Chapter Four; A Sudden Change of Heart

LOL I know! I do love that movie, but even though he came through in the end, Pinocchio was a spoiled selfish brat for most of the movie, and since Chucky (when he's bad) usually looks at the glass half empty, I thought that he would probably have those kinds of views on the subject. Anyway, enjoy the next chapter, and if you haven't already, listen to the song You Were Loved by the late great Whitney Huston. I just heard it today on Bobbi Kristina's tribute video and I fell in love with it, and I'm thinking about using at least some of the words for this story since it describes Chucky's and Mary's relationship perfectly.

That night Chucky had a terrible time getting to getting to sleep because he still heard the angel's words ringing through his ears, that if he didn't get his act together he would never be able to make it back to Heaven. He dreamed that he died again and fell into a humongous pit of darkness and fire. He gave out a loud scream as he hit the ground and started running away as fast as he could go. He remembered his brother, and heard his laughter inside his mind while his spirit rose above him and continued his evil and malicious laughter while Chucky skid to a stop in front of a dark tunnel.

"There is no hope for you now, you can never escape." His brother Jack told him as within a gasp, Chucky saw a rather large serpent slithering towards him hissing and spitting while he circled and stalked him. Then all of a sudden the snake wrapped himself around Chucky's body and began to strangle him. At that point Chucky woke up screaming in a cold sweat. "Thank God, it was only a nightmare." He said breathing heavily while the sun shone down inside his eyes. Chucky placed his hand up in front of them to shield himself from being blinded by it.

It wasn't until a moment later that he realized that he was all alone. "Shit, where is that kid?" he questioned to himself as he left the trailer. He assumed that the people who had owned the trailer hadn't seen them last night and that they were already gone, but where was Mary? Chucky stopped and turned to look over at the playground and narrowed his eyebrows angrily and growled when he realized that she was over there by herself. "I'm gonna teach that kid a thing or to!" he exclaimed.

Mary enjoyed her time alone on the swing as she swung higher and higher into the air, when all of a sudden she felt someone kick it from behind and it sent her flying off of it and into the dirt. "Where the hell have you been!?" Chucky yelled. "Don't you realize that I've been looking everywhere for you!?" he shouted. "I'm sorry Chucky," Mary began as she started to cry while Chucky simply rolled his eyes at her. "Alright, enough already stop crying. I mean you're not all that hurt are you?" he asked her.

"I guess not." She answered with a sniff as she looked back at him. Chucky rolled his eyes again. "Here." He said reluctantly as he offered her his hand while she just simply looked at him. "Look, I'm sorry alright? I didn't mean to push you, but you should have told me before you just went running off like that." He explained. "Were you worried about me?" she asked him. "No." he answered. "But I thought you said_" she began.

"Look, do you want my help or not!?" he cried. "Well, alright." Mary said as she took ahold of his hand while he pulled her to her feet. "But I thought you said that you were my guardian angel, and aren't you supposed to protect me? Because my mommy said that_" she began. "Enough with your mommy already God damn it! Geesh, now I know where you get your big mouth from!" he snapped. "Look kid there's a time in your life when you got to realize that you just have to grow up and face the fact that your mother is dead and she is never coming back." He told her. "I hate you!" Mary yelled. "I don't want to be your friend anymore, why don't you just go away and leave me alone!?" she shouted before she busted into tears and ran away.

That's when for the first time in his life, Chucky wondered to himself if he had gone a little too far. "No!" he snapped as he turned his back and folded his arms. "That rotten bitch has gotten exactly what she deserves!" he argued but then he simply turned his head to look over at her sitting on the bench all by herself and hung his head with a heavy sigh. "Alright Chucky, get a hold of yourself." He told himself. "After all you did promise to find her parents, and if you help her you'll finally get a new body." He reminded himself before he walked over to the bench and climbed up on top of it and sat down next to her.

"Hey kid, can I talk to you a second?" he asked her. "No!" she cried. "You yelled at me and you hurt my feelings!" she shouted angrily. "Look kid, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." He said and it actually surprised him that for the first time ever what he had said to her was true. "There's a lot about me you don't know, and the truth is that I lost my grandfather when I was young, and it still kind of hurts that he isn't with me anymore, and well that's the only reason I said that." He explained.

"Mommy said that_" she began before she stopped to look at him and bit her lip. "What did she say now?" Chucky asked her with another roll of his eyes. "that when you truly love someone, they stay inside your heart forever." She answered with a smile as Chucky thought this over for a minute before slowly turning away from her and then looking back at her. "Well you may be a whiny little bitch, but,.. and I can't believe I'm saying this_" he began as he took a deep breath. "you're a good kid." He told her as she smiled at him and he found to his surprise that a grin was slowly emerging onto his own face.