||Chapter 7: A Long Road||
Theodore broke out of The Weather Station, gasping for air as he hugged the ground, the familiar ground and land he hasn't been to for months.
Growling from behind, turning back the Skeleton Monster and Astronaut couldn't get through the doors; Too tall and big.
Then a cackle filled the air, looking up as a familiar figure flew at full speed around The Weather Station, flying full speed at Theodore and grabbed him.
"AHHHHH!!!"
"AHAHAHAA!!!"
Theodore looked down, the ground further away and The Witch, swung him over the edge of her broom holding him by the wrist and she laughed manically.
"LONG WAY DOWN!!!"
"STOP PLEASE!!!"
But she did.
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Lisa jumped from her armchair, Theodore was awake but breathing, heavily, quickly; uneven breathing, tears running down his face and trying to sit up, but his arms failed him.
"Hey, Hey. . ."
Lisa helped him sit up,"Hey. . . It's okay, you're back home. . . You're safe. . .", Theodore felt the ringing in his ears, he felt hot and sweaty, his head spinning and. . . And. . .
"Teddy. . ."
Lisa sat in front of him, kneeling carefully and held his hands.
"Breath in. . . Breath out. . . Look at me, do what I do. . ."
Theodore looked at her through his tears, and slowly tried to follow her movement despite the sobs escaping his mouth, the hiccups and his body shaking.
"In. . . And out. . . Breath in, and out. . ."
Theodore began to breath alright, he still shook and trembled, tears running down her face and Lisa wish she could take the pain from her brother.
"Better?. . ."
". . . I don't. . . Know anymore. . ."
Theodore sobbed, hating all these sensations that were in his hands, arms, leg and just. . . He didn't feel like himself!
He could barely recall anything and. . . And. . .
"I'm. . . I'm gonna be sick. . ."
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Lisa helped him to the bathroom, Theodore puked and Lisa sat outside.
"What was the nightmare? You were sweating a lot. . . Think you would have been tossing and turning if not for. . . You know."
. . .
Theodore lifted his head from the toilet, hugging himself,"The Witch. . . The Skeleton. . . The Astronaut. . . They chased me. . . The Witch dropped me from the sky. . .", he coughed, turning back to the toilet.
"Want a glass of water?"
"Can. . . Can I have juice?"
"Okay. . ."
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"Thank you. . ."
Lisa nods, watching Theodore take tiny sips of the drink.
"You running a temperature?"
"I-I dunno. . . Dad said everything is gonna feel odd, like things louder, hands losing feeling and. . . And. . ."
Theodore trailed off, clearly wanting to say more but he couldn't, get the words out. . .
"Theodore?"
"I. . . Am okay."
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"Let's take a break."
Theodore sighed.
Robert looked at him,"I know. . . I know, it's hard buddy. . .", Theodore's body shook, he brushed his fringe out his face and his eyes began to water.
"I feel. . . So, useless. . ."
Theodore covered his face, beginning to cry,"I can't pick up anything! I can't move well anymore, and. . . I feel like I'm always spinning, and-and. . . I can't get words out or pronounce them. . .", Theodore sob, trying to hold himself together.
"They're right. . . I'm not gonna live past teenage years. . ."
Robert flinched, he remembered someone saying they were worried Theodore wouldn't live till the age of 19, or even 16.
Robert held Theodore close,"Don't say that. . . Don't say that. . .", Theodore gulped, trying to shallow the lump in his throat and wipe his tears, before his dad gave him a tissue.
"Don't say that. . . You're going to get through this, it's not easy I know, but it's good for you."
Robert leaned back, still holding Theodore close as he wiped his tears, he was still trembling in his arms.
"You'll get better and one day, you'll look back and see just how far you've come."
Theodore nods. . . Taking his dad's word for it.
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"How will this help. . .?"
The family doctor pulled out a needle,"It's just a regular injection; With your nerve completely snapped we need to take as many precautions as possible, not to mention physically and mentally.", Theodore nods, the doctor held up the syringe.
"This?"
"Mhm."
"This is to help improve your immune system, give your body a boost and protect your immune system."
Theodore nods, the doctor looked at him,"Now. . . It's only going to prick for a moment, but you're going to feel really sleepy, and possibly fall asleep which is completely normal.", Theodore nods.
Lisa hated needles, squinting as the doctor injected Theodore, her mom giving her shoulder a squeeze.
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"Oh dear God. . ."
Adelle looked at her son's drawings, Robert flipping through them and Lisa having a lot at the monsters he's been dreaming up now that he was sleeping more. . . Peacefully.
|Images May Be A Bit Disturbing But It's To Help Get The Point Across of How Theodore's Mind turned them from costumes to monsters that terrorise his mind|




"It started off as people in costumes and. . . They're slowly coming more demented and mutated."
Especially the Skeleton and Witch, The Astronaut not to much but the Ninja had somewhat remained the same.
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