Miss Penny Carter

IV

PENELOPE CARTER

GOLDENSUIT INN/PENELOPE CARTER
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How'd I get myself in this mess. All I had to do was piss, I couldn't get away with anything without someone trying to kill me. "Where the fuck did the girl go?" These Italian bastards, I wondered how they had managed to get in. Unless Red sold me out, it was a possibility but me hiding in a costume closet was more important.

I had been gone for a few minutes hopefully Thomas wouldn't get up and look for me, this was not any way part of my plan.

I felt burning, instantly I knew what was happening, it was flaring up again. Now was not the time, flames surrounded my hand, flesh dropped to the ground as if it was wax. My hand revealed bone and my hand was melting. It hurt so much but I couldn't scream, it was so difficult. I began to sweat and tears streamed down my face.

Fuck me, fuck me....

However the closet door instantly opened revealing Sabini's men. "Dirty whore, should have taken the offer Sabini offered." He said pointing the gun as I screamed in pain.

He looked almost confused however he cocked the gun.

"Goditi inferno puttana." Enjoy hell bitch....

Fucking creative. I closed my eyes as I was clenching my arm close to my chest as the pain didn't stop.

"Fucking Italian dogs...." I whispered. I heard the gun go off I twitched but I felt no pain, besides my hand. I opened my eyes to see the Man dropped to the floor, right behind him was Thomas Shelby. "Danger seems to enjoy ye' quite a bit." He said looking at me, his face instantly dropped. I screamed in pain over and over as the burning was going away.

"Penelope? Love are ye' alright?" He said as he frantically checked my skin for any marks or wounds. "Penelope? Did they hit you?"

"M-My hand, it's b-burning." I whimpered, he looked at me in confusion. "Your hands fine love." He whispered. My eyes were getting exhausted and the pain kept increasing but I was running out of breath and will to scream. He picked me up gently and carried me, I couldn't keep my eyes open.

"Hang in there, I'll get you to Polly." He said.

"Thomas, go down this hall, someone let Sabini's men in. I-It leads to another exit, t-through the
s-sewers." I whimpered. My body bounced up and down as Thomas ran through the halls. "Don't close your eyes love. I don't know what's going on with you, don't sleep ok?" He said tapping my face gently. I nodded a jolt of pain come in as the singeing pain of the fire continued.

"M-My hand." I cried. "There's nothing wrong with your hand it's perfectly fine. Take a deep breath, think about music."

"S-S-She is far from the l-land where her young hero s-sleeps." I croaked out. My voice wasn't the greatest but the pain was becoming unbearable.

"A-And lovers around her are sighing
but coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps,
For her heart in his grave is l-l-lying."

"She sings the wild song of her dear native plains." There I heard a voice that wasn't mine. It wasn't angelic and sweet, it was gruff, soothing and beautiful. I looked up to see him singing along as he walked through the halls of the Pitts.

"E-Every note which h-he loved a-a-awaking- ARGH" I screamed, my body coiled as the burning was moving up my arm, I could see the flames reaching and melting all the way to my shoulder. "Thomas! THOMAS IM BURNING!" I yelled and cried. "Penny? Forgive me love." My world turned black as I saw Thomas's blue eyes last.

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The first sight I had saw was dark coloured walls. Not like mine, mine were a light wood.

"Good your awake, how's your head?" It was a voice that wasn't familiar, I looked over to see a woman....

"Feels like shit, guessing Thomas whacked me." She laughed, "A little too hard might I add, for a second we thought he killed you." She sat in a crimson seated chair beside the bed I was in and crossed her legs.

She grabbed my hand as she traced her hands.

"Thomas said ye' were screaming, thought ye' hand was burning off." She asked, "My mother said I was cursed to witness pain and see pain that isn't real. My hand was burning, however Thomas couldn't see it. It's been this way for years." I said, she frowned.

"I know I sound insane, my mother took me to a gypsy camp when I was younger, lady there told me I was cursed." She squeezed my hand. "I believe ye'.
calm down love. Anyway, the boys aren't home but I can whip up some ham and bread for you and make you a sandwich."

"Thank you sounds delightful." I said. She smiled and lifted her self from her chair and walked down stairs. I got up and walked towards the window, I saw a box of cigarettes and grabbed one gently as I took a match that was lying beside the box. Lighting it I took a drag as I watched the gloomy streets of Birmingham, I wondered how it would look if the sun always shined.

I was insane...... and everyone knew it.

As the cigarette slowly turned to ash I was done, grabbing it I pressed the tip onto my flesh making a nice little mark. I was insane and everyone would know it. And with a flick it was gone. Leaving a dark red spot as it's memory. I smirked.

It ached a bit, but it wasn't agonizing. I traced the surrounding of it my fingers made it sting. I turned back around, the room was dark only a dresser and a bed. I walked over picking up a frame. The picture inside was half burnt but clearly it was of Thomas and someone. A burnt smile and a girls missing face. Thomas was more to what was seen but in reality I was much different then a pretty girl you'd met at a pub.

We weren't so different after all.

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Song: She is Far from The land
by Thomas Moore