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Destrõy Me - Episode 27 & 28
(Her•Heartless•Monster)
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"Let's go" Twilight pulled him back into the car, and they drove off.
As the car raced through the mashy wet road, Twilight rested her head back on her seat, releasing a deep breath.
"You ok?" Tamlin asked, sparing her a glance.
"I'm fine. I just...I can't believe i aided the killing of a person. I've only spent two weeks in the university, but I feel like I've changed a lot. When I was still at the cottage with my papa, I couldn't even look at animal blood without getting dizzy" she explained.
"That's because he's not human. He killed Tanya, your first best friend. He deserves it" Tamlin replied.
"Tell me what Isobel was like" she said.
"She was pretty, and slim too, just like you. She was brave, the only one who tried to talk to Slade back then" he said.
"How so?"
"Back then at the orphanage, Uriel was the only friend Slade had, but he rarely spoke to him. He always spent his time at the orphanage orchard, that's where I always saw him whenever I went to visit Isobel"
"Oh..." Twilight sounded.
"Isobel went to the orchard everyday to start a conversation with him, but he never replied. One day when he finally replied, you know what that animal said?" Tamlin said.
"What?" Twilight asked slowly.
"He was like... I'll kill you if you come close to me one more time, and the next morning, Isobel's body was found in the orphanage well. Many kids testified that they saw him push her, and when I confronted him, he threatened to push me too" Tamlin explained, and Twilight rubbed her nails terrifically.
"Sorry about her death" she said.
"No don't be... I'm over her." he nodded, and she smiled, but the smile faded when she suddenly saw someone in the middle of the road.
"Stop!!" She screamed, and thanks to Tamlin's quick reflexes, he stopped the car before he could hit the person standing in the middle of the road.
It's Greg.
"Papa?" Twilight muttered, coming out of the car.
It's still raining, so she got wet again as she rushed to Greg.
"Where are you coming from this late? I thought I told you to go back to school earlier" he said.
"I had to take Slade out of my way" she replied.
"What do you mean?" Greg replied, removing his glasses and revealing his white eyes which made Tamlin gasp.
"We got rid of Slade. He's dead without his ring" she replied, and Greg's eyes widened.
"What!"
"Yes. He's gone from our lives, and why am I connected to him anyways? Why would you tell me to give him whatever he demanded?" She questioned.
"You killed Slade?" Greg muttered again unbelievably.
"Isn't that the best for me? He's...
"Twilight!!!" Greg yelled, scaring her so much that she jumped.
"Don't scare her like that" Tamlin came forward and blocked her from Greg, but Greg shocked him by slapping him on the cheek.
Tamlin's lip bursted, and his jaws shifted.
"Papa!" Twilight pushed Tamlin back, staring at Greg in shock.
She has never seen him like this before.
"You think killing him makes things better? Do you even know who he is? Do you know the family he comes from?" Greg yelled.
"Stop being like this and tell me what's going on already! You are my father, you can't keep yelling at me!" She yelled back, the rainwater entering her mouth as she talked.
"Tell me the location you killed him at" Greg replied.
"Why? Why do you want to know?" Twilight said.
Greg didn't say another word before stepping forward, grabbing her head.
"F+ck!!! Papa!" She groaned, and Tamlin quickly pushed Greg away from her.
"You stay away from her!" Tamlin sneered with a bleeding lip.
Greg left them on the road, running into a corner.
"Are you ok?" Twilight asked Tamlin, touching his bloody lip.
"I'm fine, but why did he touch your head and why did you scream, and why is his eyes like that?" He asked.
"I forgot to tell you he's an herbal doctor, and grabbing my head like that means he already saw the location of Slade's dead body in my memories" she replied.
"He's not going to wake him, will he?" Tamlin asked.
"He doesn't have that much power. I know my papa well" she replied, and he nodded.
"Let's go"
They got back in his car.
*
LUTHER'S ISLAND*
Grandpa Cedric is spending the night in the island tonight.
He's drinking warm wine with Timothy at the royal-like dinning room over small chats
"I got a document from the school today about the monthly kidnaps. Turns out the kidnapped students are being used for a project" Timothy spoke.
"Project?" Grandpa Cedric's forehead creased.
"Do you know the popular elixir called Kontrol? Sadly, the main ingredient for it is blood from the human tongue, so..." Timothy shrugged.
"How cruel can they get? So you're telling me they kidnap students, take them to their lab somewhere and cut off their tongue?" Grandpa Cedric dropped his cup.
"The school needs our help, and I'm going to help so far my son is there" Timothy said.
A guard suddenly came in, stopping by the entrance.
"You have a visitor, and he's insisting on seeing you" he reported.
"A visitor? This late?" Timothy stood.
"Greg, that's his name" the guard replied.
"Greg?" Grandpa Cedric stood.
Together with Timothy, he left the dinning, rushing out to the front of the villa.
Truly, Greg is there, beaten by the rain cos he ran all the way here.
"Something happened to Slade without his ring" he announced.
"What!" Timothy and Grandpa Cedric chorused with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry, it's my daughter's fault, and i didn't know till some minutes ago" Greg said breathlessly.
"Listen to me, witch doctor!" Timothy grabbed Greg tightly by his collar.
"If a strand of hair misses from his head, then I won't only kill you and your daughter. I'll kill your sick wife too and leave your bodies to rot!" He threatened.
"What's the location?" A new voice asked, and Timothy slowly let go of Greg as they all turned back to see a lady.
Brown hair, armless top, snaky bracelet and ring, ambitious eyes, tight black trousers and tall heels despite her original tallness.
She's Aimee, the girl among the triplets.
"The bad Salem road" Greg quickly replied, and she didn't say another word before walking out.
She went to the park to get her car, driving herself roughly out of the island.
Despite the rain that's still pouring heavily and the wet dark road, she drove flawlessly through the obstacles, riding on muddy waters and grinding the tyres on stones.
She was gritting her teeth as she drove, and her eyes didn't blink till she arrived at the said road.
She left the car headlights on to serve as illumination as she looked around the vicinity, till she sighted the big pothole on the road.
She ran forward to it and saw him for real, but the mud has nearly swallowed him, and the water already covered his Head.
Just his lashes and shoe mouths are surfacing.
"Slade!" She called his name with her snatched accent, rushing towards him.
She had a hard time pulling him out of the water, but she did anyways.
When she saw the stab wounds on his body, she gritted her jaws again.
She dragged him to the better side of the road where she knelt beside him and took off her own ring.
All the triplets have the infinity ring actually.
She slipped the ring into his finger, hoping it'd work for him, but nothing happened.
"Slade!" She called out again.
"Slade!" She yelled, brushing his hair away from his face.
"You either wake up right now and stop this damn prank, or I'll behead you and take your head home!" She threatened, hitting his chest.
"If you're gonna die, you're not gonna die by the hands of that bî+ch! Wake up so I can kill you myself you bloody bastard!" She yelled, ripping his shirt away from his chest.
That instant, she saw the stab wounds on his chest closing up on their own, starting from the tummy to his chest.
She stayed silent, taking deep breaths till everything closed up, then she gave him a closer look to get a sign that he's back alive.
She saw his lashes move slightly, and she stood, taking his body into the car.
Slade's breaths resumed immediately, though he's still unconscious.
Aimee pulled out her phone and dialled Uriel's line.
"Aimee?" His voice came from the other end.
"I guess father made a mistake when he sent you to the university to keep your eyes on Slade, he nearly died" she said.
"What are you talking about? He rushed out of the castle two hours ago and I thought he was being a jerk again" Uriel replied.
"And you didn't dim it fit to find him when he didn't come back? The girl killed him, and I had to revive him using my own ring. Do you know what that means for me? I'm going to lose one year from my remaining years alive. You know how the rings work, Uriel" she said, starting the car.
"I'm so sorry, Aimee. I'll find the girl and...
"You don't have to find her, I know what to do" she said and hung up.
She zoomed the car roughly through the mud, riding back home.
The rain stopped already,, and when she got back to the island, Greg is still waiting with Timothy and Grandpa Cedric.
She opened the backdoor, revealing Slade.
"He's fine!" Grandpa Cedric smiled, and Greg breathed out in relief.
Timothy summoned the guards, and Slade was taken into his room which hasn't changed a bit.
It's still the way he left it when he ran away at 5, but the noticeable thing is that it's clean.
"I don't think bringing him here is a good idea though. He'd crash out when he wakes up, he hates this island" Grandpa Cedric said.
"Doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is the fact that he's fine" Timothy replied, and Aimee began walking out of the room.
"Thank you" Timothy said.
"I remember telling you not to talk to me till you succeed in making Slade come back to this island. If he wakes up and leaves, then I'll hate you forever, father" she replied and left.
"Her hatred is getting magnified always, unlucky you" Grandpa Cedric said, and Timothy sighed.
When Aimee got back outside, Greg was already gone.
She let out a intentional breath, resting her elbows on the balcony rails.
*
UOG, 10PM*
Twilight and Tamlin arrived just now.
Tamlin pulled up at the park, and surprisingly, the castle is loud.
Normally, everyone should be asleep by this time, but students are loitering around the castle.
"What's going on?" Twilight muttered.
"Come" Tamlin took her hand, but they've barely walked for a minute when the attention of students got directed at them with clear murmurs.
* Isn't she overdoing it? Aborting for Slade then holding hands with Tamlin?
* eew!
* And I pity the lecturers she slept with, who knows how many infections is in that pu$$y?
* I knew something was wrong when she began acting like the almighty.
Twilight disconnected her hand from Tamlin immediately she got a hang of it, her heart beating very fast with fear.
Tamlin rushed to one of the students, pulling her roughly by the hair.
"Tell me what's going on." He demanded.
"A post appeared on the university homepage by 8, and apparently, Twilight had many abortions for Professor Slade. She's dating many lecturers too, and there's an evidence...A video showing how she came out of Slade's elevator and took her panty from him" the student explained.
"What!" Tamlin's gasped, and Twilight quickly got her phone, visiting the school homepage.
Truly, she's the new celebrity with numerous names.
Abortionee, Baby Killer, Pink Panther, S+x Toy.
The names were much, and she couldn't believe her eyes as every saliva in her mouth went dry.
Without waiting, she started running to her tower.
"Twilight!" Tamlin was about to follow her when Ruslan appeared.
"Imogen is not awake yet" He broke the news, and Tamlin's eyes widened.
"Take me to Slade, I'll apologize on her behalf." Ruslan said.
Posey and Ren rushed over too, fear evident in her eyes.
"Twilight is currently getting disgraced and we're supposed to be enjoying her disgrace with Imogen right now but she's sleeping at the infirmary like a log. Take us to Slade and we'll apologize on our knees" Posey said.
"One more degrading word about Twilight, I'll kill you" Tamlin warned, and Posey went quiet.
"Take us to Slade at least" Ren said.
"Your parents aren't even acting concerned. Lord Vann is busy with investigation, and Lady Lorraine is celebrating in her office" Ruslan said.
"There's no Slade anymore, he's dead" Tamlin replied, and the three couldn't close their mouths as Tamlin left them.
*
FIFTH TOWER*
Getting there opened another disgrace door for Twilight cos it's like they've been waiting for her to show up.
Molly led all the gangs in that tower, and they're all flashing her face with their phone torchlight, almost blinding her.
"How did Slade's d+ck feel inside you? That's the only explanation I want" Molly grinned.
"Of course...who cares about the other lecturers you f+çked or the abortions you did, we just want a description of Slade's d+ck. Did you suck it?" Another girl questioned.
Twilight was gulping emptiness as her legs turned sticky with her heels, and as she witnessed their rants, torchligh, questions, mocking faces, screams and everything, she felt lightheaded.
She felt like throwing up, and at the same time, she felt like passing out.
She has read this in a book before, it's called 'bullying', and whoever did this to her is probably enjoying right now.
She nearly started crying, hoping Tamlin could just come and take her, but it didn't happen.
_Run_ the voice in her head spoke for the first time in a long time, and she didn't wait anymore before running out of the tower.
The students went after her, throwing stones and screaming her name around the castle.
None of the stones met her anyways, till she was lucky to sneak into one of the gardens.
She was already crying when she arrived there, but her tears poured more when Echo, Rihannon and Damien sneaked in too.
"Twi!" Echo rushed to her, and Twilight willingly opened her arms for the hug.
Echo engulfed her in a tight hug while stroking her hair.
"I'm so sorry" she consoled as Twilight cried on her shoulders.
"Hey chill" Rihannon said, patting her back gently.
Damien just stood in place, watching them silently.
"Are you sure you didn't really sleep with Slade? That night after we came back from the bar,..." He suddenly said.
"That was the night it happened" Twilight said truthfully, breaking the hug with Echo.
"What! It really happened? I thought the pink panty video was edited" Echo said.
"It's true, but I swear I didn't do abortions. I only just resumed this school two weeks ago how is that even possible. They're lying" Twilight cried.
"The abortions and the sleeping around part is obviously a lie only a fool like Molly and her gang will believe, but the Slade part, why would you hook up with him?" Rihannon said.
"It's...it's complicated. I didn't do it cos I'm obsessed with him or anything. Please believe me" Twilight shook her head.
"I believe you, trust me" Echo said.
"I believe you too" Damien said.
"But whatever the reason is, you better make sure it doesn't happen again. As you can see, Slade is not someone you can get intimate with without getting hurt" Rihannon said.
"I promise to be more careful, thanks for not ostracizing me" Twilight sniffled, and Echo began wiping her tears.
"But they won't let you off the hook easily, especially Molly. You're even lucky that Imogen is currently unconscious, cos if she was available, she and her dogs would have been worse than Molly's gang" Rihannon said.
"The school management won't keep quiet too. You should get ready to be questioned by Lady Lorraine tomorrow" Damien added, and Twilight gulped.
Why is everything getting complicated even after his death?
*
LORRAINE'S OFFICE*
Sipping from her glass of wine, Lorraine stood by the glass window, staring out of the castle, down the sharp cliff while swirling the wine in her cup.
She was smiling so wide as she imagined just how much humiliation Twilight will be going through right now.
She trusts Molly to do the job well, and she can't wait for the questioning tomorrow morning.
Tamlin suddenly barged into the office, and she turned around to him.
"Tammy?"
"You did it, didn't you? The posts about Twilight" he said.
"What are you talking about? Are you starting to smoke like your sister?" Lorraine said innocently.
"Don't even try to act saint cos it's too obvious! You don't like her, I get it but going this far is mad! Are you crazy?" Tamlin slammed, and Lorraine threw the glass of wine at the wall.
"What! Did you just direct those disrespectful words at me? Your mother?" She came closer.
"Yes!" He replied, and she gave him a hard slap which made his lip bleed again.
"This is all because of a worthless girl who has a slight resemblance with your dead ex? That rag who slept with all the lecturers in this school and did abortions for Slade? Are you out of your mind? Huh?" She glared.
"Slade is not gonna be a problem anymore, he's already dead" Tamlin replied with an eye roll.
"What did you just say? What are you talking about!!!" She yelled.
"He's dead! I and Twilight killed him and dumped his body! I used your Kontrol elixir on him, but it didn't work, so I had to off him, and guess what? He wasn't wearing his ring" he smiled.
Lorraine went to her drawer, and truly, the elixir is nowhere to be found.
"You did what?" She faced him, her jaws dropping drastically.
*
LUTHER'S ISLAND*
The ring on Slade's finger flashed a short ray of light, and his fingers moved before his eyes opened.
He effortlessly sat up in bed, his back muscles contracting as a hoarse groan left his throat.
"Boss?" Uriel's voice came, and he looked up to see him standing in front of him.
He arrived not long ago after getting the call from Aimee.
Looking up made Slade's stomach turn cos he recognizes this place and the smell.
He's home.
"Who brought me here?" He stood.
"You should rest more" Uriel stood too.
"Who the f+ck brought me here!!! Who!!!" Slade yelled, his eyes so red and still lifeless, his lips pale and dry.
"Slade" Grandpa Cedric rushed in.
"You're awake?" Timothy came in too.
"Who brought me here? You either tell me now, or we have a little bloodbath in here" Slade said with a devilish undertone, still glaring endlessly at Uriel.
"Look at your finger" Uriel replied, and Slade looked.
Immediately he saw the ring, he caught on that it's Aimee.
He started leaving the room, but Timothy blocked him.
"You should at least see your mother before leaving, she's...
Before Timothy could finish that statement, Slade already gave him a heavy blow on the chest.
Timothy flew back, hitting the flower vase and crashing down...the glasses gave him cuts on the arm.
"Argh!!" The man groaned out.
"Timothy!" Grandpa Cedric rushed to him.
Slade walked out of the room shirtlessly without giving the littlest damn, and he met Aimee waiting in front of it, backing the wall.
"If you leave this island tonight, Slade. I'll hate you forever" she threatened, but Slade didn't even reply.
He removed her ring from his finger and dropped it on the ground, then he resumed walking afterwards, and Uriel followed him.
"Come back home! Kill the bîtch and come back home! I know you love games but you've played enough with her! Kill her and come back to us, to me" she said breathlessly as the space between them got bigger.
Slade didn't turn.
"Slade!!!" She yelled as he went out the door eventually.
She seethed hard, her lips tightening in rage as she picked her ring and stormed to her room in the second villa.
She got her phone and checked the university special events.
They have sporting day every first Saturday of a new month, and luckily, tomorrow is the first Saturday of this month.
She'll have to get to that school tomorrow and dig out Tamlin's eyes, and as for Twilight, she'll cry blood.
She inserted her ring back in her finger and walked with style out of the room, her heels clicking.
*
Slade met his car at the park, definitely brought by Uriel.
He was about to get in when Uriel covered him with a black coat.
Slade inserted his arms into it, calming down as he inhaled his own fresh scent on it.
He got into the car with Uriel, and this time, he drove by himself.
"You should see your mother before leaving, for real" Uriel said.
"Not happening" Slade replied firmly.
"The hell is my phone?" He suddenly asked, and Uriel brought it out.
"It was with you in the mud, and it got damaged, but I repaired it" he said.
Slade took it from him with his left hand. He continued driving with just his right hand as he turned on the phone and went to the GPS app.
Twilight's location is beeping at the university second garden, so he dropped the phone and concentrated back on the drive.
"Tell me you're gonna go meet her, take your ring and end her tonight" Uriel said.
"She's a game, Uriel, and she played her part already. It's time for me to play back" Slade replied, stepping on the accelerator.
*
UOG, 11:50PM~SECOND GARDEN*
"Your face, it's the only secret I'd love to know for now. Just show it to me and I'll stop pestering you" Twilight said, standing at the back of Killa who's so f+çking tall.
She's having the dream again.
"Are you sure you won't get more curious if you see my face?" Killa replied.
"Why would I? Me seeing your face will only kill my curiousness, don't you think? Don't say no again" Twilight replied with a racing heart, hoping very much that he should be Tamlin.
"I warned you" Killa replied.
"I know, just turn" she replied, swallowing and clasping her cold sweaty hands together.
The moon shifted in the sky, sieving through the leaves of the chrysanthemum flower they're beside.
Killa turned around painstakingly slow, and the moonlight shone ominously on his face.
The first thing she noticed is the frozen eyes, and she gasped as realization hit her.
"S...Sla..de?" She muttered in a stutter, rushing forward, but he was already gone, and she immediately woke up from the dream.
She's in the garden, lying on the bench. She had decided to spend the night here since the tower is not safe.
Her lids shook so much with her body, and she opened her shaky lips to speak slowly.
"No...Slade can't be the dream guy. He can't be...
She was still muttering when she felt something below her head like a pillow.
She didn't use a pillow when she slept on the bench earlier, so why is she feeling something under her head?
She gently raised her lids, looking up to see a silhouette at first, and just like it happened in the dream, the moon shifted fast across it's axis in the sky, shinning in his direction.
His face came to view, and her eyes widened when she saw him.
Slade! Her head is on Slade's laps!
She quickly sat up, coming face to face with him.
Isn't he supposed to be... Dead?
Why is he here?
What's happening?
Wait... Unless he's not Slade.
Maybe it's her Killa, maybe they just share the same face.
Maybe... just maybe.
She sat back beside him, raising her hands to his face.
Slade didn't move, just sitting silently and awaiting what's gonna happen next.
He came here directly from the park, and he met her sleeping. He had placed her head on his laps, watching her sleep till she woke up.
Her hand reached his face, and he stilled, his eyes meeting with her own as she rubbed her soft thumbs on his full brows.
Ok...why does that feel so fuçking good?
"Killa? My Killa?" She said in a low, expectant voice, and his eyes flicked so fast, holding so much shock.
"How the f+ck did you know my second name is Killa?" He muttered.
TBC.
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