Chapter 13 - Gen 2 - Tapestry

~Day 6 & 7 ~

A very loud banging noise like the cage door or the metal door at the top of the steps is slamming and the sound of loud shouting creeps into my head and starts to wake me up.  As my mind starts drifting slowly between sleep and reality I just lie there listening to the argument that is going on somewhere quite close.

"What the hell did you do River?!  What the hell are you playing at?!"  I hear Maizie shouting quite angrily  "Just look at you ... you idiot!!  Get back up those steps and sort yourself out before anyone see's you looking like that ... especially that boy!!"

"No Maizie I am done with all your crap... I'm sick of playing your STUPID game, and its stopping right now, I'm not helping you keep your dirty secret anymore!! ... and this is the real me remember and if you don't like it ... you can lump it Maizie because this is how I was born so this is how I'm stopping from now on!!"  there is silence for a moment

"STOP calling me by my name I'm your Mother!!"  this makes River laugh quite loudly "I know your Gran taught you respect, so use it!!"

"Respect!!!  And you think I should have some for you!? Don't make me laugh!!  You might have given birth to me but you most certainly have never been my Mother!!"  he laughs again  "I'll start calling you Mother when you act like one and you start addressing me by the name you put on my birth certificate, or have you forgotten that name again already ... it does seem to have a habit of keep slipping your memory ... doesn't it!!" 

"I could curse that woman for telling you!!"  Maizie says quite angrily  "You should have stayed in Apple Hill you don't belong here!!"

"Oh you'd have loved that wouldn't you me staying out of the way,  ... well I didn't come here for you that's for certain ... I just wished I'd had the guts to tell him when I first got here instead of letting you talk me into this crap!!!"  he sounds angry  "Isn't it about time you also washed that muck out of your hair ... why do you even do it anyway?! ... but then that's something else you never intend to tell me ISN'T IT!!!!"

I heard the metal door slam quite loudly ... twice ... then it went quiet.  I wander what that argument was all about ... but whatever it was neither of them sounded very happy, River especially sounded really angry.

Lying on the comfortable soft bed with Honey feels like heaven for just a moment, I can feel her warn hand on my hip and she's breathing quietly behind me.  Before I open my eyes I could quite easily make believe that we are back at home, feeling the comfortable bed underneath me and the soft pillow underneath my head.  But I know I'm not at home after hearing River and Maizie arguing and that horrible smell in the air that is creeping into my nostrils both slap my aching head back out of fantasy and into reality again.

This isn't the first time that I've woken up since I lost it and they sedated me.  The first time I consciously was wide awake, Honey had been laughing at me, greeting me with a huge smile and calling me sleepy head like she always does.  She told me that  I had come out of the sedation, mumble to myself for a while, then I'd rolled over and fell straight back off to sleep again.  I'd fallen into a deep sleep that I'd so badly needed, being on the edge of total exhaustion because I've had no sleep since we arrived here.  We had talked for a while, that's when she told me we were going into our sixth day of being here, on one hand it surprised me ... six days ... but then on the other hand with the endless boredom it does actually feel like a lot longer than six days in a way.  We had talked for a short while then we both drifted back off to sleep.

I open my eyes and roll over slowly to glance at Honey, surprisingly the banging and shouting has not woken her up.  I disturbed her when I moved and she rolls over onto her back but she doesn't wake up.  Her face is quite peaceful, she is even smiling a little as she silently sleeps, I laugh to myself thinking she is obviously not dreaming about this place.  I don't want to disturb her again so I just carry on lying there thinking, too comfortable to move anyway, this bed definitely beats lying on that horrible hard bench.

I notice Honey is now hugging her stomach which makes me smile for a moment, Sunny is going to go ballistic when he finds out Honey is definitely pregnant, I wander how my Dad is going to react, I guess he's probably going to go off on one too!!  I close my eyes again, the only thing I'm dreading about going home is there reaction to the baby ... babies, I keep forgetting the vampberry's say there are two babies.   I wandering when this is all going to be over, Honey really needs to go home .... when are they going to let us out of here and why is it taking so long?  I wander how everyone is feeling back home?

I hear the metal door open and close and carry on lying there just listening to the footsteps coming down the stone steps, not really caring who it is anymore, but I presume it is either going to be Maizie or Jazz as I can only hear one set of foot steps echoing around the room and getting closer, usually if River is coming I'd hear two sets of foot steps.  I don't even open my eyes and look up until I hear the cage door being opened and I hear Manderine suddenly start laughing quite loudly at the person stepping into the case.

I sit up carefully trying not to wake Honey.  It's River who has walked into the cage, I'm surprised that he's now alone and he has the keys to the cage door in his hand while he's also trying to juggle bowls of food.  I wander why Manderine is continuously laughing at him.  I look at him and notice he's wearing glasses when he normally doesn't .... how childish is she if she is laughing at him for wearing glasses.  I look at his hair for a moment and it seems to be a much lighter shade of gray than it normally is, or am I just imagining it?

That's when I notice Cosmic float in through the bars .. obviously he must have been sent to watch over River, I know the vampberry's don't really trust River 100% because he is mortal like we are.  Cosmic just waves and smiles as he floats in and sits on the floor in his usual place cross legged like he does all the time.

I'm sat up on the bed and my head is aching and I feel numb.  I just stare down at the floor, I know I'm starting to go down hill, I'm surprised I've lasted this long without my medication, I really can't be bothered with anything, I just want to be left alone and shrink back into my own world and switch off.

"Afternoon" River says quite cheerully  "I thought you was never going to wake up, you've been out of it for well over 24 hours ... I think you have both got sleeping sickness!!"  he laughs as he tries to hand me a bowl of cereal.  I just sit there ignoring him and carry on staring at the floor.

"TAPESTRY!!"  I ignore him again so he grabs my arm and shakes me  "I know where you are going .... SNAP OUT OF IT!!"  he shouts at me, I look up at him for a moment before looking back at the floor ... how the hell would he know ... he doesn't have a clue!!

"Go away!!" I snap at him  "You know nothing!!"

"I'm a doctor remember I know more than you think .... Here eat this it will make you feel better."  he pushes the bowl at me and I shake my head at him "Come on Tap ... you need to eat!!"  I make a mental note of him now calling me Tap instead of Tapestry.  I hear a spoon clanking quite loudly on a dish, it's irritating me, I glace over at Manderine who has now stopped laughing and is eating a bowl of cereal like a maniac, she must be starving.  I stare at her wishing she would eat quietly and am just about to tell her to shut her noise up when I notice the state of her face, its covered in cuts and bruises and it looks like her lip is split.  River distracts me by pushing the bowl of cereal at me again.

"I don't want it, I'm not hungry"  I snap at him as he blocks my view of Manderine, I'm trying to look round him but he's totally blocking my view of her.

"I bet your Dad doesn't let you get away with not eating!!"  River says to me as he tries to push the bowl of cereal at me yet again - I hold my hand up to stop the bowl from coming any closer.

"He has no choice because I refuse to eat  ... but he does keep giving me this milk shake stuff to drink ... he thinks I'm stupid but I know he puts supplement stuff into the shake ... now you could get me some milkshake" I look up at him, he says he'll see what he can do but he's still trying to push the cereal on me and I'm starting to get angry  "I'll launch that bowl if you do that again" I look at him adamantly because I am NOT eating that cereal  

"Fine!!"  he snaps back at me

"What the hell happened to her face?"  I ask him glancing at Manderine again as he steps aside and puts the bowl down on the bench, which Manderine grabs and starts eating.  I'm just staring at her face thinking the vampberrys or Cosmic must have been amusing themselves with her again.

"You happened to her face!!"  River says to me, I glance back to him quickly  "You totally lost it yesterday, and she volunteered to be your punchbag because she kept taunting you while you were going off on one!"  he's also looking at Manderine now  "If she'd have kept her evil trap shut then you probably wouldn't have gone for her ... well that's what Honey recons anyway."

"I .... I ..... don't remember .... I switched off ...."  I am looking at her face very shocked and almost guiltily knowing that I'd actually done that to her.  Okay, I've hit people in the past, mainly Dad, Prelude and Mulberry, and I've smashed up furniture and stuff when my heads gone ... but I've never gone that far on a person before!!!!  Then my mind spins back to what set me off when I was crying and I jumped off the bench because River touched me, not thinking about Honey being lay on my legs ... it was the thought that I could have quite easily hurt her and the baby that unhinged me ... so why did I go and do that to her?! ... I'm struggling to take in that I've done that to Manderines face.

"I shouldn't worry, she was asking for it!!"  Cosmic is sat on the floor laughing  "She was pushing my buttons with what she was calling you and your Mother ... so I'm not surprised you went for her!!  That woman never knows when to stop!!"  Manderine is now glaring at me quite nastily now, oblivious to Cosmic sitting right by her, and I can see the full extent of her injuries, I seriously don't know what to think about what I've done.

"Crazy little phyco freak ... it should be you in the graveyard not my Storm!!!  It's all your fault he faded!!!"  she snapped at me quite angrily  "And my Pine, look at what you've done to him ... Fern told me you've turned him into a cabbage!!! You're a freak like your Mother and you need locking up or putting down!! I'll get you for this you little freak!!!"  She's making a mistake winding me up again, she's made me angry with what she has just said.

"No!!  It was Forrest's fault ... he was the one with the knife ... he was the one that stabbed and faded his own brother!!!  Storm was trying to stop him from slitting my throat and slashing my face up!!"  I shouted at her  "And Pine was asking for it, he stabbed my brother so I caved his skull in to stop him from stabbing him again!!!  While that was going on Jade nearly faded Honeys sister .... Your kids are the phyco's and like you they are the one's who need locking up not me!!!"  she stood up like she was going to go for me, with that evil look on her face, she's really riling me up, so I stand up to face her. "I doubt Prelude and Parsley will every speak to you again after this and neither will Fern if she's got any sense!!!" I snapped at her again and she takes a few angry steps towards me with her fists clenched.

"See I told you ... she NEVER knows when to stop that woman!!"  Cosmic says as he jumps up and he stops Manderine from going for me by slapping her pretty hard and she flies backwards into the wall.  She slid down the wall and just sat there on the stone cold floor suddenly looking very scared.  She knows Cosmic is here now!!  I just sit down on the bench glaring at her ... I really hate that woman!! ... I'll never understand how she can be Fern, Storm and Parsley's mother!!!

River was just stood there listening and watching, he looked very shocked I think more by what was being said than what Cosmic had just done.  He suddenly turned to Manderine  "Haven't you already been warned to stop winding him up .... you heard what Jazz said last night ... anymore and he's going to fade you .... leave Tapestry alone!!!"  he shouted at her quite nastily, she just sat there saying nothing, she knows Cosmic is in the room now so I doubt she'll move or speak again today.

River wanders off into the toilet and comes back moments later with a glass of water, he fidgets about in his pocket for a moment before sitting down on the bench beside me and hands me the glass as he holds out his other hand in front of me.  I look down at his hand and have to do a double take as I stare down at the collection of familiar tablets that he's holding out to me.  I look up at him  "How did you get those?" wandering how he has managed to get all of my medication ... every single tablet that I take.

"I went to hospital last night so that I could look at your medical records and get your prescription ... don't worry it's all correct."  he says and I laugh at him, because I can see it is.  "Although if I was your doctor I'm not sure I'd be giving you these!"  he says as he picks up one of the tablets and holds it between his two fingers so I can see it, "But I suppose your Dad knows best!" he frowns then puts the tablet back down on his hand with the other.  I frown at him because I couldn't even tell you the names of the tablets let alone what they do or why I'm taking them.

I take all the tablets off him without arguing and start swallowing them. "Now we'll give those a few hours to kick in then Jazz is going to come and try a few things with you."   he says as he stands up and takes the glass off me.  "Oh here, I've got something for you, I thought it might cheer you up and make you feel a little better."  he says as he pulls something out of his inside pocket carefully and hands it too me.  It's a photograph.  I stare down at it not quite believing what I'm looking at ... a photograph of Mom, Dad, Coral, Mosaic and me.

"How ....?"

"I lifted it off the wall in your Dads office when I was at the hospital sorting out your medication."  he smiles at me.  "and I borrowed a few of his books .... he's not going to be very happy with me when he catches up with me!!" he starts laughing

"You could have told him where we are!!!  Did you see him?"  he shook his head at me "River .... why are they keeping us here, why doesn't he just let us go home?"  he looks at me nervously for a moment then sat back down on the bench.

"Honey can go home right now ... "  he glances over at her  " ... all they need to do is wipe her memory and she's free to go ... in fact ... Jazz wanted to do it last night, but Honey kicked up a fuss, she wouldn't have none of it, she says she's not leaving here without you."  I glance over at Honey wandering why she would chose to stay when she gets the chance to go home, although I suppose if the tables were turned I wouldn't leave her here all on her own.   "You, however, it's you that's causing the hold up ... they can't wipe your memory because they can't get into it.  You see they can't let you out of here knowing that they exist or where they live ..."

"Bullshit ... they let you!!"  he rolled his eyes

"Yes because I work for them ... I'm what they call their pet ... they kind of trust me because of Maizie ... if I told anyone about the vampberrys they would fade me and who I'd told instantly."  he rubs his neck nervously  "and before you ask how would they know ... they'd know because they can read my mind and Jazz has that spirit friend of his follow me, I can't see him but I could bet my life he follows me everywhere!!"  Cosmic suddenly starts laughing really loudly

"Cosmic do you follow River when he's outside?"  I ask him, noticing Manderine nervously scrambling towards the bed because Cosmics name has been mentioned and she can see I'm talking to him, I'm looking at him so she can tell he's not too far away from where she is sitting.

"Yes, not all the time but I do quite a lot .... he's very clever tell him!!"  he's still laughing  "Wait till Jazz hears we've been rumbled!!"  I think he says more to himself

I hear Honey yawning quite loudly so I glance over at her.  she's rubbing her eyes and stretching as she sits up.  River jumps up and grabs the last bowl of cereal and quickly goes towards her.

"What the ...?!"  she is sitting there staring at River with wide eyes, she looks pretty shocked, I could swear I just saw him put his finger up to his lips like he's telling her to be quiet.

"Here read this"  he sits down on the bed as he smiles at her and hands her a piece of paper which she starts reading.  I ask what's going on and River says nothing for me to worry about, that irritates me,  Honey is still reading and I sit watching her wondering what they are up to.  She looks up at River wide eyed quite a few times while she is reading then looks back down at the paper.  What the fudge is she reading ... they know I can't read. They are trying to hide something from me I just know it!!  She looks up finally and says "okay" while she nods her head and smiles at him, passing him the paper back which he folded and put back in his pocket.

"What was that?"  I ask, Honey who looks at me a little too sheepishly but says nothing and suddenly she seems to be looking at River in an unusual way, she keeps taking sly glancing at River which I think is very strange.

"I've been doing some research on your condition."  he says glancing at Honey  "I wrote a list of things down that I can and can't give you to eat and drink, you know stuff that's not going to send you hyper and Honey was just checking it, she knows you better than I do."  Yeah like I believe that!!  Something fishy just went on there I swear it!!  I'll get it out of her later, and why can't she stop looking at him?!

After Honey ate her cereal she went straight back off to sleep again.  Why is she sleeping so much?  River sits down on the bench and picks up a book that I hadn't noticed was there until now.  He starts reading it and it goes very quiet.  I look at Cosmic who is standing up, he says something about needing to check on something as he floats through the wall that Manderine is sat up against.  I wander what is behind that wall, is it the outside?  I've never seen him go that way before.

River is sat on the bench next to me reading his book quietly, when I ask him what the book is about he says it's one of my Dad's books about colourblindness without looking up from the page he is reading.  I laugh in my head thinking, Dad is seriously not going to be happy, he gets really weird over how people treat books, and especially over people touching his books ... he definitely won't be happy with River for pinching some!!  I ask River a few more questions, all of them he answers without looking up from the book, he doesn't seem interested in talking so I don't bother to talk to him again.

I just sit next to him getting very bored ... I hate it when its quiet and I'm bored because I can't help thinking about home ... and even if I was going out of my mind with boredom I certainly wouldn't start a conversation with Manderine.  I can't help but keep staring at him, he looks totally strange to me today, his hair seems lighter and so do his clothes, his pants have never been the same shade of grey as his top before ... he is suddenly all the same shade of grey ... it's almost like he's now all the same colour.

"River did you do something to yourself, you look strange today?"  He quickly looks up from his book and his eyes narrow as he studies my face.

"No ..... it's probably just the glasses ... I've lost one of my contacts."  he says, giving me a weak smile then goes back to his book.

Jazz and Maizie, after what feels like many hours, come down the steps together and they are talking quietly to each other.

"Found anything River?"  Jazz asks as he opens the cage door and River again without looking up from the page he is reading says no he hasn't.  "Has he had his medication?"  River tell's him I have.  I'm not sure my head is working right today, I'm very paranoid of everything that is going on suddenly.   Especially whatever went on between Honey and River earlier.

"Tapestry I need you to come with me."  Jazz says as he's standing by the open door, I frown at him and start to get a little worried about where he is taking me  "It's okay, its nothing to worry about, I just want to see if I can get into that head of yours again now that you've had your medication,  so we can get you home ... we are not going anywhere just out here."

He takes my arm and leads me just outside the cage door and asks me to sit on the chair that seems to be permanently sat in the middle of the open space.  Maizie appears with another chair which she gives to Jazz and he sits down facing me quite close, this makes me nervous.  He starts explaining that he needs me to look him in the eye and to sit still, and if I can try to open my mind.  How the hell am I supposed to do that?  He tells me if it works, I'll go to sleep and the next time I wake up me and Honey will be at home.  I don't like this, I start looking around nervously.  I see Cosmic suddenly coming towards me, he's back from where ever he went.

"It's okay, he won't hurt you Tapestry, I'm right here!!"  I look at him for a moment  "I'll punch him if he does!"  Jazz starts laughing at him.

I look at Jazz and he puts his hands each side of my head and tells me to look him in the eyes  "This better not hurt!!"  I say as I look into his shining eyes, he laughs at me and says I shouldn't feel a thing.  We are staring each other in the eyes now, he tells me not to blink or to look away, as he takes his hands off my head, so I don't I just sit there still staring him the eyes ....I wander whats happening as we seem to be just sat there for ages because this is getting totally boring.

Suddenly I feel a strange sensation at the back of my eyes but it only seems to last for a moment then I notice Jazz's eyes seem to be getting brighter and brighter. He moans like he's in pain then tells me to look away quickly, so I do.  He shouts and jumps up stamping his foot hard down on the floor quite angrily and he's holding his head like its hurting him.

"FUDGE!!"  he says as he keeps a hold of his head  "Maizie he did it again, he threw it back at me and I couldn't break eye contact!!"  I look at Maizie who's face is twisted as she chews on her lip.  "How the hell is he doing that?"  he lets go of his head and asks me what I was thinking about

"Nothing I was just wandering what's happening because I was getting bored and I noticed your eyes were getting brighter."  he laughs and asks me if I felt anything "Nothing much, my eyes did feel strange for a moment but it didn't hurt."  he stands scratching his head for a moment and asked me what kind of strange?  "I don't know, just strange?!"  I say because I really don't know how I can explain that feeling.

"This seriously shouldn't be happening!!  It's like he's got a barrier there stopping anything from getting past it."  he says to Maizie as he just stands staring down at me "Maizie sit down."  she frowns at him  "I want to try something."  he pulls me up off the seat and takes me to the far corner of the room away from Maizie and starts whispering.  He tells me when I sit back down he wants me to look Maizie in the eyes, to concentrate and to keep telling her in my head to fetch you a glass of water. I look up at him a little puzzles thinking everyone has gone totally mad today  "Remember don't tell her with your mouth, just with your head."

I go back over to the chair and sit down.  He snaps at Maizie who is slouching in the chair picking at her nails, she sits up and looks at me.  "Make eye contact with each other"  he says so we do.  I want to laugh I think this is stupid and remember what Jazz said so I say in my head "Go fetch me a glass of water ... bitch"  she just sits there doing nothing which I expected, he must be mad if he thinks this is going to work!!

Jazz tells me to concentrate and keep saying it in my head, I'm intensely staring into her eyes thinking this is just stupid and I'm getting irritated,  suddenly my eyes feel strange for a moment again like they did with Jazz.  I say it again angrily in my head because I don't like how my eyes are feeling "bitch fetch me a glass of water"  I look at Jazz and am just about to say this is stupid when Maizie suddenly stands up quite abruptly knocking the chair flying backwards.  I watch her as she starts walking towards the cage door

"Maizie?!"  Jazz says to her and she totally ignores him. "MAIZIE!?" still she ignores him.  Suddenly he bursts out laughing  "FUDGE!! You've done it ... you've only gone and done it!!"  he's laughing really hard still as we watch Maizie open the cage door and walk into the bathroom.

"What did I do?"  I'm really confused.

"You've compelled her - you've taken control of her mind - she's doing exactly what you told her to do."  What the fudge ... I don't understand because as far as I'm concerned I didn't do anything.  I seriously think everyone has definitely gone mad today!!  I said in my head go fetch a glass of water ... I doubt very much that she will ... I'm laughing till I see that she actually does.  I'm a little gob smacked!!

A few second later she walks out holding a glass of water, Jazz is now standing there with his mouth open and a smile on his face both at the same time.  He looks totally amazed.  She comes out of the cage and brings me the water and just stands there in front of me.  Jazz pulls me aside again as Maizie appears to be standing there is some kind of trance.  What he does next shocks me for a moment, he takes the glass of water off me and throws it at Maizie.  The water hits her and she doesn't even flinch, he looks at me and frowns.

"How the hell did you do that Tapestry?"  I shrug my shoulders because I don't have a clue. "Not even I can do that to her, this is stupid!!"  He starts whispering to me again telling me to tell her to fetch you the book River is reading.

Jazz sits Maizie down on the chair and holds her head for a moment so that she's looking directly at me  "Now Tap"  he says so I stare her in the eyes again, I wait until I feel that strange sensation again in my eyes so I think it angrily  "Fetch me River's book bitch!"  

She stands up straight away sending the chair flying again.  Jazz starts laughing immediately and says  "This is totally amazing!!"  Maizie walks into the cage and I have to laugh when she snatches Rivers book from right under his nose, he looks up at her quite angrily, Honey, who has now woken up, and Manderine are both laughing at River who is a little confused, he was so engrossed in the book he hasn't been watching what's going on.  Maizie walks out of the cage and hands me the book.

He stands in front of Maizie and waves his hand in front of her face and clicks his fingers, she just stands there, so she grabs her head and looks her in the eyes, I watch both of their eyes light up for a second, but she still stands there.  "This is fudging ridiculous!!"  he says as he sits her on the seat.

"You'll have to do it" he says looking at me  "Tell her she's free to go .. in your head"  I make eye contact with her again and wait for my eyes to feel strange again  "You're free to go now BITCH!!"  I say angrily in my head.  She slumps back into the chair for a moment looking a little dazed, then she suddenly jumps up.

"Don't EVER call me a bitch again!!"  she snaps as she points at me angrily.  Jazz starts laughing.

"Now what the hell are we going to do ... we can not get into his head, but he can get into ours ... this is insane ... he's like an original in mortal form!!"  he turns to Maizie and asks her if she felt me in her head

"Yes I felt him, and heard him, just like an original."  she scratches her head

"River get out here!"  Jazz says to him.  River walks out the cage and he tells him to sit on the seat oposite me.  "I want to see if he can do it to a mortal ... if he can get into a vampberry head like an original he should have no problem getting into a mortal head and Cos get ready because you're next."  Cosmic starts laughing hysterically, telling Jazz he's lost the plot ... I glance at him  "Okay, it probably won't work with you, but I've got to try it ... you know this boy isn't normal for a mortal ... he could be capable of anything!!"

He turns to me then and tells us to look into each others eyes, I realize he hasn't told me what to say in my head to River, who's frowning at me as he takes off his glasses.  I was just about to ask Jazz what to think when I heard a strange female voice shout his name.

"JAZZ?!"  Jazz spins round at speed to face her.  The sound of him moving so quickly hurts my ears for a moment.

I hadn't seen or heard the woman coming, I hadn't even heard the metal door at the top of the stairs make any noise, and I'm not sure anyone else had either.  I'm looking at the woman and she appears very strange.  Her hair is as long as Honey's which is very very dark to me it looks black and her skin in comparison is really pale... her clothes too are very very strange.  I notice her eyes aren't shining, and I think for a moment she can't be a vampberry, but her eyes are strange they look like they might even be different colours one is light and the other is dark.

"Celeste ... honey .... I wasn't expecting you back for another week!!"  I can't see Jazz's face but I can see hers, she looks very angry, and I can she straight away when she opens her mouth to speak that she is actually another vampberry, she has the teeth, but why aren't her eyes shining?  River suddenly jumps up off the chair and stands by me grabbing my arm, he looks really worried.

"I'll give you honey .... Just what the hell is going on here??"  I see her looking around, she frowns as she looks at Manderine, Honey then River.  She moves Jazz aside who has tried to step in front of me like he's trying to hide me.  She stands in front of me just staring down at me sitting on the chair.  "Loose him River and move away"  she snaps and I glance at River who lets go of my arm and backs away very nervously, he looks scared.  I look back up at the new vampberry.

"Why is this mortal boy totally silent?"  nobody speaks everyone just stares at her, not even Jazz seems to have the nerve to speak.  She stands there staring down at me, I can't stop staring at her eyes, one is a lot darker than the other and both of her eyes have what look like .... patterns in them ....  one of them looks like it doesn't even have a pupil .... they are the strangest eyes I've ever seen!!

She grabs my chin quite roughly, holding it firmly with her ice cold hands and leans towards me ... she looks into my eyes, and I know what she's doing she's trying to read my mind.  So I stare back, I'm beginning to like this game ..... I'm distracted for a moment, by her wierd eyes as I study them up close.  I keep staring and wait for my eyes to feel strange then I think  "GET OUT OF MY HEAD BITCH AND GO AWAY"  She shakes her head suddenly and looks away from me holding her head for a moment.  She just stands there saying and doing nothing, I'm laughing in my head because I think I just did to her what I did to Maizie.

She suddenly grabs me by the arm pulling me roughly up off my seat and pushes me towards the cage  "Get in there boy!!"  she hisses at me giving me a strong push which sends me flying into the cage, I hear the cage door slam behind me as I land on the stone floor face down, nearly smacking my chin on the stone cobbles.

"Jazz, Maizie, Cosmic UPSTAIRS NOW!!!"  she shouts. "You too River!!"

Fudge!!! Who the hell is that?!

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