Spittoon--Chapter 1

Formally known as the working title Heart Attack Combat and Monster Crush Royale; This official series title is Spittoon (I got the word from that Lupin the Third The Woman Named Fujiko Mine, a bishonen character Oscar, used to call Fujiko 'pig lady' & 'spittoon'. I like the way Oscar say that word--spittoon, Like a shotgun!) I changed the story a bit, I was inspired by experiences and also from younger children with special needs. I was inspired by prejudicial folks towards autism so I wrote this as a message that people with autism (Like me!) are also human too. I was inspired also by the video game F.E.A.R., the horror film Mama, and the book turned movie Warm Bodies. Read and enjoy! -Katherine Donovan 

Chapter 1: Only Human

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana; The sun is shining, the sky is clear and blue, even the wind breeze nicely. There was an average, Spanish-English family called The Weatherlys: The father was Caelus, who was a man that went through hardships and poverty. His wife, Gaia, was a loving yet protective lady, and their kids were good-natured, healthy children. The oldest were young adults Helios and Selena, the middle was Astraea, and the youngest were Terry and Daisy. But their adoptive daughter, 20 year old petite yet impossibly young Tamsin Tanner was different! Quiet, insecure, skeptical, polite, kind hearted, and a mystery.  Tamsin had pale skin, black hair like a curtain for her pretty face. Her lips were faded red, her eyes were brown, a dark brown but they were so pretty. She wore a dark blue sweater, matching pants, and matching shoes. She starts a new life with the Weatherlys and begin to learn about their cultures, their languages, and religion in God. The Weatherlys discover Tamsin when she was walking in the rain by herself, Caelus didn't like to see Tamsin by herself in the rain and takes her under his wing. The Weatherlys were shocked to find out that Tamsin was no ordinary girl; she had enhanced abilities of speed, agility, regenerate healing, and other special powers. Her past is a shocker: Tamsin's damaged, hell-bent mother Nikita Tanner was abused, tortured, and treated badly. Tamsin's twin sister, Idina, was vengeful and elegant but rather sadistic against the wicked and plans to kill the man that destroyed the Tanners and the other children in the facility called IEPS. IEPS stands for Inhuman Engineered Prototype Species; Children with special needs are treated like they are not human and mistreated badly. It was a living hell for poor Tamsin. 

Tamsin starts a new life at school, posing as a 15 year old student, and watch a boy name Tyrus Melvin being bullied by four students: Eric Steele, Dylan Bernall, Cassie Hawthorne, and Rachel Perez. She couldn't stand the sight of Tyrus being bullied. She was troubled by this sight, she knew she didn't want to be involved. But she had to help Tyrus somehow, something must be done. At night, Tamsin is seen doing homework when she gets a vision of Idina talking to her, "So, you think you're safe here, don't you sister? Hmm, perhaps not since Mother is coming to find you. You may run, run as fast as a gingerbread man but you'll be eaten up by the darkness. People that are 'normal' will not accept us as 'humans'--It's all the same, and it never ends but I will do all I can to change the world...What do you say? Are you willing to do that too, Sister?" said Idina. Tamsin doesn't respond, Idina looked annoyed before sighing. "Do we have to go through this again? You not saying anything? Oh! That's right, you're a selective mute aren't ya? Well, fine. I'll let you be for now but don't think this is my last visit to you." She vanished and Tamsin starts to fall asleep. One day after school; Tamsin is seen at a diner and gets something to eat but sees Tyrus by himself until Eric, Dylan, Cassie, and Rachel picking on him mercilessly. Tamsin snapped, she walked over to Eric and punched him! Eric fell to the floor, stunt, as the other three were shocked. Tamsin looked at them fierecely, "Stop it!" She commanded, "Leave him alone, what did he do you?" Eric got up and sneered at her, "What's it to ya? Are you his girlfriend?" He and his friends laugh. Tamsin didn't flinched but she responds, "Now why would I? I can't stand kids like you bullying others because of who they are and what they are. You have no right to do that."

"Wow, I'm sorry. I guess I don't know better." Eric said sarcastically. "Really? Are you trying to make yourself better by picking on other people or are you just trying to be cool because you look kind of frozen." Tamsin said with a smirk, Eric was angered to hear this. Cassie and Rachel gasps while Dylan let out an 'ooooh'. The three muffled their laugh but Eric glared at them, making them composed themselves quickly. Eric turns back to Tamsin, "Oh yeah? Well, little girl, let me show what's frozen IN YOUR FACE!!!!" As Eric was about to punch; Tamsin dodged his attack quickly. Eric was surprised and turned to see Tamsin crossing her arms, smiling smugly at him. "How the hell did you do that?" demanded Eric. "I've been practicing self defense." Tamsin claimed. "No, I saw you. You dodged it so fast." Cassie exclaimed. "No one is going to believe you, you know. I suggest you leave now or something bad is going to happen and you'll regret it later."  Eric growled and charged at Tamsin, who grabs his arm quickly, "Oh damn! Oh crap! Oh crap!" cried Dylan. "Wha--" Eric started to say, Tamsin smiled confidently. "Personally speaking, I have more reflexes than you." She threw Eric backwards, who crashed into boxes. Tyrus was smiling as everyone was stunt, Eric looked scared and he & friends scampered away. Suddenly, Tamsin felt a tap on her shoulder and turns to see Tyrus smiling with relief. "Thanks for helping me out. You're my hero." Tyrus said happily. Tamsin shrugged, "It was nothing, anything I could do help. But you need some help with those guys by putting them in their places. You gotta tell someone about them bullying you, OK?" She said. "I can handle them." claimed Tyrus. "I don't think so, please--Tell someone. The last person I knew that was being bullied, he did something pretty crazy that got the other person killed, it wasn't pretty." replied Tamsin.

Tyrus's shoulder slumped slightly, "Maybe, I guess....Oh, all right. I'll take your advice but really, I can do this on my own." He said. "Fine, stay out of trouble. I just wanna keep her safe." answered Tamsin. She leaves with Tyrus watching her strangely. What Tamsin is not aware is that Cassie and Rachel are following her, to find out what she is up to. They followed her to the buildings, to the seaside, and to the other places. Cassie and Rachel are confused as they try to catch up to her but they are faced to face in a creepy illusion by Idina, "Stay away from Tamsin, my dear sister. She doesn't want to be bothered. And if you do mess with her, you will be sorry for this." Then, a young woman in a rags gown appeared. She has black hair like night, pale skin like snow, lips red like blood or a hint of scarlet-crimson, and eyes pink like the breaking dawn sky. "What you going to do when Mother comes for you?" The woman smiles diabolically before letting out a cry before coming at the two girls, who screamed in terror but finds themselves in the city and are relieved that the scary illusion is over. They forgot what they were doing here and went home. The next day, Tamsin skipped school and comes across the burned down building, where haunted memories come back to her. As a child; she remembered the torture experiments, the shock therapy, the abuse from the scientists, and the endurance in the pain! In those dark times, A light was shed. Tamsin was enchanted by someone who treated her like she was human. His name was Sean Griffin, who was kind and compassionate yet understanding teen to Tamsin, he was the only person that treated the other kids like they were human. He did when the staff weren't around but they found out what he was doing behind their backs and they killed him in front of Tamsin, Idina, and the other children. Idina broke down emotionally and her powers killed almost the entire place, Tamsin help the others escape.

Idina tried to persuade her to kill them but Tamsin was too shock to help her. Idina continued killing and massacring the entire IEPS staff, scientists, and the abusers. Just then, A soldier snaps out of her reverie and is prepare to capture her to. Tamsin tries to fight back but is surprised that the soldier is stronger, faster, and more powerful than her. That's when the soldier is shot and killed from behind as he sank to the ground. The shooter is a teen-looking boy about 19 years old, taller than Tamsin, and pretty sort of. His name is Mateo Renton, Tamsin is bewitched by this boy. For some strange reason, he looked like a reincarnation of Sean.  "Sean? Is that you?" thought Tamsin. She walked over to Mateo, who looked startled to see her there, and she peered at him before grazing his cheeks. "Sooo, soft." she said. Mateo stared at her, but another soldier came and tried to shoot them however Tamsin was faster and managed to fight back while protecting Mateo. Mateo stared at Tamsin in amazement, Tamsin stares back at him and said: "Come with me..." Later, Tamsin got some blankets, her music player, and her sunglasses. "I'm so nervous about this, I need to do something." thought Tamsin, she took a deep breath before grabbing her stuff and heads downstairs. "OK, Here we go. Whatever you do, Tam, do not! I repeat, DO NOT be creepy around a cute boy like him!!! Act normal!" muttered Tamsin. Heading down to the basement; Mateo was trembling, looking confused, but he wasn't scared. He was huddled by the wall and saw Tamsin. Mateo had dark black hair, blue eyes, and light tan skin. He wore a T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. He wasn't chained up, gagged, nothing like that. "What are you doing with that stuff?" asked Mateo, curiously. Tamsin didn't respond, she hands Mateo a blanket and he takes it. Wrapped around himself but he eyed Tamsin suspiciously. "Why me? Why did you save me?" Mateo asked. Tamsin looked at him and finally said, "Don't be scared of me....." She walks over, got out her headphones, and takes out her music player before switching it to a track called "Dreamscape" and responds softly for Mateo to hear, "I want to keep you safe, I don't want to hurt you." Then she rocked her head to the music. Mateo gawked at her for a moment, "What are you?" He wonders outloud.

The Weatherlys know that Mateo is in the basement and worried if Tamsin is going off the deep end but Tamsin reassured them that this boy is safe and she explains to them about how Mateo resembles her lost love from her past. In the meantime; There was a crew of bounty hunters called Blue Moon. Their leader was the jerk with a gold heart, his name was Leander Montague. His long-time lover, Heroica 'Hero' Capulet, a tsundere to him rather but she still loves him. Leander's best friend since childhood is Dietrich Benvolio, who is a specialist with machinery. Frederick Quilo is a mechanic but he's not really a fighter and does some pretty good photography. The laidback, cocky hunter name Orlando Knighton is part of this gang and is the comic relief and has the hots for Hero's best friend, Gina Hollister, who doesn't return the feelings. Other people are hackers, mechanics, and other information gathering like Claude Egeus and Timon Philostrate. Then there was a seemingly ditz, but smart chick name Jessica Thisbe and her crush, Titus Pyramus. Titus is possibly to have feelings for Jessica somehow though he acts like she's annoying but he really does care about her...a lot! Hero was a beautiful, curvaceous figure. She had dark brown hair, green eyes, and light tone skin. She wore a crop top, shorts, and boots. Today, she looked irritated. She was walking around the aircraft, she came across a closed door room and starts knocking on it really hard. "Mateo! Come on, it's 10'clock! You can't be still sleeping!" she yelled. There was no response and opens the door to find the chamber empty. She looked around before leaving and closing the door. She came across Frederick, Dietrich, and Orlando."Have you guys seen Mateo?" asked Hero. "No, not all morning." answered Dietrich, shaking his head. "I haven't seen him." Frederich replied with a shrug. Orlando cracked a nervous grin, "I have a hint, ask his kidnapper." He said lightheartedly. Hero turned to him, "What's that supposed to mean?" she said. Orlando pulled out an opened envelope from his pocket and hands it over to her. Hero seized it and takes out the folded letter, reading it:

To whom it may concerned,

I have your boy, don't worry he's alive but not for long. If you want him back; You must follow these directions. The first is that you must gather information on Giovanni Longstride. He is known for starting the hellish IEPS, I must know some information on him. I will return your boy but only if you give me information on  him then I will return your boy unharmed.

Signed Jane Doe.

Hero left the room, looking for the leader. "Leo! Where the hell are you?" called Hero. "I'm in here!" A voice called out in the next room, Hero followed that voice and leaded halfway in the doorway. "Why are you shouting?" asked Leander. "Does it concern you that Mateo ran away and has been kidnapped?" Hero said, ignoring his previous question. Leander looked at her, dazingly. "You lost me." He replied. Hero holds out the letter, "Come over here and read this." she said with impatience. Leander gets up to read the letter. "This Jane Doe knows about the IEPS Department?" Leander finally asked, finishing the letter. "She must be one of those kids that were victims in that hell hole." replied Hero. "Hmph, She wants to know about the ignorant bastard then we'll give it to her." said Leander. Hero gave him a look, "Don't worry." assured Leander, "We'll get Mateo back, I can promise you." "If we do get him back; you better be nice to him." replied Hero, leaving the room. Leander looked at the letter in his hand before crinkling it in his hand, "Giovanni..." thought Leander angrily. During his so-called captivity; Mateo starts to trust Tamsin. Normally, he and Tamsin never talked much. It wasn't bad but Mateo was observing Tamsin a bit and sees her sway-waltz, sometimes she does happy dances and forgets Mateo is there. Mateo seems entertained by her happiness with music. One day, for a change of pace; he decides to look at what music she was listening to. He was surprised that she listens to music like Avril Lavigne, Evanescence, Flyleaf, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Nickelback, Simon Curtis, Blue Stahli, Jesse McCartney, Pendulum, Cascada, The Saturdays, Imagine Dragons, Icona Pop, Fall Out Boy, Jason DeRulo, and Krewalla. 

"Wow, you listen to good taste in music. You like this?" asked Mateo. Tamsin seemed nervous, "Y-Yeah...It's awesome." she said as she was silent for a moment. "Huh, at least you don't listen to the annoyingly, well known ones like Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Miley Cyrus--Trampy Miley, Chris Brown, One Direction, or anything like that." remarked Mateo. Tamsin blushed a bit, "I...Like 'Beauty and a Beat' but not Justin...." she admitted. Mateo shrugs a bit, "That's fine, I don't mind. Really don't mind." He said. Tamsin spoke up, "Also 'Little Things'...Not One Direction...." "Really? I'm not into them either but that song sounds sweet." Mateo said. "Mmm-Hmm." Tamsin nodded, rubbing her hands again, Mateo noticed. "There you go again! Rubbing your hands so nervously, relax! I'm not dangerous you know." chided Mateo with a chuckle. "Ohh....Kaaayyyy...." Tamsin said slowly, rubbing her hands subconsciously. Mateo looked at her firmly, "Seriously?" he asked. Tamsin dropped her hands, she looked flustered. "Sorry, sorry." She whispered. Mateo felt bad and came over at her calmly, "I told you, relax! Chill! Your fine, maybe that was my fault for calling you on it." Mateo reassured her. "I have dealt with this before, I can't help it." said Tamsin. Mateo held out his hands, backpedaling."It's fine, maybe you will one day." He said. Tamsin stared at him when he wasn't looking, To her he looked like Sean just slightly. "You really did coming back to me, Sean." Tamsin muttered.

While Orlando dig up research on Giovanni Longstride; Leander did his own research on the other worlds: The first one is Meliae State, the second is Vulcan Town, the third is Pygmy Boondocks, the fourth is Aether Guild, the fifth is Titanius Metropolis, the sixth is Khione City, the seventh is Erebeus Urban--The military which is run by Giovanni himself, and the eighth is Hecate Society--Nikita and Idina's own army of female psychopaths.Tamsin is seen wandering the place called Bossier City, where she finds a boy crying on the ground, his clothes are torn and ripped up. Tamsin helps him and learns his name is Simpleton. Tamsin takes him some place safe to clean him up, Simpleton tells Tamsin about he was forcibly attacked and violated. He begs Tamsin not to tell anyone, Tamsin is shocks and kept his word in but didn't seem comfortable in doing so. Simpleton seemed pleased and takes her to meet his friends. Tamsin meets Coyote, he was sort of the aggressive kind but not really however he seemed kind of nice. There was Merlin, a nerdy young man who seemed doubtful yet anxious fellow. And then there was a portly, jolly guy name George. He wasn't afraid to speak his mind on whatever it was but he's not too bright. Coyote, Merlin, and George get into trouble with some bullies: Jackal, who is the leader, and his henchmen. They start picking on Coyote and his friends but Tamsin couldn't stand the taunting any longer! 

Just before Jackal could attack, Tamsin blocks his attack and send him backwards. Jackal was stunt by this, Tamsin glares him. "You want to beat them? You're going have to go through me first." she said. Jackal looks at her before grinning, "Ohhh, I'm so scared. A girl's gonna hurt me." He taunted and his friends chuckled. Tamsin's eyebrow raised, "I'm not just a girl, pal!" She replied. Jackal simpers at her more as well as his friends, "Huh? Then what are ya then?" He asked. "Well, your about to find out." Tamsin said with a playful grin. "Bring it!" Jackal cried, charging at her but Tamsin dodges the attack. "Holy crap, she's fast Jackal!" exclaimed One of the others of Jackal's gang, Finn. "Not good enough, I can handle her!" bragged "You should give up because I can defeat you." Tamsin said, but she gets surprised when Jackal punched her hard in the face. In disbelief; Jackal let out a laugh, "Ha, gotcha!" He cried however he looked shocked to see red forming around Tamsin. Tamsin was having a flashback of how she was beatened by the staff of IEPS and anger build up, awakening a powerful fury inside her. Tamsin turned them with fearsome-ness in her eyes, "Now you got me angry, now you'll see the power of my rage!" She said in an inhuman voice. Jackal and the others were scared, but Jackal tried to laugh it off. 

"Aww, c'mon! It wasn't that bad!" Jackal said, nervously. Tamsin's rage was fired up like hellfire. The other delinquents were scared, "Oh man!" One of them cried. "Boss!" The henchman cried out. "I'm not running, I can handle this!" claimed Jackal. But he was wrong, Tamsin's attack was more powerful than before. It was something no one ever witnessed before! In another second; Jackal and the others were screaming in terror. Tamsin was standing over them with a dark looko n her face, almost like her evil twin sister would make. "Run away, and never return!" Tamsin said in a demonic voice. The bullies scampered to their feet and ran away, Simpleton and his friends watch them go while Tamsin returned to her normal self. Just then, A surprised laugh is heard and Tamsin to see Simpleton runs over to her with a big smile on his face, "Wow, that was so awesome!" exclaimed Simpleton. Coyote was amazed that he couldn't speak & looked at Tamsin with new respect. "Thank you." He said. Tamsin felt a surge of something pulling the strings, "Y-your welcome." she said. In the meantime; Mateo wakes up to find Tamsin gone and climbs the stairs to see the Weatherlys are having supper. They were surprised to see Mateo emerged from the basement."Ahh, Senior! So glad you came here to join us." Cronus said enthusiastically.  "Can I ask you guys about Tamsin? Who is she?" Mateo asked. The Weatherlys looked startled, "She never told you?" Gaia inquired. Mateo shook his head, "No, I thought maybe you know because she's different from the other girls." He replied. So then, The Weatherlys had to tell Mateo everything about Tamsin and her life. 

When Tamsin got home, She was surprised to see Mateo awake but quiet. Tamsin asked him what's the matter so Mateo got up and stood towards her. "I know who you are, Tam. You are a victim of a very cruel place. I understand and maybe I can help you." Mateo said. Tamsin was shocked to hear him say this, "You...Can?" She gasped. Mateo nodded, "Yes, I can." He replied. "Oh! I don't know what to say." "You can come with me, to Blue Moon." Mateo said. "Yeah, about that...." Tamsin said nervously. Mateo looked at her suspiciously, "What? What is it?" "It's a long story!" Tamsin exclaimed. So she told him about the letter and the threat in order to get Blue Moon's attention & how she learned about Mateo's membership of Blue Moon. Once she finished; Mateo looked at her scornfully, "Whoa, trying to cause trouble aren't ya?" He said. Tamsin grinned nervously, "Heh, yeah....Not so smart. I'll give you the plan, here it goes...." She explained that Mateo needs to play the hostage and be silent while Tamsin talks to Blue Moon, she said that once she releases Mateo back to Blue Moon, he can tell Leander about Tamsin saving his life and for her to come along. ".....And that's it!" Tamsin finished. "Just that?" Mateo asked. "Uh huh." Tamsin confirmed. "I can't wait for you to come with me to Blue Moon." "Yeah!.....Wait, what about my foster family? I can't leave them behind." asked Tamsin. Mateo's face fell: "Sorry, there's no room for all of them." Tamsin was crushed, "Oh, How would I break this to them?" Mateo shrugged, "I wish they could come but--Yeah, sorry." "It's OK." Tamsin said but she was sad. They didn't noticed that Terry heard the whole conversation because of the fact hew as going to do laundry but froze in fear of what he heard. He goes up quietly and told the family what he heard,  the other members were sad that they have to let her go. They had great memories but that Tamsin has a good life with this boy. 

Later, Tamsin and Mateo were surprised to be called into the living room where the other members of the family were gathered around. Cronus was the first to speak, "Tamsin, we want you to know that we are OK with whatever you want to do. If you choose to go with this boy and find your calling then we are fine with that. We are fine if you stay or go. However we will miss you." Tamsin was surprised by all this, "Really? You guys don't mind?" Gaia shook her head, "Not at all." She said. Tamsin was grinning from ear-to-ear, "Then I have a promise to make." She said. Cronus asked, "What's that?" "You might be not be my flesh and blood nevertheless I'll always remember you as my family." Tamsin announced. The next morning; Tamsin was packing as tears were welling in her eyes but she brushed them away. She had to be strong, she could not cry now. However when she was about to leave, she turned around and embraced Gaia. She cried in her neck and pulled away, "I'm so scared, I don't think I I can do this." admitted Tamsin tearfully. "You'll be fine, Darling. Just find your calling, you're journey is about to start now." Gaia reassured. Tamsin nodded, wiping her tears away: "When I return, I'll come and visit you. I swear I will." She vowed. Gaia patted her shoulder. "Go on, Amiga. And don't ever look back." She told Tamsin. Tamsin embraced Gaia one last time, she got her stuff and never looked back. Mateo walked alongside her, he put an arm around her comfortly. While walking towards the abandoned IEPS building; Tamsin puts the handcuffs on Mateo's wrists, "OK, remember the plan. And let me handle the talking, all right?" Mateo nodded, "OK." He answered. Tamsin leads him like a kidnapper would towards her alive captive. There was the crew of Blue Moon, waiting for Tamsin in the abandoned, broken down building. 

"You got the goods?" asked Tamsin. "You got the boy?" Leander asked. "First, hand me the information and then I'll give you the boy." Tamsin commanded. Leande and the others did what she told them. Tamsin got the information while returning Mateo to Blue Moon, however Mateo explains what's going on and begs Leander and Heroica to let Tamsin join. Convinced that Tamsin was good hearted and not so evil; Leander accepts, much to Tamsin's delight. "Yes, we can be together now Sean. We can be together again like before!" Meanwhile; There is a new girl at school, which the popular people befriends with. The girl's name is 'Dana', who seems naive and sweet as the popular kids decide to give her a tour of the town. Dana seems amazed by this sights howver she seems to act quite indifferent. At the break of dawn, Dana wants to say something in order to thank them for this nice time. The popular kids reply, "Sure, What is it?" Dana laughs a little and says, "Will you wither in blood for me?" The kids look shock, trying to see if she was kidding but Dana look kind of creepy with an evil smile on her face, "Wither in blood, you merciless spittoons! I hate seeing dogs picking on puppy just because of their height, weight, hair color, skin, mental disability, handicapped, and how they are. Maybe your punishment will be a good long ride in pain for you!" Dana replied. Dana turns out to be Idina in disguise, her innocent clothes turn into dark outfit of a short sleeved tunic, a long skirt, and Mary Janes. "You have bullied Amata Lamb, she was the fat girl you have been bullied so much. All because of her jiggly bottom, you all laugh at her, make fun of her butt, kicked at it like she was a human punching bag so now it's my turn to make you feel like a bag being beaten over and over again!"


She pummeled the bullies, hurting them violently, and she stopped in exhaustion and anger, "If I hear you bullying her again, this will be your last look of this world before I send you in the next life and there will be pain for you in this afterlife. Is that understood?" Idina demanded. The bullies nodded as they let out a weak, "Yes ma'm." Idina smiled creepily at them, "Good, ta-ta...'Friends'!" She let out a maniacally laugh and then vanished.