WARNING:

This fanfiction contains strong language and focuses on the serious and severe subject of physcial, verbal, and mental abuse towards animals. And if you get emotional easy, don't read this.

Reader discretion is advised.

It was an ordinary day at the LPS.

Pepper was testing out some new comedic-acts on Penny Ling, Sunil and Vinnie were just chilling around the pet shop, Zoe was primping her fur while looking in a mirror, and Russell was reading on a pillow. Minka wasn't there that day, either that or she could come in later than usual, so the pets just figured one of her owners had a day off of work or something similar.

All of a sudden, the pets noticed Minka run in, covering her eyes with sunglasses, looking terrified and trembling like she just witnessed a murder.

The pets stopped whatever they were doing, and went over to the usually happy monkey.

"Hey, Minka, what gives?" Vinnie asked.

There was no response, she just kept shaking.

"Minks?" Pepper said, calling out her nickname and trying to get the pink monkey's attention.

Minka looked up at them, sunglasses still on.

"Oh, n-n-noth-th-ing! Ju-just a l-l-little hyper, th-th-thats all! Yeah! Really, really, really hyper!" Minka exclaimed, trying to make up the best lie she could think of.

The pets looked puzzled.

"And explain the sunglasses?" Russell asked.

"Oh, they're just, just-"

"AMAZING!" Zoe exclaimed, squealing like a 3 year old toddler. "Just look at those lenses! Not a finger laid on them! They really do bring out your personality!"

Russell nudged her, and gave her a let-her-finish look.

"Oh, sorry Minka, go on." Zoe apologized, smiling at her with an innocent look on her face.

Minka gulped nervously.

"They're just to... keep the sun out of my eyes! We wouldn't want me to go blind or anything because it's really really bright out side, would we, huh?" Minka said.

"But it's snowing, and its cloudy." Penny Ling said.

Minka looked outside the window. "Oh, well, uh, these glasses are pretty good accesories though, dontcha think?" Minka faked a smile.

The pets noticed something was wrong with Minka.

"Minka, cut the act, you're hiding somethin' from us. Just take off the sunglasses and show us." Pepper said.

"I can't." Minka said.

"Why?" Vinnie asked.

"I... have a paper that says if I take them off, my head will explode!"

She could tell everyone else didn't buy it.

Minka sighed.

"You sure you want me to do this? You're not gonna like it." Minka asked, like a child that did something wrong.

"Yes!" the pets yelled.

"Fine," Minka said, taking off the dark sunglasses, "ya happy now?"

Every pet in that room gasped at the sight.

When Minka took off the sunglasses, it revealed that she had a black eye on her right eye, and it as all swollen and bruised up. Minka kept looking down, frustrated and upset, trying not to burst out into tears, but she didn't want to cause a scene and have everyone worrying.

"Minka, how'd you get that black eye?" Russell asked, concerned for his friend.

"I was just really happy yesterday at home, and I was just jumping around a whole lot, and I bumped into the counter flat on my face, and got a black-eye. It'll hopefully go away soon. It's nothing to get too worried about." Minka replied.

The pets looked at her, worried, and looked at eachother, and accepted her excuse with some 'oh's' and 'okay's, and walked away, proceding what they were doing before she came in.

All except for Russell. He walked over to her, and put a comforting paw on her shoulder.

"Minka, are you sure that's what really happened?" Russell asked.

Minka looked down, and sighed again.

"You know you can tell me, I promise I won't tell everyone else if you don't want me to." Russell assured her.

Minka looked up at the hedgehog.

"I'm positive, that's what happened, don't worry about it." Minka reassured him.

Russell looked at her eye.

"Well, okay." Russell accepted, "just to make sure, that's what really happened?"

"Yes, Russell, I'm sure that's hat really happened." Minka repeated.

Russell sighed.

"Alright." He said, and went back over to the pillow, continued where he left off in the book he was reading.

Minka sighed in relief, but knew, that wasn't really what happened.

Flashback to previous night.

Minka's owners, Rick and Eve were achloholics, and to deal with their daily frustrations, they'd reach for a bottle. The night Minka got the black eye, she was bouncing the Mark household, while the owners were away, presumably drinking with some friends.

The night Rick and Eve came home, drunk, the house was a mess, as if it already wasn't. An angered and drunk Rick pinned it on Minka, picked her up, punched her in the face, and threw her down.

Rick was screaming at a helpless and scared Minka screaming words like,

"Little ass!"

"Damn, useless, piece of fucking trash!"

"Look what you did!"

"Everything's your fault around here!"

"You don't deserve to live in a house like this, I'm considering throing you out into the cold!"

And Eve, scared her husband would start pinning it on her, too, started joining in.

The pink-spider-monkey wailed in agony, shaking and upset. Not only was she in pain, and fearful for her life, she'd have to think up a real good lie and a way to cover her bruised and blackened eye.

But this wasn't the first time that an episode like that happened.

There was some times her owners would throw a bottle of alcohol at her. One time Rick yanked her hair so hard, she wound up on the floor. And even once, threw her to a wall and she went into a coma for 3 hours.

That household was a piece of work.

But still, Minka didn't feel like telling everyone what's going on.

Minka hated too much attention and she thought it would just add onto the pressure and stress that she didn't in anyway deserve. When Minka was able to stand up again, she found one of Eve's sunglasses on the floor by the counter, and hid it in her purse, so when Eve dropped her off at day camp, Minka could just sneak them out of Eve's purse and put them on without her knowing.

Minka fell asleep eventually, having nightmares of her owners and had no idea why she deserved this, even though she didn't.

A/N:

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Did I give you guys feels? I think I gave you guys feels. I'll try to update ASAP and try not to make it a long-ass wait.

This is my FIRST LPS fanfiction so hopefully it's good. ;-; /sobsinacornerdramatically

Anyways, constructive criticsism and suggestions are very welcomed and helpful! c: