26

Climax





"Yeah, it was a totally epic battle." I say. "DeMonica told me about it - tornadoes everywhere, lightning and thunder, Puffin smashing the shit out of them with that hammer, and O blasting them with energy beams and slicing them to bits with his sword. And Omnis played his accordion and pacified the creatures, made them all calm and shit, and they were able to demolish them all. Wish I could have seen it!"

Zha_Zha smiles dazzlingly at me. Damn I've missed her energy and warmth! A smile from her is like bathing in sunshine.

DeMonica had delivered me over to her for treatment while she joined in the mopping-up operation - there are still a few straggling minions and warriors lurking here and there in secret nooks and crannies.

"You poor thing!"

She steps up and takes both of my hands in hers, examines them. They're a mix of purple black and blue with a few other colors stirred in, all swollen and shit. It's a shame my hands are so numb I can't feel hers.

"Here - you sit down, and I'll fix you right up!" She says, easing me down onto the couch. She turns and walks into the bathroom - it's quite a treat to watch her walk away. A sigh rises unbidden from my chest.

She returns in a moment with three or four tubes of antibiotic ointment.

"DeMonica told me about your little problem... the OTHER one - not your hands. She said it almost broke her heart when everybody got healed except for you. This stuff will take the sting out and let the healing begin!"

I lift my hands and look at them doubtfully.

"Yeah, that's a problem, I know. You can't do it." Her smile grows even warmer - I didn't think it was possible.

"You just relax and let Zha-Zha take care of things for a while - you've been through enough. And you can tell me all about it. But first let's get you all fixed up."

She looks briefly at her own hands, shakes her head sadly. "I work hard in the kitchen, cooking and scrubbing all day. My hands are callused and hard. What you need is some nice soft skin to soothe away the hurt while applying the ointment."

Now the smile becomes a bit saucy. "Have you ever played horsie?"

She turns around to reveal her back to me, criss-crossed with the lacings of her corset.

"Undo me


DeeryTheDeer: Alright I can't take it anymore. Stop stop stop. That's enough of this crap.