Chapter 14: Amanda
Aww, look at daddy's baby girl
That's daddy's baby, little sleepy head
Yesterday I changed your diaper
Wiped you and powdered you
How did you get so big?
Can't believe it, now you're two
Baby, you're so precious
Daddy's so proud of you
Sit down, bitch! You move again
I'll beat the shit out of you! (Okay!)
~ Eminem ( Kim )
1
Amy sat up with a groan, her head hummed like a drill machine was continuously ringing inside her. She rubbed her eyes. Head was still heavy as if she had gone through hangover. Her eyes stopped concentrating, they wanted to sleep, to dream, to just do nothing. Her throat felt as if there was vomit stuck in it. She did began to feel dizzy and nauseating. Her body felt light. Only her head and throat felt like they were mixed-matched or were contracting. She began to look around. And the suddenly the whole room smelt of vomit. She staggered on her knees and began to shake her head. It was like there was some sort of knot, her brain being tied into a knot and her throat cut and dissected for inspection and carefully sewed back. Shaking her head began to relieve her. She opened her eyes and yet again the state of disturbed homeostasis was back. The green moss grown room was now looking like it was rotting. Amy searched for the entrance without getting up. She did not want to. Her frantic began to grab hold of her. Making her see all kinds of terrible visions.
" Breathe " came a voice, a soft voice. Voice of a woman.
Amy looked around, she couldn't see who the lady was. She searched everything she could with her weary and worn-out eyes, everything in front of her. But no one was there,
' Am I going mad? Is this heaven? Am I killed? Is that my mother?' she began to think,
Thoughts raced inside her mind, she couldn't even find the time to concentrate on one of the question. There were many indeed but she need to slow down.
" Breathe " came the voice again.
But instead of doing as told, she waved her hands frantically. Her legs spread and she lay on her back. Tears had begun forming up in her eyes. She lay on her back and clutched the moss on the floor. They began to uproot. But now somebody gripped her face. Tears had hazed her sight. She couldn't see and then,
Somebody bend over her and touched their lips with her. A sudden air came from the person's mouth as Amy recoiled from within. A sudden urge to revolt and rebuke broke inside her. But once the air from the person's mouth reached her lungs. Her heart beat slowed. Slowly and slowly the muscles relaxed and the her arms released the moss. Feet which were erect were now parting to opposite sides of each other. The chest began to collapse as a sudden thought burst inside her,
' Ryan ' she thought,
Her head had released itself, a sense of tranquility stepped inside the raged and confused carnage-like mind. The sense of first touch, the sense of a good sunny day. A sense of dream began filling inside her as she felt her stomach do a whooping lurch and suddenly her bladder felt heavy. The eyes reduced the strain, the blood red colour was no more seen with her eyes closed as she took her first breath.
She could feel the strength begin to spark from inside as her body reached the state of equilibrium. Her vexed mind began to calm down. She began to feel every breath of her. Her legs but now ached in the joints. She bend them as she heard a gasp and a pair of hands began to lift her up. She began to sit up leaning against the wall. Now she could see the room, her vision expanded and the room was no longer a total greenhouse but there were only patches of moss and the walls were yellow-white in colour. She had absolutely forgotten that she could see to her right and left too. She looked at the left and she could see the broken sink and the tap with running water. Then she looked at the right,
" Amy, Amy you alright?" asked Charlotte.
Amy looked at Charlotte with surprise, then she recollected the events. She looked at Charlotte,
" Yeah, I am. . . Did you really gave me a mouth-to-mouth oxygen?" she asked,
Charlotte got stunned and nodded her head and she began to look forward towards the door. Amy cursed herself, she had been trying to help and all Amy could think was too ask that?. She touched Charlotte's hand,
" I'm sorry, Uh. . . Thanks for helping me" said Amy,
Charlotte looked at her and smiled,
" It's okay," she said,
Amy noticed Charlotte's left arm, it had a large bruise on it as if it was either beaten or she had a fall on that side,
" What happened to you arm?" asked Amy,
" Nothing,"
Amy now saw Charlottes face, she was staring at the gates of door, what could that be about?
" Why are you staring at the gate? " she asked,
" They will start it soon. Sooner than I thought" replied Charlotte
" I am Sorry? What?" said Amy,
Charlotte still didn't answer,
" Was I unconscious?" asked Amy,
" Yes, for 2 days you were." said Charlotte,
' 2 days' thought Amy,
" what happened?" she asked,
Charlotte turned to her and both of them heard footsteps coming,
" The guard changes, you were resisting too much. So your father told someone to use some injection. And you went down. I thought they might have killed you but you were breathing. It was until today when your breathing had become shallow and that's when you woke up. " explained Charlotte,
" Okay, But what were you looking now?" asked Amy,
" I have been trying to listen to the guards, most of them are talkers and one was explaining the other. Amanda, they are planning to douse the people of the White House with a Disease" said Charlotte,
Amy was both, stunned and flabbergasted. This was bloody impossible.
" H- Huh- How? asked Amy, she could never imagine her father planning to take over the government. But now, he had changed. They very course of the his life was changed, maybe it was something to with a long lasting wish or maybe it was just his character.
" They have developed a drug, called the Joker's Disease. Your father and many else. One of them is a doctor who is supplying the sewer company with false knowledge of improper disposal of medical things. That's why people aren't aware of this. That's why people aren't complaining about it because they don't know. Probably the other Mafia crime lord had also bribed the head. These are the leading players, Your Father ( Amy flinched ), The corrupt Doctor probably inspired by your father only and the crime lord. Together they are intending to release the drug into the sewer system of Washington D.C and not only White House but every house connected to this sewer pipeline will suffer. However, their main focus is on White House. They have been planning on the machine which will insert the amount of Drug." said Charlotte with a feeling of dread,
Amy looked at the door, her eyes had mix of hurt and terror. She began to go to the door, now running,
" FATHER DON'T DO IT FATHER!! PLEASE!! FOR ME!!" she began to scream,
Charlotte rushed towards her pulling her away from the door, the guard rapt on the door
" Shut up you swine, your daddy is not hear. Now shut up and go to sleep. It was better when you slept like a log. Now if you howl one more time, I swear imma tell your daddy to give a nice good beating. Probably take your fingers that ought to shut you up." he said,
Amy was crying, not because of the guards words because she couldn't imagine her father. Her lovely and kind father doing this thing. How did he get so twisted? She didn't have the answer, her mother cared less about her or else which mother dumps her only child?
" Amy it's okay, calm down." said Charlotte,
" N- nuh- No, Please. " began Amy,
" Shhh. . . . Hush now " said Charlotte in a soft motherly tone, Rubbing Amy's back with a gentle hand.
Amy cried and moaned but nothing seemed to work, soon she was on the bed. As Charlotte sat beside her, constantly rubbing her hands.
" You know when I used to cry when I was small, just a baby my mother used to put me to bed with a song, I used enjoy her singing so much. She was the most important person to me" said Charlotte, it was happening as Charlotte saw, when you try to make someone remember his or her past, with a sweet memories when they flood in, everything seem to cease down.
" Soft kitty, warm kitty little ball of fur. Happy Kitty, sleepy kitty purr, purr , purr." she sang in a soft tone, repeated she sang the verse. Until Amy was becoming quite and quite
Her whole body grew warm as the images of a happy family floated by her, she could see herself playing on the swings and slides. Her mind began to lift her spirits up as Charlotte continued the song. Her body grew warmer. Charlotte checked her pulse, it was not elevated anymore, it was okay.
' Poor girl, lost and unhappy, betrayed and loved.' thought Charlotte.
2
Charlotte woke up with a start, her left arm throbbed with pain. A sudden animal instinct rose in her too savage, go mad and smash her head to the grills of the door with all her might. A hand touched her, Amy's hand, She shook and walked towards the broken basin, to wash her face. But, a sudden alarm caused her to stop.
' What have I been doing? ' She thought, then she realised the danger of using that sink. It was purposely put there, so that one of them would take the drug filled water and their job will be easier. She walked away from that cursed thing and looked at the door. The guard was still standing there. She began to recollect exactly what these people wanted to do,
' I heard the one o' 'em is tryin' to plan and put somethin' in the sewer system, Barry said that you don' drink that water or you'll go bonkers. Mad. They, that scientist has been tryin' that out it britain or someplace, You know barry? That foine fellow, 'e always like the those little chitty chatters. I told him to lay of this. Eavesdropping, but he wouldn't listen. Said that if they get screwed up then he would tattle on them and be safe. I never agreed for this job you see, I'm an old man, and this broken body needs rest. But couldn't afford to live on those shelters. All those people, they look at me and talk behind their bloody backs, son of gun's. So, I took the sewer job. $10 a day. Enough to let me live on street. But when I complained to the manager, he told me to just my job and go away. But I stood on my groun' and said, ' 'Sire, if you shall not tell me, then let these feet guide me too police station'', a lot of other cleaners too demanded, then that tatted old pompous prick said that if we said one more word he'll make sure to lock us all in that sewer,' Charlotte remembered,
She noticed the man who had been listening to the blabble of the old man was again standing on guard,
' Then I went to meself to inspect what was happenin' but then I began to see people and one-eyed monster!, I was scared outta my wits, almost wet my pants off. I began to run but the one-eyed monster never left me. Then I collided with a pillar, after I woke up. I was surrounded by people, they all had masks. I was taken and I saw that mafia bosses people, I wassure that day would be my death day but you see, the old box is still intact, even after headsmackin' that pipe, I pleaded and pleaded and then cunningly I joine their party. Later I met Barry and he told me about it, the head himself is involved in this.'
Charlotte rubbed her cheeks and thought, she had heard enough but also as a cherry on top, she had heard the exact date of the event, a shiver ran down her spine. An alert rang like bell in her head,
' They say it will be taken off by 25th of August.' she recalled,
' 25th, today was 22' she thought,
She had to make a move, yes. She had to escape out of this prison. She paced the room as she saw Amy wake. Moving towards her,
" We have to get outta here" she said,
Amy was still dazed, but she could see Charlotte was in a hurry. They had to think about something, now.
" Maybe we should smash down the door and try to escape again. Then you can lead the way, I'll see to the guns and other things," said Amy, she wasn't really sure about this,
" Are crazy?! There are over 2000 people guarding the sewers we will never make it out if they hear anything," said Charlotte,
Amy was angry, a certain bestowed upon her a small tinge but she let it go,
" Yes, that's what we have to avoid, Noise." said Charlotte, Amy looked at her as Charlotte smiled and sniggered,
" Amy you be ready with the sheets of that mattress, after the guard comes in, just throw that sheet on him, I'll see to the next," explained Charlotte,
" Okay, but how are--"
" Shh."
Charlotte moved towards the gate, she untied her hair and unbuttoned her shirt till the cleavage exposed. She lowered her jeans a little to show the underwear.
" Hey," she said, the guard looked at her. She gave that fake smile again, exposing every bit of her facial beauty, she only had one chance. The guard remained neutral, expressionless. Not holding it back but feeling nothing at all, Charlotte's heart sank a little as she realised it,
" Um. . . I was thinking about my boyfriend. And thought if you could help" she went on,
" Not interested, now shut up" said the guard, a small thin man with little beard and drooling eyes, a drunk.
" Ouch, seem to be a tough fellow" She said, she moved towards him until she was close enough to his ears,
" You see I am lonely and today was supposed to be my date night" said Charlotte with a mock sadness, Guard gave no motion to the thought,
" The girl here, she isn't even entertaining at all, I talked to her if she ever went to bed with a man, and she asked me what does that mean?, and I was so surprised" said Charlotte, the guard looked at her, Charlotte looked into his eyes with all her heart, although they were as horrible as a cockroaches stuck on some thin rake but she needed to escape.
"I tried it. . . with my boyfriend but he was scared and would cover his face every time he." she paused and looked at the guard,
" Will you show me? Will you show this girl the reality? The true meaning of love? I think you would be excellent. Plus I am a messy woman, messy woman's a good in bed" said Charlotte, getting close to him, she let him see every inch of herself.
Amy could hear almost everything, the tinge of anger flickered again but she needed to get out, never mind these petty little mocks.
" Will you come?" asked Charlotte, she could see him adjusting his pants in the dark. She smiled.
" Come inside darling, that child-like girl is asleep, tell me what is like to be held up. Show me what a man can really do, be my one nighter." said Charlotte with utmost beauty, she exposed all her body not naked, she never intended to that far,
The guard looked at her,
" Is that cry baby really asleep?" he asked,
" Yes, yes my darling. Now hurry up before I change my mind." she said,
The guard began opening the door, Charlotte looked behind and nodded at Amy who moved towards Charlotte with cover in her hand,
CLANK!
The door opened, Charlotte touched the guards hand and in an instant Amy pounced on him with a sport person's agility and covered him with the sheet, Charlotte moved in and kicked him in groin, the man went down on the floor, holding for dear life. Before he could scream, Charlotte filled his mouth with the cover as much as she could, then step on his hand and pressed it,
" Amy kick him again" she said,
Amy did,
" Kick him in abdomen now" said Charlotte,
Amy did,
Charlotte bend down and looked at Amy,
" The diaphragm, we have to kick at Diaphragm. Ready? One, two, three. Now!" she said and both of them landed their heels on the guards diaphragm. The guard gave a gasp and recoiled, Charlotte rolled her one hand to the second knuckle and hit him directly at the throat. The guard gave up, Charlotte grabbed the two ends of the sheet and began to tie them tightly. Amy got out of the door, a blast of acidic air flooded her nostrils,
" Let's go." said Amy, but she saw Charlotte pouring water over the body,
" What are you doing?" she asked,
" He is not dead, unconscious. He must take the drug in the water." said Charlotte,
" drug? In the water?" asked Amy, But Charlotte was done.
" But I washed my face,''
" Nevermind now let's go" said Charlotte, they closed the door behind them and ran out of the floor, down the stairs. They were free.
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