Note: Who do you think the killer is??? I've been hinting quite a bit...
but just wait until the nest chapter...
Paige heard the tap go off again. 'Maybe I should check on Piper...' Paige knocked on the bathroom door, and stepped in. She saw Piper furiously scrubbing her hands. Paige reached over the sink and pulled Piper's bleeding hands away from the running water and turned the tap off. The constant washing has caused Piper's delicate hands to be raw, bloody and red from the pealing skin.
"Oh Piper... geez... what are you doing?" Paige asked worriedly.
"I'm cleaning my hands! They're dirty. Contaminated. All they bring is death! Everything these hands die. I have to wash them!" Piper cried irrationally, as she turned on the tap and continued scrubbing.
"No, Piper... Here, come on. Listen to me. This pair of hands has done more than enough! These same pair of hands can make the world's most delicious cookies. These same pair of hands can make the hurt go away when they're gentling rubbing someone's back. These same pair of hands saved more innocents than I could ever imagine... Piper... I can go on and on about the great things they've done, but the thing you need to do is believe in them. Believe in the good they've done."
"Paige..."
"Don't argue with me sis! Come, let me get a first aid kit for those beautiful hands," Paige said kindly, as she turned off the faucet and led Piper to the kitchen. Paige ushered Piper onto a couch, and went to fetch a first aid kit. 'I'll get you through this Piper...' Paige thought, while she sat down next to Piper and began cleaning, and dressing those hands as gently as possible. Paige felt a tear come to her eye, and then another. She fought hard to blink them away, but not before Piper caught a glimpse of them. 'I've been so selfish... not even noticing, or caring about the pain she's in. All the sorrow she's going through...' Piper thought guiltily.
"Paige?"
"Yeah?"
"Here, let me hold you," Piper said soothingly.
"Huh? I'm fine though Piper," Paige replied.
"Don't argue with me," Piper said with a smile.
"But I..." Paige began, but was cut off when Piper put her arms around her and began rubbing her back, in a comforting way that only Piper could. Paige resisted at first, but soon, the weeks of bottled emotions spilled out through Piper's comforting touch, and Paige's barrier broke. She broke down, and everything came out, as Piper continued to comfort her.
-Living Room-
"So... looks like Paige is pretty vulnerable right now... Imagine what could be done?"
"Leave her alone, you psychopath!" Piper cried defiantly.
"Or you'll what? Kill me??? HEHEHE... You don't have what it takes to stop me!"
"No one hurts my sisters!"
"Correction! I think you meant 'sister', as both your other sisters are dead. Looks like you did a wonderful job of protecting them Piper!"
Piper seemed to have lost all the new confidence she gained and snapped. "Shut up! Just leave me alone!" She screeched.
"Now, now... calm down Piper."
"NO!" Piper yelled, as she lounged forwards, accidentally dropping Paige, and smashing the mirror in front of her to pieces. The twisted facial expression of the killer disappeared.
That movement caused Paige to awaken. She noticed that Piper was in hysterics as she continued to smash the broken shards.
"Piper! Stop! You're hurting yourself!"
"I can't! The killer... the killer was here!"
Paige heard the tap go off again. 'Maybe I should check on Piper...' Paige knocked on the bathroom door, and stepped in. She saw Piper furiously scrubbing her hands. Paige reached over the sink and pulled Piper's bleeding hands away from the running water and turned the tap off. The constant washing has caused Piper's delicate hands to be raw, bloody and red from the pealing skin.
"Oh Piper... geez... what are you doing?" Paige asked worriedly.
"I'm cleaning my hands! They're dirty. Contaminated. All they bring is death! Everything these hands die. I have to wash them!" Piper cried irrationally, as she turned on the tap and continued scrubbing.
"No, Piper... Here, come on. Listen to me. This pair of hands has done more than enough! These same pair of hands can make the world's most delicious cookies. These same pair of hands can make the hurt go away when they're gentling rubbing someone's back. These same pair of hands saved more innocents than I could ever imagine... Piper... I can go on and on about the great things they've done, but the thing you need to do is believe in them. Believe in the good they've done."
"Paige..."
"Don't argue with me sis! Come, let me get a first aid kit for those beautiful hands," Paige said kindly, as she turned off the faucet and led Piper to the kitchen. Paige ushered Piper onto a couch, and went to fetch a first aid kit. 'I'll get you through this Piper...' Paige thought, while she sat down next to Piper and began cleaning, and dressing those hands as gently as possible. Paige felt a tear come to her eye, and then another. She fought hard to blink them away, but not before Piper caught a glimpse of them. 'I've been so selfish... not even noticing, or caring about the pain she's in. All the sorrow she's going through...' Piper thought guiltily.
"Paige?"
"Yeah?"
"Here, let me hold you," Piper said soothingly.
"Huh? I'm fine though Piper," Paige replied.
"Don't argue with me," Piper said with a smile.
"But I..." Paige began, but was cut off when Piper put her arms around her and began rubbing her back, in a comforting way that only Piper could. Paige resisted at first, but soon, the weeks of bottled emotions spilled out through Piper's comforting touch, and Paige's barrier broke. She broke down, and everything came out, as Piper continued to comfort her.
-Living Room-
"So... looks like Paige is pretty vulnerable right now... Imagine what could be done?"
"Leave her alone, you psychopath!" Piper cried defiantly.
"Or you'll what? Kill me??? HEHEHE... You don't have what it takes to stop me!"
"No one hurts my sisters!"
"Correction! I think you meant 'sister', as both your other sisters are dead. Looks like you did a wonderful job of protecting them Piper!"
Piper seemed to have lost all the new confidence she gained and snapped. "Shut up! Just leave me alone!" She screeched.
"Now, now... calm down Piper."
"NO!" Piper yelled, as she lounged forwards, accidentally dropping Paige, and smashing the mirror in front of her to pieces. The twisted facial expression of the killer disappeared.
That movement caused Paige to awaken. She noticed that Piper was in hysterics as she continued to smash the broken shards.
"Piper! Stop! You're hurting yourself!"
"I can't! The killer... the killer was here!"