THĒ JÃILBĪRD
Thē Jãilbīrd - Episode 35&36
(Female•In•Disguise)
★★★★★★★★★★★★★
#UNEDITED
"If that belt touches me again, i swear to my master, I'll wound you" Adeline muttered.
Kimberly's arm went down limply, and her jaws dropped on the ground at the words.
"What did you just say?"
"I saw Corey's picture inside Trixie's necklace, and I think I'm getting close to what I'm looking for, so instead of abusing me, why don't you just watch me do my thing? I haven't seen you doing anything about the case too. I'm the only one working so please... Don't reopen my wounds" Adeline shook her head and turned around, walking out on her.
Kimberly almost screamed her name, but she had to stop herself by folding her fingers into her palm, hurting the flesh in the process.
"She trusts him enough to swear on his name?" she muttered, dumping the belt on the ground before storming out of the forest too.
A minute later, Angelika came out behind the sunflower again just like the other time.
She heard everything, and she saw everything too.
She dropped the sunflower in her hand and walked to the belt, picking it up sadly.
"That must have hurt her" she muttered, thinking about Adeline's cheek.
She exhaled, looking ahead.
"Kimberly is a bad person" she mumbled.
*
MANOR*
Madden literally barged in since the door is not locked.
He waltzed crazily into his workroom, and he wasn't surprised when he met Trixie inside.
She's in front of Corey's statue, staring at it with a lot of pain in her eyes.
"Madden" she spoke when Madden came in early bloodshot eyes.
Madden pushed her aside so he's standing in front of the statue instead.
Swiftly, he sent his fist like a bomb into the statue, and the image exploded, shattering everywhere..
"Madden no!" Trixie shouted, but then he faced her angrily.
"Stop it" he muttered, his tone reeking of destruction.
"You promised not to break it again" she replied.
"I hate keeping promises. How many times do I have to tell you not to trust anything that comes out of my mouth. I don't do no damn promises! I didn't only mould his image because you begged me to, I also did it for myself cos I come here to break him everyday when I remember what he did! I killed him 205 times already, and tomorrow I'm gonna remould and kill him again. I've been doing it everyday since he escaped, and I'll keep it up till I get him and send him back to hell" Madden thundered.
"Everyone in here might hate him for that incident, but I know for sure that he didn't do it. Corey was framed. Please believe me Madden" Trixie pleaded.
That only seemed to fuel Madden's anger more.
"How do you explain the cabin attack then?" His venomous eyes nearly swallowed her as he glared.
"He's an assassin yunno? And he probably had a grudge against this clan after what happened, maybe that's why he planned the attack" Trixie defended, and even in twenty years to come, she wouldn't have expected what happened next.
Madden picked his gun from the moulding table, and before she could dodge, he shot her in the right arm.
"Arhhhhhh!!!!" She held the bloody arm as tears streamed out of her eyes, and she staggered.
"I lost four men in the attack including Nikolai who's the best silencer here! Four damn men! And you're here defending him? F+ck you Trixie! F+ck you!" He yelled and was about to pull the trigger on her again, but the entry of Sin stopped him.
Sin came in with his gun too, shooting at Madden.
Madden swerved to the side, and the bullet escaped him before flying to the wall, then he sent a kick to Sin.
The kick met the gun in Sin's hand, and it fell on the ground, then Madden came stood straight before shooting him on the right arm too.
"Damn!!!" Sin staggered, holding the arm.
"Madden!!!!" Trixie shrieked in horror.
Madden pushed Sin to Trixie's side, and they both fell on the sofa, holding their bleeding arms.
"Now listen, you both. Whatever I do in this clan is no man's business. This organization belongs to my f+çking father from the start, and if anyone tries to play smart, then we can go blood for blood. I'll be your doom" Madden muttered.
"Those who call you the beast weren't lying. You're worse!!!" Sin yelled.
"By all means" Madden replied darkly, his voice harsh.
"Madden?" Maya's voice sounded outside, and his head snapped to the door.
Maya stepped in, and her eyes widened madly when she saw the shot two.
"Are you crazy? What have you done?"
"Gave them something to remember for the rest of their lives" Madden replied, and Maya pulled Trixie and Sin up.
"Let's go" she said, taking them out.
She looked back at Madden when she got to the door...
"At this point, I'm scared of you, too" she said.
"It's only normal" Madden replied without any remorse.
Maya took the two away completely, and Madden dropped the gun on the ground, falling on the sofa which is stained with Sin and Trixie's blood.
This is only just the beginning though, cos apparently, Corey got help from someone in this clan.
To reveal the person, he'd have to get Corey first.
Corey.
*
3RD RESIDENTIAL WING*
Adeline met no one inside when she arrived.
Not Malik nor Loud.
She grudgingly walked to her bed and sat slowly, going down with the right side of her body, eyes open as she remembered Kimberly's words earlier...
"DID YOU FORGET WHAT COREY DID TO OUR PARENTS BECAUSE OF YOU?"
She sat up, shifting back on the bed so she could back the wall as she delved into the memories again.
FLASHBACK, FIVE YEARS AGO~COLORADO*
It was her parents birthday.
Coincidentally, both parents share the same birthday, which is why they call themselves match made from heaven everytime.
Mr. Wilson is mute, so he stays home most of the time since no one wants to hire a mute, but he hates being idle, so sometimes, he produces handmade perfumes since he's so good at it, and he sells them online.
The mother, Mrs. Wilson works at a cyber security company as a secretary, and though her salary is not much, but at least they live comfortably with it.
Twenty people from her place of work are present at the house already, chatting around with juice cups in hand as they waited the start of the small party.
The couple are in the middle of the room, and Mr. Wilson could be seen talking to his wife with sign language which every member of the family understands.
"Why is he cake not here yet?" He signed.
"Kimberly is almost here" Mrs. Wilson replied, and Kimberly rushed in immediately, carrying the medium-sized cake which she set on the center table.
"Is Adeline not here yet?" She asked breathlessly.
"Nope, wasn't she supposed to be with you?" Mrs. Wilson replied.
"My son-in-law too, Corey is supposed to be here now" Mr. Wilson signed.
"They'll soon be here, chill" Kimberly signed back.
Meanwhile... Adeline is some distance away from the house, waiting for Corey since he wanted to come together with her.
She was kicking stones with her sneaker as she stood by the roadside, hands in the pocket of her jean jacket.
"Why the f+ck is he taking too long?" She muttered, getting her phone to dial him...
"Ade!" His voice made her look up to see him coming out of a Uber, holding a wrapped birthday cake in his right hand, then a wrapped bottle in his second hand.
"Babe!" Her face brightened till she got to her and handed her the cake.
"You didn't have to get it, Kimberly got one already" she smiled.
"Stop it and just take it" he replied, handing her the wrapped bottle too.
"What's this?" She shook it.
"You said your dad complained of backache days ago. I asked my granny to make some medicine with herbal leaves, and trust me it works. Your mum can take it too" he said.
"Aww, thank you" she hugged him.
BACK TO THE PRESENT*
The medicine bottle.
That darn medicine bottle ruined her life. That bottle murdered her parents.
Adeline almost started crying, but she quickly fought back the tears.
She has cried enough when she was in jail for five years, so there's no time for anymore waterworks right now.
She's here for revenge, and she'd get it.
She needs to go confront Trixie again.
She got down from the bed, but at the same time, Malik entered the room.
She ignored him like always, but he talked as expected.
"Why is Death so inclined to you? Are you both gay?"
Adeline turned back to him and nodded.
"Did you come into this clan to observe me or what? Why are you so f+çking obsessed with me?"
"Because Death treats you specially. What's the secret?" Malik replied, coming closer.
"Tell me, cos the moment I find out by myself, you won't be able to hold me" he said.
"Bark all you want... Woof!" Adeline rolled eyes and walked out on him.
"Bastard" Malik cursed.
* *
* That's bloody, man!
* Death shot his siblings?
* They're not siblings directly. Call it cross-sibling.
* True. They're not related anyways.
* But isn't it still too much?
The mobsters tongues were wagging as Maya escorted Sin and Trixie down the compound, towards the clinic.
They were still on the journey when Igor's car drove in.
He didn't get to the park before stopping the car, and the fire in his eyes grew hotter when he saw the gunshot wounds on their arms.
Andrei came out after him, looking just as pissed.
"Who the f+ck did this?" Igor questioned.
"Don't act like you care, you've never acted like a brother" Sin replied and left.
"I'll go take care of him" Andrei told Igor before following him.
"I'll take care of myself. I at least know how to remove a bullet" Trixie said and left too.
"Tell me Madden didn't do that to them" Igor faced Maya.
"So what if he did?" Maya replied, and Igor grabbed her brutally by the hair.
"You idiot!" Maya spat.
"I was coming for Micheal before, but starting with you and your brother is cool, too" he said and began dragging her away, but he was unaware of when she took out her knife and jammed it into his hand.
She stabbed his arm, and his blood pumped put as he let go of her.
Mobsters gathered around immediately, ready to feed their eyes.
Maya's eyes reddened within seconds, and her body began shaking as she stared at Igor's pouring blood.
"I knew it. Your blood is disgusting" she muttered, and Igor looked up slowly, his eyes blazing.
"How dare you!!" He yelled, coming for her again.
Maya lifted the knife again, but instead of him, she cut herself on the arm this time.
"You bloody psycho!" Igor shouted, and she laughed, showing him her bleeding arm.
"See the difference?" She grinned and tried cutting again, but Andrei appeared and took the hand, bringing it back down.
"Stop it, please" he told her, exhaling hard.
He could feel her body shaking as he held her hand, and Maya went silent.
He suddenly carried her in his arms, and Maya gasped, looking shocked as he took her away.
Igor watched them till they went out of sight, then he looked at his bleeding arm and the mobsters around.
Kimberly is in their middle, but he didn't see her before heading for the house of Orlovs.
"Is he fine?" Kimberly mumbled, watching his backside as the mobsters dispersed.
*
TRIXIE'S SUITE*
Removing the bullet from her arm was easy, but she lost a lot of blood already, so sue felt sick.
Nevertheless, she wrapped a bandage on the wound and rested back on the couch.
The wound generated tiredness, and she was even unaware of when she slept off.
She was on the doze for two minutes when she felt another presence in her sleep, and that made her eyes open fast
She grabbed the arrow and bow beside herself and set it swiftly, shooting forward.
The arrow flew to the door where Adeline is standing, but thanks to Trixie's wounded arm, she didn't target well so she escaped by hand standing to another spot.
Slowly, Trixie lowered her hand, and pains powered through her as she did.
Her lips are so damn pale
"What do you want?" She questioned.
"I only want you to tell me who Corey is, to you. Do you know where he is right now?" Adeline asked hopefully.
"Who is he to you, too?" Trixie questioned.
"That's not important, but I came here to kill him. He ruined me, and I'm ending him" Adeline replied, and Trixie walked closer, smiling with her dry lips.
"What if I tell you he's closer than you think?" She said.
Adeline held her breath, and Trixie leaned in, whispering something into her ear.
Adeline's eyes widened more and more till she was done, and Adeline stepped back.
"Are you... playing with me?" She muttered unbelievably.
"It's left for you to decide" Trixie replied and entered her bedroom, leaving her in the living room.
Adeline felt dead on her spot for a fraction of second, then she started taking slow steps out of room.
Her eyes were darkening, and her palms balled, then her jaws went set, and her whole features crumpled.
It can't be.
Immediately she stepped out, she met the house of Orlovs guards outside, and before she knew it, she was grabbed.
She broke free, kicking the two guards back before trying to flip the third one, but she was outsmarted.
She got flipped instead, then she pulled the leg of that one, so he joined her on the ground with the other two.
Five more guards rushed over, surrounding her.
"You've been summoned by the godmother" their head said, and Adeline stood, dusting her shirt.
Without another word, she followed them, and she was led to the house of Orlovs.
She entered Klara's office, and she met Igor on seat in front of the woman.
Igor stood and walked to her immediately.
He grabbed her by the neck with his two hands at the same time, and she choked so much that the veins below her eyes popped out.
Igor raised her and threw her forward, landing her on Klara's desk.
She rolled on the papers before landing on the ground at Klara's feet.
Klara looked at her, her eyes indifferent.
"You must be thinking I'm easy, isn't that why you boldly took the job to betray me?" Igor ranted, breathing hard.
Adeline stood, her eyes cold.
"Now, you need to die" he smiled deviously, retrieving his gun.
Before he could even raise it up, Madden came in.
He tried to play the smart-ass game by pulling the trigger fast, but the gun made an empty sound, indicating no bullet.
"What the f+ck!" He spat, and Madden smirked.
"I removed the bullets too when I stole the laptop" Adeline spoke up from Klara's side, taking the black bullets out of her pocket.
"What the...
Igor's statement was still incomplete when Madden lunged for him.
Igor ducked and threw him a backhand, but it met Madden like it's nothing, then he grabbed his throat just like he did to Adeline.
He threw him over Klara's desk, and he crashed into the ground, bruising his forehead.
Klara didn't move at all, and Adeline has her eyes on Madden, looking at him with a newly brewed hate.
She's literally killing him with her eyes.
Igor stood slowly, and Madden walked slowly to him, his muscles almost bursting.
"Warn your juniors, or I'll kill them and pop champagne on their bodies" he said deviously.
Igor faced Klara, feeling betrayed.
"You weren't planning to help, were you?" He said.
"Why would I? Erik is currently out of town. You can report to him when he comes back, then you both can do whatever you want. I regretted saving you from Madden in the cathedral back then, you should have been dead by now" Klara replied.
"Whore!!!" Igor yelled angrily.
"She's a whore, but at least she's still here. But you... Erik hasn't told you who your mother is, has he?" Madden's voice came.
Igor faced him, swallowing hard.
"Erik impregnated her three times, and she gave birth in secret, then he took the kids from her and payed her off" Madden said.
"Motherf+cker!" Igor spat, his voice painful.
"You don't even know her face, do you? But you badly wanna see her, and that's why you used MOTHER as your laptop password" Madden smirked.
"Asshole!" Igor spat again, the pain in his voice doubling.
"I have plans to find her and murder her before you and your siblings even meet her" Madden continued, and Igor rushed to him, grabbing him by the collar.
"Stop talking bastard! Damn stop talking!!" He yelled desperately, and Madden smirked again
"Why are you getting scared? Your father killed my father, and killing your mother would make up for it" he said, removing Igor's hands from his shirt.
He went straight to Adeline and took her hand, walking out of the office with her.
Igor left the office too, and Klara sat back on her chair.
She's sure she inhaled Micheal's scent when he landed at her feet earlier.
Purple... He scents like purple., and something feels strange about it.
*
Madden let go of Adeline's hand once they were out of the house, and his eyes immediately caught the red swell on her cheek, caused by the belt.
"What the hell is that?" He frowned, and she touched the swell with her right hand.
"I hit my face on the door" she lied.
"Just how daft do you think I am to believe that shit?" His frown deepened.
"Can I eat with you tonight?" She replied, changing the subject while holding eyes with him.
She saw his brows tilt, and his eyes shifted slightly.
"I... have something to discuss with you over dinner. Please" she begged.
"Tell Selesta to serve dinner then" he replied and left her there.
Adeline let out all the breaths she has been holding, folding and fisting her palm repeatedly as she watched him walk away.
Trixie's words haunted her again...
"MADDEN IS COREY. EVER HEARD OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY? HE DID THAT. HE CHANGED HIS FACE"
Just how stupid has she been? To think she was starting to sink into his trap again for the second time.
The tounging at the saloon was the worse, and how he saw her half-naked already.
He did surgery? Did that also change his eye color or did he deceive her with lenses too?
Now it's obvious why he took her under his wing.
He wants to make sure she'll never be able to go far, and it's true.
No matter how long she trains, she'd never be able to beat Madden Smirnov, aka Corey.
She'd finish him off once and for all, and then the clan can do whatever they want with her
She was raging as she made her way to the kitchen.
Loud and Jinx are there, stuffing their faces with food.
Angelika is with them.
"Micheal!" She beamed immediately.
Adeline didn't even look her way.
Loud and Jinx noticed her sour mood too.
"Are you ok Mich?" Jinx asked.
"Buddy" Loud stood.
"Where's Lady Selesta?" Adeline asked.
"In the inner kitchen" Jinx replied, and Adeline went in to meet her
She already packed Madden's dinner into a pearl basket, ready to take it to the mountain.
"I'll take it" she said.
"Really? Thank you Michael" Selesta smiled, not arguing before handing her the pearl basket.
Adeline left the kitchen through the backdoor to avoid further questions from Loud and Jinx.
She made her way back to the manor, and while walking through the forest, she snuck into the blind spot where she dropped the basket.
She brought out Madden's cross necklace from her pocket.
Actually, she picked it from the ground when they where leaving the CEO's hallway yesterday in Alaska.
Must have fallen from him during the fight.
She planned to give it back to him, but now it's gonna serve a better purpose.
She opened the right cross and poured the black poison into all the dishes, including the drinking water.
She packed it back, climbing the mountain with the basket.
Surprisingly, she met the door open when she arrived, and she slipped in.
She'd have gone straight to his bedroom, but she heard classical music from his workroom, so she went there and met him inside.
He's busy moulding a porcelain, and his attention is zeroed on his masterpiece.
Adeline was glaring venomously at him as she dropped the basket on the tall table.
"Water" he told her.
She quickly got the jug of water from the basket, pouring it into the drinking cup before handing it to him.
He wiped his hand before taking it, and Adeline smiled secretly as he gulped down everything at a go.
He must be really thirsty.
He dropped the cup and wiped his second hand, then he looked up at her...
"You wanted to talk about what?" He said and stood to his feet, but he immediately staggered back, grabbing his chest.
"Jesus fuçking christ!" He groaned, blood escaping his mouth instantly, staining his lips.
He began sweating despite the coldness of the house, and when he stretched his hand to take the bottle of vodka not far from him
Adeline kicked it away with her leg before he could reach it, and it shattered on the ground, wasting the vodka.
Madden looked up, streaks filling his eyes and his neck choking visibly.
His body started stiffening, and he couldn't even open his mouth to talk as he fell from the chair to the ground, holding his neck.
"How does that feel, Corey motherfûcker!" Adeline spat, his groans mixing with her words.
"You think changing your face will save you from my wrath? I'm thankful that your siblings hate you, else, I wouldn't have gotten the info, and you'd have fooled me for the second time!" She yelled.
Madden backed the chair, still bleeding from the mouth.
"What did my parents do to you? Huh? What did they do!!! All I ever did was love you! All I did was hand tiy my heart but you smashed it! How evil could you be to try deceiving me with a new face!!" She yelled again, her voice fused with hatred.
"I know I'll never be able to beat you even if I train for hundred years, so let's part ways like this. I don't care about whatever the organization will do to me. You only have to die, ok? Go to hell!!!" She yelled again.
Madden stopped moving this time, and his eyes closed completely as his body went limp.
Seems like he submitted to death already. He submitted to himself.
"Good" Adeline breathed coldly and looked around.
She was about to rush out when she suddenly saw a picture under the tall table.
Skeptically, she walked to it and picked it up.
Her eyes almost fell on the ground when she saw the people in it
It's a picture of Madden and Corey. It's an unaware picture though, but it's the two of them.
This only means one thing....the fact that they're in one picture means one thing.
Madden is not Corey.
Trixie.... Trixie lied
Trixie lied!
The picture fell from her as her breaths seized, and her eyes widened again as she looked back at Madden's body on the ground.
"Trixie..." She muttered in a fretted shaky tone, swallowing her own saliva before trying to run out of the room, but she couldn't cos...
An hand grabbed her leg suddenly, and she froze as cold sweat cascaded down her backline.
She turned her head back slowly, and she went insane when she saw Madden's eyes open.
The blood on his lips made him more devilish and dark... Like Lucifer.
His classic smirk is on his bloody lips, and his hand is holding her tight by the ankle as he spoke poisonously...
"Where the f+ck do you think you're going Adeline?"
TBC.
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