;D HEY LOVERS!3 :3 well-heres another chapter for you all! I love you guys! :3
So0o-my boyfriend's and i's one year is on the 19th! And i am...getting him a turtle...
A one year-together turtle..
Named Tiger-Tito-Tyler the turtle... :3
BUT I SHALL STILL BE WRITING!
SO READ AND REVIEW3 thank you lovers3
OPHELIA'S POV (earlier that day-)
Lizard and I continued to walk through the marsh with Thor happily walking with us. Thor weaved in between us rhythmically, and Lizard caught up with me, grabbing my hand. The marsh was wet and humid, just the way I remembered and I took in a deep breath of air. He followed my lead, trying to take a deep breath of the warm air, causing him to cough when he swallowed a swamp-bug. I giggled, slapping him on the back.
"So..this is home fer ya.." He said, looking around at the drooping trees, dressed in Spanish moss and the little snakes, birds, turtles, fishes, and lizards that scampered around. I nodded as Thor stopped in front of us, whimpering.
"Yes..home..what is it baby?" I asked scratching Thor's head. He stomped his paws, sniffing the ground. I scratched his back, nodding my head as he barked, leaping behind some trees.
"He's gotta go-go. He want's us to wait for him.." I said, hearing Thor fiddle around in the brush.
"How ya know?"
"Cause he's practically my child."
"..Babies.."
"Mhm."
I could feel an awkward conversation coming on. Babies usually always cause awkward conversations, seeing as they can't speak for themselves.
"Ophelia..Ya'..want..babies?" He asked curiously. I scratched the back of my neck, watching the trees rather than my boyfriend beside me.
"Uhh-What about last night? What happened there?" I changed the subject, glaring at him. He shrugged.
"Dun' like him."
"Count?
"Yes ma'me."
"...Ma'me..great I'm old. Why were you mad with me?" I asked, watching and waiting for Thor to come back so we could continue our walk.
"'Cause you was with him." He said simply, leaning against a nearby tree, but quickly pulling away, his shoulder now covered in sap.
"He's my friend Lizard, I love you, but-"
BANG
BANG
BANG
A shot rang out, hitting the tree that was far too close to Lizard's head. What the fuck's with people trying to shoot us lately. I spun around, Thor hiding in the bushes, but clearly ready to pounce. I starred, dumbfounded as I watched Counter pull himself from the brush, his gun in his hands. Lizard snarled, pushing me behind him and holding me there. Counter watched us, fire in his black speckled eyes as I felt my own water.
"C-count..wh-hat are you doing?" I asked, holding onto Lizard's hand, mine shaking with fear as his shook with anger. Counter cocked his gun, slowly stepping forwards.
"Ophie..c'mon..lets go home.." He said, holding his hand out to me. He had this glint in his eye that I've never seen before, and I shook my head.
"Count..this isn't you..w-whats with you?"
He laughed lowly, angling his gun and watching how the sun caught against the polished metal.
"Ophie..you and I..that's how it's supposed to be..when you were gone..I missed you so badly.." He said, cocking the gun once more.
"I-I know..I missed you too.." I trembled, as Lizard growled and Counter glared, holding up the gun.
"He's wrecking us Ophie..you know I love you..Just...come home with me..I know you're not happy..I know you're with him because you're afraid of him.." He said sweetly. Lizard grasped my wrist, hoping that it wasn't the truth.
"No..Count..I had chances to leave..but I-I can't..my heart won't let me." I said. He smirked, pointing the gun.
"We'll I'll help you free your heart.." He said, firing the gun. Lizard threw us out of the way, rolling his body over mine and growling up at Count, possessively pressing his body to mine, just further angering Counter.
"Sh'es mine.." He snarled, still crouching over me. I shoved him off, standing up tall.
"Run." I said, standing in front of him.
"What?" He snapped, grabbing me by the shoulder and trying to throw me behind him, using himself as a shield.
"Run.." I said, shaking myself out of his grip, and standing firm in front of him. He growled.
"Wha'.."
"You've always protected me..let me do the same for you..Now GO." I said, shoving him off into the greenery. He nodded, his blue orbs once again ringed with silver. Dread and love filled his eyes, but he listened to me for once, and I could barley hear him dash off somewhere, but not too far off. He was watching still, near by if anything was to happen. He hated this, I know he did. He wanted to be always-protecting. But he needs to know I can defend us too.
"Counter..please..just walk off..and we-we can act like this never happened.." I lied, stepping back. I heard a familiar russle in the bushes.
"No..there's no going back now.." He said, stepping forwards. I kept going back.
"What's 'no going back' entail.."
"You..coming home with me..and the old man disappearing." He said with a smirk. I groaned.
"Count! I told you! He's not old. He's-" I started, but I was cut off my gunfire.
BANG
BANG
"I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. YOU'RE EITHER COMING HOME WITH ME, OR NOT AT ALL." He screamed, pointing the gun at me. I heard more rustling, and I hoped Lizard would stay hidden.
"WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER?" He screamed, cocking the gun once more.
"Here it is.." I said, turning around to face the bushes, I really didn't want to see this..
"I'm so sorry..." I sobbed.
"THOR~HELP ME! AHHHH!" I screamed like a maniac, causing Lizard to jump out of his hiding place: A high branch in the tree above me, as Thor burst from the foliage. He seemed confused as I pointed at Counter, hell, I was confused. But he understood my command, and without regret, he charged at Counter, taking his arm in his massive jaws. I cringed as an ear breaking scream rang around the marsh. I gagged, watching as Thor proceeded to rip a chunk of flesh out of Counter's shoulder.
I cringed, Lizard licking his lips as Thor pretty much began to rip my best friend apart. I sobbed, barley noticing a flash of blue come from the tree.
"Sister? I heard a scream-oh my god!" Greg said, bounding into the battle arena, only to see blood coating everything, as Thor continued to rip everything apart.
"GO! Call the cops! Hurry! Off like a bunny! Grab Ruby, Harper and Goggle and HIDE." I said to him. He nodded, zippering his blue sweatshirt up and sprinting back to the house, as fast as his little nike sneakers could carry him.
"-AND YOU! hurry, c'mon. Thor! OFF! LET'S GO!" I screamed, calling Thor off of Counter, who was curled up on the forest floor. It looked like most of the skin on his shoulders and arms had been ripped off, and large bite punctures and wounds covered his face, torso and arms. His legs were covered in claw marks, as were his arms. Blood pooled around him, and as I grabbed Thor by the collar and Lizard by the wrist and began dragging them away, I knew he'd be alright.
I heard the ambulance sirens.
"Where we goin'?" He asked, annoyed by being told off and now tugged around the marsh. There was a small ravine, where a tree almost collapsed into it. Therefore, the roots were lifted upwards, and made what looked like a little hut composed of the roots. I shoved Thor under the roots, and grabbed some browning-brush that laid on the ground, and covered up some of the bigger holes in the twining roots. I grabbed a large, detached branch, and smacked Lizard with it, swooping him under the tree as well. I crawled in butt-first, covering the entrance with the large branch.
"Wha' tha' fuck-" He started, but I covered his mouth. Thor wined, but laid down and kept quiet, he knew we needed to hide. I brought my finger to my lips in a 'shhh' sign, to which he glared and nodded. We could still see Counter, curled into a bloody ball. We had to squint to see him properly, but it didn't matter much now. All we'd have to do now is wait for the police and ambulance personnel to leave, then we'd sneak back home and kick the ticket out of this place.
"OVER HERE!" I heard a man dressed in scrubs and carrying a medics bag say, waving his arms before scampering over towards the fallen nurse. He began applying pressure to the more serious wounds, as two other men carried a stretcher, and began to load him on. Two police officers were along side with them, taking pictures and scribbling notes. Both were women, one with spiked up blond hair, the other with a frizzy black pony tail.
"Hey Susa? What do you think went on?" The black haired police officer asked the blond. The blond, apparently named Susa, shrugged and was placing Counter's gun in an evidence bag.
"He had no gun wounds. But this gun's been fired recently. The wounds look more...animal like.." The black haired woman said, taking pictures of some blood. Susa shrugged.
"Like what Dee? A dog?" Susa asked her black haired partner, named Dee. Dee shook her head, looking around.
I held my breath, gripping Lizard's hand and Thor's collar. We were silent.
"Nah..To...it just doesn't look like a dog bite. Maybe a wolf.." She said, snapping more pictures. Dee's cell phone rang, which she answered quickly. I heard the ambulance siren, as Counter was driven to a hospital.
"Hello? Yes...yes..oh! Thank you-Actually..yes that's what we think happened sir..Thank you sir." Dee said, sighing and hanging up on the call.
"Doc says that it was probably a mountain lion. Let's just wrap this up." Dee said, kicking at the dried grass. Susa looked up at her, her eyes wide.
"But what about the gun?" She asked, holding up the bag. Dee shrugged.
"If you had a gun and were being mauled by a mountain lion, wouldn't you shoot it?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders.
"Then where's the cat?" Susa asked, looking around.
C'mon bitch! Take the idea and leave! My legs are fucking cramping. I looked to the side to see a flash of blue, waving me over. I groaned, seeing Greg pointing towards an opening in the forest, where Ruby, Goggle and Harper were sneaking in. They went and hid in another ravine, that I knew was slathered and filled with mud. Ruby slid down with Greg, the other couple following after them, creating a collective smush into the mud.
Dee's head spun to were the ravine was. Lucky for us, the ravine was deep, and they held steady at the edge, staying out of sight. I knew Harper would be disgusted with getting dirty, and possibly Ruby as well.
"What was that?" Dee asked, Susa hurriedly packing up their things.
"Probably the cat. Let's get." Susa said, huffing her bags onto her shoulders.
"Shouldn't we ya know...kill it? It's obviously a danger." Dee said clicking her gun.
Oh great fuck fuck fuckitty fuck fuck. I growled under my breath, causing Lizard to flick me in the ear. I stuck my tongue out at him.
"We're not animal control. They'll be out here in about an hour. Let's go." Dee said, packing up her own bags, and both of the detectives left the area. We waited for about 20 minutes, when we heard their car doors shut, and the familiar sight of police siren light up as the cruiser rode away. I crawled out from under the tree, dragging the man and dog after me, as I heard a deafening screech come from the muddy ravine.
"HOLY SHIT! WHO SAID JUMP IN!" Harper screeched, clawing her way out of the hole, covered in muk. Even worse, she didn't seem to be wearing pants, only a long blue t shirt that came to her thigh. Her whole body was plastered in mud, and she bent down, hefting her sister-in-law out of the hole, who was also covered in mud.
"And then of COURSE! We have to fucking hide in it for half a fucking hour!" She spat, swiping at her thighs as Greg and Goggle helped each other out of the mud. Ruby stood there, watching somewhat dumbly at the older girl.
"Harp..don't you work with horses..and live on a farm..doesn't that go along with being covered in crap and mud?" I asked, picking some leaves out of my hair. She huffed, running her hands down her arms, squishing off the excess mud.
"Doesn't mean I go out intending on being dirty. Besides..its worse..I don't have any-" She started.
"Pants..we know." I said, watching as Greg shook his hair, mud flying all around. Thor shook off blood from his coat, showering us in the red-brown droplets.
"No-HE STOLE MY UNDERWEAR! C'MERE!" She screamed, racing after Goggle who was swinging around a pair of blue striped panties, and running for the hills. She screamed as Ruby and I winced at her predicament, seeing as she was very tiny, and the mud was up to Goggle's mid-section, which would mean about Harper's lower chest. She finally caught him, beating him over the head with a stick, and we all started the nasty trek home.
We entered the back yard, and I went for the hose, turning it on and spraying down Thor first, the blood running from his coat. I called Ruby over, washing off her feet, hands and face, same with the others.
"You guys can use the hose to wash off. There's three showers inside, but they're not really effective if they're all running at once." I said, opening the back sliding door and stepping into the house. Jude was on the couch, talking sternly into the phone. He eyed me as I opened up the fridge, as Harper dashed through the house, running for the shower. Goggle scampered after her, only to have the door slammed shut in his face. He whined and fake-cried in a purposely annoying manner until his tiny fiance angrily let him in.
"Shower and shut up." She growled, slamming the door shut as she turned the water on. I sighed, pulling out a bottle of coke and sat on one of the stools at the kitchen counter. Jude's phone clicked shut.
"Well- Apparently Counter has been attacked by a mountain lion..do you want to talk about that?" Jude said, crossing his legs and propping them on the footstool in front of him. I shrugged, sipping at my soda as I watched Ruby spray Lizard and Greg with the hose's cold water as the two men ran around the yard. I rolled my eyes, playing with the cap on the counter. I grumbled a little bit, my chest feeling somewhat hallow.
"Elia..c'mon..what happened? Counter just went along with what the police figured out. Nothing bad's going to happen." He said softly, getting up and hobbling towards me. He hunkered down on a stool next to me, snatching and taking a sip out of my soda.
"I want to go home." Spat out of my mouth. Jude looked at me oddly, gulping down more soda.
"You are home.." He said, taking my hand and checking my pulse. I grabbed his hand, clutching it tightly.
"He took out a gun on us-he wanted to kill Lizard! I had to have Thor attack him..I-He just.." I said brokenly, as Nuc seemingly appeared out of no where, whining somewhat pathetically. Thor barked, still wet from his hose bath as he nudged Jude on the leg.
"Sis..I don't know what happened..obviously something in his head..but uh..Nuc's about to pop out her pups." He said just as brokenly as I was as he stumbled over to the little birthing nest in the corner of the room. Nuc limped after him, as Thor waddled behind her. The shower turned off, and I waited outside the door. Harper walked out with Goggle, both wrapped in towels and headed upstairs to change. I tried not to notice the satisfied smiles as I stepped into the still foggy bathroom, and turned the shower back on.
Jude went to the back door, sliding it open.
"THE PUPPIES ARE COMING! WHO WANTS TO WATCH!" He called out into the yard. I heard Ruby scream with joy, as they scrambled for the door. I ignored it, knowing the birthing process would take some time, and she was only going to have two puppies, and there would be time lengths in between pups. I stripped myself of my dirty, bloody clothes and stepped into the shower and my dam finally broke. I leaned against the wall and proceeded to let the tears fall.
"Why-" I sobbed quietly, and everything seemed to blurr. I sniffled pathetically, and I just couldn't click my brain into working. Why did Counter come after us like that? He was always the type to talk it out, instead of using violence. I really think that he just lost his mind. I sniffled again, quickly washing my hair and body but stayed under the spray. I didn't hear him come in, but I felt the warmth as he wrapped his arms around me from behind.
"'S gonna be alright.." He sighed, pressing a twisted lipped kiss to the base of my neck. I coughed, wrapping one arm around his as my other went behind my head to run through his hair.
"He deserved it.." He whispered into my ear, practically growling. I jerked away, only to be held in place.
"He tried ta attack ya..'m sorry though." He whispered, and I nodded. I knew he had to be stopped, he was about to rampage, and who knew if he was going to shoot me along with Lizard if I rejected him. We spent another ten minutes under the warming spray, not doing anything. He still held be against his chest and slowly rock us back and forth. He turned the water off, taking us out and wrapping a white towel around me before grabbing one for himself.
"C'mon Eliah..we gotta watch 'em pups be born." He grinned, excited at the aspect of puppies.
"This morning you were scared of Thor.." I mumbled, stepping out of the bathroom and towards the bedroom. I dried off quickly, slipping on some loose jeans and a neon blue tank top. Lizard thew on a pair of dark jeans that used to belong to Maine, and threw on his usual vest. I heard a dog whining and what sounded like a worried bark.
"Pup's cute.." He grumbled. I laughed half heartily.
"My boyfriend kills everything but thinks puppies are cute...Are you bipolar?" I asked, wrapping an arm around his waist. He snorted, nudging me with his hip as we entered the living room, towards said dog in labor.
