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The echoing of loud noises and bright light caused Felix to wake up, he tried to get up but found it hard to move his arms, ‘’what the—‘’
‘’Aah… Mr. Gates, was it?’’ A man wearing all white stood before him, ‘’Isaac?’’
‘’That’s not my name anymore, that’s a dead man’s name—‘’ Felix grunted, still unable to sit up.
The man moved his hand and two other men grabbed Felix and lifted him off the ground, this is where he realised that the thing holding him back was, ‘’is this… A straight jacket?’’ Felix finally got his bearings, white room, almost pillows on the walls…
‘’Wait, where the fuck am I?’’
The man in charge clicked his tongue, ‘’and they said you were so smart… ‘’
Felix snorted, ‘’then they haven’t met me’’
‘’You’re in an asylum—‘’ the man continued, while he gestured around the room, ‘’and you’re here to stay, I'm afraid, but don’t worry!’’ He took his clipboard and poked the merc’s nose, ‘’we’re gonna have so much fun~’’
Felix wanted to kick him and tried to but got pinned down to the ground, he could see the door getting closed, the last he saw was that… Man’s smile… Fucking creepy.
Nice of them to give him a room with a window, it had bars on, he would be unable to reach it because of them, not that he could with this jacket anyway.
He stood on, what he could only assume, his bed, ‘’where the fuck am I…’’ He whispered to himself, he could almost recognise the forest around the building…
‘’Wait…’’
He saw a light flashing down between the trees…
Since he couldn’t write anything down, he had to settle for using his ‘smarts’ that the guy in white told him he had.
‘’Ok… Let’s see…’’
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It took him a while to remember, he used his foot to copy, the light wasn’t shining anymore.
‘’Felix, I know where you are, I’m coming’’ he whispered, he looked outside again, sighing in relief.
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‘’How fitting, isn’t it’’ the man smiled weakly, ‘’that we were to… acquire… you, on this day’’
Felix frowned through the little ‘window’ they spoke through, the man didn’t trust Felix, ofc not.
‘’Didn’t you… get me… Yesterday?’’ There was no clock, but he was fairy certain it was the next day.
‘’Ah… I see, well, we got you at midnight’’, the man smiled as if Felix was the missing piece to his puzzle.
He felt uneasy.
‘’Now we must find your partner.’’ The tone of his voice turned sour, ‘’he’s proven to be more difficult to acquire than you—‘’
‘’hey fuck off—‘’
‘’But, I'm sure he’ll be at your campsite, waiting for you. Don’t worry, you’ll get to see him again.’’
Felix sighed deeply, sooner than this guy think.
~
Felix was escorted out of his room and into an area with other… ‘Patients’.
Some looked familiar… But he couldn’t place his finger on it.
‘’Here’s your new friend!’’ The man cheered, no response.
‘’His name is Isaac Gates—‘’
This got many heads to turn, their faces went from blank to fury, who were these people?
‘’And soon my lovelies~ Sam Ortez will join us as well!’’
The patients started to howl like wolves, laughing and banging their heads into the walls, Felix stood there mortified.
Where the fuck is he.
Where the fuck is Locus.
Locus…
He can’t come here… He’ll get captured…
Felix tugged at the jacket, ‘’hey…’’
The man didn’t turn around, Felix cleared his throat and tried again, ‘’hey asshat!’’
Everyone stopped, it wasn’t even that bad of a word… Damn
He tugged at his jacket again, ‘’why am I wearing this’’
‘’It’s your party outfit, everyone wears one!’’
Felix snorted, ‘’not you or your muscle men.’’
He clearly ticked the man off, Felix was known for never shutting up, he couldn’t really walk over to him… He was practically on a leash.
‘’I can’t wear this…’’ Felix sighed, the man turned, ‘’and why is that?’’
‘’It’s a straight jacket.’’
‘’And?’’
‘’I’m gay.’’ Felix had to keep his stone face on, the look on their faces, they hadn’t been expecting it.
‘’So you’re being homophobic and you should—ngh—‘’
One hit to the stomach and he was on his knees spitting out blood, he could see the man wave his hand, and the continuous kicking and beating by the bodyguards eventually got him to pass out.
~
‘’Wake up~’’
Felix knew the voice.
‘’Don’t make me get the guards—‘’
Felix shot his eyes up, his body ached, once he had passed out earlier, he was dragged back down the hallway, he started to kick and he got loose once… But was severely beaten with several things… And according to the clock on the man’s wrist… It was still the 31st…
‘’We found your friend, but he escaped…’’ He grabbed Felix’s face, lifting him up.
‘’Where. Would. He. Go.’’ A few familiar sounds of something falling to the ground around them, Felix grinned wide, the man tightened his grip, ‘’tell me! Where is he!?’’
‘’Behind you—‘’ Felix smirked, but the moment the man turned around and saw nobody, Felix took this chance to take one good kick, both fell to the ground.
‘’Felix…’’
He left something warm, comforting, he opened his eyes, ‘’ahah, good to see you… Tell me… Is it still Halloween? Or did that guy fuck with me…’’
Locus sighed, ‘’it’s the same day… But it’s night now.’’
‘’Ah, good… Can’t wait for this to be over… I just want to sleep’’
‘’Not here.’’ Locus lifted him up and got him to his legs, he let Felix lean on his shoulder as he unstrapped the jacket, ‘’heh, hey Locs…’’
‘’Hm?’’
‘’He was being homophobic’’ Felix felt his arms come free, he wrapped his free arm around the taller’s neck, Locus looked uncomfortable.
‘’Ask me how’’
‘’…How’’
Felix spit out some blood, ‘’he put me in a…’’ He held eye contact, ‘’straight jacket! Ahah, get it? Straight? Cuz I'm ga—‘’ He started coughing, Locus held him tighter, ‘’we… We should go.’’ Locus helped Felix along the way, all the patients screamed and slammed the windows, they were locked in.
‘’Do we know them? They seem to know us…’’ Felix gasped, ‘’no.’’ Locus continued.
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‘’L-Locs—‘’ Felix fell to his knees once they reached their camp site, Locus lifted him up bridal style, he didn’t have time for this.
‘’Remember—‘’ Felix whispered after a while, he wasn’t going to admit that he was feeling weak and dizzy, but the fact Locus was carrying him… And that he wasn’t making a big deal out of it, probably said it all.
‘’Our plans were to watch shitty horror movies… I was gonna…’’ he grinned while looking up at his rescuer, his knight in shining armour.
‘’I was going to convince you to put on a costume’’
‘’Would’ve never happened.’’
‘’Awh, not even now? I’m all beat up, take pity on me’’ he pouted his lips, he felt Locus tighten his arms, ‘’fine~ forget it…’’
A little while went by, they were soon home… It was quiet, which is when Felix decided that it was the perfect time to be annoying.
‘’Someone… Told the guy, that I was smart…’’
Locus frowned, he didn’t really know what to reply, but Felix just continued, ‘’which I told him, that they hadn’t met me then—‘’ he snorted, ‘’what happened exactly?’’
‘’You went to piss and never came back.’’
‘’Oh right… Heh, from a scale from 1 to 10, how angry were you with me for taking so long?’’
‘’50.’’
‘’Oof’’
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‘’I don’t wanna sleep alone—‘’ Felix tried to hold Locus, but the taller had other plans and more or less ‘dropped’ Felix into the bed, ‘’o-oww’’
‘’You’re not going to sleep alone, as if I’m leaving you to sleep, looking like that.’’ He rolled his eyes.
~
‘’Fine.’’ Locus laid down next to Felix, who in a second crawled into his arms, the warmth almost got Felix to pass out.
‘’Fine what?’’
‘’I’ll wear the costume…’’
Felix practically had heart eyes, ‘’r-really?’’
Locus gave a hard nod.
‘’Sweet~’’ Felix fell asleep.