Destrõy Me - Episode 51 & 52

 

 

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Destrõy Me - Episode 51 & 52

 (Her•Heartless•Monster)

 By Naomi Cindy B.

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Twilight continued sitting in the middle of the silent dark road, crying helplessly with her clothes and slippers and bag scattered around her.

No single car crossed since the area is remote and silent.

Slade's words pierced her head that instant...

"IF YOU CAN STILL DEFEND THAT PRECIOUS FATHER OF YOURS IN TWO MONTHS TIME, I'LL MAKE YOU THE RICHEST GIRL IN THIS HICK TOWN"

He knew this would happen. He knew she'd suffer like this, and now she can't even go to him cos of the clash they had.

Where would she go?

If she goes to school now, where would she go during breaks? 

Students aren't allowed to stay in the towers during breaks and holidays, so where would she go?

She looked back at the cottage again, the only home she knows in this world which.is now forbidden.

She was hiccuping as she stood to her feet, looking down at her sneakers.

As a result of Greg's push, the front part of the right leg is damaged.

She sniffled, then she began packing her scattered clothes back into the bag.

Since the slippers are broken, she left them on the road.

She left thearea without looking back, and she luckily found a taxi after walking for a few minutes.

"UOG" she told the taxi man.

"Are you ok, miss?" The man asked, seeing the tears on her face.

"I'm fine" she replied, wiping them with shaky hands.

The man nodded before starting the drive, and throughout the ride, Twilight had to struggle to keep her tears at bay.

She taxi arrived at the university after an hour.

It's past 9pm when she got down from the taxi, paying the driver with her last cash.

She went in, and the driver drew out his phone, making a call.

"She finally found out the truth, but Greg is wicked, he chased her. I pity the little slave" he said with a chuckle.

"Yeah. She's back in the university. Things will get intense from now on" he further said and hung up.

He drove down the hill.

*

* I think she's dating Prof Luther.

* Isn't it obvious? He kissed her.

* That wasn't a kiss, it's madness. It was too aggressive.

* Mind you, I'd die to have that aggressive kiss with him.

* But why would he date someone like her? She's poor as f+ck!

* More than poor, you don't see the clothes she wears? Either faded or stitched.

The ridiculous words were hitting Twilight like stray bullets as she entered her tower with the bag hugged to her chest and her face madly red.

Seems dinner came late tonight, so students are just returning from the refectory, and the corridors are filled.

She didn't look up till she got to the base of the stairs.

She raised her head and looked at the elevator, blinking slowly before looking away.

She finally climbed the stairs, holding back her tears till she got to her room where she met Echo, Rihannon and Damien playing house of cards.

"Twi!" Echo spranged up.

"Echo said you'd be spending the weekend at home" Rihannon stood surprisingly too.

It was Damien who noticed her face first.

"Are you...ok?" He asked, going closer to her.

Twilight finally released the tears, and the bag fell from her.

"Jesus...come here" he pulled her into a comforting hug instantly.

Twilight broke into loud cries, hiccuping in-between.

"It's ok... we're here for you...it's fine" Damien consoled.

Echo sighed, and Rihannon went sad.

*

CLOCK TOWER*

On top of the tower, Slade stood like a giant, his height towering on the wall as his shadow.

The lights on top of the tower is bright, and also... The full moon is out tonight.

His camera is in hand, positioned in front of his eyes.

It didn't take a lot of energy to fuse it back into one after Twilight threw it at him earlier.

There are scanty ravens in the sky, he trapped them on a spot with his mind so he could snap their pictures.

After photographing to his satisfaction, he dropped the camera and stretched his hand, raising the knuckle of his pointer finger.

A raven perched on it, and this time, he didn't take pity.

He began tearing away the feathers of the bird just like he does when he was younger.

The raven began cawing, crying for mercy, but none was given cos Slade didn't stop tearing it's feathers, a devil-like glint filling his eyes as he watched it suffer in pains.

His smirked, reeling back to the past.

FLASHBACK, AGE 20~ARCADE HOME (Before Isobel's Death)*

While other orphans choose rooms and roommates, Slade has none.

He didn't bring anything to the orphanage except his cat. The clothes he wears and the cake he eats, it's Grandpa Cedric who sends them weekly.

He didn't choose a room. He stayed at the rooftop of the main building, and he likes it there.

That cool evening, he got to the rooftop and found his bag torn to pieces, scattered on the ground, and ink was poured on his clothes.

Everything is ruined, even his cat food is wasted.

He dropped Onyx and looked around, trying to suppress the anger that's building up inside him.

A loud roar of laughter suddenly came from the stairs, and two minutes later, Tamlin came upstairs with his gang which contains Ruslan and several other boys.

"Do you like my gift?" Tamlin grinned, pocketing his hands arrogantly.

Slade looked at the mess of his stuff on the ground, knowing he definitely did it.

If he decides to take action, then killing Tamlin and his gang would be it, and though that's entertaining, but he has no plans to shed blood yet.

He ignored them, carrying Onyx from the table before starting to walk towards the stairs, but Tamlin blocked him.

"Do you like my gift? I just asked a question! Do you? Answer me!" Tamlin demanded.

Slade pushed him once, and he fell on the ground, making the boys gasp.

Slade didn't look back as he resumed his walk.

"What are y'all doing? Get him!!" Tamlin shouted, and the group of boys went after Slade immediately.

He was dragged back to the center where they plunged him down and began hitting him massively.

With their shoes, punches, kicks, even stones and sand.

Slade didn't cry or make a single sound. He just lay there, taking everything intentionally.

He was even smiling, and his ring was shinning on his finger, waiting for him to use his power, but he refused.

Blood was drooling out of his mouth, and he has wounds on almost every visible part of his body when they were done with him.

Tamlin squatted in front of him, grabbing his hair and bending his head back roughly.

"Now hear me... The next time you're seen around Isobel, I'll end you" he threatened, and Slade laughed, his bloody teeth showcasing.

"She's the one who comes to me everytime at the orchard, and yunno what she always does whenever she shows up? She either begs to kiss me, or beg to braid my hair" he said, hitting Tamlin in the face with every word.

"Bastard!" Tamlin punched him in the face again, breathing hard.

"Get me a clipper! I'm gonna cut off that hair that's so precious to him. Get me a damn clipper!" Tamlin yelled.

BACK TO THE PRESENT*

By now, every single feather on the raven's body is gone, and it's already at the brink of dying.

Slade released it, and it fell off the tower, landing down the grass where it died completely.

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT TO TAMLIN" he remembered Twilight's words and rolled his eyes, leaving the edge.

"Should have shot his eyes and ears too, take his sight and hearing and render him completely useless" he muttered hatefully, picking the camera.

He left the tower.

*

TWILIGHT'S ROOM*

"What! Your parents aren't your real parents?" Rihannon said in shock.

Twilight just finished telling them the story, but she didn't include the part where she's a moonslave who has to die for Slade though.

"And your so-called father chased you out?" Echo said shockingly too.

"Said he was tired of taking care of me, a stranger" Twilight replied.

She's sitting in bed while the three are standing in front of her.

"I knew I didn't like him when I saw him at Dr. Kali's burial." Damien shook his head.

"This is not a time when you should lose your parents support. Fine, we don't pay for tuition and food here, but what about your personal expenses? You're a girl" Rihannon said.

"Maybe you should go to Prof Luther and tell him" Damien suggested.

"No" Twilight shook her head.

"Why? He f+cks you. He should spend on you" Echo chirped.

"Don't say it like that" Rihannon pushed her, and Echo fell on the bed.

"Don't attack me, it's true" Echo spranged up again.

"One more word, and I'll slap you" Damien glared, and she scoffed.

"I told him he shouldn't have shot Tamlin, and he took it personal. He probably hates me madly right now" Twilight said.

"Are you for real? Tamlin almost shot him. How could you say he shouldn't have shot back" Rihannon said.

"Even if Tamlin shot him, he wouldn't have died so far he's with his ring. I just thought destroying Tamlin legs was too much"

"So Tamlin shooting him is ok so far he's with his ring? Do you think he doesn't feel pains too? C'mon..." Damien said, sitting beside her.

"And do you even know the history between him and Tamlin at the Arcade Home?" Rihannon said, sitting beside her too.

"I and Damien are from the orphanage too, though Isobel has died and Slade has left before we started living there, but we heard histories. Tamlin bullied Slade a lot for no reason" Damien said.

"Lies. With his ring, he'd probably break Tamlin into two before Tamlin would do the bullying" Echo said.

"Slade's head is wired differently, idiot. He likes the pains, which is why he never fought back. He allowed the bullying" Rihannon rolled eyes.

"Makes sense" Echo nodded.

"So..., anything concerning Tamlin and Slade, next time just don't intervene" Damien patted Twilight's shoulder.

Twilight couldn't talk, but she could feel the callous hands of cold on her skin as chilly goosebumps filled it.

"You're shivering" Damien noticed.

"I'll get her sweater" Echo replied, going to Twilight's bag to get one.

It's the one Uriel returned to her that night at Grandpa Cedric's estate. Slade's sweater.

She put it on since it's the only good one she has, and the moment her nose caught a whiff of Slade's musky scent, she shivered even more.

Rihannon made her lay in bed, and Damien covered her with the blanket.

"I'll take care of her, don't worry and return to your rooms" Echo said.

"I don't trust you" Damien said.

"Me neither" Rihannon added.

"Your choices" Echo shrugged, climbing her own bed.

"Stay good till daybreak, Twi-Twi" Rihannon said.

"Rest well" Damien said.

Twilight managed to nod twice under the covers, and the two left the room.

Echo smiled in her bed.

This for her or good. At least, she'd be able to snap her pictures tomorrow.

*

WESLEY TOWER*

Lorraine is currently on all fours on her bedroom floor, sweating and crying profusely.

Her sleeping robe is soaked with her sweat already, and her body feels hotter than coal.

The brighter the moon shone in the sky, the harder her pains became, and the louder her cries came.

"Gosh!!!!!" She cried painfully again, crapping the ground with her nails as torrents of pains poured into her bloodstream in shots.

"Vann!!!!" 

Her body heated up again, and it feels like her intestines are intertwining inside her, like her flesh is getting cooked.

Something shone on her left shoulder, and she grabbed the shoulder, crying out again.

"Ohhh!!!!"

Lord Vann entered the room, his arms folded on his chest as he backed the wall, staring at her.

"It's hellish!! Argg!!" She shrieked.

"I loved rubbing your back to help alleviate the pains on every full moon before, but I'm not gonna be doing that anymore" he said.

"No. Don't...Vann...

"You fell for Slade? He's Tamlin's age mate. They're both 27! Aren't you ashamed?" Lord Vann said.

"It's not my fault! I can't control my heart!!" She yelled.

"Then handle the pains. I'm going back to Tamlin at the hospital" he replied, leaving the room.

Lorraine cried out again, passing out when it got too much.

*

IMOGEN'S ROOM*

"So I'm planning a fun gathering at the swimming hole tomorrow. I'm inviting all the students and lecturers. It's been a while since fun happened" Posey announced.

She's in bed with Imogen, both watching porn on Imogen's laptop.

"I wish I have Twilight's nudes already, it'd have been the highlight of the gathering" Imogen replied.

"Pester Echo again. Tell her you'll break up with her if she doesn't send it tomorrow" Posey replied, and they both began laughing till they fell off their bed.

"What about Molly?" Posey suddenly asked.

"That witch stabbed one of my mother's guards. I never knew she's mad like that" Imogen shook her head, getting up.

"We only have to think of something else" Posey replied, and Imogen shrugged, entering the bathroom.

She shut the door on herself, getting her phone.

She went to her chat with Ren and saw he sent her some pictures.

Impatiently, she downloaded them. They're pictures of his d+ck.

"Hot" she licked her lips.

She was about to reply when Posey opened the door and peeped in.

"What are you doing?" Posey asked.

"Nothing" Imogen smiled to cover up, hiding her phone before following her out, secretly glaring.

*

NEXT MORNING, ST. GREGORY HOSPITAL*

Lord Vann and Ruslan are asleep on different beds beside Tamlin.

Since the bullets got removed from Tamlin's knees through surgery yesterday, he hasn't woken up.

The head surgeon assured them that he'd never be able to walk again, and Lord Vann already resigned to fate.

Tamlin's eyes opened at exactly 7am, and the moment he saw his environment, he tried sitting up, but he couldn't.

His whole body felt too heavy to carry, and his memory went back to when he got shot.

His eyes widened with a groan, and he tried sitting up again.

His struggles woke Ruslan and Lord Vann, and they jumped down from their beds.

"Tammy!" 

"Why can't I sit up? Why can't I carry myself? What's going on exactly what's happening!!!" Tamlin yelled.

"You'll still be able to sit up, but that's after your knee wounds heal up" Lord Vann said.

"And?" Tamlin gulped.

"You should rest" Ruslan said.

"Don't tell me to rest!!! Tell me...

"You won't be able to walk again, we've been advised to get you a wheelchair" Lord Vann intruded, and tears rushed out of Tamlin's eyes.

"What! Me? My legs? Useless? How come!!" He pushed the drip stand beside him away, and the blood bag on it bursted, streaming on the ground.

He stretched his hand to push down the monitor too.

He threw away the pillow and began shaking the bed, crashing out completely and scaring them.

"Get me my legs back!!!"

*

LUTHER'S ISLAND*

Aimee is in Stella's room, feeding her custard for breakfast.

Stella kept opening her mouth, taking it without a blink.

Aimee wiped her mouth whenever she spilled it, and Stella smiled.

"You won't leave me too... right Aimee?" She mumbled powerlessly.

"I'm going nowhere. I won't be like my unfilial bastardized brothers" Aimee replied with a squint, finally dropping the plate when she sensed Stella is full.

"Greg... Greg is a bad man" Stella stuttered, staring at the ceiling.

"Everyone knows that man is bad news" Aimee replied, standing up.

"The ritual he was doing that night, it's..." Stella said, and Aimee frowned.

"It's what?" She said.

"It's..." Stella tried talking again, but it's like something is blocking her throat, preventing her.

"The maids will bring your drugs, mother. You should rest" Aimee said, leaving the room.

Stella blinked.

"It's... it's longevity ritual, but I can't tell anyone" She mumbled again, folding her palms.

*

BALCONY*

Timothy stood alone by the rails, staring at the kiss picture from yesterday.

Aimee joined him, and when she saw what he's staring at, she sighed.

"Told you not to take it to mind, the kiss was nothing" 

"I'm not staring at the kiss, I'm staring at him!" Timothy said, pointing at Elijah in the picture.

The picture captured him too.

"Elijah is in town? And you couldn't tell me? More reason for Slade to kill her fast before Elijah does!" Timothy said.

"Elijah isn't the rival, the rival is still unknown so quit antagonizing him" Aimee replied.

"Everything that comes out of that attention seeker is a lie!" Timothy said.

"Then go to him. He's the new university doctor. Go there and tell him to leave town, and I'll watch him tear you apart" Aimee snarled, leaving the balcony.

"They'll be the end of me. My triplets are after my life" Timothy held his head frustratingly.

*

UOG, TWILIGHT'S ROOM*

Period is bad news, and it had to visit Twilight this morning.

She's just coming back from the bathroom, feeling so sick.

"You're done? Then I'll go take my bath. Cheer up!" Echo said, leaving for the door happily.

Her mission is accomplished, so she's overjoyed. She successfully snapped Twilight's nudes in the bathroom.

"Do you have pads to spare? I ran out of it, and I don't have cash" Twilight asked her.

"Nope. You can ask Rihannon" Echo replied, leaving eventually.

"I heard someone calling my name" Rihannon came in.

"We were talking about pads. I need it" Twilight replied.

"I have enough to spare, but my pads are cheap ones from the orphanage, so the adhesive backing won't glue to your underwear very well." Rihannon said.

"I don't have a choice, I'll be careful" Twilight replied.

"Be right back" Rihannon smiled and left.

Twilight quickly dressed up in the sweater, wearing a jean skirt to go with it, so when Rihannon came with the pad, she gummed it on and finally wore her panty.

She went for her sneakers, but it's already destroyed from last night.

The heels she wore to class the other day belonged to Echo. The sneakers are her only shoes.

"You can take my sneakers. Damien has two pair of sneakers so I'll take one from him" Rihannon said, and tears came out of Twilight's eyes.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to become a liability." She said.

Rihannon quickly wiped her tears.

"Stop it, just put it on"

Twilight nodded and put them on slowly.

Rihannon took Damien's second pair like she said, and Echo came back from the bathroom shortly.

She dressed up fast, and the four left the room together.

But on getting downstairs, it's another saga cos students are screaming like crazy.

Slade is just coming out of his elevator, but he's not alone.

He's with a fatally beautiful girl who's obviously same age as Twilight.

No one has seen her before, so she's not a student of the school, but she's so pretty.

She's holding Slade's right arm while Uriel held Slade's bag, following them behind.

Uriel woke up this morning actually.

* She's fine!!

* Damn! Where is she from.

* Is she a fairy?

* A fallen angel!

* Now this is it! I'd accept this beauty instead of one poor local Twilight!

Molly is in the middle of the screaming students, but she's not saying a thing, just glaring.

Twilight bit her lip internally, and her cold returned tenfold as she watched them walk out of the tower.

"Who's that girl?" Damien asked.

"Never seen her before, but she's beautiful" Rihannon replied.

"I told you, Twi. I said Prof Luther is a bastard! He has f+çked you and left you for a beauty" Echo said.

She didn't expect the next thing that happened cos Damien actually slapped her.

"How dare you!!" Echo went after him, but Rihannon blocked her and slapped her too.

Echo staggered on the stairs.

"You're mad" she slammed, pulling Twilight's hand and taking her out.

Damien followed them, removing a poster from the outside wall.

It's about the fun gathering at the swimming hole later tonight.

"You need this to clear your head" he said, showing it to Twilight.

"Organized by Posey? Imogen's best friend?" Rihannon scoffed.

"Doesn't matter, baby" Damien winked, taking Twilight's second hand as they walked away.

Ech stood from the stairs, and Molly came to her immediately.

"Look who got freshly slapped. Two times! I've always known you're a bî+ch." Molly said.

"Shut it" Echo pushed her out of the way and left.

Molly grinned, but then she became serious.

"Who's that girl with Prof Luther?" She wondered.

*

7PM, WOODS*

The swimming hole is not so far from the castle. It's a deep clearing somewhere in the woods with long peach trees surrounding it.

Bright bulbs were hung on the tree in every angle, so the area is completely illuminated.

Even the water looks like a pool right now, and there are students inside already.

Some are sitting on the edges block, drinking and chatting.

There's a dark-ish music playing on the background speakers, and even lecturers aren't left out.

Almost everyone is present since they needed something to cheer them up and take their minds away from the mysteries of this school for a while.

The lecturers are sitting under the peach trees in a different angle, and they're chatting over drinks and chuckles.

Slade is not in attendance. 

Twilight was forced by Rihannon and Damien even though she's feeling sick and still cold, but she came anyways.

She's sitting on a chair not far from the lecturers, and her eyes has searched them for long, but she couldn't find Slade.

A bottle of juice is in her hand, but she barely touched it.

Damien and Rihannon are in the water with other students, and they're occasionally waving at her.

Echo entered the place wearing a revealing green swimsuit and a hat. She even wore makeup.

Tonight, she'll be meeting Ruslan, and she'll be presenting the nudes, so she can't wait.

Twilight stood immediately she saw her, blocking her way.

"About the slaps..." She said.

"Don't try to apologize. I hate Damien and Rihannon so much right now. I was only telling you the truth. Did I not warn you?" Echo replied.

"I'm not here to apologize" Twilight said.

"Then what?" Echo sneered.

Twilight couldn't make another statement again when Imogen and her dogs walked past them.

Imogen knowingly stumbled on Twilight, pushing her hard.

"Twi!" Echo gasped as Twilight fell, rolling into the water.

Everyone automatically stopped, watching surprisingly as she struggled to stand in water since she's not so good with swimming.

"Oh my! Sorry!!" Imogen grinned.

Posey and Ren began laughing.

"Twilight!" Damien swam to her with Rihannon, and they're the ones who balanced her in the water.

"You good?" Rihannon asked.

"Yeah, but..." Twilight drawled, her eyes wide.

"What is that!" Imogen suddenly said, and the music even stopped as all attention focused on the water.

There's a pad floating on the surface.

Twilight's pad.

"What the hell! Your pad fell from your panty?" Posey blinked.

"You don't recognize that pad? It's for orphanage girls! Cheap one with low adhesive backing" Imogen said.

"Oh no" Ren bursted into laughter with several other students.

Rihannon quickly pushed the pad underwater with her leg, but Twilight felt like dying instantly.

The eyes of everyone on her, their moving mouths as they threw insults at her, their laughter and jeering.

She felt stabbed, she felt rejected.

But it got heightened when she saw Slade.

He's close to the lecturers angle, and his back is the only thing she's seeing, but the pretty girl is holding his arm again, and they're currently walking out of the place together.

He came after all.

Twilight felt like vomiting immediately her guts out, but she quickly blocked her mouth with her palm, tears stinging her eyes.

Damien picked her up in his arms, leaving the water with her and taking her away from the place.

"Echo is the only senseful one in your gang, and I'm taking her as my new best friend" Imogen said, hanging her arm on Echo's neck suddenly.

"You ready to join the rich tower, Echo?" Posey fingered Echo's hair, and Echo's eyes widened.

Rihannon faced them.

"You're free to take her into your gang. And as for you... Echo. Come pack your things from the room. I'm not gonna allow you hurt Twilight for me so leave the room. It's an order as the tour guide" Rihannon said.

TBC.

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