*Bens POV*

I had been in the hospital for two days now. My uncles Danny and Ben had stayed with me the whole time. The doctors said that I could go home later in the afternoon but I had to be careful because the reaction to the PCP had lowered my immune system and I could end up sick really easily. The doctors kept asking how I ended up with PCP even in my system. I told them I had no idea, I made up some excuse how I had gone to a party and it might have happened there. I couldn’t just throw my brother under the bus and get him in trouble. He might have been acting strange, but he was still my twin.

The only ones who knew what happened were my uncle Danny and Ben. I told them about how Andy had been acting weird and I told them about how he got me to drink the soda. They told me they wanted to talk to my dad, but I begged them not to. I knew they were worried about me, but there was already enough going on with Andy, Tay, and my dad.

Later that day when I got released Uncle Danny and Ben took me home where everyone was at; all my aunts and uncles, my dad, Erin, Tay, and even Andy. Andy normally looked so alive and full of life, but now he just looked like a walking ghost, he was so pale and had bags under his eyes. He honestly looked like shit.

However, I felt like he deserved whatever was happening to him. I mean, he did put me in the hospital after all.

*Tays POV*

Erin had told me that morning that Ben would be back home sometime today. I did not look forward to it. I loved my brother, but whatever was in that hospital bed was not my brother. Something had taken over his body and was pretending to be him. It scared me.

After I had been my mom at the hospital and text Andy, I hadn’t seen her since. I had been pleading and begging for her to show up and help me, but she wouldn’t come. I was getting even more scared. The only good thing was that Andy was acting decent again. He wasn’t sneaking out or doing drugs, he just sat in the basement.

At night when I couldn’t sleep I would go down there with him. He normally just wrote in his notebook. Occasionally when I would ask him he would sing for me. From what I could tell, he wasn’t even sleeping. When I tried to ask him about it, he would just tell me “Don’t worry munchkin, I’m fine.” Then go back to whatever he was doing. I was happy that the old Andy was back, but I was worried that the bad Andy would come back.
Then I would be alone.

*Third Person POV*

Everyone was gathered at the Perry house for Ben. They were all happy that he was okay. He showed up with Danny and Ben and everyone just sat around and caught up. Erin and Danielle had spent the whole day cooking.

Ben went around and talked to everyone and let them know that he was doing okay and he felt better. Everyone told him the same thing, “No more parties.” He would laugh and agree then move on to the next person. However, he stayed away from the other kids, and kept a great amount of distance between his twin and little sister, who also seemed to be avoiding him.

*Andy’s POV*

Ever since the night that Ben went into the hospital, I had not slept. Even when I tried to sleep I would awake shaking and sweating. The only thing keeping me sane was Tay. I was avoiding my father ever since I eavesdropped on him and my uncles. I was just a burden to him anyway. Any time he would try and come down to talk to me I would act like I was asleep and he would leave.

I was so depressed that I didn’t even try and insult Erin when she brought me food. I would just grunt and go about my business. The only one I would even talk to was Tay. She would come down at night and watch me write or ask me to sing to her. I would sing until she fell asleep, then carry her to her room and watch over her. I had learned that unless someone was in the room with her, she wouldn’t sleep. The first night when I took her to her room and went back to the basement, she ended up back in the basement and in tears. So every night I now spent by her bedside until the sun came up, then it was back to the basement.

When Tay told me Ben would be coming home I was overjoyed, until Tay told me, “Ben isn’t Ben.”
“What do you mean he isn’t Ben? I saw him the other day and he was just fine.”
“Well I mean he is in his body somewhere, but something is controlling him and he is pretty much a puppet.”
“How do you know this Tay?”
“When he could finally have visitors and everyone went to see him, I saw past him. He was completely engulfed by the darkness. I tried to ask mom what to do, but I haven’t seen her since the hospital. Andy I have no idea what’s going on but we have to stay away from him. It’s the same thing that got both of us and if we let it, it will get us again.”

I nodded. I had to protect my little munchkin.

Notes

What do you guys think? What is going on with Ben? How are Andy and Tay gonna handle staying away from their brother?

Also today is mi birthday! Yay the big 19! So happy ^.^

Questions, comments, concerns?

~Raz