Galen Vesa

Die, die, die!

„It’s fine now, mom’s here. You don’t have to be afraid anymore.”

“But…”

Die, die creep!

“There is no but, Whabbit. What did I say? A?”

“That… that you’ll kick the ass of anyone and anything that comes to bother me.”

“Well said little Whabbit. And what did my Whabbit promised me?”

“…”

“Hmm? What the Whabbit is sniffling about? Mommy can’t hear ya.”

“…That I will take my pills. No spitting out.”

“And did mr Whabbit took his pills?”

Kill, kill, kill!

“No…”

It Hurts so much.

“Then we have a problem here mr Whabbit. You have given me your big Whabbit word that you’ll take your pills just like mommy takes hers.”

Death!

“See? A big blue one for mom and a tiny pink one for mr Whabbit. See? Mom already swallowed? Now, open your mouth…”

“No! No, no, no! Please mommy, no! No more! It Hurts, it burns! Please, no…”

“Hush, hush, little Whabbit. Mom would never hurt you. The medicine is good for you. It hurts only in the beginning. Mom knows. Mom, hates the pink ones too but you must take them. Just few more days and then you’ll be taking the blue ones, just like mom.”

“Be a good Whabbit and take your pill.”

“You promise?”

“Sure, I do, Whabbit. Did mom ever lie to you?”

Lies, lies, lies! Lies and poison! Poison and pain!

***

“Don’t go.”

“I have to. It’s all that bastard’s fault. He did that to me, to us, to our son! That bastard has to fix it!”

“What if they find you before you reach him? I’m sure he’s being watched. Don’t go, we have the pills...”

“For fucks sake, the pills aren’t working! You saw it with your own eyes!”

“The episode? It will pass, just like with you, we can wait it out…”

“That was me!”

“What?!”

“Those pills do nothing. It’s all back I can feel it, its… I’m sorry.”

“What the hell are you doing! What the… What was in that syringe… wha…”

“I’m sorry, I am so sorry hun, but I must go. I need to fix this. I need to fix all of this. I’ll be back when you’ll wake up…”

“Huh?! Who’s hiding out there? Come out right now mr naughty Whabbit!”

“Is dad gonna be all right?”

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“Of course, my Whabbit. He just needs to take a nap. Will you take care of him for me? Make sure he doesn’t catch a cold? Hum?”

“Good, we’ll put him on the couch and cover him with a blanket and… a pillow so he would be comfortable. Now, I left you some food in the fridge if you’d get hungry before I’ll come back, and you remember what I told you?”

“It’s not real if it doesn’t make sense.”

“Exactly! Use logic, just like we practiced. Try to confirm if others can see it too.“

“Shoot, it’s so late. Mom has to go now. Be a good Whabbit and take care of dad for me.”

“Kisses, I’ll be back soon.”

***

“Dad, why is mom hiding inside that box? I don’t like it… Why won’t she come out already? I don’t like that box.”

“She’s… not in the box son. She went to heaven.”

“When is mom coming back? She promised…”

“She’s not coming back.”

“Why? I want her back! She promised! Make her come back! I want her back…”

“Me too kiddo. Me too.”

***

Die! die! Die! They All gonna die! And burn, burn, burn in pain!

"Son are you listening to me? Can you open the door?”

“Sure, officer Johnson. Dad’s not here right now.”

“Emm, that’s what I’d like to talk about with you. You see, there’s been an accident…”

Liar!

***

“He stole it!”

Freak!

“I did not!”

“You did! You were the last one there! You have taken it!”

Creep! Looney! Freak!

“I did not! I’m telling the truth!”

“If you’re telling the truth, then who did it?”

Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar and thief!

“You were alone there for the whole half an hour.”

It hurts.

“He’s a fucking, stinking thief! He stole!”

Pain! It hurts, it burns!

“He’s such a stinking thief and liar his parents couldn’t stand him and killed themselves!”

“Watch your mouth Anthony! That just earned you a detention! And you Mr. Vesa, Show me your backpack…”

***

Die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die, die…

“Shut up!”

“What?”

Creep! Liar! Loony! Bugger! Stinking kid with no parents! Thief!

“I said shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!”

“Mr. Vesa, you earned yourself a detention! Off to the principal! Now!”

***

It’s all because of you, you, you… Pain, it Burns!

“How long have you been with us Galeen?”

Burn, burn, burn! Creep!

"About six months sir.”

Kill! Kill! Kill the Pain! The Pain Dealer! Kill!

“Six months. Hmm, that’s quite a bit of time. How do you feel? “

Who cares, Who cares! Another creep…

“Fine sir, thank you. Bit drowsy.”

Fake! Fake! Fake!

“Drowsy you say? Well, that can happen. I’ll see if we can adjust your dose. That should help.”

Poison! Poison! Poison!

“Thank you, sir.”

Lies! Lies! Nothing but Lies! We know!

“You’re a very well disciplined young man, you made an enormous progress since you came to this facility and I can see you have a very bright future before you. That’s why I decided to transfer you to a new kind of… therapy.

***

“It hurts. My arm… It feels like Something is burning me there.”

“Can I see it?”

“Here.”

“Is that the spot?”

“Yes. It burns. As if I’d put there a hot iron.”

“Well, there’s nothing I can see there and since you’ve been to check it out, we know there is nothing wrong with your arm so perhaps this is a reaction to the medicine you are taking. I’ll prescribe you something less aggressive this time. Would you like some water before we continue?”

“Yes, please.”

“Now, tell me about those shades you’ve been seeing. Any new occurrences since the last visit?”

“No. I haven’t seen one in a month. Just this… pain.”

“A whole month? That is something we should celebrate! And you wouldn’t believe we could make progress on that. But who am I to take all the prize for your progress. To get where you are now, that is a whole lot of hard work on your part.”

“Perhaps that girl you’ve mentioned earlier had something to do with it to? What do you think?”

***

“Hi, you have reached the office of Doctor Aika Hakoyama, currently there is no one present to answer your call. If this is an emergency, please contact 911 or press 1 to be redirected. If you wish to reach me, please leave a message and I will contact you as soon as possible. The office is open till 8 am till 7pm every day except holidays and Mondays.”

“Doctor… I just…”

“I can’t stand it… the pain. It burns. It burns so much. My whole arm is on fire…it hurts…”

“I tried… putting some ice over it but… it made it worse… doctor, I… I really need to talk with you…”

“Those pills… I… I don’t think… it hurts so much… Please… please…. Please make it stop! It Burns!”

And the knife had a cold, cold blade...