Chapter 7
Benoit: "Mei!... You ate my sandwich again."Mei: "Stop nagging, you old man..."Martin: "Mei… Don't talk to our father like that."Benoit: "...Did you eat it again?"Mei: "I was hungry…"
(Slap!)Mei: "Ouch."Benoit: "...You think you can just do whatever you want, huh?"Mei: "...That's no reason to hit me, I'm a girl."Benoit: "Huh… In Vietnam I killed women. Do you think I care what gender others have?"Mei: "…Blah blah blah… I don't want to hear that anymore."Benoit: "…Mei!..."
(A few days later)Benoit: "Mei!... What is that!"Mei: "...What does it look like?"Benoit: "Since when are you taking drugs!"Mei: "With a family like this you have to take drugs!"Benoit: "You will stop taking this poison now!"Mei: "And what are you going to do, huh? Give me one reason. You beat me every day… every day… every damn day… for every reason. And while you're at it, you also beat my brother!..."Benoit: "You are my property."Mei: "Our mother too?"Benoit: "Yes!"Mei: "...Fuck you, old man. I hope you go to hell!"Benoit: "…Ghhh."
(Clang!)
He hit her with a metal rod on the head, she collapsed unconscious to the floor.Benoit: "You damn brat!"Martin: "Dad… Dad… Wait… Calm down… she… she's bleeding."Benoit: "Ugh… Call an ambulance, what are you waiting for."
(A few days later)
Benoit's daughter Mei is now back home with her head bandaged.
(Knock!) (Knock!)
Benoit: "I want to talk to you."Mei: "Huh?... What… do you want to kill me this time?"Benoit: "No… I'm sorry…"Mei: "..."Benoit: "I lost control…"Mei: "…Now you should understand why I take drugs. Every time… This isn't the first time I ended up in the hospital because you went too far…"Benoit: "...Sometimes one has to put their children in danger."Mei: "Put yourself in danger."
He put his hand on her shoulder.Benoit: "…Mei… Do you hate me?"Mei: "Huh?... What kind of question is that…?"Benoit: "Say it."Mei: "Hahhh… No…"Benoit: "Really?"Mei: "Yes…"Benoit: "…Your mother is right. You are a good girl…"Mei: "…Huh?"Benoit: "…I hit you because I believe… that's the only way to know what is right and wrong. Do you understand?"Mei: "…Isn't there another way… tsss."Benoit: "No. Especially not with girls. That's how it is in our family. I saw with my own eyes how my father, your grandfather, abused my mother. After that my mother became much quieter and only said yes. That's how it should be…"Mei: "…What is that supposed to mean."Benoit: "…That means… I am sorry for your injury… but not sorry that I hit you."Mei: "How does that even work?"
Benoit… In the Vietnam war they called him the Goblin Giant or Orc Giant… because he was huge and like a monster. He abused his victims. He Abused the women in front of their children and partners… then abused the children… in the worst way possible. Even though the Marines knew about it, they did nothing… because he was strong… because every enemy trembled before him. He survived being shot in the head twice… his hands were strong enough to tear apart the heads of his enemies… He loved abusing his victims… He made several chains out of their bones… a true monster. But due to a bad injury… when a tank ran over his foot… even the tank couldn't destroy the foot completely, only the bones. He got several medals… In front of people he smiled… but for his family there was only fists, beatings and abuse. His wife got Mei, for example, through abuse … which is why her mother never talks to Mei.
Benoit: "…But I have a proposal for you… so that I won't hit you anymore."Mei: "…What kind?"
He closed the door, his devilish grin…
Benoit: "Hehehehe…"Mei: "Huh… again…"
He ripped her clothes.Mei: "Damn it, stop!"Benoit: "Hehehe…"
Mei: "…Ugh…"Benoit: "Hahhh… Mei… I always wanted to tell you something… Don't trust any human being… Look at me… your own father… abused you… What will others do? They will devour you! So you must be careful… and strong and strict and evil to survive."
(A few moments later)
But a few months later.
Reporter: "The former veteran Benoit Martin was brutally murdered last night by a woman. According to her statements, he tried to abuse her."
Mei: "Ugh…"Martin: "…Such a liar!"Elizabeth: "Such a bitch."
(A few months later)
Elizabeth: "Martin… do you know where your sister is?"Martin: "…She… she apparently ran away…"Elizabeth: "I… I'm worried… I can't find Benoit's gun."
(Meanwhile)
Mei: "Hahh.""Hey… you're cute."Mei: "Huh?"
He leaned on her shoulder.Mei: "Hey.""Well… want to hang out?"Mei: "…Ghhh… leave me alone.""Hey… it's fine… we won't do anything…"Mei: "Ghhh… huh."
She remembered her father's words… Don't trust anyone… be strict… and evil to survive.
"Huh!"
Suddenly she put a pistol under his chin.
(Bang!)
"Urk!""Huh… aaaaaaaarghhh."
One of them ran away… but Mei jumped on him from behind and stabbed him in the neck.(Slash… Slash!)
(Splatter!)
Mei: "Hahhh… hahhh… hahhh…"
Her hands full of blood… his pistol lying on the ground… she put her hands on her face.
Mei: "Hehe… hehehe… I did it… you see, Papa… you don't need to beat me anymore, right? I… I did what you wanted… so… you don't have to beat me anymore… I will be a good girl."
Benoit is dead… but not from Mei's mind. The reason for her obsession with this is… Mei was horribly abused by her father since childhood. Her fears of violence grew… especially toward people… Her father even said… if he as her father did such things, then people out there would hurt her even more… This lesson caused fear and paranoia in Mei… She was afraid… It was not out of love for her father… more like a curse. Trauma. The fear… of people… the fear of what people might do to her… the fear of being killed or tortured… Since she was a child Mei found many photos of her father… since then she feared people and adults. Mei was never in school… which made her socially unfit. She can neither read nor write… at least barely. Her mother never cared for her… because she actually wanted to abort Mei. All these facts made Mei believe… she is unwanted by everyone… and that she doesn't have the right to be happy. Which grew her feelings of revenge and hatred… and made her believe… that if she cannot be happy… then no one should.
Mei: "Hahahaha… hahahahaha… Papa… I will make you proud… I… I will do it all… just don't hit me… I know you are not… dead… that slut couldn't… or… hehehe… that can't be…"
(2 years later)
Clementine: "Hey."Mei: "Huh?... So you're looking for a job… (She looks familiar to me…)"
Then she met Clementine. At first she didn't know who she really was. But then… when she told her name after the mission.Clementine: "Clementine Hänsenberger."Mei: "Ugh… ah… okay."
(Back to current time)
Clementine: "Farewell!"
At the time when Clementine dropped her from the big wheel. But before Mei was sliced open, she actually managed… to hang on the wall at the last second with her knife.Mei: "Ghhh…"
(Slice!)
Mei: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhh!"
Her right hand… was hit.Mei: "I won't die… No… no… no… Forget it. Arghhhh…"
She climbed up. She found something behind the wall, a window. She actually managed to balance on the small knife with only one foot… while the other was half gone, she climbed up.
Mei: "Arghhhh… Ghhh."
Behind the window… the lake… she jumped down… and that's how she ended up… near the asylum.
Mei: "Gaaaaaahhhh…"
She climbed up…Mei: "Hahhh… hahh…"
Further and further she went… until she found the asylum and collapsed there.
Ms Sunday: "Oh dear… what do we have here?"Mei: "Ugh…"
She looked out the window.Ms Sunday: "…Hmm?"Mei: "Help me…"
(A few hours later)
Mei: "Ugh… hahhh…"Ms Sunday: "Shhhh…"Mei: "…Ugh… you are…"Ms Sunday: "Hello… My name is Alice… Alice Sunday…"Mei: "…Ghhh."
She grabbed a knife and pressed it against Ms Sunday's throat.Mei: "…Ghhh."Ms Sunday: "Such beautiful eyes."Mei: "Huh?"Ms Sunday: "But sad eyes… A person… who was abandoned…"Mei: "Ugh."Ms Sunday: "So lonely… so sad… so hurt… Your eyes show your soul… it screams… it wants help… it is lonely… searching for warmth…"Mei: "Ugh."
Her hands began to tremble.Ms Sunday: "…Poor girl. And you're so young."Mei: "I… I'm older than you."Ms Sunday: "But fragile like a child…"
She touched her cheek.Mei: "…What…"
She pulled her close and hugged her.Ms Sunday: "It's okay… the warmth you seek… is here…"Mei: "Ugh… (This warmth… it's so nice… warm… her hands… so soft… is she… an angel?... A guardian angel… whose wings… warm me… and hurt me… with a warm smile and warm hands…)"Ms Sunday: "So…"
She looked at her.Mei: "Huh?"Ms Sunday: "What is… your name… hmm?"Mei: "…Mei… Mei Martin…"Ms Sunday: "Oh… I see. Doesn't your arm hurt anymore?"Mei: "Yes… but… how did you stop the bleeding?"Ms Sunday: "Oh… simply. I stitched your foot and used some chemicals. Shhhh… This technique is dangerous and forbidden… but I'm very good at it. So… I'll go…"Mei: "Don't go…"Ms Sunday: "What?"Mei: "…Please… don't go… Please… stay with me…"Ms Sunday: "Hehe… relax, I'm going to get some water for you. I won't leave you. You have now the warmth you searched for. Promise… (Hehehe… What a coincidence… The perfect puppet… A fragile, naive, stupid girl… Hehehe… At last… it is time… for my plan…) Tell me… this tattoo… is it fake? A… gang member."Mei: "…I was… sort of…"Ms Sunday: "Could you do something for me…"Mei: "Huh?"
Mei looked at her.Ms Sunday: "A certain… chemical… cyanide. You know where to get it, right?"Mei: "Ugh… yes… I know a place."Ms Sunday: "Perfect."