Chapter Two:
Devi was driving down the road when she noticed the crowd in front of her. She got out of the car and rushed over to the crowd, some strange force was drawing her near. He pushed her way into the crowd, and saw Nny lying thrashing on the cement.
"Oh hell! Nny!" she screamed, jumping back. 'he's gonna kill me!' she thought. But then she looked at him lying there on the ground. 'he can't hurt me now. Look at him.' she thought.
"Somebody call and ambulance!" screamed somebody. Devi heard a cell phone dialing. And knelt beside Nny, who had stopped thrashing and lay stiff, panting and coughing blood now and then.
"Nny?" Devi asked. He lay so still that she would have been sure he was dead if he wasn't panting hard and looking straight at her.
"Devi? Why are you here? You-you can't be! It's not safe! I can't let you into this! I-" Nny stopped and screamed, clutching his head in pain. He gagged and coughed up an unbelievable amount of blood.
"Oh God Nny are you alright!? Say something!" Devi shrieked.
"I'm going to be..it's fine...:gasp!:" Nny choked. An ambulance pulled up. It's siren was whirring, and uniformed men leaped out.
"You're going to be alright Nny. Don't worry. Calm down," Devi whispered urgently.
"Yes but..can't let you...you have to stay away from me...you'll get killed...he'll..he'll hurt you too!" Nny said as he was being loaded onto a stretcher.
"Who! What?" Devi asked, but Nny disappeared into the ambulance. It pulled away, sirens sounding.
Devi ran to her car. She was going after him. She wasn't sure why. But she was.
*/*/* It took Devi about an hour to get to the hospital because of traffic, so when she got there and ran up to the front desk, she was informed Nny was in a room on the third floor. She walked through the hospital, and when she reached the room, she entered. She could hear the nurses talking.
"...just your average spasm. Possibly a blood clot. But he's fine now."
"...yes, the blood that he coughed up just happens in some people.."
"lucky he's alright..."
Devi entered. The people didn't notice her. They went on talking.
"Where's this guy live?"
"No family records. No records at all."
"Johnny C.? How'd he get away with that?"
"Where'd you get his name?"
"Driver's license..."
"He's a mystery.."
"He can leave now, as soon as he feel up to it. Where's he go?" asked one of the nurses. Devi stepped in at that point.
"He's coming with me," Devi said.
"Any relation?"
"I'm...I'm his...fiance'," Devi lied.
"Name?" the nurse asked.
"Devi D." she replied. She went over to the bed and poked Nny's arm. He opened his eyes.
"Wuh?" he muttered, sitting up and getting out of the bed, looking confused. Devi grabbed his arm.
"Come on. You're coming with me," she mumbled, pulling him out of the room, though gently so as not to hurt him.
"Devi? What? Where are you taking me?" Nny asked.
"My house," she replied.
"Oh," Nny mumbled.
When they reached Devi's car, Nny stood there, doing nothing. Devi opened the passenger door with a little moan of annoyance. Nny got into the passenger seat, and Devi hopped behind the wheel. The car sped off. Nny looked out the window, still looking confused.
"Why did you come?" he asked, as though the question had been bothering him for hours, though it had only been moments.
"I don't know, so don't ask questions. I just felt compelled to. As for saving your ass back there from being discovered, I don't know about that either," Devi said, eyes on the road.
"Saved my ass?" Nny asked.
"If I hadn't showed up and taken you, they would have found out you were a homicidal maniac sooner or later," Devi said, with a little smirk.
"Oh. You know about that?" Nny asked. Devi nodded. "I'm not anymore, you know," he added quickly, and mostly truthfully. He hadn't killed anyone in a while.
They reached Devi's apartment building, and Devi climbed out of the car, so Nny followed. He followed her up the steps slowly. He was still rather weak. When they reached her door she inserted her key, and Nny leaned against the wall for support. She opened the door and entered, so Nny followed.
When he saw the sofa, he almost cried out in joy, for it was something he could rest on. He looked at Devi cautiously.
"Can I..sit down?" He asked. Devi smiled.
"You don't have to be so darned timid," she said with a little laugh. Nny didn't even have the strength left to chuckle, and he sank to the couch. Devi stared at him carefully. "You you sure you're ok?" she asked. Nny gave a slight nod. "I'll be right back," Devi said, and she left the room. She came back a few minutes later, with two mugs of tea.
She handed Nny one and he croaked out a weak 'thanks' and sipped it. Devi sipped at her own, staring at him thoughtfully over the rim of her mug.
"So, do you want to tell me what happened to you?" she asked after a while, and Nny jumped, having been accustomed to the silence.
"Oh. Well, I suppose so. Can it wait 'til morning? I'm sort of.well you know..not in the state to speak,. If you know what I mean," Nny muttered, his voice weak.
"Sure," Devi said. She smiled at him. "You're funny, you know that, Nny? First you feel comfortable enough to try and kill me, and now you're so nervous you won't even sit without asking," she said after a moment.
"Devi, I'll explain about why I tried to kill you. I will, um, later," Nny said.
"Right," Devi said, finishing her tea, "In the morning,"
Nny nodded slowly, too weak to be able to manage a very fast one. He finished his tea quickly; having something in his stomach felt good.
"Are you tired?' Devi asked suddenly.
"Well, yes," Nny murmured. Devi stood up and began to walk off, but she stopped and turned around.
"Do you want my bed? I can sleep on the couch.." she began.
"You mean you're letting me stay?" Nny asked in surprise.
"Well duh. You had a paroxysm on the sidewalk a few hours ago, there's no way I'm letting you out there alone," Devi said.
"OK. I'll take the couch. It's fine," Nny muttered. He didn't want to be more trouble than he was worth.
"Alright," Devi said, disappearing again. She returned this time with a blanket and pillow, which she handed to Nny. He took them.
"Thank you for letting me stay," Nny said timidly, avoiding her gaze.
"That's fine," Devi said, turning to leave. Then she stopped and turned around once more. "Oh, and Nny?" she asked.
"Yes?" Nny answered warily, sure she was going to give him a warning about attempting to kill her.
"Goodnight," Devi answered, leaving the room noiselessly.
"'Night," Nny whispered after her, covering himself up and lying down.
In Devi's room she took her pigtails out, letting her chin length magenta-ish purple hair fall free. She sighed, considering locking her bedroom door but decided against it. Despite the fact that she was in the same house as a homicidal maniac, the very same one who had tried to murder her once previously, she didn't feel endangered. She slipped into her black silky pj pants, just leaving her black tank top on along with it.
She got into bed and lay back on the black sheets to think before she allowed sleep to claim her. She remembered how terrified she'd been when she saw Nny lying there on the sidewalk, spitting his own blood. Not terrified of the blood though, terrified for Nny. She wondered if perhaps she was going insane.
OK, now it seems all nice, but remember, it won't last forever.
Devi was driving down the road when she noticed the crowd in front of her. She got out of the car and rushed over to the crowd, some strange force was drawing her near. He pushed her way into the crowd, and saw Nny lying thrashing on the cement.
"Oh hell! Nny!" she screamed, jumping back. 'he's gonna kill me!' she thought. But then she looked at him lying there on the ground. 'he can't hurt me now. Look at him.' she thought.
"Somebody call and ambulance!" screamed somebody. Devi heard a cell phone dialing. And knelt beside Nny, who had stopped thrashing and lay stiff, panting and coughing blood now and then.
"Nny?" Devi asked. He lay so still that she would have been sure he was dead if he wasn't panting hard and looking straight at her.
"Devi? Why are you here? You-you can't be! It's not safe! I can't let you into this! I-" Nny stopped and screamed, clutching his head in pain. He gagged and coughed up an unbelievable amount of blood.
"Oh God Nny are you alright!? Say something!" Devi shrieked.
"I'm going to be..it's fine...:gasp!:" Nny choked. An ambulance pulled up. It's siren was whirring, and uniformed men leaped out.
"You're going to be alright Nny. Don't worry. Calm down," Devi whispered urgently.
"Yes but..can't let you...you have to stay away from me...you'll get killed...he'll..he'll hurt you too!" Nny said as he was being loaded onto a stretcher.
"Who! What?" Devi asked, but Nny disappeared into the ambulance. It pulled away, sirens sounding.
Devi ran to her car. She was going after him. She wasn't sure why. But she was.
*/*/* It took Devi about an hour to get to the hospital because of traffic, so when she got there and ran up to the front desk, she was informed Nny was in a room on the third floor. She walked through the hospital, and when she reached the room, she entered. She could hear the nurses talking.
"...just your average spasm. Possibly a blood clot. But he's fine now."
"...yes, the blood that he coughed up just happens in some people.."
"lucky he's alright..."
Devi entered. The people didn't notice her. They went on talking.
"Where's this guy live?"
"No family records. No records at all."
"Johnny C.? How'd he get away with that?"
"Where'd you get his name?"
"Driver's license..."
"He's a mystery.."
"He can leave now, as soon as he feel up to it. Where's he go?" asked one of the nurses. Devi stepped in at that point.
"He's coming with me," Devi said.
"Any relation?"
"I'm...I'm his...fiance'," Devi lied.
"Name?" the nurse asked.
"Devi D." she replied. She went over to the bed and poked Nny's arm. He opened his eyes.
"Wuh?" he muttered, sitting up and getting out of the bed, looking confused. Devi grabbed his arm.
"Come on. You're coming with me," she mumbled, pulling him out of the room, though gently so as not to hurt him.
"Devi? What? Where are you taking me?" Nny asked.
"My house," she replied.
"Oh," Nny mumbled.
When they reached Devi's car, Nny stood there, doing nothing. Devi opened the passenger door with a little moan of annoyance. Nny got into the passenger seat, and Devi hopped behind the wheel. The car sped off. Nny looked out the window, still looking confused.
"Why did you come?" he asked, as though the question had been bothering him for hours, though it had only been moments.
"I don't know, so don't ask questions. I just felt compelled to. As for saving your ass back there from being discovered, I don't know about that either," Devi said, eyes on the road.
"Saved my ass?" Nny asked.
"If I hadn't showed up and taken you, they would have found out you were a homicidal maniac sooner or later," Devi said, with a little smirk.
"Oh. You know about that?" Nny asked. Devi nodded. "I'm not anymore, you know," he added quickly, and mostly truthfully. He hadn't killed anyone in a while.
They reached Devi's apartment building, and Devi climbed out of the car, so Nny followed. He followed her up the steps slowly. He was still rather weak. When they reached her door she inserted her key, and Nny leaned against the wall for support. She opened the door and entered, so Nny followed.
When he saw the sofa, he almost cried out in joy, for it was something he could rest on. He looked at Devi cautiously.
"Can I..sit down?" He asked. Devi smiled.
"You don't have to be so darned timid," she said with a little laugh. Nny didn't even have the strength left to chuckle, and he sank to the couch. Devi stared at him carefully. "You you sure you're ok?" she asked. Nny gave a slight nod. "I'll be right back," Devi said, and she left the room. She came back a few minutes later, with two mugs of tea.
She handed Nny one and he croaked out a weak 'thanks' and sipped it. Devi sipped at her own, staring at him thoughtfully over the rim of her mug.
"So, do you want to tell me what happened to you?" she asked after a while, and Nny jumped, having been accustomed to the silence.
"Oh. Well, I suppose so. Can it wait 'til morning? I'm sort of.well you know..not in the state to speak,. If you know what I mean," Nny muttered, his voice weak.
"Sure," Devi said. She smiled at him. "You're funny, you know that, Nny? First you feel comfortable enough to try and kill me, and now you're so nervous you won't even sit without asking," she said after a moment.
"Devi, I'll explain about why I tried to kill you. I will, um, later," Nny said.
"Right," Devi said, finishing her tea, "In the morning,"
Nny nodded slowly, too weak to be able to manage a very fast one. He finished his tea quickly; having something in his stomach felt good.
"Are you tired?' Devi asked suddenly.
"Well, yes," Nny murmured. Devi stood up and began to walk off, but she stopped and turned around.
"Do you want my bed? I can sleep on the couch.." she began.
"You mean you're letting me stay?" Nny asked in surprise.
"Well duh. You had a paroxysm on the sidewalk a few hours ago, there's no way I'm letting you out there alone," Devi said.
"OK. I'll take the couch. It's fine," Nny muttered. He didn't want to be more trouble than he was worth.
"Alright," Devi said, disappearing again. She returned this time with a blanket and pillow, which she handed to Nny. He took them.
"Thank you for letting me stay," Nny said timidly, avoiding her gaze.
"That's fine," Devi said, turning to leave. Then she stopped and turned around once more. "Oh, and Nny?" she asked.
"Yes?" Nny answered warily, sure she was going to give him a warning about attempting to kill her.
"Goodnight," Devi answered, leaving the room noiselessly.
"'Night," Nny whispered after her, covering himself up and lying down.
In Devi's room she took her pigtails out, letting her chin length magenta-ish purple hair fall free. She sighed, considering locking her bedroom door but decided against it. Despite the fact that she was in the same house as a homicidal maniac, the very same one who had tried to murder her once previously, she didn't feel endangered. She slipped into her black silky pj pants, just leaving her black tank top on along with it.
She got into bed and lay back on the black sheets to think before she allowed sleep to claim her. She remembered how terrified she'd been when she saw Nny lying there on the sidewalk, spitting his own blood. Not terrified of the blood though, terrified for Nny. She wondered if perhaps she was going insane.
OK, now it seems all nice, but remember, it won't last forever.
