Demons Of The Night (Cain)

[Cain]

And it wasn't long before someone came into the room, and the distraught Cain would turn his head towards the direction of the man, almost snapping out at the intruder of their privacy when he realised it was actually the doctor. Cain relaxed himself, looking at him as he introduced himself. The School Captain failed to reply, however, simply standing there and looking at him, as if waiting for the answer to the question of life.

"She suffered a fracture to her skull and several broken ribs. Her arms were fractured from being kicked, as is seen by the clear tread mark bruising on her outer arm...It is as though she was shielding something...though clearly not her face or upper torso....She has several deep cuts on her back and side along with a severely twisted ankle and other bruising....Yet her blood panels are good..."

A fractured skull, broken ribs, fractured arms and deep cuts? And she was not protecting her face and upper torso. That kinda left out the lower torso. Cain turned his eyes to Zen for a moment, feeling quite guilty. Even under such a heavy assault, she still persisted in protecting their baby. But what was he doing? No, he wasn't there at all. Cain sighed, turning to the doctor then as he proceeded to look at the baby, to make sure that it was still alive.

Cain put his hands together, his fingers interlocking as he tightened his hands, his knuckles turning white as he could only watch and hope for the best, his eyes never leaving Zen's face. The doctor did not say anything, but from the expression on his face, Cain found himself being very relieved, a loud sigh escaping his lips as his hands fell to the side, red marks visible from where his fingers were pressing down on him at.

The doctor then left, though Cain did not bother seeing him off, his eyes solely on Zen.

"Cain......"

Cain's eyes widened as he heard her voice, the tears simply seeping out from the corners of his eyes as he looked towards Zen. Had she just spoken? He reached forward, placing his right hand above hers gently, knowing that there were bruises on it too.

"... Zen?"

[Zen]

She whimpered very softly as she felt a touch upon her, she wanted to move but it hurt so badly....finally however, she managed to turn her head, wincing tightly as she did such and then stopping to let her eyes open slowly, the light of the room causing them to slam shut once more...

It took a few more tries but finally those almond hues were able to remain open as she spotted Cain seated beside her....Tears filled her eyes as she felt every muscle in her body start to tremble....She was scared and she was in pain...It was only normal that she be this way. With a force of what strength she had, she reached her small hand up, brushing away what tears she saw on his face.......

She wanted to say it was okay but it hurt so bad to move anything...yet somehow she managed to force her words out in a harsh little whisper.....

"Shhh....I...am okay....."

The hand that had he had placed his upon now turning so that her little fingers could curl about his.....Though there was fear slowly filling her eyes.....The memory of it all coming back as she whimpered and started to try and push herself up......The baby? She had tried so hard to keep Erik from hitting her there....

"The baby?"

The pain she felt from trying to force her body up making her eyes water and her tears sliding down from the corner of her face..Her hand gripping his tightly before she fell back on the bed..Unable to get up and then trying again....It hurt to breath, her head was killing her...her arms were both in pain......

She remembered wishing she would just die at some point, but then thinking about Cain and the baby.....she had tried to get away but they had just grabbed her and thrown her back......

She had to know that they baby was okay...she had to make sure she had done all she could......She still did not know if Cain was happy about the baby or if he even had thought about it.....But she had, and she had done what any woman would have done, she had tried to protect it......

Her small hand pushing up against the bed...a loud whimper of pain escaping as she tried to continue to sit up......

[Cain]

And upon his touch, she would whimper. She was awake! Cain stood up, shoving the chair back with the back of his knees as he leaned over Zen, his eyes looking towards her closed hues, waiting for them to open, his hand still on hers. And she turned her head, though from the expression on her face, Cain could tell that it was painful. Her eyes flickered open, but to no avail, Cain still could not be graced by the beauty of her eyes. And then, they finally opened, looking back into his as tears started to well in her eyes. With his other hand, he would reach up and wipe away her tears, just as she did his. Her attempts were, however, foiled soon enough as Cain grabbed her hand and pulled it back down onto the bed, knowing that her whole body was injured and it was best for her not to move.

"Shhh....I...am okay....."

Cain nodded his head slowly, before placing the finger that had been used to wipe away her tears upon her lips, as if telling her to be silent. He knew that she was struggling, and he was tired of seeing her doing so without being able to lighten the burden. She was injured. Gravely, at that. However, Cain knew that the most he could do for her was to stay. She would try to get up, though once more Cain would stop her as he placed the same hand on her shoulder, before gently pushing her back down on the bed. She should have gotten the message then.

"The baby?"

Cain looked at her for a brief moment. Despite her state, all she could think about was their baby. And Cain could only do nothing but think if he was ready or not. He was a failure of a father. He bit his lip down in guilt, but at the same time, he smiled at her, placing his hand on her cheek, as if reassuring her.

"The baby's fine, Zen... You did well... I love you."

He leaned forward, giving her a peck on the fore head, before pulling back and giving her that smile of his once more, the smile that she had told him always succeeded in making her feel safe. However, it would soon fade as Cain once more thought of Zen's injuries. His eyebrows furrowed as he looked at her eyes.

"... Who did this, Zen?"

To say the least, Cain was pissed.

[Zen]

As he smiled, she felt that calmness start to slowly seep through her body, and then upon hearing his words she relaxed, laying back onto the bed and whimpering as pain shot through her entire little form....

She closed her eyes, wincing tightly as she struggled to bite back the pain....Though the tears which slowly crawled down her cheek did not hide what she was feeling inside.....With a series of steady and deep breaths she finally turned to open her eyes once more and look up at him....Just as he asked who it was that had done this to her......Slowly her eyes lowered and as always when she was scared or nervous, her teeth captured the lower corner of her bottom lip in a gentle bite......

She was scared...not for herself, no...she knew that Erik had gotten what he wanted and taught her a lesson, he believed she would be home soon enough because he had told her that he would find her again if she did not return home........

But she could not...if he found out she was pregnant...he would kill her and the baby.......finally, with a little whimper, she got the single name to roll off her tongue in a hushed whisper as though she feard the very man himself may be near enough to hear her.....

"Erik"

She knew Lucas had been there and for the first of it he had held her down...but then he had tried to stop Erik.....only to get thrown aside as the larger male continued to kick and beat his little sister until she was unconscious...

The instant the name left her lips, her body seemed to react on its own, trying to curl up, trying to hide......she was terrified of him now, he had taken it further than her father had...never had he beaten her this bad...but she had heard that Erik had gotten into steroids or something of that nature.....that it was why he was so violent as of late......

Using her hand, as best she could, she grabbed Cain's and pulled it to her stomach, resting it over the area where the baby grew within her...Those almond hues looking up to him pleadingly as she choked out a few simple words between her sobs and tears....

"Dont....let him.....hurt the baby....."

She did not know if Cain even cared at this point that it was his child that grew within her....But she knew that she could not do this alone...she needed his help no matter if in the end she wound up alone......She only hoped that he would someday see that this was his child and that it was their future, whether they shared it together or apart the child would always keep them connected.....

[Cain]

That face of fear. Cain found it oddly familiar. And it was discomforting, as he raked his brain for the memory of when he had seen it before. And as he did, he felt his left shin ache slightly. His left shin? The injury! Cain's eyes widened. Yes, he remembered where he had seen such fear from her before, a fear that had been similar to last night. However, it was not last night that was familiar to Cain, no. It was three weeks ago. And the large man that was in topic came to his head, the man's name echoing in his head, before he finally muttered it out. At the same time as Zen had.

"Erik."
"Erik."

Rage mixed in with the feelings of guilt and despair that filled Cain's heart. Erik. The large brute that was of her blood. Although it was common to say that loving someone meant loving their family, Erik was one person Cain never even thought he could love, after what he had done to her. He had gotten too far now, pushing her to the brink of her death. And not only her, but his own child too. His own blood. Cain never understood what it felt to have a family, but now, he was starting to get a grasp of it, as he felt responsible then for what had happened, and at the same time, he blamed Erik.

"Dont....let him.....hurt the baby....."

Cain turned back to Zen, his focus once more on his family as he looked into her eyes, giving her that reassuring smile of his once more as he let his hand be placed upon her womb, giving her a determined nod and another peck on her forehead, his other hand sliding down to her neck as he rested his forehead gently on hers, his eyes closing for a moment, before opening once more.

"Don't worry... I won't let anything ever hurt my family."

Yes, they were his family now. His love, and his child. Although it was still far off, this child was his. And he was going to do his best, both as a man and as a father, to protect his own son. He was going to succeed in something that his father had failed in. He was going to raise a son, not a fighter. He was going to prove himself better than the man before him.

"Nor will I let anyone get away for doing so..."

He would pull away from Zen then as he turned away for a moment, reaching into the pockets of his jeans and pulling out the studded gloves that were in them. With his hands off Zen, he would proceed to put the gloves on. It was obvious where he was going, and from the angered and determined expression on his face, it did not seem like there was any changing his mind.

"I'll be right back, Zen."

[Zen]

His family......Those words meant more to her than he could have ever known, but then he pulled his touch away from her, turning his back as he reached into his pockets and pulled out a set of gloves.....She saw it in his eyes when he turned, that look.....she knew where he was going....and though she wished to stop him.....she felt lightheaded and unable to speak.....As her eyes struggled to stay open, she nodded.......A hushed whisper escaping her as she finally let the sleep that she so desperately needed over take her.....

"I love you Cain....."

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It was not hard to guess where Erik was...He had heard she was here and so he was making his appearance at the hospital to show that he was the loving brother come to take his little sister home....

Standing at the front desk, the bruises and cuts on his knuckles still there from the night before, he did nothing to hide that he had recently fought..or at least beaten a girl severely........Hell she shirt he wore still had her blood on it, though the nurses saw so many in and out of here with bloodstains they thought nothing of it.....

He was smug and he was cocky and he was going to take that little bitch home.........Still one thing he could not figure out...Usually when he went for her face, she covered it...but last night she had continued to protect her stomach......Oh well, he would have a long talk with her later and then she would forgive him and everything would be back to normal......

As the nurse gave him the room number he started down the hall...Looking down at the blood stain and shrugging softly as he continued on.......

No real reason to change...Not like Zen would ever tell anyone who had done this to her......

[Cain]

"I love you Cain....."

With those words as his parting motivation, Cain left the room, every step full of purpose and anger as he closed the door behind him. Erik. That bastard had done way too much to Zen for Cain's liking. He was going to get back at him for all that he had done to Zen, for all that he had made Zen go through. That time at the rooftop, at home, and for the night too. He was exhausted, yes, but it mattered not. Erik was tad bit stronger than him, yes, but it mattered not. For Cain had something that Erik did not have.

A purpose to win.

Something that Cain rarely had, for he had only fought to gain for himself adrenaline and the thrill of combat. He was never a winner nor a sore-loser. All he wanted to do was have fun, and the battlefield seemed to be the best way for him to do so. Now, however, he cared not about the adrenaline or thrill. He cared not about the fun or challenge. What mattered to him then, was to return all the sufferings that Erik had placed upon Zen, many-fold.

And as he left the room and turned to walk down the hallway, Cain found himself staring upon a very familiar someone on the opposite end of it. Someone that sent Cain's heart pumping into a frenzy of rage. His fists clenched so tight that under his studs, his knuckles turned white, his nails digging into the leather palm of the gloves. His eyes seemed to glow red with fury, as he looked into Erik's own eyes.

"You!"

Without even a warning or waiting for the man's reply, Cain would sprint forward. He cared not whether they were in the hospital or whether he was going to get in trouble for this. He only wanted to bash Erik's face in. And once more, he displayed the speed that he was always so proud off, scaling the distance between them in mere seconds. He was leaning forward, thus allowing himself to go faster as he pulled his right fist to his shoulder, before snapping it forward, aiming to ram it onto the center of Erik's face; his nose.

[Zen]

Erik never saw what hit him, well he did but he did not have time to react, his face and body bloody and laying upon the ground as the nurses rushed to try and help him.....Only thing he had managed was to yell out a few times before he had been beaten unconscious.......

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A yell woke her from her sleep, one she knew all too well, and despite the pain she felt herself fall off the bed in an attempt to get away from him......She was now more scared of Erik than she had been before and dragging her tiny broken body away from his voice she found herself the farthest corner of the room and curled up tightly into it.....Opening a few wounds, pain filling her body and tears streaking down her face.....As she drew her knees up to her and hide her face against them, she tried the block out the sounds of fighting that were going on....

What if he hurt Cain and he got her?

What would he do if he found out she was pregnant?

All these thoughts racing through her mind as she trembled within that corner.....

Though soon, a nurse came in to check on her, and as she tried to get to the terrified girl in the corner, Zen screamed out and tried to push herself away from her.....She was lost in thought of being hurt again, too scared that somebody would try and take her baby from her......

Shaking her head she struggled to get away just as the nurse hurried into the hall to try and get some more assistance in restraining the little female......More for her own good than anyone elses, but still....Zen just knew that she was scared...that was all....and alone as she looked about the empty hospital room.....Worried for Cain but too scared to get up and go see......

Next thing you know, there were three nurses trying to get to her, each talking soft and sweet to try and reason with her as one snuck up and touched her..this time another, much louder scream was let forth as she tried once more to get away....The nurses hesitant to use any sort of force on the beaten and pregnant female.....

[Cain]

Was one punch ever enough? Well, no. As Cain brought his fist upon Erik's face, the larger man would fall to the ground. The last time Cain had fought this man was three weeks ago, and in these three weeks, Cain had definitely made himself to improve by a large margin. Erik would stagger backwards, but before he could recover, Cain was already back on him, a left hook coming around to smash upon his lower ribs, before that right fist coming back once more, this time arcing upwards as it found Erik's lowered chin. Barrages of punches came down upon the larger male, leaving him no time to react, until Cain was brought down when a few doctors came up from behind and held him still, the bloodied and bruised figure of Erik finally giving a chance to fall to the ground. He had been beaten unconscious, but kept on his feet by Cain's punches.

Cain tried to break free of the doctor's grip, and he was almost going to succeed in doing so as he elbowed one of them in the gut, when he heard a scream. Though it was unfamiliar, the tone and the pitch of the voice was enough for Cain to recognise who it was from. His eyes widened, his head shooting back as he glanced towards the direction of Zen's room. Zen! She was in danger! And that was enough to push Cain to shove both the larger doctors aside as he rushed into the room, opening the door with a smash as he looked inside. There were three nurses around Zen's crumpled body on the ground.

The Junior sped forward, leaping over the bed as he slipped past the wall of three nurses, before coming down to kneel beside Zen, his hands on her shoulders as he looked into her eyes, trying to calm her.

"Hey, baby. Hey. Take it easy. I'm here now, ok? Relax."

He let out a soft sigh, his hands still on her shoulder as he looked into her eyes. He kinda knew Zen enough to know that she was being her insecure self once more, fearing anyone else but those that she really trusted near her. And it was not a surprise to know who was the only one that was given such a right. Cain turned back towards the nurses, given them a soft nod of his head, as if gesturing that he had this, his shoulders rising and sinking from the leftover anger from earlier.

He turned back to Zen.

"Now, come on. You have to rest. Don't worry. You're safe now, ok?"

[Zen]

She was trapped in a corner by the time the sound of the door flying open was heard, though she did not pay much attention to it....She was crying and trembling and curling up the best she could...Her entire body in pain yet she struggled to get away from them.....They did not know what Erik would do to her...he would kill her....kill the baby.......

Just then a nurse reached out but before she could reach her, another arm shot around Zen and pulled her close....At first she tensed up and almost screamed again until she heard that familiar tone and her entire body weakened and curled up, trembling and shaking heavily as she buried her face against Cain and tried to hide herself from the others there......Her hair falling down over her face hiding the fact that she had bitten the corner of her lip to the point that it bled now down her chin.......Nuzzling her head into his neck as she tried to grip hold of him, despite the pain that it caused her......

His words echoing in her mind as she shook her head.....

"No....He will kill me...kill the baby....Lucas...he...he will help him again....I...I ...."

Her words broke off there as she started to sob heavily against him, breathing heavily and pain ripping through her entire body..Yet she tried to push it back and out of her mind. She honestly could not let herself be bothered with that at the moment. No, she had to make sure that the baby was safe......that was all that mattered to her now.....

[Cain]

And her body would once more collapse onto him, the Junior wrapping his arms around her to keep her steady, knowing that the more she moved, the more harm would be done upon her body. She had yet to recover, after all. She needed to lie down and rest. And Cain knew that he was the only one who would be able to convince her of such. He allowed his right hand the rub gently up and down her back, trying to comfort her as much as he could, his other arm wrapped firmly around her waist.

"No....He will kill me...kill the baby....Lucas...he...he will help him again....I...I ...."

Lucas? Who the hell was Lucas? Erik had an accomplice to help him? Cain furrowed his eyebrows. That meant that he had one more individual to hunt after. Erik had presented himself right at Cain's foot, so, of course, the School Captain delivered the required punishment. As for Lucas, Cain was going to find him, and get some answers from him as to what happened. He was way too pissed now at Erik to allow him to talk. He was probably being dragged away now by nurses to one of the emergency rooms.

"There, there, Zen. I'm here now, alright? I won't let anything happen to you. I promised, remember?"

Cain sighed, knowing that the promise had already been broken in the morning, when she left his place to head home. Whatever had happened, Cain had been unable to prevent it and here he was, in the hospital, with her in bandages, when it was supposed to be him. He then proceeded to carry her up from the floor as he moved her towards the bed, resting her down on it.

"Don't worry... I won't leave, ok? Just lie down and rest... Please."

He muttered, his other arm still around her waist, leaning over her as he continued to embrace her, letting the nurses watch. Cain knew that they would have to readjust Zen into the ideal position, so Cain would let them do so. As soon as Zen had calmed down, that is.