Post by acclue lockheart on Mar 12, 2008 22:12:22 GMT -5
short chapter here, I may need to extend it in the final copy...
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Chapter V: Gaea's Pain
Gaea followed Vega and Tommy back to the little operating room on all fours just as Tommy had seen before. It was bizarre behavior for someone with her mental faculties intact. Usually when a human's center of gravity was shifted as such, they easily resisted the change and were simply made clumsy unless they became feral, where they simply chose the more comfortable option.
They were an odd trio now. A blind free human, a mute alter, and a girl that acted feral.
In the little room Tommy had known as his home for the past few days, Gaea sat in the same chair, eyes darting nervously about the room.
Vega looked her over carefully “Your hands got pretty cut up by the elevator's machinery... I'll have to get someone to look at what you did to it too... Anyway, your body's been changed too much, we're going to have to go with some more archaic medicine.” He stood and walked behind his desk.
“S-so...” Gaea stuttered “Why... can't he talk...? And you can't-”
“I know.” Vega interrupted “I'm blind.” Tommy had wondered if Gaea had noticed in the elevator. “But I can see better than most humans at this point. I can't really explain, suffice it to say, my vision is perfect. As for the kid, well, he's just got torn vocal chords. He's never speaking again.”
Tommy looked disappointed, he had hoped there was a way to recover.
“Haven't used this for awhile.” Vega pulled out a roll of bandages “Now, this is going to hurt when you take it off your fur, but it's going to heal up your arm too, so you'll just have to take it when they come off, alright?”
She nodded “Y-yeah... I'm used to it anyway.”
Vega bent down to her and tore the bandage away from the roll “Hold still.” he began to wrap the bandage in circles around her arm. She twitched whenever it went over the wounds that Vega cleaned up as he went down.
It was several minutes in and one of Gaea's arms were coated white from the bandages, leaving only one seam at the elbow to allow movement.
"Looks like you got clipped by some gunfire on this side." Vega said "Looks like it might be infected."
She gasped "W-what?"
"Don't panic, we'll just burn off the infection." Vega turned and reached for a large, unmarked plugged bottle of clear liquid.
"Burn?" Gaea looked frightened.
"Don't worry." he produced a large knife from his pocket. Then Gaea started to worry.
Vega grabbed the bottle's stopper with his teeth and pulled it off, spitting it carelessly to the floor. The room instantly filled with the pungent air of weak alcohol.
"Hold very still or I might end up cutting you. This'll sting." he poured the contents slowly over the burn. Gaea managed to muffle a painful scream as it not only fell over the infected wound, but several more cuts and bruises down her arm.
Tommy watched as tears formed around her closed eyes and wondered, once again, why she had such a low tolerance for pain.
"Alright, now I'm going to remove the infected area." he turned the bottle, splashing it onto the knife along with a lot of the floor "This's gonna sting even more, brace yourself!"
He dug the knife sideways into the wound and Gaea let out a howl of pain. The crusty surface falling off her arm and renewing her bleeding. she put her bandaged hand over the new cut, covering herself in blood again.
"Stop!" Vega pushed her hand aside "I'm not done yet. I know it hurts, but I'm not really equipped to treat this. About all I can do is take it off and bandage you up!" he began digging the knife around in her flesh again, this time more precisely.
Gaea whined loudly, resisting the urge to reach over and claw at her wound. Her arm was soon covered in blood from her newly reopened cut, and Vega found himself covered with it as well. The knife clattered clumsily to the floor "The hard part's over Gaea, you'll be fine. Hopefully. I've... never actually had to do this on anyone so far changed. I hope that was right."
"Oh God..." Gaea breathed sporadically and grasped the chair with her bandaged arm "I'm gonna die... I'm..."
"Don't panic, an the infection is gone, just a little more alcohol and a bandage." he began wiping the fresh blood from her arm, and poured more of the liquid on it, and she continued shouting that she was going to die.
It ended as she whimpered through the bandages being put on. And she fell unconscious just as Vega was finishing up.
It was strange to see her at peace after that. Tommy was even more curious than before that she felt so close to death moments ago, and now that she was asleep... she smiled.
He couldn't help but do the same. This marked the end of all the pain, the torture he'd endured for so long were gone, and freedom was almost intoxicating. Tommy felt good that he could lay down on the floor there and just fall asleep because he wanted to.
Unfortunately for him, Vega had more in mind for him...
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Chapter V: Gaea's Pain
Gaea followed Vega and Tommy back to the little operating room on all fours just as Tommy had seen before. It was bizarre behavior for someone with her mental faculties intact. Usually when a human's center of gravity was shifted as such, they easily resisted the change and were simply made clumsy unless they became feral, where they simply chose the more comfortable option.
They were an odd trio now. A blind free human, a mute alter, and a girl that acted feral.
In the little room Tommy had known as his home for the past few days, Gaea sat in the same chair, eyes darting nervously about the room.
Vega looked her over carefully “Your hands got pretty cut up by the elevator's machinery... I'll have to get someone to look at what you did to it too... Anyway, your body's been changed too much, we're going to have to go with some more archaic medicine.” He stood and walked behind his desk.
“S-so...” Gaea stuttered “Why... can't he talk...? And you can't-”
“I know.” Vega interrupted “I'm blind.” Tommy had wondered if Gaea had noticed in the elevator. “But I can see better than most humans at this point. I can't really explain, suffice it to say, my vision is perfect. As for the kid, well, he's just got torn vocal chords. He's never speaking again.”
Tommy looked disappointed, he had hoped there was a way to recover.
“Haven't used this for awhile.” Vega pulled out a roll of bandages “Now, this is going to hurt when you take it off your fur, but it's going to heal up your arm too, so you'll just have to take it when they come off, alright?”
She nodded “Y-yeah... I'm used to it anyway.”
Vega bent down to her and tore the bandage away from the roll “Hold still.” he began to wrap the bandage in circles around her arm. She twitched whenever it went over the wounds that Vega cleaned up as he went down.
It was several minutes in and one of Gaea's arms were coated white from the bandages, leaving only one seam at the elbow to allow movement.
"Looks like you got clipped by some gunfire on this side." Vega said "Looks like it might be infected."
She gasped "W-what?"
"Don't panic, we'll just burn off the infection." Vega turned and reached for a large, unmarked plugged bottle of clear liquid.
"Burn?" Gaea looked frightened.
"Don't worry." he produced a large knife from his pocket. Then Gaea started to worry.
Vega grabbed the bottle's stopper with his teeth and pulled it off, spitting it carelessly to the floor. The room instantly filled with the pungent air of weak alcohol.
"Hold very still or I might end up cutting you. This'll sting." he poured the contents slowly over the burn. Gaea managed to muffle a painful scream as it not only fell over the infected wound, but several more cuts and bruises down her arm.
Tommy watched as tears formed around her closed eyes and wondered, once again, why she had such a low tolerance for pain.
"Alright, now I'm going to remove the infected area." he turned the bottle, splashing it onto the knife along with a lot of the floor "This's gonna sting even more, brace yourself!"
He dug the knife sideways into the wound and Gaea let out a howl of pain. The crusty surface falling off her arm and renewing her bleeding. she put her bandaged hand over the new cut, covering herself in blood again.
"Stop!" Vega pushed her hand aside "I'm not done yet. I know it hurts, but I'm not really equipped to treat this. About all I can do is take it off and bandage you up!" he began digging the knife around in her flesh again, this time more precisely.
Gaea whined loudly, resisting the urge to reach over and claw at her wound. Her arm was soon covered in blood from her newly reopened cut, and Vega found himself covered with it as well. The knife clattered clumsily to the floor "The hard part's over Gaea, you'll be fine. Hopefully. I've... never actually had to do this on anyone so far changed. I hope that was right."
"Oh God..." Gaea breathed sporadically and grasped the chair with her bandaged arm "I'm gonna die... I'm..."
"Don't panic, an the infection is gone, just a little more alcohol and a bandage." he began wiping the fresh blood from her arm, and poured more of the liquid on it, and she continued shouting that she was going to die.
It ended as she whimpered through the bandages being put on. And she fell unconscious just as Vega was finishing up.
It was strange to see her at peace after that. Tommy was even more curious than before that she felt so close to death moments ago, and now that she was asleep... she smiled.
He couldn't help but do the same. This marked the end of all the pain, the torture he'd endured for so long were gone, and freedom was almost intoxicating. Tommy felt good that he could lay down on the floor there and just fall asleep because he wanted to.
Unfortunately for him, Vega had more in mind for him...
