The tin man let out a moan, as if it was worried or confused. Was it because I was stuck?
"Are you a good angel?" The other girl asked, smiling brightly at me and moving my gaze away from the tin man.
I didn't know how to answer that, so it seemed like all of Rapture was quiet. I didn't know that was possible in Rapture. What does Rapture mean anyways? Why would someone name it that? What if it means "dead city" or "living dead"? Stupid Andrew Ryan, he puts shame to that name. S.H.A.M.E. The little girl just stood there, waiting for an answer. Then I answered, I'm not sure why.
"I'm a good girl. Like you."
She didn't seem to accept my answer.
"Do you gather?" she asked, tilting her head slightly to the side.
"What?" I asked quietly. What was gather? Was it normal for little girls to gather? Why had I never gathered before?
"Do you gather?" she repeated, before adding, "Good girls gather, gather, gather." Her voice was dreamy, almost as if she was oblivious to the world around her, and everything revolved around gathering.
I had no idea what to say next. But I didn't want her to go away for some reason, so I had to think of something, and I had to think of it quickly. So I did.
"No...I've never gathered...but I could try?" I said, but it ended up as a question.
The girl's face lit up.
"Help me gather!" she exclaimed, beaming. "I like you! And I love Mr. Bubbles! He's a nice daddy." she finished, pointing to the tin man. Mr. Bubbles...what a cute name.
I smiled shyly, hoping my sister would come. Then the little girl started to study me, and walking around on each side and observing me, like I was some God or something.
I glanced at Mr. Bubbles, but he didn't seem to be worried anymore. He just sat there waiting for the girl.
"I like you!" the little girl repeated.
I beamed. I just knew she'd help me get back to sister. Then Mr. Bubbles groaned, like he was trying to say something, but all the came out were weird whale nosies.
"Mr. Bubbles likes you too," she said, before hugging me, which surprised me. "A-And your an angel! A living one!"
I stood there with my mouth opened. Did she just say that Mr. Bubbles...likes me? I didn't like him. Much too creepy. I heard the thump of Mr. Bubble's feet. I felt it, too. Then I saw Mr. Bubbles heading towards me. The little girl backed away repeating,
"Daddy likes you! Mr. B says he likes you!"
He let out that worried moan again, which was strange. It sounded like a dying whale, if I ever heard one...which I haven't. The ground started to shake and I lost my sight temporarily. I tried to get up but my foot and Mr. Bubbles made me lose my balance.
The only thing I could do was lay on the bloody floor with my eyes shut tightly and start to flinch every time the ground shook. I tried to wiggle free but it was too tight for me to do that. I heard that moan again and this time it was really loud and sounded so close to me.
I opened my eyes to see Mr. Bubbles bending over me. His light wasn't red. It was a dull, yellow color. As he reached out his hands to me, I flinched, and he moaned in annoyance. The girl watched intentely with a smile on her lips. This time when Mr. Bubbles reached out I didn't flinch because I was afraid to push his patience.
The tin man carefully pulled me out of the hole I was stuck in. Then he gently put me down to the ground and patted my head softly, being ever so careful not to push down too hard. I didn't even know tin men could be so gentle. How strange. Well, that didn't matter now. I was no longer stuck, now all I had to do was find my sister.
I waited as soon as Mr. Bubbles stepped out of my way to attempt to get away, but as they led me lead, I heard the girl call after me,
"Wait for me angel!"
I kept moving, but I couldn't find my sister, so I turned and looked back to see if Mr. Bubbles was angry. I didn't see anything so I kept going. I was looking back and doing this weird walk, when I bumped into something. I expected it to be Aly, sister, Katy, Garret, or a wall. But when I looked up, and as I saw who it was, I screamed. It was a female, but she wasn't normal. She was like that man who had attacked me. But looking at her, even just barely, I felt I knew her from somewhere; like someone I knew for a long time.
The lady's mouth looked like it had been ripped off; gums black and swollen. The few teeth she had left were little and really far apart. One of her eyes was no longer there, leaving just a black socket where it should have been. The other eye was pushed back into her head and was higher up. Her nose looked ripped off too, and she was completely and utterly hideous.
She had huge, yellow, infected spots all over her legs and arms, and even a few on her face. She began to stab an Eve hypu thing in her arm. I quickly did as my instincts and sister told me to. I fell on the ground, screaming. I dodged to the side as she let fire flow out of her hand like nothing.
So that's what Plasminds did to you.
She was about to shoot me with her Plasmid again when we both heard Mr. Bubble's thump-steps, an angry groan, and then faster stomps. He sounded very angry, and I thought I was going to be killed by the both of them. The lady, ignoring Mr. Bubble's groans, did some teleporting thing to get to a sade distance and started throwing fire balls at me once more.
I dodged about five before they started to get faster and I could barely dodge them, especially when I was on the floor. Then I got my hand burnt and screamed more, because I thought I dodged it. Suddenly, I felt a metal hand knock the breath out of me. The hand being Mr. Bubble's. The girl, who was close behind, came towards me and yelled,
"Angel sis! I knew you wouldn't leave us! You just found us an angel so I can be a good girl!" Once she finished, she dropped down next to me, hugging me.
"Y-Yeah." I stammered, hugging her back...I had to find my sister. Now.
Chapter 3 arriving soon.