Hunters

Found out.

"This is definitely not a good look ." Dani said turning up her nose at the antiquated shower in  the bathroom.

They'd been roughing it in the cabin exactly three months now and  she was

over having no choice but to take a shower because this bathroom didn't have a tub.

Plus the shower stall was very narrow and tiled in ugly bile green.

How she longed to take a nice warm soak in a bathtub...liberaly filled with Elemis skin nourishing milk...

With a sigh of regret she undressed and stepped inside the  flimsy  stall.

Five minutes later Dani joined Violet in the kitchen that smelled of the mouth watering scent of crisp bacon and french toast.

Violet was stirring oatmeal in a big pot on the stove.

The two sisters had scrubbed every inch of the  cabin in an attempt to make it more liveable

while Jonas had indulged in his new obsession of cleaning, oiling and sharpening their various weapons.

They were worried about him.

Jonas had been acting strangely ever since getting shot in the leg at their hotel in  Jaques.

Violet in particular feared that their brother was on the brink of a nervous breakdown.

Jonas had lost weight and now was thin , sunken cheeked and hollow eyed.

His usually bright blue eyes were like dusty cerulean marbles and he had stopped interacting with his sisters.

"What are we going to do about him?" Dani whispered to Violet.

"What can we do ?"   Violet whispered back with a perplexed expression.

"If he's cracking up then I suggest we  lock the weapons away." whispered Dani.    Both women had an uninterrupted view

of the other room where Jonas  was hunkered over a table

with their weapons  spread out obsessively cleaning them with a rag .

He was currently wiping the thin blade of a Katana.

"You might be right." Violet agreed narrowing her eyes at Jonas. "But how are we going to get him away  long enough to lock everything up ?"

"I'll think of something.." Dani promised.

Violet served their breakfast but as usual Jonas didn't eat anything.

After breakfast Dani found an oldies  rock station on the radio and as the intro of Metallica's "The unforgiven"

began to play she picked up Jonas' fancy walking cane and threw it across the room.

"What'd you do that for ?" He demanded glaring at her in such a way that Dani was slightly uneasy.

Yet she was determined not to back down.

Placing both hands on her hips she boldly met his angry gaze.

"I did it to get your attention.

You've been acting like a zombie lately and frankly it's creeping Violet and I out."

Scowling darkly Jonas left the table and limped to where his cane had landed.

"You don't need that bloody thing Jonas.

You're just being a big baby." Dani said.

"Well you're being a right b.." He bit the expletive off at the last second and snatched up the cane. "Just leave me alone Dani."