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( Author's Note )
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More than a few people thought that this needed to be more than a one-shot. I'm not sure if they wanted to know more about the thing with Veronica in the past. How he'll continue with Tootie. Or what. So I figured, best I can do is throw out another chapter.
Yep here's another chapter. This one will have at the very least one more chapter. THis next one moves it into the realm of M, for nudity. So yeah.
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( Veronica's PoV)
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The blonde stalked the mall in search of her favorite toy, like she had so many times before, for so many days, for the last year. She wondered why her little pet had decided to run off. Actually she didn't care why he ran off, his reasons didn't mean anything to her. He belonged to her. Plain and simple. She wanted him back.
At first when Timmy had ran off, she didn't really mind it. He had just been another misplaced possession that she had lost. Easily remedied, or so she had thought. She had assumed all she had to do was replace the possession with a shiny new one. Many of the unpopular boys wanted a chance into her bed. Though none of them compared to her former toy. Was it because he was the first human toy she had owned? Or was it because he had nothing, so he gave everything without worrying about loss? It didn't matter what it was. All she knew was the new toys... they broke too easy.
She passed store after store not interested in them, nor the items they held. Mainly because this was where she had saw her toy last, just a few days ago. He had resulted to stealing money from strangers. Didn't the boy know? All he had to do was come back to her, and anything he ever wanted, desired, could be his for the asking. Anything he wanted... well as long as he was a good boy. Good boys get rewards, bad boys get... a different kind of reward. A reward that seemed to have broken the others. How was she supposed to know boys were so fragile? Timmy didn't seem to be effected by it. Which only proved, while unpopular, Timmy was worth more than all the others. He was special, and she wanted him back!
The last time she had saw him, he was being chased by some security guard, which she made sure had been fired after calling her father. No one messed with her toys but her. The only other person that had been there was a red headed women... no doubt someone Timmy had taken something from, she had been the one to call the guard. Didn't matter, once she found out who that women was, she'd make sure her daddy took care of her.
"Damn it," she muttered looking around, not seeing her prize. But did notice two people that might be able to help. Yes, two of her pets old friends. The bald kid, and the blonde one. What were their names again? She scoffed, it didn't matter if she knew their names, they would talk to her anyways. "You two hold up."
Both boys looked at each other, then behind them, obviously not sure she had been talking to them. She thought the bald one was supposed to be smart. Guess she remembered wrong.
"Yeah you two." She walked up to them, trying to hid the disgust in her voice. She could tell by looking at them, they were very breakable... and it didn't please her. "Have you see my pe... I mean Have you seen Timmy around here lately?"
"Uh... Timmy's been gone for a few years now. Ran away you know." The blonde just looked at his friend.
"Yeah, three years actually. No one has seen him since." The bald one spoke.
"No, I saw him here the other day. And he was at my place a year ago." Both of them seemed completely shocked... and she left them like that. Obviously if they didn't know Timmy had been coming to the mall, then they wouldn't be of use to her. Should have figured as much, since he hadn't stayed with them. Useless toys.
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( Vicki's PoV )
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She'd watched him over the last few days. He still kept himself distanced from her and Tootie. Tootie wasn't making it hard for him to stay distant, but still he tried. She was worried about him. There were times when he seemed to be completely lost in his own mind, which wouldn't be a bad thing, everyone gets lost in thought from time to time. It was more directly after he came back to 'reality' his eyes wasn't focused, and he seemed a little wild during those moments. The fact that it unnerved Tootie was a big part of why she watched him. Because, she didn't think that anything that Timmy could do would unnerve Tootie.
Vicki wasn't actually worried that Timmy would hurt Tootie in any way, well not on purpose. There were times that Timmy had difficulties, just adjusting, rather readjusting to a normal living environment. It was almost like he had gone wild... maybe he had. At least he was now sleeping in the bed, verses the massive pile of blankets he had been using. Though she wondered where they had come from, she was sure hat he hadn't brought that many with him in the first place... maybe he went back to the bus while Tootie was in school, and she was at work. Come to think of it, the only real incident that Timmy had become angry had been when Tootie had taken the blankets to wash them. Even then it had only been arguing.
At the moment he had the same look on his face. Tootie was busy preparing dinner, so luckily she didn't have to worry about Tootie being nervous. Vicki wasn't actually nervous at all. Okay so he had managed to pin her to the bed... didn't mean he was stronger than her. Just the kiss caught her off guard. That had to be it. Just thinking about that time sent shivers down her spine... and not the good kind.
"Vicki, Timmy, time for dinner!" Tootie called from the kitchen.
"Coming." Vicki called, then focused on Timmy again. "Timmy?"
He didn't answer. She walked over and called his name again, with the same response. Alright... she thought as she reached down and put her hand on his shoulder, intending to shake him a bit to get his attention. It all happened so fast, she hadn't been sure what happened until it did. Actually she wasn't sure how it happened. One moment she was standing there, the next she was face down on the floor, Timmy holding her arm up behind her back. When she tried to move, Timmy only moved her arm up a bit more, causing more pain to run through her. At first she was scared about how fast it all happened... but that fear was a caress compared to when he spoke.
"I'm not your pet anymore, Veronica. Don't ever touch me again." His voice was like venom, it made all her blood run cold, and she swore her heart stopped once. Wait... Veronica?
"Timmy...Ahh." he pushed her arm higher. "It's... Vicki. Not Veronica... Please... Please let me go."
She wondered if reminding him who she was had been wise. Before they had met again, he saw her as a cold mean bitch... and he was right. What if he became more mad... he could actually break her arm. Despite the pain, she couldn't yell out. If Tootie came in... would he see Tootie as who she was... or would he see her as the person that shattered his world? No Tootie could not come out here.
"Guys... are you coming?" Tootie called.
"Timmy..." All at once the pain in her arm stopped, turning into a dull throb as it was let go. The weight on her back also was gone. Slowly... very slowly she got up looking behind her. Timmy was backed into a corner, his eyes wide. She wanted to go to him and tell him it was alright... but her mind refused. Right now he is a scared, wild animal... that's backed into a corner. You do not corner a scared animal. She didn't like to think of this boy as an animal... as a pet... but after all he'd been though, he resembled an animal. "In a second... just wait right there."
"I... I d-didn't mean to." Timmy stammered.
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( Timmy's PoV )
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Disgust filled him as his mind wandered about his time with Veronica. Something that he had been able to put behind him for so long. After that night when Vicki made him talk... well she didn't make him talk, he wanted her to know. Wanted to make her see what she had done to him. What her constant torment had made him choose over living the life he'd been living.
Veronica had always seemed high-strung to him. While at first her carnal desires had seemed... simple enough. Though as time progressed she pushed boundaries... he'd done things that he never thought he would do. Never even imagined. He didn't have much of a choice in the matter. Do that, or go back to his meaningless existence.
Then again, his life here wasn't so much better. Did the servants really think he didn't know what they said in hushed whispers? Did they really think that he couldn't hear what they called him? Even Vicki had lines she wouldn't cross... these people were the worst of the worst. And the way they looked at him when they thought he didn't see, or wasn't paying attention... like he had corrupted their precious little Veronica. Maybe it was his fault, he never told her no... he just did as bid.
How it disgusted him. Then he felt a hand grasp his shoulder and squeeze lightly. That was her signal... the signal Veronica used in front of the servants to tell him she wanted him... that she would be waiting for him in his room. Always his room, it was like the thought of him in her's would soil her room. But not this time. He was tired of the whispers, tired of the stares... and how he hated her taste. Every part of the girl tasted bitter, even after he bathed her. Not this time though, never again.
He grabbed the hand on his shoulder, twisting it as he turned, forcing that blonde slut to the floor... why did he see red? Didn't matter, she wasn't going to touch him anymore, she wasn't going to make him... Never again! He moved her hand to the small of her back.
"I'm not your pet anymore, Veronica. Don't ever touch me again." Veronica... why does her hair look red? Just a trick...
"Timmy...Ahh." he pushed her arm higher, no she wasn't going to talk her way out of this one. Not again. He wouldn't be fooled. "It's... Vicki. Not Veronica... Please... Please let me go."
Vicki? Was it Vicki? Red hair... No it was a trick... had to be one. Veronica was known for her tricks.
"Guys... are you coming?" A voice called... that voice. He knew that voice it was Tootie And if that was Tootie then...
"Timmy..." The voice was almost pleading. He released her arm and jumped back, then slowly backed himself into a corner. He just stared at the female, that was now getting up. Oh God, it was Vicki... what was she going to do to him. She was going to kill him, or at the very least throw him out. He had just attacked Vicki. "In a second... just wait right there."
"I... I d-didn't mean to." He hadn't meant to, seriously, completely hadn't meant to. He didn't even know it was her. Wait, didn't know it was her? What was wrong with him? He needed to be locked up, he couldn't control himself, that was painfully obvious.
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( Tootie's PoV )
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What in the world was taking those two, she wondered as she walked out of the kitchen. She had expected them to be wrapped up in a show on television. Or to have been talking about something... anything. But she hadn't expected to see Timmy backed into a corner, with Vicki staring at him. What was she doing to him? She was supposed to be nicer now, wasn't she? She was supposed to be nicer all around.
"What are you doing Vicki!" Tootie almost growled, which shocked her. And surprised her when Vicki jumped.
"N-Nothing... I just accidentally startled Timmy is all. He was thinking, and I guess I scared him." Vicki hadn't looked away from Timmy the entire time, so she couldn't tell is Vicki was being truthful or not. Timmy went from looking frightened to just surprised. Like he wasn't sure what had happened.
"Timmy?" She asked him, and he looked at her.
"I-I didn't?" He looked at Vicki who shook her head, and agreed that he didn't. Tootie wasn't sure what was going on. Only that hell must be about to freeze over, if those two were agreeing on something, or already had frozen over.
"Okay well come on lets eat." Tootie walked into the kitchen and waited from them to come join her.
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Dinner went by with idol chatter, between her and Vicki. Timmy just seemed focused on eating... which at first surprised her, and Vicki too it seemed. Timmy hadn't actually eaten in front of them since he'd arrived. Something obviously had shaken him up. But it couldn't have been Vicki. She wouldn't believe that Vicki had started being mean to him again... not after all she had done to help him. As soon as Timmy finished, he put his dishes into the dish washer and darted to his room... Obviously that would be last time they saw him tonight... well the last time he'd be seen outside of his room. She wanted to talk to him alone... maybe if something upset him, he'd tell her in private.
Once the dishes had been placed in the dishwasher, and Vicki was heading to take a shower, Tootie went down the hallway that lead to their rooms. She went straight to Timmy's, knocked once and entered before he said to go away, or anything else. When closed the door behind her, she noticed him on the bed, his head in his hands.
"Are you alright Timmy?" She asked cautiously. There were times when Timmy scared her, she didn't think that he was any danger to her. She knew that he wasn't a danger to her, but she wondered about the scars on his arms that she hadn't asked him about yet. That she couldn't ask him about, not yet. She didn't want to think that he'd hurt himself, but sometimes he had this look in his eyes... she couldn't describe it. Only that she didn't know what he might do during those times.
"I-I don't know... I just don't know..." He sighed and his shoulders fell some. She didn't think she'd ever seen him like this. Even when he tried to tell her about Veronica. But he seemed to be crumbling.
"You know Timmy, you can tell me anything. I'm here. Vicki is here." It was true that she would be there for him, but Vicki... she didn't know if Vicki had caused him to be afraid earlier, or if it was innocent. All she really had to go on, was the fact that he was hiding in a corner, and Vicki was standing up. At one point in time, she would have just known, that Vicki was the cause. But she wasn't entirely sure now... couldn't be. Vicki had changed.
"I don't think so." Timmy's voice quivered slightly. He seemed to pull into himself a bit more. "I-I know that you and V-Vicki want to help. I really do. It's only... after what I did... Maybe she... maybe you would both be better off if I left."
"What could you do to Vicki," She almost laughed. She didn't want to belittle him, but the fact was Vicki wasn't shaken by anyone.
"I think I hurt her."
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( Vicki's PoV )
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Vicki walked out of the shower still dying her hair. When Tootie stopped her. It was obvious she was troubled, and the only thing it could have been would be if Timmy had told Tootie what happened.
"So is it true?" Tootie asked, straight and to the point. She didn't expect less from her sister.
"Is what true?" Vicki continued to her room, with Tootie following.
"You know what I'm asking. Did what Timmy say happen?" Tootie sat on her bed while she continued drying her hair.
"Until you tell me what he said... how am I supposed to tell you if it was true or not?" Vicki had hoped if she beat around the bush long enough, Tootie would get frustrated and leave. She really didn't want to talk about it. Hell she was still thinking about what happened. It was obvious that Timmy thought she was Veronica. Which only raised questions. The main one being... what the hell did Veronica do to Timmy?
"Well he said..." It was obvious that he remembered more than she had. Mainly because being taken to the floor was so sudden. But other than that, and the fact that he admitted that he thought she had been Veronica... she agreed it had been true. "So what are we going to do?"
"Well I'm going to find out what Veronica did to him, for starters." Vicki sat down, then laid back on her bed and sighed. "At the same time, I don't even know if I can stomach what happened. I mean... no offense Toots, but out of all of you I babysat... he had the strongest will, and I never once broke it. He always fought back, in his own way. I don't even want to know what she did to make him like this. And that is saying something."
"I didn't even think about that. You know... I did notice something." Vicki sat up and looked at her sister. "There are scars on his arms, like cuts, and I don't know but it looked... I don't know... You don't think?"
"Maybe..." Vicki wasn't sure what happened to Timmy, but she knew a few things. First, Timmy had a strong will, not easily broken. Second, what ever broke him had to be Veronica, given the outburst in the living room. And third, Veronica had always been a bit different. So much so, even Vicki wouldn't watch her. Vicki always had a feeling Veronica was slightly demented, and again... that was saying something, coming from her. "But we can't let her have him back..."
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( Timmy's PoV )
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Tootie had left his room, he waited and listened until finally he heard Vicki come out of the bathroom, then listened while they both went into Vicki's room. He gathered up his items, this time determined that he would leave. Tootie had paid too much attention to his arms... he couldn't let her see the rest. No matter what she said... there was no way she'd accept the rest of him.
He grabbed his bags, and saved himself the mild pain of jumping from the window and just used the door. With both sisters talking about him, he'd have enough time to leave. He looked around the living room and into the kitchen. He'd miss this. He'd miss the warmth. He knew that he couldn't even return to the bus, that would be the first place Vicki would look for him.
When he last counted his money from before he went with Vicki, he'd had a bit over seven thousand dollars. Enough to stay in a cheap motel, and food for a little over four months. When those few months were over though, what would he have? Nothing. He shook his head, and walked out the door into the cold unforgiving night. He assumed Vicki wouldn't notice he was gone until about half way through the next day. She didn't check on him before she left for work, and Tootie would only rouse him after noon if he wasn't already up. So he could go back to the bus, and have until then to disappear.
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( Tootie's PoV )
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Her and Vicki sat in Vicki's room a while after talking. Maybe they were both just trying to make sense of everything. Or at least just absorb it all. Vicki was right though. It had to be something big if it broke Timmy, had to be something horrifying. Things her mind just didn't want to even acknowledge existed.
"It's really coming down now huh?" Vicki's comment left her confused a moment until she followed Vicki's gaze. Oh the snow, she thought.
"Yeah it is. The weatherman said that it was going to be a big one tonight." Tootie turned her attention back to her sister. Something inside her didn't feel right.
"Yeah, my boss called telling me not to come in tomorrow, that he won't be opening tomorrow. Doesn't expect anyone to even be able to make it into town." Vicki smiled, "Which means I'll have two captive victims. Kidding kidding. But I will get a chance to relax though."
"Since you don't work tomorrow, and I obviously won't be going to school tomorrow. How about we get some hot chocolate, and try to cheer Timmy up some? It couldn't hurt." Tootie looked at her sister, and hoped that it would work. It wouldn't fix all Timmy's problems, but it might give him a moment of happiness. That and might help him to trust them both a little more.
"Alright, you go get started, and I'll get Timmy, once I finish getting dressed."
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Tootie had just finished making the hot chocolate when she heard Vicki say something. She couldn't understand what she said, or asked. She put the cups on the table and walked out into the living room.
"What's that Vicki?" Tootie called up the stairs. Most likely Vicki was having issues with getting Timmy to come down. Timmy wasn't very sociable
"I asked if was Timmy is down there with you." Vicki said appearing at the top of the stairs.
"No, he's not down here," Of course he wasn't down here, she'd watched him lay down for bed. It couldn't have been more than an hour before.
"Well he's not up here..." Vicki disappeared back down the hallway. "And his bags are gone. I swear I'm going to choke him when I find him."
Tootie darted up the stairs to Timmy's room first, then to her own to get dressed in warmer clothing. She would be going out with Vicki to find him. She knew that was what Vicki had planned.
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"What about that bus you talked about?" Tootie looked over from the passenger seat, after making another circuit around the mall.
"I think he'd know that would be the first place I'd look." Tootie had to agree with her. It would be the first place... but what if he counted on her thinking that way? What if he assumed she wouldn't look there, because it would be too obvious? Maybe...
"Maybe he wasn't thinking? And the cold could have addled his mind a bit. Just trying to get warm"
"Maybe. Fine, we can look it's right down this road anyways. Can't hurt to look."
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Vicki pulled into what looked to be a small junk yard. Tootie had tried to imagine the place that Vicki had described before. Her mind hadn't gotten it right. And it was even worse when she followed Vicki into the bus. It was a total mess. Vicki just looked around.
"Where is he?" Vicki continued looking around.
"Maybe I was wrong." Tootie muttered.
"No, the lantern is lit. Timmy put it out when he left... even if he didn't, the oil wouldn't have lasted this long. Meaning he lit it." Vicki and her both shivered, it was getting colder by the minute. A little more inspection showed that Timmy's bags were there, so was his money. But no Timmy. This seemed to be very odd.
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( Timmy's PoV )
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He couldn't see, and he had a major headache.
The last thing he remembered was pushing his way through the snow, and finally making it to the bus. He'd dropped his bags, and lit the oil lamp. Then everything went dark. The back of his head throbbed as he tried to think about what happened. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't figure out what happened. Then again what happened didn't matter at the moment. What mattered right now, had to be why he couldn't see.
A familiar sound cut through the air, and he placed it a moment too late as he felt something hit him across his back, causing him to scream out. He knew this feeling.
"You have been a bad... bad... boy!" he heard Veronica snarl, then twice more he was hit, with what he knew was Veronica's whip, it had to be. "A whole year! What do you have to say for yourself?"
"I-I am sor-ahhh," The whips slashed across his back again, and he could feel warm wetness slowly moving down his back. So she was mad enough to make him bleed. "I'm sorry Veronica... I'm sorry. Forgive..."
"Shut up." Veronica snarled. "The only reason I'm not going to punish you any more today, is because I realized how valuable you are to me. But don't get all cocky about it... you can still be replaced."
Then he felt hands on his face, then something removed from his face. A blindfold. It took him a moment to focus on where he was. Tied to the bed posts, of the bed he used when he was there, standing up. He didn't have to look down to know he was naked. He just wondered if only slightly, how she managed to get him there... she didn't like her servants to know about her... private life.
"Should I make you sleep tied like that?" She giggled as he felt her hand caress his bottom. "It would teach you a lesson. But I've missed you. If I untie you, will you be a good boy?"
"Yes ma'am." What choice did he really have? He should have never left Vicki and Tootie's house. Little too late to think about it now. He fell to the floor as his arms were released. Only then did Veronica actually come into sight. Her blonde hair flowing over her bare shoulders. Her perky beasts hidden by her hair. Her flat stomach, and the butterfly bellybutton ring. Finally the hairless pink folds of her nether region. She laid on his bed looking at him kneeling at the foot of the bed.
"What are you waiting for? Was I too rough? Aww... come here." She helped him up onto the bed, laying him down. His back burned as he laid back, and he was sure it was due to the whip marks on his back. This was why Veronica bothered him... she was so sweet at times... then she just turned sadistic. Her hand rubbed his chest, then moved up to his cheek. "Rest tonight... then when you are better, we'll get back to the fun." her lips grazed his, "I've missed you." Then she was gone.
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He couldn't stay here, he couldn't stay at the bus... there was no where for him to go, he thought to himself. No wait... Vicki and Tootie's. Veronica would never look there. And if she did... that was Vicki's domain... no one went against Vicki. But how would he get back? His legs barely worked, his back stung. No matter, he thought as he pushed himself up. Either he would make it there, or freeze to death. But he wouldn't remain here.
Slowly, very slowly he found a shirt and put it on. Underwear, pants, socks shoes. He couldn't find a jacket... so he settled for two sweaters. He couldn't make it through the house undetected, not tonight... at least not until later. So he'd have to go out the window. Luckily his room was on the first floor. So he climbed out, and slowly made his way through the waist high snow. He knew with out a doubt, he was leaving a trail someone could follow to where ever he went... but he'd have to take that chance. He had to try to run. He couldn't... wouldn't touch Veronica like that again.
It felt like it took hours, his legs were numb. He was shivering, but he made it back to the bus. He planned to go to Vicki and Tootie's, but he needed his stuff first. If for nothing else, his jacket. He could see it. He was almost there. He stumbled the last few steps and ended up running into the door of the bus. Right before everything went black, he swore he heard voices... swore he felt hands touching him... but the darkness swept him away.
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( Vicki's PoV )
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It had been two hours since they got there. She found and lit four more of the oil lamps, and it was a lot warmer in the bus now. Normally she would have worried about using all the oil... but Timmy wasn't going to stay there. But it also gave her and Tootie some time to talk. Mostly about being in the bus. Neither of them could imagine living there for a year... alone. Maybe it was an acquired taste. Didn't matter, because once Timmy returned, she was taking him home.
"So he really lived here?" Tootie asked, for about the hundredth time since arriving. She couldn't get angry, when she first saw the place, she'd kept thinking the same thing. This place?
"Yeah... but he's not going to stay here. We are going to take him back with..." Something hit the door, both her and Tootie looked towards it. Slowly they went to the door, and Vicki pulled the lever opening it.
"Timmy?" Tootie called out, and Vicki reached down pulling him into the bus, and closing the door.
"Tootie grab his bags, take them to the car. And start it." Vicki handed her the keys. "Then come back here, we'll wait in here until it's warmed up. She watched Tootie run out the door with the bags. "Timmy? Come on Twerp wake up."
"Is he alright?" Tootie was back, and the door was closed.
"Yeah I think he'll be okay, we need to let him warm up." Vicki said quietly. Honestly she wasn't sure... they'd just get him back to their house. There was no way they'd made it to the hospital tonight. He was only out in the cold... so at worst mild hypothermia, his lips weren't blue, so he should be fine.
Half an hour later, they both carried Timmy, who was a lot warmer, but still unconscious back into the house. Tootie grabbed some of his blankets from the bag laying them on the couch, before laying him on it, then wrapped it around him. They went into the kitchen, where Vicki put the hot chocolate into the microwave.
"What's on your hands Toots?" Vicki asked.
"Huh?" Tootie looked at her hands, and shuttered.
Vicki realized what it was about the same time Tootie did. Blood. They both ran back to the living room, and unwrapped Timmy. Tootie had mentioned the scars on his arm, but she hadn't quite expected the amount. But none one them were bleeding. It wasn't his head. They sat him up, and noticed a blood on the blanket. Slowly they removed the sweatshirts, then carefully pulled off the shirt.
"D-DOn't... look..." Timmy obviously had regained consciousness.
"What happened?" Vicki asked. Tootie... all she could do was stare. Vicki had the same issue, she couldn't look away. Maybe old scars lined his back, and his front. The way some of the marks vanished below the waist of his pants... she could only assume that his lower half held the same marks. And with cold certainly, she knew she had been right. She now knew what Veronica had done to him, and she didn't want to know anymore. "Tootie? Tootie... Tootie!"
"What?" Tootie's eyes were as big as they could be, she was shocked... still in shock.
"Help me get him to the bathroom... then... then... first-aid kit, bring me that." She wasn't even sure anything in the kit would be useful.
In the bathroom, Vicki unbuttoned his pants, to which he started protesting. She quieted his protests, and wished he would continue protesting, when he started crying. She could handle him fighting back... she couldn't handle the tears. Sadly she had been right again, the scars ran across his lower body. In fact it seemed the only parts of him that remained unmarred were his face, and genitals. What had that girl done to him... no... why had she done this... no... How could she do this to him?
"Oh god." Vicki had just managed to cover Timmy's lower half before Tootie came in.
"Stay still Timmy." Vicki rubbed his shoulder softly as she looked through the first-aid kit. She found a few butterfly bandages, using them on the one mark that had been bleeding after she cleaned it. Then put a gauze bandage over them. Finally she use aloe on the other marks that didn't break the skin.
He continued to cry the entire time, though he made no noise. She wondered if it was because he was embarrassed, or if it was something, literally beaten into him by Veronica. After helping him into his bed, watching Tootie sit by his side as he wept. He understood how Timmy forgave her so easily. Nothing she had done, could rival this. She was mean and twisted... but she didn't even think she could threaten to do this to anyone.
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( Tootie's PoV )
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Timmy had withdrew almost completely since they brought him back night before last. The snow continued to fall, effectively shutting down the city. The news stated the city would remain so, until snow stopped accumulating, to make it easier to clear. It didn't really make much sense, but that was Dimmsdale for you.
She looked over to Timmy, while he did seem more withdrawn, he had been out of the room most of the time. Though he didn't say anything, and never moved from wherever he was, except to eat something... which was hard to get him to do. Or to use the restroom, which he'd go to, and stay for long periods of time.
The only real kind of sounds he made, were when she or Vicki changed his bandages, or applied more aloe to the other marks on his back. Vicki had asked him several times where they came from, even though they both knew. She just wanted confirmation. The thing was, nothing could be done legally about Veronica. Letting the police or hospital know, they'd find and inform Timmy's parents. Which normally would be a good thing... except with how they treated him, she didn't think his psyche could handle that. And luckily Vicki agreed with her on the matter. Which meant Veronica was a problem they needed to deal with outside the law.