I'm Not Insane (I'm Just A Natural Born Killer)

*** Matt's POV ***

While everyone was downstairs, I decided to retreat to the bedroom for alone time. I know Brian wants to relax without watching my every move, so I think, 'What better time than now to let him relax?'

The bedroom's much cooler temperature wise in the bedroom, which is just as well - I haven't been feeling right over the last hour. I'm soaked in my own sweat and it's not even hot outside... What the fuck's going on?

I throw myself on the bed and grab the small plush tiger toy that I affectionately named Tigger. Occasionally, he'd actually move on his own, and I'd watch him on his adventures around the bed and the room. I'd often follow him and watch as he ventured into the rooms of the guys, nicked food and hid under clothes. Brian would often find him and tell me to take him back to our room and that would be the end of the adventure for the day.

I want to go with Tigger again, but I have no energy. My sweat soaked clothes are sticking to my body like glue and the heat just kept getting worse. Me being me, I panic and try to peel off my clothes to put fresh ones on, but no luck. The only thing flashing in my mind is the events of yesterday, and Syn dragging me back home. He then proceeded to tell me how badly I'd misbehaved and that I'd really hurt Johnny. I remember pleading my innocence and trying to explain my point of view, but Syn was just so disappointed he wanted to hear nothing of it. The memories flood my head and in my moment of regret, I throw my body back onto the bed and cover my eyes, begging for the flashbacks to leave and stop haunting me. Demons appear in my visions - some resembling Johnny and they're screaming at me.

Tigger's run away from me and my desperate attempts to keep the demons away. I suddenly get the cold, dark feeling of being abandoned - With no one around, I've just been left here, even though I brought myself up here. I must have been making a lot of noise or something because BriBear rushes upstairs in what I can only assume is him in a bad mood.

"Matt, babe, are you alright?" He calls from just outside the door

"Brian don't come in here" I answer, hoping he'll just leave me to deal with my demons.

"I'm coming in anyway," Bri replied, pushing the door open and looking right at me, "Matt, what the-?"

"I need help, Brian!" I cry out, panic flooding my body as I break down. The demons taunt me and laugh at me, knowing they've won.

"Oh shit, just calm down and I'll call 911" Syn instructs, his voice full of panic.

Holy shit... Why do I keep causing so many problems?!

Syn then runs downstairs, leaving me on the bed. When he comes back, he's got a glass of water and a towel and informs me I'm suffering from a fever. He soaks the towel, strips me down to my boxers and begins trying to soak my whole body. I sit there confused as to what he's doing, when he tells me that he has to try cool me down. I give a small nod and I look around the room to find Tigger somehow on top of the wardrobe.

"Tigger!" I call out, lightly shoving Syn away from me so I can grab the cat. Syn tries to pull me back, saying that Tigger can wait, but I glare at him and reach out for my friend. Tigger falls from the wardrobe while trying to come to me and I cry out in horror. Syn then wraps his arms around my body and drags me back to the bed, telling me that I'm making my condition worse.

When Zacky runs in, I'm being held down the bed by Brian. There's supposedly an ambulance downstairs and that means Syn has to take me there. I decide that Tigger should be okay on his own and I allow Syn to put my pajama pants back on me. He then scoops me up in his arms and carries me downstairs. I hide my face in his chest before I'm laid down onto a strange surface and someone - I can't tell who - Is strapping me down. I desperately reach out for Syn but he just stands there, a blank face staring right back at me.

The demons... They've taken him... Now they're taking me!

I slip my hands out the straps and begin forcing my way through the newly gathered crowd of people. They laugh as I try to reach him. He then runs over to me, holds me in his arms for a brief period before he tells me I have to relax. He promises he'll come with me and he leads me back the strange surface. He helps the demons strap me up and I'm taken into a strange space.

"Okay babe, we're in the ambulance now. They're going to take you to hospital where they're going to try and help you, okay?" Syn tells me. I nod a little and let out a small whimper. I'm scared shitless.

I just wonder how I've ruined things for the rest of the guys...



*** 3rd person - Starting from when Tigger is on top of the wardrobe ***

As Brian began to dampen Matt's body to attempt to cool him down, the vocalist spotted the plush toy of his favourite animal and insisted he was to have it. Syn had placed it up there after finding that Matt had carelessly threw the toy halfway across the room. As the older man went to grab his toy, Syn tried to pull him back

"Babe, Tigger can wait. This is serious!" Syn said sternly. Matt gave Syn a nasty glare before flipping him off and reaching for the tiger. He swiped for it and accidentally knocked it off the wardrobe. He watched as it fell and he let out a loud cry of horror before picking it up in his arms and cradling it like a baby.

"My poor little Tigger... I'm so sorry baby boy, pwease forgive me?" Matt whimpered without realizing. Syn sighed and snaked his arms around Matt's body from behind, carefully pulling him back to the bed.

"Babe, you have to relax... You're going to make yourself worse and I'm scared something will happen to you" Syn pleaded. Matt didn't really register the plead as he was more focused on Zacky who'd dashed into the room to alert Syn that the ambulance had arrived. Syn replied with a nod before scooping Matt into his arms and hurrying down the stairs. Matt tightened his grip on the guitarist's shirt and buried his face in his chest to avoid everyone's glares and stares. Syn laid him down on the stretcher and the ambulance crew began to strap him down. The guitarist then backed away once Matt let go and he watched sadly as they prepared to take him away.

"Aren't you going to go with him?" Jimmy asked.

"I will... Just... I'll wait until he's in properly..." Syn replied.

Matt however did not want to leave without Syn. He suddenly violently tugged at the restraints, snapping then and he rose from the stretcher, determined to find Brian. Ambulance staff tried to pin him back down, but with the nails that Matt had grown out, he lashed out, clawing their faces. Deep wounds were left and Matt even seriously damaged someone's eye before he had cleared the path to Brian. The guitarist pulled the younger man into a tight hug, holding him in his arms for a short moment.

"Listen Matty, you have to relax. I'm going to go with you, but please just let the medics do their job, okay?" Syn asked. Matt gave a small nod and allowed Syn to lead him over to the stretcher and have him re-strapped down with new restraints. Once they were sorted, they were both lead into the back of the ambulance.

"Okay babe, we're in the ambulance now. They're going to take you to hospital where they're going to try and help you, okay?" Syn informed Matt. The vocalist nodded again and scanned his surroundings as the doors were slammed shut and the ambulance headed off.

Back at the house, Johnny, Jimmy and Zacky just stood there, shocked at what they'd seen.

"He's gotten so much worse..." Jimmy sighed sadly, slumping against the brick wall behind him.

"Well... After what he did to my hand..." Johnny mumbled, looking to his knife wounds.

"Brian said he was doing so well..." Zacky said, hanging his head.

"I guess we're gonna have to cancel the charity show. I know it's bad but we have no choice. Matt and Syn are gone and Johnny's injured. We're fucked." Jimmy announced.

"I'll go call the organizers..." Zacky sighed.

This was a bad, bad day for things to go wrong.

Notes

Hey guys! Hope you like this chapter!
Just to let you know, Tigger is just a toy that Matt assumes is alive. Sometimes it's really hard for me to include every little detail when in 3rd person, especially when covering someone else's view of an event that's already been written out. Hope you can all understand.
Anyway, feedback appreciated!