Ginavium and Mechanics

Chapter 5

Elizabeth was sitting in a chair in Banban's lab, he was having a talk with her. "Why didn't you tell me you were.. dead." He said, Elizabeth shrugged.

"Well if you were in my situation, I don't think it'd be very smart to walk up to someone and say some crap like. 'Hi. nice to meet you I'm dead, wanna see me get stabbed twenty-four times and live?' Yeah that would go over well." She said, arms crossed, her tail flicked slightly. Banban sighed

"Elizabeth.. have you seen everyone down here? We look like we came out of a literal drawing some kid made. Plus, basically everyone here used to be human. You aren't much different-" Elizabeth cut him off.

"Was anyone here killed before they turned into what they are now, have they been ripped apart and forced to piece themselves back together, have they been burned alive!" Her form changed almost demonic, and she disappeared, leaving a trail of smoke to Banban's room. He didn't move. Killed? Ripped apart and put back together? Burned alive? Banban turned to the door.

'This kid knows pain she shouldn't...' Banban sighed and sat down and sighed, his stomach growled. "Shit!" He whispered, he sighed, leaning back. "It.. it should be fine for now... I'm not too hungry yet..."

Elizabeth was curled up in a ball in the corner of Banban's room she grabbed her hair, and rocked back and forth.

"Stop, rocking, that's a terrible habit. People will think your mentally ill!"

Her father's words rang thought her head, her grip got tighter, and she took a breath. 'Daddy... he's the one that made Circus Baby. He's the one that made her kill.. He's the one that made her kill me!!'

She yelled and swung at nothing in particular. She hit a stool, knocking it over. She looked down almost in shame, and noticed her claws were back, she looked at them, they were metal! It was almost like the metal had fused with her skin, she looked and saw there were some patches of white metal on her arms.

She flicked her tail and stood in silence for a second. 'He shouldn't have seen what happened today... I was stupid to protect him, he's lived down here for ages, he probably knew how to defend against that damned spider...'

"Elizabeth, you know better than to use words like that. It's very unbecoming of a young lady such as yourself."

She growled "Get out of my head damnit!" She punched the wall, creating a hole. Her breathing was heavy. "Stay out of my head dad." She said, her tone was dark, and had an underlying sense of rage. Banban rushed into the room.

"Elizabeth! What's with the scream.." His gaze shifted from her to her fist still in the wall.

"My dad was in my head, I tried to shut him out." Banban looked at her, and sighed.

"Elizabeth..." He walked over and, crouched down to her level. "I know you're angry, but that doesn't mean you should punch holes in the walls." He said.

"Hmmp." Elizabeth crossed her arms, and looked away, Banban sighed, and thought, he got an idea. He picked her up and placed her on the table he used as a bed, and he sat down next to her. He pulled her closer to him, and sighed, and rocked a bit. Elizabeth looked up at him when he wasn't exactly paying attention.

She nudged him slightly, he paused and looked down at her. She folded her wings, and crawled into his lap. He took a moment then smiled, he loosely wrapped his arms around her, and started to rock back and forth, Elizabeth saw her Banban plushie, and tried to grab it with her tail, but her tail wasn't long enough, Banban chuckled, and used his tail to grab it, and dropped it in her lap, Elizabeth hugged the plushie close to her, and closed her eyes.

Banban, looked down at her, he didn't know why, but he felt the need to protect this child, even though earlier today she had shown that she can protect herself just fine. And he suddenly didn't feel the need to worry about his hunger at the moment. For a second, what was happening almost reminded him of a father comforting his daughter. He almost halted at that thought.

'A father comforting his.... daughter...'

He looked down at Elizabeth, and shook his head.

'No... I.. I can't... I.. am not fit to be a father figure to her...'

He sighed, and yawned, flicking his tail, he leaned back, and closed his eyes.

'Tomorrow is another day.'