This chapter is really short but I thought of it right after I published the first chapter and I can't think of anything else to add right now and I want to get this piece out, so here you go.
The strange beeping near his head kept pace with the thumping inside Bill's chest. Even before he opened his eyes, he knew he was under the influence of some very powerful drugs. His mind was foggy and he had very little control over his own thoughts, which perturbed him greatly.
He tried to feel the different parts of his new body. He found that something was preventing his left hand's fingers from moving, and when he looked to see what it was, he found a mass of white bandages holding them in place. His hand was still too swollen to put in a cast.
Now that his eyes were open, he chose to look around the room. Rarely before had he ever seen the world in color, or with two eyes, but he quickly realized something was off. His drugged brain had a hard time figuring it out, until he closed one eye at a time. His right eye, (the yellow one) could see in perfect color but the left one, (the pale blue one) could only see black and white. He figured it must be a side effect of his true form only having one eye.
A door slid open and woman dressed in blue walked up to Bill holding a clip board. She glanced over it to find the mismatched eyes staring back at her.
"Oh good, you're awake," she said. She pulled out a light that she shinned in Bills eyes; he didn't like that at all. The nurse scribbled on the clip board before saying something that Bill didn't quite hear and leaving the room.
The next few hours were a blur for Bill. He saw the Pines at one point, Mabel looked more worried than the rest of them. Dipper looked down right angry while the older twins looked very unsure.
Finally, the drugs Bill was on had started to wear off and he could think clearly for once. However the pain was more intense now, but he didn't dare tell the nurses that or they would drug him again and he needed the use of his brain to talk to the Pine's family.
Ford sat in a chair to Bill's right while the other three sat or stood at the edges of the room.
"Bill Cipher," Ford said, his stern tone making Bill visibly flinch. He found that without his powers and all-knowing memory his cocky confidence had drained from him. "I want you to tell us what happened to you." And so Bill told the story of how he was sent into hiding after his world domination plan had failed. He had managed to keep away from the other demons in his home dimension for nearly two years, before they caught him.
He recalled that they debated for a long time about how to punish him for his failings, finally deciding that the best way to do so was to turn him into the very thing he despised. The carving in his back was an after-thought when one of the demons mentioned how often Bill had shoved that image in their faces and tried to indicate its importance to the point of obsession.
When he was finished the older twins looked at each other, clearly having a silent argument using subtle expressions and hand gestures. After a few moments, it seemed Ford won.
"Bill, I am willing to offer you a place to stay at our home, if you swear you will never again cause any harm to my family."
"And don't think we're doing this out of the goodness of our hearts," Stan added. "We're doing this so we can keep a close eye on you."
Bill didn't know what to think, his memories as a demon where fading fast, particularly his older ones. His murderous nature was disappearing as his mind became fully human. In the end, he easily swore to never hurt, nor put in danger, anyone in the Pines family, or any other human if he could help it. That last bit he added on his own accord, and Ford seemed to gain some comfort from it.
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