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Destrõy Me - Episode 7 & 8
(Her•Heartless•Monster)
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"Is there more wood for me? Bring them out" Twilight said, boldly.
Lorraine's eyes still didn't blink. She kept up the death stare, and the atmosphere turned icy.
Tamlin was too stunned to utter a word, he's still holding Imogen's hand
Imogen herself looks just as speechless as Tamlin.
In the several years of this school's establishment, no student dared come close to Lorraine's face and talk.
Twilight just broke the record.
"I'm starting to think she's really a witch" Rihannon said with a small smile.
"Me too" Echo added.
"A hot one" Damien smiled, pocketing his hands
"No more wood? Or are you just speechless? Huh?" Twilight said again.
Her palms are still rested on the chair arms, and she's still staring down Lorraine who looks dumbstruck.
"I guess it's the two" Twilight said with a victorious smirk and stood straight, but that was it.
She lost all the energy in her bones immediately, and she went down straight.
Tamlin quickly let go of Imogen and caught her in his arms.
Her hair was sticking to her face so much as a result of the rainwater, and that alone made her look like a goddess.
Her beauty stuck him and made him stare at her unconscious face for longer than he planned.
He was still staring when Damien came closer with Rihannon and Echo.
"Hand her over, I'll take her" Damien told him.
"F+ck off" Tamlin glared at him and adjusted Twilight in his arms before starting to take her away.
Damien made to pull him back, but Ruslan blocked him.
"I wouldn't" he said in a warning tone, his eyes slanted.
"How long are you gonna play as Tamlin's watchdog? He doesn't see you as a friend are you blind? You're literally his lackey!" Damien blurted.
"You f+çking skunk!" Ruslan stepped closer to attack Damien, but Rihannon covered Damien very fast.
Ruslan immediately backed off. He eventually followed Tamlin.
Till he was out of sight, Echo wouldn't stop staring at his back view, and Imogen saw it.
She smiled knowingly before going to Lorraine who's still seated under her umbrella like she's paralyzed.
"Let's go, mother" she held her arm, and Lorraine stood.
The rain stopped already, so the guards folded the umbrella.
Lorraine left silently with Imogen, and Rihannon sighed, facing Damien.
The other students are starting to disperse too.
"You shouldn't have said that to Ruslan" Rihannon said.
"Well he was being an @ss. He supports Tamlin too much. I get that they're childhood fiends but he's overdoing it, and who knows where that angry bird Tamlin is taking Twilight to?" Damien replied.
"She'll be fine. Tamlin seems to have a soft spot for her so he won't hurt her" Rihannon sighed.
"Soft spot? Tamlin? I'll classify that under future impossible tense" Damien scoffed, walking away.
"Will he come around?" Echo asked.
"Yeah. He only needs some alone time and he'll come back" Rihannon shrugged.
"Well then...let's go look for Twi" Echo smiled, and Rihannon pulled her away.
*
ATTIC*
Slade set the yellow umbrella on fire immediately he arrived.
There's an available space below the rails, so he set it down there and lightened it with matchsticks.
Yellow is not his thing.
In fact, he dislikes colours, he only got that colour so he'd stand out and make Twilight notice him fast in the crowd earlier.
He backed the wall as he watched the poor umbrella burn to ashes on the floor, and as smokes rose from the fire, he felt refined.
He felt refreshed, and he began inhaling the flames aggressively, the veins on his neck turning black as he did.
So far he's wearing the ring, he can only recharge beside a burning fire, and since Twilight used some of his energy to split the woods, he might as well recharge.
He was still inhaling when his phone buzzed in his pocket, interrupting his recharge session.
His eyes opened slowly, and he rolled the ring in his finger before getting his phone out of his pocket.
It's Timothy calling.
He watched with broody eyes as the phone rang till the end of the call, and as expected, the person called again.
This time, Slade picked up.
"You knowingly didn't pick the first ring, wasn't it?" An old voice came, and Slade rolled his eyes back, leaving the wall to walk to the base of the stairs.
"Why did you call, Timothy?" He asked.
"Shouldn't you redevelop the habit of calling me father? It's never right for a son to call his father by his name but you're taking it too serious" Timothy replied, and Slade shut his eyes.
"You have just three minutes to tell me why you called, and I'm hanging up after that" he said.
"The girl... The one your mother told you about, did you meet her already? jasmine scent" Timothy said.
"That's not why you called" Slade replied like a detective.
"Come back home, Slade. Please" Timothy finally fessed up.
"That's what I thought" Slade hissed and made to hang up...
"Slade it's unfair! You're the son of the richest man in Glennville! You are my son! You are Slade Luther! I own twenty establishments in this town and in the city, and they all need an heir which is you! Why must you punish me by running away from home since you were 5!" Timothy started crying, and Slade smiled, enjoying the sound of his cries so damn much.
"I changed my mind,I'm not gonna hang up, but you have to promise me you'd continue crying..I f+çking love it" he whispered.
"You grew worse" Timothy muttered, his voice pained.
"Of course, growing worse is my trademark, and while reminding me of that, try to remind yourself of the words you said that night before I escaped from home... goodbye" Slade said and finally hung up.
He slowly brought the phone down from his ear, then he opened his eyes which already reddened with rage.
It's not his fault that he feels this amount of rage whenever he speaks to Timothy, he started it.
And no matter how much he craves to see his mother, he has decided to never go back to his father's island.
He pocketed the phone and turned back to the burning umbrella.
It's completely burnt to the ground, and only the black remains are on the surface.
He pushed a growl out of his throat and cleared it before going upstairs.
His cat, Onyx was already waiting by the door for him.
He never carries the cat, so the cat followed him into the attic, and he shut the door.
*
INFIRMARY*
Twilight woke on a soft bed in a warm room, and she turned her head softly on the pillow, blinking her blurry eyes slowly.
Judging by the smell of herbs and antiseptics, she's surely in the infirmary, but how did she get here?
Her palms has been treated and bandaged, she could feel the wool on them.
She raised her right palm to her forehead and touched, moaning gently, then she remembered she actually passed out at the firewoods arena.
"Damn Lady Lorraine" she muttered.
"You hate my mother that much?" Tamlin's voice came beside her, and she quickly sat up to see him standing beside the bed, staring down at her.
"Tamlin? What are you doing here?" She questioned.
"I think now is the time you thank me for bringing you here, not asking questions" Tamlin replied cockily, and she scoffed.
"Thank you for bringing me here, Tamlin Wesley" she bowed, and he smiled, taking his seat on the stool beside the bed.
He brought his hand forward and tried touching her forehead to check her temperature, but she bent back.
"I'm fine" she said, but he pulled her back and checked her temperature anyways.
"No one turns me down, and you won't start that list" he said.
"Do you know you're arrogant?" She replied.
"You have pride too, so I guess we're a team" he said.
"You wish" she rolled eyes and got down from the bed.
Dr. Kali came into the ward.
"How are you feeling now?" She asked worriedly, and Tamlin immediately exited the room.
"I'm better, thanks to you" Twilight said, and the woman came closer.
"I made the warning clear, Twilight. Why did you drag your friend out in the middle of the night?" She said.
"Believe me it was Tanya who ran out, and I only ran after her to stop her. I guess the students at my tower hates me, and that's why they're all saying I forced her out" she said.
"I went to get a restock of my herbs, so I wasn't in the castle when Lorraine was punishing you." Kali sighed.
"Even if you were, you wouldn't be able to stop her. Echo was right, she's wicked, but thankfully, i disgraced her" Twilight said.
"How did you do it? I went to the firewood place and saw the woods you destroyed. Are you a witch?" Kali shadowed her eyes.
"What! No! I think my hatred for Slade fueled my energy. I was able to do it immediately my eyes met with his own. My rage makes me energetic, I think" she quickly replied.
"Slade?" Dr. Kali said in confusion.
"Thanks for the treatment, Kali" Twilight smiled shortly and left the infirmary.
Kali's brows remained rumpled in confusion as she stood still on her spot, unable to pinpoint anything.
"Is there something her father isn't telling me?" She muttered, finally moving.
"No. She can't get involved with Slade. She just can't, I need to call Greg." She said, rushing out.
*
"Welcome back!" Echo blocked Twilight in front of the infirmary, and Twilight smiled as she drew her into a big hug.
"Thanks for disgracing Lady Lorraine. I'm sure the university will talk about it for a while" she said.
"It's my pleasure" Twilight replied.
"Damien and Rihannon had to go to class since they have two, and Tamlin did well too...he brought you here" Echo continued as they walked away from the infirmary.
"That arrogant jerk" Twilight muttered, and Echo smiled.
"For real, he was cool, and he's kinda hot if you ask me" Echo nudged her.
"Ion think this is the right time to talk about boys when I'm still mourning Tanya" Twilight said.
"Right, I'm sorry" Echo quickly replied, and Twilight nodded as they made their way to the gate side where they met the doormen.
They were led to a room where Tanya's body was lay on a stretcher.
Her skin is completely purple already, and her head is still wrapped, but she has been cleaned up, and she's wearing new white gown right now.
"My name is Tanya, and I love the way you smell like jasmine"
Her words sounded in Twilight's ears, and Twilight almost started crying again when she remembered how she cried just because they were given different rooms.
Echo had to massage her shoulder to console her, and she sniffled, fighting back her tears.
It's obvious that this school is not for her, and she's gonna leave, but before leaving, she has just one mission.
She's gonna kill Slade.
*
ADMIN OFFICE*
"You could have waited for me! You could have waited till I came back!" Lord Vann shouted at the top of his voice.
"I couldn't wait! She forced her friend to come out of her room at night, and the friend got killed, doesn't she deserve to get punished for that?" Lady Lorraine shouted back.
They've been arguing like this since Lord Vann came back.
"Did you see her dragging the friend out of the room? Huh? Even if she was the one who dragged her out, shouldn't you be tackling Slade the killer instead?" Lord Vann said.
"How many times do I have to resound it that Slade is not the 12am killer?" Lorraine faced him.
"This is not the right time to defend him again. He has been seen by so many students at night from their windows. He's the only one who roams the castle at night, and I have reports that Twilight accused him of killing Tanya too, which means she saw him throwing her down from the tower top. He has never denied it either, and no one even knows his family history in this school. He's as mysterious as f+ck, and all evidence point at him but you're still defending him? Are you sick?" Vann said, and Lorraine swallowed.
"What about you? Why are you defending Twilight?" She asked.
"Cos she doesn't seem normal, her admission letter came from Jenna Parker!" Vann said.
"What! Jenna died last year!" Lorraine's eyes widened.
"Yeah, and that's why we're gonna keep her in this school with all tricks possible. What if she's the key to discovering the missing students? What if she's the key to killing Slade?" Vann replied, and Lorraine swallowed again, secretly pinching herself.
"I need you to keep calm and watch as I organize things, don't do anything" Vann said and left the office.
Lorraine sat on her chair restlessly, biting into her nails and lips.
She got her phone and texted Slade.
• We need to meet tonight, at the woods.
Her Slade can't die, she's just gonna kill Twilight instead.
*
FINAL YEAR HISTORY LECTURE HALL*
The only class for the day just got over, and students could be seen trooping out of the hall in twos and threes.
Tamlin and Ruslan didn't leave. They stayed back, talking over snacks in the empty hall.
"You came late to class because of her? Why did you even carry her to the infirmary in the first place?" Ruslan asked suspiciously.
"I carried her cos I wanted to carry her, and her slim stature is deceiving cos she's so damn heavy" Tamlin smiled, taking a soft bite from the waffle he's holding.
"You're smiling?" Ruslan leaned closer.
"What?" Tamlin blinked.
"Are you...are you interested in her cos she looks like Isob...
"No. Don't go there" Tamlin cut him off sternly, and Ruslan zipped his lips.
Imogen came into the hall almost immediately, holding two flyers which she distributed to the two.
"What's this?" Tamlin frowned as he stared at it.
"It's the first party of this semester. 7pm to 11pm tomorrow in the woods, and I'm taking you two with me. Posey and Ren are hosting it and everyone is going" She replied.
"No one has gone missing this month, right? Why do I have a feeling that it'll happen at the party tomorrow" Ruslan said.
"Who cares? It's only the orphanage lowlifes who go missing anyways, so we're safe" Imogen replied and spread her palm.
"Your phone" she said.
"Why?" Ruslan asked.
"I have something to do on it since mine is problematic for now, and please tell me you have Echo's number" She replied.
"Echo?" Ruslan frowned
"Twilight's roommate" Imogen smiled.
"What the f+ck are you planning this time?" Tamlin scoffed.
"None of your business" Imogen glared at him and took Ruslan's phone.
She left the class, meeting Posey and Ren outside.
"Did you get it?" Posey asked.
"Yeah" Imogen chuckled.
"Make it entertaining" Ren said.
"Trust me" Imogen winked, and the three laughed as they went down the hallway.
They fight as fast as lightening, and they make up at the speed of light.
*
7PM, TWILIGHT'S ROOM*
Echo and Twilight returned from the refectory some minutes ago, and Twilight is currently in the bathroom, having her bedtime shower.
The bathroom is not attached to their room. There are like ten common bathrooms down the corridor for all the students in that tower, so she had to go out of the room.
Echo is sitting on her bed, eating from a pack of snack.
The refectory food was making her nauseous, so she just had to top it with this one.
She was stuffing her face when her small phone buzzed beside her, and she took it slowly, but her heart jumped when she saw a new text from Ruslan.
Why would Ruslan text her?
Ok when she became a student of this school last week, Ruslan was the first guy she met by the clock tower, and though he didn't say a word to her, she fell in love immediately.
She has been keeping an eye on him since then, and she's aware of his crush on Imogen, so why is he suddenly texting her?
She tried hard to calm herself down, inhaling and exhaling very well before reading the text again.
• Hey it's Ruslan, and we can be friends if you want.
She smiled, biting her lip as she typed a quick reply.
Echo: Why so sudden? Thought you were into Imogen.
Ruslan: Maybe I've been checking you out too, and Imogen is my friend's sister, how could I have a crush on her? She's not half as hot as you.
That made blood rush to her cheeks so much that she folded her toes on the ground.
Echo: Really?
Ruslan: Yeah. So... friends?
Echo: Of course, and maybe you can go to the party with I and Twi tomorrow night.
Ruslan: I'd say no to that. I can't have Tamlin finding out that I'm into you, and I'd like if we can keep our chats limited to the phone for now. I'll tell you when we can start chatting in person.
Echo: Alright.
Ruslan: Goodnight then, sweet dreams.
Echo jumped on her bed immediately.
Sweet dreams? That's a first for her, and she could die now without regrets.
She stared at their chat till she fell asleep, and then Twilight came in with her grey towel tied to her chest.
She dried herself and changed into her PJs so fast
She was about to jump in bed when the bulb in the room suddenly went off by itself.
She got her phone and turned on the torchlight, then she walked to the wall and turned on the lights.
She walked back to her bed, but the lights went off again, then she felt a chilling presence behind herself in the dark room.
She froze, and someone touched her shoulders as an eerie air blew into the room.
"You shouldn't have come here" a chilly voice whispered, and the lights in the room came back on immediately.
She turned back, but she saw no one, and she gulped, shifting back with two steps.
She released the breaths she has been holding and sat gently on her bed, gulping again.
"Yes. I shouldn't have come. I'll leave, but only after killing the man who killed my friend" she muttered, opening her suitcase.
Apart from the segment where she keeps her clothes, there's an hidden segment where she hid a short barrel gun.
It was given to her by her father when she was coming here, and the bullets inside are very poisonous.
If anyone told her she'd be using it this early, she'd deny it, but here she is.
The gun has four bullets, and she's surely using everything tomorrow, unfailingly.
*
NEXT MORNING*
Twilight was the first to wake up, and she did Echo the favour of waking her up too since they're in the same year and major, and they have a morning class.
Prof Slade's class.
The girls left for the bathroom together and come back to dress up together too.
Twilight wore her maxi skirt on a corset top, and Echo decided to match with her, but instead of a maxi skirt, she wore jean trousers.
"I noticed you never wear trousers" she suddenly said.
"I feel uncomfortable wearing them, so I only do trousers once in a while" Twilight replied.
"And I love your choker pearl necklace and bracelet" Echo said again.
"It's a gift from my mama, she made it herself" Twilight replied, pulling her out of the dorm.
"You're not gonna spray perfume?" Echo asked.
"Nope, ion use perfume" Twilight shrugged.
"So you're telling me you naturally scent like jasmine?"
"Yeah, since I was born" Twilight nodded.
"It's weird, but it's also lucky cos you won't have to spend money on perfumes, I'm jealous" Echo chuckled.
"You look extra happy this morning" Twilight said as they walked down the corridor.
"Who knows?" Echo winked, and Twilight smiled as they left the tower.
As they walked towards their lecture hall, Echo was searching for Ruslan with her eyes, but she didn't catch a glimpse of him till they arrived at the crowdy hallway at exactly 8am.
Students who're attending early classes this morning are much.
Minutes later, they entered their lecture hall which was already so full.
"Are we supposed to have a full class like this?" Twilight asked.
"Nope, but even girls from other majors attend this class just to see him. C'mon, it's Slade we're talking about. He might be a killer, but he's hot" Echo replied,.
"Really?" Twilight scoffed, and her eyes widened.
"I'm sorry! But I was just trying to state the truth, not like I'm crushing on him" she quickly said, and Twilight nodded as they found seats at the back of the class.
Not far from them, Imogen and her two minions are sitting with knowing smiles on their faces.
"I pity Echo already... can't imagine her tears when she finds out" Posey said.
"She can't find out yet cos it's just starting. Wait till I tell her to send me her nudes" Imogen replied.
"I'd love to see that" Ren replied, and Posey glared at him which made him grin.
"And what are you planning to do to Twilight? I hate her" Posey said.
"Wait till the party tonight" Imogen rested back on her seat like a queen, and that instant, the class became calm.
The students chatting stopped, and everyone faced the front especially the girls.
* The void monster of Glennville is here
* Those eyes are magical
* And enchanting!
* His dress sense for me? Are you sure he's just a professor?
* Have you seen his car? He drives a phantom!
Slade entered the class and set his books down on his desk together with his laptop, then he got a marker for the white board before facing the class.
"His fingers are so attractive" Imogen gushed.
As for Twilight, the hatred bubbling inside of her right now could cause an earthquake, and as she glared at him, her hold on her pen tightened.
Today is her last day here anyways. She's gonna kill him and leave.
She won't get arrested since there's no law here.
Slade's eyes landed on her, and she felt warm goosebumps on her skin immediately.
No idea why that happens whenever their eyes meet, but she's not ready to know why either.
"There are fifteen new students in this class...get on your feet and introduce yourselves" he ordered in the dulcet voice, and Imogen felt her p+$$y wetting.
How could his voice carry such sinful frequencies? It's unfair.
The fifteen new students stood, including Echo and Twilight, then the introduction started.
"Molly Fell"
"Suzanne Somers"
"Ariel Black"
The new names kept coming like that...
"Echo Reign" Echo introduced herself, and Twilight sighed, knowing it's her turn.
Their eyes met immediately she balanced on her feet, and she didn't speak for like two minutes, just staring hatefully at him and wishing she could give him a more painful death than bullets.
She remembered how he pushed Tanya off the tower, and the anger overflowed.
Slade stood like a robot in front of the class, keeping up the frozen eye contact as he awaited her introduction.
The students are starting to get fuzzy too.
"Are you f+çking dumb?" His voice came, and she smiled .
"I'll introduce Tanya, the girl you killed. Her name was Tanya Yul" she muttered and raised her blouse from her tummy, bringing out the gun which was tucked into her skirt.
Slade didn't move as she aimed directly at him, releasing the four bullets consecutively.
"Fûck!! No!!!" Imogen and every other student stood horrifically as the poisonous bullets rammed into Slade's body with violent force.
One on his chest, one on his tummy, one on his arm, and one on his leg.
His blazer and undershirt is full of his blood already, even his trousers and shoes, but he's strangely not bleeding from the mouth.
The classroom turned upside down as students began rubbing around, slamming into each other blindly.
"Twi!" Echo's eyes almost fell off.
"Bastard!" Twilight spat as Slade fell on his knees with an interesting smile on his face.
"You amaze me, little one" he muttered, and Twilight froze as he fell on his face, his blood flowing down the classroom.
TBC.
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