The Forbidden Drink II: Return of the Titans

Ch. 4: Hospital Visit

And it wasn't just one person that needed help, another person was in just as bad a situation as Tracey. Possibly more.

In the demon realm, Boscha, Skara, and Amelia stood outside a door to a hospital. They had looked for Luz, but who knew a Titan could hide so well. They looked inside and saw the depressed girl. They nodded and went in.

"Hey, Cat, how are you?" Boscha asked.

"You know... it's funny really." Cat said, blankly. "The entire time I was a puppet, I just wanted to go back to being a witch, I wanted to move, I wanted to feel, I wanted to breath... Now I want nothing more than to go back to being a puppet... at least then I didn't feel pain."

Cat looked at the stump that used to be her arm, then at her missing leg, then at her friends, so they could see the stitched up eye socket.

"Cat, don't say that." Boscha said, shaking her head.

"Bosch, how can I not? It hurts just to move." Cat said, staring at the ceiling. "The only upside is that now I can save snails on my glasses by just switching to a monocle."

Boscha and Amelia quickly suppressed their laughs before Skara nudged them and looked seriously at Cat.

"Cat, that is not funny." Skara said.

"Oh, really? Tell me something, do any of you know what it's like to have someone take a knife and gouge your eye out? To have them stab you in the face? To literally cut off your leg and arm and throw them into a fire in front of you?" Cat asked, still looking at the ceiling. "I do, and I thought that was horrible, but then I was turned back three days after Luz killed that fucking bastard of an Emperor... you three heard my screams. I sat there, bleeding out and screaming in agony."

"And we did our best to stop it. We prepared over 20 healing glyphs and Skara used her magic to sooth you long enough for the healing coven head, Hettie, to patch you up." Amelia said to her.

"Yes, I was halfway conscious through it all and even she found it difficult to heal all of my injuries. It's a miracle I'm even alive, she said." Cat said, glancing at them as a lone tear fell from her eye. "But how can I live my life after being reduced to this? One arm, one leg, and one eye. What kind of witch can I be when nearly half of my body was stolen from me?"

"Not to mention that I have to drop from the Grudgby team." Cat said, "... I hate my life."

"That doesn't matter." Boscha said, "What matters is the fact that you're alive!"

Amelia walked over and put her arm around Boscha's waist.

"Calm down, Babe, yelling won't help anyone." Amelia said.

"We have to do something to keep her from thinking that! Cat is our best friend and we need to be here for her." Boscha said.

"We are here and we will always be here for her." Skara said, moving closer and holding Cat's hand. "No matter what."

Cat just looked away, she hated this, she didn't want their pity.

She didn't need to have others make her feel better because of the actions of a terrible and cruel person.

'I swear to the Titan, I will find whoever did this to me and I will make them PAY!' Cat thought, a hidden fire of revenge burning in her heart.

"What about my parents?" Cat asked, changing the subject. "Are they too busy helping others or are they....still in hiding?"

"They're helping." Amelia said, turning her attention away from Boscha.

"All of our parents are helping. Ever since the coven system was dismantled and everyone went back to normal, they've all been working together to fix the Isles and find anyone who doesn't know. Luz pitched the idea of a "constitutional democracy" and it's going to take every witch to sign off on it." Boscha explained.