Beatrix Kiddo Black Mamba The Bride Administrator
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(6/14/04 3:40 pm) Reply
The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Chapter Two
The Blood Spattered Bride
A cold silence stalked the corridors that led through this lonely Texan hospital. It was a stormy night, no one could have any doubt upon that. The squeaking and scratching of tree branches outside the window accompanied the low, predatory growl of thunder that echoed through the darkness.
Barely a soul wandered these halls. Except for the poor doctors and nurses who worked the night shift... and the odd crazy patient or two.
It was in one of these wards that she lay. Her blonde hair, now lank and hanging in a straggly formation around her ghostly-pale face that showed no emotion. She was completely cold. One could almost say lifeless. But judging from the faint beep... beep... beep of the nearby heart monitor, you could guess again. Wrapped in the covers, her arms lay limp at her sides, the hospital gown draped over her body. She was not dead. Not even when she had been shot in the head. Beatrix Kiddo had fallen into a coma after the assault placed upon her by her former co-workers. Her former 'friends'.
Oblivious to the world and everything in it, the occasional voices and muffled clicks of footsteps outside the door, Beatrix lay, bathed in the eerie blue light of the ward where the comatose were kept. Blissfully unaware of who was about to walk into the building.
I was a killer who killed for you.
I had to choose.
I chose her.
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
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(6/14/04 4:19 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
A tall blond woman entered the hospital, whistling a cheerful and mysterious tune. She looked quite odd to say at least, wearing all white and even a matching eye patch as she made her way through the corridors. Her whistling became more intensive, no sympathy for the patients off course. She walked into a storage room no care if anyone saw her or not she kept whistling her tune. Inside the room she took of her stylish gloves, and put on long nurse stockings, nurse uniform and the final touch of the red cross hat. While looking like the perfect one eyed nurse, she prepared a lethal injection.
When the door opened the woman came out like a nurse, she even had a red cross eye patch. She carried a tray with a needle, just like any other nurse. Her whistling had stopped, she only stared with her haunting blue eyes in front of her as she made her way through the corridor.
You could clearly hear the thunder outside as she stopped in front of the room were Beatix Kiddo was sleeping in her coma. She stopped for a moment looking at the almost dead woman on the bed, the expression on her face was one of great pleasure. The one eyed womans name was Elle Driver but her codename was California Mountain Snake.
She walked into the room with a hateful yet satisfied look on her face, she put down the tray and moved a finger over Beatrix lips. Elle looked at the woman as she said I may never have liked you, point in fact I despise you, but that shouldn't suggest I don't respect you. She picked up the needle, Dying in our sleep, is a luxury that our kind is rarely afforded. My gift to you... She was ready to inject the certain death into Beatrix just as her cell phone rang. She pulled the needled out. For @#%$ sake Elle picked up her cell phone and said in the sweetest voice she could Hello Bill.
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/15/04 4:22 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Bill caressed his sword, thoughtful. He took the phone and dialed a number, realizing that he had already made up his mind anyway.
Elle's voice greeted him at the second ring. Sweet, deep, slightly nasal at times, her lovely voice perfectly hid the malice, the perversity and the hatred that dwelled underneath. Oh, Bill knew all this. He loved her for it, as a matter of fact.
"Hello, Bill." the voice came.
"What's her condition?" Bill asked, sparing any sort of greeting or salutation. Right now he was focused on Beatrix, the woman she had ordered to kill... twice. One little more than a year ago, then another one this week. Elle sure didn't seem to have a problem with it, but Bill did...
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
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(6/16/04 5:01 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
She smiled as she heard his voice even if he didn't even say Hello. He just got straight to the point off course since it had to do with coma lady she thought. Her hatered for the woman by the name of Beatrix was huge, but she hid it all very well. Off course Bill could see through all this. "Comatose" she said in a soft, sexy voice.
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/16/04 5:32 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Right, she was still alive. That meant Elle hadn't injected the poison yet. Bill wouldn't have been surprised if she had, though; Beatrix had survived a bullet in the head, why not deadly venom through her veins?
"Where is she?" Bill asked again, still thinking, still caressing his sword...
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
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(6/16/04 5:55 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Disappointment over the topic being Beatrix was something Elle felt inside her, but she didn't let it show. She just looked down at the floor then moved her head up, saying in the same soft tone "I'm standing over her right now*
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/16/04 6:14 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Bill smiled briefly. If there's one person who can sneak into a hospital to kill a comatose woman and feel happy about it, that'd be Elle.
"That's my girl," Bill said lovingly.
He could hear a giggle at the other end of the line.
"Elle, you're going to abort the mission" he continued, with the same tone, as if he was talking about the shopping list.
He knew Elle wasn't going to like to have her prey stolen from her; even before listening to her angry response (some loud noise at the other side of the phone). But, as much as he loved Elle, an order was an order.
"We owe her better than that," he said, willing to explain his reasons but not change his decision.
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
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(6/16/04 6:53 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Elle now standing by the window, couldn't contain her anger anymore. She had a feeling, right when her phone rang, something like this would happen. Without thinking, her soft sweet tune turned into a angry scream "you don't owe her @#%$!*
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/17/04 4:38 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Elle's outburst was expected; the day she stopped feeling passion for her job would be the day she died.
"Will you keep your voice down?" said Bill, slightly irritated but not really angry. He was more worried thinking that, as matter of fact, they all did owe Beatrix better than that...
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
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(6/19/04 8:23 am) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Still irritated, this day started of so great... and now the bitch will be laying in her coma. Right at this point she just wanted to wrap her hands around Beatrix neck and strangle her to death. Elle knew she would enjoy it full blast. But fallowing orders, came first even over her temper.
"you don't owe her @#%$" She said once more in a more silent tune, still irritated and pissed off to the limit
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/19/04 12:20 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform..."Y'all beat the hell out of that woman. But you didn't kill her."
Bill introduced a small pause here, to allow the memories of that day in El Paso to spring into their minds.
"And I put a bullet in her head. But her heart just kept on beating. Now you saw that yourself, with your own beautiful blue eye, did you not?"
Another pause. All this was pure facts.
"We've done a lot of things to this lady," Bill continued. "And if she ever wakes up, we'll do a whole lot more."
Because, in this business, decisions are forever. When he made Beatrix the objective of the DiVAS, he knew she always would be, until either her or all the Vipers were dead.
"But one thing we won't do is sneak into her room in the night like a filthy rat and kill her in her sleep. And the reason we won't do that thing, is because that thing would lower us."
Indeed, no matter how ruthless assassins they were, killing someone as important as Kiddo while they slept was simply too coward.
"Don't you agree, miss Driver?" Bill said then, wondering whether Elle was still listening.
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
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(6/22/04 8:13 am) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform..."I guess" she said in a voice sounding like a child wanting candy before dinner. Elle had a hight temper, and unmistakable mood swings. This was all part of who she was, sometimes she tried to hide it and act almost normal. But that didn't last long, true self always shined through.
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/22/04 5:09 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform..."Do you really have to guess?" replied Bill, politely reminding Elle that, after all, she was supposed to follow his orders.
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
Posts: 87
(6/22/04 8:46 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Still in the sad child like voice, she replied " no...I don't really have to guess...I know". She knew she had to follow orders, but the satisfaction of a mission done meant everything to Elle, and killing that woman...
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
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(6/24/04 5:52 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Bill allowed himself to smile now. Beatrix would survive the night, Elle accepted his reasons, everything went back to normal.
"Come on home, honey," he said, already planning new jobs for Elle.
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Bill Snake Charmer Student of Hanzo Administrator
Posts: 171
(6/30/04 4:16 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform..."I love you very much" was Bill's reply. Little did it seem that they had been talking about poison and murder just seconds ago. For Bill, the whole matter was over with, and his mind was already in the process of moving on to more relevant subjects.
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You're not a bad person.
You're a terrific person.
You're my favorite person.
But every once in a while you just can be a real ****. Bill
Elle Driver California Mountain Snake Resident Bitch Moderator
Posts: 98
(7/4/04 5:34 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Her voiced turned into the one of an adult woman, yet keeping the drama in it. "I love you to, bye bye"
Elle turned of her cell phone, and turned around in anger, she looked at the woman. She looked dead, yet Elle could picture her laugh at what just happened. Crossing her arms, her one eye turning bigger as she glared with hate, "You thought that was pretty @#%$ funny, didn't you? Her voice was pure hate. All logic would say she should have been dead, another person in her shoes would be ten feet under by now.But NOOOOOO Beatrix Kiddo was off course the one in a million, shoot her in the head and she won't die. Her glare became even more intense, if looks could kill, Beatrix would be burning up by now. " A word of advise @#%$, Don't you ever wake up!" She threw one last glare at the woman in her coma.
Beatrix Kiddo Black Mamba The Bride Administrator
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(7/18/04 4:40 pm) Reply
Re: The Devil wears a Nurse's Uniform...
Four Years Later
It could safely be said that the ward hadn't changed much. The same eerie blue light bathing the same paralysed bodies upon the same uncomfortable-looking beds. Not that anyone complained, of course. The rhythmic beeps of each lonely heart monitor sounded oddly loud in this part of the hospital.
Far above, a few mosquitoes danced and circled, attracted by the glowing lights, searching for the warm blood of which a place such as this seemed to have a never-ending supply. Wheeling low, one of the tiny creatures came to rest on the arm of one of the comatose, piercing into flesh, drinking it's fill...
With a great gasp of air and arms flailing like she had just emerged from a long period underwater, Beatrix Kiddo sat bolt upright. Her eyes stretched wide open, chest heaving with a breath similar to one who had just run a marathon. So many things- thoughts, pictures, words- flashed through her newly-awoken brain in the space of only two seconds.
Her brain...
She could hear him now, his voice as clear to her as though he stood before her hospital bed. Their last conversation, all over the barrel of a gun.
"This moment, this is me at my most... masochistic."
"Bill... it's your baby-"
BANG!
She jumped sharply, gasping once again. She could see the scene before her own blue eyes. Her palm flew to the side of her head, bashing it a few times. Shouldn't she be dead...?
She paused. This time, she raised two fingers to her temple, and tapped.
Clink... clink...
There was a metal plate in her skull.
Mouth falling open, something else crossed Beatrix's mind. Four years previously, as she could remember it... she had been pregnant.
Her eyes travelled down.
Her stomach was no longer swollen, but flat. Bea's breathing became frantic as she lowered a trembling hand to reach beneath the hospital gown- fingertips tracing the scar that ran along her abdomen. Nothing. Not a trace of the most precious thing in her life, anywhere. Bea’s face began to change rapidly, brows contracting in confusion, eyes opened wide and full of desperation… welling with tears. Her long fingers began to claw frantically at her clothes and the bed covers, as though sure that she would find her beloved child there.
Nothing.
The pain of loss choked her throat- painfully so, until it was suddenly released in a howling scream of unimaginable, soul-destroying misery that echoed through the room, and surely down the hall. Her arms wrapped around her belly, and Beatrix hunched over, sobbing uncontrollably, tears falling like bitter rain upon a barren land. She understood. Her daughter was dead.
“My baby…” she whimpered thickly, now rocking back an forth slightly, head and voice throbbing with emotion as she pieced together the scene that lay in front of her. In the blink of an eye, she had lost everything. Her job. Her friends. Her lover. Her baby.
Beatrix gritted her teeth and breathed hard through her nose, straightening up a little and raising the palms of her hands so that she could see them through tear-clouded eyes. The lines upon her hands were reminiscent of a road map- depicting roads upon which she should have travelled. But even now, she could not recognise these hands as being her own.
“Four years…” she muttered shakily, “Four years…”
Visibly trembling, she hunched over again, palms now curling, fingers forming two fists that embodied all the rage and anguish that, until now, had lay dormant within her. Where was the explanation for this? There was none.
But then she was interrupted.
The sound of footsteps and male voices drew nearer. Beatrix ceased her weeping immediately, holding her breath, head snapping towards the door. The laughing was loud now… how long it had been since Bea heard a human voice. But what would they think if they saw a comatose patient awake and moving? It was too late to run. There was only one thing to be done. Not a moment too soon, Bea flung herself back onto the bed and closed her eyes, praying that the violent beeping of her heart monitor would slow…
I was a killer who killed for you.
I had to choose.
I chose her.
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