The next three days went by as slow as slow could be. None of the animals bothered to really do much of anything at that point, with Freddy being in a coma and whatnot. However, when the final day struck, Otis and the rest of the gang hopped onto the tractor and made their way towards the vet hospital. Well, not before they stopped at the store to get a bouquet of flowers to surprise the sleeping ferret. It didn't take too long to get to the hospital, it was about a ten minute drive to get there. When they arrived, everyone ran as fast as they could towards the entrance. Upon entering, they were faced with a rather disgruntled scene that lay before them. Every seat was taken by at least two people. How they managed to get themselves into just one little seat was a mystery that no one could solve. To make matters all the crazier, animals of all shapes and sizes were all scattered about; birds where flying on top of the lamps, dogs and cats were making more noise than a garbage factory, and snakes(as well as other reptiles) were slithering all around the floor. It was all complete and utter chaos! Carefully, Otis and the rest of the animals (disguised as humans of course) made their way towards the desk receptionist. It seemed that she herself was having a rather chaotic day. She was on two phones at the same time, animals were also screaming in her ear canals, and to add insult to injury, a couple of birds pooped on her multicolored hair.
"Ahhh!" The Receptionist yelled out "It took me weeks to get my hair the way that it was!"
The receptionist pouted and, with a plop, sat herself down in her chair. Otis was rather skeptical of whether or not he wanted to interrupt her, especially with the fact that she was in a rather agitated mood, but his main thoughts were on his friend, so he took the chance and approached the counter.
"Uhh. Mam?" Otis asked as he dodged his head from a cockatoo
"Yeah..." The receptionist said in a pouty tone
"We're here to see our Ferret."
"Oh Right!" she said slapping herself in the face "I'm not sure what room he's in, but if you can find he should be able to tell you where he's at."
"Thanks." Otis replied
Within an instant, Otis and his friends made their way out of the lobby room, and into the double doors that contained a large hallway with twenty, or so, doors. As they were making their way down the hallway, was making his way out of one of the rooms, covered in a "rainbow"of blood, bird poop, and sweat.
"Wow!" He said as he wiped his head with a handkerchief.
then looked over at where the animals were standing at.
"Oh! Just the people I was looking for." He exclaimed as he walked over towards them
"So, how is he doc?" Otis asked
"Well, I have some very good news for you all." The doctor said as he pulled out a chart from the lab coat he was wearing
"After some recent test, I've noticed that your ferret is stabilizing very quickly. His blood is thinning out properly, and his body is just about cleaned from the overdose. With that, he should be recuperating very soon. This just means that he'll be waking up very soon. However, I do wish to advise you all to be more careful to make sure that you lock up any kind of drugs so that your ferret won't get into them."
The animals all gave a quick nod in unison as a sign that they all agreed.
"Good. He's in room nine, by the way. He's still asleep, but he should be awake within the next hour or so."
"Thank you so much doctor for your help." Abby said happily
"You're quite welcome. Now if you excuse me, I need to get to my next patient. Apparently this one ate a large dose of nickels."
The doctor gave a grunt as he mumbled under his breath
"That's going to be fun to get out.."
After the doctor made his way out of the doors that lead into the lobby, the animals all made their way towards room nine. Abby carefully took a hold of the doorknob, and twisted it. The door creaked loudly as the door was opening. Upon the door opening, everyone made their way inside. The room itself wasn't very big, but it was nice. The wall was covered with many different types of medical posters, some funny, some not. There were also some potted plants in the corner of the room. All of the animals made their way towards we're Freddy was sleeping. It didn't take long, before they heard Freddy shuffling and groaning slightly.
"Uhh..Where am I? Am I in Heaven? Freddy groaned as he slowly opened his eyes
"Freddy, Freddy, can you hear me?"Otis whispered
Freddy's eyes immediately sprung to life as he heard Otis's voice. He wasn't dead? Freddy looked at the animals that were gathered around his bed. He didn't say anything, he didn't do anything. He just lied there, staring at everyone with a angry looking glare. Nobody really took much notice to Freddy's stare, so Abby took the flowers that were in her hoof, and placed them on Freddy's lap.
"I'm glad that your okay Freddy." Abby said
Freddy looked down at the bundle of flowers before him, and then looked back up at his friends. Still with that angry glare.
Otis then pulled out some human clothes, a pair of jeans, long black wig, and t-shirt, and plopped them next to the flowers.
"Thought you might want them." Otis said with a grin
Freddy didn't bother to respond to what Otis had said. He just grabbed the flowers, got up from his bed, walked two feet to the window, opened up the window, and threw the flowers out of said window. The animals all looked at him with confusion, and a bit of worry. Freddy walked back to his bed and began changing from his small hospital gown to the clothes that he had been given by Otis.
"Freddy, are you alright?" Otis asked, confused
Freddy looked at him with a disgusted look, and after he had changed into his clothes, walked out of the room.
"Freddy! Where in the hay do you think your going?!" Otis yelled
Otis and the others all ran out of the room, and fallowed the little ferret in front of them. The others all kept calling out his name, but they got no word from their friend. As soon as he made his way outside of the hospital doors, Otis and the others ran out with him.
"Freddy, what the hay is wrong with you!" Otis yelled "We came here to visit you, we got you flowers, we even got your clothes for you. Why are you acting like this? I mean, we saved your life and..."
" I NEVER ASKED TO BE SAVED!" Freddy screamed
The sudden shock of the scream that Freddy yelled out, all made everyone stop dead in their tracks. Freddy then turned towards them all, his face filled with anger. The sight of this made Otis and the others all take a step back.
" DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT IF I WANTED TO BE SAVED I WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO MYSELF?!" Freddy yelled as he pointed a finger at them.
Abby was the first to respond to Freddy's question.
"Freddy, why are you acting like this? Why did you want to kill yourself?"
Freddy gave a mocking smirk, and huffed.
"You really wanna know?" He asked in a rather sarcastic way
"Fine, I'll tell you." He spat
Freddy took a deep breath and gave another mocking smirk that made the rest of the animals cringe at the sight.
"Take a look at me." He began "Take a look at my life! What good is there? Ever since I moved into the Barnyard, my life has been nothing but insults, beatings, and denying who I am.
Tears began flowing down Freddy's eyes as he continued his rant.
"I've been treated like a second class citizen for the past twelve years of my life. I've been told by everyone in the Barnyard that I'm nothing. To all of them, I'm not even a Barnyard animal. Hell, I can't play in the Barnyard games! I get beaten around like a freaking toy every day. I get continually insulted by all of the animals on the farm. They call me a freak, they call me monster, they call me a worthless pile of garbage that should just go away!"
The animals all looked at Freddy in shock.
"To make matters all the worse, I have to lie to myself every single day by thinking that I'm a vegetarian. I know that I'm not, but I still do it anyway. You wanna know why? IT'S BECAUSE I'M FORCED TO BY YOU ALL!"
The animals all shuttered in fear at the volume of Freddy's yell.
"But that's not the worst part. No,no,no,no." Freddy said chuckling.
"The worst part, is all of you. Let's start with you Pip."
Pip's eyes widened at the call of his name.
"Is there ever a time you don't make a smart ass comment behind my back? The answer is no, of course. You're nothing but a big let down for others, including me. You don't ever shut your mouth when you should. Also, you barely care about how that makes me feel. It makes me feel like complete and utter crap when you say those things about me. However, your not the worst of the bunch. Let's move on to Peck.
Freddy turned his gaze to the frightened rooster, and pointed his finger at him.
"I know for a fact that you know my secret Peck. Everybody else knows it already, so I know for a fact that you know it too. Yet, you decide to play dumb, and not bother to actually say anything about it. Do you know how much that hurts me? I can't go a single day without freaking out about how you are going to react when I tell you that I have a desire to eat you. It's gotten so bad, to the fact that I had to go to therapy because of it! Why don't you ever say anything to me, huh!? I want you to say something to me! I don't care if it's bad or good, just say something! DON'T MAKE ME SUFFER ANYMORE!"
"I don't have anything against you Pig, nor you Abby, except for the fact that you tolerate the constant abuse that I have to suffer, without saying anything. If I had to say something to you, it would be man up, and act like a friend!"
Freddy took another deep breath, and then focused his gaze on Otis. The hate that he had in his eyes made even a strong bovine like Otis feel like a little calf.
"You." Freddy began "You're the worst of them all."
"Let's start with the fact that you've done more damage, more destruction, more fucked up things than all of the animals in the barnyard combined! You've blown up the barnyard more than once, which really caused me some major mind damage over the past few years! Your leading skills are laughable at best, and abhorrent at worst. Not only are you the main reason why the Barnyard is the way that it is, but you've lied about what you promised that you would do for the Barnyard. Let me see, what was it? Oh yeah. It was "As long as I'm still kickin, no animal will be harmed inside that fence". Remember that Otis? Oh yeah, you don't. You say that I'm stupid, that I'm dumb. You're about as stupid, if not more, than I am!"
Freddy looked at Otis's shocked face, and gave the final blow.
"I'm sure that if Ben was still here, he'd be very disappointed in you."
Otis's gaze went from shocked, to shame. He knew that it was true.
Freddy let out a sigh, and then signaled for a taxi.
"I'm going to go and clear my head. Don't bother waiting up for me!" He said as he made his way into the taxi and slammed the door shut.
The others all looked at each other with forlorn faces. Abby was crying, Otis looked depressed, Peck was bawling his eyes out, and Pip was stunned, and Pig was depressed. After a few minutes, they all somberly walked back to the tractor, and after getting on, made their way back home. The same way as they had done before. In complete and utter scilence.
