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Destrõy Me - Episode 45 & 46
(Her•Heartless•Monster)
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"Isobel is not in the list of students who got killed by the midnight killer after all... I killed the bî+ch" Lorraine further said, laughing scornfully again.
Her brows suddenly went furrowed.
"But then...who's this midnight killer? He has killed more than hundred students. Where is he hiding?" She wondered loudly, sitting in bed.
A faint rumble sounded in the sky, seems like it's gonna rain.
*
ATTIC*
The faint rumble made Slade open his eyes, and he separated Twilight's fingers that are interlocked on his tummy.
Twilight reacted with a gasp, and he began pulling her out.
"Don't chase me... Killa" she protested again.
Hee said nothing till he got to the door and pushed her out, shutting the door.
"Killa! Kils!" She hit the door.
She felt something at her feet, and she looked down to see Onyx, the cat.
It's sitting beside her feet, rubbing it's fur on her.
She picked it up, and the cat folded comfortably in her arm, making her smile a little.
She looked at the door, and she blankly turned around, going down the short stairs.
Immediately she entered the elevator, Slade came out of the attic moodily.
He immediately realized she left with Onyx, then another rumble happened in the sky, louder than the first one.
Instantly, a light rain started.
His phone buzzed in his pocket, and he took it out to see a text from Elijah.
Eli: Aimee asked me to tell you TO HELL WITH YOU, anyways...I miss you, and it's so lonely here in the infirmary. Do students even get sick? Or do I need to release a virus and make them sick so they'll come for treatment?
Slade pocketed the phone and got a black umbrella from the door side.
He left the attic.
*
TWILIGHT'S ROOM*
Before Twilight arrived, the rain went turned heavy, and it's booming thunder aggressively in the sky.
The time is currently 6am, but there's still no sign of daylight as a result of the dark rainy cloud.
Twilight entered the room with Onyx, but surprisingly, Echo is not inside.
"Stay here" she placed the cat on her bed, looking around.
She heard shaky breaths from a corner in the room and turned on additional lights, only to see Echo squatting in that corner, shaking and curled up like a ball.
"Echo!" She rushed to her.
Another thunder clapped in the sky, and Echo cried out fearfully.
"Chill, I'm here" Twilight hugged her protectively.
"Thunder scares me too much. I hate it" Echo cried, sniffling.
"I understand. I once used to be scared of thunderclap too, but my mama helped me overcome it. She slept beside me every rainy night and sang lullabies" Twilight smiled.
"My mother died before I could even meet her, and my father married another wife. The new wife is my hell, she hates me too much. I escaped from home and came here to escape her evilness" Echo explained.
"So what are you gonna do when we get breaks or graduate?" Twilight asked.
"If we get breaks, I'll just... I'll follow you home, and when we graduate, I'll get a better paying job in the city and take care of myself. I'm not going back to that house" Echo replied.
"You'll follow me home during breaks?" Twilight blinked.
"Yeah, and after we graduate, let's go to the city together and work in the same place" Echo said.
Twilight smiled.
"Sure"
"And...I have a boyfriend in this school" Echo confessed.
"Really? Who?" Twilight asked surprisingly.
"He told me to keep it a secret, but whenever he's ready, I'll show him to you first" Echo replied.
"Fine"
"And about Prof Luther, just be careful. I don't want you to regret" Echo advised.
"Hmm" Twilight breathed out, standing up.
The rain is not heavy anymore, so the thunderclap stopped already.
"Hmm? Is something wrong?" Echo stood too.
"No, I'm just exhausted" Twilight lied, not wanting to tell her anything yet.
Slade chased her out of the attic, and she'd probably laugh her head off if she tells.
"Aww! Look at this cutie pie!" Echo gushed, rushing to Onyx who's still on Twilight's bed.
She made to carry it, but the cat rushed under the bed to hide.
"Is it a female cat? Why is it shy? And what's the name?" Echo blinked.
"It's a male, and the name is..."
Twilight stopped when she realized Slade hasn't told her the name.
"I don't know the...
_Onyx_ The Voice said in her head, and she scoffed.
"Are you only good in telling me things I didn't ask you?" She said.
"Huh?" Echo blinked in confusion.
"Oh...the name is Onyx" Twilight replied, squatting beside the bed.
"Come here" She tendered her palms, and the cat came out from under the bed, climbing into her arms again.
"Seriously? It won't let me carry him but you can? Absurd!" Echo scoffed, and Twilight chuckled.
"Anyways, I'm gonna go take my bath" Echo took her towel and toiletries bag.
She began walking out of the room, but then she turned back at the door, looking at Twilight who's now sitting in bed.
Her mind went to Ruslan's request, and she shook her head
"By the way, Damien and Rihannon were here, and we had fun. We left you some sweets below your pillow" she said and finally left.
Twilight raised her pillow and saw varieties of stick sweets which made her smile.
She took one and was about to unwrap when her mind went back to Slade.
"That formidable monster. Is there even anything that moves him? He chased me out? Well I don't care, even better" she muttered, but before she knew it, a tear fell from her right eye.
"Wait... I'm crying? Why?" She stood, sniffling.
"I said I don't care, so stop coming out" she cautioned the tears as she wiped it.
"I hate him" she muttered, still wiping.
From the slightly open door, Damien watched her silently.
*
INFIRMARY*
Elijah was making some herbal tea when Slade came in, and a big smile formed on his mischievous face.
"Thank gawd, finally someone to keep me company" he said, making another cup of the tea.
Slade wordlessly folded the umbrella and dropped it beside the wall before proceeding to sit.
Elijah brought the two teacups to him, handing him one.
Slade took it, and Elijah settled in front of him.
He drank from his cup, but Slade didn't even make any attempt to drink.
"Try it out, it's the best tea around" Elijah told him.
Slade finally lifted the cup to his lips, but in the last minute, he changed the direction, pouring everything on Elijah's face, muddling his suit.
"I knew you had something up your sleeves the moment you entered without a word but f+ck! This suit costs millions!" Elijah spranged up angrily.
Slade stood too, pushing Elijah back to his seat before bringing his face down to him so his words would penetrate better.
"You said something earlier about how you touched my moonslave's arm and how she was so small" he said, grabbing Elijah's shoulder bone and breaking it.
"Bastard!!" Elijah groaned, trying to stand, but Slade pinned him down.
"If it was Aimee who broke it, you'd reset it effortlessly, but it's me. I'm stronger than you so it'll take days to heal. The attention you're looking for? Don't make the mistake of looking for it from me cos you'll earn death instead, and about my moonslave, that should be the last time you ever...I mean ever! Touch her" Slade muttered gravelly, his words burning through Elijah's skin like embers.
Elijah managed to push Slade off himself with one hand, slamming him down to the second chair.
"Do you still hate me this much cos you still think I'm the midnight killer?" He said.
"I don't think you're the killer, I know you are" Slade glared.
"I swear on my life! I didn't kill anybody with your face! I hated you before I left home but that was years ago, and my threats are empty! Why the f+ck would I waste my years killing people with your face when there are bi+çhes to bang? I was in Tenebrae throughout, and I only just returned to Glennville this year" Elijah said.
"Your breath in lies, Elijah Luther. I have no reason to believe you" Slade pushed him off and stood.
"What if I can prove it to you that I'm not the killer? That there's another person with the infinity ring out there" Elijah said, and Slade smirked as Elijah came closer.
"Aimee's ring and my own have the same powers, but your ring possess more powers cos of your curse, and that's why you're stronger than the two of us. You see the midnight killer? I can bet he's ten times stronger than you, and he's somewhere in this school, enjoying everything. Whoever it is, he's your real rival, not me" Elijah continued.
Slade turned his back on Elijah, his eyes going wild.
"I'll prove it to you soon, that I'm not the killer" Elijah said again, and Slade walked out of the infirmary.
Elijah tried to reset his broken shoulder bone, but he couldn't.
He struggled for complete ten minutes, sweating profusely before he could reset, but the shoulder is still so painful.
It'd really stay painful for days before it'd heal.
"That bastard. I wanted his aggressive side but he took it too far" he muttered, groaning.
*
Slade ran into Lord Vann on his way back to the attic, and the man was already smiling even before he got to him.
"Thank you, Professor Slade"
"For?" Slade tilted his head.
"Your father sent the guards that are currently guarding the castle, and for a week now...there has been no midnight killings or monthly kidnaps. Students feel safe" Lord Vann said.
"Give Timothy the credit, not me" Slade replied uninterested.
"I know you hate him, but he's still your father. He became the biggest sponsor in this school because you're a professor in here. This university is still functioning cos of your father, and I'm grateful for that" Lord Vann smiled.
"I'm not the midnight killer to you anymore?" Slade smirked.
"I know you're not, but you enjoy the hate, isn't that why you're not denying?" Lord Vann said.
"And where did you hear this from?" Slade frowned
"Elijah...your brother told me" Vann said.
"Twat" Slade muttered, and Lord Vann smiled.
"I notice you're close to Miss Kent, so I have to tell you this," he said.
"What?" Slade's brows pulled.
"The admission letter she received came from Jenna Parker" Vann replied.
"Jenna Parker died last year. She's the only staff who got killed by the midnight killer" Slade frowned.
"Yeah. Twilight's letter came from from a ghost. I dunno if it means anything, but I'm just saying. Have a nice day, Professor Luther" Lord Vann smiled again before leaving.
Slade stood still on that spot, wondering what it could mean.
Why would her letter come from a ghost?
"Boss!" Uriel met him there.
"Get me everything about Jenna Parker from the records office. Everything" Slade ordered.
"Sure, but is there a problem?" Uriel asked curiously.
"Just get them, and bring them to my office. I don't have any classes to take today so there's time" Slade replied.
"On it" Uriel ran off, and Slade followed.
*
PSYCH DEPARTMENT*
"We have just one class at noon today, let's go shopping in the city after the class." Posey suggested as she walked down the corridor with Imogen and Ren.
"The drive to the city is like three hours, girl" Imogen rolled eyes.
"The boutiques in this hick town aren't classy, and shouldn't you be preparing to get the dresses you'd be wearing at the beauty contest?" Posey replied.
"Mother will take care of my dresses. Leave fashion for my mother please!" Imogen said proudly, and Ren laughed.
"Right, Lady Lorraine is that woman" he said.
"True" Posey shrugged.
"I need to pee, won't take long" Ren excused himself and left to find a restroom.
"Don't take long, babe!" Posey shouted after him.
"I suddenly feel thirsty. Posey get me juice from the refectory" Imogen said, giving Posey some cash from her purse
"Really?" Posey groaned.
"Sorry, I'm just too thirsty to walk. Please please!" Imogen pushed her forward.
"Fineeee" Posey eventually took the money and left.
Imogen immediately entered the same restroom Ren entered.
"I knew you'd come" Ren smiled.
"Quick, the journey to and from the refectory will take roughly five minutes. Make it fast" Imogen lowered her bum shorts and panty at the same time.
Ren raised her right leg to his waist, lowering his pants too before knocking his d+ck into her.
"Damn! You're so hot" she smiled, staggering as he thrusted shamelessly into her.
"Ahh..-hh...Jeez!" She cried, bucking against him for more.
"Slût!" Ren grunted, pushing her to the bare restroom ground where he f+çked the shit out of her.
Her screams were unstoppable, and right there, she promised herself that Ren is officially hers.
This d+ck belongs to her forever.
*
LORD VANN'S OFFICE*
Lorraine was sitting pretty on the desk when Lord Vann entered, and she stood with a jezebel-like smile.
"Where is Tamlin? I haven't seen him and Ruslan today at all" he said.
"No idea" Lorraine replied, rubbing his chest and bringing her lips closer to kiss him.
"Stop it, we're in the office" he gently pushed her off.
"Does it matter? Office s+x is the sweetest" she replied, pulling him closer again.
"Lorraine! Should you even think about intimacy right now? I'm still on edge" he resisted.
"About what? The university is safe now. Both the midnight killer and the monthly kidnappers have been laying low so..." She smiled, pulling his tie.
"I'm not in the mood, Lorraine" Lord Vann insisted, and her countenance immediately changed.
"Are you even my husband? It's been two months since you last touched me! And it's not like you're satisfying me enough. You're a five minutes man, Vann. But you're still arrogant about it? Fine, I'll go get f+çked somewhere else, fool" she slammed and left the office angrily.
On her way out, she got a call from her guards.
"Yes?" She picked up, sulking.
"Yeah. I want Molly dead tonight. Ion care about the process, just kill the wench" she said, hanging up.
She looked up at the sky, noticing it has cleared since the rain has stopped.
"The stupid moon better not come out tonight again" she muttered, rubbing her left shoulder as she walked away.
*
DOWNTOWN, ARGENTUM HOSPITAL*
Twilight decided to come see her mother after their only class.
Damien, Rihannon and Echo came with her.
She smiled widely when she sighted Owen in bed lunch, getting fed by one of the nurses.
"Mama" she kissed Owen's forehead, and the woman just kept staring blankly at her as usual.
Twilight took the bowl of milky cornflakes from the nurse and began feeding her.
The nurse left the ward, excusing them.
"Hey ma'am, I'm Damien, your daughter's best friend" Damien introduced.
"That's a lie. I'm Echo, the best friend" Echo said, rolling eyes at Damien.
"I'm Rihannon, her school mother" Rihannon said, and Twilight laughed.
"They're all my friends, mama. I wish you'd remember this introduction when you finally get better" Twilight said, wiping the crumbs on Owen's weak lips.
"She's so pretty" Damien said.
"I know, right?" Twilight smiled, feeding her the last spoon of the cornflakes.
She made Owen lay back in bed.
"How long has she been in here?" Rihannon asked.
"Five years" Twilight replied.
"I'm sorry" Damien said pitifully.
Echo's phone chimed, and she went out to read the message.
It's Ruslan again
Ruslan: The nudes I asked for.
Echo's hands tightened on the phone, and she peeped back into the ward to look at Twilight and her pitiful mother.
She remembered how Twilight shielded her from the thunderclap last night, then she typed...
Echo: I can't do it. Ask for another thing. I can give you my life but...I really like Twi.
Ruslan: So we're breaking up then. Too bad we didn't last.
Echo: But why?
Ruslan: Fine, I'll tell you the truth. Tamlin wants the nudes cos she likes her. I'm not posting it.
Echo: really? Tamlin?
Ruslan: Sure, trust me.
Echo: Ok, I'll snap them tomorrow and send them. I promise.
Ruslan: Great. Chat you later baby.
Echo pocketed the phone.
"It's only for Tamlin's eyes. Tamlin is better than Slade, so I'm not doing anything wrong" she said.
An hour later, they left the hospital after spending much time with Owen.
When they got out, Twilight stopped two taxis instead of one.
"Y'all go back to school, I still have somewhere to go" she said.
"Where?" Damien asked.
"Secret" Twilight replied and entered the first taxi.
"You shouldn't keep secrets from your school mother!" Rihannon shouted as the taxi moved.
The rest got in the second taxi which took them to school.
*
UOG, 6PM~SLADE'S OFFICE*
Slade barely uses the office since he does most of his work at the attic, but today, he decided to do the Jenna Parker stuff here.
He has been turning pages and papers since morning, but he found nothing peculiar about her.
She was an orphan from Arcade Home too who luckily got a job as the admission officer before she was killed.
That's everything about her. No siblings, no family. Nothing.
Slade removed his glasses and rested back on his chair, flexing his neck and straightening his fingers.
He noticed his phone hasn't beeped for sometime now, and he quickly took it.
The GPS microchip in Twilight's arm is supposed to give him signal every ten minutes, so his phone screen comes on everytime the signal comes.
He spranged up when he saw the signal hasn't come for like two hours now.
How did he get so carried away?
He grabbed his coat and rushed out of the office, dialling her line, but it's not available.
He raced faster till he got to the tower, rushing up the stairs as students made way for him, wondering what's going on.
He barged into her room, meeting Echo, Rihannon and Damien.
"Where's Light?" He questioned.
"Why are you asking?" Echo stood
"We went to see her mother, then she excused herself to go somewhere secret" Damien explained.
"Since when?" Slade asked impatiently.
Rihannon checked the time and gasped.
"Four hours ago!"
"Shit" Slade muttered, rushing out
Damien immediately went after him.
Slade dialled Uriel's line, and Uriel was quick to meet him in front of the tower.
"Go to Grandpa Cedric's estate, get as many guards as you can with you and search this whole vicinity for Twilight." Slade ordered.
"She's missing?" Uriel's eyes widened.
"Shut the f+ck and go!" Slade snapped.
Uriel ran off, and Slade made to rush off too, but Damien blocked him.
"She cried because of you this morning. If you know you can't handle her, just leave her alone." he said.
"Get lost" Slade pushed him aside and rushed to the park, driving out of the castle like a madman.
*
GREG'S COTTAGE*
"When are we going back to the castle? I'm tired, I need a bath and food" Ruslan yawned from the chair he's sitting on.
They haven't moved from this cottage since they arrived last night.
"Stop complaining, you heard when Greg said it's gonna take time. If I kill Slade, you're gonna benefit too cos Imogen will finally look at you, dummy" Tamlin glared.
"But it's taking too long! I haven't even brushed" Ruslan stood.
"Here" Greg replied gruffly, coming out of the inner room with a ring on his palm.
His cut arm is currently tied with a clothe, though the bleeding stopped already.
"Is this really the ring? Mine?" Tamlin smiled, taking it from Greg's palm.
Greg smiled.
"Yes!" Tamlin grinned.
*
7PM*
The search for Twilight has been ongoing for close to an hour now, and not only the estate guards are involved.
Timothy released numerous guards from the island too, and the town of Glennville is currently full of guards in black, searching every nook and cranny for Twilight.
There has been no sign of her, no signal from her GPS, her phone number is still not reachable too.
It became worse when rain started falling again, even heavier than the morning rain.
The guards got drenched as they continued running from house to house, unable to stop at Slade's orders
Slade was moving differently, his bearings are faster than their own, and his mouth is widely open throughout.
He's unable to close it as he stood still in the middle of a road, driving his fingers into his full hair.
"You should have killed her when you had the chance, cos I'm very sure the unknown rival got her already" a familiar voice said behind him, and he turned around to see Aimee standing there like nemesis.
"Happy deathday in advance, brother. She's probably dead as we speak" she said.
Slade clenched his jaws, raising his palm to his chest to feel it.
It's beating again, just like the other time. Even louder.
"You're wrong." He muttered.
*
TEMPLE OF THE DAMNED*
Located in the high mountains of Glennville, the temple is a place of rest for sojourners homeless people who seek refuge and prayers.
The temple network is damaged since it's far town, so anyone there has no connection to the outside world.
There are shamans, monks and priests who work collectively to keep the temple in shape.
When Owen was still very much ok, she comes to the temple to pray and give offerings to the needy everyday.
Twilight decided to come here after leaving the hospital.
With her pocket money, she bought some bread and jam to offer.
Though she only followed Owen to the temple once, but the priests recognize her as Owen's daughter.
She's currently wearing an apron, helping some women to serve meals to the homeless people inside it.
"More bread, please" One of the old men said, and she smiled before dropping one more on his plate.
"Thanks for visiting, Twilight. How is Owen faring? I went to see her last week" the chief priest asked.
"She's...she's just there." Twilight said, and the man sighed.
"We'll continue to pray for her"
"Thank you" Twilight smiled, dropping the remaining bread on her tray for the last man before going to her bag to get her phone.
She tried calling Echo, but it's not going through.
"It won't work, unless you go to the southern side of the mountain" one of the monks told her.
"Oh.." Twilight sounded.
She covered her head with a shawl since there's no available umbrella.
She proceeded to the southern part of the mountain and stood on the edge, dialling Echo's line.
She'll tell her that she's gonna spend the night here since she can't go back to the castle anymore this rainy night.
The signal finally came, but it's not even enough to make a call.
The call was dropping each time she dialled.
She even tried Rihannon and Damien's, but they're dropping too.
She gave it some time and dialled them individually again,... there's still no change.
"They'll be worried" she muttered.
"Should have told them I was coming here" she muttered.
The sudden sound of approaching footsteps behind her made her swirl around only to see someone coming her direction.
At first, he felt foreign, but the closer he came, the more familiar her body got with him.
The goosebumps grew.
Her eyes blinked slowly, and she removed the already wet shawl from her head, having a better view of him.
"Killa?" She mumbled, not believing her eyes, till he was just two steps away from her.
"Killa" she repeated as shock melted her bones to dust.
He's completely wet, both his coat and slacks, even the undershirt and hair, and his shoes are full of mud from the bad temple road.
Her eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and she gasped out when he got to her and dragged her to himself in a suffocating, bone-wrecking hug which made her br+àsts smudge his chest through her sundress.
The phone fell from her, and the shawl followed, falling on it.
"Kils" she voiced again, her eyes unblinking.
"Who said you could disappear like that? Hmm?" He whispered, pushing her head to his chest like a baby's.
When she remembered how he actually pushed her out of the attic earlier, she tried breaking the hug, but Slade held her tighter.
She struggled hard, whimpering to get free, but all she got was more tightness from Slade's muscular arms.
"Release me! You don't get to act like this!" She fought.
"I get to act anyhow I want!" He snapped, releasing her with glaring eyes as the rain beat them both.
"Why?!" Twilight's lips parted.
"Cos I f+çking own you! Mind, body, and soul!" He declared, darkness oozing off his tone.
TBC.
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