Chapter 95 - Fighting Among Siblings Part 2

Soon the potion was taking affect and Ariana could feel her wrist flare up in pain. She did her best to muffle her scream but a sound still escaped her lips. "Oh sweetheart! Thank you for volunteering!" She shouted as Edlyn's jaw dropped from Mrs. Dabney's shameful act. "I knew I could count of my daughter's future godmother!" She quickly grabbed a small medical bag and passed it to Edlyn. "Be a dear and help carry this for your friend. See there is a patient held in detention and I don't want him to wait too long. By the time you make it there your wrist should be completely healed. Poor boy having to wait for me for such a long time already is heartbreaking but I'm sure if he saw your pretty little face it will give him just enough strength to go on living."

Edlyn looked at Ariana, who was tearing up in pain. Then looked at Mrs. Dabney. "Why is the pa-tient in de-ten-tion?" Edlyn asked but Mrs. Dabney gave her a mischievous smile. "He fought with his brother. Beat the stuffing right out of him and right in front of their grandfather. If you ask me the little prick deserved the beating. Always has this conniving undertone, thinks he can hide it but I can see through the bastard." She said as she furrowed her brows then looked at the girls. She started to laugh then grabbed a piece of paper and started to draw up a map. "Sib-lings fight-ing... oh Fl-int's bro-ther!" Edlyn shouted and Mrs. Dabney hand her the map.

"Ding, ding, ding! You're right now get on your way! I got things to prepare and food to eat so go on, get!" Mrs. Dabney said as she started escorting the girls out, Ariana started to sweat and her breathing started to become irregular. Edlyn started to worry but Mrs. Dabney did nothing. She just winked at Edlyn. "It's perfectly normal." She reassured her and continued to heard them towards the door.

"Who is Flint's brother?" Ariana asked in between her pants. "Cayden Remo." She said casually and pushed them out the door. "Everything is in the bag, good luck!" She said then slammed the door. Edlyn looked at Ariana. "We bet-ter go." She said but Ariana didn't budge. "You go... I don't think he wants to see me." She said as she looked at Edlyn sorrowfully. "Look, I do not know what hap-pen-ed but I know Cayden would not act with-out think-ing th-ings th-rough. If he beat up Flint it was for some-thing awful! Plus he did it in front of his grand-fa-ther... poor old man must be de-va-stated."

Ariana chuckled darkly as she took a step forward. "You're right he wouldn't have acted without thinking but I'm pretty sure his grandfather hates him and would rather see him in pain." Edlyn looked at Ariana in confusion. "Why would you say that?" Ariana gave her a wary smile and changed her mind about going. "Because we saw how he acted before... the Headmaster is Cayden's grandfather."

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It took a while for the girls to find the detention room and to their horror the room was not a room but a legitimate prison. Built underneath the school. It had three rows of cells all stacked on top of one another, a small winding stair case and their own walk ways. The room was completely well lit but it didn't get rid of the eerie sensation. The walls were done with brick and cement while the bars seemed to be made of steel.

Ariana was amazed that the structure looked like a high end detention center from her world. "Cayden?" Ariana called out but heard nothing. "Cayden?" She tried calling a little louder but still nothing. "Fine do not answer Ariana and I can check every cell and be late to out sum-mon-ing cer-e-mony. I am sure the fac-ul-ty will be will-ing to a-ccom-mo-date us or at least the Stu-dent Coun-cil Pre-sid-ent." Edlyn shouted but saw the colour drain from Ariana's face. Cayden rushed towards the bars of his cell with a loud thud. "Here! I am here!" He shouted as he stuck out his entire arm and waved.

Ariana and Edlyn looked around and they could not find him. Edlyn walked over to the railing and looked down. "There! I see him! Last Row." She shouted as she she rushed back to Ariana's side. They both raced down the winding stair case and rushed to his cell. When Ariana saw Cayden's face she gasped. He was barely recognizable, half his face was swollen and covered with black and blue bruises. His right arm was broken in two different spots and he had slashes all over his body. "What the hell hap-pen-ed to you?! Here, here have some po-tion to help heal your woun-ds." Edlyn said as she fumbled to retrieve the potion from the medical bag.

When she got it her face lit up and she tried to pass it to Cayden but he refused to take it. "Leave me alone." He said as he walked further away and sat down. "What do you mean leave you a-lone! Do you know how you look at this very mo-ment?! It is aw-ful! Ariana tell him to take the po-tion." She said ash she turned to face Ariana but her face was twisted with anger. "Why did you do it?" She whispered but Cayden looked away.

"Answer me! Why did you start fighting Flint?! He has done nothing to you but you had to beat him up in front of your grandfather didn't you?!" She shouted causing Cayden to bring his gaze to meet hers. "That man is not my grandfather." He hissed but Ariana wouldn't back down. She walked up to the bars and glared at Cayden. "Why did you do it." She asked again with a low and menacing voice. "I didn't like his face." He said bluntly then closed his eyes as he leaned his back and head against the wall. "Cayden... why do care about me?" She asked softly but Cayden didn't open his eyes. "You're my childhood friend." He replied swiftly.

"No, I was the person you were hired to protect but you failed... Why did you come back into my life? Why did you stick around me after we met again? I barely remember you until.... well.... Cayden why are you still protecting me?" She asked. Cayden slowly opened his eyes and moved his head away from the wall. "Why did you stop writing me two years ago? Why did you have a scar on your back? Why did you say you were imprisoned?" He threw back at her. Ariana sighed and moved her gaze to the floor. "Vasu." She called out and the pink, chibi deer appeared before her. "Please help Cayden." She asked pitifully and Vasu nodded his head.