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Destrõy Me - Episode 41 & 42
(Her•Heartless•Monster)
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How dare it???
Who the hell broke the ice?
His eyes darted back to Twilight who's still crying under the peach tree, and every thought of consoling her with a hug disappeared from his mind immediately.
He was glaring as he walked out of the garden.
His coat brushed a short flower tree, and the contact made a faint noise which alerted Twilight.
She stood and turned around, but the only thing she saw was his back view as he walked out.
She rushed out of the garden.
"Killa!" He hollered, but when she got out of the garden, he was already gone.
She looked around, sniffling and wiping the tears on her face, but he's really really gone.
She stilled when she suddenly felt a presence behind herself.
It's dark energy, just like Slade's own, but somehow, her body recognizes Slade's darkness, so she's sure it's not him.
She swiftly turned, taking the person by the arm and trying to flip, but she couldn't.
Instead, the person gripped her arm tightly.
"Ahh!" She winced, looking up to see the face.
It's Elijah.
He's smiling sassily as he spoke...
"You flipped me once with the physical energy, but you won't be able to do it again. You can only do it continuously if I don't have the ring" he said, waving his second hand which has the ring.
"Why did you kill Tanya? Why did you kill Isobel? And every other student you killed?" She questioned.
Elijah let go of her arm, but she didn't stop glaring at him, demanding instantaneous answer.
"I killed them because I wanted to, and I enjoyed it. Is that enough for an answer?" He said.
Twilight's tooth clenched, and she angrily charged forward, throwing punches at his chest repeatedly.
"They did nothing to you! Why? And you even had to do it with Slade's face? Why!!" She demanded, still hitting him.
Elijah caught her fragile slim wrists, stopping her from throwing another hit.
"Do you even eat? Why are you so damn small?" He mocked with a chuckle.
"Answer my question!" She snapped, her eyes already turning a shade of wine colour.
"Are you mad that I'm using your master's face to commit murders? Too bad you can't do anything to me" he smiled again, enjoying her rants.
"Pig!!" Twilight spat and tried taking her wrists from him, but she couldn't, so it turned to a struggle.
"Let me go!" Twilight gritted.
"Not so quick, moonslave" Elijah replied.
They were still on it when Tamlin entered the place.
He made to take Twilight away from Elijah, but Elijah already released her before he could.
"I get decide when to release my prey, no one does it for me" Elijah said.
"Who are you?" Tamlin questioned.
"Why is everybody questioning me today? Well... Elijah Luther by name, the new university doctor" Elijah squinted.
"Luther? You're the third sibling of Slade, and who made you the new doctor!" Tamlin grinded out with a glare.
"I'm not open to questions anymore.ren't you Lord Vann's son? Ask him" Elijah nodded and faced Twilight.
"See you around, moonslave" he waved with two fingers before leaving.
Tamlin saw the ring on his finger as he walked away, and he couldn't blink till he went out of sight, then he faced Twilight.
"Did he hurt you?" He asked.
"No I'm fine" she replied.
"And what did he just call you? Moon what? Slave?" Tamlin asked again.
"I need to attend the burial" Twilight said and made to leave...
"Wait... You have a lash on your face" he tried to remove it, but before he could touch, she stepped back.
"I said I'm fine"
"I thought we grew closer? What changed? Ruslan told me you didn't come to check on me throughout my unconscious stay at the infirmary, and the smile you give me is not even there anymore. Is it because of that bastard? Slade? Did he threaten you again? Are you now his pet? The one who killed Tanya and Isobel and...
"He didn't kill them" Twilight cut him off.
"What!"
"Slade didn't kill anyone. The real midnight killer is Elijah. Elijah uses his face to kill" Twilight explained.
"And you believe that? Do you even know the kind of family they come from? Luther!! They're all controlled by dark energy and they tell lies easily. They're manipulating you and you're falling for it? You should be smarter than...
"Tamlin!" She snapped, and he stopped talking instantly.
"I'm really not ready for this right now... please" she muttered, finally leaving him.
Tamlin folded his fists, watching her leave with knitted brows and boiling anger.
*
Slade entered his tower just now, and his eyes are still glaring as he walked towards the elevator.
Thankfully, there's no student in sight.
They're all probably at Dr. Kali's burial, so it was easy to keep flaunting his eyes as his head is currently noisy.
His heart?
Beating?
He hates it, he enjoys the emptiness on his chest more than anything.
So why?
Has he been lowering his guard too much these days? That must be it.
Especially when it comes to her. His slave.
He even attached a seal to the elevator which makes the door open for her whenever she wants.
How senseless.
He removed the seal when he got to the elevator, then he entered.
"Boss!" Uriel came rushing, but he didn't bother to stop the elevator door from closing.
The double door closed, and he placed his palm on his chest again to feel it.
The beats already stopped, but he's still not convinced, so when he arrived at attic, he flipped his coat and shirt away and got a bottle of wine from his small cellar.
He popped it open and drank from it.
It's called Frost Wine, the most bitter thing in the world.
An emotion-blocking wine.
He drank it till half of the bottle, then he dropped the bottle and sat in front of his piano, resting his head in his palm for a minute.
When he raised it, he felt his chest with his palm again.
No beats.
Satisfactorily, he stood, taking off the hairband on his wrist.
He threw it down and set it on fire with his eyes, then he entered the bathroom.
When he came out ten minutes later, his hair that was down is back to the former style. It's slick-back now.
Uriel got him a new bed already, bigger than the former one.
He sat on it and finally lay on it, shutting his eyes.
He feels like himself.
He feels like Slade Luther.
*
TWO HOURS LATER*
Students could be seen heading back from the woods where they went to bury Dr. Kali in the cemetery.
The burial ended minutes ago, but the sorrow didn't end.
Dr. Kali was a good person.
Twilight stopped crying already, but her eyes are still so puffy.
She's with Damien and Rihannon, and the two of them also look forlorn.
Echo is nowhere to be found. Obviously, she didn't attend the burial.
Tamlin, Ruslan, Imogen and her dogs didn't come too, even Lady Lorraine wasn't in attendance, but Lord Vann came.
Twilight has been looking around for any sign of Slade, but it seems he didn't attend too, and why was he even at the garden earlier?
Why did he suddenly leave?
She was still pondering when Molly walked past her.
"Anyone would think Dr. Kali was your mother, you cried too much" she said, mixing with the crowd.
"When did you two start talking?" Damien asked.
"She started it, but I don't trust her" Twilight replied.
"Exactly, be careful" Damien said.
Twilight sighted someone in the crowd, and her eyes widened.
It's Greg!
"Papa?" She rushed to him, and the man smiled.
His black shades are intact to avoid scaring students with his eyes.
"Daughter" he smiled, hugging her.
"You came" she broke the hug slowly.
"Of course, Kali was my closest friend, too sad we had to lose her this way" he replied.
"Are you going to be the university doctor now?" Twilight asked.
They're currently in of the infirmary.
"Wrong, I'm the new" Elijah said, coming out of the infirmary.
"What!" Twilight gasped.
"He's hot" Rihannon whispered to Damien.
"Oh please" he rolled eyes, and she grinned.
"Yes. Elijah will manage the infirmary for now" Lord Vann said, joining them.
"But he's the midnight killer" Twilight said.
"Stop making assumptions, Miss Kent" Lord Vann replied, leaving the place.
"Assumptions? I saw him and...
"Come with me" Greg pulled her away before she could land, and Elijah scoffed before entering the infirmary.
Aimee is still inside, sitting on a sofa.
"Greg was here" Elijah said.
"Still can't trust that man" Aimee replied with a sigh, mounting her legs on each other.
"Me neither" Elijah sat in front of her.
"Are you not going to see mother too?" Aimee asked.
"Why would I? She ruined our lives cos of ice cream. Isn't that why Slade refused to see her too?" Elijah scoffed.
"You both are being too cruel. It was pregnancy cravings, and it wasn't her fault" Aimee said.
"Pregnancy cravings made her enter the forest? Don't even start" Elijah rolled eyes.
"Is Slade planning to leave us here? I'm missing him already" He jovially said, and Uriel entered.
"Ion think he's in the mood to see anyone. He went back to the attic, and his eyes were beaming. The angry kind" he said.
"That's my cue to leave. I'll return to the island, and whenever he's ready to come out, help me tell him TO HELL WITH HIM" Aimee stood and walked out of the infirmary.
"Will do!" Elijah shouted after her.
*
PARK*
"I'm telling you he's really the midnight killer! He's...
"Shut up!" Greg snapped at Twilight.
"Papa" she mumbled.
"You're planning to cause trouble for yourself? Some things are better left unsaid" he cautioned.
"But not like this. He killed several students and...
"Shut up!" Greg snapped again.
"Can you stop shutting me up and ordering me around? Papa you've changed since I entered this school I swear. You told me to give my virginity to Slade and didn't tell me the reason. Slade called me a moonslave and said I wasn't born but created, several other things I'm yet to understand but you're telling me nada! Please just a little bit of explanation will do" she pleaded.
Greg held her shoulders.
"You only have to be patient with me, I'll eventually explain" he said.
"But...
"Be patient" He interrupted, and before she could talk again, he already entered his designated taxi.
The driver drove out of the castle, and Twilight moved grudgingly on her spot, blinking like she'd cry.
*
LUTHER'S ISLAND*
"You did what?" Grandpa Cedric's voice came loudly.
He's currently at the patio with Timothy.
"I said I met Greg, and he has promised to control Slade's mind. He'll make him kill the girl" Timothy replied.
"But she's a sweet girl" Cedric said.
"You met her?" Timothy blinked..
"Yes. I even invited her to my estate, and she was so innocent. I pity her" Grandpa Cedric rested on the rails.
"Remember you can't form attachment with her. She's not even human, she's lowly spirit from the moon clan. These things are dangerous!" Timothy said.
Grandpa Cedric kept quiet.
"Who knows? If Slade kills her and lifts the curse, Stella might get well too." Timothy said.
Grandpa Cedric interlocked his fingers, sighing.
"What about the protection the university asked for?" He asked.
"I'll deploy fifty trained guards over to the university tonight" Timothy replied.
*
UOG, A WEEK LATER*
It's been a week since Dr. Kali's burial, and surprisingly, things has began running smoothly again.
Thanks to the new guards, the students feel more secured, and the castle has been peaceful.
Imogen jumped on her room bed with her phone in hand, grinning as she stared at the screen.
Echo finally sent the picture, and there's nothing as interesting as it right now.
She was zooming the n+pple pictures, licking her lips.
"But I must say, her n+pples are big and s+xy" she said.
Ren and Posey came into the room.
"Aren't you going to class? You're still staring at Echo's n+pples?" Posey laughed.
"Isn't it worth staring at?" Imogen laughed too, getting off bed and grabbing her bag.
"Are you gonna post it?" Ren asked.
"Not yet, I still have another assignment for her. Twilight is her roommate, so she can help me snap Twilight's nudes in the bathroom. I'm more interested in Twilight's disgrace" Imogen said.
"Damn! You're a genius!" Posey stuck hands with her as they left the room, only to meet Ruslan waiting outside.
"Imogen" he smiled.
"What do you want, Ruslan?" She groaned.
"I've been begging you to eat lunch with me since last week, it's unfair" he replied.
"I'm busy, I have classes. Also...founder's day is coming, and I swear to gawd I'll kill myself if I don't win the beauty contest and become Miss UOG" She said.
"I'll help you become Miss UOG, just eat one lunch with me" Ruslan begged.
"On your knees" Imogen said.
"Huh?" He blinked.
"You heard me, on your knees" she replied.
Ruslan sheepishly fell on his knees, and she smiled.
Secretly, Posey and Ren snapped his picture from where they're standing.
"Fine, I'll eat lunch with you tomorrow, but i get to decide the menu" she said.
"Great!" He replied, still on his knees as Imogen walked away.
She joined her minions, and they were laughing as they walked down the hall.
"He should get married to Echo at this rate, their foolishness match" Ren shook his head, and Imogen almost fell as she laughed with Posey.
"What's so funny this early morning?" Molly appeared, and their laughter stopped.
Normally, they should be beating her by now for entering the rich tower, but they dare not.
"Stop laughing with all your teeth, Posey. It's ugly." She said.
Posey quickly closed her mouth, and Molly faced Ren.
"Ren, I hear Imogen kisses Posey, your girlfriend. Are you daft?" She scoffed, finally facing Imogen.
"And you Imogen, Heard you're in the beauty contest too. Get ready to lose to this pretty black face cos I'm contesting too" She flaunted her curly hair proudly.
She left the tower, and Imogen screamed out.
"F+ckkkkk!!!!!!"
She scattered her hair, storming out of the tower crazily.
*
LORRAINE'S OFFICE*
Tamlin was already waiting inside when Lorraine arrived, but he stood instantly.
"I'll make it quick... Where can I get the infinity ring?" He asked.
"You're planning to wake Isobel yourself?" Lorraine smiled.
"No. I'm planning to kill Slade" Tamlin replied.
"Are you insane?" Lorraine glared.
"Tell me where I can get it or I'll find it myself even if I have to sacrifice my manhood!" Tamlin yelled.
"Stop obsessing over killing Slade! You can't!!" Lorraine yelled back.
"Mother!!" Imogen rushed into the office too, and Lorraine held her forehead.
"Oh God. I'm drained!"
"Molly is growing wings!! Do something about that bî+ch or I'll get high and kill her i swear! Do something!!" She yelled.
Lorraine took a deep breath.
*
PSYCHOLOGY DEPT*
Echo was smiling as she walked to class, checking her phone screen repeatedly.
The reply she got from Ruslan after she sent her n+pple picture is too hard to get over.
Ruslan: S+xy, I wish they were in my mouth.
Anytime she reads it, she feels overjoyed and it's unexplainable.
Twilight walked past her, and she quickly pulled her back.
"You're the one who slapped me, but because I'm happy today, I'll apologize. I'm sorry for saying what I said, I'm tired of not talking to you whenever we're in the room" she said.
"Ok" Twilight replied uninterested.
*Ok? Are you fine?" Echo asked.
"Of course" Twilight managed to smile, and they entered the full class together, finding seats at the back.
Almost immediately, Slade came in, and silence took over as he set his laptop down.
Twilight felt a twitch in her tummy.
Since Dr. Kali's burial, he distanced himself from her and it's so fuçking obvious.
He doesn't even look at her whenever they come across each other outside the class. Even in class, it's worse cos he's always looking at Molly.
She tried calling and texting, but it didn't work. Seems he blocked her too.
She even went to his elevator last night, but it didn't open for her like it usually does.
All she knows is that she did nothing wrong, so she's not understanding anything that's going on with him.
She was fiddling with her pen as Slade faced the class.
"I'd like to address something. From today onwards, no one can call me by my name. It's either Mr. Luther, or Prof. Luther" he said.
"But you said you hate it when people address you as Mr or Prof" a student said.
"Not anymore, is there a problem?" He asked, coldly.
"No sir" the student replied and sat.
Slade started the class, and Echo nudged Twilight.
"He looks like before, even colder." She muttered.
"Yes" Twilight replied, blinking repeatedly as she began jotting absentmindedly.
The class ended after an hour, and another lecturer came to discuss with Slade, so students began exiting the class, but Twilight sat still.
"You're not leaving?. Next class is in the second hall" Echo stood.
"I'll meet you outside" Twilight replied.
Echo left, and Twilight waited till the other lecturer left.
Uriel came in to pack Slade's stuff, and when Slade was about to follow, Twilight blocked him.
"I dunno what's going on Slade, and...
"Mr. Luther" he corrected.
"Really? Killa?" She said.
"Mr. Luther" he repeated.
"I...
"I'm a busy person" he cut her off frostily, walking out of the class and leaving her standing.
She bit her lip, hard.
Blood came out, and she gulped.
*
9PM, GREG'S COTTAGE*
"Is everything ready?" Timothy asked.
He has been here since dusk.
"Yes. We can start now" Greg replied, taking him into his herb room.
In the room, there are three rings on a wooden table.
The rings are duplicates of the triplets rings, so controlling them has to come from here.
Greg pushed the other two rings apart, then he brought Slade's duplicate to the center.
He got a bottled black water and uncapped it, sprinkling it on the duplicate.
He shut his eyes, and his mouth began moving as he mumbled inaudible words.
Timothy was staring at him throughout, cos for complete three minutes, he was still mumbling.
Suddenly, his white eyes flew open, and fire began burning on the duplicate ring.
"It has started" he said.
*
UOG, ATTIC*
Slade is in front of his laptop, accessing the assignments he gave his students earlier today since some are already submitting.
His fingers suddenly stopped pressing the laptop, and his ring flashed brightly, glittering on his face.
Onyx quickly ran under the piano to hide in fear, and Slade's eyes shone the dark-gold as he pushed the laptop on his desk away, holding his head.
"Urghhhhh!!!!!" He growled, staggering around.
On the wall, on his piano, on the bedframe, on the door. Everywhere.
His eyes were turning as he tried to resist the force, but he couldn't. It was too much to handle.
Everywhere suddenly became calm, and a devilish smile took over his lips as he let go of his head
He stood straight and walked out of the room, removing a chain violently from the rails.
The chain was rattling as he dragged it on the ground, walking into the elevator.
Immediately he came out of the elevator on the ground floor, he snapped his fingers, freezing time.
He began climbing the stairs, his head tilted, and his satanic smirk intact. The veins on his neck were showing as he advanced.
He barged into Twilight's room and met her frozen too.
The time freeze affected her in bed where she's reading a book.
He snapped his fingers again, and the time freeze released only her.
"Mr. Luther!" She gasped.
"Right" he muttered.
Before she could breathe, he slid the chain into her neck, wrapping it there and using it to pull her like a slave dog.
"What are you doing! Mr. Luther! What are you...
She was already on the ground at this point, and Slade began dragging her on the ground with the chain, taking her out of the room.
"Mr. Luther stop!! Mr. Luther!!! Arggghhhhh!!!" She growled when her head hit on the doorframe.
He dragged her into the corridor, and her head nearly broke as it hit the stony wall repeatedly.
"Should have done this earlier" he muttered, his voice extra hoarse as he dragged her diabolically.
"Please stop!!! Please!!! Please!!!!!"
Her pleads fell on deaf ears, and it got worse when he began dragging her down the stairs like that.
The rails almost split her head into two, and as she fell from one stair to another, she lost her breaths.
By the time he dragged her to the last stair, she was already covered in blood. Her head, tummy, legs and arms. Every part.
"Mr....Mr... Luther...I....I...
She couldn't even talk anymore, and it's like they're the only two in the world cos everything else is paused with the time freeze.
"Get up, lowly slave" Slade dragged her up roughly, taking her by the hair out of the tower.
"Please!!! Let me see my mama one last time before you kill me!! I beg you please!! Please...
He jumped on the ridiculously tall fence with her, and from there, he jumped down the edge of the mountain cliff with her too.
Using the chain, he pushed her to the far edge, holding it like a leash and leaving her at his mercy.
"Please let me see my mama one last time! Please..." She begged, blood drooling out of her mouth.
"Are you begging for mercy? I don't have it" he smiled darkly again, releasing the chain at once.
Her eyes and mouth widened.
"Killa!!!!!!!!" She shrieked frantically as she began falling down the perilous cliff.
The echo of the name Killa entered Slade's ears, his eyes snapped. The shine stopped.
His smile disappeared, and the ring shone again on his finger, coming back to normal.
"F+ck...Light" he whispered with wide eyes.
His mind returned, and with a ruthless force, he jumped down the cliff too.
*
GREG'S COTTAGE*
The fire on the ring went down suddenly, and Timothy stood.
"Is it done? Did he kill her already?" He impatiently asked.
"I'm not sure" Greg replied, then he started mumbling the inaudible words again.
Shortly, the fire returned to the body of the ring, but it's like a bomb this time cos it exploded, booming on Greg's face.
The boomerang threw him to the wall, and blood began streaming out of his white eyes.
"Greg!" Timothy rushed to him.
"I told you! I told you his mind is too strong! I told you Timothy! I told you!!!" Greg thundered.
Timothy began shaking.
*
UOG*
The cliff is probably the highest one to ever exist cos Twilight was still falling when Slade caught her midair.
A gust of wind surrounded them together, bounding them safely as he wrapped his arms on her.
Using his mind, he transported them to the attic, and they landed back in his room, on their feet.
Her head left his chest immediately, and when she made to run away from him, he pulled her back.
"Please..." She started crying again, shivering so much.
Ignoring that, Slade removed his ring from his finger and inserted it into her finger.
"Close your eyes" he said.
"Please don't" she shook her bloody bleeding head.
"Close your damn eyes, Light" he replied, and her eyes snapped shut.
Every single wound on her body closed up immediately, and the blood even dried up.
He removed the ring from her finger afterwards, returning it to his own finger as warm sweat ran down his cold face.
Twilight opened her eyes slowly, still shivering and shaking.
"That wasn't my real self out there" he said, and she opened her mouth to talk, but she couldn't even form one.
Her teeth were clashing together, almost slashing her tongue off.
"You ok?" He asked.
"Mr. Luther!!" She cried like a baby, finally hugging him tightly, her body shaking sickly on his own.
Her tears began wetting his neck, and he raised just one hand, hugging her back with that.
Her cries got louder and louder, and the fear in her body right now could kill as her tears refused to stop.
Slade rolled his eyes up, glaring.
"Greg. You're about to receive a visitor from hell" he muttered.
TBC.
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