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❝Why do I always end up destroying everything I've ever loved?❞
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
【ɗιαƖσgυє cσƖσя:#EE3B3B ♙ тнσυgнт cσƖσя #FFCCCC】
|| The Death of a Bachelor || Panic! At the Disco ||
"Lock down everything," the shutters were drawn over the windows, the rehab facility sealing itself shut. "Don't worry," Melody smiled, her sister trembling, she tried to sing a soothing song, but their sibling bond did not allow her abilities to work on Echo. "Everything will be okay," Doll's voice echoed outside, ordering the nurses to put things in order while Christopher did a perimeter check. They were defending their last facility in Europe, the UK having been won back, but the EU lost. "They'll target this place next, we need to evacuate everyone." Flame insisted, but Elliot shook his head. "The patients are very fragile, we can't just move them." The head Doctor could not simply uproot all of the mentally unstable demons they had contained here. Even now, just with the windows being closed, you could hear sobbing from almost all of the rooms.
Soothing music played through the speakers, attempting to quell them. "No one will hurt you," Melody rocked Echo back and forth in her arms, doing her best to keep Echo calm. "I promise, no one is going to hurt you anymore," Echo trembled in her arms, her hands clawing at her ears. Doll poked her head into the room, taking a break from barking orders long enough for Melody to give a shake of the head. Doll disappeared once more, Echo's hiccuping sobs quiet, as she had trained herself to cry quietly in the basement of castle Seylum. If her cries ever grew too loud, she would be punished. It was not always that vampire of course, there were plenty of demons that wanted the opportunity to pick on a King that was downed.
"N-n-no mo-more," Echo stuttered. Why was her world being shaken again? Why were things changing? Why were the windows closed? Melody slid Echo onto the mattress and tucked the blanket in around her, making sure she had her trusty bear and rabbit. "How about we unwrap presents?" They had been sitting in a pile, collecting dust in the corner. "Destroying something is a demon's first instinct, maybe ripping up the paper will help you feel better?" Melody brought over a box wrapped in silver. Echo's hands shook, weakly tugging at the gift wrap. Her tears dampened the paper enough for her to rip through it, a wooden box inside. "Open it, go on," Echo's fingers fumbled around the latch, a violin inside. "Remember how you used to play?"
The instrument clattered to the ground, Echo curling up into a ball on the bed and crying harder until she began to dry heave. "No, it's okay, hang on-" the nurse stood in the doorway, shaking her head. "That won't do," she said softly, kneeling by Echo's side. She pat her on the head, right behind her ears, giving a little scritch every so often. "Right there, that's the spot."
"I feel like a horrible sister," Melody hugged her arms across her chest. "Don't, it's my job to find out all of Echo's weak spots. The disturbance is upsetting all of the patients, but they'll get used to it within a few hours." The nurse made Echo sit up and drink a little paper cup full of pink liquid. The demon's insides felt warm almost instantly and her head began to swim, "it won't put her to sleep, but it will help her get used to the change." Echo lay back in bed, the world feeling slow and strange. She felt the tickle of oxygen in her nose and tugged weakly at the nasal cannula.
"It's okay," Melody stood over her, but she was a blur of bust and vibrant hair. A bear found its way beneath her arms, "I'll be back soon, alright?" Echo lifted a hand up weakly, watching as her sister's back turned.
"Pr-pr-pro-promise?" Echo stuttered, her sister disappearing behind a closed door.