Sleeping With Ghosts

My God! TWO chapters! Be afraid, be very afraid, muwahahahaha! Well, seriously, I just got a rush of inspiration. A couple of things. I know I forgot to mention it before but this is most definately an AU fic. Also Stefan Olsdal is the bass player for Placebo and he'll be playing a bigger role in this fic down the line. Moving on... Here are the new chapters.

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Mikey

When Brian said that Gerard was doing better, my heart felt so light I thought it'd float right out of my body. "Well I talked to Mom anyway, she says that she'll take me out there Sunday to visit Gee." I said, turning back to the computer, "Dad's not coming. Mom's gonna wait in the car. I think they're ashamed of him." "I hate to say it but they are. I overheard them talking yesterday." Brian sounded disgusted as he continued. "They were trying to figure out what they were going to say to the neighbors about Gerard's sudden absence. Right now they're debating between the army and art school." "He hasn't graduated yet." "Think your neighbors know that?" "Good point."

Brian sighed and looked over my shoulder. "Anything yet?" "Nothing but the fact that there is in fact a Dr. Harvey listed by the state medical board as a practicing psychiatrist here... And he's not the only one either, there are alot." I shrugged and switched to another window. I was doing a check on this guy, and also trying to see if I could find out who Kaelyn was. I'll tell you one thing, it's damned near impossible to get the medical records of people, especially dead crazy people. Thankfully her autopsy was a matter of public record.

"Hmmm. Petechial hemorrhaging on the eyes and gums indicates strangulation, most likely cause, suicide by hanging... Hey this is weird." I said, perking up suddenly. "Find something?" Brian asked, leaning over my chair. "Yeah, there was a subdural hematoma but it was never explained." "Translation?" Said Brian, looking a little confused.

I turned to him and tried my best to explain in layman's terms. "It's basically when something swells and fills with blood because of a break in a blood vessel. A bruise. But sometimes it's worse than that, sometimes the bleeding doesn't stop. And a subdural hematoma means that that swelling and bleeding was in Kaelyn's brain." "What the hell could have caused that?" Brian questioned. "Well either she hit her head pretty hard or someone tried to bash it in."

Brian seemed to jolt at this, then asked, "Shit! Mikey, can you do a staff check at the hospital on that thing?" I turned around and pulled up the institution's website. I swear that every damned place has a website nowadays. I went to the staff roster and my eyes widened. "Brian... Look." I said, pointing at the screen. He gave a gasp over my shoulder then vanished, probably to check on Gerard. Dr. Lionel Harvey. He wasn't working at the institution. He was running it.

This asshole who'd killed this girl was in charge of my brother's well being! I suddenly was having a hard time breathing. I then realized I'd panicked myself right into an asthma attack. I grabbed my pump, took two, maybe three puffs of it then put it down, my chest not feeling as tight. Or at least not from lack of oxygen. I could feel I was crying before it really hit me. I closed my eyes and silently prayed, 'Lord if you get Gerard out of this I swear I'll never say he's crazy ever again.'