Cherubic ~ The Society

TWENTY THREE

She felt Campbell's touch a moment later, the feeling leaving her arm like a static TV, ringing was all she could hear as her eyes slowly began to close, not being able to stop them, Angel accepted sleep, passing out on the bathroom floor.

"She was in Sam's room when I left!" 

"I don't know where that is!" Jason and Campbell ran into the house, leaving the car running and the front door open as they bounded up the stairs. Campbell ran into Sam's room, not seeing his girlfriend, but Jason stopped at the bathroom door, seeing Angel laying passed out in her own pile of sick and sweat. 

"Campbell!" 

Jason reached around, feeling for a pulse as Campbell came into the bathroom, "fuck, her pulse is incredibly slow." 

"Well let's go then!" 

Jason nodded, picking Angel up and running downstairs after Campbell, who had opened the backseat doors for Angel. Both of them jumping into their own seats, driving off again. 

"KELLY!" Becca yelled, she could clearly see Campbell and Jason carrying Angel from the window, both Kelly and Gordie ran to the window, looking at each other before running for another IV, clearing the bed closest to the door just as the two boys came in. 

"Put her down, put her down." 

"Her pulse is really slow, she was covered in sweat and sick and she'd left the water running and I don't know what else happened so for gods sake, help her Kelly. Please!" Campbell begged, watching as they prepped the IV kit, tapping onto Angel's veins as they entered it quickly. 

For the next few hours, Campbell refused to leave Angel's side, she woke up after two hours, still throwing up but feeling less pain as the IV was working. 

By the end of the night everyone had gone home, Sam regularly came to check on Angel, but not for long as he wanted to stay with Becca. Grizz came in, and Angel immediately knew it was bad, he gave her a small smile before heading over to Sam and Becca, pulling Sam aside as they began to talk and sign to each other quickly. 

Angel could only make out some of what they were saying, Grizz was asking if Becca's child was Sam's, then something about gardening with Sam. From her bed she couldn't see any of what Sam was signing so she didn't know what his responses were. 

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The next day, Allie and the guard turned up at Campbell's house, requesting to see Angel. It was clear that the guard didn't want to be there, but Allie seemed persistent. Angel was asleep in bed when she was waken up, the Guard stood at the end of the bed and Allie sat on the chair near it. "What do you want?" 

"You brought a lot of food to the feast yesterday, and a lot of people got sick. We think it's from food poisoning." Luke said, making Angel roll her eyes weakly. 

"Are you forgetting that I also got sick? I nearly fucking died and you think I did this? If I wanted to kill myself I wouldn't take you guys down with me." Angel rolled on her side, cuddling into her blankets as she shivered. 

"Let's go Allie." 

"No! We all know she has some kind of vendetta against me, do you think it's a coincidence that I got sick?" 

Campbell scoffed, "the whole world doesn't revolve around you. Now get out, Angel needs to rest." 

The guard happily left, whereas Allie left, still determined to prove Angel had done this, "if anyone, and I mean anyone comes to me and thinks you did this. We will arrest you."

When Campbell was sure they were gone, he kissed Angel on the head, "I'll be back soon, I love you." Angel mumbled an answer back, half falling asleep. Campbell left the house with a small smile on his face, heading towards Elle's house. 

The door was unlocked, not that he was planning on knocking either way, so Campbell let himself in, walking quietly up the stairs and into Elle's room. The girl was asleep, so Campbell sat on the edge of the bed, patiently waiting for her to wake up. 

When she finally did, he gave her a creepy smirk, advancing towards her so they were face to face, "I know what you did."

Elle's eyes filled with panic, "I-I didn't do anything."

"You hurt my girlfriend, Elle. I didn't like that." He cocked his head with a mocking smile, grabbing the switchblade from his pocket. "You're just like me, psychotic." 

Her eye's filled with tears at his words, "No I'm not, no." 

Campbell nodded his head, waving the blade in front of her face, "but now, I've got to punish you for it, don't I?"

Elle shook her head, trying to move away from Campbell, failing as he gripped the back of her neck, not caring that she had also been sick yesterday, "why'd you do it Elle?"

"I knew you didn't like pumpkin pie, I was gonna bring it round. She doesn't deserve you!" 

"So how'd you get sick, hm? And Allie, and everyone else?" 

"Kelly convinced me to come to the feast instead, I didn't mean to hurt anyone." Tears freely fell down her face, making Campbell smile as he saw her fear. 

"But you meant to hurt Angel didn't you?" 

"She deserved it." Elle spat in his face, making Campbell laugh, clamping his hand over her mouth as he pinned her down to the bed, roughly grabbing her arm. "And you deserve this." 

Campbell entered the house with a clean switchblade, leaving with a blood covered one. 
Elle now had blood dripping all down her arm, a C boldly carved into it. Campbell's threat lived in her head, "If you do it again, it'll be my whole name."

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