2012
'Ow, Tom, you don't have to do them that tight.' Tom was tightening the straps on Hal's wrists. Hal was desperately trying to wriggle out of the chair that he was currently being tied to.
'Yeah I do ain't I? Or you'll go killin' all a' South Wales. An' we don't want that. Do we eh?'
'Maybe you should do them tighter Tom?' Alex suggested. She was sitting on the edge of the sofa, mocking Hal.
'Why don't you just bugger off?' Hal snapped.
'Hal! Stop being rude!' Tom peered at Alex, 'Maybe I should Alex, yer right' Tom gave the straps another sharp tug, Hal winced.
'I didn't hear you coming! You jumped me, maybe if you have warned me, but no you just catch me unaware. Maybe if you had asked me if I wanted to detox, I may have came quietly.' Hal continued to struggle out of the straps. 'Let me out you fucking dog!'
Tom and Alex both looked shocked by this sudden outburst.
'I'm very sorry Tom. You should have let me prepare for this. Please let me go'. If Hal could get on his knees to beg he would have and both Tom and Alex knew this.
'Maybe you shouldn't have drunk my blood. And you wouldn't be sitting there.' Alex looked rather smug with her self.
'You're enjoying this aren't you? Seeing me like this?' Hal was becoming more irate as seconds passed.
'Yeah I am actually. You deserve to be sitting there, tied to the chair. And you're going to be sitting there until we know you can control yourself again.'
Tom looked at his watch. 'Alex, I gotta get ta work, do ya mind watchin' Hal while I'm gone?'
'I don't need a fucking babysitter!' Hal flipped out.
'Yes you do! Do I have to Tom?' Alex seemed fed up, 'but I was going to practising rentaghosting with large items. Maybe I'll start with the fridge'.
'Yea ya do Alex, Ya can still practise, but go from the kitchen to the livin' room. Just make sure ya watch Hal properly, he may need lookin' after.'
'Alright then.' Alex peered at Hal who was staring at her.
'How long do you think it'll take him to fully detox? She whispered to Tom, not wanting Hal to hear that she actually cared for his wellbeing.
'I'm not sure. I never done this before. Could take a day, months or even years.' Tom looked at Hal, you could see in Tom's eyes that he cared a lot for Hal. 'I just hope it doesn't take long. Fer his sake'
'Last time it took a year, and then I still wasn't fully detoxed, so Leo had to introduce the routines. It will probably take less time to detox me this time, considering I've not had a lot of blood this time, but I reacted worse when I drank it. It'll be harder for me to keep away from it once you untie me.' Hal had stopped struggling and was sitting as still as a statue.
'Ok then, we'll just have ta see. I gotta get ta work. Hal, behave for Alex, an' Alex, don't annoy Hal. Yer know what 'e migh' be like'. Tom picked up his coat and set off for work.
'You really do deserve to be sitting there, tied up.' Alex knew this would wind up Hal.
'Get me out of this chair,' Hal saw Alex shaking her head at his request, 'Piss off you bitch!.' Hal's eyes suddenly went black and Alex could see that his fangs had grown ever so slightly. Alex jumped when see saw this, she wasn't expecting it to happen.
'Don't you dare call me that again, you bastard'. Alex slapped Hal round the face. The slap seemed to have startled Hal, his fangs disappeared and his eyes went back to their usual colour.
'Alex, I'm very sorry. You've got to understand that it's not me saying all this. You know me.'
'Yeah that Hal I knew drank my blood after his so called 'best mate' killed me. Shut up Hal and go to sleep.'
She suddenly disappeared from in front of him, and Hal could see that she had appeared in the kitchen and was going towards the fridge.
Hal slowly closed his eyes and the last thing he can remember thinking about was Cutler.
