Together (Deltarune Suselle) [HIATUS]

Chapter 7

Susie groaned as she opened her eyes and was immediately blinded by pure white, she winced as she held one arm over them shielding them from the intense whiteness.

Susie blinked and wiped her eyes with the forearm. She blinked and looked at her arm, her jacket was gone. Susie whipped her head around in worry before looking down at herself.

She tried to curse but choked as she pulled a tube out of her throat and tossed it aside in disgust. She was in a hospital gown. One arm bandaged, the other had a tube going up through it.

She kicked off the linen sheets and yanked her arm causing her I.V drip to clatter to the ground, she tried to lift up her other arm but to no avail. It was a dead weight.

Susie growled as she bit into the tubing and yanked it out letting out a grunt of pain as she threw it away, the tube and needle falling to the floor, she clutched her right wrist and winced, all sensation and feeling completely gone, she couldn't even get a twitch out of fingers, her knuckles and finger tips stitched up, black thread woven through her broken flesh.

She swung her legs to the side of the bed and with left arm she pulled herself down, her legs shaking as she grabbed onto the edge of the railing for stability.

Susie let go of the railing her throat tight in anticipation. She stood, her legs a little jittery but she had expected that.

Susie walked over to the window and opened it, air rushing in as Susie took in a deep breathe, she sighed as she released it and watched as the leaves swayed in the soft gentle breeze.

"Susie...?".

Susie turned and gave a warm smirk as she looked over at her best friend.

"After noon Kris....", Susie smiled with a weakened grin as he rushed over and squeezed her tightly in an embrace, she smiled as she wrapped her arm around his neck burying her snout in the nook of his neck.

"I thought you were dead....", Kris tried so desperately to hold back his tears, Susie frowned as she wiped away the beads of water from the corner of his eyes and some that fell down his cheek.

"I....I'm sorry.", Susie felt her throat and chest tighten as she hugged him as tightly as possible, "I....I didn't want to scare you....I'm so fucking sorry...!" ,Susie sobbed into Kris's chest.

Kris sighed as he gently caressed her cheek, "Come on, we're meant to be emotionless, we're the quiet kids....please don't hurt yourself....",

"I'll....I've been trying.", Susie croaked as she moved a slightly away Kris awkwardly and coughed violently, her chest felt like it was in flames, she spewed onto the floor and stumbled and laid against the wall her feet twitching and shaking as she held onto the wall.

Kris cursed as he was completely useless, he had no clue on what to do at all, "I'll get a nurse.", he squeezed Susie's hand before running and skidding out of the room.

Susie groaned and huffed as spittle and trails of vomit and sick dropped from her lip, her belly growling in emptiness, she needed to eat something desperately, her belly was screaming in anguish. She grimaced and groaned pressing her dead right hand against her belly, she sighed in relief as it released some of the pressure within her gut.

Susie panted as two nurses burst into the room and ran to Susie, "Hey! Gettaway!", Susie snapped as she tried to grab her, "Getoff!", Susie shouted back as one of them grabbed her arm between her elbow.

Susie shrieked and cowered as she fell to the floor.

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"Get back up here ya filthy wench!", the monster spat in Susie's face as they ripped out her hair ribbon and stuffed into her mouth.

Susie sobbed as her father shoved her up into the attic and pulled the ladders up and slammed the hatch close.

Susie squirmed and sniffed as the ropes dug into her elbows, her whole body burning.

"Be quiet my little darling....ya stay quiet, mom is still allowed to breathe, ya got that?", her father dug his mangled claws into her scalp, "Now be a nice little girl and ya might make it to double digits....stay still while I work out some of my issues...".

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Sarah's soul lept from her chest as she heard her child's screams. She ran into the hospital ward as she watched in horror as Susie thrashed and screamed as she was shoved onto the bed.

"GETAWAYGETAWAYGETAWAYGETAWAY!",Susie cried out as the nurses pressed her against the bed as she squirmed and shrieked her eyes dilated and open wide, her amber eyes set ablaze with terror. Susie waved her arms about trying to scratch at the dark shadows crawling over her,

"GETOFFMEGETOFFMEGETOFFME!", Susie sobbed as Kris held her hand and squeezed tight as he embraced her over the side of her bed,

"Susie! Please! Nothings here! You're safe! You're safe Susie!", Kris yelled as he held her dead hand tightly as Sarah ran over to the bed and snarled at the nurses they recoiled but continued fighting against Susie's outburst, trying to get she sedated despite her squirming and thrashing.

" Susie honey please! ", Sarah begged her daughter as she embraced her weakened daughter in her arms, Susie turned over to her mother and sobbed burying her head in her chest,

"He's here! He's always fucking here!", Susie wailed as Sarah stroked her hair tearing up herself. Susie jolted up and grimaced before becoming unconscious passing out in her mothers arms.

Sarah sniffed and held up her daughters face as she stroked her chin and laid her back on down on the bed. She bit her knuckle, trying to not become weak and sensitive, she had to be strong for her little girl.

Kris stood there absolutely mortified, his mind grinding away as he pieced together what the hell was going on.

"S....Sarah....what's happening to her...?", Kris swallowed and held his throat, full of fire and pain,

".....She was having another episode....I....I don't know how to stop them any more....",Sarah held her hands against her chest as she stood over the bed.

" I've tried everything....everything available to me and nothing works. Even this is already going to put me in...", she breathed in deeply and composed herself.

" You don't need to know this. She's unwell and the doctors are going to fix her up all better.", Sarah smiled tiredly as she knelt against the bed and pulled something out of her pockets.

Sarah placed it next to Susie's arm and Susie instinctively wrapped her arms around the worn plush animal, it let out a small squeal as Susie hugged it tightly as the nurses put her back on the IV drip and checked her liquids before leaving the room in dead silence.

"Please, I want to help her. She's my only friend...", Kris sighed as he looked over at Susie's sleeping body, her breath shallow but steadily returning to normal.

"If you must do anything, just....stay being her friend.",

"I'd stay with her until the end of time.", Kris replied with a flicker of a smile as he watched her snuggle against the soft toy.

She finally looked at ease for once in her life.