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Scott drives away as Jess and I carry Thadius inside. Mama and El march in, "Did you find Jack?" "Did you find Kaylin?" We drop him and he crashes against the floorboards. El tuts at Thadius, "He's too heavy to stay here." Jess sits down next to him, El takes a step back as water pours from her shoulder and it pushes against his wounds, "When I found him, he was drowning. In his state, he won't survive out here." He turns around and walks to the kitchen "Christ." Thadius coughs, "You left us to die. Slim, now you?" I lean in, "I had to, I would've been grabbed too." He glares at me, "Pathetic." I shake my head and go upstairs, Rose hunches in Mama's chair, I plop down in the other recliner as the TV goes,
The demon terrorist, Jack Delora has been found and captured. A brave young assistant- "Evil little skank." I turn to Rose as Mama shouts the same from down the stairs, "Language!" She crosses her arms. She glares at me, then back at the TV. I lay back. Rose sighs, "Did you guys find Jack?" I wipe my face in hopes the faces of the humans I killed disappear from memory, "No, kid." I pull out the recliner and turn away from her.
I step over the giant man covered in blankets and into the kitchen, "El, who's that?" A woman in loose clothing leans back into a chair, her hands hug a cup of coffee, "I think his name is Thadius." I look at El and point at her, "And who is she?" El tilts his head at my tone, "She is one of my too many guests." She holds out her hand, "Nice to meet you." I ball up my fists, "Aren't you just a fun girl to be around." El clears his throat, then glares at me. I grab and shake her hand, "Nice to meet you." She yawns as I march off, "Goodnight." El follows me into the living room and whispers, "That woman was just tortured for days." I grab my arm, "I don't like her. Send her away." El tilts his head at me, "Do you hear yourself? Whatever happened to that girl I had tea with?" I mumble, "Mama happened." "Hearth?" I shout, "Both! I'm just another orphan, like that blind-" He sighs, "Like Jack." I stare at the ground, "No one here understands. I want to feel the outside air on my skin! She takes him out and no one-Not even the old bitch in the other-" Mama stumbles in with tears in her eyes, "Room..." Her voice trembles, "You want to go out?" El scratches his head and I grasp my arm tighter, "Fine. We'll go out tomorrow. Just shut your dirty mouth and go to sleep." I run upstairs and slam the door behind me. Mama and El shout, "Oi!" I hop on the bed and grasp at the sheets.
An image invades my mind, as all the tightness in my chest fades, from the pillow's weight pressing against me. Norbert screamed like a madman while smashing a man's head in back in Texas with a claw hammer. I held my arm as I stared at the man who just tried to kill me. Every blow got more intense. He turned around and hugged me so tight. Sniffles escape me as I watch him so tired and beaten all over again. I sob as if he's already gone. Now Jack's dumbass is gone too! My nails dig into my arms as I picture the monsters wanting to kill me or worse.
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"What's she doing?" Mama shakes her head, "That ungrateful girl? I don't care, Markus." I tilt my head, "What happened to that old, caring woman I met on Lady Liberty?" She shakes her head as El washes dishes, "I still am that young woman. She just brings this side of me out, stuck up-" El cuts in, "Entitled to the bone." Jess sighs, "And is she really royalty?" I yawn, "If that means a thing now anyway." She shrugs, "I was like her at her age. Still kind of am. It must be terrible being so far away from family." Mama and El look down, I try to place my hand onto Jess' but she pulls away quickly, "Sorry-" She wipes her face, "it's fine." Thadius hulks into the room, "Food?" We all turn as Jess' face comes to life, "You can speak English?!" Sadly that's all he knew, "Markus, this does not make us even. We still need that sword." I sigh, "I'll get it. Don't worry." He groans softly and holds onto the blanket for dear life. Jess gets up and speaks in the sweetest tone, "Come on, let's lay you back down." El scratches his head as the whole house shakes with each step he takes. Mama leans her head on her palm, "What was that about?" I lean back into the chair, "Take her holiness on a walk tomorrow and I'll tell you." She frowns.
"Hayley!" I jump, shut my eyes and cover my face, "Y-yes, master?" I peek through as a soldier walks up and holds out a syringe, "Inject O'Malley. Right now." "He could d-" The soldier screams, "Do it!" I gulp and step up to O'Malley. The needle shakes near his arm until I stab his big protruding vein, I push the plunger and inject the substance into his arm. After a couple minutes of us watching him in silence, he groans and gets up, "Oh, my head. Hayl-" He looks to my chest, "Shit." The soldier walks up, "A possum too has to wake up after playing dead." His face turns deadpan, "Carter." "Bingo." He sighs, "I see you've learned a lot about us, Demon." O'Malley smiles, "As you can see, I'm pretty busy." He nods, "Yeah. What do you want?" He smirks, "The location of the facility on Kinelt. All of them. Namely one with-" "With the Kneecapper?" He tilts his head, "What's that?" O'Malley smirks and I crack a smile. O'Malley sighs loud, "My leg's still asleep." He sighs back, "Were you going to kick this poor guy in the knee?" He giggles, "Of course I was." Carter's puppet smiles wide, "I'm going to introduce you to mind altering substances now." O'Malley tries to get up, but the puppet injects O'Malley with something else. O'Malley falls onto the floor and I grab onto my heart.