Chapter 8

People……one warning only…..get the tissues…..

-While Waiting-

2D was sitting in the chair closest to the room where Noodle was and every time the door would open, he would jump up to see who it was. And when it was no one special, he'd shake his head shamefully and would take his seat again. The people themselves would become alarmed by the fact that a six foot, two inches no eyed zombie like man had just jumped out of nowhere and gone face-to-face with them just seconds after they had gotten out of the emergency room……or the restroom. He did this over and over again until Murdoc had finally gotten so annoyed that he pulled 2D back to his seat and scolded him like a little toddler that had insulted a fat person. Hehehe. While he was yelling at poor 2D, the people who they had been waiting for came out.

"And ya don't just jump up into the faces of people, practically scaring the shit out of them!" Murdoc stopped his blabbering when he noticed the nurse standing behind him. And Murdoc himself was quite fond of nurses, as you probably knew. "Uhhh….." he scratched the back of his neck in thought. "Hey there." 2D jumped forward and almost knocked her to the ground.

"HOW IS SHE?" 2D's eyes widened in his dumb suspense. The nurse was a bit shocked at first, but calmed down when she recognized him from earlier. Russel came and pulled 2D back like someone does to a dog wanting a fire hydrant.

"Excuse him……How's the girl?"

"Well she's okay……kind of." 2D jumped forward again.

"WOT DO YOU MEAN KIND OF?"

"Let tha girl finish." Russel warned and yanked 2D back again. "Continue."

"Well, we found allot of drugs in her. It was life threatening and everything. We had to remove the drugs, but she's asleep at the moment. You can sit next to her and talk to her if you want. However I can't promise she'll reply."

"THANK YOU!" 2D dashed into Noodle's room, knocking over three chairs on the way. Murdoc sighed and lit a fag. It was taken away, yet again, but this time by Russel.

"What do you mean…..drugs?" Russel questioned as he put out the cigarette.

"Well from something, she had a high dosage of drugs…..do you know how that might've happened?" she questioned, facing the Satanist who was, at the time, staring angrily at the empty packet of cigarettes in his hand. As if, if he looked mad enough, more would appear. Russel was deep in thought.

"No……Murdoc?" he turned to face him.

"What?" Murdoc questioned innocently. (Wow Muds is acting innocent! That's a Kodak moment if I've ever seen one!)

"I…..have to go now…." The nurse walked away as soon as she noticed the anger in Russel's pupil-less eyes.

"What did you do?" Russel growled.

"WOT?"

"This has your stink all over it!"

"Wot are you going on about?"

"…..let's go see Noodle…." Russel mumbled. He headed for the door and turned the knob. Russel opened the door and was immediately shocked by what he saw.

"Whoa! Is that Noodle?" Russel questioned in surprise. Noodle's face was ghostly pale, and her hair was a mess. 2D also seemed shocked.

"She was like this when I got here! I SWEAR!"

"…..yeah?" Murdoc stared at 2D with one eyebrow raised, although you couldn't see it under his dark bangs.

"REALLY!" 2D defended. Murdoc sighed.

"Dullard…" 2D looked down at Noodle worriedly.

"WOT HAPPENED TO NOODLE?" 2D cried and glared at Murdoc as if it was his fault.

"I don't know!" Murdoc yelled as he caught the expression of pure hatred in 2D's onyx eyes.

"TELL ME WOT'S WRONG WITH HER!" 2D screamed in anger.

"He doesn't seem to know…."

"I DON'T know!" Murdoc argued, his temper rising dangerously. 2D hugged Noodle as she slept peacefully.

"NOODLE! SAY SOMETHING PLEASE!" 2D cried and shook her slightly.

"She's asleep!" Murdoc shouted.

"Chill out 'D! You can't be helping!" Russel tried pull 2D back, but failed to get him away. 2D sobbed with his face buried in Noodle's stomach.

"I love her!"

"Russel, wot did that nurse say bout Noodle?" Murdoc questioned, facing the bulky New Yorker.

"Uhh…..you heard her right?"

"uhhh….no?"

"yeah….you were probably to busy staring at her body!" Russel laughed mockingly.

"Wot tha?" Murdoc clenched his fists. "What did she say?"

"Well…..she said…uh….that Noodle was on a high dosage of drugs…..and it was unhealthy for her….." Russel said, thinking back.

"…..uhhh….." Murdoc looked around and began to whistle innocently.

"Uh WHAT?" Russel looked at him madly.

"DID YOU DO THIS TO HER?" 2D screamed clenching his fists and faced Murdoc. Murdoc stared blankly out the window. "DID YOU?" 2D lifted Murdoc up by the collar of his shirt.

…..let go of me dullard…." Murdoc growled.

"TELL ME WOT YOU DID TO HER!"

"I didn't do anything to her!" Murdoc spat.

"YES YOU DID! YOU DID SOMETHING! AND IF SHE DIES, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" 2D held up a fist threateningly.

"Oh wot ever!"

"I MEAN IT! WOT DID YOU DO?"

"Well, wot do you think?" Murdoc yelled angrily.

"Uhhh…..he kinda doesn't." Russel pointed out. 2D chose to ignore this comment and continue interrogating Murdoc for answers.

"WOT DID YOU DO TO HER?" 2D screamed the question in the Satanist's face.

"I didn't hurt her!" Murdoc tried to get free again by attempting to kick 2D.

"YES YOU DID! I KNOW YOU DID!"

"LET GO OF ME!" 2D decked Murdoc in the face as hard as he could manage.

"TELL ME WOT YOU DID!"

"I don't think I will…..BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW!" Murdoc was slammed in the nose again by 2D's fist.

"TELL ME!" 2D raised his fist again, threatening Murdoc yet again.

"Yeah…..I did something……" Murdoc mumbled, thinking back to the night before.

"WOT?"

"First of all, I want you to know……I was drunk. And I didn't mean ta do this….." Murdoc looked over to Noodle. She was still asleep, and still looked terrible.

"Go on…?" 2D lowered his fist a bit. Murdoc took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly.

"Noodle came crying to me, saying she was in pain. She asked if I could help her. At the time, I wasn't thinking straight. I took some of YOUR painkillers and gave them to her. She asked if she could see the container to check if it was alright to down um. I lost the container, and couldn't find it. Noodle, being her clever self, chose not to take them until she was certain that it wouldn't affect the kid. So she left, still in pain. About an hour later, I found her with her head over the trashcan in the kitchen. She was so miserably sick, I wanted to help. I gave her a glass of water. She took the glass and drank it…Noods didn't know that I had put some meds in it to help her pain. Well…..she got even worse than before. I helped her to her bed, and I went back to the Bago for the night. And the next thing I know, we're heading for the hospital. Well there you have it….I drugged her……" Murdoc sighed.

"YOU WOT?" 2D slugged Murdoc in the nose so hard, it bled. Murdoc looked at the blood in shock.

"DIDN''T YA HEAR? I DRUGGED HER! I WAS DRUNK! AND WORRIED! I DIDN'T MEAN TA HURT HER! I DIDN'T KNOW WOT I WAS DOING!" Murdoc shouted. 2D threw Murdoc to the ground.

"YOU BASTARD!" 2D was about to step down on Murdoc, when Russel barged into the middle of the argument.

"BREAK IT UP! THIS IS A HOSPITAL! Let alone, Noodle's room! If she sees you fighting…..she'd be upset!" He pulled the enraged 2D back. Murdoc stood up.

"The dullard couldn't hurt me if he tried!" He wiped away some of the blood.

"YA WANNA BET?" 2D screamed, struggling to break free of Russel's grasp. Noodle's eyes opened slightly, but the three were to busy fighting to notice.

"Bring it on!" Murdoc hissed. 2D punched Murdoc another time.

"STOP!" a small scream came from the other side of the room. They all turned to see Noodle sitting up with her eyes closed tightly, holding her chest in pain. "Owww…."

"NOODLE GIRL!" 2D ran over to her bed. She opened her eyes, and looked painfully at 2D.

"NOW SEE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE?" Russel scolded.

"Noodle…..I-I'm sorry!" 2D cried and buried his head in his hands.

"Why?" Noodle coughed horribly and gazed back up at him.

"Cause……I could 'a stopped Muds from doin this to ya……" He sobbed and held her small hand.

"What did he do?"

Murdoc couldn't take it. Her innocence. And the constant guilt that nagged at Murdoc's soul, as if blaming him also. So he walked out. 2D automatically chased after him.

"YOU GET BACK HERE AND TELL HER WOT YOU DID TO 'ER!" 2D screamed as he dashed through the halls, knocking over several people as he ran. "

"Oh fuck off! YOU tell her I was drunk! And I don't need to apologize!" Murdoc pushed a doctor out of his way. The doctor fell to the ground. 2D quickly helped him up and continued to try and find the nearby Murdoc.

"YOU'LL TELL HER! AND YOU'LL APOLOGIZE!" 2D finally caught up to Murdoc.

"JUST GET LOST DULLARD!" People had begun to stare at Murdoc.

"GET BACK 'ERE!"

"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT STUPID BRAT!" Murdoc yelled at the top of his voice. Noodle could hear him from her room. Her hair covered her eyes as she cried heavily.

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!"

"NO! I WON'T!"

"YOU BETTER! All that girl ever did was care for you…..and all you did was…..THIS!" 2D pointed to Noodle's room. "If it wasn't for you, she wouldn't be in here! If it wasn't for you….she'd be happy right now!"

Without really thinking, Murdoc blurted out something that he knew was a lie.

"I really don't care! SHE'S A STUPID KID! AND SHE NEVER CARED ABOUT ANYONE BUT HERSELF!" He knew that was the FARTHEST from the truth he could get. Noodle cringed as she heard Murdoc yell this.

"SHE CARES ABOUT YOU! Remember? She took care of you when you were hurt in that fight a while ago! She was the one who stayed up three nights straight, just to make sure YOU were okay! And if THAT ain't caring……then I don't know wot is……"

Noodle stood up and ran out of her room to where 2D and Murdoc are arguing. She held onto the wall to keep from falling over.

"I do care…." She coughed weakly and her small body trembled with pain.

"Noodle?" Murdoc stepped forward. Just then, Russel came running in.

"Noodle Girl!" he took her hand. "Noods, let's go…..if Muds wants to be a self-centered bastard…..let him….." he glared at Murdoc. "I hope you're happy."

Noodle pulled away from Russel's grip and took a few steps towards Murdoc.

"What did I do……?" with that she passed out and fell down.

"Noodle?" Murdoc quickly caught her.

"SEE WHAT YOU DID MURDOC? I told y'all to stop fighting! NOW LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!"

"Just shut up Russel!"

2D cut into the argument.

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!" They both turned to face him, neither of then realized just how loud 2D could yell when he wanted to. "Noodle's seriously hurt! Wot do we do?"

"Well Dullard……YOU STARTED THIS!" Murdoc shouted the guilt in 2D's face.

"I DID NOT! YOU DID! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO DRUGGED NOODS!"

"YOU KNOW WOT?" Murdoc let Noodle fall to the ground with a soft thud. "YOU SORT HER OUT!" After that, he headed out the door and down the alley.

"THAT JERK!" 2D started to run after Murdoc, but stopped as he felt a big hand on his shoulder.

"Forget that ass! Let's get Noodle back to her room."

2D picked Noodle up carefully and carried her to her room and set her down on the white bed.

"I'm gonna go find Muds!" He dashed in the direction Murdoc went.

-A Few Minutes Later-

"OY MURDOC! SHOW YOURSELF YOU COWARD!" 2D called as he kicked a garbage can over. A scruffy hobo rolled out.

"That wasn't very nice!" the hobo scolded. Normally 2D would have helped him back up, but he was too mad, so he kept trudging angrily. Finally he spotted Murdoc walking a few feet ahead.

"What do you want!" he questioned frustratingly.

"You better say you're sorry ta Noods! She loves ya! And you don' give a damn!"

"Yeah right! And I'm NOT apologizing! Don't ya get it?"

"YOU BETTER SAY SORRY!" 2D whipped out the knife he always carried around in his pocket.

"I DON'T THINK SO! AND THREATENING ME WON'T MAKE ME SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT!" Murdoc hissed, his eyes narrowing challengingly. 2D held the knife to Murdoc's neck.

"I think you'd better say sorry…." He growled.

"I think you'd better get out of my face!" Murdoc spat. 2D pressed the knife against Murdoc's flesh. Inside Murdoc was panicking, but the only sign of fear he showed was a bead of sweat rolling down his face.

"…..do I have ta make myself clear to you Nicalls? You BETTER say sorry….AND tell her wot you did….." Murdoc gulped nervously.

"…..what ever….."

"Or I'm going to carve you out….." 2D pressed the knife down still harder on Murdoc's skin. Murdoc kicked 2D, knocking his back a bit. Now, knowing he wasn't vulnerable anymore, he began to yell again. He was so busy, he didn't notice the dark figure as it came.

"SHE'S JUST A GIRL!" Murdoc shouted.

"SHE'S NOT JUST A GIRL! I LOVE 'ER WITH ALL MY HEART! AND UNLESS YOU APOLOGIZE…….I'll…….I'll………."

"You'll wot?" Murdoc then noticed that 2D's eyes showed no emotion suddenly. And he seemed to jolt forward a bit suddenly. "YOU'LL WOT?" Just then, 2D fell face first, and standing where he once was, was one of Murdoc's friends…..holding a knife stained with the blood of 2D………