Triangle Chapter 5

Rating: M
Pairing: NAKRON
Summary: Zak does a lot of round about things to keep Nick and Aaron safe. He takes the front so he's the first thing the ghosts see. He taunts the hardest so the ghosts concentrate on him. Zak doesn't like it when spirits come out to bully his partners, so he takes it upon himself when they're not seperated. But this time he may of taken it too far and the recent possession just might follow Zak home.


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Ridley barks happily up at him and Zak swears he's going to hyperventilate till he passes out as he stares at the book on the floor. That book belongs in his house in the damned bookcase. It had no right to be here. Fucking hell, the priest gave it to him after his first possession and has been collecting dust amongst the false books on the shelves and Zak wants to know how the fuck it got here in Aaron's house. What's the meaning of... it...

Zak curses as he realizes why. The new demon haunting his home is showing him that he could be anywhere. That he's attached himself to Zak and will not be distracted. Zak leans up against the headboard, closes his eyes and drops his head back. He tells himself that it's just a haunting. As long as the demon stays away from entering his body, Zak's not going to be cowed. He looks down.

Ridley stares quietly outside the bedroom door before running out. Zak hears his little companion running down the stairs. He stills. In the quiet house Zak could hear the front door forced open.

Zak's eyes widened. What the hell? he pulls the blanket further up his body, his back parallel with the headboard. The sun is setting quickly. Zak wants to run and turn on the light, but he's frozen and Zak hopes to God, Ridley is okay as he hears quiet footsteps come up the stairs.

"Who's there." Zak demands. He lets go of the blanket and the thin sheet falls down his chest as he grabs the remote from the bedside table. He's going to chuck it at anything that comes through that door.

The footsteps stop at the staircase for a second, but continue on and Zak's heart races as the sounds get louder. He could hear it coming to his room and it ends by the open door. There's no one here.

"R-Ridley! Come here, boy," Zak forces out. The little dog runs its way back up the stairs and Zak wants to hide as Ridley stops three feet from the doorway, his happily wagging tail drops as he stares at  Zak from accross the room.

"Come on, Rid, come here..." Zak whispers, and the dog quietly pats forward, whining as it get's to the open door and running into the bed as he passes it. Ridley is trembling as he hides in Zak's arms. Something cracks from downstairs and Zak slams against the headboard.

"Who's there!" Zak yells and he swears he hears a name, but it was too quick, to garbled for his own ears. "What do you want from me?"

Ridley is torn from his arms and Zak screams in panic and concern as he flies through the air and hits the wall at the end of the hallway. Ridley cries as he hits the floor and Zak crawls to the edge of the bed.

"Ridley!" Zak jumps off, needing to know his friend is alright, but he's literally picked up and thrown back onto the mattress. He fights as his body is pinned and Zak yells at it to let him go.

The laughter is back, the only thing Zak gets about this thing, and he begs it to leave him alone. Zak's arms are force above his head. He kicks his feet, but they're being held down too. He writhes atop the sheets as the air around him chills and Zak could see his breath as he struggles against the invisible binds. He's so close to blacking out, confusion making is head throb as the world around him fades. He could hear it whispering and it's coming closer, so close Zak swears he could hear it in his head and with every second the words become more clear.

You're mine. Mine. It repeats, threatens, promises and Zak could only shake his head as his mind goes numb.

Another cold blast of air hits him and Zak looks up towards the ends of the bed. He sees something manifest, a body, a man, no. No, so much worse, its face twisted in anger, in pleasure, promising torture. It's feeding of Zak's fear and Zak could see
the joy in it's eyes as it watches him cower.

God will not save you, it says and it's voice sounds maniacal. Zak tries to move away as claw like hands scratch up his body, drawing blood from his knees up to his neck.

Sacrifice, it whispers. A sacrifice for me, it sings as it wraps it's hands around Zak's neck. Zak can not look away as it floats above him. He is unable tear his eyes away from souless orbs as it quickly drains his energy and he passes out.

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"Ridley?"

Zak comes to, the little dog whining into his ear as he licks his face. Zak doesn't feel right and he feels like throwing up when familiar laughter echo in his head. The whispering won't stop.

"What do you want from me," Zak says weakly. The entity only laughs and Zak is assulted with horrifying visions. Visions that include suffering for the people he loves.

You are mine, it repeats and Zak knows a threat when he hears one. He could feel it settling, resting in the back of his mind and he's left alone with his thoughts. He doesn't know if he should feel relieved that it's gone, or frightened that it's found a home within him.

His cellphone rings from his pants discarded on the floor and Zak rushes to pick it up.

"Nick!"

"Zak? Dude, where are you? I've been coming to your house for two days already."

"I... I'm at Aaron's." Zak says and Nick pauses as Zak's voice trembles.

"I'll be there."

Zak could hear the other man running before the line dies.

It doesn't take too long for Zak to hear Nick walk into the house and Zak manages to surpress a jump as his name is called. Ridley rushes down the stairs barking happily and Zak smiles slightly as he hears Nick greet him.

"Zak, what's going on? There's dog food all over the floor downstairs and the front door is still open..." Nick slows to a stop as he stands at the door and sets the dog down. "Zak? Zak, what's wrong?"

Zak shakes his head and fails to hold still as Nick sits on the bed and runs his hands down his body. He doesn't want the other man touching the scratches running down his chest and legs but Nick does, and Zak doesn't care to fight him.

"What are these."

"A haunting."

Nick looks at him and right away Zak could tell he doesn't believe him. He doesn't want Nick to know, fuck, if he could help it, he doesn't want Nick to tell Aaron anything either. He wants them as far away from this situation as possible.

"This looks much worse than a haunting," Nick says as he stares Zak down, "Fuck, you know I know a decent haunting, and this totally surpasses anything we've seen before." He touches the blood dried on Zak's skin, "Did you do this?"

Zak looks at him, shocked. He could feel the demon beating on the back of his head. You did. "I didn't." The intruder growls angrily at him and Zak feels like his head is going to explode. "I didn't, I didn't..." He drops his head in his hands. The pain won't stop.

"Zak?" Nick puts a hand on his shoulder and gasps as Zak brings his head up. Zak cries out when Nick pulls away, frightened. For a moment, Nick didn't recognize him. He shakes his head, bringing out his courage, and he puts his hands around Zak's face, "What the fuck, Zak?"

"I did it, I did it. Please, stop..." Zak whispers and Nick stares at him in confusion as Zak's eyes glasses over. The sharp throbs stop and Zak whimpers. He realizes he was just taught a lesson.

"Zak." Nick grabs the other man by the shoulders, "Zak, we're going to the church."

"No!" Zak shakes his head and pushes Nick away, "I can handle it. Just stay here with me." He sighs as Nick wraps him in his arms. "Aaron..."

"You want him home too? Fuck, I'll call him."

Zak shifts as Nick reaches in his back pocket for his cellphone. He listens to Nick's heartbeat as Nick dials Aaron's number.

"Aaron, dude-- I'm fine, but that's not why I'm calling. It's Zak." Nick pets Zak's hair and Zak shuts his eyes. "If you can come home tomorrow, I'll be happiest man alive... Tonight? That's even better. Zak."

Zak opens his eyes and Nick puts the phone by his ear.

"Aaron?"

"I'm coming home. What's wrong?"

"Just... just come home, please... please," Zak ends in a beg and the dark soul within him laughs at his weakness.

"Jesus, Zak. Anything. I'll be home tonight." Aaron pauses, "Stay safe. Stay with Nick."  

Zak nods, his voice failing him as the entity speaks to him and Nick takes the phone back.

"We'll see you soon." Nick he says into the reciever and shifts again as he puts the phone back in his pocket. He wraps Zak up in his arms, rocking them back and forth. Zak has never felt so small in his life.

"Tell me what's wrong..." Nick says, his voice wavering in fear for his partner.

Zak trembles in Nick's arms.

Your soul will forever belong to us.