A/N: Sorry for the wait... I had to do a research paper for school... -- and the stupid internet was down...STUPID TIME WARNER CABLE!!!!!! YOU MUST BE PUNISHED!!!!!!!!! -pulls out chainsaw and chases people responsible for the internet- -screams can be heard in the distance- -sigh- its still pretty pathetic ... maybe i can threaten to sue them... hmmmm That might work -runs to lawyer- oh yeah and here's chapter 5 ) hope you enjoy.
Chapter 5- Bit's Torture
They night before the Doc, had left to see Bit's brothers and to try to find away to change the toddlers back.
The next morning when Jack woke up, Bit was no where to be seen. Jack panicked and leapt out of bed, throwing the covers off causing a mess to be made that he tripped over as he went to leave the room. THUD! The sound could be heard not to far away by Naomi who was cleaning up some toys that were left out on the floor from the night before by the children. Jack ran out the door and crashed right into Brad, knocking them both down to the ground. "Hey watch it." Brad said as he got up. Jack wasn't to graceful today.
"Sorry. I'm looking for Bit. I woke up and he was gone." Jack said quickly getting up in a hurry. He didn't even bother to brush the dust off of himself. Without further conversation, he sprinted towards the kitchen to see if he was there…No sign of him. He tried the bathroom, nothing, the living room, nada. Bit was no where to be found. Then Jack decided to go check the hanger. Bit had to be there. He was probably with the liger what else would he be doing. If he was as intrigued by the Zoid when he was older he should be when he is a child right?
Meanwhile… Bit was playing in the Hanger with his little kitten giggling and cheering is his own way. Leon came up and stood next to him. Bit looked up and smiled happily thinking perhaps that this other boy wanted to play with him. Suddenly he was being held down by two other children… girls. He didn't understand what was going on. Suddenly he saw something wriggling above him. A spider. It was alive and hanging above his mouth. Leon had it in between his small fingers. A cold glare on his face as though he wanted to get rid of Bit once and for all. Bit clenched his teeth and winced in pain from the strength of the girls. He began to cry tears formed in his eyes and traveled down his face until they reached his chin. Eyes filled with terror Leon began loosening Bit's jaw and lowering the spider. Bit could feel the small furry legs brush against his lips… his teeth... he felt it on his tongue. It squirmed trying to get free and dropped down into bit's throat he felt it trying to climb back up he swallowed and down it went into his body. He felt he could still feel it trying crawl up his stomach. His crying became louder and turned to sobs. His silence was broken. He soon became hysterical. He screamed and screamed. He got up and ran into the base and hid Leon picked up his toy and followed the small boy inside.
Bit ran as he was chased by the three other children, who were older and clearly stronger. He hid behind a chair in the corner but he heard their footsteps coming after him. He ran and hid some where else. He found a desk with a wheeled chair and hid there. He waited silently in great fear and pain. After a while of waiting, it seemed like they had gone. He moved the chair a little to see. No one was out there. He left his haven and was grabbed from behind by harsh hands with a strong grip they were bigger than his. He felt himself being thrown. He opened his eyes, although he didn't remember closing them, he looked up and saw the twins and Leon looking down at him. Suddenly there was a cage around him, and above him. It was the laundry basket. The twins sat on top of it so that Bit couldn't escape, while Leon taunted Bit with his toy. He pulled as hard as he could on the head and body to try to tear them apart. After a few seconds he was successful and a loud tear could be heard. Stuffing leaked from the neck. Bit cried out in terror and tried to grab it, but the cage held him back. Leon placed the toy a mere few inched out of his grasp to taunt him as he tried to reach for it. He motioned to the twins and one of them leapt off and came back with a blanket and dark one. They covered the basket so Bit couldn't see anything. They grabbed books heavy ones and placed them on top and around the cage so it couldn't move nor be moved… at least by Bit. They began hitting the sides of the basket frightening Bit even more. He tried to stay as much in the center of the basket as possible, which was hard considering it was two small.
After a few minutes of loud and frightful noises from the other side of the darkness, it was silent. They had gone and left him all alone, trapped like an animal. He began to sob, but none would hear him. He sat in the cage for hours and soon cried himself to sleep.
Meanwhile… Jack plundered everything in that Base to Find Bit. Everyone did. Naomi searched in placed he wouldn't be and shouldn't be, even where he couldn't be. But there was no luck. They all went into the base to take a slight break and to go over everywhere they had been.
"I searched the bedrooms but I found nothing." Brad said calmly.
"I searched the hanger but I found nothing." Jack said calmly but still worried.
"I searched all the cupboards and vents but… there was no sign." Leena said sadly.
"I searched the rooms carefully but there wasn't anything to even hint at where he had gone." Naomi said sitting down next to Brad. Just then Jamie walked in. He looked at the group and shook his head sadly. He looked over to the corner of the room so as not to meet the eyes of the others to show his failure. But as he looked he saw something peculiar, an overturned laundry basket covered by a blanket topped with some books.
"What's this doing like this?" Jamie said walking over to the odd décor.
Everyone followed and Jamie lifted the books off. Jack looked down and found Bit's stuffed cat. It had its head almost ripped off. It was hanging by a mere few threads. He handed it to Leena so she might fix it. Jamie pulled the blanket off and there underneath the overturned laundry basket was a sleeping Bit. Brad pulled the small cage away from the boy and Jack picked him up. Bit was still asleep when Jack placed him on his shoulder. The boy lied there as if dead. Jack shook him a little and the boy stirred and began to cry hysterically again. He screamed and sobbed showing no way of stopping him. Jack rocked him slightly and the boy tightened his grip.
The other children weren't far off. They watched the whole scene. Leon was bitter and full of hatred for the boy. The twins were in regret. They hadn't wanted to hurt him and scare him. They just wanted to play and tease him a little. Leon was the instigator the one who wanted to hurt him. The twins came forward. Leon was horrified that they would betray him like that. They approached with caution first. Jack was rocking Bit on the couch when the twins came up to him. They climbed up next to the dark haired man and reached out to touch the crying boy. They first pet him and when he saw who it was he cringed and tried to run away. However jack held him tightly not wanting to lose him again. They pet him again and wiped a tear away from his face. They began to shush him soothingly as though he were their baby.
Leon approached with a scowl on his face. Jack knew who was responsible for Bit's behavior when he saw Leon coming. Leon looked coldly at Bit and pulled one of Leena's high heeled spiked sandals out from behind his back and aimed it for Bit's head. Jack was able to easily intercept it. And Brad grabbed Leon by the arm and hauled him away… Then Leena got a hold of him. Leena grabbed him fiercely by the shoulders and hauled him into the over turned basket and sat on top of it. He screamed to let him out But Leena refused. He kicked and screamed and threw a tantrum like no other. Leena sat like that with him for a few hours until he tired himself out then he got a spanking like no other…from his younger sister…technically. (She won't let him live that down) After, he was sent to bed without dinner or a sweet goodnight. (Man she'd be a harsh mother!)
Naomi got Bit his sippy cup and Jack rocked him to sleep as Bit drank his soothing elixir. He was lulled to sleep by the murmurs of the group, the hush from the twins and the low hum of the television.