Tatty left Jack and Anna in the upstairs where they stood dripping and shivering, heading towards the laundry room, and went down to the room he now shared with Anna. They were so, odd, but Tatty stopped at the top of the stairs, looking into the Extra Cafe, spying Kerry standing there with who he thought was Patty, and he was looking all...strange ( Read more... )

As Tatty slowed his rocking his vision became clearer, and he realized that he was alone in his room. Anna and Jack were gone, how long had they been gone? One glance at the door reminded Tatty why he was so upset; the boots. There they sat, next to the door, glaring at him, black and large, and his eyes trailed back down to his own tattered Boots ( Read more... )

Tatty left the Extra Cafe and headed downstairs, straight past everything without looking up, and into his room he now shared with Anna. He saw the chair as he entered, centered in the corner facing the beds, and he touched the arm delicately, running his finger over the smooth wood. It was just like Mama's, it was beautiful, and if he could hug it ( Read more... )

Tatty heard yelling and sat up straight, where was he? "Anna?" he called quietly, glancing around. He was in that room, in the room that he'd been in when that guard had pulled him out of the room. Where was Anna? What time was it? He'd been asleep he realized now, and he stretched his back out, moving to stand up, his joints stiff from being ( Read more... )

Tatty opened his eyes, there were strange noises around him, crying, talking, moving, banging of cooking pots, and at first he had forgotten where he was, a panic flashed through him, his heart racing, pounding in his ears. Tatty rolled over and came directly into contact with a warm body, he was ready to sit up and scream out, gasping instead as ( Read more... )