Inner Demons

Chpt. 5

I mean he wasn't wrong, Mark was staring into space, his eyes glazed over. Matthias was spitting up a load of blood and Sean wasn't talking as much as he usually would; and from the perspective of the reader that may not be that bad but-

"We're fine" Matthias and Mark said in unison, both chuckling a little at it.

Ethan rolled his eyes "I don't believe you, like I said, I don't think people just casually cough up blood. Mark you've been acting like you can't even see us and Jack hasn't said like anything-" Ethan huffed a bit, seeing how Sean didn't react at all to anything he said "Jack-"

Sean didn't move, Ethan furrowed his brows and Matthias turned around, flicking Sean's foot "Jack-" Sean seemed to zone back into reality, looking over at Ethan and humming

"Hm?" he sat up

"We were trying to get your attention, looks like you zoned out"

Sean smiled a little "I'm good, don't worry" he responded

Ethan nodded and went back to his spot, Sean plopping backwards again. "Again, you guys aren't- fine, like you claim" He huffed a bit

Matthias looked over to Mark, who of course couldn't see it "Mark" he said blankly, snapping his fingers

"Hm?"

"God you two zone out so much because of this-" he mumbled, "Just making sure you weren't dead" He covered, regretting what he was planning to do.

"Because of what?" Ethan poked Matthias in the shoulder

"What? Because of nothing, I never said anything like that-"

"I don't believe you"

Matthias threw his arms in the air and stood up "You know what?" he huffed "I'm not doing it- have fun" and he walked out of the room leaving Ethan entirely confused in the completely silent room

Mark sighed a little "I'm blind" He grumbled

"What?"

"I can't see, like everything just-" he put his hands out for effect "Black. It was just all blurry before but now I can't see anything."

"What- how?"

"I think it has something to do with what happened earlier-" he sighed

Ethan looked over at Sean "Does he know what happened..?"

"No"

"Then why the hell are we talking about it while he's still in h-" he stopped when he realized Sean wasn't reacting "Are you sure he doesn't know?" Ethan put some pieces together "Can he even hear me..?"

Mark didn't say anything, just stared over at the pair. Ethan snapped his fingers in front of Sean who sat up and looked over at him without saying anything "Can you hear me..?" Ethan tried

Sean looked over to Mark in hopes of assistance then realizing Mark can't see him. He let out a frustrated grunt and dropped onto his back.

"He's deaf-" Ethan looked over at Mark then back at Sean then back at Mark "What, did his music finally catch up with him?" he chuckled a little

Mark didn't say anything for a minute "Matt said that when he showed up at-" Mark paused for a second, he was spilling all the information but- "Where they were Jack was having some sort of meltdown and when he came out of it he couldn't hear anything" Mark explained.

"This is a predicament" Ethan sighed a little "He's not gonna be happy you told me any of this, is he?"

"No, not at all" Mark chuckled a little. He huffed a bit "I'm gon-" he cut himself off by groaning quietly and putting a hand on his forehead "Gonna go get Matt" he huffed a little, removing his hand and exiting the room

-=-

By the time Mark and Matthias got back Sean was glaring at them in annoyance and there was a paper on the bed, Ethan had told him about knowing everything.

"I hate both of you" he grumbled

'Stab them.. it'll be fun' giggled a quiet voice, it was in the back of his head and the voice sounded weak, he didn't even echo like he normally would.

Sean furrowed his brow, his legs were put into a position where his feet were pushed against each other and his hands were tangled together in the empty space while he was staring

"Jack? God he's done this like three times" Matthias began to walk over but when he was within Sean's peripherals Sean screamed and scrambled off that side of the bed. "What the hell-" he looked around the bed, Sean was curled up on the other side with his ears covered and his eyes sealed shut

"Make it stop-" he whined "Make it stop- Make it stop-" he repeated it over and over again

"Jack- Jack, you've gotta tell us what's happening if you want us to help you" Ethan was trying to get him now, then remembering Sean can't hear "Agh we probably shouldn't touch him or else he could just start panicking and we can't get his attention via sound- this is stupid" Ethan groaned a little

"Yeah well there's no way to fix it, so you'll have to live" Mark deadpanned "Sorry I cant help" he huffed a little.

"I feel like he should be panicking a little more-" Matthias mumbled, directed towards Mark

Ethan didn't say anything, he just got up and took Mark out of the room. "Oh- Lovely" Matthias mumbled; then being reminded of Sean who started screaming again

Matthias got down on the floor and sat in front of Sean "Hey-" he snapped his fingers and Sean began hyperventilating, Matthias quickly reached for him and pulled him into a hug, playing with his hair and holding him securely

Sean whimpered "He's-" he hiccuped "back" he gasped a little

Matthias reaches for the nearby notepad and quickly wrote 'Just breathe' before returning to hugging Sean to help him calm down.

-=-

Mark didn't quite understand what Ethan was doing but knew they weren't in the guest room anymore "Ethan-" he asked "What are you doing-" he suddenly doubled over with a bit of a groan.

"Mark?" Ethan immediately went to help Mark

"Hes back-" Mark groaned again, his arms were wrapped around his chest and there was blood pricking at his eyes like tears.