The Woman Lost in Time (A Fallen Novel.)

Chapter 5 - Bitchy Trampoline

Fallen and Rose enter the room and their attention is captured by the video that was being played on the brick wall. It protrayed a couple different people and drinks before finally focusing on a blonde woman in a sparkling silver dress, who was surrounded by handsome men. It was clearly some sort of social party. 

"I mean, you never know what your life is going to be like, ever." The woman was saying before holding out a red drink that had a lime slice on the side. "I'm bored with this drink. Anyway." The video then changes to another clip of the same woman with man whispering something in her ear. She lightly hits his chest as she says, "Oh, hello darling! Now, don't. Stop it." 

Realization flashes across Rose's face, like she recognized someone in the video. We both turned on our heels and are faced with a slab of skin held up by a square metal frame. The skin had a woman face, though the only things left were the eyes and mouth. You could see the veins and there was a human brain in a plastic container below the skin. "Peekaboo!"

Rose holds up her metal pipe. "Don't you come anywhere near me, Cassandra."

Cassandra scoffs. "Why? What do you think I'm going to do? Flap you to death?"

Fallen was confused by this whole situtation but she spoke up anyway, "Yeah, but what about Gollum?" She says as she points her metal pipe at Snake Skin.

"Oh that's just Chip. He's my pet."

Chip moves towards Cassandra protectively. "I worship the mistress."

"Moisturise me, moisturise me." Cassandra tells Chip, causing the man to quickly grab a spray bottle with red liquid in it. He sprays her with it while she talked. "He's not even a proper life form. He's a force grown clone. I modelled him on my favorite pattern. But he's so faithful. Chip sees to my physical needs."

Fallen and Rose share a disgusted look before Fallen said, "I hope that means food."

Rose nodded slightly, like she agreed with Fallen. "How come you're still alive?"

Cassandra narrowed her blue eyes at Rose. "After you murdered me."

Fallen puts a hand against her forehead, there it was again, that word. 'Murdered', it made her head pound.

"That was your own fault." Rose takes a step toward Cassandra, not noticing Fallen's movement.

"The brain of my mistress survived." Chip speaks up and looks at his mistress. "And her pretty blue eyes were salvaged from the bin." Cassandra fluttered her eyelids, she probably would've blushed if she was able.

"What about the skin? I saw it. You, you got ripped apart." Rose smiles as if she enjoyed the memory.

"That piece of skin was taken from the front of my body. This piece is the back."

Fallen lets out a small chuckle as she motions with her pipe. "Right! So you're talking out of your a--"

Cassandra cuts Fallen off. "Ask not."

"The mistress was lucky to survive. Chip secreted m'lady into the hospital." Chip glares at Fallen as he spoke.

Fallen tilts her head to the side. "So they don't know you're here?"

"Chip steals medicine. Helps m'lady. Soothes her, strokes her." As Chip said the last part, he moved his hand behind Cassandra moves his hand downward. You could see the shandow of his hand through the skin.

Fallen holds a hand out as she scrunches her nose. "You can stop right there, Chip."

Chip gives Fallen a look as Cassandra spoke. "But I'm so alone, hidden down here. the last Human in existence."

Rose gives her a exasperated look."Don't start that again. They've called this planet New Earth."

"A vegetable patch."

"And there's millions of Humans out there. Millions of them."

"Mutant stock."

Fallen felt anger flash through her, causing her to speak. Cassandra was insulting Nurse Pepper and her familhy with that kind of talk. "They evolved, Cassandra. Just just evolved, like they should. You stayed still. You got yourself all pickled and preserved, and what good did it do you?"

Laughing came from the projector, drawing everyone's attention back to it. "Oh, I remember that night. Drinks for the Ambassador of Thrace. That was the last time anyone told me I was beautiful." Cassandra's voice was soft as she spoke but it became hard and angry. "After that it all became such hard work."

"Well, you've got a knack for survival, I'll give you that." Rose says grudgingly.

"But I've not been idle, Rose, Fallen, tucked away underneath this hospital. I've been listening. The Sisters are hding something."

Fallen's eyebrows came together, showing her confusion. "What do you mean?"

"Oh these cats have secrers. Hush, let me whisper. Come colse."

Rose shook her head as she grabbed  Fallen's wrist, pulling her along as she backed up. "You must be joking if you think we're coming anywhere near you."

As they stepped back into the doorway, blue energy shoots out from the wall and wraps around their free wrists, holding them in place and causing them to drop their pipes.

"Chip, activate the psychograft." Cassandra says, her tone victorious.

"We can't move." Fallen says, her voice slightly panicked. "Cassandra, let us go! What're you doing?"

"The lady's moving on. It's goodbye trampoline, and hello goldie." Cassandra says before a purple cloud of energy edmits from her place and moves towards Fallen. It enters through her mouth and the energy holding them disappeared and Fallen's body falls to the floor.