Kate and Sean

Untitled Part 11

Wayne woke to find himself in yet another one of these God forsaken cottages. He was alone and could barely see out of a very swollen eye. He could feel something cool on his face and reached for it. As his hand pulled away he found it smeared in some sort of mud. He stumbled from the bed and tried to size up where he was. The memory of yesterday flooding back to him. He found a jug of alcohol and took a heavy swing to try and numb the pain. Stewing in the thoughts of how he ended up in this horrid place and with these creatures.

The latch to the clinic started to click as someone fumbled with the lock and he stood, taking a heavy drink of the strong tasting vodka. He saw yet another one of those horrid beasts come in. He stumbled towards Luta as she put down her market basket. She tried to assess his condition, thinking it was his injuries that had him out of balance but she quickly smelled the liquor, "My husband says it is not wise to drink so heavily when you are wounded."

The disgusting man stumbled towards her taking hold of her arm, "You got some nice titties, dog lady."

Luta shook him off, "Dog lady?"

He took another swing off the liquor, "Yeah bitch, you got fucking ears. You heard me. You got teeth like a dog."

"Correction, I have teeth like a bear, and claws like one too." With that she shoved him out the door and when he stumbled to try and steady himself she booted him in the ass and slammed the door shut. "What a horrid creature, what does Genie see in those things, honestly?"

Wayne spent the better part of another hour wandering through the alleys in-between the cottages. With every drink he took, he simmered harder on this damned hell and who was responsible for getting him stuck here. Then as if by chance he saw Kate darting through the crowd right for his direction. She stopped at a cottage just in front of him as he ducked behind a stack of crates and barrels to keep watch on her. She disappeared into the cottage and came out a moment later with a crate of small game birds. The foolish bitch giggled as they fluttered in her grasp.

She meant to return home with her new prize when Wayne darted out and snatched her up by the hair. Kate let out a scream as she dropped her crate and turned kicking at Wayne with all her might. His grip on her was tight and as he wrenched her neck until she stopped fighting he made damned sure she saw him stomp her birds. "NO!" She screamed again as he tried to drag her behind the building.

Before he could make it another step Smokey was there trying to fight him off. The two of them clubbed and fought fist over fist all the way out into the street while Kate knelt down to see if any of the hens she had just been given were alive. Not single one was moving.

The fight drew quite the crowd as the Joutone started laughing at the petty moves by both of the humans. Some even placing wagers already. Finally Wayne through a blow hard enough into Smokey that he flew to the ground. Wayne yanked a hatchet off of a wood pile and meant to finish the job before he found himself belted with the butt of a spear.

The entire crowd went silent as Genevieve circled Wayne putting herself directly in between him and the man on the ground. "You touched her again, after I warned you?"

The market now filled with guards and one pulled a machete to end the human's life when Genevieve stopped him, "NO!" Avarr stood down hesitantly, now regretting that he would even be part of bringing more humans here.

"You know your husband will put him to death. It will be far more cruel than what I will do." He readied his weapon as the human put up an arm to defend himself.

"No! My husband will not put him to death! Nor will you!" She was enraged to the likes of which he had never seen her before, and this certainly drew what everyone knew was coming. The guards stepped aside as Mavis pushed his way through the crowd to see what was happening. He stood arms over his chest just waiting to see how his wife would get out of this one without him taking the lives of the two humans.