Destrõy Me - Episode 53 & 54

 

 

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Destrõy Me - Episode 53 & 54

 (Her•Heartless•Monster)

 By Naomi Cindy B.

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"...It's an order as the tour guide" Rihannon said.

A loud chuckle cracked from Imogen before she stepped forward.

"Even without your order, we're taking her out of the room. She'll move to the rich tower and join me in my room" she said, looking at Rihannon from her head, down to her toes before scoffing.

"But I wonder how you have this daring attitude when you're nothing but an orphan. You and Damien are from Arcade Home too, right? I hope the next students who'd get kidnapped will be you"

"Wench!" Rihannon raised an hand on her...

"Slap me, but just know that you'll get expelled from this university, and you'll be chased out of Arcade Home too. My family have that much power" Imogen said, and Rihannon slowly dropped her hand.

"We'll come for Echo's things later" Imogen patted her shoulder, giggling before leaving.

"Let's go, Echo" Posey pulled Echo along with Ren.

Rihannon balled her fists, scoffing  before finally walking out too.

Molly sighed out, resting back on the chair she's sitting on before taking a sip from her beer can.

She has been watching the drama since the start, and needless to say...she enjoyed it.

"Echo, Imogen, Posey and Ren? I'll be here when she starts crying" she muttered and stood.

She was about to leave too when she saw something on the ground.

She went for it, picking it up. It's Echo's phone.

She recognized it cos she saw it with her when she mocked her at the stairs this morning.

Luckily for her, the screen is still on.

Before it could go off, she quickly tapped it, pressing gallery in the process.

The first thing she saw was Twilight's nudes, snapped in the bathroom.

Molly's mouth widened, and she looked away from the phone, gritting her teeth together.

"I knew it. If I'm getting the vibes of a bî+ch from someone, it's never wrong. I can't let this phone go off, I need to find a way to remove the password so I can explore it more. Echo...looks like we'll have fun...a lot" she smiled, stomping away.

*

CASTLE, TWILIGHT'S ROOM*

Damien placed Twilight on the ground when he arrived, and she immediately looked away from him in total shame, shifting back.

"Hey don't be like that... we're friends... I'm your best friend, and what happened to you has happened to Rihannon before. The difference is that her pad fell on the orphanage ground, not in water." Damien said.

Twilight looked up this time, fiddling with her jean skirt.

"I'm for real, so there's nothing to be ashamed of. You and Rihannon are like my sisters" he said.

"Difference is that I'm your senior sister while she's your junior" Rihannon replied, coming in.

"Real" Damien said, and Rihannon nodded.

Twilight smiled, getting her strength back little by little.

"I don't know what I'd do without you both" she muttered.

"Just stay strong. Tomorrow, students will badmouth you and won't stop talking about it. They'll probably give you nicknames too so you should be prepared, but don't worry... we'll follow you to class" Damien said.

"I know, and I need to get a part-time job too. I need pocket money" Twilight said.

Rihannon held her shoulders like a mother...

"Don't worry, your school mother will find you a good part-time gig before tomorrow. Trust me" she said.

Twilight chuckled, feeling much much better with these two.

"You should shower. Rihannon will spend the night with you. I'll see you both tomorrow" Damien said and said his goodnight before departing.

Twilight had a warm shower, and when she came back, Rihannon was already asleep in Echo's bed.

She smiled and covered her, then she cleaned up and dressed warmly, sitting in her bed.

Sleep didn't visit her eyes at all, so she took one of her books to read.

She had barely read two paragraphs when Slade and his new girl invaded her head.

She spaced out completely, feeling so inferior.

The girl was prettier with her dark hair and brows. Even her outfit was elegant like a princess's. Comparing herself to the beauty would be stupid.

Slade even came with her to the swimming hole. Maybe he has had a girlfriend after all. It'd be insane to be single with that face.

She suddenly started looking for her phone, but then she remembered Slade threw it away at the temple after the rainwater spoilt it, and her card is even with him.

She dropped her book and buried her face in her knees, backing the wall.

She can't call Grandpa Cedric without the phone, and the transport fare to his estate is much. She doesn't even have a penny with her.

Maybe if she makes enough from her party time gig, she'd be able to visit him, and if she doesn't get any part-time job, she'd definitely go to Slade and beg him to kill her like Greg said.

She sniffled, adjusting on a spot as her greasy hair got stuck to her skin.

She can't even afford another bottle of hair wash.

The only thing affordable for her right now is tears and death.

*

ATTIC*

Slade's glasses are on, and he's currently reading through a journal on his laptop. He has a class to take tomorrow.

His fingers were skillfully hitting the buttons, and he didn't look up till someone sat in front of him.

The new girl.

She rested her elbows on the table, face-palming herself as she stared at him with a genuine smile, her dark hair glossing ethereally.

When Slade didn't look up at her, she moved her head closer to him, but there's still no reaction from him.

She stretched her hand forward, poking his forehead with her pointer finger.

"What?" His deep voice came finally, though his eyes are still down.

"I dunno when this time will come again, so you should at least communicate with me" she pouted.

"There's enough food on the bedstand" he replied dryly.

"It's not about food, it's about Twilight. You didn't let me speak to her when i saw her in the woods earlier. Those mean girls  pushed her into the pool and she was embarrassed, but you didn't teach them a lesson. Aren't you being too much?" She complained.

"When did minding my business become too much?" He replied, finally looking up.

"You're not the type to mind your business, and she's not just anyone. She's yours, and she's the first human I got comfortable with. I was able to shift to my human form after so many years cos she carried me. Her aura is so warm and I love being in her arms. Tomorrow, let me follow you to class and pay those mean girls back in their own coin" She persuaded.

"No, in capital letters" Slade replied sternly.

"Why? Fine...she talked too much but you should know she's softhearted and kind. Don't you want her fingers on your brows again? Or is it because of the consequences?" She said.

"What consequences?" Slade raised his brows.

"The myth says the more time you spend with her without killing her, the more your remaining lifetime will be drained" she said.

"Go back" he immediately replied.

"Come on... Sladie. Let me follow you to class tomorrow and teach her oppressors some lessons" she frowned cutely.

"You're a cat, not a dog. Where is the aggressiveness coming from?" Slade smirked.

"I get aggressive if someone hurts my person in my presence. Twilight is my favorite person" She replied.

"Enough, go back to your original form" he glared.

"Mean" she muttered, standing and entering the bathroom.

One minute later, Onyx the cat came out, going under the piano to sit gently on it's favorite spot.

Slade shut down his laptop, bringing his arm forward to look at his wrist where the hairband is still wrapped on.

He's supposed to be making her life hell. He's supposed to be destroying her like he promised her.

He's supposed to be giving her hurtful punishments for saying Tamlin's name in front of him despite several warnings, but he can't even do that.

That was the first time he made an empty threat, and the only thing he could do is pretend like she doesn't exist so he won't have to actually do what he planned for her.

He has to watch her suffer and ignore cos that's the least he could do, even if it makes his veins burn.

But can he really continue???

He touched the band on his wrist, and his brows itched, remembering her touch.

He let it go and returned to just staring at it while thinking about what happened at the swimming hole earlier.

It was definitely Imogen who pushed her into the water.

Imogen.

*

IMOGEN'S ROOM*

"Welcome to the gang!" Imogen and Posey chahted as Ren poured bourbon into four cups on the table.

Each took their individual cups, clinking glasses before drinking.

"We should have initiated you long ago" Imogen said.

"Am I... really with you guys now? I'm...free to move into this tower?" Echo asked, tightening her hand on her cup.

"Of course!" Posey exclaimed.

"We'll go get your things tomorrow morning, but you can start sleeping here tonight" Imogen said.

"Congratulations on your new addition, girls" Ren said.

"Thanks babe!" Posey sat on his laps. They kissed, and Imogen secretly smirked, furiously drinking everything in her cup.

"So...do you have a boyfriend?" She asked Echo.

"Yeah...but he told me to keep it a secret" Echo replied.

"Secret? There's no secret in this circle, girl. Spit it out. Who's the lucky guy?" Imogen pestered.

"It's... It's Ruslan. Though we only chat, he hates physical interaction" Echo explained.

Posey and Imogen looked at each other, fighting the urge to burst into laughter, even Ren.

"Aw, you're so lucky. Ruslan is nice, and our kiss meant nothing the other time. He's all yours" Imogen said, and Echo smiled, but she suddenly gasped when she couldn't feel her phone.

She remembered when Imogen pushed Twilight earlier, she was slightly pushed too, so the phone fell from her and she forgot to pick.

"My phone is ... It's still at the swimming hole" she muttered.

"No worries, you'll find it tomorrow" Posey spoke.

"But there are important pictures on it" she muttered.

Imogen suddenly held her right arm, groaning.

"You ok?" Ren asked.

"I feel slight pain inside, but not to worry, it's probably because I pushed that whore Twilight with it. It'll be fine" Imogen shrugged.

Echo sighed, smiling awkwardly.

*

SAME NIGHT, A HIDDEN CAVERN*

In the deep green forest of Glennville, located in the middle of nowhere, a cavern thrived in the middle of a huge rock.

Inside the cavern, is another world entirely.

There are different segments and different workers in brown uniforms, nose masks and caps, walking around with their various tasks.

The cavern is built like the head office of an empire, so each segment is wide cos it's indeed an empire.

Empire K, the dark world where the Kontrol elixir is made and distributed to the outside world.

A larger part of the segments are labs for carrying out the experiments and preparing the elixir.

Another part are surveillance rooms where another set of staffs are in front of big screens, and on the screens, they could see every nook and cranny of the university.

They watch the university, day and night, and that's why their kidnaps run smoothly.

Another segment houses cages, and inside the cages, there are some students, crying despite the plate of food beside them.

"Please let me go!! I'm an orphan"

"Please spare my life..."

"I want to live!!"

Different cries filled that segment, but no one is even listening to them.

One of the staffs in brown suddenly came out of the lab, walking to the center.

"The second experiment failed. The blood from her tongue was negative" he announced.

Another staff came out of the surveillance room.

"Then take another one and continue. We have to distribute the next batch of the elixir before dusk tomorrow." He said.

That one sounds like the leader of the staffs.

"What if K finds out? He hates wastage" the lab staff asked.

"K is not visiting till next week, so just do your job. Cleaners will dispose the body" the staff leader replied.

Another student was dragged out of the cage, and she was crying hopelessly as she was pulled into the lab like an animal.

The staff leader retrieved his phone from his pocket when it began ringing.

"K" is on the caller ID. 

K is the boss here.

"Hello, boss" he picked respectfully.

"When is the next batch going out?" K asked, his voice cool.

"Before dusk tomorrow. But we're running out of specimens. Only three students are left in the cage so we have to go for another kidnap soon, and we're not taking one student this time. The demand for the elixir is getting higher, we need more students" he replied.

"I'll contact our spy in the school. We should plan the next operation before next week" K replied.

"I'll wait for your next call, boss" the staff leader said, hanging up.

He adjusted his mask before going back into the surveillance room.

*

UOG, NEXT DAY~ WESLEY TOWER*

Coming out of the tower, Molly was the first person Lorraine saw 

She's sitting on a chair in front of the tower, looking carefree as she rested her chin on the backrest.

Lorraine walked fast to her.

"What are you doing here?" She demanded.

"Wrong question. You should ask what I'm gonna do to you next if you refuse to give me the apology I asked for" Molly replied.

Lorraine dragged her up by the collar, and Molly laughed.

"If you don't get the hell out of this area, I'll get you arrested" Lorraine threatened with venom in her eyes.

"Get Molly Fell arrested? Is that a joke?" Molly said, roughly releasing herself from Lorraine.

"Everybody! Lady Lorraine has a crush on Prof...

Lorraine quickly covered Molly's mouth before she could land, and some passing students began staring.

Lorraine gave them awkward smiles, and Molly pushed her hand away.

"You have 24 hours to apologize, or I'll make use of the homepage again. I'll post your feelings towards Professor Slade, and you'll be disgraced" Molly threatened, walking away.

Lorraine angrily threw her purse away, breathing heavily.

"That pest has to die...she has to"

*

TWILIGHT'S ROOM*

Twilight was already preparing for her morning class when Echo came in with Imogen and Posey.

They didn't even say a word before starting to pack Echo's bags.

Twilight behaved as if she didn't see them too.

She just continued tying the laces of her sneakers, ignoring them totally.

Somehow, she wishes Echo had died in Tanya's place.

It's an unhealthy thought, but she doesn't mind. Echo's switch up is what she never expected.

They finished packing Echo's bag, Imogen faced her.

"Fake-pad. That's your new name from now on" she said.

"Thank you" Twilight replied.

Posey laughed, and Imogen joined in as they pulled Echo out with her bags 

Echo looked back once, and when her eyes met with Twilight's, she blinked before shutting the door.

"F+ck!" Imogen held her right arm again.

"Are you sure this arm is ok?" Posey asked as they walked the corridor.

"It should be" Imogen shrugged, going downstairs with them.

Rihannon entered Twilight's room instantly, and she gasped when she saw Echo's things are gone.

"Time for me to move in. Damien will move into my own room. We'll be closer to each other" she said.

"I don't mind" Twilight smiled, holding her arm.

"By the way I found you a job. It's at a bar in town, the one Damien and I visited with Echo the other time. They'll pay you per hour if you do well. You only have to serve drinks and soup" Rihannon broke the news.

"Really? Thank you!" Twilight hugged her tight, jumping happily as she did.

"School mother should take care of her daughter," Rihannon proudly said, and Twilight chuckled.

"You girls ready?" Damien peeped in.

"Yes" they  chorused, leaving the room together.

Damien stayed in their middle, hanging his arms on their shoulders.

As expected, students in the corridor began laughing, pointing fingers at Twilight.

* You didn't come to the swimming hole last night? It was a disaster!

* Heard she wore fake pads

* I'd bury myself if I was her.

* She's thick-skinned, how could she she come out today?

"Here" Damien plugged his loud earpieces on Twilight's ears and gave her his phone.

Twilight smiled as all the murmurs faded off.

"Thank you" 

"Lots of love" Damien smiled back, and Rihannon chuckled as they left the tower.

*

RICH TOWER*

Echo and her newfound minions arranged her things in their room when they arrived.

They even got her a new bed, so there are three beds in the room right now.

After the arrangements, they left the tower together.

"This is not the right time to lose my phone" Echo muttered.

She actually went to the woods with Posey early this morning, and they searched the swimming hole area together, but they didn't find the phone.

"Chill... we'll just track it when we get back from class" Posey said.

They stepped out of the tower, meeting Molly outside.

She has obviously been waiting.

"We need to talk, Echo" she said.

"About what?" Echo replied with an eye roll.

Imogen and Posey walked away, leaving her to Imogen since they're somehow scared of her.

Molly came closer to Echo who shifted back.

"Shifting back won't do you any good cos I found a phone last night, and on the phone...I saw some nudes of Twilight bathing" Molly said, and Echo gasped.

"That's my phone! Give it back now!"

"And I also read your chats with Ruslan. Ruslan told you to send her nudes for Tamlin? Are you dumb?" Molly said, and Echo grabbed her arm.

"Give me my phone!" She glared.

Molly pushed her away, and Echo staggered.

"I'm a bî+ch, and I admit it. I can defame anybody I want by posting fake news on any platform, but nudes? Sending nudes? That's madness. You're out of your mind, and do you know what happens if I show it to Professor Luther? Oh lala... You're dead!" Molly laughed.

"Don't! Just give me the phone!" Echo glared.

"Don't be unfortunate, I call the shots here, and I decide when to return your phone. For now, just pray that I don't get high and show it to Prof Luther"Molly sneered, pushing Echo's chest before walking off.

Echo caught automatic flu instantly.

Imogen and Posey rushed back to her.

"What were you discussing with that one?" Imogen asked.

Echo grabbed Imogen's hands tightly.

"Please...I don't care whichever way you'll do it, but Molly has my phone, and if she shows Prof Luther what's in it, I'm dead. Please take it from her" she desperately said.

Posey and Imogen looked at each other, their intentions obvious.

*

INFIRMARY*

Elijah was mixing his morning tea when Damien entered the infirmary with Rihannon, and he turned around with a huge smile.

"Aww...it's my new friend." 

"Was on my way to class, decided to branch here" Damien smiled back.

"Come here" Elijah gave him a surprise hug, but Rihannon quickly separated them.

"Are you gay? The hug was too tight" She faced Elijah with a scowl.

"Gay? Quit that thought. I love the honey scent of p+$$y" Elijah said, and Damien grinned.

"Me too"

"That's not true, you're a virgin" Rihannon said.

"Really?" Damien? A virgin?" Elijah blinked.

"Let's go. Dr. Elijah. See ya later!" Damien pulled Rihannon out of the infirmary quickly.

Elijah's mood changed to dark instantly, and he took his seat.

"Damien...he looks too pure, so pure it's suspicious. I just hope you're clean, else I'll rip ya head off myself" he muttered, drinking from his tea.

"And tomorrow is finally the day to prove my innocence to my dear brother. The midnight motherf+cker will be caught" he smiled.

*

PSYCHOLOGY DEPT*

Echo sat with her gang in the middle of the class, and though everyone is taunting Twilight right now, she couldn't.

Her mind is on the phone with Molly. What if Molly really shows it to Slade began Imogen takes it back?

She turned back and saw Molly sitting in the middle of her gang too, all laughing and cheering.

She gulped.

"Hey, babe. Are you still thinking about the phone?" Posey suddenly nudged her.

"Molly is like a bomb. She can do anything" Echo replied restlessly.

"And what did I tell you? Chill. Just don't provoke her and wait till tonight. My mother has an elixir called Kontrol. We only have to use it on her, take the phone and kill her" Imogen said.

"Kill...her?" Echo gasped.

"What? Are you scared? We're not killing her for you, we're doing it for ourselves. Molly is doing too much so she deserves to die" Ren said from the back.

"So...cheer up and just wait" Posey said, and Echo smiled, breathing in fresh air.

As for Twilight, she's in front of the class, Damien's earpieces is still in her ears, playing slow music.

Her head is on the desk, and she's oblivious to the taunts the students are throwing at her, till Imogen suddenly stood, walking down to her.

She snatched the earpiece away from Twilight's ears, and Twilight sprang up, but Imogen already threw it to Posey.

"Give it back" Twilight ran to Posey, but Posey threw it to Ren.

The whole class shifted their attention to the game, jeering as Twilight ran around, trying to take the earpiece.

She got to Ren and was about to take it when Ren threw it to Echo.

"Cut it into pieces" Imogen ordered.

"No!" Twilight rushed to Echo, but Echo already cut it into pieces like Imogen ordered.

She threw the ruins on the ground, and Twilight squatted thinking of how Damien would feel.

The earpiece is Damien's one and only.

Twilight stood, and she almost grabbed Echo by the hair, but her own hair was pulled from behind by Posey.

"Ahh!" She gasped as she was dragged around the class.

She tried to pull back, but the energy she flipped Aimee and Elijah with .. everything is gone from her system.

She was dragged to the front of the class...

"Let go of me!!" She finally broke free, and she was immediately surrounded by students.

"Heard Prof Luther left you because you have an infection" Imogen said.

"Heard it's because she's local" Posey said.

"No. Prof Luther got tired cos she kept forcing herself on him every night" Echo added.

"That's crazy!!" The class chorused in ridicule.

Molly and her gang are the only ones who're still sitting without taking part in the bullying.

"Are they forgetting that Prof Luther owns this class?" Molly snickered.

"Yes. I slept with Slade. So what? I'm not the first girl to have s+x in the world so leave me alone!!! Y'all are just jealous! Prove me wrong, especially you Imogen!" Twilight said,  shifting back.

"You f+çking bî+ch!" Imogen tried raising her hand on her, but she felt a gnashing pain in the arm, dropping it with a cry.

"What did you do to her, ugly witch!" Ren went closer this time, grabbing Twilight's hair.

But before he could make any move, the class suddenly became silent as a chilly icy air blew in, signifying a new presence.

Everyone turned around, seeing the monster by the door.

Slade is just coming in, Uriel is behind him carrying his bag as usual.

Slade's frozen eyes are already preparing to slash, and the veins appearing on his neck are dark as anger ate into his deep flesh.

Everyone froze, and he started walking in gallantly with murderous intent, but after one step, something sped past him, bolting into the circle.

It's Onyx the cat, she's in her cat form though.

She jumped on the first person she set her eyes on, and she went down with the person.

It's Echo.

"What the...get off me! Get off!!" Echo struggled, and everyone quickly shifted back, leaving her with Onyx in the middle as she rolled repeatedly on the ground with the cat who's trying to strip her.

Onyx attached it's teeth to Echo's blouse first, tearing it off completely.

The rate at which the eyes of students came wide is insane, but it didn't end there.

"Leave me alone!!! Imogen!! Posey!!! Get this thing off!!!" Echo cried, trying to cover herself with her arms.

Onyx wounded Echo's arms and face with it's paws, drawing unforgettable patterns on her skin, then it proceeded to attaching it's teeth to her br@ strap, pulling the two at a time.

Echo held it with everything she has, but she couldn't overpower the cat cos Onyx pulled the bra off.

Echo's br+àsts bounced out ballistically.

TBC.

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