Whumptober: Secret Injury
I may or may not have (I definitely did) gotten a little carried away with this one.
Gareth came down into the basement where Leroy was chained up. Leroy mentally kicked himself for calling him Gareth, he was only to refer to him as Master and nothing else, he’d been taught.
Master looked troubled when he came down, practically limping before he stopped in front of Leroy.
“Are you alright?” Leroy asked “I mean you don’t look okay.”
“I’m fine” Master snapped, wincing at the words. Leroy nodded, he wasn’t sure he believed him, but he also wasn’t sure if he should sympathize with him, after all this vampire had kidnapped him.
“What do you want from me” Leroy ventured, standing up and walking as far as the chain would allow him too.
“You’re coming up with me,” he said.
“You’re taking me upstairs?” Leroy questioned. Gareth, Master didn’t say anything, instead just closed the gap and pulled out the key, starting to unlock the chains.
“If you try anything, you will regret it, now let’s go” Master said, gripping onto Leroy’s shoulder to guide him upstairs and out of the basement, although it felt to Leroy more like he was being used for support instead of being guided.
“You sure you’re okay” Leroy asked.
“Be quiet” Master said, his grip tightening. Leroy nodded, not wanting to get punished. He allowed himself to be guided up the stairs.
They came up near the living room, which is where he was brought before he could see any of the other rooms. The room itself was simple, but Leroy wasn’t really focusing on that, his eyes found the bloodied towel and bandages. He started to question but decided that would not be in his best interest and closed his mouth again.
“Stay down” Master said, pushing down on Leroy’s shoulder, forcing him down to his knees.
“What do you want?” Leroy asked, starting to shift on his knees, to follow Master as he’d started walking out of Leroy’s line of sight.
“Don’t move” Master said harshly and Leroy stopped moving, he was scared he was going to be hurt from behind, and wanted to keep his master in his line of sight.
The thud caused him to jump and Leroy tensed up, waiting for his Master to say something. This had to be a test to see if he would turn around, even after being told he wouldn’t.
Finally after several seconds of silence, Leroy couldn’t take it anymore and turned around. His Master was on the floor, breathing ragged, like it was a struggle to get air.
“Master?” Leroy questioned, getting up and going to him, dropping down beside him.
“Are you okay?” Leroy shook him lightly but didn’t get a response. He looked up quickly to the front door, he could leave, get out and move, never have to worry about being in this awful place again. But he’d been told if he did anything he’d regret it, and he wasn’t sure if this was being faked or not, it could be a test. So he pulled up Master’s shirt and saw the injuries, his side had been stitched shut, but even Leroy could tell it was done carelessly and in a hurry. His sides and what Leroy could assume was his back as well were covered in burn marks.
This wasn’t a test and Leroy looked back up to the front door, as much as he wanted freedom, he did feel bad for him and cursed himself for deciding to help him.
“What the hell happened to you” Leroy said under his breath, before starting to pick him up. His master groaned and started to gain consciousness again. Leroy panicked, he didn’t want him to wake up, he’d be mad and hurt Leroy. Leroy dropped him down on the couch quickly.
The action caused him to wake fully and he sat up with a wince of pain, grabbing at his side. Leroy dropped down to his knees in front of him.
“What do you think you’re doing” Master said, an edge to his voice.
“You’re hurt, you passed out, I’m trying to help,” Leroy said. Master let his head fall back on the couch.
“Is there someone I can call, someone who can fix your stitches?”
“I don’t trust you with a phone” Master snapped. Leroy looked up at the front door.
“I could walk out and you wouldn’t be able to do anything, let me help you” Leroy stated.
“It’s in the kitchen, just bring it” Leroy nodded and got up, going to grab his phone. It was sitting on the counter and he came back with it no problem.
Master was unconscious again, and Leroy walked over shaking him.
“Who do I call?” Leroy asked. He didn’t receive an answer so just opened the phone going to the favorites. There was only one name there, so he assumed that’s who he’d be calling.
The line only rang for a few seconds before the person picked up.
“What the hell do you want” the voice said harshly.
“I’m sorry to bother you” Leroy started but was cut off.
“Master, I’m sorry, Gareth. He’s, he’s hurt. I don’t know what’s wrong. I can’t help him and he passed out before he could call someone, you were the only name in the favorites so I called you. Can you help?”
The voice on the other side laughed “I don’t think he’s going to like that you called me, but yeah I’ll come help”
“Thank you” Leroy said and then the person on the other side hung up. Leroy set the phone down, not wanting to make it seem like he was planning something.
“Did you call someone?” Master asked and Leroy jumped, turning to face him.
“Yeah, I don’t know who they are but they said they’ll come help.
“Who was it?” Master asked, pulling himself into more of a sitting position.
“I don’t know, they were in the favorites” Leroy muttered, and shrunk away at the expression Master made, he was not happy, that was evident.
“Come on, I’m fine, I’m okay, you can help me,” he said and stood up, nearly falling back down. Leroy grabbed his arm to steady him.
“I don’t think this is a good idea” Leroy said but his master ignored him, using Leroy as a crutch to limp to the bathroom.
“You don’t know what’s a good idea, I’m going to teach you how to stitch me up correctly” Leroy started to answer to that but he was shushed quickly, and decided he’d already pissed Master off enough, he didn’t need to do anymore of it, and should just listen to what he wanted. He was the one who was hurt, and knew more about how to heal himself than Leroy did anyway.