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Talk to me 12

A/N: Hey guys sorry for all the delays.. When my internet is finally back on ill do better.. I'm sorry.

In other news I've been reading 1984 as of late and it's messing with my mind. It's really good but just a little mind scrambling I suppose. Honestly most of you guys probably skip these things but I feel like sharing my life damnit, don't hinder me. However without further adieu here's chapter 12. ;D.

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Chapter 12

{Carter's P.O.V}

To be honest today started just as normally as ever. The only difference was Adrian's absence. I waited in my bed forever, just wanting him to appear before me. For a good hour I just sat there, leaned back against the wall, watching the door silently. I'd never noticed that my life had begun to revolve around Adrian. I'd never noticed how truly attached I was.

After an unknowable amount of time a nurse came in to give me my daily round of medication designed specifically to make me think life wasn't as bleak as it truly was. Willingly I ingested them as always. As she turned to leave I stopped her with a simple question. "Where is Adrian Smith today?" I intended on sounding curious but I probably sounded as pathetic as I'd started to feel.

"Smith isn't in today. He called in saying that he had too much work to catch up on today." I'm certain my demeanor changed from her words. She reached out and patted me awkwardly on the shoulder before walking away. Surely to drug up the rest of the inhabitants of this prison.

The click of the door was the only sound in the room besides my rather voluminous thoughts. He has work to catch up on? I thought I was his work. Maybe he's getting tired of me.. I know I'm not the most attractive or the most interesting even but it seemed like he really liked me. Maybe nothing is what it seems. All of this could just be one long drug induced dream. Maybe I'm still dreaming, maybe Adrian really is coming and when I wake up I'll see his smiling face.

I'm so pathetic. How could I even think that? He's probably creeped out by me, I hadn't realized how deep my obsession is. It's just that Adrian has become like air to me, when he's gone I just feel like I'm suffocating and until he pulls me out nothing will be okay. With a sigh and a overly heavy heart I laid back in my bed. Maybe if I sleep I can see him again. Slowly my eyelids closed, hiding me from the rest of the world under a dark blanket of sleep.

Life in the hospital continued on as normal without Adrian's attendance However this particular day there was a different, more malevolent presence roaming the halls. Pure rage and violence roamed the halls with a charming human face, nothing would drive him away. Not until he gets what he came for. Why is he so obsessed one might ask. Because bottled rage doesn't appreciate having things dangled in front of his face then snatched away without any warning. Maybe there had been warning, if so he hadn't noticed, he was far too busy batting at his newest plaything.

This malevolent presence has a name though because what human can roam the earth without a name? Talon walked the morbid halls with a quiet intensity, stopping to smile charmingly at the occasional nurse or patient even. Nobody suspected anything, he thought with a devious grin. Nobody would either. Talon knew how to trick the system with ease. I well placed excuse here, a friendly smile there. Nobody could resist him when he was trying to be charming. He had what people referred to as an award winning smile. He'd never needed to sneak into a mental institution before but it was worth it. That bitch isn't going to get away with leaving him.

Despite evil intentions Talon looked as kind as could be, all bright smiles and single dimple making him look more happy then he'd ever been. Only people who knew him could tell when he was wearing a mask of happiness rather than a genuine smile. Although honestly Talon rarely smiled for real. Carter and Gerard knew that, they'd seen him smile to someone's face then a moment later curse them to hell and back. Talon wasn't a happy person, obviously but on this particular day all his smiles were genuine. Because he knows. He knows where his plaything is. Quite frankly half of the smiles were of grim amusement, the fact that Carter thought he would stay hidden was hilarious to him. The rest of the smiles were of anticipation, oh all of the things he would do when they were finally alone again for the first time in months,

The next time I opened my eyes I was almost certain I was still dreaming, a dream within a dream perhaps. Some real inception shit. Regardless of the assurance that what I was seeing wasn't real I scooted back towards the wall. "You're not real.." I whispered hoarsely. Whenever I see him even in my dreams he cuts an intimidating silhouette.

Talon grinned, that same go-eat-shit grin from before but there was something behind it. Something angry. "Oh I'm real baby," he almost growled. I didn't know what to say, I just stared at him incredulously. No way. I'm still dreaming, this isn't possible.

"I-I don't believe you, there's no way y-" I was cut of with a sharp, stinging slap. Talon's hand collided with the tender skin on my cheek leaving behind a burning sensation. No.

"Was that real enough? Do you have ANY clue how hard I've been looking for you?" He chuckled darkly. "It doesn't matter now though because you're mine again, and this time you won't get away." He walked forward, coming for me. Instinctively I backed away. This couldn't be happening. That slap felt real though, it was really happening. How!?

Talon walked closer, growing impatient. My back met the wall and I stifled a yelp. Please no! I couldn't escape. Why won't somebody help me? Where is everybody? Adrian..what would he think? Would he miss me? Would he hate me? I don't need just anybody. I need him.

Talon reached for me and I tensed, "No! Leave me alone! Please!" I shrieked unable to get further away. Talon knew he was torturing me, he wanted me to suffer. Just like always.

"Why should I Carter? What are you gonna do if it don't?"

He lunged at me with the speed of some kind if predatory feline. "Adrian!" I squeaked pathetically. There was no way I could control the words as they tumbled out of my mouth. In that instant Talon seemed to freeze. Oh god.

"Adrian?? Who the fuck is that???" Talon said in a strangely calm voice. He couldn't scream without getting caught. I couldn't scream without possibly ending up dead, I wouldn't put it past him. Does nobody hear us talking? Everyone in this place must be frickin' deaf then. Or maybe it's just the contrast of our voices against the sheer quiet that makes every word seem louder than it is.

"You know what? You'll tell me later. I don't have time to learn about all the ways you've been whoring yourself these past months. I'll find out soon enough." Talon growled in a low voice making the hairs at the nape of my neck stand on end. There is no doubt he'll keep that promise.

Abruptly Talon grabbed my hands binding them with duct tape he produced from his pocket. "Say one fucking word- no actually if you try ANYTHING at all," He pulled something else from his pocket, a black handled switchblade I was all too familiar with, "well you and I both know what will happen." Talon said lifting the knife to lightly graze the scar on my cheek causing me to cringe. The closed blade slid easily back into his back pocket so he could use both hands to bind my arms and cover my mouth. How did he even get a knife in here?? They won't even let me have normal scissors but he has a damn knife. All at once it struck me, I felt dumb for not realizing it previously. Nobody else was even aware he was here. If anyone was they probably assumed he had went through all necessary precautions at the front desk. Nobody would help because only I was aware of the danger I was in. How did he get in here so undetected? Is there some back way he knows of that I don't?

I gave him a final pleading look, just wanting to be left alone. My chest constricted almost painfully when I thought of how I'll probably never get to see Adrian again. Never hear him laugh, or talk in that amazing baritone of his. In fact this will probably be the last time I get to see anything. Talon wants me dead. Besides if he doesn't kill me I will. Even the thought of suicide made the ache worse. Maybe because the thought of Adrian finding out I'd died flashed into my brain. Would he be sad or indifferent? Something inside me hoped he would be sad. His dark eyebrows knitting together in confusion when told, blue eyes brimming with tears of utter loss. Just the thought made me feel uneasy and even guilty in a way.

Talon grabbed the back of my shirt and hoisted me to my feet. I'm don't for. There isn't anyone or anything that can really help me now. All of the will to continue seemed to leave my body in a sudden surge causing me to sink down to the floor. What's the point? Talon is going to kill me anyway, may as well just get it all over with. I could practically feel his glare burning through me. Instead of ending it all there he grabbed me by my hair and yanked me harshly to my feet. My scalp ached in protest eliciting a muffled yelp from my lips. Not that anyone could hear clearly from behind the offending duct tape.

When he had me back on my feet his fingers dug hard into my forearm, I winced again. It was eerie how my body was starting to re-adapt. Every slap lands on skin that keeps seeming to grow more numb by the minute. Talon reached for the door with a sort of nervous, slow motion. Clearly he was worried about getting back out. It was weird to see him nervous.

Talon noticed me staring and turned on me sharply, giving me a hard look that made me inhale. "If you say or do anything you're not supposed to you will regret it. Don't. Test. Me." He said with a glare. Turning on heel he grasped my elbow, opening the door slightly only to peek out. Apparently judging there to be nobody important around he stepped into the hallway tugging me behind. There was literally nobody in the halls. This is a mental institution! Why is there nobody around?

Our feet echoed as Talon drug me along peeking around corners, leading me towards a part of the hospital I'd never been in. Nobody disturbed us on our "walk". We went around corner after corner until we reached the old wing of the hospital that had the dusty look of being long abandoned. Makes sense, this must be how he got in without having to report to anybody at the front desk. Talon stopped me and walked to the door and gave it a hard pull. The door didn't give way. Had he locked it back or did someone lock it when he was gone. In response to my silent question Talon pulled out lock-picking tools from his pocket. He must've just been making sure nobody had went in since his departure.

With one more threatening glare for me to behave he turned and got to work opening it. I gazed around the empty hall hopelessly. Isn't there a security guard with cameras or something? What is he doing? Obviously not his job! Somebody needs to fire the whole damn staff. Unless a fake potted plant can help me then I'm screwed because that's the only think in this hall besides thick dust and currently despair.

Something stirred from behind the potted plant and I froze. I was joking about that thing with the plant. Alec rose slightly from behind the plant with wide eyes. Thank God he still plays hide and "seek" with the orderlies. There is nothing a 5 year old can do though, not to Talon. There is no way I'll let that sweet boy get hurt because he thinks he can help. Sparing a glance back to Talon and finding him preoccupied I looked back at Alec and shook my head imploring him to go somewhere. I jerked my head in the opposite direction, trying to get him to go get an orderly. After a moment of me doing some crazy, bound charades Alec seemed to get the idea, he quietly ran down the hallway to find somebody to help. When he rounded the first corner I heard the lock click and Talon grabbed me yanking me through the threshold. The door closed softly behind us. That's it, I'm screwed. Even if Alec does get someone to listen by the time they get here and open that door we'll be long gone.

This wing seemed to be entirely coated in a thick gray layer of dust. Some old chairs sat along one wall next to an old gurney. The stale air felt almost palpable. It was obvious by the footprints in the grime that Talon had came through here earlier. The spots where he had stepped had parted some of the sea of gray revealing dirty white tiles.

Talon pulled me through, my bare feet feeling dirtier with every strained step. Talon seemed to have physically relaxed since we were now out of immediate danger. Well now that he was out of immediate danger. He followed his footsteps to the point of entry. The whole area seemed to radiate with an extreme creepiness that made me really uneasy. I'd tense whenever the occasional rat or humongous spider would skitter past. A couple of times my tensing almost led to me being pulled onto my face because clearly Talon had no intention to stop for anyone or anything.

"Wow nobody here must give a shit about you Carter, it was so easy getting you out you'd think that they didn't even know that you exist," Talon said hurtfully out of nowhere. That wasn't necessary. Every time I'm around him he has to make me feel bad or he's not happy. Suddenly he stopped and turned to face me, giving me a mean look.

"Who is Adrian?" Out of all the times to remember to ask me something incriminating, he had to wait until we were in some dank, dirty area that made my skin crawl. Suddenly Talon reached out like he might touch my cheek but instead he chose to grab the edge of the tape and yank if off of my mouth harshly. I whimpered softly the pain coming quick, making my eyes brim with tears.

With an intimidating growl Talon repeated himself, he hates repeating himself, "I said WHO IS ADRIAN!?"

"My doctor.." I said softly, afraid to answer much higher than that.

Talon prodded one of his canines with the tip of his tongue and nodded, "Are you fucking him?"

My eyes widened, "N-no, I'm not," Talon gave me a look that said he didn't believe me.

"Then where did you go with him yesterday??" He asked giving me an accusatory glance that made me feel about 2 inches tall.

"Y-you were watching us..? How long were y-"

He cut me off, "That doesn't answer my question Carter!"

"We went to a store to get some things for one of the children here at the hospital so he could have a good fifth birthday.." I said. Seriously how long was he watching me, just waiting for his opportune moment to strike?

"Uh huh. Well Carter I have one last important question for you."

I nodded softly so he continued, "Who did you tell?"

My eyes widened considerably but I didn't answer out of fear not guilt. "You told him didn't you?"

"N-no," I managed, finding my voice, "I never told anybody,"

"I don't believe you Carter,"

"You never believe me Talon," Right on cue he smacked me hard across the face as punishment for talking back. Finding all of this satisfactory Talon began pulling me along once again. I was relieved, I hate it when he questions me and I really just want out of here. He brought me to a flight of stairs. I tried to walk slowly so I didn't topple over or step on anything but apparently Talon wasn't having it so he just yanked me ever forward. He didn't stop pulling me until we got to the landing and walked out to what I assumed was the ground floor.

Curiously I wondered where the entrance had been when this section of the hospital was still in use. Also I wondered if they intended on renovating this and using it again in the future. My mind wondering on occasion was the only thing keeping me sane.

We arrived at an old door to which he had probably picked the lock to earlier. There was no doubt they had no type of alarm on the door considering how old this area was, however you'd think they'd have some kind of security or anything. Obviously they do need something down here.

Talon pulled me out to the parking lot after checking to make sure there wasn't anybody standing out there searching for their missing ward. Deeming it once again safe we trudged along towards his car. Maybe he was right, maybe they really don't care what happens to me. By now they should be searching for their missing patient unless I really am that unimportant. Anybody else would've been found and they're kidnapper put in custody. Talon has been right all these years. I really am worthless. Adrian probably didn't need to catch up on work, he is probably just tired of me clinging to him constantly.

As we traveled across the pavement I stepped on many rocks and a piece of glass that barely registered as more that a sharp, sudden sting. Even if I had bothered to stop or to cry out Talon would've went on and pulled me with him. I'm totally under his control.

We arrived at his car parked near the back of the lot, and we stopped. I thought he'd get his keys out and undo the door lock but no. One of his hands found the back of my head. The next thing I knew the trunk of the car was coming up fast and everything went black as I fell to the ground unconscious.

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A/N: hey guys, anybody suspect that? Because I think not! Anyway on a more serious note I'm unsure how I came off with my description of Talon. I hope you understand how he acts though. I know my description made him seem kind of demonic but no he's human just an asshole.

I'm thinking about doing some kind of post-apocalyptic zombie story. Is that something you guys would like?

Also I thought of a spin-off about Alec maybe, hm decisions decisions. Tell me if you guys like the idea. Also yeah I know there was a lot of crude language in this chapter but I didn't think I'd really be able to portray Talon without them.

Poor Carter right? I wonder what might happen next hmmmmm.

Next on the update list shall be male order bride more than likely.

Also I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday like I said I would but I wasn't around an internet source to update so yeah..

I love all of you guys so much. You're beautiful and never stop doing what you love no matter what. Especially if that thing is reading my stories ;).

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