Tabby opened the door to Lawrence's room, holding the same food tray she held every day with a different meal for the doctor.
"Tabby," Lawrence said. "How did it go?"
"It went great.." Tabby said, placing the food tray down in front of Lawrence. "Just great.."
"What happened?"
"I really, really don't want to talk about it.." Tabby said, sitting down in her usual spot. She was not feeling well and it was the knot of nervousness, fear, and anxiety building in her stomach which was the cause.
"What did they say?" Lawrence asked, his voice soft and his hand holding Tabby's.
"I.. didn't get a clear response.." Tabby replied, holding onto Lawrence's hand with both of hers. His hands were warm and it a small dose of courage began to build.
"I see.."
Tabby could see the disappointment on her friend's face. She squeezed his hand before she stood. Lawrence looked up at her, confused a bit.
"What the matter?" he asked.
"I'm.. going to save Adam."
Lawrence was flabbergasted as Tabby quickly walked out of the room, closing the door behind her. He only shook his head and prayed she'd be all right..
Tabby entered her father's workshop and saw it was still deserted, no-one but a friendly puppet occupied the room. Tabby saw the apple she had dropped, picked it up and washed it off. She looked around for a plastic bag and once she found one, started to fill it up with two bottles of water, the washed apple she cut in slices, and a sandwich.
Quickly, Tabby walked down the hallway which would take her to the bathroom where Adam was located. She had to act fast before the others returned..
Tabby's steps continued to move to down the hall and she soon came to the bathroom door. The knot from before returned but she had to be brave.
She opened the door, wishing it were quieter and entered the dark bathroom. She shut the door and stood in the darkness, listening to her surroundings. Adam should be asking questions like,"Who's there?", "What's going on?" not being so quiet..
Tabby went to the light switch, turned on the light, gasped when she saw Adam on the floor, bag over his head. She ran to him as quickly as she possibly could and ripped the bag off of him.
"Adam? Oh God, Adam!" Tabby was panicking. She held his head in her hands, calling his name over and over, praying he wasn't dead. "Adam!"
She opened the plastic bag she brought with her and took out a water bottle, opened it and pour it over Adam's face, hoping it would bring him back if he was knocked out. She hoped she wasn't too late..
Adam cough and breathed in semi-fresh air. He saw Tabby and started to thrash around as if he was trying to fight Tabby off him, as if he saw her as some potential threat.
"I'm not here to kill you! Adam!" Tabby said, trying to get a hold of Adam. "Lawrence sent me!"
Adam suddenly stopped, he was breathing heavy and looked tired but Tabby figured it was because of the fact he was trapped rather than it being caused from all the thrashing.
"Lawrence?" Adam repeated.
"I'm here to help you.. I'm Tabby, a friend of Lawrence." Tabby said, taking out the unused bottled of water and food she had prepared for Adam.
"I'm Adam.." Adam said. His voice was small and full of shyness, reminding Tabby of a scared child.
"I know exactly who you are. I brought you some food and water."
Tabby took the sandwich out of its plastic sandwich bag and gave it to Adam.
Adam looked like he was going to cry as he took the sandwich. Tabby smiled as she watched him eat the sandwich and the apples in under five minutes, he now reminded her of when Lawrence first ate after winning..
"Do you have anymore water?" Adam asked, breaking Tabby from her thoughts.
She checked her bag for another bottle of water but remembered she only brought two, one was used to wake him up.
"I don't have any in my bag," Tabby said, standing and collecting all the trash. "I can go and get you some if you want."
"No, please don't leave me.. Please.." Adam begged. "I don't like the dark.. please.."
His look of fear tugged at Tabby's heart but she shook her head and smiled. She placed a hand on Adam's cheek.
"I'll be right back. It'll be quick, don't worry."
Tabby walked to the bathroom door and looked back at Adam who started to silently cry.. She felt sorry for him but he needed the water badly. She turned away, opened the door and exited the bathroom door.
After she shut the door, she saw two shadows on the door. Fear consumed her stomach as she looked at the shadows in horror.
"No.." she said. She turned around and screamed.
There was nowhere to go, the pig-masked beings had her cornered. One of them held her in their arms with a familiar grip, a grip she once felt safe in.
"No! Let me go! Let me go!" Tabby screamed, thrashing like Adam did not too long ago.
The other pig masked being had a needle in their hands which brought more fear to Tabby. She thrashed around some more now with tears about to fall from her face.
"Let me go! No!"
The pig masked being stabbed Tabby with the needle, Tabby screamed and then she was injected. Slowly, the thrashed died down and Tabby's body went completely limp. The pig masked being holding her let her fall to the floor.
Mark took off his mask and looked down at the unconscious Tabby with an expression of remorse on his face. Amanda took off her mask and pulled the needle out from Tabby with no expression of remorse on her face but with a small smug look instead.
"Let's get her game ready." Amanda said.
Mark shot Amanda a dark look, he didn't like to be ordered around by someone below him in rank. However, he wasn't in the mood to argue with the junkie. Instead, he went down and picked up Tabby, holding her in his arms as he and Amanda walked away from the bathroom.
(A/N: Thanks for the nice reviews. :] Sorry if it appeared I didn't update due to the fact I barely have any reviews.. kinda got my laptop taken away from me for three days so I was unable to post on the usual Wednesday.
Reviews or no reviews, I'll still post this.. I mean, I write from the enjoyment of it, ya know? Don't get me wrong, it's ALWAYS nice to hear people say they like what I write and want me to continue but I don't think I would necessarily be bothered if this story had no reviews. Anyway! Thanks again, readers!)
