Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 79&80

 

 THĒ JÃILBĪRD

Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 79&80

(Female•In•Disguise)

By; Naomi Cindy B.

★★★★★★★★★★★★★

#UNEDITED

ARCHIVE ROOM*

Adeline had almost lost her voice to screaming, and her palms hurt by pounding at the glass door repeatedly.

If got to a point when she grabbed the only chair she found in the room and brought it to the door, trying to shatter it with the metal, but the chair did nothing to the glass at all.

It was bouncing her back as she slammed, do she sweatily dropped it and looked around for windows, but there's just one, and it's built with the same glass the door was built with.

She stood on the chair and tried pushing the window open, but it was futile cos it didn't move at all.

She punched it, but she only hurt herself on the knuckle, so she gave up and got down from the chair, exhaling in frustration.

She turned her back on the wall, and she was left with no choice but to look around the room.

There's a comfortable bed, and there's a table where she carried the chair from.

There's a long wooden shelf at each angle of the wall, and it contains old books and journals.

Also, there's a freezer which she walked to.

She opened it and saw it's on, and it's full of foods, snacks and beverages of all sorts.

She shut the freezer angrily and got out her phone. 

Her eyes widened... Why hasn't she thought about this before?

She dialled Jinx's number, but there's no network here at all, so it didn't go through.

She angrily threw the phone on the bed and dipped her fingers into her hair before walking lazily to one of the shelves.

She picked just any book, and immediately the book left the shelf, the shelf rolled inside, revealing another hidden door.

She gulped as she watched the door open, and she carefully stepped in.

Inside the room, there's another world entirely.

Turns out Madden keeps his major masterpieces in this room.

Artworks, images and statues that are worth billions, trillions of rubles.

They're all in show glasses, and halo lights poured into every of the glasses, showcasing the grandeur of the works.

There are statues of important men that belong in the museum, there's a fountain, and there's a moulded mountain too, even a mini manor, and a grand porcelain that'd change anyone's life if sold.

She was gulping as she checked the riches out, but then she sighted something in a different show glass.

It's a red big book that looks like a diary, so she gently opened the glass and took out the book, blowing the dust away before sitting in front of the glass.

She crossed her legs as she unzipped the book.

It's a diary.

He keeps a... Diary?

But when she opened it, that assumption changed cos it wasn't written in mute language.

It was written in plain language, and it belongs to Maya.

It was titled...

MADDEN AND MAYA'S CHILDHOOD.

Adeline took a deep breath before turning the first page.

*

COMPOUND*

Madden went straight to the kitchen since he's sure Zoya will be there.

It's the only place that'd welcome her in this whole compound without his approval.

He could already hear Angelika's cries before he even entered, and when he got in, he met Zoya sitting at the dinning, trying to pacify the little girl who obviously wasn't having it.

Aleksandr is sitting with Lady at another angle, and he's eating some oatmeal, but he dropped his spoon immediately he sighted Madden.

Angelika left Zoya's side and jumped down from the stool, coming for him.

"I don't want you as my daddy!!! I want another daddy!!" She cried annoyingly, and a cruel though crossed Madden's mind cos right now, he's seeing nothing but Corey's face in her.

He wants to grab her neck and snap it, but then he crossed out the thought as fast as it came.

Only demons think that way, but isn't he one? He doesn't have to possess horns and talons before he'd be branded.

"Are you done cosseting your slut? Well tell her her time is over, and I'm back with your kids to claim you! The election is in two weeks so I want our weddig on the election day too. We get married in the morning, and you can get father's vote in the afternoon" Zoya said.

Calmly, Madden picked a knife from the table which he threw at her.

The blade flew to her, delving into her upper arm.

"Darn! Madden!" She groaned, removing the knife from her arm.

It's now stained with her blood, but she didn't bother to check it out before throwing it back at Madden.

Madden caught the knife, then he threw it back again.

Zoya couldn't avoid it, so it stabbed her in the arm again, on the same spot as the first stab.

"Madden!!" She cried, unable to remove the knife this time as her blood dropped on the kitchen ground in rivulets.

"Mommy!!!" Angelika cried louder while Aleksandr only looked on with a smile on his face.

He loved Madden more immediately.

"He's really my dad" he muttered with a thrilling edge on his voice.

"Death..." Lady Selesta said, trying to calm Madden down, but it didn't work cos Madden was already with Zoya.

He threw her a punch in the face, and her jaw cracked, then she returned the punch, but Madden swayed aside, avoiding her fist before catching it 

He pulled her head to the table and smashed it hard on the glass.

"Mommy!!!" Angelika cried again as Zoya's head began bleeding.

"Madden" she muttered shakily, and Madden rolled eyes as he watched her ego crashing.

"You had the guts to step on my compound and slap one of my girls repeatedly? You wounded one of my boys on the head too, and your boys made a mess of the clan! All because you wanted the manor key that you'd never get? Do I look like I want your pu$$y? Do I look like I want you at all?" He boiled, each word spelling out burning danger.

Zoya's head remained on the table, she couldn't move.

"The plan was to marry you before the election, not to bring you to my manor, but if you continue like this, I might actually break your legs so I'll get married to you on a wheelchair" Madden continued roughly, and Zoya swallowed.

Angelika quickly went on her knees, rubbing her palms together with tears in her eyes.

"Please let go of my mommy, don't break my mommy's legs... please forgive her" 

Her pleads were coming out choky, making it obvious just how much she cried.

Lady Selesta and Aleksandr didn't even add anything to the talk, the two only looked on speechlessly.

Madden let go of Zoya, and he didn't wait another minute before storming out of the kitchen.

Zoya stood, and Selesta quickly gave her a cup of water which she poured on her face, rinsing the blood away.

"I... Personally think it's better to return to your father's mansion. It's obvious, Death doesn't want you here" Selesta said.

"I'm staying here, Selesta" Zoya rolled eyes, taking her handbag from the island.

A round stuff fell out of the bag, and Selesta quickly picked it up.

"Camphor?" She said.

Zoya snatched it from her immediately.

"I'll be staying at your apartment till I get mine tomorrow morning" she said, leaving the kitchen too.

Aleksandr followed her, but Angelika continued crying, so Selesta carried her and placed her on the island.

She wiped her tears thoroughly and smiled.

"Didn't you miss me? Stop crying your mommy is fine" 

"I missed you, but I don't like Death... I don't want him" she shook her head.

"Give him some time to settle with your mum, and everything will be fine...ok?" Selesta's said, and Angelika sniffled.

"I prepared a whole lot of walnut cake and candies for you" Selesta cheered.

"I think... I think mommy hates Micheal" Angelika said.

"Why?"

"Cos I overheard her talking about killing Micheal's aunt Odessa on phone. Can you help me find Micheal and tell him to be careful?" Angelika replied, and Selesta shadowed her eyes for a while before finally nodding.

"Sure"

Angelika smiled.

*

CATHEDRAL*

Madden is inside, sitting and facing the big cross in front of the alter as usual.

He's caressing the necklace on his neck, and as he did, he could feel a slight sting.

Adeline loves pulling it during s+x or kisses, and whenever she does, the necklace leaves a sore red line around his neck, but he loves it though.

He's obsessed with her rough pulls and straightforward nature, but the one thing he'd like to straighten out is her thoughtlessness and stubbornness.

It doesn't seem like it could be f+çked out of her, so locking her up would do for now.

He looked at the big cross again, sighing as he remembered how it came about.

FLASHBACK, AGE 10~BASEMENT*

The Masked Monster hasn't visited throughout this week which is very odd, but it's even more odd that Madden has been earnestly expecting her.

He couldn't wait to take the injection again.

He has been taking it for four years now anyways, and he's used to it, but the oddest thing he found out one month ago is that he's not the same Madden from four years ago 

He's not the same six year old boy who would cry at the slightest penetration oj injection into his body.

His system built immunity to the serum already, and right now the rate at which it's making him strong is higher than the rare at which it's making him mad.

He's not sitting and brooding or scribbling as usual. In fact, it's been over five months since he scribbled.

He's standing beside the wall, fists folded to punches, then he started throwing the punches relentlessly at the wall.

The sound of his punches reverberated through the basement like thunderclap, and he was sweating and smirking as he punched till his knuckles peeled and began bleeding so much, but he didn't stop.

His head was banging, his stomach hollowing, and his muscles growing with his anger, but he still didn't stop, even when his blood formed a pool at his feet 

The bones in his knuckles were starting to show cos the wall concrete tore his knuckles flesh already.

The opening of the door made him stop, and a drop of sweat fell from his chin to his chest as he faced the door 

The Masked Monster stepped in as he expected, and a happy smile made his lips curl.

Definitely, the woman was surprised cos her eyes squinted in her mask as she advanced.

Madden stood his ground till she arrived at his spot, getting the double injection out of her cloak.

"Shall we?" Her heavy voice came, and she held her hair, ready to shove the injection into him

Madden suddenly grabbed her hand and twisted it back, making the injection fall away from her hand.

Shockingly, she took her hand away from him in a rough struggle, and her long nails tore through Madden's chin in the process, leaving a drawn wound.

She grabbed him by the neck and raised his leg from the ground, choking him and ready to kill him.

"You promised to take your shot and your sister's! Are you going back on your words? Huh!!!" She yelled crazily, choking him harder.

Madden's legs shook midair, and blood came out of his nose and mouth.

It was too much, and his eyes turned, but then his mouth opened...

"I...." He talked, and the woman's eyes widened.

"I... I'll kill...you" Madden finished the statement, and her eyes widened, serving as a distraction.

Madden tried to pull the mask away from her face, but she threw him down before his hand could reach her 

He immediately picked the fallen injection, and before the woman could get it, he already shoved it into her right leg.

"Arhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!" Her heavy yell rented the basement as she felt the madness in her own system too.

Madden stood and got a plank laying on the ground to smash her head with, but she was already running out of the basement, dragging her leg.

Madden threw the plank at her, and it got her back, making her fall by the door.

"Urhgg!!" She growled, crawling...

Madden started walking fast to the door with the aim of ending her life right there, but before he got to her, someone pulled her away.

He pushed the door open, and she was totally gone.

He ran down the stairs, his face and body full of blood and dust, but she's nowhere to be found.

Someone in this compound rescued her, definitely.

"Madden?" Maya appeared at the base of the stairs, and he turned around as she climbed up.

"Mayashenka" he called and her eyes popped as she stopped shockingly on her tracks.

"You...you just talked" she said, and he nodded once...

"Obviously" he said, and tears of joy rushed out of Maya's eyes as she rushed to hug him.

"You're finally back... you're back" 

"The Monster is gone..." He replied, and she slowly broke the hug 

"She let you go?"

"I sent her away, but I'm sure she's coming back" Madden replied, and Maya gulped.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you, with my life" he said, and Maya smiled before hugging him again.

BACK TO THE PRESENT*

Madden stood and let go of his necklace pendant.

The necklace he got because of the cross tattoo he saw on the monster's chest, then this cathedral he insisted on building it too because of her...

He has plans to kill Nazeera inside this cathedral whenever he catches her.

He'd slaughter her to pieces on the alter. She'd be his first sacrifice to Satan.

"Death?" Trixie's voice made him turn to see her just coming in.

She let out a faint smile, but it faded fast.

"Are you sure Micheal...I mean Adeline...are you sure she's my sister? Or you only said that to make me join your team?" She asked, and he smirked.

"Why the f+ck would I lie to you to get you when I have more than enough girls?"

Trixie went silent immediately.

"I got the documents from Erik's office right after his death, and even before I got it, I could smell the familiarity between you two... " He said simply.

"Then why didn't you tell her about it? Are you scared she'd decide to leave once she finds out? The truth about me is the only thing still holding her down here" Trixie replied.

"Keep shut" Madden said, and Trixie gulped as Madden walked out of the cathedral.

Trixie sniffled, sitting on a chair as he let out tears.

"I badly wanna let her know I'm her sister... I wanna hug and stay in her arms so bad" she muttered, covering her face with her palms.

*

From the cathedral, Madden went to the park and got the blood moon bouquet from his car.

He was striding back to the manor when he sighted his boys and girls at the trampoline.

Poe, Jinx, Loud and Malik.

Malik's head is plastered, and his laughter resounded in the night air as he laughed at a joke made by Loud.

Poe and Jinx are still not talking, so even from his spot, he could feel the vibes of their differences.

He just hopes they'll all be alive by the end of this power struggle, but his instincts never lie.

Someone is gonna die, though he has no idea who.

He turned around to continue his journey, but surprisingly, he met Aleksandr waiting behind him.

The youngster has some nerves, and the fact that he's not scared of him like Angelika is something to be intrigued with.

"Mum said you love tough kids, so I tried my best to toughen up, and nothing scares me" he boldly said, and Madden smirked before moving closer.

"You learned to be like me?" He said, and Aleksandr nodded.

"Forget everything you learned... I'm not the one you should copy" he said icily and walked past him, leaving him there.

Aleksandr watched him till he's out of sight, then he sighed.

"What kinda human dislikes his kids?" He mumbled.

*

IGOR'S SUITE*

Sin is on the couch with a shit-eating grin on his face and a thrilled look in his eyes as he savoured the scene in front of him which he just can't get enough of.

Ksenia is wearing only a thin singlet and bum shorts, and her bre+sts were bouncing in the fit as she carried a bowl of snacks around the living room, intentionally roaming.

Igor stood behind the couch Sin is sitting on, watching her with mad anger bubbling inside of him.

It's like his hands are tied, he can't do nothing but watch the crazy fox.

She had forcefully taken his room earlier since she insisted that they'd have to share a room.

"Husband-to-be... You want some snacks?" She faced him suddenly, holding up a cookie from her bowl.

"This is my house, and you offering me snacks sounds illegal" Igor glared, and she scoffed before walking to him.

"Aren't we getting married anymore? This is practically my house too" she said with a carefree spirit, tightening her scarf.

Igor only looked on with fury, and she dropped her bowl.

"Yunno when I was young... I always wished I had my mother to make me snacks like this, even till now. During my graduation in Italy three years ago, only my father was present, and I couldn't help but be driven to tears when I saw others with their mothers when mine was absent, cos she's dead. She died immediately I was born" she said frankly.

"And why are they telling me this crap story?" Igor scoffed, and she brought her hands to his neck, adjusting his polo gently.

"Because... At least we have something in common. I heard you don't even know your mother" she said, and Igor went silent.

Sin reclined on the couch too, the statement sinking deep into his head.

"Goodnight" Ksenia smiled, letting go of his polo before taking her bowl.

She walked in, and Sin exchanged glances with Igor before tears escaped Igor's eyes.

"I knew you'd cry, bastard" Sin muttered hurtfully.

*

ZHITNEVO*

"I clearly told you to start the elimination of the top 5 tonight! You think I was thoughtless when I made the order? What the heck is wrong with you! You think Madden is someone you can just sit and relax in a competition with? He's crafty as f+ck and if we don't move faster than him, then even your late father's connections won't be enough to take back what he's gonna take from us!" Nazeera yelled at Corey from the screen

Corey is in room 6 with Gianna, they're both just getting back.

"The election is two weeks away, there's still much time" Corey calmly said.

"To play around?" Nazeera questioned hotly.

"I wasn't playing around" Corey replied.

"He tried to kill Death" Gianna said.

"You shut it!" Corey snapped.

"He tried to kill Death because of Adeline! I followed him" Gianna said, and Corey's bones tensed as he saw Nazeera's eyes blazing on screen.

"Mother...

"So this is because of the Adeline girl again? Why don't we make this simple, then you can focus" Nazeera cut him of and pressed a button, alerting every worker in the building.

"Attention, everyone... It's time to get what you've all been craving" she said.

"No...no mother!" Corey shouted.

"I want the post on all Russian underworld news. Post and repost and make sure it spreads before daybreak, that Micheal of the Orlov clan is a female! She deceived The Bratva!" Nazeera ordered, and the screen went off.

Gianna smiled as Corey ran out of the room with wide terrified eyes.

The building got hot with heat cos almost all the systems have gurus working in front of them.

Daybreak is too long, cos he's sure that in an hour, Adeline's face will be out for everyone in Russia.

He was sweating as he got his burner phone and dialled Madden's line...

*

CLAN, MANOR*

Madden stepped into the thin balcony at the right side of the manor immediately he returned.

There are varieties of roses there, sheltered in flower pots, but they're all black roses.

He emptied out one of the black roses  and replaced it with Adeline's red rose, then he carried the small pot and head to his office.

He opened the hidden door, and immediately he stepped in and met Adeline coming out of the other room with the red book in hand and tears in her eyes, he knew she read it already.

He set the flower pot on the table, and she came closer.

"So... It was semen donation? You didn't really sleep with her?" She hiccupped.

"Not my semen, per se" he replied gruffly, and she sniffled, dropping the book.

"What do you mean?"

Madden was about to talk again when his phone chimed, and when he checked to see a new text from a new line, he scowled.

• Let's meet at the Death Zone, I have something to tell you about Ade.

He knew who it was immediately, so he grabbed Adeline's hand 

"Where are we going?" She asked weakly, and the weakness in her voice cut through him like a knife.

He hates her weak state like this, and he hates that reading Maya's diary made her so.

"Somewhere crucial" he replied, and then he's dragging her out of the room.

She followed without arguing further, and three minutes later, they were driving out of the compound in his Audi.

She has cried so much that she wasn't ready to even talk till they get to wherever they're going.

He drove with an hand, and he brought the second one to hold her hand with 

She didn't object.

In fact, she brought their interlocked hands his her lips to kiss warmly, making him groan softly.

He pulled the car up at the Death Zone, same place she met Corey at the other time.

"Stay back" Madden told her, and then he's out of the car, shutting the door.

The car windows are tinted, but she can see and hear what's going on outside though.

The moon was shinning brightly in the sky as Corey came out of the construction site, and she blinked.

What's Corey doing here?

"I know we're not in good terms, Death, but you have to protect Adeline at all costs. Her identity will be out for the whole of Russia tomorrow morning, and she might get killed!" Corey said urgently, and her eyes widened in the car.

"Long time no see, Corey" Madden replied like he didn't hear what Corey just said, and Adeline could see his signature smirk on his face.

She just knew something was about to happen.

"Are you really here for this, or is it rather because you missed your first love?" Madden said, and Adeline saw Corey's eyes sinking.

"Don't go there" he muttered.

"Why? Are you scared you'd feel like kissing me again? You gave me your first kiss remember?" Madden said knowingly.

"Shut the f+ck!!!" Corey yelled loudly.

"Bixesual Corey. You're attracted to both males and females" Madden chuckled, and Corey retrieved his gun from his pocket, aiming straight at Madden who went closer till the gun barell was touching his forehead.

"Stop talking about it, it's my past! I was only attracted to you before I met Ade, not anymore!" Corey spat.

"Attraction? It was more than attraction, motherf+cker! You were madly in love with me, and when I told you to m+sturbate for me, you didn't hesitate before doing it right in front of me in my manor ... Six years ago... January 5th, at exactly 9pm, that f+çking cold night... Still remember what you said while cummin' in front of me? I LOVE YOU, MASTER" Madden muttered devilishly.

Adeline's mouth widened in the car, and she didn't waste time before coming out.

Immediately Corey saw her, he held his head, walking backwards as shame almost killed him.

"No...No...no no..... No....no....no....no...  No.....no!!!!!!!"

TBC.

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