Twisted Empire - Episode 61&62

 

TWISTED EMPIRE

Twisted Empire - Episode 61&62

(Her Blade, His Neck )

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by Naomi Cindy B.

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[Brothel]

Four is sitting beside a curtained wall in the best room at the brothel—according to Vonn's words.

He and Kash are the only males inside the room.

There are six ladies inside the room, and they're in the middle of the room, dancing for entertainment.

There are jewel beads on their open waists and ears, and the accessories are shaking with each step of their dance which looks a little like ballet.

Their short skirts are flayed chiffon, and they're not wearing anything on their upper bodies except the shiny n+pple covers on their b👀bs.

Kash is sitting at the other side of the wall,  holding an empty cup. He's crying again, but as the tears slid out, he wiped them.

One of the ladies suddenly knelt beside him, taking a bottle of rum on the table.

"I'll make you happy tonight, sir. Please cheer up." She whispered, pouring some of the rum into his cup.

Kash drank it all up at a go, and she poured for him again.

Kash drank it all at once, again.

The scene of Axel and Cassie in that bed needs to leave his head. That's the only way he's not gonna f+ck up.

"You're at the verge of forgetting your sorrows." The lady smiled, pouring him the third cup.

"Will I really forget about my worries?" He looked down at the lady, holding up her chin.

She nodded.

"I'm not talking about s+x, but something else to sieve the pain." He replied.

The lady dropped the bottle and stood, then she called another one of the ladies to join her.

She removed her n+pples cover, sat on his laps and began throwing her arse back at him.

The other lady stayed at the back of the chair, caressing his body professionally.

Kash was groaning out in a matter of seconds, and the cup of alcohol fell from him when his cheek was poked with a nip.

He had to hold the chair arms to balance as his breaths began flattening.

Four watched from the other side of the room without taking his eyes away from him even for a minute.

He's not drinking, he's not smoking. He just watched emptily.

The remaining 4 dancers are still entertaining him, but he's not even looking.

He's just waiting for when Kash will shake off his sadness and agree to kill.

Kash is free to kill Axel, but he's gonna torture Cassie himself.

Same woman he's getting a meager salary cos of, fooling around with his bastard brother?

He's gonna dip her in hot oil to parboil first, then he's gonna peel off her skin and dip her back into the oil to fry her properly.

As he thought about the series of punishments, the 4 dancers swayed to him, and they removed their n+pple covers too, flaunting their b👀bies at his face.

"Get some loincloths and cover those balls up, I don't get turned on randomly." He plainly told them, rolling eyes disgustedly.

The ladies moved back from him, but they still stood in front of him, looking at him speechlessly from a distance.

"I said get them outta my face. Are your ears dysfunctional?" He glared hard, pulling out his gun and standing tall.

The ladies covered their chests and rushed out of the room so fast, and he dropped the gun on the table.

Seems like guns is the only thing that scares them in this village, and he's gonna use that very well.

He relaxed on the chair, watching as the remaining two ladies rocked on Kash across the room.

He wants to do that too—n+pples on his cheeks, arse rocking wildly on his laps, hands roaming his body and heat killing him...

He wants it like hell, but with another woman.

--

[Squad Area~ Teal's Court]

Shannon fell in bed heavily, throwing her arms and legs apart and staring up at the straw roof.

The bed is better that expected. Softer, too, and though the room is small like the other rooms, at least it's better than sleeping in tents.

Teal is sitting on a chair not far from the bed, resting her fingers on her cheek and her elbow on the table as she stared out of the small open window.

"I told you my dad is on life support," Shannon spoke, sitting up in bed.

Teal continued staring into space.

"Well...thanks to Sergeant Kash's consistent payments, dad is waking up soon!" Shannon gushed.

Teal sat there, unmoved.

"Teal!" Shannon stood from the bed.

"Yeah?" Teal stood, snapping out of her daydream to face Shannon.

"Wait ... Are you spacing out cos of what Vonn said about Snowman in the brothel?" Shannon came closer, and Teal frowned a bit.

"Nahh...why would I act lovesick cos of him? He can do whatever the hell he wants." Teal sat back.

"So why are you spacing out?" Shannon sat in front of her.

"Just thinking about my late parents. They died on a moonless, starless, snowless night like this. Car fell off the cliff, got brutally destroyed." Teal explained.

"Wait...the Ambrose couple tragedy? It was very popular back then, but why was their bodies not found? What if they survived and they're alive somewhere?" Shannon speculated.

"No they're not. Few years ago, their skeletons were found in the base of the water at the end of the cliff." Teal  explained.

"Oh that must have been so traumatizing." Shannon said, eyes full of pity.

"You're the first person I shared this with, apart from Rookie." Teal said.

"You're the only person I shared my father's condition with, too. Does that make us besties? I'm not telling you to un-bestie Rook, but c'mon, I can be your female bae." Shannon replied, and Teal laughed loudly.

"What's un-bestie?"

"I don't care if there's no English word like that." Shannon grinned, standing up.

"I'll go check on Brent in the other room and drag him here together with the guys" she said, rushing out of the court.

Teal walked to the window with precise steps, and the night wind brought the melodies of the playing music at the brothel to her.

She could hear it clearly as she stood behind the window, and she imagined Four sitting on a massive brown chair, ladies touching him and accessing his body...the body she hasn't even seen naked before.

She imagined him getting caressed, and him looking at the ladies with those trap eyes under those long dark lashes and...

She quickly shut the small window, backing it afterwards.

Why is her mind refusing to leave that stupid brothel?

Shit.

She took the cup of water on the table and began drinking to drown her thoughts.

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[Rook's Court]

"Im tired of you two," Brent made faces.

He's standing  beside the door.

Rook and Theo are sitting on the bed, hands on each other's waists and faces just an inch apart.

There's a piece of grape between their lips, and Rook is holding it to their tongues with the slim stem.

"Geez" Brent shook his head, and Theo chuckled as Rook pushed the grape into his mouth with his tongue.

They were about to kiss it up when Shannon entered the room.

"Thanks for coming Shannon!" Brent took her hand.

"What's going on?" She laughed.

"Let's just leave this room first, I heard there's a brothel. We should take permission from Lady Yulia and tell Vonn to take us." He said, pulling her out of the room.

"Why would we go to a brothel?" Shannon released herself.

"Calm down, I'm not gonna do anything to you, I'm gonna have fun with the ladies over there. I love ladies." Brent pulled her along, down to Lady Yulia's court.

Theo and Rook came out of the room too, and Theo is still chewing the grape in his mouth.

"Where do we go?" He asked.

"To Battery, she's probably alone in her court." Rook replied, pulling Theo along to the second court.

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[April's Court]

Skye poured out the two blankets and pieces of clothes in her bag on the bed. Everything till the last clothing.

A paper knot fell out last, and Skye picked the knot, staring at it with great expectations.

"Are you sure?" April asked.

"We only have to locate the kitchen whenever Anassa is about to cook for the squad, then we drop it in the pot without notice. Once everyone eats from the food, their heartbeats rate slows down, causing sudden tiredness for days. That way, when Usman comes, they'd be too tired to fight back." Skye explained.

April sat in bed slowly.

"But how do we drop the knot in the pot without drawing suspicions. If we step the kitchen, then we become subject for suspicions once investigation starts." She said.

"Vonn" Skye replied, and April stood again quickly.

"Vonn? Anassa's son?"

"He looks idiotic, you don't see the way he smiles around everytime? I can just wear a mask, give it to him and make him drop." Skye said.

"No no...we can't frame that guy too!" April declined.

"There's no going back! We're already here." Skye held her arms, and she shook her head, breaking free.

She left the room, and Skye followed her out to the courtyard.

He was about to start his persuasions again when Paine walked past with a cup of coffee which he got from the kitchen.

He was smiling knowingly at the two of them as he crossed them, but then he suddenly reversed, viewing April's jean trousers.

"You're stained, ew" He said with obvious irritation, then he left completely.

Skye went behind her to check, she's truly stained.

"You didn't take the anti-menses injection for this month?" He asked.

"I must have forgotten, geez. Paine is not the type to see one's shame." April muttered, going back into the court.

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[Stormy's Court]

Sharing a room with Morgan isn't Stormy's preference, but there's no other choice.

The last remaining room has a leaking room, so she has to stay with Morgan.

Morgan's eyes are open, but she's laying in bed. Same with Stormy who's laying beside her.

Thankfully, the squad already ate dinner at their last stop before they located this village, so they're not expecting dinner tonight anymore.

Their unspoken thoughts almost tore their heads apart, and the sound of their breaths is the only existing thing in the room apart from them.

When it got too unbearable, Stormy stood swiftly from the bed and began leaving the room.

She needs to go start planning her plot for Theo.

"You're not leaving me here, are you? You know I can't stay alone!" Morgan quickly got down from the bed too.

"You think I care about you?" Stormy turned around glaringly.

Morgan went mute, so Stormy continued her walk to the door.

"Fine!" Morgan broke down. "Fine, I deserted you when trouble came, but that's because I know you're stronger than me!"

"Shut up, Morgan! Just shut it!" Stormy came back. "Admit it, you don't care about anyone who's not Quentin! That guy is like your lifeline and you'd even die for him! You deserted me cos I'm stronger? Is that welcoming to your ears? Tell me! We were both imprisoned for days with Teal's deadly poisons in our systems and we almost died cos of you!"

"I'm sorry..." Morgan muttered, and Stormy scoffed.

"If sorry solves everything, then there'd be no cops or correctional officers." She said, leaving the room.

"Stormy wait! Stormy!!" Morgan ran after her.

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[Sierra's Court]

Sierra took a long breath after wiping her hands clean.

She just finished washing them after eating some cake, and her phone is to her ear as she's speaking to her mum.

Surprisingly, the network here is good.

"This village is much more interesting than I expected." She stretched her hand to a black box on the table and took it.

"Don't disappoint me, take care of that countryside bumpkin and I'll take care of Pedro." Empress replied on phone.

"Trust me," Sierra smiled and hung up.

She dropped the phone and took the black box with her two hands, opening it and bringing out a bar of poisonous needles.

'Fastest Necrosis' was written on the bar.

She stood, rolling the holder of the needles around with her fingers.

"Teal Ambrose, too bad you won't be living long." She smiled again, evilness dancing in her expression.

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[Yulia's Court]

Yulia sat in bed, still in her gear with her phone to her ear.

Pedro had called her, and they're simply speaking. She's smiling lightly.

"Never knew my dear husband would take the pleasure of calling first" she said, stretching her toes.

"Ialways call first." Pedro replied, and she nodded.

"I know, Ed. I know." She chuckled.

"You sound like you're in a good mood" Pedro said, and she stood.

"This place isn't bad, they even gave us accomodation so our tents are useless" she said.

"Tell me, did Four threaten the villagers to accommodate you?" Pedro said unbelievably.

"I know he's insane like that, but trust me he did nothing. They're the ones who speared him first." Yulia said.

"Speared him? Did he get wounded?" 

"Nahh, he's in the brothel with Kash, trying to cheer that poor man. I'll gist you about his case when we get back, and don't stop me when I try to kill Axel." Yulia stood by the window as she said that.

"Mmm, I'll wait then." Pedro said softly, and Yulia smiled wider.

"It's been ages since we talked calmly like this, I missed it." Pedro continued.

"You ruined it with your Empress and her daughter. I love you Ed, but with those two? Nah." Yulia said.

"I've not been calling Empress, you know this. You know, Yulia." Pedro replied, sounding stressed.

Yulia scoffed.

"Did you eat?" She asked.

"Yeah, the kitchen delivered my dinner an hour ago. You?" he replied.

"Anassa here!" Anassa said from the door, and Yulia walked away from the window.

"The village owner is here, I'll talk to you later...if Usman doesn't attack before then." She said.

"Sure, sleep early though." Pedro replied, hanging up.

Yulia dropped her phone and opened the court door, coming face-to-face with Anassa who smiled widely.

"The two men returned from the brothel already, so y'all are complete, though one of them is drunk." She said.

"That must be Kash, and he has every reason to be drunk, rest assured." Yulia shrugged.

"I'll be joining the chefs to cook for y'all tomorrow in the kitchen. What would you love to eat for breakfast? Note that we have limited food" Anassa asked kindly.

"Why don't we give you the food items? We brought enough food items with us." Yulia replied.

"Sure, I'll lead you to the storeroom." Anassa smiled, and Yulia followed her lead.

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[Teal's Court, 10PM]

Rook and Theo are in with Teal.

Thanks to them, things aren't very boring, and they should be sleeping, but the slumber is far from reach maybe because it's a new environment.

The three are standing by the window, using their binoculars to view the opposite court.

The binoculars were distributed to them along with their handguns and chem lights.

"hat's gonna happen tomorrow?" Theo suddenly asked.

"I guess Eros is going to arrange our stations throughout the village tomorrow." Teal replied.

"Not me thinking about why we can't just take the villagers away from here." Rook said, lowering his camera.

"You already know the answer, this shit is all games to Usman, and he's watching from somewhere. We're like chess pieces on his board, and we must play the game weather we like it or not. If we try to move the villagers, he'd attack somewhere crowdy and unexpected in the city." Teal explained.

"You're starting to talk like Snowman." Theo said, and Teal smiled, but her smile disappeared when she remembered he actually went to the brothel.

Brent came in almost immediately, holding Shannon who's dead drunk.

"Where the hell are you both coming from?" Teal asked as Brent dropped Shannon in bed.

"Brothel. I wanted to go have fun, but this crazy lady ruined it by getting drunk" Brent replied.

Rook chuckled, and a Private peeped into the court.

"Master Sergeant wants you in his court, Private Teal." She said.

Teal paused.

He's finally back from his brothel?

She left the room with a smirk, making his way to his court. Easy to locate since it's the largest.

She entered without knocking, meeting him behind a desk in the room.

He's working on some papers, looking like some wealthy tycoon as he held the pen on top of the paper, writing something.

"What are you doing?" She went closer.

He looked up, stretched out his legs and patted his laps.

With an eye roll, she sat on his laps, and he curled an arm around her tummy, keeping her close.

He rested his chin on her shoulder as he resumed writing. He's actually splitting the squad into stations like she suspected, and she just sat there, watching and admiring his handwriting.

He began caressing her bellybutton when it got to a point, and the heat in the room climbed higher, but the question in her mind is weighty.

"Why were you at the brothel?" She finally talked, and his hand stopped moving on the paper.

He looked up, his hand stopping on her bellybutton too.

"Mmm, I've actually been expecting that question." He said with a slight chin jutt.

"When I went on a date with Xanthe, you made a big deal out of it. I might not like you, but I'm choosing to make a big deal out of this too. I told you, domination is played by two." She said, and he dropped the pen, shifting her to face him on his laps.

His hand went to the back of her neck to stroke as he talked...

"I didn't agree to that rule." 

"You—" 

"That's 5" he cocked his head.

"I didn't even say anything you trickster!" She flared up.

"6, I bet your arse misses my belt." 

"I can't with you," She stood from his laps immediately, but he pulled her back, wanting to force her lips into a mad kiss, but she matched his leg so hard with her boot, and he let go.

"7" he groaned.

"Count to 100, I don't care! Show me your nakedness first, and tell me what's the scar on your back, or I'm not kissing you for life!" She said, barging out of the room.

Four smiled faintly before he knew it, his lethal handsomeness stretching to his lips as he picked the pen again.

Her inky smell is on him, and that's enough for the night. 

He was inhaling it obsessively from himself as he resumed his work.

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[Athens, President's Mansion]

Xanthe came downstairs, looking sleepy as he trudged to the brightly-lit kitchen.

He opened the freezer for a bowl of ice to keep him awake since he has some papers to work on for his father, but there's no ice cream.

He checked the bubble gum box, but that one is empty too.

"Is there anything you want, Young Master?" A butler asked behind him, and he turned, but before he could reply, Mrs. Katerina entered the kitchen.

"You're here, Mrs. Katerina?" Xanthe shut the freezer.

"Been working with the President in his study." The woman smiled.

"Working? It's some days to Christmas, workload should be light." Xanthe walked to her.

"It's not about the citizens, it's the military base. There's gonna be a change in—"

Mrs. Katerina stopped talking at this point, realizing she's already saying too much.

"What were you looking for?" She changed the topic.

"I have some files to align for dad regarding the Turkish agreement, and I need bubble gum or ice cream to keep wake." Xanthe replied.

"I was just about to go get something in the store, I'll get both for you." Mrs. Katerina offered.

"No. The maids will." Xanthe declined.

"I'll get it, in a jiffy" Mrs. Katerina insisted, already walking out of the kitchen.

She drove out of the mansion to the exclusive snack store down the estate lane, and she was about to enter when she bumped into someone.

It's a young guy who looks totally nonchalant with his smile. He's holding an helmet.

"Hey, just call me Biker. I don't have a name." He said.

"I didn't ask for your name." Mrs. Katerina replied, slipping into the store.

He followed her.

"You're naturally beautiful, dump makeup." He said.

"Go get some toys, little boy." Mrs. Katerina sighed, picking out several ice cream bowls and packs of bubble gums into her cart.

"I can be your toy...if you wish." He said winked.

"I'm not your mate, boy." The woman bluntly said, and he gave up.

"Fine, so I heard you attended the same highschool and college as the President. And I also heard that the late Ambrose couple—Rue and Vaughn, they attended that same highschool and college, but they attended on scholarship, and 4 of you were best friends." The biker said.

The last pack of bubble gum fell from Mrs. Katerina immediately.

She looked around to make sure there's no camera in that angle before throwing one of the ice cream bowls at the biker.

The guy was bathed in cream from his face to his black shirt to the pants and sneakers, then Mrs. Katerina topped it with a punch to his face.

He fell on a shelf.

"I dunno what tabloid or magazine or newspaper or TV station sent you! I don't know who you're spying for! But just know that you can't play this card on me. I walk alone without driver or bodyguard for a reason, so you should know I can break you into two singlehandedly. Stay off my radar, and stop saying things you don't know." She threw him to the ground and pushed her cart out of that corner.

The biker kept sitting down there, baptized with ice cream and with a slight cut on his jaw from the punch.

He smiled widely.

"Guessed right, instincts never lies. The 4 of them?" He muttered, dabbing his face with a palm.

He stood, leaving the store as secretly as he came.

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[Next Day, Boma]

The activities got rowdier as everyone got distributed to their different stations around the village.

Since they're 30, it's two armies per station, and Four did the calculations so good that the whole village is covered.

There's an ear-splitting whistle for everyone to blow at the slightest anomaly.

Everyone left for their stations, but it's Paine and Teal in front of the area courtyard. 

They got stationed there.

Anassa and Vonn are cooking in the kitchen so armies will have breakfast to munch after each shifts.

They have no idea what's going on with the station distributions, but when Four told them it's for protection, they were cooperative.

Paine and Teal are parading that perimeter wordlessly, all eyes on the passing people till Sergeant Kash came back to get his handgun in his court.

He was quiet when he was going in, but when he was coming back, he halted in front of Teal.

"Master is actually not completely bad, but in a twisted way. You can only understand him if you study him well like a book. Thanks to him, I felt better last night. He only took me to the brothel to cheer me, he did nothing I assure you. He shooed the ladies away when they tried to touch him." He explained.

Before Teal could reply, he was already gone, back to his station.

"Study him?" Paine scoffed from the side, and Teal faced him.

"He should study you too and mend the broken vein in your head. You're annoying." He continued.

Teal kicked a stone at him, but he moved out of the way before it could get to him.

"Watch this station alone till I'll be back." She said and left for the big kitchen beside the courtyard.

She met Anassa and Vonn who's smiling like he was payed to flaunt his teeth.

"Hey" Anassa stood from her chair immediately.

"Can I...get a new pot? A smaller one...for...a moderate cooking, and a small kettle grill." Teal said awkwardly.

"You're gonna be cooking your fiance's breakfast by yourself?" Anassa came closer.

"Fiance?"

"Ma'am Yulia told me last night that the palest lady in the bunch is betrothed to her son who's the tallest man in the bunch. I made deductions that it's you and the man called Four, so if you're betrothed to him and not yet married, then he's your fiance." Anassa explained.

"Oh..." Teal smiled slightly.

"Why are you suddenly cooking?" Anassa asked.

"I misunderstood him last night, and I'd like to make some veggies for his breakfast." Teal replied.

"Veggies? But there's no onions unless you go harvest some wild ones in the plantation. Vonn will go with you." Anassa offered.

Vonn took a hoe and a small basket immediately, shinning his teeth at Teal.

"Thanks, Anassa." Teal appreciated the woman and left with the guy.

Vonn was skipping his feet throughout half of the journey.

They went past a orange plantation, bananas, peaches, grapes and guavas.

Different fruits you could ever think of, and it reminded Teal of their garden in their ranch back in Kalynda.

"How old are you, Vonn?" Teal suddenly asked, and he stopped to face her.

"I already thought you wouldn't converse with me. Well I'm 20, and I was born with a smile on my face, that's why I'm always smiling. Some of the villagers call me dumb though, they said my smile is stupid but I don't believe them. Mother says I have the most beautiful smile, and my dimples make it more charming." He said at a go, and Teal smiled.

"Your smile is really gorgeous,"

"Yours too. I've noticed you rarely smile, but when you do, it's beautiful." Vonn said.

Teal blinked.

"You've been watching me?"

"Of course! You're the prettiest of your bunch, so it's easy to notice." He smiled again, jumping into the middle of the next plantation.

The wild onions.

"Here! We're finally—"

That was all he could say before he began bleeding from the mouth suddenly.

Teal's eyes widened.

"Vonn!'

He fell to his knees, then he fell to his face, revealing the arrow on his back.

"Vonn!!" Teal began rushing to him, but then Sierra jumped down from the plum tree in the middle of the plantation.

She's holding the arrow and bow, looking atrocious as ever with her sneaky smile.

"What do you think you're doing!!" Teal yelled.

"He was being too loud, so I had to shut him up. Now I can give you my whole attention." Sierra shrugged.

Teal began running to the bleeding guy on the ground, but Sierra kicked his body, and he rolled down the plantation, the arrow penetrating deeper into him.

"Stop!!!" Teal jumped to Sierra, pulling the stunt below her leg.

Sierra stumbled backwards, falling into the onion leaves.

Teal is not in the mood to fight her at all. 

That arrow in Vonn's body must be removed and the antidote must be administered before he bleeds to death.

She left Sierra and began running to Vonn, but Sierra stood again, bringing out the pack of needles.

"Necrosis is such a beautiful name." She said, shimmering the cruel metals in the light of the day.

At the mention of necrosis, Teal looked back, and her eyes widened when she saw it.

Necrosis needles was made by her uncles. An exclusive poison needle that has no antidote at all.

Once you're shot with the needle, it dissolves in your body, and your heart stops pumping blood within one minute. You'll die.

"I have enough here to decorate your body with, let's get started." Sierra shot the first needle.

Teal went down, forgetting about Vonn for that moment.

She escaped down the plantation, and Sierra ran after her.

--

[Village]

Paine was already fuming, thinking of the ugly things he's gonna say to Teal when she comes back.

How dare she leave him alone in this station to go hunt for wild onions?

How many hours is she gonna spend hunting?

"Each day, she gives me more reasons to detest her." He muttered.

Anassa rushed out of the kitchen, restless.

"Teal is not back? With Vonn?" She asked.

"If they're back, you'd see them here," Paine rudely replied.

"From where?" Four's cool voice said behind them, and they both turned to see him approaching with Kash.

"They went to get wild onions and are not back yet." Anassa said.

"How long has it been?" Four asked.

"Thirty minutes. The trek to and from the plantation is approximately fifteen minutes, not that far since it's a slope." Anassa replied.

"Graham!" Four called rigidly, muscles rising.

"Sir!" Sergeant Kash rushed forward.

"Go on with the supervision of the stations, I'm gonna go check the plantation out." Four said.

But then a little rustle from behind them made everyone turn at the same time to see a new visitor.

Hera.

She's there, sitting on her horse with her bodyguard, smiling at Four.

She's got slight bruises and cuts on her palms and face, scattered hair and barefoot. Consequences of travelling too far without breaks.

"Finally...found you." She breathed, fainting straight.

She fell from the horse, but she landed in safe, strong arms.

--

[Forest]

Teal is hiding in the middle of three trees, covering her mouth with her left hand while her right hand held held a thick rough stick.

She has been running for minutes, trying to get away from Sierra and the needles, but it seems she has lost her way, and now she can't even tell the way back to the village.

Worse part is that Vonn is still at the onion plantation, all by himself.

She has to stay good if she wants to go back for him, and that's why she kept her palm lodged tighter on her lips when she heard sudden sounds behind her.

"You can't hide from me, Teal Ambrose!!" Sierra shouted, her voice echoing in the forest as her footsteps came from the south.

Teal held the stick with her tighter too, preparing to jump.

"Come out before I get to you!" Sierra shouted again.

By now, she's behind the trees.

Teal jumped out unexpectedly, hitting the rough stick on Sierra's chest.

Sierra swayed back, falling against the tree and bleeding out of the nose.

Teal was supposed to snatch the needles from her with that opportunity, but an unfortunate stunt pulled her leg back, and she fell, rolling down the slope.

The stunts here are insane.

A sharp pointed twig cut deeply into her foreleg, and her blood spilled on the green leaves.

"Argghh!!" She groaned out, holding the leg as she stood to her feet.

Sierra ran after her again, and despite her cut leg, she ran off.

Her blood was forming dot trails on the green leaves as she ran like her life depended on it.

That needle must not touch her skin. She can't die yet.

"You can't escape me, Teal Ambrose!!!" Sierra added to her pace, setting the needles.

The plantation ended on top of a high cliff, and Teal gasped when she saw the sharpness of the edge.

She immediately got a deja Vu of her parents cliff accident, and her mind did a spin when she saw Sierra coming.

"Got you." Sierra shot the needles cleanly at her direction, but she was shocked at what happened next.

Teal took one wide step to the cliff edge, the blood from her leg and the sweat from her face dropped to the surface.

And then...

She jumped.

TBC.

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