Battle Born Vagabond

Chapter 21: Neighbor From Hell: Mu Alpha Beta Chi Vaud: March 10, 5007

I walk in my door and see my smiling wife cooking a few of our rations for a meal. I ask her, "Hey, honey. You ever say hello to the neighbor? I was thinking about doing that on our next day off."

She responds after thinking, "No. I never know when she's home." Right then the door slams next door.

I smile at my wife, "I think they are home."

Next door I hear an irate man next door shouting, "Now your nightmares come to life!"

She walks up to me in concern, and I respond to that concern, "I don't have the will to fight but you are going to send me through the wall. If I can be the difference between life and death for her, I want to make that difference." I go to our future pups' room. "Send me through this wall please."She puts her hand on the wall and wall turns invisible. Then on me and it looks like a short corridor to me, and I walk through with no problem. I go through the wall to their apartment and watch from behind the master bedroom door.

He whips her repeatedly with his tail. I thought it was over, but it was just beginning. He kept apologizing for having to do this. I'm trying to get my courage up enough to do something. This man even though he is only half my height is terrifying.

She cringes and cowers as much as she can without lowering herself to the floor, and he screams in her face, "do I have your attention now? So reckless, your tragedy will be endless! Welcome to my family! Is it the fucking marriage you always wanted? Am I the man you love?! I hope you burn in hell for this shit!"

She tries to stand up to him. "You can't do this. You will go back to jail!" As she begins to sob.

He screams back demeaning her, "I am in jail! This is my monthly visitation with the victim!" He strokes her hair gently and speaks softly to her, "I don't want to fight the rest of my life. You have just been pissing me off! You got yourself pregnant by me! Without my fucking permission! What kind of fucking psycho are you!? What kind of woman aims to destroy a man?"

She continues to show her strength as she is being belittled and resists sobbing, "They won't let you be mean to me in this culture. It's not like back home with the gender divide. Women know you already this won't stand in trial!"

He twists his hand around her hair and pulls her close to him. And she begins to cry. "That's cute you think the answers are water clear. You. Can't. Win. THIS. Fight! I don't have to be nice I'm choosing to be nice", as he kisses her forehead. Still gripping her hair making her wince. And he wipes her tears from her eyes with his other hand. Even with the hatred, I can see, I also see glimpses of love past all the hate. She sees it too and reveals a secret saccharine smile up at him. It looks like she is going to try to kiss him as she goes in closer he changes back to being evil, "I'm done being nice. You will know not to piss me off! I'm going to give you a permanent reminder." She tries to resist his pulling. I leap up and hold myself at the ceiling still able to see them by looking under the door frame. He pulls her face down and knees her in the bottom of the jaw a massive chunk of her hair rips out, and she begins to run to get away.

She gets to the front door when her hair rips away and starts unlocking the door. He gets right behind her after knocking her pot of boiling water on the floor, the fire still going full blast. "She cries and screams "Don't do this! Don't do this! I love you! Don't do this!" She is getting hysterical as she cries. Her face cringes as her face gets close to the open flame and her hair ignites on the ends of one side of her head, and the fire travels towards her scalp. She lets out a set of desperate screams.

I decide that I've had enough, and I have to do something. I hop down and sprint to them. Ignoring the burning of my feet and tackle them both. Somehow our placement gets changed I am now pinning her behind me with considerable force. I let out, "Fuck."