The Ghost From Our Past

"Shy?"

As soon as I pushed the door open far enough to see inside, I regretted it. There was blood drops finishing the trail, the shower curtain was closed. Bloody handprints shown on the one once clean blue curtain. My heart dropped, fearing who was on the other side. Scratch marks grazed the wall next to the tub, crimson water pooled around the tiled floor.

With a shaky and sweaty hand I grabbed the edge of the curtain, pulling it to one side. The tub was filled with water, it was had turned a light red. There was nobody in the tub though, I kind of thanked God for that. I've been lucky enough to have never seen a dead body up close. Pictures were different, not to mention I could handle a lot of gore being a fan of horror.

However, an actual dead body just made things real. A drink was sounding really good right now, but I refused to relapse again. I took my phone from my pocket and dialed nine-one-one. Matthew had been here, he's hurt one if not both of them. Where did he take them? After I finished talking to the police, who were now on their way, I searched the apartment. Hoping to find any sort of clue that could lead me to Shiloh.

There wasn't a lot of blood meaning whoever was hurt could still be alive. The blood trail looked as if someone with an injury walked out. Damaged items meant there was a fight, most likely Shy trying to fight back. I saw a picture of Shiloh and Syn on one of the end tables, he had his arms wrapped around her. She was smiling, Shiloh had been genuinely happy with Syn. It reminded me of how Lynz and I were during our first years together.

The police and FBI arrived, they made me stand out in the hall and asked me questions. I answered them as best as I could, they went around the apartment collecting evidence and any clues. "Are you Gerard Way?" My head snapped back to out in the hall, I was met with a dark haired man, one of his arms was covered in tattoos.

"Yes, I am? Who are you?"

"I'm Pierre Bouvier, I was working with Samuel Winchester on this case. I had just spoken to Ms. Davis only hours before. It was my job to protect her and I was going to relocate her but I failed. She spoke often about you, you're an artist?"

"Yeah I am. What did she say when you talked to her?"

"I told her she had one hour to pack, and she insisted Syn would be coming with her. Matthew has her, can I speak with you later? There's something I need to say in private."

"Of course, you can come to my house if that works."

"Yes, thank you. Mr. Way you may leave now, I'll see you later tonight." He entered the apartment and left me standing there.

An officer came out, "okay Bouvier says you can leave. We'll be in touch with you if we need to ask any more questions." I walked back to my car when my phone started ringing, it was Lindsey.

"Hello.....I'm on my way home now.....sorry.....I didn't forget.....look some things have happened.....okay I'll see you soon.....bye....."

Lynz was waiting at the house with Bandit, today was the first day of my two weeks. I had completely forgotten, as I started my car my phone rang again.

"Lynz I'm on my way just give me a minute.....Shiloh?"
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"Syn?"

I opened the door wide to see the bathroom in full. The curtain was closed but there was a bloody handprint on the edge. My eyes closed fearing the worst, but somehow made my way to the tub. I opened the curtain and slowly my eyes focused what was in front of me. Syn was sitting, back against the tub, his head slumped to the side. It would seem he was sleeping if it wasn't for the water showing signs he was bleeding somewhere.

Finally I snapped out of the fuzz and became frantic but still capable of focusing at the tasks at hand. "Syn? Baby, come on wake up." I touched his chest, cold but I could feel it rise very slowly. He was still alive, I still had a chance to save him. "It's okay, I'm here and I'm going to help you. I'm so sorry this is all my fault."

I lifted his arm to see his wrist was cut. Quickly I checked the other one and saw it had been sliced too. My body shot up and I ran to the medicine cabinet, looking for the bandages. There was wraps and alcohol in with the mix. I grabbed the items and moved back to Syn, I pressed my head against his chest and it was still rising.

First I took the alcohol and poured it over his wrists to clean the area off. Then I place bandages over the cuts, which didn't look very deep. Lastly I wrapped his wrists, the bleeding had stopped now. I got up to grab my phone and call the police, I turned from the tub and smacked into someone.

"Hello Shiloh, you look so different. I've missed you so much, but now we're together again. I still love you, after all this time and now I'm going to take you away so we can be together."

I stared at him and realized I saw him recently. This was the man I ran into when leaving to see Gerard. So this was all my fault, if I wouldn't have left and cheated, Syn wouldn't have gotten hurt. "Matthew? Is that really you?"

He moved closer and put his hand on my cheek. "It's me, I know I look different too but it's me. I'm sorry about your friend here, but when I saw the photo of you two I got angry. We don't have much time, we need to leave."

"I'm not going with you, you need to go back Matt. You're sick and need help." The slap was so quick I didn't have anytime to react, I just fell to my knees.

"I'm not sick anymore, I got help at the prison. I'll prove to you we can be happy again, now move it." I crawled towards Syn, holding onto him. My nose was bleeding, I felt it drip down. Matthew picked me up by my waist and lifted me off him. He started to take me out of the bathroom.

"No!" I reached out for anything to grab onto, my nails dragging against the wall. My eyes looked at the floor, my nose was dripping a bloody trail. He threw me on the bed, I watched him grab a suitcase and start packing my clothes. I heard a little squee coming from under the bed, without making sound I got on my knees. Looking under the bed I saw kitty James, terrified. "Come here James, it's okay." He moved towards me slowly, when I had him in my arms I hugged him tight and he squeed again.

"Matthew?"

"What?" His voice showed anger and frustration.

"I'll go with you without a fight if James and Syn come with. Otherwise the only way you'll take me is dead." He stopped packing and looked at me.

"That will make you happy? If the boy and cat come with, you'll stop fighting with me?"

"Yes, you can't hurt anyone. I'll try to make this work but you have to be the Matthew I use to love." I was sitting on the bed when he came to me, he kneeled in front of me.

"That's all I want is for us to be happy. Keep packing and I'll put Syn in the car." Matthew kissed my forehead, went into the bathroom, he grabbed a blanket and I heard him leave. I started to finish packing, once I was done I placed the bag in the living room. Then I placed James in his crate, to make him feel better I placed a treat in with him. My mind snapped, what am I doing? Was I going to really go with him? No.

I went back into the bedroom and waited for him to return. "Shiloh? Are you ready?"

"In here!" I was standing by the bed and continued to wait for him. Matthew appeared at the door and smiled, I knew what he was thinking. He got closer, he put his hands on my hips and leaned into my ear.

"Oh Shiloh, I would love nothing more to take you right here. Still so beautiful to me." As he was distracted I took the lamp on the end table and smashed it against his head. I took one of the shards and stab him on the side of his body. Then I ran to the living room, he was right behind me though. Matthew grabbed my leg and I face planted the floor, he got on top of me.

He was bleeding over the floor, I kicked him off me and he landed on the table breaking it to pieces. Right as I got to the door a pain crashed through my body, I fell to floor. My head was spinning and everything was becoming black. Before I went into complete darkness I saw Matthew pick up the box of letters, the suitcases and James crate. I tried to say something but the blackness took completely over.

When I woke up I was siting in the passenger seat, my eyes watched as the outside passed us. The motion was making my head spin and I started feeling sick. I closed my eyes again and let out a groin, someone brushed my face gently and I smiled. "Syn, I had this dream...." My sentence was cut off when I saw who's hand was upon my face. "Matthew?"

"I'm sorry I had to do that Shiloh, you gave me no option though. Does your head hurt?"

"Where are we and where are you taking me?"

"We're in leaving California, I'm taking you to New Jersey. My grandparents have a house there, they never really go there anymore. We can be happy and start a family there."

My hands were tied together, I looked in the backseat to see James crate and Syn still out. His hands were tied behind his back and tape covered his mouth, but his breathing was becoming more normal. "How long was I out for?"

"Oh only about an hour, I need to stop and fill up on gas. Now, can I trust you to behave?"

"Yes."

"Good." He found a station and pulled up, he quickly got out and began to pump the gas. I heard the stopping sound, signaling the car was full. Matthew came to the window, "do you want anything?"

"Something to drink please."

"Of course sweetie. I'll be right back."

As soon as he turned his back I reached into my pocket and found my phone. My fingers quickly searched for his number, I found it and hit the call button. It rang and rang but finally I heard his voice.

"Gerard, it's me....."

Notes

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