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Hidamari · 07-26-2011, 04:38 AM,

Tia awoke with a mild stir, Lightning crashed heavily outside, the rumble of the consequent thunder seemed to shake the room a little. She opened her eyes slowly as she began to come to, feeling a small bump under her covers Tia's blood ran cold for a few moments, she swallowed slowly and peeled back the covers, curled up next to her was the small animal she had rescued. Tia sighed with the utmost relief, not even sure herself what she imagined could have been there that made her so frightened for that moment.

The animal itself was still sleeping, and due to lack of windows in Tia's apartment the room was almost pitch black she could make out its white body as a fuzzy grey ball on the bed.

Tia smiled to herself and stroked the small bundle of fur next to her.

Tia: 'It.. does get a little cold in here, hmm? Reno'

Still not sure what the animal would do once fully awake she didn't dote on him too much, or tried not to, finding the creature so impossibly cute made it difficult however. Tia looked at the clock, it was showed 9am.

Tia: 'mm.. I have to get ready for my day ahead, Reno' she said quietly to the sleeping animal.

Attempting to sit up, Tia winced in a dull pain across her stomach where the club owner had hit her, she quivered thinking about it, climbing out of bed.

The temperature of the room was frostily cold due to the fact that she couldn't afford the heating bill and so the heating for her apartment being cut off. Tia took a towel from her second draw down at the base of her bed, and headed towards the bathroom hazily opening the door and ducking under the strings of washing she had hung up inside the bathroom. Stopping and staring at the bath and the dripping shower head, knowing full well that without the heating to the apartment the water coming from there may as well be from an Ice bucket. Tia looked at herself in the mirror for a few moments, the light bruises across her face around her eyes almost just fading, she looked away and stripping down and climbed precariously into the bath. Reaching for the tap to the shower, she reached as far as her arm could while attempting to keep her exposed body as far away from the freezing water as possible.

Turning the tap the water spluttered and cascaded from the head of the shower, Tia yelped as the water touched her skin and felt like it was cutting her, biting her skin with merciless cold, she danced from foot to foot looking at the water, feeling the liquid draining the heat away from her feet, goose pimples ran up her body and in a final leap of courage she entered the water. Tia gasped and screamed for a few moments as her body attempted to become used to the temperature, she quickly lathered up and got clean before rinsing herself down in record timing.

Tia: 'gaaaaaah.. eeeeeeeeee! cold cold cold cold cold cold'

she exclaimed to herself as she attempted to gain some manner of heat back to her body by vigorously rubbing her body with the towel after jumping out of the water.

Tia: 'c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-cold! So cooold so cooold' she repeated almost in a singing kind of voice.

Tia actually couldn't wait to get into her liberator already; thinking that at least her liberator had air conditioning and heating systems. She entered her room again drying her arms roughly and looked at Reno again in a concerned manner, for he was still sleeping soundly.

Tia: 'I wonder.. If he's a daddy.. Or something. It would be terrible If I had taken him away from his family' she said to herself whilst drying and getting dressed again.

Sitting down onto her bed carefully next to Reno she stroked up his long ears and breathed quietly so as not to wake him, her stomach rumbled loudly and she grimaced a little, standing up and moving to the other room.

Tia: 'I wonder what Reno eats.. ive never seen his kind before.. I don't even know what animal he is' she peeked back into her room to just look at the sleeping bundle again. 'I guess, its too small to be a cat.. and besides cats don't have long ears, its certainly not a dog.. mmh, it could be... a rabbit, but then rabbits don't have long tails like that... ' She sighed and returned to the other room into the kitchen area.

She took the usual tin of beans from the cupboard and heated them in a pot, still thinking about what kind of animal Reno was exactly.

Tia: 'I'd hate to give him the wrong food.. or something, that would be awful if he.. Died, because of me' she said in a mild daze, stirring the beans slowly without even thinking about it.

Tia: 'mm I wonder if Mason would know what kind of animal Reno is... though I don't know if Mason is good with animals, he never mentioned any dislike in animals, nor any preference or tolerance of them either' she sighed a little looking at the beans as they bubbled calmly, the room filling with the mild aroma of baked beans.

Tia poured them into a bowl, placing the pot in the sink she moved over to the couch and sat down with a bowl of hot beans and a few pieces of bread, she balanced the bread on the arm of the chair and began to eat her food. Looking to her left to the door of her bedroom, and jumped a little and remained still. Reno had woken up and was stood in the doorway on all fours, Tia didn't dare move, she was still unsure of if the animal was even safe to have indoors or near people. Reno looked at Tia for a while maintaining a distance.

Tia: 'Hello there..' she said hesitantly

Reno backed off a little and ached its body in an aggressive manner its tail puffing out furiously and both its ears raising , making itself as large as possible, which was still extremely small by comparison to Tia.

Tia: 'It's ok... you're safe here, come..'

She leant forwards and held out her hand, Reno growled very quietly and moved in a wide motion around to the front of the couch not taking its eyes off Tia even for a second, still limping but attempting to move swiftly. Tia kept her hand low towards the animal as it assumed a defensive position from her before slowly moving towards her, still with its fur on end and making a subtle growl.

Tia: 'That's right... it's ok, you are alright.. but you need to rest..'

Reno lunged at Tia's hand and sank its small but extremely sharp teeth into her skin, Tia grimaced and let out a small breath of pain, squinting and then looking back at Reno, shocked at the animals Eyes, It seemed to have no pupils, its eyes instead.. two perfect round clouded sapphires.

Tia: 'S...see, you are.. alright, ok?' she smiled through the pain.

Reno stopped biting suddenly and sat up, its ears and tail dropping down as he began to lick the wound it had given her finger. Tia breathed carefully as Reno licked all the blood away and raised its head to her and she smiled unable to tell if he was looking at her or not.

Tia:'there see.. you are ok.. I guess, the smell of food helped you wake up huh?..'

Tia dipped her finger into the bowl and pulled out a single baked bean lowering it down to Reno.

Tia: 'Here.. try this, since I don't know what to feed you it's the best I can do..'

Reno sniffed at the object on her finger licking it twice and then again taking it into his mouth munching it for several seconds and swallowing. Reno jumped up to the space next to Tia on the couch, circling a little and then sitting still watching her and the bowl. Tia ate some more of the beans and smiled at Reno who seemed to have enjoyed it as far as she could tell.

Tia: 'here, you can have the rest, since I'm not sure how much you need I will try and see what you are for when I come home later.. you're still not strong enough to go outside yet, I don't want that bad man to find you again'

Tia placed the bowl on the floor and Reno carefully jumped down taking the beans one at a time and eating them, making sure to lick its face clean after each one.

Tia: 'mmm.. you like that hey? Well, at least I know what to feed you, for now at least, you should try and get some more rest, Reno, I'll take you back to where you belong in a few days when you are better.'

Tia grimaced, her bruised arms ached as she put on her Liberty Navy uniform carefully checking the time. 9:46am displayed on the clock, she picked up the pieces of bread and placed it between her lips speaking to herself making sure she had everything needed.

Tia: 'ok Reno, I will see you later alright?'

The animal turned and looked up as she opened the door to the corridor, Reno flared up a Immediately, Tia was confused and looked to the door and saw the two grinning figures just outside the doorway. Gasping she quickly tried to close the door, recognising the men straight away as Brannigan men. The first man put his foot between the door and the frame in an instant, raising his voice as he did so.

Man: 'Whoa there miss Whitehall steady on now.. don't be in such a rush'

Goon: 'haha.. yea we jus' wanna talk t' ye' is all, so.. open, UP!'

The second larger man kicked the door hitting Tia with it as she tried to push it closed, Reno backed off a few steps in a violent posture hissing and growling at the two men as Tia was forced back into the room. The men swaggered into her apartment as she stood back looking at them both and wondering what they were going to do.

Tia: 'g..get out of my apartment!'

One of the men took off his sunglasses in a quick motion and looked around the room and ceiling at the cracked surfaces and general cramped conditions.

Man: "call this an apartment do you hm? Not even fit for my dog this is... wait, is that.. a liberty navy uniform?"

The well dressed man moved closer to her, still swaggering, Tia was backed into the kitchen area against one of the units.
Man: "let's get to the point toots... Brannigan isn't happy, and when he's not happy we get bossed around something wicked, which makes us not happy got it?"

He pushed her back and moved closer to her, she panicked immensely thinking of a way to escape, but there was no chance with two of them here. The man pushed his knees in-between her legs as she stood against the kitchen unit, licking his lips at her panicked expression moving suddenly closer stopping next to her ear, his breath passing over her ears and talking in a slow and impassioned voice.

Man: 'Brannigan sent us to tell you, that if you disobey him again, he will let us do whatever we want to you until you change your mind... do you hear me? Do you ****ing hear me?' he said with quiet vigour and anger 'your body will become our little toy thing' he groped her left breast slowly, '...for a very long time... until you are nothing more than a toy to be discarded when we break you..'

Reno had his back against the wall as the larger less well dressed man approached him with a big creepy smile on his face, knowing that anything he did would probably enrage the men and possibly get Tia hurt meant Reno didn't make a move more than backwards away from the large goon.

Goon: 'aw look Harry.. a real Fox-squirrel, ain't never seen none around fer ages'
Harry rolled his eyes a little, he moved to punch Tia in the gut, and stopped just before driving his fist into her stomach, Tia flinched in the tiny space she had left to move in, her eyes containing fearful tears of hate.

Harry: 'we will destroy you, and... your pet, and your... mother.'

Tia's eyes widened somewhat and she began to tremble and shake.

Harry: 'Thats right.. Widow Eva Whitehall... would be a shame if sh-'

Tia: 'I'll do it!.. I'll do whatever you want!... just please... please.. don't hurt my mother.. please! Tell Brannigan I'll do whatever he wants.. I promise!..'

The man leans over to his friend who is still trying to entice the furious Reno to come closer.

Harry: 'you hear that Warren?'
Warren: 'aye.. ae 'eard it loud 'n'clear'

Harry turned to Tia again who had tears running down her face, as she looked down away from him, unable to look him in the eyes.

Harry: 'I'm sure miss Evangeline Whitehall would love to get some.. 'action' again.. heh heh'

He pushed back from Tia and turned to Warren, swiftly putting on his sunglasses again.

Harry: 'will you leave that disgusting rat thing alone and lets go?!.. see you around doll!..'

Warren grunted and followed, leaving Reno against the wall.

Warren: 'oi.. wai' fer' me aye?'

Tia slumped down into the corner of the kitchen as the well dressed man left with a call back to Warren to hurry up. She cried loudly as the door slammed behind the men as they left, raising her knees up and resting her head on them crying furiously in despair, Reno came around the kitchen unit and licked her hand gently but Tia didn't respond...

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