust and lets himself collapse to the floor, he lays there and stares out ahead of him, the dust on the ground has shoe prints in it,

 

“I wonder who was staying here before me...”

 

The door to Arsen's room opens and Arsen starts to walk to another room with his arm bleeding and he drops a large piece of glass from the window on the floor. Calix looks over and sees the glass and he narrows his eyes.

 

“What is with this guy...if I stayed home I could of been spared of the drama...” He rolls his eyes and stands up, brushing the dust off of himself, Miyu is sleeping now, he walks over and looks down at the bloodied glass and he looks at the door that Arsen went into, “Che...I shouldn't even care...”

 

The room Arsen went into is completely empty and he stands in the middle of it and then drops to his knees and has his head down... “It was..my fault, it always has been....” He sounds like he's talking to someone but he's the only one in the room.

 

Calix mentally murders himself but goes to the room and peeks into it watching him, when he sees that he relaxes a little, expression not quite so pissed off looking. Arsen puts his hands down like he's pinning someone and starts punching at the floor making his fist bleed.

 

“Just leave me alone, just go away!”

 

Calix runs in and when Arsen raises his fist to punch the floor Calix grabs it, “...what are you doing..” His ears are down and he looks concerned.

 

“He won't go away, he won't leave me alone.”

 

Calix drops to his knees and let's go of Arsen's arm, “Who...?”

 

Arsen doesn't say anything and starts to shake. Calix tries to look into his eyes and whimpers, “...Won't leave you alone..”

 

Arsen grabs his hair as if he's trying to rip it out and he starts to whine and cry,

“Somebody, just make him go away....”

 

“What can I do...to make 'him' go away?” Calix bites his already bleeding lip, “God, I can't stand to see him like this...and I just met the guy...”

 

“No, it wasn't my fault....I was just a kid...it wasn't my fault.”

 

Calix shakes his head slowly, trying to figure out what he means, “I don't get it...what's he babbling about...” He grabs Arsen's hands and tries to make him stop shaking, Relax, its ok…”

 

Arsen's face is red and he's sweating. Calix whines and wraps his arms around him and hugs him, resting his cheek on his shoulder and he starts to get a headache, since he said when he sees people get hurt or are hurting he feels like it happened to him to. Arsen sobs into Calix's shoulder,

 

“Please, make him leave me alone...”

 

“You have to tell me who it is, and I'll make him leave you alone...what's going on” He hugs him tighter and nuzzles him.

 

“I don't know....I only see a shadow...but h-he made me...he m-made me...” He can't finish the sentence.

 

“A shadow...?..” Calix nuzzles him some more, trying to calm him down, “Alright, this day has been strange, how did I go from a normal high school student to trying to help this.....why am I hugging him...”

 

Calix stops confused momentarily then clenches his eyes shut, “No time to think about that now, just what am I supposed to do, what does he mean...”

 

Arsen suddenly stands up with his eyes wide and he grabs his head, “NO, STOP IT, STOOOP!”

 

Calix jumps back and then stands up quickly, “What the hell is goin on...?”

 

Arsen stops and lets his hands drop and he just stands there. Calix takes a step closer to him, “...Arsen....?” He tilts his head and takes another hesitant step.

 

Arsen has his head down and he's breathing heavily. Calix tries to touch his arm, “...Arsen, what's going on...are you ok...?” The bell on his ear chimes and he looks around the room warily.

 

Arsen lifts his head and looks at Calix and his eyes are now green and half closed. Calix looks back at him after looking around the room and their eyes lock.

 

“I can't look away...what is it about those eyes...” He whines nervously and touches his arm, “You ok..?”

 

Arsen faints and starts to fall forward. Calix catches him and drops to his knees with him in his arms, he looks down at him and whimpers then lays his chin on his head and whines some more and holds him tighter,

 

“...I'm so confused...” He clenches his eyes shut.

 

Arsen is breathing heavily and running a fever and he flinches every few seconds. Calix looks around and then back down at Arsen.

 

“Why did I have to be the shorter one here!?” He stands up and grabs Arsen's arm and puts a arm around his waist, picking him up that way and walking slowly out of the room, he doesn't even think about going back into Arsen's pointy room and so he brings him into his and lays him down on his bed again, Miyu wakes up and hisses lowly.

“Miyu, shut up, he fainted..”

 

“Why you,...” She rolls her eyes, “Kids...”

 

“I hope you tell me what you mean by that someday...and why you can talk...”

 

“Sure whatever.” She jumps off of the bed and jumps onto a table in the room, Calix sighs and digs in his bags for a towel, after he finds one he goes over the fridge and pours some water onto it, since he has brought a couple bottled waters, and he walks back over to Arsen and puts it on his forehead, Calix sits on the ground and leans against the bed then falls to the side and lays there with one of his eyes closed.

 

Arsen starts to mutter and sounds like he's in some kind of pain. Calix sighs and sits back up and looks at him.

 

“You didn't tell me what to do...just to make him go away...I don't know how 'he' is and I wouldn't know how to.” He lays his forehead on the mattress. “This seems to be a problem..”

 

Arsen's eyes suddenly shoot open and Calix jumps back and tilts his head at him. Arsen sits up and looks around and sighs, “Dammit...”

 

Calix leans closer to the bed, “You ok...?”

 

“I'm fine...”

 

Calix's ears droop, “...your sure...” He looks at the ground then back at him.

 

“I'm fine”

 

Calix sits back and drops his head, “...if you're sure.”

 

Arsen looks at a watch around his wrist, “The fight starts in a few hours....”

 

Calix whines, “After what happened I can't believe your still going to do that...”

 

“I'm going to that fight and nothing will change my mind.”

 

“...fine, I don't really care.” He lies back down on the floor and curls up into a ball. “Do what you want.”

 

“Why are you turning it into such a big deal?”

 

“I'm not.” He wraps his tail around him.

 

“You were before.”

 

“Well, I just don't like fighting...”

 

“It's something you'll have to get used to, and if you don't fight then everyone else will just walk all over you your whole life.”

 

“I'm used to it, but fighting doesn't get you anywhere...and in the end, is it really worth it?” He flinches, “It never got anyone anywhere, they ended up dead, all of them.” He narrows his eyes and grits his teeth then sighs and tries to relax.

 

“Fighting is just something I've always done.”

 

“Well, I'm not stopping you anymore.”

 

“Why did you even try in the first place?”

 

Calix growls, “I don't know...” He curls up tighter and buries his face.

 

“I know you have a reason, tell me.”

 

Calix whines and shakes his head, “I said I don't know, I just didn't want you to fight...”

 

“Everyone has a reason for everything.”

 

He shakes his head more and mutters lowly, “I don't know, I don't know, I don't care about others much anymore, after I've been hurt so many times.” He winces, “Then you offered to bring me here and I don't like fighting, then you mentioned the fight..and....you said you were going to fight this last time to end it...why not do it another way...I cant stand to see people hurt.”

 

“There isn't another way.”

 

Calix stands up and walks over to the window and kneels under it, “Or maybe you're just not thinking hard enough...”

 

“If you have a better idea, I'd like to hear it.”

 

His ears droop and he shakes his head again, “No I don't, but just telling them that your not gonna fight is better then actually fighting...but that's not an option your willing to take.”

 

“I've always been a fighter my whole life, I'm not the type to back down.”

 

“So I repeat, I'm not stopping you anymore.” He sits down, instead of kneeling, and stares out at the sky.

 

Arsen doesn't say anything and gets up and starts to walk to his room. Calix mutters to himself and hears him leaving, Miyu walks over, “Well, if he's been a fighter you think he'll be able to take one last fight.”

 

“...will they let him stop though?”

 

“Don't ask me.”

 

“No, I thought not.”

 

After a few minutes Arsen comes out of his room with one of the lead pipes and obviously has the gun in one of his pockets and he starts to walk toward the stairs to leave.

Calix growls lowly and Miyu looks at him, “Don't let your temper get the better of you, you hypocrite.”

 

“Shut up, I'm not going to do anything.”

 

He sighs and Miyu smirks.

 

Arsen whistles as he starts to go down the stairs. Calix's tail twitches uneasily and Miyu rubs against his side purring.

 

“What are you so happy about...”

 

“Imma cat, I can't help it that I have a natural need to purr and shed...”

 

“....”

 

“...”

 

“...”

 

“....LOOKIT THIS THING!” Miyu pulls out rubber mouse, “I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE AMUSED BY SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THIS!!” She squeaks it; Calix drops his head, nearly getting it impaled on a nail that was sticking out of the window sill's frames.

 

Arsen can be seen from the window walking down the street as it starts to get dark and the street lights start to turn on.