Destrõy Me - Episode 17 & 18

 

 

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Destrõy Me - Episode 17 & 18

 (Her•Heartless•Monster)

 By Naomi Cindy B.

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"Wh...what!" The words left Twilight's mouth in a sudden stammer, and she unconsciously pressed her thighs together, looking away from his insane eyes slowly.

"Don't... don't say words like that...to me" she stammered again, and a knowing smirk tainted Slade's thin lips.

"What? Does it make your p+$$y weep? I bet that little thing is crying under your panties right now, begging for penetration" he muttered, and she quickly pushed him.

Not that her strength is a match for his own, but he knowingly swayed when she did the push, so he staggered away from her with a slow poisonous smile.

"Don't come close to me you dark devil! Don't touch me, and don't talk to me. You planted your stupid tracker, right? So leave me the hell alone, and from now on, i won't be attending your classes cos seeing your face is enough to set me off!" She snapped, fighting back her tears.

"You can't graduate this university without attending my classes, Miss Kent." Slade tilted his head, and she sniffled.

The tears must not fall, not in front of this Satan.

She hasn't had a close interraction with a male before except her father. 

Slade is the first male that came very close to her when he slammed her on the tree earlier. She could swear she smelled his musky scent, but it's unfortunate that he's a dipshit she doesn't even wanna see anymore.

Each day she meets him, he shows a brand new dangerous side, and that makes her wonder just how many tricks he has left under his dark, dirty sleeves.

She has read about males like him in her romance novels, but never in her whole life has she dreamt of actually meeting someone like him in real life.

Dangerous, manipulative, merciless, dominant, and powerful.

The fact that she's weak compared to him is making her blood boil, and she  started wishing she could magically send him to hell where he belongs.

She wants him gone forever, and she'd do anything to achieve that.

She'd do anything, to defeat this monster.

"Burn in hell" she muttered hatefully, her lips shaking as she said the scathing words, then she rushed to join the girls.

She pulled Echo away, and Rihannon gave Slade a short glance before following them.

Slade watched Twilight's backside till she went out of sight before bringing out his phone which is connected to the GPS microchip.

The green beep was clicking on the screen, showing the path she's taking as she made her way to the castle.

He creased his brows before pushing the phone back into his pocket, then Uriel appeared from the opposite angle beside the river.

"I thought you wanted to sedate her and knock her out before planting the GPS, but you actually did it forcefully? She'd only hate you more" he said simply.

"Even better...she needs to hate me as much as she could, then it won't be so painful when I finally kill her" Slade replied, taking the first step away from his spot.

"You're way too unorthodox, is that your idea of lessening her pains?" Uriel said, following his steps.

"Lessening her pains? Why would I do that? I only want her to get used to it so we won't have to introduce each other when the judgment day arrives" Slade casually said, inserting his right hand into his pocket.

"But isn't she innocent? Why would a human be created just to get killed and lift a curse?" Uriel shrugged.

"Not my headache to nurse, and did you just say human?" Slade replied from the front, and Uriel quickly ran to block him.

"You're saying she's not human? But her parents are human. You said it yourself that her father is an herbal doctor, and her mother is suffering from schizophrenia, bedridden in Argentum hospital" He said curiously.

"She's a slave, my slave. That's all you need to know" Slade said firmly and pushed him out of the way before proceeding further.

"I'll never understand him" Uriel muttered, rushing after him.

*

BACK AT THE CASTLE*

"Why the hell are you asking me about the girls? Where did they go? Did you take them somewhere?" Damien demanded with a hardcore glare.

"I didn't take them anywhere so just tell me if they're back or not" Tamlin replied.

He arrived two minutes ago and couldn't find the girls in their rooms which scared him so much.

Damien won't give him breathing space too so it's all fucked up.

"Why are you asking me if they're back if you didn't take them anywhere? Do I look like a kid?" Damien demanded again, grabbing Tamlin by the collar.

"Let go of me idiot!" Tamlin pushed him off and proceeded to throwing a blow at his face.

Damien's lips bled, but he didn't wait to nurse it before returning the blow to Tamlin's face.

"Shit!" Tamlin groaned as his lips bled out too.

"If you don't provide the girls in two minutes, then we'll kill each other here" Damien swallowed.

"You two!" Rihannon climbed the stairs with the girls, and Damien gasped.

"Rihannon!" He rushed to her.

"I'm fine, you fought with Tamlin again?" She said, and he hugged her.

"Twilight, are you ok?" Tamlin went over to Twilight, and she nodded.

He moved closer, hesitating before finally pulling her into a hug. Twilight didn't move away.

"Thanks for staying safe from that animal" he muttered, shutting his eyes as he began stroking her hair.

Twilight hugged him back, and that fleeting moment, she wished he'd turn out to be her dream guy.

He's handsome, rich, considerate..he might be a jerk to others but at least he's nice to her.

She hugged him tighter, and Tamlin inhaled her jasmine scent so hard that his nose nearly bled.

Echo just stood in the middle of the two pair and watched them with a sad smile, wishing Ruslan was here to comfort her too.

"I told you to never go anywhere without me, it's late at night!" Damien scolded after he broke the hug with Rihannon.

"Don't even scold... I'm fine and the monster didn't eat me" she replied.

"But...

"Shhhh" she shushed, placing a finger on his lips which made him chuckle.

"Anyone would think you both are a couple" Echo spoke.

"Over my dead body" Rihannon and Damien chorused, and Echo began laughing.

"It's already so tiring to have him as a best friend, so having him as a boyfriend would go overboard" Rihannon said, and Damien rolled eyes.

Tamlin broke the hug with Twilight too, and she was about to talk when they heard a loud shrilling scream outside.

Their eyes widened at once, and Echo quickly checked the time on her wristwatch.

"It's 12 midnight!" She gasped, and they all rushed into the room, shutting the door loudly behind them.

The next ten minutes was spent telling Damien the story of what Slade did in the woods.

"He planted a GPS on you?" Tamlin stood.

"Yeah. He was babbling about how he needed to keep an eye on his slave" Twilight replied, and Tamlin took her hand.

"I'll take you downtown tomorrow, we'll have it removed" he said.

"Really?" Twilight smiled.

"Yeah, should be easy" Tamlin nodded.

"How's your leg faring?" Rihannon asked Echo.

"It's not painful anymore" Echo replied.

"And why did you even go to the woods in the first place?" Damien asked.

"I...I went for some fresh air since the room felt stuffy last night" she lied.

"And did Slade really help with the snakebite?" Rihannon asked again.

"Yes, and trust me... he's not bad like everyone thinks. He's...

"Stop talking about him" Tamlin cut her off, and Echo recoiled.

"Someone got killed by him again, definitely. The scream we heard says it all" Tamlin muttered.

*

ATTIC, 1AM*

The saddest tunes poured into the room like a whirlpool as Slade's fingers danced on the piano keys.

The black piano is sitting at a corner in his room, and he's sitting in front of it, playing a tragic tune like he does whenever he wants to go into his own head.

His eyes are closed, but he didn't miss a beat as he played like a sadist.

The tunes were seeping under his skin like fresh air, and real fresh air is blowing in through his open window too, howling inside his loose black shirt.

He's currently trapped inside his own head, and he made a huge tour in the darkest pages till he landed back to that night when Timothy said those shitty words...

"Slade, we should have...

Before Timothy could say the rest, Slade snapped out of it, and his eyes flew open.

His fingers stopped on top of a key, pressing it down to make a long sound.

He stood from the front of the piano and walked over to the window, looking up the dark sky.

The sky is f+çking dark tonight, no single silver linen. It's the most blindingly beautiful thing he has ever seen.

His black cat, Onyx meowed at his feet, and he got his camera to take a shot of it before taking a shot of the black sky too.

He felt something in his shorts pocket, and he took it out.

It's Twilight's pearl earring, it burned his palm again, so he dropped it on the window sill.

Only the light from a solar candle is illuminating the room as he stared at the pearl.

Poor girl who has to die for him to live.

Poor thing who has to die to lift the curse his mother brought into his existence.

If Stella didn't go out that night 27 years ago when she was pregnant with him.

If she didn't witness the ritual, he wouldn't have earned the curse in her womb.

He knocked the pearl earring down from the window, marching it with his feet as he walked to the bed.

Nothing can be done.. little one.

You'll die...you have to.

Immediately he sat in bed, he got a text from Lord Vann.

Vann: We need to talk. 10am tomorrow at the admin office.

He threw his phone back in bed before laying down, but his eyes never closed.

He never sleeps.

*

TENTH TOWER, IMOGEN'S ROOM*

"I can't wait to see who Slade killed this time. I'm sure everyone heard the scream" Posey said, laying lazily on Imogen's bed.

Imogen is In front of the mirror, wiping her lips with tissues.

"Whoever it is... RIP to him or her" Imogen replied with a shrug, wiping her lips harder.

"C'mon you've been on this thing for like five hours. Are you trying to make your lips disappear?" Posey sat up.

"Wait till your blood brother kisses you, and you'd know how it feels. I feel like maggots infested my mouth" Imogen replied, still wiping.

"But your brother is not that bad, stop being extra" Posey replied, and Imogen stood to face her.

"Are you sick? Of course he's not bad! Tamlin is handsome and has a greek-god-like build, but he's my f+çking brother! Shut up!" She glared and started walking towards the bathroom.

"I don't mean it that way. I mean... you should forget it and move on" Posey quickly said.

"Just shut up and go back to Ren" Imogen replied and finally entered the bathroom.

She peed and cleaned up, but just as she was about to leave, she met Ruslan behind herself.

"What the! Ruslan. How did you even get in?" She jumped.

"You know you can't fall for any other guy, right?" He said with grinded jaws, and her eyes shrank.

"What do you mean?"

"Stop pretending...you know just what I'm talking about. You know how I feel about you" he replied, and she folded her arms.

"Yes. And?"

"I was planning to take your first kiss, but...then you gave it to...your brother" he said, dragging his words.

"What made you think I'd give it to you if Tamlin didn't take it? I love Slade and I was keeping it for him" she glared.

"But he doesn't see you! You know he has no feelings" he replied.

"And I don't see you either... ding!" She winked and started leaving.

"What do I do? To make you see me?' he suddenly asked, and she stopped, smiling sneakily before turning back.

"Leave your phone for me, completely. Don't tell anyone about it too" she said.

"Done" he replied, and she left the bathroom, shutting the door.

"What took you so long?" Posey asked when she got back to the bedroom.

"I clearly told you to go meet Ren. Your boyfriend is definitely waiting to bury his d+ck in your @$shole" Imogen scoffed, falling in bed.

"We both know tonight is for us" Posey replied, picking a white pill from the bedstand.

She placed it on her tongue, and Imogen shifted closer, kissing her and taking some of it from her tongue.

They both laughed before falling in bed.

"Echo is only just starting, and as for Twilight, I'm sure she'll start feeling it tomorrow. I staged a show for her" Imogen said.

"I can't wait" Posey grinned.

*

NEXT MORNING, TWILIGHT'S ROOM*

Killa didn't appear in her dreams, and maybe that contributed to the headache she woke up with.

She refused to let Tamlin sleep in bed with her last night, so he's sleeping on the ground.

She almost matched him when she placed her legs down from the bed, but she was fast to avoid it.

He's curled up on the ground like a ball, and she took pity on him, covering him with the blanket before proceeding to the bathroom down the hall.

She rinsed her face with water and proceeded to wetting her hair with water too to ease the headache.

It really worked, but immediately she looked up at the mirror, she saw another reflection instead of her own.

It's a reflection of Tanya in bloody white clothes and cracked head just like she was when she died.

Twilight froze, and her eyes doubled in width as she shifted back from the mirror, the water from her hair dripping on her clothes and on the ground, forming a mystical trail.

The lights in the bathroom began flickering, and one of the bulbs shattered.

"You shouldn't have come here, Twilight" Tanya muttered in the mirror, and blood gushed out of her mouth and nose.

"Damn it! No!!!!" Twilight screamed fearfully, her back hitting someone.

She was pushed forward, and she whipped around to see Molly standing there like a vice.

"Mo... Molly" she stuttered, swallowing.

"Why the hell are you screaming and disturbing the peace of this tower?" Molly rolled eyes resentfully.

Twilight shakily turned back to the mirror, but there's no Tanya anymore.

Even the shattered bulb is still intact. It didn't shatter.

Was she hallucinating a minute ago? Was everything a fragment of her imagination?

She swallowed, and Molly got in front of her, pushing her big br+àsts up.

"I'm more endowed than you, in the front and in the back. My body is attractive than yours too. The only difference is our skin color, and my black is even clean!. I dunno why Tamlin is suddenly behaving like your shadow" she said jealously.

"Is that why you pushed me down the stairs? Is that why you hit me on the head with a plank so Lady Lorraine's guards could take me at the party? I saw you before I passed out" Twilight replied frostily.

"Glad you know. Well yes! I'm jealous, and you should get out of this school before you be the next one to die" Molly glared.

"Why exactly do you hate me? Cos of Slade or Tamlin?" Twilight scoffed.

"Both, if you must know" Molly rolled eyes again and left the bathroom.

Twilight sighed and quickly left too for the fear of hallucinating again.

When she got back to the room, Tamlin was already up, Echo too.

"Why the hell are you wet?" Tamlin asked, covering her with the blanket quickly.

"It's nothing" she smiled, and he nodded simply.

"I have a morning class, I'll see you later" he said and put on his shoes.

"Why are you still a student when you should be a professor like Slade? I heard you're age mates" she suddenly asked.

Tamlin looked up and stayed quiet for a beat.

"It's ok if you don't wanna talk about it" Twilight quickly said.

"I once dropped out of school after I lost Isobel. I couldn't do anything with my life for almost six years after her death, and it affected my education badly" he replied.

"How did she die? Isobel" Twilight carefully asked, pitying him already.

"Not a talk for today" Tamlin smiled sadly and finally exited the room.

"I feel for him. He seems nice" Echo spoke.

"Bad things happen to good people" Twilight replied.

"But he's totally into you! Dude slept on the floor instead of joining Damien in the second room!" Echo gushed.

"Stop it" Twilight bit her lip.

"Oh you feel it too!" Echo winked, and Twilight chuckled.

"Stop it!"

Damien and Rihannon entered the room at once.

"A student really died last night" Rihannon broke the news.

"It's a guy in final year. He was hanged on the orange tree in the second garden" Rihannon added.

Echo held her breath, and Twilight gulped, her collarbones displaying.

"Oh gawd" she muttered.

*

10AM*

Slade met Uriel waiting in front of his private elevator when he stepped out of it, and he didn't bother to wait.

He continued his walk like he didn't see him, and Uriel rushed after him.

"Another student died last night" he said.

"I know" Slade replied blankly, side-eying the girls gushing at his outfit and scent.

"And this month is coming to an end already. Another student will go missing" Uriel said again.

Slade didn't talk, his eyes are fixed on the stairs where Twilight is descending with her friends, laughing and chatting with them. 

She seems happy, and he dislikes that. Why the fûck is she laughing?

She's wearing a mini jean skirt and a corset top again. She must love corset a lot, and she's wearing chain boots. Her white backpack is sling over her right shoulder, and her pearls are on her too, just that she's wearing only her left earring.

"Your right earring is missing!" Echo suddenly noticed.

"I'll find it when we return" she replied, and Slade's eyes froze more as she finally went out of sight.

"Are you done ogling her, boss?" Uriel said beside him.

"What were you saying?" Slade replied, resuming his walk.

"The whole school is already assuming that you're the 12am killer, but the monthly kidnapper is still unknown. If we don't do something about it, they'll start saying you're the monthly kidnapper too and things might go south" Uriel replied.

"South isn't bad" Slade nodded.

"I knew you'd say that, and that's why I've been working on it. I think the missing students are related to the popular elixir" Uriel said, and Slade faced him.

"Kontrol?" He said, and Uriel nodded.

"Rumours says the major ingredient of the elixir is blood from the human tongue, it tallies" Uriel said.

"Like a project? A bastard is somewhere using kidnapped students from this university in a project?" Slade smirked darkly.

"Exactly" Uriel replied, and Slade's phone beeped, reminding him of his meeting with Lord Vann.

"We talk about this when I return" he said and left Uriel in the tower.

Uriel sighed out, and someone suddenly tapped him.

He turned to see Molly.

"Hey, you're the one who took me to my tower" he said.

"Sure, you on your way out?" She smiled, and he shrugged.

They left the tower together.

*

ADMIN OFFICE*

"You need to stop killing students, Slade" Lord Vann said immediately Slade made his entry.

"That's some cold-hearted welcome" Slade said, standing in front of him.

Slade is taller than anyone in this school, so his height literally covered Vann's.

"I didn't invite you here to welcome you. Stop killing students, huh? You killed another one last night! Are you a god or something? Is it a damn ritual? I'm begging you please! These students did nothing!" Lord Vann said.

"Aren't you gonna talk about your wife? She probably told you I tried raping her" Slade replied, and Vann grabbed him by the shoulders.

He got the heartburn immediately, and he let him go.

"You made her barren? You're not human" he muttered, sweating as he held his hurting chest.

"That's right" Slade nodded with a smirk, and Tamlin rushed in with Imogen.

"Father!" Tamlin quickly held Vann, but Imogen just stood, watching Slade proudly.

That's her man right there .

"Get out of this office" Tamlin glared at Slade.

"Next time, try to stab me on the neck. I'll stay unconscious for at least three days" Slade replied vaguely before walking out of the office.

*

PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT*

The first class got cancelled, so students are mingling in front of the class while waiting for the next one.

Echo and Twilight have milkshakes and fries from the pantry which they're munching on.

Twilight has her face buried in a romance novel which she's reading as she ate. She missed them so much.

As for Echo, her eyes are at a distance where Ruslan is walking into a class, and she's busy wondering why he hasn't texted her again.

Dr. Kali suddenly appeared, pushing through the crowd till she got to them.

"You need to get home now, Twilight. Your father is in trouble" she said, and the milkshake fell from Twilight to the ground.

"What!"

In another minute, she was already rushing to the park with Kali and Echo, her body shaking so much.

Kali was kind enough to drive them in her car, and after she carefully reeled the car down the heel, she sped on the road like a squirrel throughout the remaining drive.

The two hours drive was cut down to an hour and thirty minutes, and when they arrived at the cottage, it was already a mess.

There are two bulldozers in front of it, ready to bring down the cottage, and Greg is begging on his knees for the government officials to calm down.

"Papa!" Twilight ran to pull him up.

"What are you doing here?" Greg replied.

"I had to tell her when you told me" Dr. Kali replied behind.

"You can't just bring down our cottage like this. We bought this land and my father built it with his money!" Twilight faced the officials 

There are five of them, wearing protective helmets.

"I believe your father was warned since a month ago, but he's stubborn to stay" one of them replied.

"No one told me anything! You came just yesterday and expect me to move out that fast? I have nowhere else to go why would you chase me out of my house and suddenly claim it's the government's land!" Greg argued, and he was pushed back by another one of the officials.

Greg fell on the dust, and Twilight knelt beside him.

"Papa!" She gasped, facing the men.

"Don't touch him just stop! This is our only house and you can't take it like this!" She shouted.

"Demolish the cottage" the chief official ordered, and the bulldozers got started.

"No!" Greg spranged up.

"Please!!! Please you can't do this!!" Twilight began rubbing her palms together, and Greg had to kneel again.

"Please don't do this! I can't be homeless! My wife is sick too!" He cried.

"Please..." Twilight pulled the legs of one of them, but father and daughter were kicked away.

Dr. Kali and Echo had to quickly pull them away from the bulldozers path as they rode towards the cottage.

Greg couldn't even stand, and Twilight could already imagine living under the bridge with her father as the bulldozers finally got to the cottage.

Greg cried harder like a kid, and Twilight closed her eyes, expecting the bulldozers to crash into the cottage, but the rough arrival of a black car stopped the bulldozers.

The car was so rough that it drove into one of the government officials, hitting him out of the way.

The man flew to a pile of stones far away, and his backbone definitely broke cos the crash was audible.

The car finally halted, and Twilight opened her eyes, Greg paused his tears too.

The remaining officials watched shockingly as the car door opened, and guess who came out wearing a expensive long-black leather coat and classic s+xy glasses?

Slade motherf+ckin' Luther!

TBC.

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