Okay, here's the second chappy ya'll been wanting to read! Just letting ya know, I'm just going with the flow so hopefully, it won't be too bad. Also, I had some trouble with this one. I was trying to either go with maybe a bit of how Abby settled in the facility before I moved on to where Susan finally comes in, but I decided to just get on with it 'cause there's not much to do between that time. Though I might make one later, but that'll be a sequel and most likely a maybe. *shrug* I also got a bit of a cold too. Though I don't got it as bad as mom does. But anyway, I'm sure ya'll don't wanna hear me talk so let's just start the chappy already! Oh, and I don't own any of the MvA characters...except for Abby, of course. :3
Thoughts – 'Blah.'
-----Chapter 2: 2008-----
"I wonder what it'll be this time? I hope its rocks!"
"Who knows? The last time they caught one, it was a giant grub. Wup-dee-do."
There was a loud screech.
"Yeah, I agree. What's wrong with Insecto?"
"Nothing! OW! What was that for!?"
"I'm sure you know why, my dear."
"What? I was just hoping it won't be something that'll step on my tail!"
Another screech.
"He said he was sorry!"
"But it still hurts! Let's see how you feel when-OW! Would you stop smacking me?!"
"So when do we get to meet him? I wanna name him Rocky!"
"I'm sure its not gonna be a rock, B.O.B."
"Well, Monger DID say we'll be able to meet the new monster within a few hours after the sedative wears off."
"I hate sedatives."
"Ooo, ooo! I can't wait to see our new friend! Maybe he'll play cards with me and Link!"
"Yeah! Finally! Someone else to play cards with!"
"Can I scare-uh, I mean, um, 'surprise' him? You know...as a welcome?"
"...No."
"God dam-OW!"
-----NEXT-----
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep....
"...Nnn, honey, could you turn it off?"
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep....
Groaning, a woman with short white hair, who is better known as Susan, shifted to lie on her opposite side and mumbled something along the lines "honeymoon" and "alarm clock", unwilling to wake up just yet, but the annoying noise kept on ringing. After a few minutes, the beeping stopped, much to the relief of the occupant in the room.
But that didn't last long when suddenly, the whole room dropped down, forcing her awake.
She gave a sharp yell, still dazed from her sleep as she tried to figure out what was going on. "W-w-what's happening?!" Susan exclaimed, fear clearly evident on her features. It only took her a couple of seconds to notice that her surroundings were different. Before she could question it, the cell came to a halt, throwing her off the bed into a rumpled heap on the ground.
"Oooh...wha, where am I?" The woman moaned as she slowly sat up, rubbing her head.
The sound of gears moving made her jump against the wall. 'Oh god, not again!'
Instead of the room moving, she witness as the wall opposite of her began to slowly lift up to reveal another room, only far much bigger than the one she's now in. From what she could tell, it had a table and chair, but that's it. At least, so far she could see. But even though it didn't seem dangerous, she didn't move. Too many things happened at once for she to trust anything right now. After such a rude awakening to this? There was no way she would set foot in there until she knew what was going on. So the white-haired female remained in her spot on the floor against the opposite wall, not willing to venture out of the room.
Unfortunately, said wall seemed to have other thoughts when suddenly, it began to push her towards the common room until it could go no further of the cell. Seeing no other choice, she slowly stood up and cautiously entered the room as the wall closed behind her.
"H-hello? Is anyone here?" She called out nervously.
CRACK!
The woman blinked then looked down to see a...tiny chair?
Now curious, she lifted her foot and picked it up to bring it to her eye level, turning it this way and that as if to get a better look at the furniture. It looked any other chair, with the exception of being tiny, but nothing too out of the ordinary. But why such a small chair? 'Is it a toy? But it doesn't feel like plastic. I wonder who uses it.' She thought.
"Aww! I thought it would be rocks!"
"Shush! She'll hear you!"
"But I thought legs don't have ears?"
"Shut up, B.O.B.!"
Turning her head, her blue eyes looked around for the source of the small voices before spotting an opening. She walked towards it, carelessly dropping the chair along the way until she was in front of the open door then kneeled down to peer inside. "Hello? Is someone there? Can anyone tell me where I am?" She asked softly.
No answer.
Susan tried again, "Anyone in there?"
No answer.
Before she could try for the third time, a sound reached her ears and she looked back to see a tube coming down from the ceiling. Standing, she watched as it spat up a large pile of weird goopy substance onto the table then a spoon before it pulled itself back up to the ceiling. Cautiously, the white-haired woman took a few steps to the table, staring at the blob of "paste" for a moment before picking up the utensil to poke it with. She nearly jumped out of her skin when her ears caught the sound of something skittering behind her and spun around, the spoon clenched tightly in her hand.
"Who's there?!"
She froze when the sound went behind her again.
'Please, let it be nothing!'
Slowly turning around to face the table, Susan stared for only a few short seconds before a head with a pair of large golden eyes peeked up at her from behind the slop of paste. It stared back at her for only a moment before moving away from its hiding spot. Her jaw slackened. It was a cockroach!
"Hello."
Without warning, she began swinging the spoon violently, trying to kill it, but it kept dodging.
"Would you stop-"
CLANK!
"Please, madam-"
SMACK!
"Be careful!"
THWACK!
She pulled back the utensil, eyes scanning the table to see if she had hit it, but found that it had disappeared. "Huh?"
"Would you, please, stop trying to kill me!?"
With a shriek, the woman turned to see that the bug was clinging desperately to the spoon in her hand with its arms and legs. Once again, she swung the spoon, smacking it against the table a few times in hopes of getting rid of the insect.
"DOC!!"
Before Susan could turn to see where the voice came from, a small pinch on her hand caught her attention. She glanced over, seeing only something small and furry hanging onto her hand before flailing said appendage, not wanting to get a good look at it. It took only a couple of seconds before the furry critter went flying, along with the roach and spoon. Watching with wide blue eyes, the thing that bit her landed on the table first, a bit dazed from the landing as it tried to push itself up. It yipped, curling when the piece of metal fell just a few centimeters beside it, sighed, then yelped when the cockroach landed on its back.
The woman stared at them for a whole minute, unsure of what to make of what just happened before slowly leaning closer to the table. Despite her fear, she was curious of the two weird critters in front of her.
"...Oww...."
Blinking, she watched as the furry creature groaned and tried to get up, only to realize the weight on its back. It growled for a moment, stopped, then grinned teasingly.
"Ya know, Doc, I know you haven't gotten any for decades, but no need to turn to me! Owowowowow!"
Releasing his grip on the pointed ear, the cockroach rolled off the creature's back then climbed to his feet, dusting off his clothes. "I swear that mouth of yours needs to be fixed." The bug-man grumbled with a frown as the furry animal-like creature sat up, rubbing its abused ear.
"You...talk. You can talk!" Susan backed away in shock.
The furry critter (she can now see it was a female) glared at her. "Of course we can! We're not idiots!"
"B-but you're...you're...I-I don't know what you are!" Susan cried.
"Whoa! When did you get tall, Wolf Girl? Ooo! I wanna be tall too!"
Screaming in surprise, Susan leapt onto the metal chair, pulling her legs up and looked down to see a blue gelatinous...thing a little a ways from her, apparently stretching in an effort to make itself tall. Rolling her eyes, the furry creature jumped down from the table along with the roach, both landing on their feet. "B.O.B.! I'm right here! And I didn't get tall!" The girl, apparently known as "Wolf Girl", exclaimed.
The blob looked very happy for some reason. "Wow! There's two of you now?!"
Susan blinked, not sure what to make of the blue thing as Wolf Girl slapped her forehead.
"No, B.O.B. Wolf Girl is right here." The bug-man sighed while said monster was now glaring at Susan. "And this...," he motioned to the white-haired woman, "is the new monster."
'What? Monster?'
She turned her gaze to give the bug-man a weird look, but he didn't notice as he was now trying to explain to the blue goop about the differences between the two females. Before Susan could argue, she blinked when the female canine spoke up.
"So what was that about?" Wolf Girl demanded, arms crossed and ears low.
"W-what?"
She growled, "You trying to kill me and Doc! Don't think I've forgotten! So what was up with that, huh?!"
Once again, before Susan could speak, much less apologize, she was cut off when the bug-man calmly strolled over next to the she-wolf and reached over to pull on one of the furry little ears decorating the top of the creature's head. She yelped and struggled to get out of his grasp without bringing more pain to herself. "Manners, my dear. I would think that over the years, you would eventually learn." He stated before allowing his grip to loosen, which she gratefully took as she pulled away.
"Darn it, Doc! You know my ears are sensitive! Stop grabbing them!" She hissed, rubbing the poor ear.
He just rolled his eyes in return before turning his attention to the terrified and confused woman, who continued to stare with wide blue eyes and mouth slightly open. Folding his right arm behind his back and the other to grip the front folds of his coat, he straightened his back and cleared his throat. "Forgive us for earlier. My name is Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. It's a pleasure to meet you." He greeted.
"H-h-hi...." Was all she could muster out.
Thankfully, he ignored the fearful tone in her voice as he went about the introductions. "The blob over there is Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate or B.O.B. for short." Said blob smiled his trademark smile. "Hi!" He chirped happily. She smiled back a little. They seemed friendly enough, despite after she tried to hit them with a spoon. Before the doctor could continue, the smaller female beat him to it. "The name's Wolf Girl. It would've been Werewolf, but as Monger put it, since I'm a girl, they decided on something more 'suited' for me. Stupid general." She grumbled the last sentence to herself.
"Oh. I...see."
"Please, don't mind her, my dear. She's always like this." Dr. Cockroach flashed her a charming smile.
'My dear?' Susan blinked, curious, but decided not to question it.
The Wolf Girl growled, obviously upset, but firmly reigned in her anger before she did something stupid. Instead, she noticed something very, very big behind the white-haired woman and smirked mischievously. Casually bringing up her tail to her "paws", she began to groom it as she spoke up in fake niceness. "Hmm, it seems you still haven't met two more of our friends yet." Wolf Girl stated all friendly-like and looked up with a cheery smile.
Susan looked curious about the new monsters, even though she still felt wary about them.
"R-really?" She asked softly. The she-wolf nodded, "Yep!"
But the doctor wasn't fooled.
He caught the tone his canine companion had and shot her a warning look. But she ignored it as she gave a grin to the newbie, revealing her pearly white fangs. "They're right behind you!"
Susan froze for a moment then slowly turned her head, the fear returning to her when she sees a very huge, furry, buck-toothed grub standing behind her. It clearly overwhelmed her by height by a few hundreds and she was certain that it could eat her if it wanted to. They stared back at each other for a full minute, one curious and the other terrified. Though if they paid attention, they could here the canine laughing in the background then yelping when the doctor pulled her ear again. Then another more deep (and obviously male) voice broke the silence.
"Hey! Down here!"
Blinking, she looked down to see a green, fishy-looking monster at the feet of the chair she sat on. He was hunched over like an ape, but his appearance definitely told her that he can swim in the water. But he looked like he can do both. If him standing in front of her was any indication at all. The fish-ape waved, "Hey! So you're the new monster, huh?" He asked, half smirking.
B.O.B. beamed. "We got a new monster?"
This earned two groans and an eye roll.
Finally finding her voice, she stammered, "I-I'm not a monster!"
"Really? Then what's a giant woman like you doing here? Hm?"
"G-giant?" Susan repeated quietly, confused by his words.
Then gasps as the memories of her wedding day came back to her. Just when the man of her dreams had lifted up the veil over her head, things started to get a little...weird. Before she could understand any of it, her body began to grow a an alarming rate and, unfortunately, reduced the church to dust. Susan also recalled men in black suits and helicopters everywhere as they attempted to catch her with ropes. So many things were happening so fast that before she knew it, she ended up in this place.
Letting out a sad sigh, the giantess was soon brought back to reality when the amphibious monster spoke up again.
"You okay?" The monster asked, concerned.
Susan nodded, "Y-yeah, I'm fine. So...who are you?"
A grin came to his lips as he gestured an arm to the giant grub behind him.
"This big guy is Insectosaurus and I'm Link! What's yours?"
"Yeah! We told you ours now you tell us yours!" Wolf Girl chimed in. Only to be silenced when, once again, the roach's hand found its way to her ear.
She bit her lower lip. Wolf Girl is right. It wasn't fair if they told her their names and she didn't do the same. Besides, they look like nice monsters, despite their appearances. What harm would it be?
"S-Susan." The woman said timidly.
"No, no! We mean your cool monster name! What is it?!" B.O.B. asked excitedly.
"Do you even have a monster name yet?" The she-wolf asked.
Despite her obvious dislike of the giant woman, she was curious about her. After all, she is the first female she has ever came in contact with since her time in this facility.
"Um, why would I need one?" Susan asked.
Before the female monster could reply, Link cut her off, knowing she was going to say something very rude and blunt. "The government gives us new monster names when we're first caught and brought to this stupid prison is what she was gonna say. That's all. Nothing big." He shrugged carelessly.
"Don't interrupt me!"
Beep! Beep! Beep!
Upon hearing the sound, the giantess was surprised when all of them stopped whatever they were doing and smiles reached their faces. "Food!" B.O.B. cried excitedly and moved to stand in front of the much smaller table near to the larger one. She watched as one by one, the rest of the smaller monsters took their place on the metal chairs with the blob as a tube came down from the ceiling and stopped only a few few above them.
Several dead fish fell from the tube in front of Link, which he eagerly grabbed one, biting off its head before slurping the rest down then moved on to another.
She grimanced. 'Disgusting!'
Like herself, Dr. Cockroach had a matching espression on his own face. "That is replusive!"
Not a second later, a pile of garbage fell in front of him. His large golden eyes lit up in delight as he grabbed an old pink slipper and started nibbling on it, antennas curled in obvious bliss. It revolted yet, confused her. Did he say what Link ate is replusive? Then what about the "food" he ate? For gods' sake, he was eating garbage! But then again, he IS a cockroach so maybe it's not that big of a deal.
...It was still disgusting, though.
Seeing how she watched the doctor, the fur on her recently groomed tail bristled as the Wolf Girl glared at her, completely ignoring the raw meat that was spat out from the tube in front of her. And continued to do so even after everyone's meals had been served (Insecto's meal was delivered in a HUGE bowl filled with sugar water) and the tube disappeared. It only took several minutes for Susan to practically feel the growing hostility to her right and turned in time to see the smaller female look away and began to dig into the meat.
'What was that about?'
The sound of something moving caught everyone's attention as they turned to see a wall slowly open until it reached the very top. The white-haired woman was shocked to see a gruff-looking man came into the room while in the air as the wall slid shut behind him. She squinted her eyes and saw the answer. He had a jetpack on his back, which allowed him to fly.
Surprises at every corner, huh?
"Monsters, get back in your cells." He said in a loud and clear voice.
Wolf Girl was the first to be up and walking to one of the open doors before any of the other monsters got a chance to respond to the man's command. It seemed to surprise everyone, including the flying man, but the monsters hurried after the canine, vanishing behind the closing metal doors. But as the woman watched, she couldn't help, but get the feeling that she wasn't very well-liked, at least by the she-wolf.
She squeaked when the sounds of moving blades whirred above and she looked up to see a large helicopter tied with a stadium light come down in front of Insectosaurus, who instantly became entranced by the bright lights and followed after it into a huge cell.
Once the monsters have all left, the giant woman turned to the man, who flew to her eye level.
"U-um, excuse me, but...who are you?" Susan asked.
"The name is General W.R. Monger, ma'am. I'm sure you're wondering why you're here." He stated, a knowing smirk on his lips.
She nodded. "Alrighty then! It's high time we start your orientation. Follow me."
-----NEXT-----
The faint sounds of pencils scribbling against paper could be heard in the so called "room" where the smallest of the monsters stayed in. Soon after Abby had returned to her cell, she immediately grabbed a rapidly depleting sketch book and a regular pencil and began to draw furiously. If one looked about, two of the walls were nearly completely covered in what looked like thousands of drawings, both old and new. The furry female was currently attempting to draw her overly huge companion, Insectosaurus. She sat on the floor in the one of the corners against the glass wall so she won't accidently damage any of her artwork while she drew her image of Insecto.
But apparently, her heart wasn't in it today.
"Hey Doc?" She called, pausing in her work to lean her head back against the wall where the doctor's cell was.
After a minute or two, he replied, "Yes, my dear?"
She opened her mouth to speak, but stopped, realizing she had nothing to say. She just instinctively called out to him yet, she didn't have a single thing to say. Stupid!
"...Never mind. I forgot what I was gonna say, anyways." She laughed, embarrassed.
"Are you all right?"
Despite her agitated state, she couldn't help, but smile slightly at the concern. "Yeah. I'm fine. Sorry about that."
Ears twitching, her sharp hearing picked up sounds as if someone was building something. Which is most likely true.
...And apparently, upon listening closely, she could also hear the machines working and Monger talking nearby.
That means....
'Great. I really don't want to see her right now.' She gritted her teeth to keep herself from growling when from the corner of her eyes, she caught sight of Susan passing by on a platform with Monger beside her just outside of their cells. She could tell that the giantess was amazed when she passed by her cell. After all, how often do people get to see so many drawings in one place other than an art musem? Besides, she had a lot of time on her hands. LOTS of time.
Instead of going back to drawing, she continued to listen. She didn't know why, but she was curious to hear what the newbie might say or do about the new cell Monger and his men prepared for her. Thank god she was blessed with good hearing, a plus side of being a werewolf.
"We, uh, had the prison psychologist redecorate your cell. Try to keep you all calm like."
"But I don't want a poster. I want a real kitten. Hanging from a real tree."
"I want to go home."
"I want to go home!" The girl sobbed, her entire body trembling from the strength of her chaotic emotions.
Painful memories started to resurface at those last words. Her hand stopped moving across her sketch book and her eyelids lowered as she stared off into space, ears drooping and tail completely still. She was completely lost in her own thoughts, oblivious to the sound of a metal door closing and the crying her ears picked up.
How long has it been since then? Forty-two, forty-five...forty-six years?
That would mean she's fifty-nine years old now.
And her family is probably all old by now, or at least getting there. Her parents should be in their eighties. Her younger brothers and sister have probably left the "nest" long ago. Married and have kids too, no doubt. How have they been since she was taken away? Did they think of her often like she did? What did they look like now?
So many questions left unanswered.
"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!" She punched, kicked, and scratched at the glass wall, desperate to escape the cell they put her in.
Sitting in the corner of the common room, she drew up her legs and hugged them to herself, trying to keep an aloof look on her face as to not reveal what she really felt while watching the unseen monster scare the living daylights out of Link, who was currently playing a card game with B.O.B.
"Don't cry, kid." Link said quietly, nudging her side slightly with the back of his hand in an effort to comfort her. It didn't work as more tears fell again.
"Hey, Wolf Girl! Wanna play tag with me and the Invisible Man?!" The blob asked, bouncing up and down excitedly. She could only stare back with barely suppressed sadness at the mention of the new name before turning to walk away.
She threw herself into the surprised doctor's arms, unintentionally digging her claws into his perfectly white coat until they painfully pricked his flesh and cried, hard. "M-mom.......dad....please.....h-help me!"
Grinding her teeth, the small female tried to settle the raging emotions inside her heart as the memories continued to nag at her. Without thinking, she lifted up a paw to quickly wipe away the few tears that slid down her cheek, only for more to replace them. It hurt so much to remember the pain and anguish she still felt to this very day. She wanted to stay with her family and grow up with them. Was that too much to ask?
Crap. Stupid waterworks.
Before she knew it, the tears came down like an endles river and dripped off her chin onto her lap and sketch book. She tried to stop them by covering her eyes with her paws, but failed miserably. Her bottom lip quivered as if wanting to let out the sobs it wanted to make, but she wouldn't allow it. B.O.B. would hear and probably make it worse. And Dr. Cockroach would hear too and probably be worried again. Which he probably is already, but for that...that woman.
A soft growl escaped her lips before she could stop herself at the thought of the newbie. Even though Susan just arrived here, she already disliked her. Very much.
If she didn't come, she would have been the only one he called "my dear" to.
If she didn't come, she wouldn't be upset right now.
...If she didn't come, she wouldn't have to remember.
-----To Be Continued-----
*sniff* So sad. I kinda felt like crying too when I made this. It never fails. But anyway, how was it? Did ya like? Hate? So-so? Oh well, I'm trying. Though this stupid document thingy ya use when ya upload a chappy isn't letting me put my writing the way I had it. It keeps getting rid of the cut parts when it switches to a different scene. So I had to edited it a lot and add a lot of things 'cause I think I rushed a little bit. I had to 'cause I'm gonna be gone for almost a week for Thanksgiving. Visiting Dad at the base so we can spend the holiday together and go to White Sands again! Man, it's been years since I last went there! Even though it ain't likely, I hope there'll be snow! But don't worry, I'll be writing the next chappy over there when I got nothing to do. So please review if ya like to share your thoughts about this chappy. Don't be shy now!
Oh, and, just letting you know, Wolf Girl's clothes have changed over the years. She now wears a simple aqua tank top and black spandex shorts with the facility's symbol on each side of the legs, which came down to her mid-thighs. She doesn't have her beanie and glasses (they were broken, anyway) anymore and has her hair tied into a high ponytail. I didn't want to go into detail about her new clothes and stuff because it wasn't important. Just thought I'd get that out of the way.
And in case no one can figure out who was talking in the begining part, they go in this order. B.O.B., Wolf Girl (a.k.a. Abby), Insecto (if ya count the screech), Link, Wolf Girl, Doc, Wolf Girl, Insecto, Link, Wolf Girl, B.O.B., Link, Doc, Wolf Girl, B.O.B., Link, Wolf Girl, Doc, then Wolf Girl.
Anyway, happy early Thanksgiving, everyone! X3