Destrõy Me - Episode 15 & 16

 

 

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Destrõy Me - Episode 15 & 16

 (Her•Heartless•Monster)

 By Naomi Cindy B.

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Time resumed running, and Tamlin kissed Imogen, lips on lips!

The eyes of everyone in class almost fell off their sockets.

Twilight gasped, her eyes refusing to blink as she watched Tamlin's tongue going inside Imogen's mouth.

It's like Imogen's brain melted too cos right now, she's imagining Tamlin as Slade.

She hugged Tamlin to herself, and Tamlin slid his arms around her too.

Slade smirked like Satan's full-time incarnate, then he turned around.

His eyes met with Twilight's, and she just knew immediately that he did it.

Slade didn't look at her for one more minute before starting to walk back to the front.

"Someone stop them!!!" Posey screamed, but the whole class was too stunned to even leave their positions.

It was Ren who jumped over his table and ran fast to the kissing siblings.

He crashed into their middle, separating them forcefully.

Their lips have bleeding bites already, and they're both breathing so hard.

"What the f+ck are you both doing!!?" Ren shouted.

That knocked them back to their senses cos Imogene's eyes widened when she realized it.

"You?" Tamlin pointed at her slowly.

"Wh... why did you...why did you kiss me?" Imogen stuttered like she's tongue-tied.

Tamlin's eyes wandered to the front where Slade is back to.

He's currently writing in board like he's not the one who just caused the insanity that just happened.

"Why did you kiss me? Why would you!!!" Imogen yelled, and waltzed forward to Tamlin.

The thunderous sound of her palm against his skin echoed in class as she slapped him hard, making his cheek red.

"I was saving my first kiss for Slade you moron!! I hate you!!!" Imogen started crying as she ran out of class.

"Imogen!" Posey rushed after her.

Tamlin almost went to the front to meet Slade, but Ruslan came back inside and grabbed him, dragging him out too.

"Yes? Miss Kent?" Slade said sternly, his eyes keen on Twilight again

She's still standing, so she blinked twice and cleared her throat to speak, but she couldn't, the shock is still devouring her.

What is he? Cos he can't be human with that dark personality.

One minute she was standing in front of Tamlin expecting a kiss, and another minute, Imogen replaced her.

Thinking of everything made her head boil, and she had to blink and shake her head to steady herself.

"You can leave the class if you have nothing to say" Slade spoke again.

"Tragedy... Tragedy has to do with...death, and...

"What signifies death?" Slade interrupted her sharply.

"Skulls, Black Roses, Crossbones, Ravens..." She said, holding her breath.

The goosebumps on her skin right now is insane, and he's not helping matters with the way he's looking at her intensely like a predator.

Gawd...can someone just kill him already?

Can an earthquake just come for only him?

Can he just disappear and never come back?

"Good. Sit your @ss down" he finally spoke, and she released her breaths before sitting down, resting her head on her desk.

For the rest of the class, she only heard his voice, she didn't look up for the fear of meeting his evil eyes under his evil glasses.

The class ended in an hour, and she was the first to rush out of the class.

The pearl earring in her right ear fell off, but she's too fast to notice.

Students were marching it as they walked out of the class, but when Slade saw it, he picked it up.

The pearl gave his palm a painful burn immediately, so he had to drop it in an handkerchief before taking a deeper look at it.

Surely, it's not an ordinary pearl, and he has noticed she doesn't only wear the earrings...she wears the necklace and bracelet too.

He scrunched his brows and inserted the earring into his pocket before finally leaving the class.

As expected, he met Uriel waiting in front of it.

"Grandpa Cedric wants to see you" he reported.

"Suddenly?" Slade frowned.

"He's the only family member you relate with, so you can't turn him down. It's been a week and he probably misses you" Uriel shrugged.

"I don't like people missing me" Slade muttered.

"I'll drive" Uriel said, and Slade gave him a look.

"You got the microchip ready yet?"

"Yes. When are you planting it on her?" Uriel asked as they walked down the corridor together.

"Tonight" Slade replied simply.

"How are you gonna go about it though? She's stubborn and definitely won't allow it" Uriel said.

Slade brought a phone out of his pocket slowly. It's Echo's phone.

He checked it out to see 20 missed calls from Twilight already, and he pushed the phone back into his pocket eventually.

"She will...I'm leaving her no choice" he said dominantly, getting in the car with Uriel.

*

"Where the f+ck did she? She can't keep me on my toes like this" Twilight lamented as she walked the corridor with her phone on her ear again.

Echo is still not picking up, and she's about to go crazy right now.

Worse is that she can't even find Imogen and her minions anywhere.

As she walked the hallway with worry beading her face, she couldn't help but hear the ongoing gist among the students.

* They kissed? That's cray cray!

* I know, right? Their lips even bled!

* Was it that deep?

* Deep? It was more than deep! They used the tongue!

* What the...

* How did that even happen?

* He was supposed to kiss Twilight, but no one knows how Imogen took her place.

Twilight locked her ears away from their chats till she was out of that hallway, then she made her way to the tenth tower.

She arrived there with heavy breaths, but when she tried going in, she was pushed back by some students from inside.

"What are you doing here? You didn't read the instruction?" One of them said, pointing at the poster on the door.

NO ENTRY FOR POOR BI+ÇHES AND BASTARDS, RICH STUDENTS ONLY.

"I need to see Imogen" Twilight replied.

"You can't go in unless Imogen herself comes out to you! You can't contaminate the air for us" Another student scowled.

"Imogen!!!!" Twilight screamed, hoping she'd hear her.

"She's crazy" a girl shook her head.

Right now she's surrounded by a bunch of them who looks like they're gonna have her for brunch.

"Why is my name coming out of a rotten mouth like yours?" Imogen's voice penetrated into the bunch, and they made way for her till she's in front of them with her two dogs.

"Where did you keep Echo?" Twilight asked.

"And why do you think I took her, bî+ch?" Imogen questioned.

"Where did you keep Echo!" Twilight raised her voice, and Posey came forward to kick her in the tummy.

Twilight fell to the ground.

"Who do you think you're shouting at?" Posey glared, and Ren grinned.

Twilight stood to her feet and rushed forward, grabbing Imogen by the hair.

"Let go, sourface!" Imogen gasped.

"Where did you keep my roommate? Huh? Where?" She demanded.

"What are y'all waiting for? Murder her!" Posey shouted, and every single girl in the bunch covered Twilight.

She'd have been beated to death for real, but the appearance of Damien and Rihannon stopped them.

Twilight was taking away from their middle, but Imogen still came closer.

"Stay back or I'll actually nail you" Damien glared at her, and she scoffed.

"Porr-@ss" she muttered.

"I bet you enjoyed the kiss with your brother" Damien winked, and Imogen became speechless.

Rihannon took Twilight away, and Damien followed behind till they got to one of the gardens.

"Echo... Echo has been missing since last night" Twilight said.

"What! How?" Rihannon blinked.

"I dunno, and I've been trying her line but she's not picking" Twilight sniffled, about to cry.

"Wait. Come to think of it, no student has gone missing this month yet, maybe..." Damien said.

"No. No she can't be" Twilight finally started crying.

"I lost Tanya already so I can't lose Echo too! Please find her for me" she shook her head as she cried.

"We'll find her" Rihannon said, wiping her tears.

"What do you mean? This school is not a place for finding. Once she's missing, then she's missing for life" Damien said flatly, and Twilight dropped her body on the bench.

She began crying more, and Rihannon sat beside her, comforting her to the best of her knowledge.

"Echo..." Twilight sobbed.

*

ANOTHER GARDEN*

Tamlin has his thumbnail in his mouth as he sat on a bench, tapping his right shoe on the ground repeatedly.

His restlessness is obvious, and he's covered with sweat in his brows, running down his cheekbones.

Ruslan is backing the tree in front of him, looking upset.

"Why would you kiss her?" He finally spoke up.

"What do you mean? I told you I didn't know when she got to me. It was supposed to be Twilight but Imogen somehow replaced her. It's like someone paused time and...

"You're telling me Slade did it?" Ruslan cut him off.

"Who else would do it? He can do anything with that stupid ring on his damn finger! I shouldn't have returned it" Tamlin said, kicking away the stone in front of him angrily.

"That's not making any sense. Why would be stop you from kissing Twilight? Does he have a crush on her?" Ruslan said.

"Gawd damnit! Are you slow? Why would that sociopath have feelings when his heart is not even beating? He did it to mess with me...he loves seeing me mad, he loves seeing people angry especially me. Don't you get it? He likes when people are angry, pained or sad!" Tamlin snapped.

"Chill...I get you but there's still something odd about him and that Twilight girl" Ruslan mumbled.

"Twilight?" Tamlin muttered when he suddenly saw her coming into the garden.

Ruslan faced the direction and saw her advancing with tears in her eyes.

"Who's Isobel? You said her name before trying to kiss me earlier " Twilight asked.

"Twilight...

"Answer me, Tamlin. Who's Isobel?" Twilight interrupted.

"My... ex" Tamlin replied.

"Your first love?" Twilight said, and he simply nodded.

"That's all I need to know" she replied and turned to leave, but he grabbed her hand.

"It was a mistake calling her name and...

"Then don't make the mistake anymore, and don't try kissing me again" she cut him off and finally left.

"Shit" Tamlin dipped his hand into his hair with his lip between his teeth, and one of Lorraine's guards came in.

"Lord Vann wants you at the Wesley tower" he reported.

Tamlin followed him out, leaving Ruslan alone in the garden.

He sat on the bench and tried to pull it together, but he couldn't.

All he could visualize was Tamlin kissing Imogen.

Tamlin and Slade are the only age mates in this university, so he's below Tamlin in the age grading.

He's the same age with Imogen, which is why he has had this crazy crush on her since she was a kid.

She was returning the energy just fine, but everything changed when she set eyes on Slade.

If he wants Imogen, then Slade has to at least die, but how is he gonna do that when he looks untouchable?

*

WESLEY TOWER*

"What the hell is happening?" Tamlin demanded as he entered Lorraine's room.

Lorraine is in bed, legs spread out. She's wearing only her transparent underskirt and bra. Nothing else, and all the windows are open for air 

Imogen is already in the room, looking unusually calm.

Lord Vann himself is sitting on a chair not far from the bed, but when Tamlin came in, he stood.

"What's going on, mother?" Tamlin demanded again, but Lord Vann already dealt his face with a loud slap before he could get an answer.

"Father!" He staggered back, holding that cheek.

It's the same cheek Imogen slapped earlier in class, so it's swollen again.

"You kissed your sister? How dare you practice that incest act!" Vann yelled.

"I wanted to kiss Twilight but Slade stopped the time and made changes! It's not my fault!" Tamlin yelled back.

"Same Slade who tried to rape your mother?" Vann scoffed, and Tamlin's eyes widened.

"What!"

"That can't be true...why would he try to rape you when almost all the girls in this university will be ready to open their legs for him if he snaps his finger?" Imogen defended.

"Are you really defending that bastard in front of me right now? Look what he did to me! I won't be able to walk for days! My womb is damaged!" Lorraine yelled from the bed.

"The womb part is not a problem. I and Tamlin are enough for you" Imogen said, and Vann threw a flower vase at her .

Imogen quickly changed position, so the vase crashed on the wall.

"Father!" She gasped, blocking her ears with her palms.

"Defend him one more time, and I'll disown you!" Vann glared.

"If he's that much of a trouble, why haven't you sent him away from the school? You're literally the owner of this school" Imogen replied.

"No I'm not" Vann replied.

"You mean there's a sponsor greater than you? Who?" Imogen asked.

Vann didn't reply before leaving the room.

"You have to answer me! Who is it!" She ran after him.

"Tamlin" Lorraine called, and Tamlin folded his fists till his knuckles turned white.

He has been boiling since he heard about the attempted rape, and right now he only needs to see Slade.

He's gonna kill him no matter what, even if he dies in the process.

He didn't look back as he stormed out of the room.

"Tamlin!" Lorraine called after him.

*

DOWNTOWN, GREG'S COTTAGE*

The sound of the small broomstick as it journeyed in circles inside the herbal medicine cup could be heard as Greg made a tonic.

There are several batches of it on the table already, and they're all going out for distribution today.

He needs to sell as much as he can to pay Owen's hospital bills this week and also send some to Twilight.

He breathed out when he noticed he still has to sieve the tonic.

He stood and held his hurting back as he walked to an old cupboard where he took the seive from.

"Anybody here?" A harsh voice said from outside, and he quickly rushed to the door.

He opened it to meet two government officials standing there.

"What the f+ck! Wear glasses man! Your eyes!" They panicked.

Greg quickly got his black shades from his pocket and put it on.

"Why aren't you packing yet?" The first one asked with a scowl.

"What do you mean pack? This is my cottage" Greg replied.

"Haven't you been coming out? The government announced redevelopment on this area since a month ago, and it's finally happening tomorrow. Can't you see your neighbors leaving their houses already?" The second one glared.

"No but I built this cottage with my own money... I...

"With your own money, but it's on the government's land, so you either pack and go before tomorrow, or your properties gets destroyed when the tractors arrive" they cut him off and left him standing.

Greg held the doorframe, swallowing.

"But it's my cottage...my house..." He muttered.

*

GRANDPA CEDRIC'S ESTATE*

"Look who I have here!" The cheerful old man grinned when Slade entered the threshold.

He's sitting at the patio with a big mug of coffee and an unopened bottle of tequila on the table.

He stood to give Slade a hug, and Slade barely hugged him back.

"It's been a week. You can't run away from your parents and run away from here too...you promised" Grandpa Cedric said as they settled down together.

"When was that?" Slade asked, opening the tequila and pouring himself some cold coffee before diluting it.

He had a drink, and Grandpa Cedric smiled.

"I love seeing you drinking your dilutions like this" he said.

"Why am I here?" Slade faced him.

"You mean I can't call my grandson to my estate for a drink?" Cedric said.

"It was specific, and I'm smart enough to catch on" Slade raised his brows.

"You have to kill the girl" Cedric finally spoke, and Slade dropped his cup.

"Knew it" he muttered.

"You don't blink before killing, so I wonder what's holding you back this time. Stella your mother kept saying you've met her, and i know she doesn't say wrong" Cedric said carefully.

"How's she doing? Stella" Slade asked.

"If you're curious, you should visit the island yourself" Cedric replied, and Slade stood.

"I'm done here" he said and started walking out.

"You know your rival can't kill her before you, right? Or are you feeling pity for her? It's not your fault that she was born to be a slave to your curse. It's not your fault that she was born to create balance between you and your rival" Grandpa Cedric stood, and Slade stopped, turning back with a smirk.

"Pity? I've never felt that before, never tasted it, never breathed it in my fuçking nose. She'll die, but after I toy with her to my satisfaction... she's fun to play with" he said and finally left.

Grandpa Cedric sat back with a huff, and Timothy came out from behind the door where he has been hiding.

"He never listens, not even to me" Cedric grunted.

"He's knowingly doing this to see me go crazy, and it's definitely working cos I'm going crazy" Timothy said, sitting down too.

"Give it some time and don't show your anxiousness. He'll eventually come around.. he's my grandson after all" Grandpa Cedric grunted again.

*

UNIVERSITY OF GLENNVILLE, 8PM~TWILIGHT'S ROOM*

Twilight couldn't sleep at all.

Rihannon even came to sleep in the room with her. She's currently sleeping on Echo's bed, but Twilight couldn't even close her eyes.

The fact that Echo's body hasn't been found is baffling, and the fact that the school ain't doing anything about it is more scary.

Coming to this school was never right in the first place.

Maybe if she didn't come, Tanya wouldn't have met her, and Tanya would still be alive.

Echo would still be alive too, and she wouldn't have met Slade the blackbird who makes her feel goosebumps with his evil frozen eyes, the man she hates with everything she has.

She turned in bed again, and her elastic pyjamas pulled away from her chest, exposing a part of her breàsts.

She quickly pulled it back, and her phone rang beside her.

She sat up and gasped when she saw Echo on screen.

She literally jumped down from the bed as she picked, and that woke Rihannon.

"Echo?" She brought the phone to her ear.

"Twi?" Echo's voice came.

"I'm at the hut beside the river in the woods" Echo replied. Twilight didn't even wait before rushing out of the room.

Rihannon went after her, and they rushed down the tower together.

Thankfully, there's still plenty of time before 12 midnight.

They dashed out of the tower, and their rush didn't make them see Tamlin who's just coming out of tenth tower.

Curiously, Tamlin followed them.

*

Thanks to Rihannon, Twilight found the hut beside the river so fast.

She barged in and met burning candles everywhere like a ritual is about to happen.

Echo is sitting on a slate on top of the place, and her bitten leg has been tied with a rag.

"Echo!" Twilight rushed to her, and they hugged so tight.

"I thought you were dead! I was so scared how did you get here!" Twilight sobbed.

"I was waiting for someone when I snake bit me, but thanks to Slade, I'm fine" Echo replied.

"Slade?" Rihannon said.

"Behind you" Echo replied, and the girls turned to see Slade sitting on a metal chair like a king, his elbows rested on his knees and his body pushed forward as he watched them.

"What have you been doing with her?" Twilight said, pushing Echo behind herself.

"What would I possibly do with her?" Slade replied savagely.

"I'd have died from the bite but he helped me with a condition. He needs to plant something on you, Twi" Echo slowly said.

"What are you saying?" Rihannon replied.

"I...i dunno" Echo stuttered.

"A GPS microchip" Slade replied grimly.

"Why would I allow you to put that in me?" Twilight said.

"Everyone keeps an eye on their slave, little one" Slade replied.

"You're sick! I'm not your slave jerk! Let's go Echo" Twilight grabbed Echo and pulled her to the door.

Rihannon stepped out first, then Twilight, but when Echo tried leaving, she couldn't. It's like an invisible blockage is by the door.

"I can't...I can't leave" She said.

"What!" Twilight and Rihannon chorused.

But then, Tamlin came running.

He stormed into the door, breaking the blockage, then he pushed Echo out.

"Leave! Three of you" he said.

Twilight grabbed Echo, and together with Rihannon, they ran off fast.

Tamlin entered the hut and met Slade still sitting devilishly.

"You bloody motherf+cker! Attempting to rape my mother wasn't enough, you had to make me kiss my sister too? Did anyone ever tell you how dirty you are?" He slammed, and Slade stood majestically.

"Dirty? You used the right word, I've never been clean in the mind. It's clogged over there with unholiness and impurities" He said.

"Bastard!" Tamlin seethed.

"That's right too. A bastard who made your mother choke on his c+ck. Did she tell you how her p+$$y was stretching for me and how she was begging for more? Your mother is a screamer" Slade replied.

"Shut the f+ck!!!" Tamlin shrieked and drew two kitchen knives out of his pocket which he threw forward.

The two flew to Slade and stabbed him straight in the heart.

His blood soaked his shirt immediately, and he groaned in pains, then Tamlin shifted back.

"Die... please" he muttered before rushing out of the hut.

Slade looked up slowly, then he stopped the fake groans and removed the knives from his chest.

He dropped them on the ground and sighed, looking at his bloody shirt.

"He's brave, I'll give on one over ten" he muttered and left the hut too, his bloody shirt making him so villainous.

*

Twilight, Echo and Rihannon are still on the run, but it seems the distance from the woods to the castle kept stretching the more they run.

They've been running for approximately ten minutes now.

Twilight is in the front, leading the other two behind her.

"Argh!!" Echo's yelp made them stop.

Rihannon and Twilight stopped at a time, turning back to see Echo in Slade's grip.

When did he even get here so fast?

"Please... please don't kill me" Echo begged and beggan crying.

"That depends on her" Slade replied firmly, looking at Twilight who swallowed.

"Don't do anything to her, please" Rihannon begged too.

"Let her go and plant the tracker" Twilight spoke, moving closer to him.

"Let her go" she repeated.

Slade let go of Echo, and Rihannon quickly grabbed her.

Twilight stretched her arm forward, and Slade opened her wrist slightly with a scalpel. A little of her blood gushed out.

"Ah!" She winced, hardening her bones.

Slade inserted the microchip into her wrist, then he sewed it up on that same spot.

"Why would you plant a tracker on me? Why are you doing this? What did i take from you to warrant this treatment!" She snapped at his face.

"Did you forget the thing about keeping an eye on my slave?" He replied bluntly without looking up.

His eyes are on her slim wrist that he's sewing.

"And did you forget the thing about how I'm not your slave?" She replied, and the next thing she felt was her back slamming against a nearest tree.

He had slammed her firmly on the hard bark.

"Fûck!" She gasped in pains, looking up at his icy face and bloody shirt and chilly eyes that held no mercy or compassion.

The only thing in those eyes is hell and fire...a combination of the two.

She swallowed, and he brought his face closer. She almost entered the tree as she shivered from the inside.

"Keep your mouth shut, unless you want me to fûck you like an animal against this tree while your friends watch... I know you're a virgin, so your blood will serve as the lube, and I won't stop till you get automatic bow legs" he muttered.

"Wh...what!"

TBC.

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