(Norway) The Night is Calling [Open]

[mattiga]

Streaks or red and orange began to die in the sky and the sun disappeared over the horizon. A slight breeze blew from the nearby silent Forest. However all of these events went unnoticed by the people. There was a concert in town this night, and it was just getting started.

A few miles from the Forest noise blasted everywhere as cars arrived by the hundreds. People yelled at each other trying to get through the mass confusion of tickets, parking, setting up the stage, getting refreshments, and everyone was looking this way and that trying to get a glimpse of the band's trailer or perhaps even a member before the big performance started.

Fan girls and guys crowded in thick masses here and there and every time they thought they saw a band member a great yell and outburst of noise erupted from these huddles. The rest of the crowd was beginning to crowd the stage anticipating the oncoming show. Soon, but only for a brief moment, silence spread through the cround. The concert was a minute away..and then a great burst of cheers and yells sounded as one by one the members appeared on stage.

The lead singer opened the show with a yell to the crowd and he was answered with a roar. Then things really got loud as music ripped through the air. The band had begun playing, the show had started. Now the fun would begin.


Those who had had the mis-fortune of not getting to purchase a ticket to the show scattered about outside. They looked quite ,mysterious in the shadows. Some were very creepy, decked with chains and metal spikes. Most wore leather of some sorts on their persons. One person however didn't fit this description.

This young man was dressed in simple tight fit bluejeans with the left knee ripped out. He wore a black studded belt and a white tank top under a deep red jacket that had broken hearts splattered across the back. he had the hood of the jacket pulled up partly on his head. His dark bangs were streaked with red to match the jacket and they fell in his silvery eyes. His mouth was turned slightly down wards as he scanned the concert left outs.

he shoved his hands deep into the jacket's pockets and then hurried off away from this group of people and twords the Forest. Perhaps he'd find someone of interest there.

Mattiga ran to the Forest edge and stopped to catch his breath. He looked to the sky and noticed the moon peeking from behind the clouds. It would be a full moon within a week which meant that back at home he'd have full visibility to roam. But not tonight, there was too much cloud cover and not enough moonlight to safely go into the Forest. This however didn't stop him from venturing in.

He walked slowly and carefully hardly making a sound. His eyes darted here and there hoping to see something interesting. he soon spotted wolf prints on a slight Forest trail. He began to fallow them until he found himself deep within the Forest and standing in the middle of a clearing. he looked about himself and couldn't make head nor tail of which way lead back to the concert. He was lost and low all he could do was wait for the clouds to clear so he could find his way via the stars and moon's position.

[arvid]

A large wolf walked along an old forest path he had just gotten into the forest from a clearing. the wolf looked to the sky and saw it covered in clouds and the moon peeking out. In the distance he could hear the concert crowd loud with cheers and yells. He grinned and looked back into the clearing and caught a glimpse of a young man in a deep red jacket. 'Now why would a person be out this late and this far into the forest?' he thought to himself. Arvid turned off of the path and fallowed a large line of bushes that circled around the clearing.

He sat on the other edge of the clearing watching the young man as he looked up at the sky. 'Hmm...this boy looks lost. I might help him...' The wolf looked around to make sure there was no one else near. He the closed his eyes and slowly formed into a man. Arvid stood up from the ground but the quickly crouched down so not to be seen. He looked around then saw a tree that was marked with a old large gash in the bark. there was a small crack in the side of the tree next to the gash. He reached inside and pulled out a pair of old tattered jeans and a dark gray tank top.

He quickly put them on a nd then sat there behind the bushes and waited and watched the young man. 'Hmm...he smells interesting...I looks like he has some fight in him...And he might be fun to chase.' A grin creeped across his face s he thought this. 'But..I might have to gain this boy's trust before I can get him to the mountains. He looks like he might run if I just walk up to him and ask. Hey you want to go up to the mountains with me...but then again...who wouldn't run?' Arvid chuckled slightly then sighed.

'Well..here we go...' Arvid slowly walked out of the bushes and made his way towards the young man.

[mattiga]

Mattiga closed his eyes and listened to the sounds of the Forest at night. he blocked out the sounds from the distant concert. he was no longer concerned with trying to find his way back. Now he just wanted to be left alone. However these thoughts were short lived as he heard someone in the bushes across the clearing.

He opened his eyes and looked around then froze. Someone, he suddenly realized, was coming up behind him. Several thoughts rushed through hi mind at once. 'Attack, spin around and kick. Lash out as soon as the person gets a bit closer. Make a run for it! Don't move, wait and see what happens!' However his skin made the decision for him.

A sudden burning sensation crept along his spine and then started branching out from there. It wasn't in his bones or blood veins, but along the nerves in this skin. He shuddered at the sensation and ended up falling to his knees right where he stood. His eyes glazed over slightly and his mind went blank. He shuddered again and fell forward on all fours ans the burning sensation grew in intensity.

He gritted his teeth at the pain and clenched his eyes shut. His fists balled into fists grasping the grass beneath then and even dug into the dirt. His nails became brown as the soil clogged them. His hair fell into his eyes and when he opened them tears brimmed them threatening to fall to the ground below. His vision swam before him as he tried to look through his hair but ultimately failed.

He could still feel the person coming closer as the pain covering his skin intensified further. he wished it to go away, otherwise he knew he was a goner. He knew though, that it wouldn't fade quickly enough. He waited for the person behind to attack.

[arvid]

Arvid quickened his pace as he say the young man fall to the ground. 'hmm...I wonder whats wrong?' He thought as he drew closer to the boy. He got behind him and knelt down placing a ferm grip on his shoulder and yanking him up with a strong jerk. 'Are you lost? Whats wrong?" Arvid asked the boy as he helped him back to his feet. 'Sometimes I think I'm too kind to people...' He thought.

Arvid looked around as the soft breez became a harsh gust of cold wind from the snowy mountain tops. Arvid brushed his dark wavy brown hair from his face revealing his icy blue eyes. "Are you out here by yourself? And why are you out here in the forest this late at night?...Don't you know you could run into trouble? Or is that what you are looking for?" Arvid looked at him with a slight conserned and intreaged look.

Another gust of cold wing blew from the mountains slowly blowing the clouds away from the moon, and revealing the bright twinkeling stars. Arvid's gaze still concerned, quickly glanced up at the sky watching the moon. He quickly returned his gaze to the boy awaiting a response.

[mattiga]

Matt looked up at the guy with alarmed eyes. He grimaced and then doubled over as the pain that was rushing though his skin spiked. He jerked away from the guy and to his feet his head down and hair now becoming slightly wild from his sudden movements.

He shook his head getting his hair back in place and then stumbled deeper into the forest. Mattiga just wanted to get away from this guy and be alone. His eyes swam in tears that threatened to fall at any moment. By this time however, he didn't care. He crashed through the forest loudly sending anything hiding in the bushes running. With all the crashing about he felt the pain subside.

He stopped in a break in the trees and looked his arms and chest over, his jacket was torn as was his shirt across his chest and small droplets of blood were forming. He smiled as he felt the throbbing around the fresh wound. He then looked about him and noticed several trees with spiked and sharp edged needles poking from their bark. He braced himself for a sprint and then ran straight at them allowing them to scrape along his skin cutting it further.

He soon stopped this behavior when a needle pierced his chest and broke off. He fell to his knees as the sharp pain all gathered around that point of penetration. "Argh!" he cried out as blood started to seep from the wound. He held his hand over the bloodies spot and looked around wishing he hadn't thrashed so far and deep into the forest. He sighed and then winced as a sharp pain radiated from the wound with the intake of air into his lungs.

He started to panic. Thoughts rushed his brain,"Shoot! Did I pierce my lungs!? break a rib? What am I going to do!? I'm lost in a forest, alone with a serious wound. GAH!! Why did I have to go and react like that!? ARGH!!!' He held the wound tightly and fell to his knees. He watched as the patch of blood seeped along his shirt and jacket growing bigger by the second. he looked around hoping to see the guy again. He didn't have much hope, he was starting to see black dots.

[arvid]

Arvid watched as the boy ran deeper into the forest. 'He is going to get even more lost, or worse hurt.' He thought as he slowly ran after the boy. The scent of blood wafted past his nose , his inner beast stirred. Arvid tried to hold it back but the scent got stronger. His eyes became darker and his speed increased rapidly. 'He is bleeding badly..' he thought hungrily.

He was now running through the thorny bushes ripping his pants and shirt more and more. Small cuts appeared on his skin and droplets started to form. He ignored the slight stings and continued running.

The smell of the boy got stronger and he slowed his run to a walk. He saw the boy on his knees with a large and still growing blood splotch on his shirt and jacket. Arvid then realized the boy was severely hurt. 'I hope he doesn't run from me, if he does I might just have to knock him out.' he thought to himself as he creped slowly and silently up to the boy like an animal would stalking its prey, or investigating a dieing animal.

Arvid got closer to the boy and the inner beast grew louder in his head. He tried with all his will to calm it. It wasn't the full moon but he could still harm a human just as easily. 'Why is it causing me this much trouble? It's not even the full moon yet!' he calmed himself and pushed the beast far into the back of his mind.

He ignored everything around him, the scent of the blood, the boy's scent, the sound of leaves rustling in the wind. He got the beast under control and looked down at the boy. He sighed figuring the boy was probably going into shock from loss of blood and the panic the injury had caused.

Arvid got closer to him until he was standing in front of the boy. he knelt down and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. Arvid smiled slightly hoping hoping to lighten the rather grim your-lost-in-the-forest-and-bleeding-to-death-mood. "You look like you have been attacked by a ravid wild animal. I'll help you if you don't run away this time. But by the looks of it, I don't think you are fit enough to run away." He looked at the boy with a slight sad look. "Let me take a look please." he said slightly reaching for the boy's shirt.

[mattiga]

Mattiga fell into the guy's arms and blacked out for a few seconds before his body began shuddering erratically and blood began the drip from his gasping lips. His eyes were wide open in fright and his skin was becoming pale fast. Within a few seconds his skin had gone from slightly tanned to a sickly white marble color.

He squeezed his eyes shut as pain ripped throughout his body beginning at the wound. He chocked as blood gushed up his throat and out his mouth. He grabbed the guy's arm squeezing then weakly trying to tell the guy to take him to a doctor.

He stated to black out again and finally spluttered out,"P....plea.....se...d...oct..or.......plea....se!!" He started to curl up awkwardly as the pain increased. He looked over at the tree and noticed that the needles he had rammed himself into were tipped in red. Poisonous needles. 'That exclaims this pain" he thought bitterly to himself as he coughed up more blood.

The wound now was bleeding quite quickly and around the wound under the layer of fresh blood, a greenish blue color ringed the hole. Also around the wound, Mattiga's veins were easily visible and bulged and slightly off color from the poison rushing through them.

Mattiga didn't understand. If he was bleeding this much shouldn't he have already bled out the poison? Then he remembered that the needle had broken off in the wound so a small fragment was still stuck deep within the hole. He blinked heavily and stopped shuddering as a black fog covered his vision. He fought consciousness hard but it won in the end.

This whole turn of events had last less than 15 minutes, the shuddering and him loosing consciousness, had only lasted a mere 5 minutes. Now his fate rested in this odd man whose arms he had fallen into.

[arvid]

Arvid held the boy in his arms as he fell and went limp. The concerned look on his face grew into worry. He saw the punctures of the poisonous tree needle and the blueish green ring sround it,"Don't worry, I'll get you to a doctor as fast as I can." he said softly.

He thought for a brief moment and then quickly wiped the blood away from the boy's wound and pulled out the large red tipped needle that was causing all the boy's pain. he ripped the boy's jacket off and then shredded it into long shreds and tied these tight around the boy's chest ompressing the wound.

'Now for the hospital. I know I can get there fast, if I just stick to the dark streets and ally ways no one should see me.' he thought to himself, planning every move he'd make and which streets he'd take to get to the hospital the fastest.

Arvid picked up the boy and pulled him onto his back holding onto the boy's arms. he took off into a mad dash running through the thick of the forest making a straight line towards the city of Oslo.

He ran through a large medow and up and over hills, the cold wind blew in dark clouds and soon it started to rain. Arvid continued with the rain beating agenst his face. The rain quickly soaked them both through and Arvid could feel the wet grass and cool mud against his feet. he soon made it to the city.

As he ran he watched for people on the streets. 'Surely there won't be too many people out. It's raining like hell.' he thought as he turned down a dark street. A few stray dogs who had found their way into someone's garbage. As Arvid neared the dogs they growled and barked viciously protecting their meal. As he drew even closer the dogs charged him. he simply looked their way and growled deeply and the dogs backed down and returned to the garbage can.

They got into the more busy part of the city. He stopped in an alleyway for a moment to catch his breath. 'Don't worry we are almost there. I proise you." Arvid said with a toothy smile to the unconcious boy. the hospital was just a few more blocks away. he quickly glanced around making sure no one was around or close enough to notice him. he ran to the next allyway actoss the street and ran into a busy highway dodging cars and causing brakes to be slammed apon.

He moved with great speed so most of the people didn't see what darted through the highway. Arvid made it to the hospital and he barged into the ER. "Quickly! This boy is seriously injured! he has lost lost of blood and there is a poison from a tree in him as well." Arvid tod the doctors and nurses in the ER.

The nurses quickly got a gurny and took the boy from his back and quickly whisked him away to treat his wounds. A doctor came over to him and asked him the boy's name and what had happened. Arvid replied,"I don't know his name and as for what happened, I found him like that in the forest injured." The doctor nodded and then handed him a clip board and a pen and told him to please sign the fallowing forms and information. Arvid quickly walked over to the waiting room and started to fill then out.

[mattiga]

Mattiga stirred slightly as he felt himself being transferred from something warm which seemed to be speaking and moving and, strangely worried, to a very cold, flat, hard something. He tried desperately to open his eyes to see what was going on but nothing happened. Instead this hard, flat, cold something seemed to be moving along something smooth and smelling strongly of disinfectant.

Next he felt tiny pricks along his arms and the remainder of his clothes being taken off. Now he was panicking. 'Where the hell am I!?' He thought desperately as he struggled to make his body respond.

He could hear voices above but couldn't quite make out what they were saying. They seemed professional and commanding. He felt more pricks along his chest and some sort of mask put over his face. Then he felt a stab in his chest where he remembered his wound from the tree needles in the forest was. Now he was really panicking.

He heard some sort of beeping noise somewhere behind and above him, it was now beeping faster which made the voices louder and more commanding. He groaned in agony and the voices became silent then started back up even faster. Now he felt the flat, cold, hard something started moving again and into somewhere less cold and less smelly. 'A room perhaps?' he thought.

He heard fewer voices and then the sound of a door closing and silence. he listened hard and could hear a beeping that was less fats now, wind and birds somewhere but they seemed outside and distant. He finally got his eyes open and he found himself in a hospital room surrounded by monitors and an IV and white.

The room was completely white, even his skin was white! The walls were blank and un decorated with a single picture. The floors were white tile with a few small white rugs in front of the bed, door, and door to what he figured was a bathroom. All the monitors were white with black and green screens. His bed was white with white sheets and blankets and a white pillow in a white pillow case.

"Hmmm too much white. I wonder if my eyes are white." He spoke making his voice echo around him. He sighed and then froze. His skin wasn't crawling. For the first time in what seemed an eternity his skin was senseless. he smiled and closed his eyes again happily and drifted off into a light sleep.

[arvid]

Arvid filled out all the information papers that were on the clip board, he then got up and handed it and the pen to the nurse behind the information desk. 'I hope that kids ok' He thought as he looked around the waiting room. There wasn't allot of people in the room, but the people who were there, looked at him as if he were from another planet.

Arvid wondered why they were looking at him so strangely, then it accrued to him and he remembered that he was barefooted wearing old tattered blue jeans that the knees were rip almost all the way through, a dark gray tank top that now had new rips across the chest from the run through the forest. He was soaked from the heavy rain and was spattered in mud.

He glanced at his feet and the floor, A muddy water puddle was slowly forming and the chair he was sitting in was soaked and muddy. He looked up and one of the nurses walked toward him with a white towel and handed it to him. Arvid took the towel and dried his face and mopped up the puddle on the floor.

He looked at the nurse then asked. "Is the boy ok? Can I see him yet?" The nurse gave him a nod and told him that the boy was fine, and was resting but could have visitors. Arvid half smiled and fallowed the nurse as she walked down the wide hallway and through two large double doors.

Arvid looked around as he fallowed the nurse. He never liked hospitals, the white walls that were almost completely bare excepted the occasional picture of some sort. The smell of sterile instruments, the hospital food and all kinds of medicine. The sound of different clicks and beeps of monitors, so often an alarm go off as a new emergency arrived, people grieving as they morn the loss of loved ones, or the joyful and cheery voices of families as a new life is brought into the world. But what Arvid hated the most was the small confined rooms that almost seemed suffocating.

The nurse stopped at a closed door and opened it. The door swung inward and he caught the sight of the boy sleeping in the pure white room. Arvid looked at the nurse and smiled. "Thank you." The nurse returned his smile and walked out of the room pulling the door shut till the latch clicked. Arvid could feel the walls moving closer to him, he walked back over to the door and opened it just enough for him to feel comfortable. He walked over to the the guest chair and sat down waiting for any kind of movement from the boy.

[mattiga]

Mattiga listened as he heard voices outside the room. One seemed deeper and strangely familiar and the other was slightly high, a woman and a man perhaps...As he listened he heard the door open and someone enter. This someone's footsteps were not that of shoes but almost...Was this person barefoot in a hospital!? Mattiga heard the someone sit down somewhere near him and then silence fallowed.

Mattiga groaned as a wave of pain flashed through him and he blinked his eyes fully waking up. he looked around and noticed a guy sitting beside the bed and looking at him. Mattiga moved back a bit and then winced as his chest exploded in pain. He fell back on the bed and then looked over at the guy.

He closed his eyes halfway so as to better examine him. The guy seemed to be dressed in tattered clothes and for some reason covered in mud and looking as if he had run through a place with loads of mud. This guy even had rips across his chest. Who was this guy!?

Mattiga then strained to remember what had happened to cause him to be in the hospital. He remembered knowing before his light sleep but now, it seemed very blurry and far away. He remembered something about a concert and a forest and something about a tree. Other than that, he couldn't remember anything.

He sighed and looked back over to the guy. "Who are you? You look like shit. You get caught in a storm or something? Then, why would they let someone looking like you in here? Do you know what happened to me?" He asked in a tired and exhausted voice. He looked at the guy with his eyes half closed and threatening to close again. Somewhere above him a monitor went off and a nurse came in and injected something into his IV drip and then walked out again. Mattiga looked at the guy awaiting his response.

[arvid]

Arvid looked the boy over. 'He doesn't remember. Well I didn't really get to tell him my name...and I betting he is doped up on pain meds' He sighed quietly and then said in a low tone. "My name is Arvid Ragnar, and yes I know I look like shit because I did get caught in a rain storm witch it is still storming. The reason they let me in here is because I'm the one who brought you to the hospital. And to the question what happened to you...You ran from me when I walked up behind you to ask if you were lost, you had fallen to the ground and when I tried to help you, you ran from me into the forest. i fallowed you and then I found you on the ground. the worst part is you got into a bad run in with a sharp poisonous needle from a tree. It got stuck and broke off in your chest and apparently punctured your lung I think, but I haven't really hared anything from the doctor or nurses." Arvid scratched his whiskery cheek. "I feel like its sorta my fault that you are in the hospital. I freaked you out I think." Arvid stood up from the chair still feeling a bit uncomfortable in the small bare hospital room. "Whats your name? And why were you out in the forest by yourself? Oh...and I owe you basically a new outfit. I had to rip up your jacket to make a bandage to keep you from bleeding out before I got you here. So when you get better and out of here I'll get you a new outfit to replace the old one."

Arvid walked over to the boy and looked at his chest. "One last question. How is your chest?" He said with soft caring eyes and a almost nonexistent smile.

[mattiga]

Mattiga listened to the man as he introduced himself and answered all of Mattiga's questions and then asked a few of his own. Mattiga sighed and laid his head back on the pillow and closed his eyes. He thought over the questions and about how to answer them.

His name was simple enough, what he was doing in the forest would be a bit trickier to explain however. His chest would be interesting to describe as far as how it felt.

He took a deeper breath and let it out slowly slightly wincing at the sharp pains he received with this action. "My name is Mattiga Bontecou, I'm from Candania a.k.a Canada. As for what I was doing in the forest instead of partaking in the concert, well I was looking for trouble. I have an odd addiction and I was looking for someone who could possibly satisfy it. However, as far as what happened after I decided to go into the forest, I have no memories. I don't even remember if I entered the forest. With what you have told me I must have entered the forest I'm just not so sure as to when or what happened while I was there."

He fell silent after saying all of this and closed his eyes once again. He could feel sleep trying to drag him under but he didn't want to sleep just yet. He wanted to know more about this guy.

"As for my chest", he said with eyes still closed,"It hurts when I take deep breaths or move. It's quite hard to breath as it is and with each breath I get a stabbing feeling where the wound is. Also it has a numb throbbing sensation directly where the hole is which I'm guessing is from the remaining poison. I'm no going to die am I?" With the last question mattiga opened his eyes and looked at Arvid. There was slight fear glinting amongst the exhaustion that was slowly flooding his eyes.

[arvid]

Arvid smiled lightly. "Mattiga Bontecou from Candania, eh? Nice to meet you, under slightly odd circumstances." Arvid sighed softly and looked around the room. "Why are hospital rooms so small and white? Its annoying." Arvid realized he just said that out loud. "Sorry. I don't like small rooms. As to your question on Am I going to die. No you should be fine in two weeks or so."

He thought for a moment then heard a patient in the hallway coughed then hurled up blood. the smell was horrendous but the sent of the blood was strong enough to cause the beast inside him awaken and claw at his mind wanting out. Arvid's eyes darkened, and a soft low growl left his throat.

He looked over at Mattiga but didn't make eye contact. "Excuse me." He walked over to the the bathroom near the hall door and went inside closing the door behind him and locking it. He shook his head. Thats another thing he hated about hospitals. There is always blood some were. Arvid growled in irritation ,he could still smell it in the bathroom. He tensed up then punched the wall leaving a crack in the wall. He looked at the crack he left. He closed his eyes and relaxed. 'I should leave before I hurt someone.'

He walked out of the bathroom and over to Mattiga. "I'm going to leave to get better clothes and get you something. I'll be back in and hour or so. I need to get into the open air." Arvid smiled as he walked out into the hall.

Arvid made his way out of the hospital and into the streets he walked into the darkened alleyways and ran toward the outskirts and then in to the forest. Once in the forest he formed to wolf and ran to the mountains and then to a valley within the mountains were he entered a cabin. He formed back into a human and walked into the bathroom and dried himself off. The storm outside had ended and it was quiet once more in the forest.

[mattiga]

Mattiga opened his eyes completely and watched as Arvid ducked into the bathroom for a few moments then left mumbling something too softly for him to hear. He sighed and closed his eyes again and fell into a deep sleep.


A few hours later he was awakened by a nurse asking him to fill out some paperwork. He glanced down at the clipboard she handed him and then started to fill out the forms. A few minutes later he handed the forms back to the nurse and sighed as he was once again left alone in the room.

He waited a few more hours before getting up and unhooking the IV and other wires monitoring his body and walked into the bathroom and found his pants. He tossed the hospital gown to the side and got dressed and then looked around for something to wear over his chest. He found some gauze bandages and wrapped them around his chest several times covering most of his upper torso. He looked himself over in the mirror, fixed his hair, slipped his feet into his shoes and then walked out of the room and down the hall.

He snuck past the rush of nurses responding to the emergency in his room and out the front doors. He sighed and stretched biting his lip at the pain in his chest. He hurried down the street and through the village and back to the forest where he found a trail and disappeared into the tree line.

He fallowed the trail and soon found the location of where the concert had been and looked around. He noted several people still around and found his car. He unlocked it and slouched in and drove off to a hotel. He grabbed shirt and jacket from the back seat before getting out, locking the door and checking into the hotel. Once in his room he flopped on the bed and passed out from exhaustion and the immense pain that was now coursing through his body starting at the hole in his chest.