Thread: Blank Slate (Dane Stalling & Malicious Lullaby)

He seemed to have finally taken mercy on her. Either mercy or pity, which one was entirely irrelevant at this point because she was about a thin strand of sewing thread away from completely snapping and going utterly insane because her entire memory and life was a total blank slate. Even with the painkillers in her system, because she was trying so hard to remember, the pain was pushing through the medicine and it was taking whatever little energy she had to begin with away and leaving her feel completely exhausted. She took deep breaths to calm herself, breathing in through her nose and exhaling, at first, shakily through her mouth. As she kept this breathing regime, taking slow and deep breaths instead of fast and short ones that would only make her hyperventilate and pass out, her exhales came out steadier until they werent shaky at all. He said her name. Penny Davitt. That was her name and she wasnt sure if she was happy about that or disappointed. Penny Davitt? The hell kind of name was that?! Thats a stupid name She mumbled, absolutely miserable. Penny felt him squeeze her hand each time she felt like she was drifting. She sat back, resting her head against the headboard and she was finding it increasingly difficult now to keep her eyes open. He posed a series of questions instead of answers. He informed her of her name, explained that they hated each other but that they knew each other and knew each other better than anyone else it seemed. None of it came back. Even though her head throbbed, she still tried with a valiant effort to remember, to give him something but she couldnt. Everything was this black and dank haze. There was something behind it, she could even hear the sounds but it was all garbled and distorted and made no sense at all. I need A small whimper came from her and she tilted her head, letting it rest on her shoulder and her eyes fluttered closed. He squeezed her hand again and they opened just barely, enough to indicate that she was still awake and not yet gone. What? She mumbled. There was no more trouble for the night. No one was finding them or banging down on the door yet. They were safe. For now. He took some form of pity or mercy on her and laid her down. Almost immediately when her body was stretched and relaxed vertically as she lay on her back, Penny fell asleep. She didnt even feel him hover over her to kiss her, she didnt hear him jimmy the door to make it more difficult to open if she tried to escape the next morningshe heard absolutely nothing. She was too far gone asleep. Her mind played with her, toggling images, creating screens so she couldnt see it, distorting sounds so she couldnt recognize it. She made out some things but she couldnt understand it. It was like someone took a film strip and mixed up the scenes because it played at random in her head. The images were blurry, the voices sounded odd and off but nonetheless, something plagued her mind What did you do?! Get away from me Penny. Danny, what did you do? Why do you have gun? What happened? She followed him into his room and watched as he hastily packed away some things in an old duffel. When he finished, he pulled the magazine of his gun out to check that it was fully loaded before pushing it back in. He tucked the gun into the back of his jeans and fastened his over it to provide a good enough cover. Shut up Penny, dont fucking push me! Danny Enough! He turned and in his fury and also anxiousness, he backhanded her right across her jaw, hard enough to bust her lip well enough to make her bleed. Penny instantly cupped her jaw and felt the searing warmth of crimson blood lightly dribbling down the corner of her mouth. Danny He made a groaning sound, wincing. Regret filled him for striking her. He didnt mean to, that was the truth. That Copper, on the other hand, well thats what he got for messing with the wrong guy on the wrong day. It would make this easier though if Penny hated him. Grabbing his duffel, he turned back to her and took his gun out and pointed it at her. Dont make this harder. I someone tonight I need to go or I swear I will kill you! Danny! He shoved right past her, ignoring as she kept calling out to him. Then he was gone. She could hear the echo in her head. She tried to relive it again so that his truth wasnt cut out. He did something to someone. He had to go and he threatened her with death over something. It didnt make sense to her. None of it did. Who was Danny and what did he do that was so bad?