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Chapter 10/Epilogue
Wanted Tourniquet
Cappy trudged back, soaked to the bone. It had had finally, finally stopped raining. Proud of his accomplishment, he rested against the tree log. All of a sudden, he had a flashback…
Flashback…
"Hey, guys! I learned a new word from the bookstore!" Maxwell called out to all of his friends.
"Really, like, what is it?" Sandy asked, smiling brightly. All the others urged Maxwell to tell them the new word, as well. All the Ham-Hams loved learning new things.
"It's called a vow." Maxwell stated. All the Ham-Hams looked at each other, intrigued.
"What does that mean, Maxwell?" Pashmina asked. Panda nodded.
"I'm very well glad you asked! It's like a promise, only you have to keep it. Never, ever can you break the vow. You have to keep it, no matter what. Or else, they say you'll be cursed." Boss smiled.
"Well, let's make an easy vow to keep!" he said.
"Yeah! I know a good one!" Hamtaro cried.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's hear it!" Howdy shouted out in enjoyment.
"Oui, Hamtaro. I would like to make a vow." Bijou said, looking at Hamtaro.
"Okay! I think we should all vow that we will all be friends forever, and never turn our back on each other, even in the worst of times!" Everyone had agreed this a spectacular vow. So they all vowed that they would all be friends forever, and never turn their backs on each other, even in the worst of times.
End flashback…
After remembering that, Cappy's breathing became ragged. A little shaken, he decided to walk around. He was the only one left.
"You and Penelope would've made such a cute couple…"
Cappy gasped.
"Penelope."
His lips formed an insane-like smile. Roaming about, Cappy searched for the little girl until he found her. Penelope was found cowering, and shaking. Cappy touched her.
"Okwee… Okyoo, oookwee okwee! … OOKWEE!" Penelope screamed, and ran as fast as her little legs would take her. Cappy growled evilly, and chased her. But before he could do anything, he was dumbstruck with another flashback.
Flashback…
"Sin is a terrible thing. You can be forgiven by God. But if you commit a sin, could you be forgiven by us?"
End flashback…
Cappy shook the thought away. But after he could get focused on the here-and-now, Penelope had hidden away. Grumbling, he began the search for the second time.
"Stop that. It's not right…"
Cappy frowned. He didn't like the voices- they annoyed him. The flashbacks, the memories. The vows, broken, shattered vows. No! Don't let that stop you. You were made heir to the Wolf, and so you shouldn't stop now.
It wasn't too long until Cappy had found Penelope. It was one wild goosechase from there. Splashing in puddles, dodging human feet, Cappy soon had the oh-so-ever-innocent Penny trapped in a corner of an alley. He raised the killer paw that would end Penelope's life, and then-
It's not to late, not too late to turn back nooow…
Cappy whirled around, ready to kill whoever spoke. He saw no one. Shuddering, he turned back to face Penelope, who was confused at his actions. Lifting his paw back up, causing the young girl to curl up in a ball, Cappy began to lower it down towards Penelope.
What on earth did they do to deserve such a cruel fate?
Cappy screamed in sheer agony. The words seemed to blend in with the wind. What- how –why where the words causing him such pain? Still, he ignored the taunting, and went back to his original work. But before he could bother to raise his paw for the last time, Penelope whispered her first real word.
"Cappy…" She whimpered. The capped one stared in shock. He turned around, making it seem as if he was going to walk away. Penelope rose, shaky, and then Cappy whipped back again and beat Penelope. The girl's screams were heard to all the animals in the world. The shrieks were shrill and filled with pain and fright. Penelope, although still too little to comprehend most things, knew that her time had come.
Bloody and weak, Penelope slumped over. Her insides were pouring out of her limp body, and Cappy.
Cappy was satisfied.
THE END….
Not…
Cappy lay in his bedding, Kip and Sue relieved to have their 'little treasure' back with them, safe and sound. They should've renamed his 'deadly treaure'. Cappy stared at the ceiling, surrounded with luxury. He was about to drift off into a deep, deep, sleep. Until-
Cappy.
The last Ham-Ham bolted upright, sweating. The voice had come back.
Cappy…
Cappy was genuinely freaked out. This time, it wasn't just one voice, it was many more. But what scared him the most is that the voices sounded just like his deceased 'friends'!
We know what you have done…
By now, Cappy was hyperventilating, his mind overflowing with fear and paranoia.
And you will suffer.
Suffer? What did it mean by suffer? Cappy leapt up, backing into the bars of his cage.
Suffer, suffer, suffer, SUFFER!
The voice screamed at him, and once again, the pain came. It shot up his left arm, and back down the other. It felt as if his legs were being ripped apart, limb from limb. Cappy collapsed, the pain unbearable.
"Ah…. Owww, ahhhhaAHHHHIIE…" A wail escaped his lips. And amongst all this, this PAIN and agony, came the visions.
The first one was Howdy. He looked happy and it seemed as if Heaven's light was shining down upon him. Then it was gone… then back. Only this time, Howdy looked scared and nervous. Apprehensive. Again, the picture disappeared, only to come back with another. Howdy was dead, and decayed. The sight was horrible, so horrible that it sent shivers up and down his spine. That hurt, too. Then came Sandy. Then Bijou, and then he had seen all of his friends, in the same way he had seen Howdy. And every time he had seen one of his friends, the pain became worse, if that was possible.
You have done a terrible thing.
It was only by this time Cappy realized the voice belonged to Penelope, the one he had not seen.
You deserve to be punished.
Punished? Wasn't he already punished enough?
And you will be punished.
What would the punishment be? Cappy really didn't want to find out.
You will suffer…
What was she talking about? Cappy was suffering right now!
Then it came. More pain went searing up in all directions of his body, not missing an inch of it. What is happening to me? Pictures flashed in his mind, recaps of the past night. The wolf killing Boss, Maxwell's suicide, the book… voices…
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" Cappy cried out. With every picture, every word, the pain became worse and worse. Cappy was surprised he hadn't passed out yet. And Kip and Sue were oblivious to anything he was going through, which drove him insane.
No. This is how you will spend the rest OF YOUR LIFE! This is only the beginning. There is more to come.
"Kip! Sue! Help me!" Cappy wailed and moaned. His eyes widened. He couldn't imagine the pain worsening, as his conditions were already terrible. On his fur burn marks appeared, cuts and scrapes and bruises and unmendable broken bones… The torture would never end. The visions, oh, how he wished they would stop,.
Kip and Sue cannot hear you, nor can they see your pain. You will live your life in dementia because this is what you deserve. You gave us pain, you shall get it in return.
In Cappy's mind, he had a flashback.
Flashback…
"Hey, I learned a new bible verse!" called out Oxnard. His folks were Pentecostal Christians, as were Hamtaro's and Panda's.
"Let's hear it!" cried Panda.
"Okay. Here it goes- do to others how you want them to treat you!" Oxnrd sang out joyously. Pashmina smiled brightly.
"That is a lovely verse." She cooed. Dexter and Howdy immediately agreed. Hamtaro leapt up.
"I heard that one before!" He said. Bijou nodded.
"I have, as well. I try my best to follow it." She said, looking at her feet.
"That's right. We should try our best to follow the bible! It's really good that we're learning a whole bunch of new stuff," Hamtaro agreed.
End Flashback…
Cappy gasped. The bible, the bible! The flashbacks were pouring on him fast now, and he couldn't forget.
See how you like it.
The voice sneered at him, and Cappy cringed. He did not want to live his life like this…
SUFFER!
With that last word, Cappy began rolling around, wrapped in his dementia and pain. He couldn't forget- he couldn't change the past- and so he was doomed forevermore in this horrible shell or terror and paranoia.
THE END
So, how was it? Good? Bad? Terrible? I was gunna make the epilogue and chapter 10 two separate chapters, but they were too short, so I combined 'em. Review please! Thanks for reading.