Smoldering Thoughts: Sifting through the memories 7/?
Murdock's Crazylady, Now Red and Susie also, with imput by Lacy, Flight, Nikie
(With Red, CK, MCL, Susie, Nikie, Lacy, Dixie, Jesse, Tish and others)
PG-13, I think fits the series now, with an R rated part here and there, I will warn about it
Disclaimer: I don't own the team. I do own CrazyKid and Melly
© 2001 Murdock's CrazyLady (MCL)
Beta reader!!: (Yes, I have one now!!) Thanks to Red, my god-mom for being my Beta reader and for the help with
this sometimes confusing AU fic! (and for putting up with me in my 4-year-old mode) LOL
PLEASE send comments.
This is the sequel to Melly and CrazyKid: The 2 youngest patients/Terrors
The Face Hunter
"So you ain't gonna stop CK, mom?" Flight asked, confused by her mom's reaction earlier and her smile now. "Don't worry. I'm all for action, but I won't let CK do anything TOO bad." Red repiled as sht attic door opened and MCL, Red's adopted 10-year-old daughter, came in. "Hi mom, you look happy. What's CK doin now?" MCL asked as she gave Red a hug. Red hugged her back. "CK's looking for Face." Red answered and MCL looked at Flight, who shrugged. "Um, mom? you do know that CK's gonna do somethin real bad, right? CK don't take stuff lightly!" MCL asked and Red nodded.
"I know! I'm looking forward to whatever havoc she reaks!" Red said in a hyper voice. MCL laughed. "Besides, she won't go too far because she knows I'll have something to say about it." Red said, in her normal voice. MCL still laughed. She loved the weird, sneaky side her mom sometimes played. It made her feel safe and at home.
**************CK stalked down the hall, her bow on her shoulder, her arrows in arm's reach, and her face locked to hunt down and destroy mode. CK felt nothing but hatred right now, and not all of it was because Face couldn't take her, it was also her memories, her secret..her hatred was for everyone who hurt her and she was going to make someone pay for it. It just so happened that Face was the last person to tick her off. Only one thing would cure it, the blood of Face splattered on the walls and in puddles on the floor. The thought of it made CK grin evilly as she turned a corner and heard a familiar laugh.
She hid behind a linen barrel and waited to see the person as they came by. Seconds later, Face came by, talking to a Joxer clone, and CK jumped out at them. The Joxer clone hid behind the Face clone, and watched as CK pulled an arrow, aiming it right for Face's heart. A scream later, the arrow made contact, slpattering blood all over CK and the Joxer cone, whom looked like a rabbit in a headlight as the Face clone fell to his knees and then to his belly as he died. The arrow went the whole way through as he fell on top of it. CK looked from the dead clone to the Joxer clone. She pulled another arrow and pointed it at him, her eyes narrowed to uncaring, cold slits. Joxer took the threat and ran. CK pointed the arrow down at the floor as she looked at the blood running across the floor.
She stared at it, watching it as it flooded over to her footy-jammy clad foot, and she moved it away. A proud grin spread across her bloody face as she bent down and touch the blood, wiping it under the black stripes under her eyes, then she merely walked away.
****************Susie walked down the hall singing the Joxer the mighty song. Suddenly, she saw a bloody, trance like child walk by her, and did a double take, noticing the arrows and the bow. She didn't recignize CK, and thought, *Red's never gonna believe this!* as she continued on to the attic she shared with her twin, Red. "Red!" Susie said as she came in. "Hi auntie!" MCL and Flight said in unison, giggling afterwards. "Hi girls. red, you'll never believe what I just saw!" Susie said and Red sensed shock in her sister. "What sis?" Red asked.
"A little kid, covered in blood! Walked right by me!" Susie said and MCL and Flight looked at one another with open-mouthed expressions. Red walked over, begging herself not to let it be CK having a relapse. "Was it a little girl, about this high, wearing footy-jammies?" Red asked, putting her hand right above her knee. "Yes, she looked mean as ever!..uh, was that, CK?! The blood looked real too..oh boy.." Susie said, realizing who the child had been now. Susie grabbed a cup of tea as Red turned to her daughters. "Okay girls, mom needs your help. I want you to go and round up your sister and cousins and bring them back here to the attic. I have to find CK." Red said and both girls nodded, leaving.
Susie and Red were alone, and right before she went out the door, Red turned back and said, "Susie, it's okay you didn't recignize CK, I don't even know if I will if she looks as bad as you said. If she comes back here, I don't care how, but keep her here, okay?" Red said and Susie smiled. "Good luck." Susie said as Red left.
************CK headed past a janitor's closet when she heard someone whisper her name. CK turned around, her bow poised to shoot. "Psst! C-Tay!" CK heard it again and put the bow down, as she recignized it. The janitor door opened and Tish peeked out. "I founded somfin, K'mere!" Tish said and CK went. "Wine, C-Tay! It's what the growed-ups are drinkin at the campfire!" Tish said, as she closed the door and showed CK one of the bottles.
CK took it and looked at it. "45...not a bad year." CK said, reading the label as she looked back up at the used-to-be-locked cabinet and popped the cork. Giggling happily, both girls guzzled the wine, enjoying it just as much as soda. CK felt funny later, and began to laugh at everything, while Tish mumbled and laughed about pink martians with Hannibal's head floating over them. CK laughed more at her and drank more.
*******************Red hunted around the VA, and so far had only come aross a scared Joxer clone. "Calm down." Red said for the third time. The clone was so scared he was nearly crying. "She..she killed him..for nothin! she killed him.." The Joxer clone said and Red partly understood. "She? what did she look like?" Red asked. The Joxer clone trembled. "About 4, I think, she was a little thing..brown hair, pajamas, you know, the kind little kids wear, the ones with the feet in them. She had a big archery bow too, like Robin Hood's..." The Joxer clone said and Red's heart nearly stopped.
"Joxer, show me." She said, and the clone nodded, as he took her to the hallway where the Face clone had been, and where his blood stain still was. "Right here..it he..was here, and she jumped out, and shot him. Then she pointed the arrow at me and I..I ran. I was scared." The clone said and Red put her hand on his shoulder. "Thanks Joxer. For a clone, you're very brave. Did you see her after that?" Red asked, and Joxer smiled, but shook his head no. "Sorry." He replied as they stood there, trying to not look at the pinkish smear. "It's okay, you helped. I'll see you later. I have a hunter to find." Red said as she walked off. Joxer smiled, gave the pink stain one last look, and walked away.
"CK, if you did do this, you are SO in trouble!" Red said as she went down the hall, looking around for CK. Flight ran onto Red on her way back to the attic, with Sky, MCL, Fancy, Violet, Jesse, and Nikie following her. "Find her yet mom?" Flight asked, and Red replied no with a shake of her head. "But stay in the attic, Susie's there. I'll be there when I find CK. Go now, hurry." Red said, and Flight nodded, as she took Sky and Violet's hands, and went off to find Tish. Red smiled as they disappeared around the corner.
****************2 bottles later, CK laughed, laying on her back, a half-empty bottle of wine in her hand.
"Ma..me pixelated! HIC.." CK said, giggling. Tish laughed at the word and drank from the bottle CK had.
"C..C-Tay..why..why you..g..gots bl..blood..on you?" Tish asked, hiccuping, her speech all pulled apart and slow.
"Ma..me..shooted..shooted Facey..him dead..HIC." CK replied and Tish giggled again.
"Sure..C..C-Tay..sure..you..you did..you AM pixelated!" Tish replied , as they both started to laugh and hiccup together.
"You think CK really IS gonna hurt Facey?" Fancy asked Flight, her identical twim. Flight shrugged. "Mebbe. You know how CK is, but if she does, mom'll get her good for it." Flight repied as they both watched the smaller kids playing together. Fancy shook her head. "I hope mom finds her before she does Flight." Fancy said, and Flight nodded. "I do too sis, I do too."
*****************An hour and 3 bottles of wine later, CK and Tish's laughter had long since stopped. Tish was first, her stomach repenting against the wine. She began to throw up, and CK followed. Soon, afraid, CK and Tish managed to open the janitor door and crawl out. "Us gotta fine Hawkeye..him a MD.." CK said as she struggled to walk with Tish's help. She inturn helping Tish walk as well. Tish stopped and threw up in the hall, and CK did the same. Tish caught her breath and looked at CK tearfully. "Uh uh. I want mes uncle John!" Tish said and CK's eyes grew. "Not me! Him's gonna be mad!" CK replied as they started to walk off again. "Mes not cares! Want uncle John." Tish replied, throwing up again.
CK was about to argue when another wave of nausea came over her, along with a sharp pain in her stomach. CK hit the floor on her knees and threw up violently, so bad it came out her nose. Tish puked next to her, just as bad if not worse. After the wave of throwing up, they both began to cry. "O-tay, o-tay..me not cares no more! gwampa, Wed, big broder, us needs hewp..mine belly weally owies now." CK said as she threw up again. Her insides felt like she was being kicked in them from the inside out.
Red turned the corner and heard what sounded like puking and crying. She hurried and was somewhat relieved to see CK and Tish on their hands and knees, puking almost in unison. Red ran down the hall, passing the janitor's closet, she peeked in and saw the throw-up puddles and the 3 empty wine bottles. "Tish? CK?" Red asked, stepping over the messes. CK and Tish mostly threw up in reply, although the relief of a grown-up being there was seen on their sick faces. Red shook her head worridly. "DId you drink all 3 bottles yourselves?" Red asked as Tish stopped long enough to choke out a yes.
Red couldn't believe it, as she helped CK and Tish up. They both followed her, throwing up every few seconds. Red was about to call for some help when to CK's horror and to Tish's happiness, along came Hannibal. Hannibal came down the hall and picked Tish up, whom was glad to see him yet she cried on his shoulder. Red picked CK up and rushed with Hannibal to her room, where a nurse and a doctor came to help them. CK and Tish were so sick at the moment, that Hannibal didn't have the heart to yell at them yet. "But as soon as you sober up, you're both in trouble." The colonel said as Red sat nearby, listening. "3 bottles on wine? I'm surprised a half of just one didn't do this." Hannibal said as he watched a nurse give the girls both shots to stop the throwing up, one to sedate them, and then one to rid them of the alcohol.
Murdock and Face stood nearby, Murdock near tears and Face stuck in between scared, guilty and angry. Hannibal hadn't yet told them about the Face clone CK had killed, he decided to wait until the girls were sober, so CK could at least TRY to argue her way out of it. Red stared at CK as she slept.She sensed that CK really thought she'd killed the real Face, but then she'd not seen him before being sedated, either. Red was mad at CK, and she knew Hannibal would have his hands full with Tish, and she looked at Hannibal.
"Hannibal? would you mind if I took care of CK?" Red asked. Hannibal didn't answer right away. "Hannibal, Red is well, like the mom CK's never had. CK listens to her better than anyone. I hope you don't mind me sayin so, Red." Murdock piped up and said. Red smiled at Murdock and he smiled back. Everyone waited for Hannibal to reply. "Alright. I'll let you take care of her. BUT let me warn you, CK's a havoc reaking, prank pulling, clone tormenting, sleep and love deprived kid. She's more than evrn I can handle, sometimes." Hannibal said as he looked at Red.
"I have a bond with CK. Like Murdock said, she listens to me. She knows I don't take her antica lightly." Red replied. "Besides, CK's going through alot right now, and I'm not leaving her when she needs me the most." Red said and Hannibal nodded. "You've got guts, I'll say that! for 4-years-old, CK's sharp and she'll keep ya on your toes." Hannibal said smiling. Red nodded, returning the smile. "I intend to keep her on her own toes."
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Next...NEXT CHAPTER HAS A WARNING!!
WARNING!! RATED RWarning: Molestation, not graphic in any way
The hunter becomes the hunted
