Claw marks decorated my face and wings. A couple bite marks were visible on the tips of my ears. Dried up blood started to crust and crumble on my body where Kinski's harsh claws and sharp, rotton teeth made contact with my body. I shivered again. It happened so fast...I thought I was going to die...
Doc came into my room for the third time. Right when he opened the door, I could hear Kinski's faint screaming downstairs. I shook uncontrollably again. Doc closed the door. "Are you ok, Banshee?" he asked me in a calm, soft voice. I shook my head. Doc sighed and carefully sat down on my bed.
"I'm sorry," he said. I felt tears roll down my face. Doc lightly touched the top of my head. "I'm trying my best...but its hard to calm him down. They did something to his mind..." his voice faltered. He didn't say anything for a minute. I blinked the salty tears away and looked up at him. "How did he escape?" I asked. Doc turned his head to me.
"Brim. Brim went and saved him. I dont know where she is now," he said. I sighed and felt more tears come down. Doc patted my head and got up. "I'm going to do the best I can to fix him. I promise," said the one eared rabbit. With that, he got up and pulled out a bottle of medicine from his black bag. He carefully rubbed the stuff on the areas where Kinski's claws ripped into my flesh. I flinched in pain. Doc apologized.
When he was done, he poured me a glass of water and helped me sit upright. I lifted up my wings, but they shook so much, I couldnt grab the glass. Doc carefully lifted the drink to my lips and slowly poured the water down my throat. He lifted it back upright after I gulped a couple sips down. He helped me lay back down and left me to rest. He picked up his bag and left the room. Closing the door after him. I sighed a shaky sigh and tried falling asleep.
...
A couple hours later, I got myself up and walked to the bathroom. My wings shook slightly as I touched the walls. The bathroom was small. It only had a tub and a sink. I took deep breaths to calm myself down as I prepared myself a bath. My clothes had dry blood on them as I carefully peeled them off and sat down in the water. The water calmed me as I sat there. The scratches on my arm stung a bit, but the pain gradually ceased.
The scared memory in my mind repeated over and over. Kinski's arms slashed out at me like lightning. His eyes filled with fear and rage. I shivered a bit. I didnt understand. What happened to him? I lowered my head down into the water. I stayed like that, till I had to come up for air. The water rolled down my face and back into the tub. I stared down at my scratched wings. The scars were visible now. Fresh blood slowly wound its way like red smoke up to the surface of the water.
My shoulders started to shake uncontrollably. My throat tightened and I began to cry. I'm going to kill Bill, I thought angrily. Rage mixed with my tears.
Finally, I got up and grabbed a towel. Drying myself off as best I could and changing back into my clothes. I turned back to the tub. The water was now a pale pink from my blood. I drained the water out and slowly walked back to my bed.
Just as I did, Petunia came in. "Banshee?" she asked as she came in. I looked over at her. "Petunia? What's wrong?" I asked. Petunia rubbed her right eye with the back of her hand. "Why is Kinski so scary all the sudden?" she asked as she came in. I helped her up onto my bed and smoothed her long hair out of her eyes. "I...I dont know," I said, choking the tears back. Petunia touched her stetoscope around her neck nervously. "Is he sick?" she asked. I stopped stroking her hair and laid my wing back down. I stared down at my lap.
"I...dont know, Petunia...I don't know..." I said in a whisper. Suddenly, the silence was broken when we heard Kinski screaming downstairs again. Something crashed downstairs, making Petunia and I flinch. Petunia scooted closer to me and wrapped her arms around my stomach. "He scares me," she said. I wrapped my wings around the little girl and lightly touched the top of her head with mine.
"Its ok," I said. Tears came down my face and dripped on top of Petunias black head of hair. She looked up at me and hugged me tighter. Suddenly, my ears picked up to bits and pieces of what Kinski was saying. "Let go of me! Git back!" he screamed. Chains clattered against the floor. The citizens said something to him, but I didnt catch it. Kinski responded again. "I know part of Bill''s plan!" he said a couple of other things, then I heard my name. Suddenly, more things broke and crashed. Petunia started to whimper. She clung to my side.
We listened to Kinski scream and curse angrily till there was silence. The citizens downstairs sighed with relief and closed the door that went into the small dining room. After listening to the silence, I let go of Petunia and got up. "Where are you going?" asked Petunia nervously. I stopped at the door and turned to her. "I'm going downstairs," I said. With that, I left the girl in my room.
Downstairs, everyone was murmuring amongst themselves. I heard Kinski's name a couple times in the conversations. They were worried about him. They couldnt control him. Something was wrong with his mind. I spotted Mr. Black and Doc. "I dont think medicine will help him, and Mr. Black doesnt seem to know what's wrong with him either," said the white rabbit as he turned his head to the spider. Mr. Black shook his head sadly. Kinski's insanity wasnt a side effect.
"It's Bill's doing," said Elgin angrily. Everyone went quiet when the bobcat said that. Finally Buford spoke, "If it's Bill's doin', do ya think we can we get any info out of him? possibly Bill told him his master plan or somethin?" he asked. Everyone exchanged glances. Beans shook her head sadly.
"He wont talk to anyone…he says he'll only talk to Banshee," said Beans, finally noticing me standing behind the posse. Everyone turned. Their eyes widened when they saw me standing there. I scanned over everyone's faces, then focused my eyes on the closed door. I couldnt hear any sounds. I took a deep breath and stepped forward toward it. Priscilla instantly stepped in front of me. "He'll kill you, don't go in there," she said. Her eyes filled with fear. I turned to everyone else. Everyone's eyes were filled with fear. They didn't want me to go in there. Waffles took a step forward.
"Don't go in there, Banshee! Dont go in there! He's not himself. Bill-" "I know, Bill did this to him," I said, interrupting him. Waffles stared up at me with huge eyes. Finally, he lowered his head and stepped back to where he stood. I looked up at everyone. "We need to know what Bill is up to. If I'm the only one he wants to talk to, then I must go in."
Beans stepped forward. "No, I wont let you go in. We can find out Bill's plan some other way," she said. I stared up at her. Finally, Rango came up to his wife. He looked at her. "Beans... Kinski said he knew something about Bill's plan," Beans eyes began to fill up with tears as she stared at her husband.
"But what if he's lying? What if he just wants..." her voice faltered. Rango held Beans in his arms and then looked up at me. "Try to get Kinski to talk to you...don't worry. He's chained up, so he wont hurt you," said the zombie sheriff. I nodded and faced back to the door.
No one said anything as I walked toward the dark door. Elgin opened it for me, and I walked in. "Be careful in there," he said. I nodded, and he closed the door behind me.