Twisted Empire - Episode 65&66

 

TWISTED EMPIRE

Twisted Empire - Episode 65&66

(Her Blade, His Neck )

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by Naomi Cindy B.

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Brent chuckled from the end of the court, his voice reaching the front where Sierra is still kneeling in front of of Teal.

"You're not scared?" Shannon nudged Brent, and he faced her.

"What do you mean scared?"

"We're warring tonight. Teal's leg is wounded, Master Sergeant is unconscious. I have a bad feeling I can't shake off." Shannon stated.

"Thought I was the pessimist, so you took over tonight?" Brent smiled, and she scoffed.

"I'm not scared, this is our third mission and there are still more to come, so I'm used to it. Blend in with it and you'd live." He said.

Shannon shrugged.

At the front, Sierra is still kneeling, blood is still leaking out of her mouth.

Her veneer tooth is still laying on the ground, and Teal's eyes are still glaring at her with deadly flashes.

The likes of Stormy and Morgan have wide mouths.

April's guilt kicked in again, and she held Skye.

"If she gets us, we're dead."

"Are you suddenly scared of her?" Skye replied, and she swallowed saliva as she stared at Teal.

"Now I get why you both are besties." Theo said beside Rook.

"Battery has always had it in her." Rook proudly replied.

Anassa is just there, staring at Teal neutrally.

Sergeant Kash was smiling slightly, knowing if Four were here right now, he'd be proud, and his chin would do that jutting thing in approval.

It was Yulia who first went to Teal, taking her away from the middle.

Sierra stood shamefully and snuck back into her court like a cat.

Yulia took Teal to the end of the yard.

"I'm so proud of you. Was thinking of waiting for Giant spider to wake up so he'd decide what to do to her, but seems you're taking initiative already." She said.

"I haven't even started with her, she's the main reason I ended up in that river, and the reason Eros had to come in search of me. She's the reason he's currently unconscious." Teal's eyes held nothing as she spoke.

"Is that some ray of care I'm seeing in your voice? You care about him." Yulia smiled.

"It's natural, he's unconscious cos he came to search for me." Teal claimed, and Yulia sighed.

"Fine, but are you sure you'll be able to lead the squad? Teal your leg is wounded."

"I can do it, trust me." Teal assured.

"Are you sure, Private Teal?" Sergeant Kash asked behind.

She faced him.

"If you feel you can't, then I and ma'am Yulia will handle this." He further said, and she shook her head.

"I'll do it. Please trust me. I want to do  this."

Lady Yulia bent in front of her and rolled up Four's trousers from her right leg to reveal the wound.

"I need to redress this." She said.

"Here," Anassa appeared with the small kit.

"Thanks, Anassa." Yulia nodded at her.

Teal was made to sit on the bench, and Yulia began sprinkling powdery medicines to the wound, both mild and harsh. Anything to lessen the pains.

"These medicines can only lessen the pains for three hours, and I'm not sure how many hours we're gonna spend doing this yet, but if we spend more than three hours in the battlefield, then we might have to redress." Yulia explained.

"I understand," Teal nodded, and Yulia bandaged the round before rolling the trouser back down to cover it.

"You were cool earlier." Anassa told her, and she nodded slightly at the woman.

"Sorry I couldn't protect Vonn."

"It's fine, he's breathing fine and will wake up tomorrow morning I think." Anassa assured.

"I told the armies to dress up, and the horses are ready for movements around the village too." Kash said.

"Good," Teal nodded. "I'll be right back."

She left the yard and entered Four's court again.

He's still in the tub, unconscious with his head hung back, over the edge.

She called Sergeant Kash inside, and together, they carried him out of the tub, dried him and dressed him up to keep him warm before placing him in bed and covering him up with the blanket.

Teal stroked his jaws, gently. Then she touched his pale lips.

"How long do frostbitten people stay unconscious for?" She asked.

"24 hours at most" Sergeant Kash replied, and she took her hand away from his face.

"Meaning I have to do this all alone, and I'll do it right." She confidently said, facing Kash.

"I believe you," he replied, and she let out a small smile.

"Let's go," 

"Yes sir!" Sergeant Kash saluted, following her out of the room.

When they got to the door, Teal looked back at the bed—at Four.

If she fails this, he's gonna mock her for life, so she's not gonna give him that mockery opportunity.

Never.

She shut the door behind herself, and when she got back outside with Kash, she met all the remaining 28 armies lined up in the courtyard already, including Yulia and Sierra who looks like she got shot in the gut.

She's staring maddeningly at Teal as if to strangle her with her eyes.

Teal looked at the crowd awaiting her orders, and she composed.

She saw what Four was writing that night when he invited her to his court, so using that logic, she started.

"The villagers are one thousand one hundred people in total," She looked back. "Anassa,"

"Yes?" Anassa emerged.

"Get everyone out with the bell, and split them into fifteen batches. That'd be average of 73 or 74 villagers by batch. Each batch are to stay in one courtyard, and they'll get protected by two armies each." Teal instructed.

Anassa quickly rushed off to call out her people, and Teal faced the armies.

"Two people per batch, meaning you and whoever you get partnered with would have 74 villagers to protect. Now chill, I know we're pretty outnumbered and it'd be hard, but we can do this. We're not getting bomb blasts this time, we're going weapons for weapons, and that's why my husband told y'all exclusively to bring your favorite weapon from the base weaponry." She continued.

Everyone began pulling out their weapons, and they're majorly daggers and machetes and guns. There are grenades attached to the gears of everyone in case of necessity, and everyone has their helmets on, too.

"If the fight gets too choky in your courtyard, then find a way to lead your 74 to the village field at the east. When you get to the field, blow your whistle and alert the others, we'll find ways to merge at the east, too." She added.

It was Sergeant Kash who split the armies.

Rook got paired with Morgan.

Stormy got paired with Theo.

Sergeant Kash and Brent.

April and Skye.

Lady Yulia and Paine.

Teal and Shannon.

Sierra and a random army.

Anassa came back, panting breathlessly.

"Done. The villagers already got split, and one of the batches are here to stay in this courtyard." She said, opening the second door.

The villagers poured inside, faces holding panic and fear as they stayed in a wide corner.

"Sergeant Kash and Brent, you both are staying in this courtyard." Teal said.

"Yes sir!" They both chorused, stepping forward.

The rest of the armies began leaving that courtyard, climbing their horses and heading to their own yard down the village.

As they departed, Yulia held Sergeant Kash...

"Giant spider is unconscious in this same courtyard, remember? Vonn too."

"I know, I'll take care of 'em all." Sergeant Kash replied, and the woman nodded before leaving with Paine.

Teal mounted her horse with Shannon, and she gave Kash a 'trust you' look before pulling the reins.

The horse galloped down.

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[Athens]

General Pedro didn't feel anything odd when he left the institute.

In fact, he had opened his windows to allow fresh air into the car, and the only thing he felt was freeness.

Freedom from Empress cos he finally told her his mind. He finally peeled her away from himself.

He could finally face Yulia without feeling guilty, and he could finally explain to her that all those moments when he left her to meet Empress was because Empress fake-called her.

He'd finally explain that when he refused to pick her fake-call one day, Empress had cut off her own toes just to show him how mad she was.

He could finally open up to Yulia about why she married her without telling her that he was already entangled with Empress.

These were the thoughts crossing his busy mind some minutes ago, but right now it has changed, cos not only is he not in his right state of mind anymore, but he's also hallucinating.

His eyes lost all whiteness, it turned red even with the eyeballs.

He saw his own weird eyes in the mirror, and he stopped the car.

He plucked the mirror to view his eyes again, but the mirror fell from him when his head went bang.

He growled in the car, so wolfish and loud—like an animal.

The change was like wildfire, the switch was unexpected.

His car is parked beside a busy road, and he's seeing happy people who're plying the tar, basking in the brightness of the road lights.

The more he saw them, the redder his eyes got till it became totally bloodshot and swollen.

The instinct kicked in roughly, and he groaned out again before grabbing his gun from the hostler.

He barged out of the car, into the streets.

He was utterly out of his mind as he pulled the trigger, shooting one person across the road.

The sound of gunshot alerted the others, and the street people screamed out horrifically.

Some wise ones went low on the ground, but the others began running, and as they ran, General Pedro fired at them, and he never misses a shot.

Once he shoots, they go down.

He killed ten, and he kept going, the smokes in his head darkening again before he pulled the trigger at the eleventh person.

"Rawww!!!" He sounded like an animal again, and he had a quick flashback of when Four turned one year.

When he survived and stayed for him and Yulia after three dead babies. He remembered the smile on Yulia's face, the joy in his own heart.

The remembrance was short, but for that little time, it called him back to his senses.

When he saw how scattered and bloody he has made the streets, and the number of people he has killed...

He slammed his own head on his car hood to stop himself, but his skull banged again.

The slam even worsened everything cos the moment he raised his head, he was back to killer mode.

He picked his gun back from the ground and was about to continue his killing spree when a police car drove into him from the road.

Pedro was hit by the car, and he flew off the ground, landing far away on the pavement and hitting his head.

A small pack of cocaine fell from his chest pocket, and the cops exchanged looks.

"Unbelievable." 

Pedro passed out and bled slowly from the head, his gun laying uselessly beside him.

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[President's Mansion, 10PM]

President Spyros is with Mrs. Katerina in the study again, so Xanthe took the opportunity to come to the picture room.

He opened the door and went inside, pocketing an hand as he looked around the pictures.

He took his time to stare at each frame and trying to denote why.

What's this obsession?

His father was very much in love with his mother when she was still alive, so there's no way he'd be in love with Rue, so why?

He felt sudden heat in the room, like it was suffocating him and choking at his throat. Like Rue's spirit was strangling him.

He was about to quickly leave the room when he noticed something.

All the picture frames are the same size, but there's one that's slightly bigger than the rest in the middle of the opposite wall.

He paused for a beat before walking there. He was about to touch that frame when the door opened, and President Spyros came in.

"I made it clear that this room is off limits, son." He folded his arms behind himself as he walked to Xanthe.

"I can't handle curiosity, it's your fault for not telling me why you have her pictures in this room." 

"I'm her fan, we already talked about this, Xanthe." President Spyros held his shoulder bracket.

"And you expect me to believe that? Why were you only her fan when she worked together with her husband? All their paintings were done by the two of them so why? Why did you pick the wife out to be her fan? Is it because the husband was blind?" Xanthe breathed in.

"I see you read deeply about them, to the point of knowing Vaughn was blind." President Spyros sighed.

"I told you, I hate being curious." Xanthe replied, walking out of the room.

President Spyros followed up, and when they arrived at the hall, Mrs. Katerina came downstairs, interrupting their conversation.

"An informative call just came in, sir. General Pedro went on a killing spree on the streets, killed 11 people." She reported.

"What!!" Both President Spyros and Xanthe chorused.

"No. Impossible. Why would that man kill anyone? He's so protective about the citizens!" Xanthe shouted.

"A full dose of cocaine was found in his chest pocket, and his eyes were far from normal." Mrs. Katerina said.

"Pedro DeVille is a druggie?" President Spyros said in disbelief.

Mrs. Katerina went shut, and Xanthe shook his head.

"No. There's a mistake somewhere. How could a military General be a druggie?"

President Spyros went up the flight of stairs. Mrs. Katerina and Xanthe followed.

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[Kalynda, Ambrose Ranch]

The uncles are beside the garden, exchanging punches that late night.

Only the sound of their clashes and hard breaths stayed constant, and the flash of light from the starry sky.

As usual, none of them could beat the other, so they gave up after about an hour.

Uncle Dave picked his bottle of alcohol, drinking to his satisfaction.

"That was very much needed." He nodded.

"You'd rather drink alcohol for the rest of your life than getting married." Uncle Paul sat on the sofa beside the garden.

"Stop talking as if you're married too. We're both single to stupor, I can't believe I'm 54 and single." Uncle Dave said in a funny voice.

"We pledged to take care of Teal with all of our lifetime after Rue and Vaughn passed away, so don't complain." Uncle Paul replied, and Dave chuckled as he sat beside him.

"I wonder how Teal would feel if she finds out that the skeleton found at the base of the cliff river that day didn't belong to her parents, that we planted them there just to make her believe their bodies have been found." He said.

"She won't find out," Uncle Dave sighed.

"That's not a wise thing to say when she's smart like her blind father, she's bound to find out one day." Uncle Paul took the bottle from him and had a swig.

"That night when they left the house, why didn't they tell anyone where they were headed?" Uncle Dave said.

"They didn't tell cos it was obvious. The only place those two ever left this house to go was DeVille Castle to deliver paintings. I'm sure Four called them to kill maybe because he got bored of their paintings. He's a lunatic anyways, and don't even give me shit that he was 12 back then. Lunatism doesn't mind age, it happens." Uncle Paul said.

Dave just sat there, deciding to not add any point since it's very sure Paul has made up his mind to pin everything to Four.

"I'm gonna go see the President tomorrow. He told us to call his secretary for meets anytime, so I'm doing just that. He needs to explain what he knows exactly." He said, standing and going in.

Paul went inside too after sometimes, and a minute later, Biker emerged from the back of the garden...under a flower tree.

He jumped over the garden, walked twenty steps to the middle of that street where he got on his bike.

"Vaughn Ambrose was blind...and the skeleton under the river wasn't for the couple?" He smirked, strapping his helmet on.

"Just getting started with the  secrets of this fucked up Ambrose family." He kick-started the bike, riding away.

Arriving at the city, the first news he saw on the streets LED made him stop his bike in the middle of the road.

General Pedro DeVille... Arrested for killing 11 people under the influence of drugs.

He removed his helmet, blinking to see clearly...the news is still there.

"Shit..." He sounded, getting his bike away from the road.

He retrieved his private phone that's only for calling Master.

He dialled his line, but it didn't even ring at all.

He dialled again—same, and he almost smashed his screen.

He desperately needs someone to connect with... someone to work with before daybreak cos by daybreak, the case doing get rougher.

Four once gave him Axel's line, so he dialled him.

Axel picked, luckily.

"Who the hell is this?"

"Where the hell are you, Axel DeVille. Your father got fuckin arrested." 

"And I asked who the f+ck are you?" Axel demanded again, roughly.

"You don't have to know, but we have to work together and get him out of the police net before daybreak when the case would get worse." 

"He killed citizens, so why the hell should I bother? Sinners should suffer." Axel replied and hung up.

Biker tapped his line, tracking his location.

He's outside the base. The red dot appeared on a silent road not far from the base.

He started the bike again, driving madly down the street. The drive to that particular road took five minutes from there.

He saw a car in the middle of it, and he came down from his bike, recognizing that car as Axel's.

He walked to the car, and even before he got to it, he could already see the car body is shaking.

Obviously, Axel is f+çking someone inside.

He couldn't even see what's happening inside cos the windows are tinted, but he got his crystal glasses and put them on.

He finally saw what's happening inside, clearly.

Cassie is etting s+xed by Axel against the wheel. She's crying like a whore, and he's just tearing her apart.

"Why didn't I meet you before Kash? Where the hell where you?" She whispered, handing her neck on the wheel leather.

Biker removed his glasses, giving up on Axel before walking back to his bike.

He began trying Four's line again.

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[Boma, Main Courtyard]

Nothing has happened.

No scream of agony or tears of pain.

Everything is still calm, and the stars in the sky are still so strikingly bright.

It's 11pm on the dot.

No one's talking.

Sergeant Kash and Brent are strolling around, covering their 74 villagers as much as they can. 

Their guns are tight in their hands, and their weapons in their uniforms.

"I want to urinate." A kid from the villagers suddenly said.

"Do it there, don't go anywhere." Brent replied, and the kid's mother helped him urinate right there.

A loud bang on the main door shook the courtyard, and the villagers froze.

Even the urinating kid quickly plugged himself to his mother, forgetting about his pee.

Sergeant Kash and Brent looked at each other, but they didn't move.

"Hera Lazarus!!" A rough voice hit the door.

"Hera Lazarus!! Your father has ordered your return!!" Another yell came.

"The Marquis people?" Brent said.

Sergeant Kash opened the door, and he was immediately met with a punch to his face from one of The Marquis guards.

There are two guards. Hefty. Rough.

Sergeant Kash didn't stagger, he returned the punch to the face of that guard, and it was the guard who staggered and fell.

The second one quickly caught him though.

"You rotten bastard!!" The punched guard yelled.

"Don't shout, or I'll give you the second punch and you won't survive it." Kash glaringly replied.

The two guards went silent, and Kash signalled at Brent.

"Get Hera out of the leaking room. If she's still unconscious, pour water on her." He ordered.

"Yes sir," Brent went inside.

A minute later, he came back with Hera and the taxi driver.

The driver quickly stepped behind Hera when he saw the two guards, but he wasn't very lucky cos he was shot on the neck by one of them.

He went down flat behind Hera, his blood wetting her shoes.

She shook her head vehemently.

"No. I'm not coming with you guys! I'm not coming back to Athens till I see Eros."

"Get out of here, Hera." Sergeant Kash ordered.

"Shut your trap you lowly Sergeant! You can't command me!" She shouted, and that...

That was the start of the chaos.

The roof of the closest hall to the courtyard got bursted with a colossal tear, and several men in black balaclava masks jumped down.

"Private Brent!!" Sergeant Kash yelled, and they both closed the door on the villagers, using their bodies.

Their guns are useless cos these people came with deadly weapons.

The first people they killed were The Marquis two guards.

They slaughtered the two, and their stomach organs hit the lawn.

Hera quickly hid behind a pillar, closing her palms on her ears. She was crying before she knew it.

Sergeant Kash applied the anger and fury from Cassie's betrayal, and it really helped as he used his machete.

A stab on the chest, another one on the stomach, and they're down, but they're not very easy to take down.

They're trained madmen from Usman's devilish empire anyways.

Brent used his dagger, tearing off the ears of one then doing the same to his lips. Even with that fact, the terrorist still came for him, and he was almost down at the wall when Sergeant Kash came to back him up.

Kash three his machete at the terrorist, and he got slashed on the chest, straight in the heart.

He fell to the lawn with the other dead ones.

"Focus" Kash told Brent, and Brent nodded, then they jumped down the lawn together.

Kash removed his machete from the chest of the last one to fall, his face bloodstained as he stood back to back with Brent in front of the door.

The terrorists came for them again from different angles, and death flashed across their eyes as they retaliated.

Blood splashed on the wall as Brent decapitated one, tearing off the limbs of another together with Kash.

The fight was red brutality.

Growls tumbled the courtyard with blood and gore.

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[Second Courtyard]

Theo and Stormy are the ones here, abd their own battle started at the same time with the first courtyard.

They're both using daggers, and they're both trying their best, but two of their 74 villagers are already down, slaughtered by the terrorists.

Their dagger blades are bloody and wet, and their uniforms are the same, even their hands are slick with blood.

Theo is trying very hard to not think about his family, to not think about his trauma.

Instead, he imagined Rook behind himself, and he was fine throughout.

His hand tremor didn't come. He moved like a blade when the terrorists knife was flying to one of the villagers.

He moved that villager out of the way, going down with her then sticking up to stab that terrorist on the tendon.

Bloody roar exploded from the terrorist, she Theo was about to stand to his feet to go cover another villager when he felt a change in vibe behind him.

He turned back quickly, and he was shocked to see Stormy bringing her knife down to his head.

He moved out of the way, but Stormy followed, determined to kill him.

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[Third Courtyard]

April and Skye's spot.

April is at the lawn, but Skye is at the corridor.

She expected him to surrender the villagers to the terrorists, but Skye is fighting like his life depends on it.

He's protecting the people like mad, using his gun. He has no appetite for machete or knife or dagger, he just gunned down anyone he sights so bullets flew around like missiles.

April joined the gunning, flying from the lawn and jumping to the corridor to stand side-by-side with him.

Skye lowered his back, and she climbed it, shooting a terrorist from there before rolling back to the ground.

"We were supposed to leave our 74 villagers to death." She muttered.

"I couldn't, I guess I still have a conscience." Skye replied, and she smiled, both going down at the same time to avoid a bullet before they stood at the same time again, shooting down two bastards.

"But what about the others? They ate the food and I'm sure they're currently weak as hell." She said.

"I didn't add the knot in the food, I lied." He replied, and April faced him with a twist.

"What! Seriously?"

"I couldn't. I just couldn't. When we get back to the base, let's confess to Lady Yulia like you want." He said.

April nodded, but then the smile on Skye's face wiped off fast when a bullet flew towards April.

They got too carried away by their chats and didn't notice in time.

He switched positions with April very fast, and the bullet pivoted into him.

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[Fourth Courtyard]

Rook and Morgan.

Morgan sn't as bad as Rook painted her, cos she's doing everything with him... matching with his power and skills.

She might not be as strong, but she's trying, and their courtyard is the messiest cos they have the most terrorists.

The more they kill the fuckers, the more they pour in through the roof.

They've lost one villager to the terrorists knife, and now that they expected to rest for a while, another set of terrorists jumped in... Battalions.

"To the field." Rook instructed, opening the door.

Morgan guided the villagers out into the bloody streets of Boma, and Rook waved away the terrorists, swaying his dagger sidewards and tearing skins like silk.

He got a tear on his chest from one of them, and he fell to the ground behind the door.

They all came for him at the same time, and he quickly guided his whistle to his mouth, blowing.

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[Fifth Courtyard]

If Rook's courtyard is crazily filled, then this one is crazier.

Teal and Shannon are in the middle of the sea of terrorists, trying all their best which doesn't even seem enough.

They're using spears.

Shannon is on the ground, but Teal is on the roof. How she got there is even beyond her own knowledge.

She slanted backwards, dragging her spear on the roof. The spear blade sent sparks to the air as it grinded against the roof nails.

Knives flew to her from the surrounding terrorists, but she raised the spear in a perfect flight, hitting everything away before ducking forward.

She shoved the spear into one of them. It came out of his back and even entered the second terrorist behind him.

Teal pushed them with the spear, and they fell from the roof, their bodies withdrawing from her spear, making her sway.

Her leg is starting to bleed again.

According to Yulia, she's supposed to redress it since it's past 3 hours, but where is the time?

She used the blunt end of the sword on the one behind her, then she swirled it in the air before bringing it down, stabbing another one in the head and uncovering his brain.

He fell from the roof too, and another one jumped to the air, coming down to Teal with his machete.

She lay down on the straw roof, rolling to the side before raising her spear up.

The terrorist fell right into the blade, and his blood pattered her face, but his weight broke the roof, and he fell into the room under that roof with her.

Seems that place is the real trap of this mission cos the spot went down immediately, sinking inside to form a dark, baseless hole.

Teal is on the edge, but she held very tight, and as she stared at the base of the pit, her mouth dried up.

If she slips in the least, she'd fall to her death, and at the same time, she can't come up without help cos of her wounded leg.

The worse part? The other surfaces in the room began sinking too. It's impossible to save her at this point.

The lantern in the room has fallen on the ground, and the fire from it has caught the falling straw roof.

The room is already in smokes, burning up.

"The whistle sounded, we need to lead our 74 to the village!" Shannon rushed in with a yell, but her eyes rounded with a gasp when she saw the state of the room.

"What the hell!" She shouted.

"Go away, you can't come in here!" Teal shouted from the edge.

"Stay there and wait for me ok?." Shannon breathlessly replied.

She tore a curtain and threw it inside, holding the other end.

"Hold it, I'll pull you out." She said.

"I told you to leave, Shannon!" Teal shouted, her hand slipping dangerously on the edge.

The pit is so eagar to swallow her.

"Stop telling me to leave and hold the curtain! If you fall, I'll never forgive you!" Shannon shouted.

Teal's hands slipped again, and blood dropped from her bleeding leg to the base pit.

"Teal please!!" Shannon shouted.

With difficulty, Teal got a hold of the curtain...

"Good," Shannon smiled, but just as she was about to start pulling her out, the curtain was cut.

Teal fell into the dark pit with a low, sharp cry.

"No!!!" Shannon screamed, turning around to see Sierra, standing there with a dagger.

"How could you cut it, you black Eve!!!" She yelled, and Sierra pointed her knife forward.

By now, the room is burning brightly, and the fire joined the sky stars to lit up their faces.

"She needed to leave, and if you're not fine with it, you can join her." Sierra said.

"Think I'm scared of you? Major my foot! I'll kill you!!!" Shannon pulled her bloody spear from the ground.

The moment they lunged towards each other, a greater force descended in the corridor from the roof.

More straw fell, and they were madly shocked to see him.

Four!

"Master Sergeant." Shannon muttered.

"Four," Sierra followed.

He spared no glance.

He gave away no gaze. 

He let down no feelings.

He entered the burning room, and the burnt door nearly fell on him.

He stepped into the ruins, and the sinking ground sank more at each step he balanced till he arrived at the pit edge.

Just like earlier at the cliff, he jumped again, without thinking twice.

He could smell her in the pit as he fell into the darkness till the sound of a splash came.

There's a large river at the pit base, and he fell inside.

He shut down the pains from his back, diving deeper.

Then he saw her.

She's already drowning, and her leg is bleeding into the water.

Three wide strokes brought him to her, and he wrapped her into his arms securely.

He didn't waste time. 

Bubbles erupted as he moulded his full lips into hers, kissing her obsessively and guiding the back of her head with the crown of his palm.

Teal responded to his kiss with a strong yearn, jerking back to consciousness on his lips.

Her eyes opened, and her legs wrapped around him, tightly.

TBC.

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