Elias

I woke up tired. I guess after yesterday and watching all of those movies last night I was tired. I look over at the alarm and see it's 2:56pm.

Damn I slept long

I think to myself. I've never slept in that long. I start to feel my injuries burning again... I know I smell bad I haven't showered in a few days. I really want to shower...

I get up out of bed and the pain intensifies. I've gone over 12 hours without my pain medication and I can feel it. I wince as I walk put of my room and realize I have absolutely no clue how to get to the kitchen...or living room.... Or anywhere....

This is going to fucking suck...

I start opening all the doors in the hallway, some are just guest rooms, some look like they have no actual purpose, some look like my brothers rooms, or someone's at least.

Fuck how big is this house?

Every step makes my ribs hurt more.

Every step makes me regret everything I've ever done in my life.

I find a set of stairs and start to slowly make my way down it.

I get to the bottom of them and start walking again. Oh did I say walking? No I meant fucking limping.

I limp my way through another hallway before getting angry. Where the fuck is everyone?

I start seeing red. The voices in my head laughing at me. Eventually I see someone at the end of the hallway.

"Hey! Hey you!" I yell at them, limping my way to the person.

They don't turn around. Now that I think about it they don't look like someone who would work here. No they're in a grey long sleeve and black pants.

I reach my way to them and go to turn them around when suddenly they start walking. My side hurts so bad I slump to the floor.

"HEY WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" I yell at them.

Suddenly I hear footsteps. I turn my head but no one is around. My body freezes. The person doesn't have a face... no they don't have a face at all. No eyes, no mouth, no nose.... But they're holding a knife.

Adrenaline shoots through my body and I get up and start running.

WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT??

I start running, weaving through the hallways.

Suddenly I see Santiago looking at me with confusion.

I run by him and grab his arm and don't let go. I look back and see the person running at us, knife still in their hands.

"Elias you shouldn't be running, what's wrong?? Why are you running and crying??" He asks me as he tries to keep up with me.

I run into a room and lock the door. I see the dresser and move it to block the door. Santiago grabs my face and asks me.

"Didn't you see them? The person with no face? They had a gun.... And they..... they were running after us. They were trying to kill me!" I yell at him freaking out.

How did he not notice him??

Suddenly I hear footsteps. Santiago goes to ask another question but I grab his mouth shushing him...

The footsteps stop and we stay silent.

Suddenly the person starts banging on the door, banging so loud it's making my ears ring.

I immediately shove Santiago and I in the bathroom. Shutting and locking the door while grabbing my ears and rocking back and forth. Trying to get the noises to stop.

I feel hands grabbing mine and taking them away from my ears.

"NO STOP IT STOP IT!!" I yell at him, I try to move away but before I can I feel his hands cover my ears.

I look up at him with tears in my eyes. The laughs, and banging slows down.

"Elias I need you to explain what's going on." I hear Santiago tell me gently. His hands muffling his sentence but I refuse to let him take them off.

"Didn't you see him?" I ask him.

"See who Hermano? I didn't see anyone but you in that hallway."

"No, no ther- there was the ma- man the faceless man... he was running at us. He- he had that- that knife in his hands..." I tell him. How did he not see him?

"Elias there wasn't anyone chasing us. There was only you running and crying." He tells me while looking me up and down. He looked concerned.

"How did you not see him? He was there! HE WAS RUNNING STRAIGHT FOR US WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM??" I yell at him.

I push him away and push myself off the ground, using the sink to pull myself up.

"Hermano I think you were seeing things that weren't there..." he tells me.

"NO HE WAS FUCKING THERE HOW DID YOU MISS IT?? HE HAD NO FACE!! HE WAS RUNNING STRAIGHT FOR US, FOR ME!!" I yell at him.

I grab my hair and pull at it, hoping it would pull my brain apart. What the fuck was he talking about? Is he crazy? Am I crazy? What's going on? The person was there right? I mean I saw it. I saw the knife. I saw the body. I mean what the fuck? Oh fuck. Am I crazy? Am I the one who's seeing things? My thoughts start to spiral, I start yelling out. I can't hear Santiago trying to calm me down, I can't hear Leo outside the door coaching Santiago through my breakdown. I can't hear anything besides the laughing and the yelling going on in my head.

Suddenly I see Leo waving his hands in my face...

"....Elias?...."

"Elias..... I need you to look at me....."

"Elias can you hear me?"

I nod at him, his words becoming clearer. The voices won't stop

"Hey can you tell me what's going on?"

I shake my head at him. The words won't come out, my brain isn't listening to me.

"Hey that's okay, you can just shake and nod your head, yes or no. Are you hearing any voices right now?" He asks me.

I nod yes, the laughing starts to quiet down, my hands slowly come away from my head.

"Are they loud?"

Another nod.

"Are they getting quieter?"

Another nod

"You saw a man running at you with a knife right?"

Another nod.

"That must've been scary huh?" He asks me. I nod again, his hands come to my face to wipe my tears.

"Do you want to come and lay down? I think some rest will help." He tells me while trying to pull me out of the bathroom.

"No no no no, he could- could still be out there.... He could be waiting for me..." I tell him while trying to shake off his hands.

"I can promise you he's not, you have me, Alvaro, Santiago, Alexander, and Marco here to protect you. No one can get past us no one can get to you. I promise Elias." He tells me while pulling me out of the bathroom. I see all of my brothers in the room. It looks like a guest room.

"See everything's fine right now. No one besides our familia are in this room, okay Hermanito?" Leo tells me.

I nod my head while still looking around, things always lurk in the shadows...

He sits me down on the bed and squats in front of me. Leo looks me over, seeing me holding onto my side because it burns like a bitch. My shoulder is aching really bad. Probably because I moved the dresser in front of the door using my shoulders...

"Hey can I lift up your shirt? I want to check your ribs and stitches." He asks me.

I nod at him distractingly, my eyes catch Alvaro and he's staring at me. I can't read the emotions on his face but I'm sure he can read mine because he comes and sits next to me on the bed, and he grabs my hand. I focus back on Leo as he stares at my stitches intensely.

"You didn't rip a stitch but some of them have come loose. I need to tighten them but it's going to hurt. Marco can you bring me his meds please?" Leo asks.

My eyes immediately go to Marco, one of my other brothers who I have yet to meet. He hands me my pills, this time a new one is there, and my water.

"What's the new pill?" I ask Leo.

"It's a small sedative, meant to keep your nerves and pain at bay." He tells me while grabbing some tools from the other guy in the room.

"Well might as well introduce you to your two other brothers, Elias these are the twins Marco and Alexander, Marco and Alexander this is Elias." Alvaro tells me.

I look over at them and they both smile nicely at me. They're not identical twins, I can see the differences especially in their hair and tattoos.

I can feel the medicine working its way through my system. That small sedative is really working through me right now. I start swaying but I don't realize it until Alvaro has me laying down in between his legs on the bed facing the correct direction.

I start tearing up because I can feel Leo tugging at my stitches, it's not painful but it's very uncomfortable and I don't like it.

I feel Alvaro moving before holding a phone in front of me, it's playing The Lady and the Tramp. I'm immediately distracted and I don't know how much time has passed before Leo is done and handing me food. It's some kind of soup. It's got noodles, and green things and what I think is carrots and chicken?

"What is this? I ask Leo.

"This is chicken noodle soup, it is the best thing to eat when you're feeling sick or hurting. This was our Abuelas recipe before she passed it down to me." He tells me while smiling softly.

Leo helps me eat my soup and everyone keeps up light conversation, me even talking a little bit to them.

Eventually I'm done with my soup and the tv is playing a new show called Zootopia? It's got a bunch of talking animals and upbeat songs. I don't like it very much at first but then I see the fox Nick Wilder and everything changes. His character reminds me of well, me. We're both sly, and smart, and cool, and hot, and we both love green.

I feel my eyes get droopy before I slowly fall asleep, my brothers surrounding me.

I really need a shower...

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Another chapter down. Did y'all see the message I put out? Is that how I post an announcement? Idk guys maybe the universe is telling me not to

I like this chapter but the ending is kinda rushed because I wanted to get another one out tonight. We're what 3 days in a row? Can I make it 4?? Idk it we will see what tomorrow looks like.

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