Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:42:37 CEST
From: Sophie V <wind_phoenix@hotmail.com>
Subject: Porcelain : Chapter 6

Author's note: Hi everyone! This is the sixth chapter of "Porcelain"! Thanks
to everyone who read this story! I hope you'll like what's gonna happen!

Anyway, comments, bad or good, suggestions and questions are welcome.
Answers promised: wind_phoenix@hotmail.com

This story doesn't imply the sexuality of any member of the Backstreet Boys
and N'Sync. If you're against gay stories or not older enough to read this
type of story, please leave.

Check these stories which I really like:
"Nick and Brian", by JC Vascardi
"Open Arms", by Carter
"Because I love you", by Lucas Thompson
"The Body Switch with Nick Carter" by Sher
"The Project" by Adam
"Any Path", his following story "No Painless Way" by Dara Lynn
"Star Crossed" by Jo Beth Hill
"It's Gonna Be Me" by Jamie
"Say my Name" by Jo Beth Hill and Colleen
"BSB and N'Sync" by Mark J. (it isn't updated since February. If the author
saw this, please e-mail me!)
"Heaven in yours eyes" (sorry I don't have the author's name of this story;
only his e-mail: ZeroDQ@aol.com)
"Question of Faith" by Nathaniel O'Leary
"Chances are" by Red
"Josh and Just" by AJ Shukla
"Just One Call" by Sarah
"Kevin and Dustin" by Nick Moore
and "Little White Lies" by
I love them all! I know it's a long list of series but I don't care! :)

You can also check out my first story "Together Again"!

So, here we go, now!

Porcelain
Chapter 6
By Sophie V. (wind_phoenix@hotmail.com)

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Tell me...

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Howie put a small humid towel on Nick's forehead and wiped away the last
tears from his face. It's been an hour now. An hour since the most horrible
think was discovered. Brian's arm. Or at least, what they thought it was
Brian's arm.
"It was his bracelet... God, what happen?" thought Howie as tears came back
in his eyes. He quickly wiped them away and sighed, as he looked at Nick,
unconscious, lying on his bed.
Kevin and the N'Sync were there too. They were all helpless. Millions
thoughts in their mind. Kevin was sitting in a chair beside Nick, tears
streaming down his face. JC and Justin were sitting on the couch in front of
the bed, tightly holding each other. Lance and Joey were standing beside
Nick and Brian's bed and Chris walked back and forth in the room. AJ was
still in the village and was the only one who didn't know what happen.
"What are we going to do?" said Lance, a sad look on his face.
Howie looked at him and sighed.
"Perhaps we must call the police..." he suggested
"I don't know if there's a police station there..." said Lance
"But we have to do that. We're in danger..." said Howie
"Yeah... but... I don't know if they'll help us... I mean... There's a
killer in there and he can be everywhere..." said Lance.
"Plus... this house is so strange... what is it? Why there's a chapel near
it?" said Joey.
"I don't know... But something wrong happen know... I read the book earlier
and he said that since the chapel was discovered, his parents dead..." said
JC
"Who's he?" asked Howie.
"Marcario Thomerow... he was young and had discovered the chapel... then a
few time later, his parents dead..." said JC
"We discovered the chapel and then... Brian's dead..." said Lance, starring
at the floor. He then looked up, tears streaming down his face. "My god... I
killed Brian?"
Everyone, expect Nick who was still unconscious, looked at him in shock.
"Don't say that Lance... it's not your fault..." said Kevin.
"I was with him... and we found the chapel..." said Chris.
"Me too..." said Joey.
Then, with Lance, they burst into tears and collapsed on the floor, sobbing
his eyes out. They all felt guilty, thinking that it was because they
discovered the chapel that Brian was killed. JC, Howie and Justin ran toward
them and hugged them tightly, trying to comfort them and telling them that
it wasn't their fault.
Kevin sighed and looked at Nick. He was still sleeping on the bed. Kevin
remembered the look of horror on his face when they found the arm. It was
terrible. Especially his scream. Kevin had never heard Nick screaming like
that. A mix of horror and sadness.
"Nick... forgive me... its all my fault... Why I didn't go back to the house
with him... He was my baby cousin... God, what I'm going to tell to the
family? Jackie, Harold... they all never forgive me..." he thought as he
bent down his hand and cried, without making a noise.

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Nick found himself standing in the darkness. He looked around him but found
nothing.
"Where am I?" he whispered.
He then remembered the bloody arm. Brian's arm.
"NOOOOOOO!!! BRIAN!!" he screamed as he put his hands on his face, tears
streaming down his face.
"Nick?" said a voice.
Nick removed his hands and saw Brian standing in front of him. He
immediately hugged him tightly.
"Oh my god! Brian... I thought you were dead..." said Nick as he kissed
passionately his boyfriend on the lips. He broke the kiss when he didn't
feel Brian kissed him back and looked at him strangely.
"Please... help me..." said Brian.
"What is it, Brian? What happened?" asked Nick, confused.
"Help me..." said Brian as he still looked at Nick in the eyes.
Nick started to freak out, not understanding what's going on.
"Honey... what is it? I'll do anything to help you! Please tell me..." said
Nick, looking in Brian's eyes. All he saw was fear. But fear of what?
Brian put his hands on his face, breathing heavily. Nick still looked at
him, his own breathing becoming heavily too. Brian bent his head before he
removed his hands. Nick couldn't see his face but saw something falling on
the dark floor. He saw something red. Blood.
"My god..." said Nick as he looked at Brian. Brian lifted his head so Nick
could see his face. Nick's eyes widened at what he saw.
"Oh... my... god..." he said, terrified, cold sweat on his forehead.
Red tears were streaming down Brian's face. Tears of blood.
"Help... me... please..." begged Brian
Nick didn't now what to say. He was horrified by what he saw. He then heard
something behind him. He saw Brian's eyes widened open as he saw what it
was. Nick slowly turned around and saw a tall man with a burned face.
"Help me..." he said in a very dark and raspy voice.
Nick screamed, terrified, before everything went black.

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The guys all jumped as they heard Nick screamed. They all went near him as
Kevin was trying to wake him up.
"Nick! Wake up! It's a nightmare! Nick! NICK!!" he said.
Nick stopped shaking and opened his eyes as tears streamed down his face.
"Brian?..." he asked, shyly. He then saw all the guys, except Brian and AJ,
looking at him with a sad look.
"Brian." He said, looking around him.
"Nick... Brian isn't there..." said Kevin very softly.
Nick looked at him and saw tears in his eyes. He then remembered everything.
It wasn't a nightmare.
"Brian..." he said one last time before he started to cry hysterically.
Kevin immediately took him in his arms and rocked him back and forth as
tears streamed down on his own face. The other couldn't do anything and felt
guilty for that.

Suddenly they heard a knock on the door.  Then AJ stepped in the room.
"Hey guys! What..." he started to say but stopped immediately as he saw Nick
crying really hard in Kevin's arms and the other starring at him with a sad
face.
"What's going on here? What's happened?" he asked softly, confused. Joey,
Chris and Lance walked toward him.
"Outside AJ... There's something you need to know..." said Lance as AJ, his
two bandmates and him exited the room.

Later,

AJ was sitting in the big room at the ground floor. Tears were streaming
down his face. They just finished to tell him everything that happened.
"How... how this... can be possible?" he said, completely crushed.
Lance just shook his head 'no' while the other were quiet. AJ looked at them
and swallowed hard.
"Where... where did you found the arm?" he asked.
"You want to see... that?" said Joey.
AJ just nodded slowly and got up. They all exited the house and started to
walk in the garden. Then they stopped.
"There..." said Lance, pointing a zone behind a big tree. AJ could tell that
they didn't want to see that another time. He took a big breath and breathed
out slowly. He then walked toward the zone when was the arm. He was now
behind the tree. All he had to do was to walk round it and he saw it. He
clutched his fist and then walked around the tree. He was in there. He
looked everywhere but something was wrong. There was nothing. No arm, no
blood, nothing. Just grass and bushes. He frowned and turned toward the
other.
"Guys? There's nothing!" he said.
Lance, Joey and Chris looked at each other, confused, and walked near AJ. He
was right there was nothing.
"What's the hell...?" said Joey.
"You're sure it was here?" asked AJ.
"Of course, we're sure! It was there. The other guys showed us!" said Lance
looking everywhere.
They all looked around the place. Behind the tree, under the bushes, on the
grass... nothing.
"But... It's impossible! It was there!" said Chris.
"We must tell the other!" said Lance. They all nodded and walked back in the
house.

At the house...

Kevin and Howie were coming down the stairs, saying nothing. Nick had once
again falling asleep and Justin and JC were staying with him. They sat on
the couch and starred at the floor. Howie put his left arm around Kevin's
shoulder, trying to give some comfort. Kevin smiled a little at him and then
looked at the stairs.
"We... must try to be courageous, Kevin... You always were the stronger of
the group..." said Howie softly.
"I know, D... But why all of this happened? Why Brian?" said Kevin.
"I don't know... I really don't..." said Howie, helpless.
"I lost my father... and now I lost my baby cousin..." said Kevin, as he
felt tears coming back.
Howie looked at him and sighed as he felt his own eyes went wet. He really
didn't know what to say. Then the front door opened.
"Guys! Something happen!" said Lance as he walked near them with Joey, Chris
and AJ.
"What... did you find something?" asked Kevin as he wiped his tears from his
eyes.
"No... Lost is a better word." Said Joey.
"What?" said Howie.
"The arm... had disappeared..." said Lance
"WHAT?!" said both Howie and Kevin.
"After we told AJ what happen when he wasn't there, we came in the garden to
show him the arm. But it wasn't there! There was nothing... as if it never
exist!" said Chris.
"You... you sure? You were at the right place?" asked Kevin
"Yes, really sure!" said Lance.
"Show us." Said Howie.
They all nodded and exited the house.

Upstairs...

Nick was asleep on the bed. JC was sitting on a chair while Justin was
standing in front of Nick. He totally understood Nick. He had felt like this
if it was JC who dead. He felt tears came into the eyes. JC got up and put
his arms around him. Justin turned around and hugged him tightly.
"It's not fair... Poor Nick..." said Justin, while some tears streamed down
his face.
"I know, sweety... Whoever did this, he's gonna paid for this!" said JC,
angry.
Then he felt Justin crying hard in his arms.
"Just? Baby, what's wrong?" he said, looking at his boyfriend.
"Josh... It's just that... I think I would be like Nick... if anything
happen to you..." said Justin, trying hard to calm himself. Josh looked at
him tenderly and kissed him on the lips.
"Nothing is gonna happen, Justin. I promise you. You and me will be safe..."
he said softly.
Justin looked at him toward his wet eyes and smiled a little.
"I love you, Josh."
"I love you too, Justin."
They leaned and shared a very sweet kiss. They continued until they heard a
painful voice.
"I'll never... had that again..."
They broke their kiss and looked at the bed. Nick was looking at them with
tears streaming down his face. JC and Justin immediately went closed to him.
"Nick... you're awake! How are you?" asked Justin, even if he knew the
answer.
"Horrible... I lost my hearth and soul... I'm nothing..." said Nick, his
voice shaking.
"Shh... Nick... don't say that..." said JC as he wiped his tears with a
tissue.
"But... it's true... Brian... was... the love of... my life... and I lost
him... because of me." Nick said before he started to cry.
Justin sat on the bed and hugged Nick.
"It's not your fault Nick..." he said softly.
"Yes, it is... if I wasn't so lazy... he will be there with me, now." Said
Nick.
"What do you mean 'so lazy'?" asked JC.
"Last night... Brian tried to wake me up at the party to come back with him
to the house... and... I said that I wanted to sleep there... because I was
tired... It's my fault... If only I was with him last night..." said Nick,
painfully.
"Nick... it's not your fault... believe me, it's not your fault..." said JC
very softly.
Nick looked at them and saw compassion. He looked at the bedside table and
saw the bracelet. Brian's bracelet.
"Kevin must took it from..." Nick thought. He sighed, took it and looked at
it. There wasn't blood anymore. Kevin had washed it earlier.
'Frick'.
The so lovely nickname. JC and Justin looked at him, knowing that there was
nothing they could do.
"My gift... the night when we got together..." he thought. He looked at his
right arm and saw the 'Frack' bracelet. Brian's gift. The same night.
"I'll never forget that day." Nick thought as he looked at it.

*9 days earlier*

Nick was sitting on the bed of his and Brian's hotel room, alone. He was
holding a box in a blue gift paper.
"I must do it... It's the only way I can do it." He said, looking at the
small gift.
Nick had told Brian to meet him at the beach at 7:00 PM, 2 hours earlier. He
said that he had something important to say:
"Brian?" said Nick at his friend.
"Yeah, Nick?"
"What do you do tonight?"
"Nothing. I guess I'll stay at the hotel with you tonight. We'll look at a
movie or something... Unless you want to do something." Said Brian, smiling.
'God... his smile is so...' thought Nick.
"Oh... er... yeah... there's something I want to do." Said Nick
"What is it, Nicky?"
"Well... I must go to do something important before. How about you meet me
at the beach at 7:00?" asked Nick.
"'Right... But why the beach?" asked Brian.
"I... I have something important to tell you..." said Nick looking at the
window.
"You're not going to leave the group, right?" asked Brian, getting worried.
"No, no... Its not that don't worry." Said Nick, smiling a little.
Brian sighed in relief and smiled too.
"Well... I have too something really important to tell, later." He said
Nick nodded, got up and walked toward the door.
"I'll see you later..." said Nick.
"'Right. Later Frack!" said Brian smiling.
"Later, Bri!" said Nick, smiling at him, as he exited the room.
Nick walked in the hall and stopped.
"I'm not leaving the group... unless you hated me..." he thought. He shook
his head and walked further down the hall.
Later,
Nick is walking on the beach, his present in his right arm. There was
nobody. Then he looked at the ocean. On the skyline, the sun slowly
disappeared.
"I hoped everything will be okay... I can't leave without him..." he
thought.
He then looked in front of him and saw Brian, about ten feet from him,
looking at the ocean.
'It's now or never.' Thought Nick. He took a big breath and breathe out
slowly. He then called his friend.
"Brian!"
Brian looked at him and smiled. Nick walked toward him and smiled too. They
were now facing each other. Nick looked away, a little afraid.
'Not now... I can't be afraid now...It's not the time Nick.' He thought.
"Nick?" said Brian. Nick looked at him and smiled. He then saw that Brian
had something in his left hand.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Uh... it's... a gift." Said Brian a little embarrassed.
"A gift? For who?" Nick asked.
"You have an gift too?" said Brian looking at Nick's right hand.
"Uh... yeah..." said Nick, a little embarrassed too.
They said nothing for a few minutes, until they looked in each other eyes.
"It's for you." They said at the same time. They smiled and laughed a
little.
"Really? Cool! What is it?" asked Nick.
"Wait. I want to know too what is your one!" said Brian, smiling.
"'Right. I gave you my present if you give me yours." said Nick.
Brian smiled and offered his gift to Nick. Nick took it gave his own to
Brian. Then they sat on the beach near a palm tree and opened their gift.
Nick was nervous as he opened his gift.
"What is it? Can it be..." he thought as he removed the forest green gift
paper. He then saw a velvet box. Nick looked at Brian who returned the look.
It was the same boxes. They opened the box slowly and gasped at what they
saw. It was a silver bracelet. Nick took it and read 'Frack' on the
bracelet. Brian's one had 'Frick' on it.
"Brian..."
"Nick..."
They spoke at the same time but none of them knew what to say. Brian
carefully took the bracelet from Nick, opened the clap, put it around his
right fist and closed it. Nick looked at the beautiful bracelet on his fist
and smiled. Then he did the same think that Brian had done.
They looked at their new bracelet then at each other.
"It's beautiful... thanks Nick." Said Brian.
"Thanks Brian... your bracelet is beautiful too." Said Nick "We had the same
idea..."
"And the same reason?" whispered Brian, looking at the sand.
"The same reason?" said Nick, hearing what Brian had said. Brian looked at
him, blushed a little and looked down at his box, shyly. He saw a paper with
a red hearth drawn on it. He looked at Nick then at the paper and took it.
'It's now...' thought Nick, very nervous.
He looked down at his opened gift and saw a red paper in the shape of a
heart. He took it and read what was on it.
'I Love You
    Brian'
Nick's eyes widened opened as he read this. He then looked up at Brian who
was looking at him, surprised too. Nick had written too 'I love you'.
Nothing was said for a minute. Then Nick slowly lifted his hand and touched
Brian's right cheek. Brian smiled and kissed his palm. He then took Nick's
hand in his right hand, still looking at it. His hand then traveled Nick's
arm stayed behind Nick's head. Once again they looked at each other for a
minute or so. Then Nick saw Brian came closer to him.
"I love you, Brian." He whispered as he closed his eyes.
"Me too, Nick, I love you." whispered Brian just before he slowly closed his
own eyes and gently pressed his lips against Nick's one.

Nick looked at his bracelet, at Brian's one and closed his eyes. Their
declaration was simple but good to him. He could still felt their first
kiss. It was so good and long. Sweet and gentle. In a word, perfect. He
opened his eyes and let a tear streaming down his face.
"I'm wrong... it's not finished. I'll be with him soon..." he whispered.
Justin and JC were looking at him but they didn't hear what he said.
Suddenly the door opened.
"Guys, there's a problem!" said Kevin. Then AJ, Howie and him saw Nick
awake. They immediately went to the bed and hugged him. Nick smiled a little
and returned the hug.
"What problem?" asked Justin.
"There's no arm anymore." Said Lance.
"What? What do you mean?" asked JC
"At the place where was the arm... there's nothing anymore... No blood, no
arm. AS if nothing happened." Said Lance.
"What? But it's impossible! You sure you were at the right place?" asked
Justin.
"Yeah... I don't understand..." said Joey.
"You think that somebody had cleared the place?" asked JC
"It's impossible... there were blood on the grass and the ground. And
there's nothing that was moved. You remember we saw blood under the bushes?"
asked Lance.
"Yes." Said both JC and Justin.
"Well, the bushes hadn't been moved. No leaves or roots lifted... nothing.
As if nothing happen." Said Lance. "We looked everywhere."
"That's crazy!" said Justin. "It can't be a dream. Look!"
He then searched in his pocket and pull of the red paper hanky.
"I fell on the floor just before I found the arm. My hand had fell in the
blood. Look, it's still red!"
AJ took it with his gloves and looked at it.
"What are we going to do?" asked Nick.
Everyone except AJ looked at him and came closed to him to comfort him.
"They're so sweet... But it's the last time that we're like that..." Nick
thought.
"I know what we can do." Said AJ.
Everyone looked at him, surprised.
"Really? What?" asked Joey.
"Look." He said as he put a leaflet out of his pocket and gave it to Joey.
"When I was at the village, I took that at the town hall. There's all the
services we can asked for... and there's a doctor, who is a scientific too,
at the village."
"And?" said JC.
"Well, we can give him the tissue and he can looked at it. Perhaps it will
help us..." said AJ
"Good idea, AJ." Said Kevin as he and AJ exited the room.
"There isn't a police station..." said Howie as he looked at the leaflet.
"JC, can you look at the book? It will help us too."
"Of course." Said JC
"I'll help you." Said Justin.
JC smiled and put his arm around his waist. Justin looked at him worried and
mentioned Nick.
"It's okay, guys." Said Nick. "You can show affection, there's no way I stop
you."
Justin nodded but looked at him worriedly. Nick just looked at him and
smiled a little.
"Well... I'm going to my room." Said Chris as he walked near the door. Just
before he turned toward Nick and asked:
"You want to come Nick?"
"No, thanks guys. I want to stay alone." Said Nick
"I can stay with you if you want to." Said Lance
"Yeah, me too. I don't want you to feel alone." Said Joey.
"No, guys. I want to stay alone. Thanks." Said Nick.
"You're sure?" asked Justin.
Nick just nodded and laid on the bed.
"I want to sleep anyway."
"I don't want to leave you alone, Nick." Said Kevin
"I'll be okay, Kev. I just need time alone... Please go with AJ..." said
Nick
"Nick..." said Kevin.
"Please, Kevin."
Kevin looked at him and nodded. He then walked to ward him, hugged him
tightly for a few seconds and walked out of the room with AJ.
"If you need something, ask okay? Anytime, I don't care..." said Chris.
"Same for me." Said the other four N'Sync.
"Okay... thanks a lot guys. You're super."
They all hugged him a last time before they exited the room.
Once alone, Nick said:
"Good bye, guys."

Later, in the village.

"It's here." Said AJ.
Kevin and him were standing in front of a white house. It wasn't big but
wasn't small. It had many windows and a nice garden. A simply nice house.
They walked at the entrance door and knocked on it twice. A few seconds
later, a man in the fifty opened and welcomed them.
"Hello, gentlemen. I thought no rendezvous today." He said.
"Are you Dr Salway?" asked AJ.
"The one and only. What can I do for you?" Salway asked.
"Hi mister. I'm AJ Mclean and this is Kevin Richardson. We had something
that we want you to analyze." Said AJ
"Really? And what?" said Stalway.
AJ search is his pocket and pulled out the red paper hanky.
"Come in." Said Salway.
AJ and Kevin entered in the house and went in the living room. It had many
modern furniture and blue-sky walls. Very nice.
"That's nice here, mister." Said AJ.
"Thanks. I like the modernity." Said Salway.
"Excuse me for asking that, but why a scientific like you lives in a small
village?" asked Kevin.
"Well, even if I like modernity, I don't like towns. I like some calm places
like here. I'm the doctor of this village and the villages around it."
"It's not difficult to be the only doctor for the villages?" Asked AJ
"No... You know there aren't many patients here. I had some consultations
but it's only for some minor thinks, you know." said Salway. "It's giving me
more time for the search... So what is what you want to show me?"
"This." Said AJ as he held the red paper hanky.
Salway went to a room and told AJ and Kevin to follow. They entered in a
room, which look like a laboratory.
"Put it in it." Said Salway as he opened a capsule. AJ put it in it and the
doctor closed the capsule.
"I suppose it's a bloody tissue?" said Salway. "It's still a little humid."
Said Salway as he looked at the screen of a computer.
"Yes... this machine can know that?" asked AJ.
"Yes. He can search many thinks, you know." said Salway.
"Can you do some test? Like ADN and other?" asked Kevin.
"Of course! Just give me two hours and you'll have everything." Said Salway.
"Only two hours?! It's very quick!" said Kevin, amazing.
"I know... I have the technologies for that." Said Salway, proudly.
"'Right... I give you my cell phone and you'll call me when you finish."
Said Kevin.
"No problem, sir."

Later, at the house.

"I don't really understand something." Said Justin. "I'm sorry. I suck so
much in French."
"Not only in French, you know." said JC, smiling caused Justin to blush.
"It's okay, Just. You don't have to do this if you don't want to."
"I want to!" said Justin as he tried once again to read correctly. JC just
smiled and continued to work. Then, Kevin and AJ walked in the room.
"Hey guys! You found something?" he asked
"The doctor said that he had the results in a few hours." Said Kevin. "And
you?"
"Nothing new... we tried again." Said Justin.
"And the other?" asked AJ.
"Lance, Joey and Chris are still looking for new rooms and Nick slept in his
room." Said JC.
"He's okay?" asked Kevin in a lowered voice.
"Yeah, I guess... he still very tired..." said JC.
"I'll see him later." Said Kevin as he walked out the room. "If you found
something new, tell me."
JC and Justin nodded as Kevin and AJ walked out of the room.

Meanwhile, at Salway's house.

Salway entered some data in the computer and wait. Then on the screen
appeared "BLOOD TEST: NEGATIF".
He frowned and entered the same data. The same messages appeared.
"That's strange. Why I can't have the blood type?" he thought.
He put some rubber gloves and then opened the small white refrigerator when
were all his samples and took the small bottle when he collected the blood
of the hanky. With a pipette, he took one drop, put it on a small sheet and
then put the flacon back in the refrigerant. He covered it by a very smaller
and thin sheet and placed it under a microscope. After some adjustment, he
can see what was in the blood. After a minute, he stopped looking, a bit
shocked. He then removed his gloves, took his phone and dialed Kevin's
number.

At the house.

Kevin is sitting in his room, thinking about everything that happen these
days. Then his cell phone rang.
"Hello?" he said "Hi, doctor."

Nick and Brian's room

Nick look at his knife. It was long, sharp and very nice. He had bought it
the last he was in Switzerland with the other BSB.
"I think that will be okay..." he thought.
He then put the knife near his left fist, ready to do it.
"I'm coming, Brian." He thought as he closed his eyes.
"Don't do it." He heard someone said. He opened his eyes and nervously
looked around the room. Nobody.
"What?" he said nervously. He heard nothing. Thinking he must had dreamed,
he put his knife near his fist.
"Don't do it." Said the voice once again.
This time, he was sure he heard it. It was a child voice.
"Who are you?" said Nick, still seeing nothing.
"You can't say what I must do! I do what the fuck I want!" he said, getting
angry.
He looked in front of him and saw a young boy.
"Dream... remember..." he said.
Nick blinked several times, wondering if he didn't have illusions. He opened
his eyes and still saw the young boy.
"Who... who are you?" asked Nick.
"Dream... remember..." said once again the boy before he disappeared.
Nick was in awe at what he just saw.
"Dream... remember?" he asked himself.
Nick tried hard to remember, and remembered something. Someone was asking
for his help. Brian.
"Brian... wants my help..." he said. "What's that mean?"
Then someone knocked on the door.
"Nick! Come here!" said Kevin.
He got up and opened the door.
"What?"
"There's something new... perhaps we made a mistake about the blood." Said
Kevin.
"What? You're sure?" asked Nick, confused.
Kevin nodded and saw Lance, Joey and Chris exited their room. He quickly
explained to them that they must go to the laboratory and that JC and Justin
were staying at the house.
Even if they didn't really understand what's going on, they all went outside
and walked toward Salway's house.

Later at Salway's house, in the laboratory.

"The blood test is negative so I can't know the blood type. The test ADN was
negative too." Said Salway as he prepared a sample of the blood for the
microscope.
"Why can't you know?" asked Joey.
"Look and see." Answered Salway as he pointed the microscope.
The guys looked at each other and then Kevin decided to look first in it. He
looked and saw nothing abnormal. Some red corpuscles.
"I saw nothing abnor..." started to say Kevin when he saw something wrong.
The red corpuscles started to deform and connected between them. Then a red
plaque formed and started to beat like a heart.
Kevin looked up and stared at the doctor, confused.
"What was that?!" he said.
"What was what?" asked Lance.
"Look and see." Said Salway.
Then in turn, all the guys looked in the microscope. All the reactions were
the same.
"This blood isn't human blood. Something happen." Said Salway.
"What happen?" asked Lance.
"I don't know... I can't explain that..." said Salway.
"Do you think it could be... monster's blood." Asked Nick.
Everyone looked at him funny, expect the doctor.
"Do you come from the house on the mansion?" he asked
The guys looked at him and nodded.
"Then, it's possible." Said Salway.
"What?!" said Kevin "Are you serious?!"
"Yes I am."
"Wait, there were an human arm covered by this blood!" said Lance
"Maybe, it isn't a human arm... I'm going to explain why..."
"It isn't human's blood?! So... it's not Brian's blood... and the arm... it
isn't his?! My god! Is he still alive??!!" thought Nick, very confused.
"But first a very important question? Does any of you have been in contact
with the blood?"
"Why?" asked Joey
"I think it can be dangerous for the organism. You must tell me now."
"No, I had my gloves on me." Said AJ.
"There was some of this blood on a bracelet that I took from the arm. But I
took it with a tissue and washed it with rubber gloves. So, no." Said Kevin
The other shook their head when suddenly Chris gasped.
"My god!! Justin does!!! He said that he had this blood all over the hand!!"
The other gasped and looked at the doctor.
"We must do that quickly..." he said.

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To be continued...

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