Chapter 7: The Three little pigs
Lin awoke with an almighty headache as he stared at the bright clear blue sky above him. Bright blue sky? It was meant to be raining. Why was there so much sun? Groaning he shifted onto his side and closed his eyes before opening them in alarm.
He was meant to be in the base. Naru was going to kill him when he got back. Propping himself into a sitting position he stared around him. Blinked twice before pushing his hair out of the way.
Hallucination did occur to him and so did having a very weird dream as he saw Naru a metre away wearing a red and pink checked shirt underneath dungarees and well boots. Beside him was a non SPR member who he vaguely remembered seeing in one of the comatose files, dressed similarly.
Filled with dread at what he was about to see he looked down before collapsing back onto the grass. Yellow and pink, why? Why couldn't he at least have white and black, even brown would do!
"Two, I think Three's awake," came a very irritating drawl.
"Naru, why am I dressed like a cudgie?" Lin did his best to repress his annoyance, "Where are we?" that seemed to be the more important question.
"One, you did say that you checked him for brain damage?" Naru stated calmly as he checked another blueprint before making an adjustment with a pencil.
"Yup, sure did Two!" the guy stated cheerily as he hefted up a plank of wood and began carrying it off.
Standing up and dusting himself down Lin walked over to Naru with an annoyed frown taken control of his face, "Oliver, what is going on?" Lin spluttered out. This was the most peculiar situation he had ever found himself in.
"Oliver?" Naru stared at him in genuine confusion, "My name is Two Pig. He's our brother One Pig," Naru waved offhandedly, "One really did give you a knock over the head. And what we're going? Quite simple, we're building a proper house for Ms what's her name, who lives in a shoe with her children, with wood and other materials we bought from our supplier,"
"What's the other materials?" Lin asked with resignation.
"Well apart from the wood, that would be straw for the roof and stone for the foundations," Naru said with an annoyed expression on his face, most likely at having to explain himself to his underling of a brother, "There's our supplier coming with our next batch of wood," Naru replied bored.
In slow motion Lin turned to see a familiar pair of glasses on a young man sitting on a horse pulled cart.
"Yasuhara?" Lin asked bewildered, perhaps the sly quick-witted man could tell him as to why they were cosplaying the 'Three Little Pigs'.
"Did Three get whacked on the head again?" Yasuhara asked, completely ignoring Lin while he handed sheets of paper to Naru and pushed his glasses up his nose.
"What do you think?" Naru replied dryly as read through the papers before signing, "Three go and unload the cart," Naru ordered without a glance in his direction.
Lin contemplated telling his boss to unload the damn cart himself before he dropped the idea. The kid would probably go running home to mummy. Wandering over to the cart in confusion Lin happened to glance down to meet the eyes of a massive grey dog, Irish wolfhound.
Jumping back and accidentally dropping the plank of wood that he'd picked up on his foot he just about managed to stem the profanities.
"Just as clumsy as ever," a menacing voice said behind him, making him whirl around.
The man in front of him was radiating an aura of evil with dark eyes, unshaven face and uncut hair.
"Where's your brother?" Thinking that he couldn't possibly mean One Lin warily pointed to Naru, wondering if it was such a good idea to let this man anywhere near his charge. Especially when Kimi thought it was this man, her step-father who had pushed her little brother down the stairs.
Grabbing the wolfhound's leash as he walked past, Tenshi dragged the dog over to Yasuhara and handed him a bag of coins before the supplier ran away back to his cart and urged his horse into a gallop.
Eyebrows raised Lin approached the man carefully from behind as he listened into the conversation.
"Two, give me my money!" Tenshi growled threateningly.
"I don't have it, I already told you it's tied up in investments," Naru shrugged which irritated the man further.
"I told you if you didn't give me my money, I would track you and your brothers down and kill you," he said seriously as he stood up straight.
"Really?" Naru said antagonising the man, "I thought you were just joking," the boy replied and Lin would have slapped his hand to his forehead, only the situation didn't require it.
"Why you little," the man growled as he reached down to the dagger at his belt. Before he could grab it Lin's fist came in contact with his head throwing the man off balance.
"One, run!" Naru yelled as he leaped to his feet and pelted into the woods. Glancing after him and then the other man Lin had just enough time to duck as metal whistling over his head could be heard.
Thinking quickly he ran over to the planks of wood but not before landing another punch. Grabbing a small plank or rather a very big stick he crouched behind the cart and waited trying to calm his breathing.
The pounding of unsteady footsteps could be heard getting ever closer as Lin tightened his grip on the wood. Taking a deep breath he waited until the man had just passed him before he stood up, bringing the plank back and with a resound whack the stick crashed as it came in contact with the man's hard skull.
Dropping the stick immediately Lin took a moment to recollect himself.
Opening his eyes again he desperately tried to remember which direction Naru had run in. When he caught up to his charge, they'd go and find the other man. First and foremost he had to find Naru.
Starting off in the direction he was positive Naru had run in he kept up a relentless pace which breathing evenly.
He didn't like these woods.
Since it was winter he wasn't surprised that the leaves were decomposing on the ground, giving off a damp earth smell. What did surprise him was the darkness in the woods compared to when he had first woken up with the sun shining. Now it was practically pitch black and the sky, overcast.
It sent shivers down his spine and the feeling of being watched was present.
The roots of the tree seemed to trip him up at every step he took, but if it was his imagination or not, it was impossible to tell. Not with his senses on high alert like this.
He stumbled around, falling once or twice and emerged from the woods with scuffed shoes, grass stains, a cut on his face, leaf and twig filled hair and a very dented pride.
The light was greatly welcomed as it hitt off the yellow golden field of straw before him. Bales of it positioned at the edge.
Taking a glance at what he was seeing he ducked behind a tree. Honestly, it should take a while to recover from a stick to the head but not Kimi's stepfather Tenshi was driving a digger and lifting up bales of straw and taking them over to a giant shredder. A giant shredder? Lin did a double check, yep the great big hulking metal thing certainly did not look friendly with the whirring blades and the little shoot on the other side that tossed at the shredded material. But why was Tenshi shredding straw and laughing manically?
With a sickening revolution Lin noticed a green and pink checked material within the straw bale and then a brown mop of hair. His and One's eyes met for a second and the terror and revulsion they saw in the others eyes was plain to see.
Laughing Tenshi used the controls to lower and tip the bales of straw into the blender.
With a sickening crunch the machines grinded to a halt as the blade became stuck before it began to twirl around again after a stomach-churning noise.
Coming out on the other side was red dyed straw along with spurts of blood covering the pile of shredded straw. Lin was tempted to spew up his guts as he watched the final remains get doused with petrol and set alight.
This fairytale story was twisted and definitely not the kind kids read before they went to bed at night. Tenshi stared at the flames almost hypnotised by them. His expression was horrible and twisted and Lin felt tempted to go down and kill the barbarian but he had to find Naru.
em... ok. Personally I don't think this chapter was bad but if anyone finds it kinda gorrey don't hesitate to tell me. The rest of the chapters won't be as bad as this one. So did everyone have a nice christmas? Mine wasn't bad, and can I just say I LOVE SANTA CLAUSE lmao, pity he wasn't fifter years younger, slimmer and minus the grey hair and beard. He might just be dateable! ok pure randomness lol till next time, gudbye