Cotton Tail

Bloodletter and Cotton Tail walked down a dark and musty tunnel. Every step that was taken by Bloodletter was also accompanied by him saying 'tunnel'. He was bouncing down the tunnel. Cotton didn't know what made him so giddy, he just was. She kept a close eye on Diamond, in case she woke up or fell off of Bloodletter's back. He stopped bouncing and talking.

"Come here," he whispered. "Come here. Come hither. Come here. Closer!" Cotton rolled her eyes and walked up next to him. "Hold this." He threw Diamond onto her back. She stumbled and sank down. She was unaccustomed to having extra weight on her hooves. He immediately pressed up against the wall and walked forwards then backwards several times. He stopped and shook his head wildly.

Cotton was about to ask a question before he body slammed her side and took Diamond back. He resumed his tunnel, tunnel, tunnel chant.

"What was the point of that?" Cotton asked. Bloodletter just started to laugh.

"Itch!" he replied, with his ears flicking.

"Itch?"

"ITCH!" He laughed even harder. Cotton rolled her eyes again. She would never understand him. They reached the end of the tunnel. Cotton squinted. The light there was duller than the light throughout the rest of the tunnel. There was a rotting dark brown door just barely hanging by the hinges. Bloodletter smacked his forehead into the door. It fell forward with a loud BLAM! Diamond moaned causing Cotton Tail to glance nervously at her.

He looked around, blinking in the new, bright light. He walked to a pinkish white spot on the floor where the light was most concentrated. He stood up on his hindlegs, dropping Diamond onto the floor. She fell lifelessly into a crumpled heap. He stomped his front hooves back onto the floor walked up to Cotton. He gestured over to a pile of rusty chains.

"Hook her up," he pressed the top of his head on the floor. He walked forward and picked up the door and put it back. Cotton walked up to the chains and started to attempt to untangle them.

Bloodletter walked into his kitchen. He looked around the room and sighed. He pressed his face on the counter. He smelled his counter. It reeked of rust. His stuck his tongue out and licked the counter. He immediately regretted the decision. He started coughing and gagging. He grabbed a rag from his sink and filled it with hot soapy water. He plopped it on the filthy counter. He put his hoof on it and it squished. The water leaked out of the fabric. He started to violently scrub the countertop.

Cotton wasn't having much luck with the chains. She got herself tangled in it. She groaned rather loudly while rolling her eyes. The noise made Diamond stir. She immediately shut her mouth and watched in anticipation. Diamond didn't move. Cotton sighed quietly in relief. She struggled around until she found the spot that unravelled it all the chains. She clamped the chains around Diamond's legs.

Cotton walked into the kitchen. The first thing she saw was Bloodletter licking the counter, then scrubbing it. The counter was soaking wet. He repeated the motions several times until he looked satisfied with the sopping countertop.

"What was that?" Cotton asked Bloodletter. He just started laughing.

"It had to be clean," he laughed. "And now it is! I CAN TASTE THE SOAP!" Cotton raised an eyebrow. He lapped up more soap water. Bloodletter laughed even more.

"Interesting," she said quietly. Bloodletter was rolling around on the floor. He smashed into stove, fridge, and other counters.

"Did you! Did you! Did you get her! In the chains?" He said inbetween laughs. Cotton nodded. "Good! Is she awake?" He stopped laughing and got up.

"I don't think she is. Last time I checked she," Cotton started but was interrupted by Diamond screaming. Bloodletter galloped out the door. Cotton just walked. Her legs might've stopped bleeding a while ago but she still didn't want them to start up again.

When Cotton walked into the room, she saw Bloodletter sitting next to Diamond. She tried to hit him but she couldn't swing her hooves very far. One of the swings brushed by Bloodletter's dark brown, sorta wet mane. He jumped up and backed away.

"So close yet not close enough, little one," he said to Diamond. She screamed some more and increased with volume.

"LET ME GO, YOU MONSTER!" She screamed at him. Cotton smiled to herself and walked up next to Bloodletter. Bloodletter chuckled at Diamond's frantic flailing. He zoomed over the chains to a table that was pressed on the wall. On the table were a bunch of assorted knives. Big ones, small ones, shiny ones, and dull ones. Each and every one of them where extremely sharp. He grabbed a small flaying knife. He smiled as his reflection shone in the polished metal. He threw the knife at Diamond. She wouldn't stop screaming.