THĒ JÃILBĪRD
Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 3&4
(Female•In•Disguise)
★★★★★★★★★★★★★
"You'll be killed, by me. I'll be ordered to kill you"
Adeline went cold, choking on her own saliva.
"Hey hey! Michael!" Kimberly shook her, still holding her soft cheeks.
"But you can call me Adeline anytime we're alone like this" Adeline replied, and Kimberly sighed.
"No. If I keep that up, then I might just mistakenly call you Adeline in public too"
"No. I know you're more intelligent than that, Kimberly. I just want to keep hearing my real name every once in a while so I won't forget who I really am. You're the only one who can make that happen" Adeline quickly shook her head, and Kimberly sighed again.
"Fine, but be careful, and don't do anything without telling me. You'll meet your roommates soon, and thankfully, they're cool" she said.
"Did you say that to make me feel better?" Adeline smiled slightly.
"Nope. Trust me they're the coolest guys in this clan" Kimberly smiled back, and then they both heard the opening of the bedroom door.
Adeline gasped, and Kimberly picked her clothes from where she dropped them.
She pushed it to Adeline's chest...
"Quick! Go change" she told her, and Adeline quickly drew the towel away from her body.
She slipped on the boxers, the jean, then Kimberly started helping her bandaging her b👀bs back.
"Newbie? You in there?" A voice came from the door.
Must be one of the roommates.
Kimberly wrapped the bandage faster.
"Are you mute? Say something or I'mma break down the door and we'll have to bath together! I'll get to see how big your d∆ck is anyways" the loud voice came again.
"I'll be out in a sec!" Adeline's fake male voice said when Kimberly finished tying the bandage.
She put on the male singlet, then the hoodie.
Kimberly opened the door eventually, and the face of a burly guy came to view with a scrunch on his nose.
"Kimberly? What the f∆ck are you doing in there with the newbie? Don't tell me you're already into him" he said with a scowl, but Kimberly just squeezed past him.
"He asked for assistance with the problematic shower, was just being kind" Kimberly replied coldly, and Adeline wondered if she's really her sister.
The tone she used for the guy is different... Russia really changed her sister so much, and she can't wait to experience that change too.
"You're not the kind type" the guy talked again with squinted eyes.
"I made an exception for him since he's hot" Kimberly replied, giving Adeline a short glance before leaving the room.
"Don't fƍking step this room anymore!" He shouted after Kimberly before facing Adeline.
"You can talk to me, newbie. Did you f∆ck her in the bathroom?" He asked.
'I don't even have a d∆ck' Adeline thought in her head before letting out a fake smile.
"She only really helped with the shower malfunction, can you stop talking about it?" She said through her teeth.
"Sure! My name is Loud by the way" he smiled, throwing his arm over Adeline's shoulder.
Adeline stilled, wanting to break free, but then she remembered she's supposed to be a man.
Men do this all the time, so she stayed.
Thankfully, she's same height with him.
"Your name is Loud? It makes sense" She replied, running her eyes through the room.
This guy can't be her only roommate... She'd die of his talkativeness.
Her prayers got answered when another guy came in, looking stern.
"Where the f∆ck have you been?" Loud questioned, pulling Adeline to his side.
The guy gave her a strange look, and Adeline frowned, wondering why he's looking at her that way.
Did he somehow figure out she's a female?
He didn't say anything before taking off his shoes, falling on the third bed.
"He's actually a cranky bastard, his name is Nikolai" Loud announced, and Adeline nodded as he finally let go of her.
"My name is...
"Is Micheal, I know... Everyone knows Micheal who fought with Malik an hour ago" Loud smiled, throwing his weight on the first bed.
"Y'all saw that?" Adeline replied, sitting on her own bed.
"There's a group chat for the mobsters, and only those who earned points with any of the Orlovs are eligible to join. On the chat, mobsters share everything that happens during the absence of others. You need to pass the test tomorrow and get accepted then earn points and join the chat! It's always fƍking sweet I tell you" Loud said, his voice so full of life.
Adeline couldn't help but smile again...he's so damn lively.
"Who are the Orlovs?" She asked.
"Oh Micheal, you know nothing, do you?" Loud left his own bed and came to sit with her, placing his arm on her shoulder again .
Adeline almost shifted back, but she had to remind herself that she's currently a man again, so she faced him.
"They're the family who owns this clan, and they're a large part of The Bratva. Their father, Erik is the Pakhan of the mafia. He's our top boss" Loud explained.
"Pakhan?" Adeline said.
"It's a Russian word, meaning LEADER" He replied.
"Oh...
"Yeah, and while he's powerful, his children are all mad. In fact, they're lunatics, all of them" Loud said in a whisper.
"Lunatics?" Adeline whispered back.
"Yeah" Loud nodded.
"You do realize there are cameras in this room, right?" Nikolai finally spoke, sitting up on his bed.
"I don't give a damn. I'm saying the damn truth anyways. They're all crazy" Loud rolled eyes.
"Just make sure you never step on Madden or Igor's toes, especially Madden..." Nikolai told her.
"Madden?" Adeline muttered curiously.
"Yeah, his nickname is Death, don't let him kill you... He's a beast" Nikolai said meaningfully.
Adeline smiled.
"I'm only here to train and focus...I have no reason to step on anyone's toes expect Malik's" she said, and Loud started laughing.
"I like you Michael! And I can't wait for your next fight with him, but your whole face is a mess" he said.
"It doesn't hurt, I'm used to wounds" Adeline replied, and Loud pulled her up.
"Shall I take you on a tour around the dark ominous compound?" he said, pulling Nikolai too.
"Goddamn it, Loud!" Nikolai grumbled, but Loud never listens to people, so he pulled him out together with Adeline anyways.
*
JINX AND POE'S ROOM*
It's the biggest room in the first residential wing, and they have that privilege since they're the closest to Madden.
They're like his personal girls, and they go for most missions with him.
Poe is on the bed, checking out some handguns while slowly rolling a gum in her mouth.
The room smells of nicotine, and there are several cigar butts on the ashtray lying beside the bed.
She received a mail on her laptop, and she opened it.
A smile spread on her lips when she saw it's from Madden. Their next mission is tomorrow, and she can't wait.
Nothing excites her than missions.
Jinx came out of the bathroom with her blue towel wrapped on her pale body, and she has a large smile on her face as she began drying her skin.
"You've been smiling since we finished shuffling the newbies to their rooms" Poe said from the bed, giving her a curious glance.
"The Micheal guy... Isn't he kinda hot?" Jinx winked.
"That one? He looks too fragile to be a guy., and he has a pretty soft face. He should have been a girl" Poe made faces, lightning another cigar.
"It doesn't matter... I love pretty guys, they have the biggest c∆cks" Jinx said, wearing bum shorts and a net blouse.
"You're already fantasizing about his c∆ck? I can't with you" Poe shook her head as she puffed on the cigar, and Jinx grinned, sitting beside her
"If only he could pass the trials tomorrow. Who'll be giving them the trial anyways?" She asked.
"Obviously Death. Isn't he the head trainer?" Poe shrugged.
"Master? Oh the newbies are so f∆cked" Jinx muttered.
*
MAYA'S SUITE*
Maya's room is like a shaman's.
Burning yellow candles formed two straight lines to her bed, and the room smells like incense.
All the windows are closed, and it's dimly lit so air is not even coming in, and it's so warm.
Maya is sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, and a table is in front of her which she placed her arms on.
A knife is in her right hand, and she placed the sharpest part of the knife on her left arm.
Her eyes gleamed with excitement as she prepared to cut, and she smirked before cutting.
Her blood trickled out immediately, and she laughed out when she saw the redness.
"My blood is so pretty" she muttered, preparing to cut again.
A knock sounded on the door, interrupting her.
"Yes?" Her smile disappeared like it never happened.
Kimberly came in, bowing respectfully.
"You're needed at the torture house, miss" she said.
"Go back, I'm not in the mood to torture anyone tonight. Call Madden to do it. As you can see, I'm in the middle of something" Maya replied, raising her bloody arm.
"Look, isn't my blood pretty?" She said, and Kimberly looked up.
"You're doing it again?" She said.
"That's not the right answer. I asked if my blood is pretty!" Maya spranged up, kicking the table in front of her away.
"Of course, it's pretty" Kimberly smiled.
"Good. I'm not coming out of this room anymore tonight. Go call Madden like I said. If Madden won't do it, then do it yourself. Don't call Igor, or I'll kill you. I'll never allow Igor do my duty" Maya calmed.
"Yes miss" Kimberly bowed again before leaving.
Maya sat back, but a minute later, she stood, walking to her window.
She slightly raised the curtains and peeked out.
She sighted Igor walking a corridor not far from her window, but he's not alone.
He's with another guy, and immediately she saw that other guy, she smiled slightly, resting her arms on the window frame.
*
IGOR'S SUITE*
Igor huffed in annoyance when he arrived at his suite with the guy beside him.
His name is Andrei, and he's the only one Igor relates with in the clan.
Just like Madden has Jinx and Poe, Igor has Andrei, and he's like his personal bodyguard.
"You should chill out tonight" Andrei spoke up.
"Chill out?" Igor faced him angrily.
He has been like this since Madden punched him in the mountain earlier.
"Chill out? That bastard does this every damn time! He is my junior brother! I and Maya come before him but he doesn't give a f∆ck! Yunno the most annoying part? Everyone in the family loves him more than me, even our damn parents!" Igor yelled.
"Maybe you should stop trying to provoke him everytime. Everyone knows the more you try to provoke Death, the deadlier he becomes" Andrei said, and he didn't get a warning before Igor gave him a heavy backhand, sending him staggering with a cut on his face.
"You dare worship him in front of me? How dare you!"
"It's the truth" Andrei replied bluntly like a statue, and Igor almost shot him in the mouth, but he only barged into his suite and shut the door at his face.
"Stay there till daybreak! You can't move, blink nor breath! Fƍking stay there!" He shouted from inside.
Andrei immediately stood attention, obeying the command.
*
MOUNTAIN, MADDEN'S MANOR*
The lights surrounding the manor are currently off, but the ones inside are all on.
The lights are red, both the LED and gothic chandeliers, giving the house a bloody shade.
It's damn silent except the sound of slow classical music coming from one of the rooms.
Inside the workroom, there's Madden.
He's sitting in a procedural posture, and his eyes are focused on the work of arm in front of him.
His hands are soiled with clay as he's currently moulding a woman's breast.
He has been a fan of pottery since he was young. It keeps him busy whenever he's not killing someone or beating someone to death.
His eyes aren't soft nor hard... it's just in-between, but the emptiness is still palpable.
He added n×pples to the br+ast he's moulding, and then Kimberly came in.
"The f+ck are you doing here?" He asked without looking up.
"Miss Maya refused her duty" Kimberly replied.
"Let me guess... that damn psychotic lady told you to make me do it?" Madden said.
"Yes" Kimberly replied, and Madden looked up with a smirk.
He grabbed his gun with his clayish hand immediately, and he shot directly at Kimberly.
Kimberly swiftly did an handstand, landing far away from that spot.
The bullet hit the wall, and she gulped, bowing as the gunshot sound echoed in the air.
"That's for coming here to intrude my privacy just because she told you so" he said, his expression freezing.
"I'm sorry" she muttered, and he stood, dropping the gun on the ground before leaving the room.
"Leave... I'll take care of it" he said, entering his bedroom which is as cold as ice.
Kimberly literally ran out of the manor.
*
10PM*
Adeline enjoyed the company of her roommates more than she expected.
Though Loud did all the talking, and Nikolai only talked when necessary, it's still fun.
They showed her to the nook and cranny of the clan, including the kitchen where a woman is in charge.
The pool which is the second home of Trixie.
The general training ground, the house of Orlovs, the suites of everyone of them, then some important people in the clan.
"You showed me the house of all the children, except the Madden guy" Adeline said curiously.
"Death lives on the mountain, in a manor at the end of the clan" Loud said.
"Strange" Adeline muttered as they came across a another big building which looks like a church cos of the sign of the cross in front of it.
"It's what you're thinking. This is a cathedral, but mobsters rarely enter" Loud said.
"Then why was it built in the first place?" Adeline asked.
"You'll soon find out" Nikolai replied.
The next house they met is freaky with thorny walls and roof, built with pure heavy metal.
Adeline felt crushed only by looking at it.
"And this is The Torture House where those who go against the clan rules are punished" Loud said, leading the way in.
Immediately Adeline stepped in, she could already hear the chilling cry of someone, and it made her heart slam.
The two guys began showing her around the house, and at each room they enter, she gasped.
The first room has metal chains tied to the concrete ceiling, and at the end of the chains, there are nooses for the neck.
"This is the hanging room. Death by hanging happens here" Loud said.
The next room has a wide hole which looks like a well, and Adeline peeked into the hole slowly.
"Careful, don't fall in. That's not water, it's acid" Loud said, and she cautiously stepped back.
"This is the acid bath room" Nikolai said.
The next room can't be entered cos the flooring is made of nails. Giant nails.
"This is the nail judgement room" Loud said, and they moved on.
The closer they came to the next room, the louder the cries got, and when they finally got there, it's exactly what she expected.
A female is getting punished, and only one person is in the room with her.
It's a guy, and he's sitting nonchalantly on a chair, facing the crying girl.
The girl has been stripped off her clothes, so she's naked, and the guy is spraying her with water from a water gun.
"Why is she crying? Isn't that just water?" Adeline said.
"Water? It's concentrated pepper liquid, diluted with battery water" Nikolai replied.
"What!" Adeline sounded.
"Can't you see her body changing color? Give her five more minutes and she'd drop dead" Loud added, and Adeline folded her fists.
"What's her offense?" She asked, not taking her eyes off the room.
"She poisoned another female and killed her cos of a guy. It's forbidden to kill a fellow mobster without a solid reason" Loud explained.
Adeline kept shut afterwards, watching silently.
She could imagine the slashing pains journeying through the female's body right now, and despite the fact that she deserves it, she couldn't help but pity her.
Her eyes slid to the guy punishing her, and though his back is on her, she feels like she has seen him before.
He suddenly stood, maybe because the female's cries turned annoying or something else...
He dropped the water gun and got a real gun.
He shot her between the eyes, and her blood splashed on the wall as she fell dead, but that's not all.
He opened a cage by the wall, and four giant black dogs came out.
They dragged her body into the cage, and he closed it back before finally turning to face them,.
His cross necklace caught Adeline's attention first, the she looked up at his face, and her eyes widened slightly when she realized...
It's the bastard who threw a blade at her!
"Do not make eye contact, he hates it" Nikolai told her, but she couldn't even turn her face away.
She wants to wound him right now, so she glared, and she saw him smirk.
She started walking to him, but immediately she took one step...
"That's the Madden we've been talking about, the top member of the Orlovs children." Loud said, and Adeline froze.
Madden smirked evilly, giving her a frosty glance before leaving the room through the second door beside them.
Adeline couldn't help but hear him mutter something...
"Brave"
She clearly heard him say that in a grave voice, and she wondered who it's directed to.
Is it her?
She remained frozen till he went out of sight, then she looked up slowly.
Hope she's not in his bad book already.
*
NEXT MORNING, GENERAL TRAINING GROUND*
The ground is already full to the brim with mobsters, waiting to watch the newbies initiation.
The newbies are already in line too, they're twenty in number, all looking tensed.
Adeline was repeatedly folding her fists on her spot.
She's lining up beside Malik, and Malik won't stop whispering threats into her ear.
"I'll kill you, I promise"
"You're dead, trust me"
"The moment we both pass, then you're officially signing your death warrant"
Adeline chose not to give him any attention, her eyes are on Kimberly who's somewhere among the crowd, watching her with hope.
Loud and Nikolai are part of the mob crowd too, and Loud won't stop giving her hopeful smiles.
Nikolai stayed frank as usual.
Jinx and Poe are present, and Jinx wouldn't stop biting her lip as she stared at Adeline...
Trixie is the only one present among the Orlovs, and she's holding her arrow and bow, watching everything neutrally.
Igor suddenly stormed into the place with Andrei beside him.
"And where the hell is Madden! He's in charge! Is he planning to neglect his duties again?" He said.
Trixie scoffed as everywhere became silent, then Sin appeared.
He's wearing black shorts only, grinning playfully till he got to the middle.
"Madden sent me here. Luckily, the trial is subpar this year. The newbies are ordered to do hundred press-ups. Anyone who can't keep up will be thrown out" he announced.
"Press-ups only? Is Madden f+çking ok? What the hell!" Igor shouted.
"It's his duty, and he can give them any damn trial he wants. Quit the jealousy!" Trixie replied.
Igor instantly tried to attack her, but hastily, she set her bow in her arrow, pointing at him.
"Come closer and I'll release it"
He came closer anyways, and she released the arrow, but Andrei caught it before it could get to Igor.
Sin smiled, and Trixie scoffed.
"Master Madden is crazy" Jinx said.
"Tell me about it. I was expecting something like making them kill each other. Survival of the fittest like last year's" Poe replied.
"You can start, newbies" Igor said, not hiding the venom under his voice as the newbies got to work.
Adeline and Malik went down at the same time, going in position.
"I'll kill you" Malik whispered to her again.
"That's if I don't kill you first" Adeline replied, starting her press-ups.
She did it regularly when she was in jail, so it shouldn't be a problem, but then she has always done just 70, and now they need 100 to accept her?
"Michael!!!!" Loud shouted from his spot, and she started immediately, going up and down as her bones tightened.
She has to pass this... She needs to.
Malik is already on the twentieth, but she's only just entering fifteen.
She could feel Kimberly's hopeful eyes on herself, and the screams of the mobsters got hotter and hotter by the minutes.
Malik got to fifty, and she's only just entering thirty.
"Michael!!!!" Loud screamed again, encouraging her.
"He's the weakest of them all, it's obvious" Jinx said, staring at Adeline.
"I told you...but he looks like he's not giving up" Poe replied.
Kimberly was praying inwardly, hoping she keeps up till the end
Adeline entered seventy, and her limbs and arms began shaking.
'No... no this isn't the time... This isn't the right time to get weak' she told herself.
She remembered her parents pale ghostly face on the night they died, and that gave her energy to push till 80.
She's dying...her sweat is pouring so much, and it feels like a suicide mission to move again.
Two of the guys stood at the same time, they completed the 100 already, and the mobsters screamed for them.
Twelve newbies fell already, collapsing on the ground when they couldn't take it anymore.
It's Adeline, Malik and six others left right now, but when Adeline entered 88, Malik stood.
He's done with his 100.
"Micheal!!!!" Loud screamed for the third time, but Adeline can't just move anymore.
Her limbs aren't even there again, and her arms are literally broken.
Moving again means she wants to die as her sweat entered her eyes.
It stings... As f+ck!
'i can do it' she told herself, continuing with difficulty.
"Arggghh!!!" She groaned, pressing up again.
"Yes! Yes! Micheal yes!" Loud resumed the screams, and Kimberly folded her fists tight, her veins nearly exploding.
"Please... Adeline... please" she muttered.
"He's f+çking doing it!" Jinx said.
When Adeline got to 99, she was already shaking sickly, and her face lost all colour.
By now, the remaining six newbies fell already, so it's just her left.
She gathered her non-existent breaths and strength before trying to do the 100th press-up, but her arms slipped cos of the shakiness.
She fell on her face, and Kimberly's shoulders dropped.
"F+ck!" Jinx spat.
"Damn it" Loud said.
Malik bit his tongue, looking disappointed that Adeline didn't pass.
Adeline continued laying there, fighting back her tears of failure.
She f+çking failed.
"Malik, Timo and Kai... You passed" Igor called out the names of the three guys standing, but then another person entered the place.
Madden!
Immediately he stepped in, silence took over again, and even the fall of a pin would be audible.
His sinister steps echoed till he got to the middle, settling his eyes on Adeline who's still on the ground.
"I'm adding one more name to the list" he said, and the silence deepened.
Igor's face morphed into angry and pissed immediately.
"What the f+ck are you saying?" He faced him in a swift.
"Michael Alonso... You're in" Madden said without even giving Igor any attention.
Adeline's eyes widened so much on the ground, unable to believe her hot red ears.
TBC
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