CaNdY

Candy sipped on the cup of tea, it was bitter and needed sugar. Ice sat on the plaid couch with the little girl in his lap. They were both asleep. Bade was slouched in an old yellow colored recliner. He was puffing on a cancer stick Candy sipped again.
The walls and roof, which she supposed were at one point white, were stained yellow from the tar in the ciggs Bade smoked everyday. The floor was shaggy brown carpet with too many mystery stains to count. An old black and white TV sat on a card table, its bunny ears bent to the point of no return. The place smelled of dirt and grime, the kind that has been building for several years.
“The place looks good…” Candy said as she raised a brow
“I do my best.” Bade returned her sarcasm. He was in cut off blue jeans, and that was it, other than what lay beneath. His chest, though well muscled, held many scars. A few stray ribs protruding from his sides.
“You’ve lost weight.”
“Haven’t had time to eat.”
“What, you got some girl on the side that I don’t know about?”
“Hate to break it to you Cherry, but you ARE my girl on the side. How often do I see you? Once a month? Twice if I’m lucky?”
“I hate that name…” Candy seemed to be thinking something over in her mind. “I’ve been busy too…work mostly, something is about to happen Bade…Something big.”
“Candy why do you do this…Why do you go out there and risk your ass for them? They don’t care! They don’t give a damn! And neither should you!” Bade sighed. “There’s always something big happening, that’s the way the world works, it doesn’t mean you have to go sticking your nose in it every time…man kind is doomed, they were doomed from the beginning, do you honestly think you can make a difference? You know why people are out in the streets, dieing from disease and starvation? Because of their fellow man’s greed. Humans are flawed. They build they destroy they hate…”
“They love…” Candy removed her glasses, her eyes were a bright golden color, they matched her hair beautifully. “Don’t give up on them Bade…they have what it takes within themselves to be better than they are, all they need is the right push.”
“Let me guess, you think that you can be the one to push them? They gave up on themselves along time ago, and you should give up as well. Don’t let your envy of them blind you.”
“I don’t envy them, I only wish to make things better…I might not know what love is, but I do know compassion…something you seem to have forgotten.”
Bade stood and walked over to Candy, he put his hands on her knees and leaned toward her face. His breath was sour, but he was handsome in his own way.
“You can’t feel compassion Candy, you were never meant too…you were made to kill, plain and simple.” He reached out and brushed his fingers over her lips, she could smell his charred flesh beneath her nose. “Even your kiss is deadly…” When he pulled back his hand she could see the acid like burn on his finger tips. “You will never be like them…neither of us will.” Bade smiled and revealed his sharp fangs.



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~Love Torne