Chapter 5
All life is valuable
The keys kept falling out of my hands, they were too sweaty. My mind was elsewhere, and being clumsy was part of my forte. The vague squeaks and whines from the rabbits inside the door helped me focus on the job. And with that the door was unlocked. All existing feelings of uncertainty and nervousness instantaneously deceased. My soul internally wept for the helpless creatures. One rabbit sat in the corner of the cage, I couldn't tell if the poor thing was alive. We made eye contact for a brief second, his eyes were swollen, as a single tear shredded from him, and some of his fur was ripped off, showing forever scars and deep wounds. After everything these animals endure what these humans do to them, the rabbit looked at me for protection, he stared at me with trusting, loving eyes. Tears shot down my face uncontrollably. I twisted and turned the cage door, until it sprung loose, the rabbit didn't bite me or look even look hesitant as I held it close to my warm body. Time had no time for us, I knew the key was to be quick, but I wanted more than anything to give this poor creature a moment of love before I did anything else. So, that is what I did. His head snuggled into me as I rocked him gently whilst I hummed.
'Put the rabbit back in the cage now!' Fuck. My heart stopped. Numbness spread throughout me. Slowly, I turned around. Directly in front of me was a security guard. He was a fat guy, relatively short in stature. Sweat trickled down his face as he'd probably been running to find me. He made a stride toward me. Naturally, I stepped back. 'Put it back in the cage, I won't ask you again.' Taking some deep breaths, I finally found the courage to speak. 'Please, surely you don't agree with these animals being kept here? They suffer so much, I just want to give them their life back.' My words seemed not to matter as he persisted closer and closer. It was become more challenging to catch my breath. 'Please!' I pleaded, over and over. His greasy, dirty hand grabbed my arm and pulled me violently. The rabbit fell to the floor. At that moment, a piece of my soul died. We both looked at the miserable animal as it let out a cry. It could still be saved. I quickly knelt to pick him up. It was too late.
His foot came crashing down, before I had chance to do anything, he squashed the rabbit before my eyes. All that remained was a pile of blood and little broken bones. He looked amused as he attempted to scrape the remains of his boot. My heart had never raced this fast before, although I wasn't even thinking about that. Adrenaline and rage, pumped violently throughout my entire being and I could feel it throbbing. Without thinking, I started throwing open draws, I didn't even understand myself why I was doing this, until I found a draw containing sharp surgical equipment. Taking the largest, razor sharp tool I could see, I went for him. 'What do you think you're doing?! Put that back immediately! There are cameras in here!' Nothing mattered anymore, it was just words, words that had no meaning. To my benefit, he was large, easy to trip up. Realising this, I pushed him, he fell to the cold ground, just like the rabbit. Where did this strength come from? It seemed my adrenaline aided me. Putting my full weight on him, I looked upon him. Sweat poured from his face and leaked onto his greasy double chin. I held the tool against his throat. Barely able to speak he muttered, 'you're going to kill me because of a fucking rabbit?' I shook my head in disgust. I slashed his throat, over and over. Sideways, then I penetrated his neck with the tool. Blood covered everything that lay before me. I didn't stop until he was still. As my breath came back to me, I removed myself from the fresh corpse and spectated the entire crime scene.
Fuck.