Destrõy Me - Episode 63 & 64

 

 

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Destrõy Me - Episode 63 & 64

 (Her•Heartless•Monster)

 By Naomi Cindy B.

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"Kill your master before he kills you" Lorraine said.

The darkness intensified again, so much that even Lorraine's torchlight began getting affected.

"Take it, don't waste this chance, Twilight" Lorraine persuaded, and Twilight looked at the dagger, her intentions indecipherable.

She carried her body from the wall, walking slowly to the table.

A tricky smile slid into Lorraine's features. "You're doing the right thing" she whispered.

Twilight looked at her, and she motioned at the dagger.

"Go for it"

Twilight was already sweating, and her hands are shaking too.

She finally got to the table and picked the dagger, staring at it.

Lorraine grinned. "I knew it, I knew you wouldn't disappoint. We're moonslaves after all, betrayal blood flows through us" she said.

"No" Twilight looked up, her eyes different from when she picked the dagger.

"No?" Lorraine frowned.

"I am different, I won't betray my master. Never!" She spat, throwing the dagger at Lorraine.

Lorraine's eyes widened, and she quickly went down on the floor.

The dagger flew past her and got stuck on the wall, making her look up with popped eyes.

"You're the same person who has a crush on him, and yet you came to me with a dagger to kill him? I'm not that dumb, Lorraine. You might be a moonslave, but I choose not to believe you, and you better stay away from Slade, cos if you do anything to harm him, I won't spare you" Twilight threatened.

Lorraine laughed out loud, standing from the ground and throwing her head back in mockery.

"You're presently not with your memory, so it's understandable. I was willing to die for my master back then too, until one night when my mark bled" she said.

Twilight went silent.

"That night, I slipped and fell from the stairs, hitting my back on the rails. Coincidentally, my tattoo got wounded, and it bled. It was painful, but I got my memories back" Lorraine continued.

Twilight squinted.

"After getting back the memories of the hell I went through in our clan, my view changed. I killed my master with the help of Vann" Lorraine smiled.

"Vann helped me kill his brother cos he was in love with me, then he proceeded to killing his wife too so he could marry me legally."

Twilight's eyes widened.

"But too bad for him, I can't even bear him children. That's the thing about us, no matter the hard s+x and countless release, your womb will not open unless you're in love with the person, but Vann didn't mind. He was too obsessed" Lorraine smiled cockily, pride damping her tone.

Twilight shook her head.

"You're purely evil. You shouldn't be in the surface of the earth at all. You'll kill anyone" she said.

"I'll kill anyone to survive!!" Lorraine snapped, and Twilight shifted back again.

"Bleed on your tattoo mark, get your memories back, kill your master, and be free" Lorraine said temptingly.

"I will not follow your steps. That's your own story, mine will be different. I was created to die for Slade? So be it" Twilight replied.

Lorraine chuckled, looking at the dagger that's still stuck on the wall.

She didn't say another word before walking out of the room.

Twilight released a hard breath, getting her phone out of her backpack.

She checked the time.

It's already 8:10am, and the darkness is still intact.

"Please...be fine, Kils" she whispered silently.

*

WOODS*

The kidnappers clearly weren't expecting the turn of events.

They were caught unawares, and before they could retreat or retaliate, Slade and Elijah already got to them.

The twenty of them are currently on the run, scattered across the woods while Slade and Elijah went hot on their tails.

Slade came to an abrupt stop when one of them suddenly emerged from behind a tree, shooting a gun at him.

Instead of bullets, blades fired out of the gun barrel, coming for Slade.

Slade tilted his head sidewards, swaying his body and allowing the blades to fly past him, then he returned the last blade to the neck of the shooter.

That one went down dead beside the tree, and another gunshot sounded behind. It's bullets this time.

Slade was fast to duck, but one of the bullets already hit his back.

He felt no pain, and with the assurance that the wound will heal, he turned around, facing the shooter.

That one started trying to shoot again, but the trigger refused to pull, so he started hitting it shakily till Slade got to him.

Slade snatched the gun and grabbed him by the face, digging his fingers into his eyes.

"Urggkk!!! Arhhh!!!" His screams were windy as Slade dug out his eyes, snapping his neck afterwards.

The third attack came almost immediately from an arrow. A poisoned arrow.

Slade saw it coming and quickly jumped, landing on top of a peach tree branch.

That branch broke,, but he was quick to do a backflip, landing back on his feet to the ground.

Another arrow came, and another, and another.

They're like twenty at once, and he stood still, watching as the arrows speed to his side.

His eyes glowed faintly, and he went clockwise, gathering all the arrows in his palm before disseminating them into the air again.

They went back to their shooters, and seven bodies fell from tree tops, landing to their deaths 

Slade smirked, going further.

*

On another side of the forest, Elijah is in a combat with three of them, and he's enjoying it.

He was expecting martial arts black belt holders, but he had no idea the kidnappers would be weaklings who can't even throw punches correctly.

They must have thought this operation would go smoothly like their former ones, but the table turned.

He raised his leg to the back of one of them, breaking his backbone before kicking him forward.

The second one received a headlock which broke his neck, then Elijah drove his head into a tree.

The skull split open, and the third opponent nearly punched him...

Elijah caught his hand, twisting it back and breaking his bone before plucking a tree branch which he rammed into his stomach.

The intestines of that one was already out before he fell.

"Look out!" A voice alerted him from behind, and he turned around to see another opponent about to stab him.

Damien appeared with his torchlight, punching the opponent in the face twice, making him lose some teeth before kicking his head. He flew forward to a rock.

"The f+ck are you doing here?" Elijah glared.

"I heard your conversation with the president and Twilight, when she said they're here. You were standing behind my lecture hall... Psychology final year" Damien said.

"And you decided to come? Are you insane? You could die" Elijah glared harder .

"Oh please... don't pretend to care, I've had enough of the fake friend thingy" Damien rolled eyes.

"I don't give a f+ck about you, I'm only admonishing your @ss because of Rihannon. She seems to care a lot about you and I seem to like her" Elijah knowingly said, and Damien grabbed him by the collar.

"Don't even try going after Riri, you hear me?" He glared, and Elijah bursted into an unserious laughter.

"This is sooo cute" he said.

A whirlwind made them look ahead, only to see Aimee beating the f+ck out of two opponents.

She was mercilessly breaking their ribcages, ripping it out of their stomachs.

She tore of the facial skin of two of them with her long manicured nails, and she tore the lips of another two with her teeth.

"F+ck! She's brutal" Damien muttered.

Now there are two opponents remaining, and the two came for Aimee at unexpected angles.

Elijah was already moving his feet to go when Slade appeared, grabbing the first one and pulling his head out of his neck singlehandedly.

He threw the head away, and the body fell at his feet.

When the last opponent tried running away, he snapped his fingers, and the guy fell, sleeping off.

"How did you know about it?" Elijah faced Aimee.

"Morning suddenly turned to midnight in this town, of course only my two bastardized brothers can do it, so I knew something was up, and I rushed here, only to meet you and this boy at each other's throat" Aimee said, referring to Damien..

"I'm not a boy, I'm 24" Damien attacked.

"No one cares" Aimee glared.

"What are you doing here." Slade asked him.

"I came to help after eavesdropping. At least I killed one" Damien replied.

"Are you f+çking foolish? I don't care if you get hurt, but the fact that Twilight gets worried when it happens is a turn off." Slade said angrily, and Aimee scoffed.

"I'm sorry, Mr. President" Damien bowed respectfully and rushed out of woods.

Slade's eyes rolled away from him, then he looked at the sleeping opponent on the ground.

"Take him to the hut. Lock him in the wall or something for questioning" he said.

"I like that" Elijah smiled, mounting the guy on his shoulder.

He took him away, and Aimee was about to follow him when she saw Slade's back.

It's bleeding!

The gunshot wound from the other time didn't heal.

"This is bad" she muttered, checking it out.

"It's only a scratch" Slade replied, moving away.

"The healing ability of your ring is starting to fade off, and it's because you're refusing to kill...

"Go back home, Aimee. Your voice gives me the irk" he cut her off harshly, leaving too.

Aimee watched him till he was out of sight, then she did her eye thing before following Elijah.

*

BACK IN THE CASTLE*

Daylight returned immediately Slade came back, and students began rushing out of the classes like survivors.

Slade entered the class and met Twilight still waiting. 

She's sitting, staring at her phone screen and watching the time.

"Kils!" She spranged up the moment she saw him.

She ran to hug him, and this time, he hugged her back, making her smile before tightening it so bad.

"I was getting scared. The time was moving too fast" she said.

"Scared I wouldn't make it?" He said, and she broke the hug.

"No. I trusted that you'd come back, but I was still scared alone here." She said, and he brought his face closer, resting his forehead on hers.

"Are you ok?" She asked, frowning when her fingers felt wey behind him.

She brought it forward, and she gasped when she saw blood. His blood.

"Oh gawd" her heart skipped.

"You're not... healing?" She swallowed.

Slade took her hand, pulling her out of the class.

*

ARGENTUM HOSPITAL*

The nurses were still chatting endlessly about the sudden midnight that happened an hour ago.

Their voices were echoing on the walls as they walked out of Owen's ward after giving her morning care.

"But this Owen woman, is she ever going to leave the hospital?" one of them said.

"She was getting better some days back, but then she snapped again. I'm tired too" the second one replied as their disappeared down the corner.

Two minutes after they left, the hoodie and cap guy appeared down the hall.

He entered Owen's ward, and the woman looked at him emptily.

She opened her mouth to mumble something, but he placed a finger on his lips to shush her.

"I'm here to help, and you have to cooperate if you want out of your husband's wickedness. Can you walk?" He asked.

Owen nodded slowly.

"Good" he said, making her sit up.

He took his time to change her hospital gown to a dull brown dress.

He held her arm, taking her out of the ward as gently as possible.

He led her to a restroom where he removed the windows skillfully.

He jumped out first before helping Owen out too.

The woman already passed out before she could get out, so he carried her in his arms, running out of the hospital.

He placed her in his car in front of the gate, driving roughly away.

As if planned, Greg drove in almost immediately, and he entered the hospital as confidently as usual.

When he got to the ward, it was restless cos the nurses were already searching for Owen.

"Where is my wife?" He asked calmly.

"We only just gave her the morning care and left her as usual, but then we came back with sedatives and couldn't find her" the nurses explained.

"The restroom window in hall 2 is broken!" Another nurse announced, rushing in.

"There's a camera in the ward, isn't it?" Greg asked.

"Yes!" The nurses chorused, and he was led to the surveillance room where the operator showed him the footage of the room from ten minutes ago.

When the face of the hoodie guy came to view, he recognized him despite his face cap, and he grinned in all shades of wickedness.

"I should have known" he said.

*

UOG, HUT*

"Slade specifically said he'd interrogate him" Elijah said to Aimee who's already preparing to interrogate the opponent.

"But he's taking too long, and I'm not good with patience" Aimee replied, stopping in front of the guy.

He's tied to the ceiling, and his legs are dangling.

"Your co-kidnappers are dead, and if you refuse to say anything useful, you'll be dead too" she said.

The guy coughed out.

"Now...where is your office or lab located at? Who is your boss? You probably have a spy in this school too...who is the spy?" She asked.

"And there's another suspicion that your spy is the same person as Slade's rival and the midnight killer...is that true?" Elijah asked.

The guy coughed out again.

"We made a blood oath with our boss, and the moment I try to speak, I'll burn" he panted sweatily.

"Then speak and burn" Aimee shrugged, slapping him thunderously.

The right eye of the guy flew out, and Elijah grinned.

"Darn!!!! Akkkkk!!!" The guy's shriek came out unsieved, and Aimee shrugged again.

"You wanna speak up? Or...

She raised her hand to his face again.

"Our boss....our boss's name is K...

That was all he could say before his body began oiling suddenly, and he began swelling up real fast.

"No!! No!!!!!!" He screamed in a perishing volume.

"Step back Aimee!" Elijah yelled, and at once, the two of them jumped forward, going down together.

The guy caught fire, exploding like a bomb right in front of them.

His body parts scattered across the hut, bloodily.

"The hell!" Aimee gasped.

"He said they made a blood oath, that oath must be goddamn strong for him to blow up after saying the name of their boss" Elijah said.

"K? Just K?" Aimee said as they both stood.

"Yeah... K" Elijah said beside her.

*

ATTIC*

Slade's shirt is off, and he's standing in the middle of the room while Twilight stood behind him, holding a scalpel which she's supposed to remove the bullet on his back with.

Her hands are shaking, and watching blood gush out of the wound is making her sick.

"I don't have all day, Light. You either remove it, or I carry the bullet around in my body" he said.

"No...no I'll do it" she sniffled, bringing the scalpel closer to his skin.

When she made to insert it, she stopped. It's like she's inserting metal into his own skin, and it's hurting her too.

She closed her eyes and eventually inserted the scalpel, digging out the bullet as tears came out of her eyes.

The bloody long bullet fell on the ground, and more blood poured out of the wound which she quickly wiped with gauzes, crying more.

"I'm sorry...that must hurt a lot" 

"Pain is beautiful, especially when it comes from you" he said creepily, facing her.

She began imagining how it must have felt back then when she colluded with Tamlin to stab him twenty times.

He might have enjoyed the pain, but pain is still pain...

"I'm sorry." She said, looking past his broad chest to his face.

"For what?" He frowned.

"I'm just sorry" she hiccupped, and he sat in bed, pulling her to his laps.

"Say that again, and I'll actually rip your head off" he said.

"Why do you like threatening me with scary things?" She hiccupped again.

"They turn you on, and my favorite flavor is the scent of your wet p+$$y" he replied, and she gasped.

"That's not true... The turning me on part" she muttered, her lips pushed forward a bit.

He was about to reply when his phone rang.

It's Elijah calling.

"Yeah?" He picked.

"Last kidnapper standing exploded like a bomb after dropping the name of their boss as K" Elijah said playfully.

Slade's brows knitted, and he hung up.

"Is it bad?" Twilight asked worriedly.

"Not very" he exhaled, and Onyx came out from under the bed.

She has been there, inhaling Twilight's scent as much as she could.

Right in front of them, she transformed to her human form, and Twilight smiled.

"Onyx"

"It's been a while! Anyways, I'll leave you two alone!" She replied, going to Slade's wallet on the bedstand.

She took the amount of money she wanted and shoved it into her small purse, then she tied the purse to her waist.

"Bye!" She winked, leaving the room.

"That little thief" Slade muttered, and Twilight chuckled, rubbing his full brows before kissing it.

*

Onyx was rolling her small purse in hand as she walked the hallways, and she's enjoying the male attention on herself a lot.

"Don't stare too much, I know I'm pretty!" She winked at the guys, swirling around.

Her wide gown swirled with her, and she grinned sillily.

"Sladie is hot, of course his cat will be hot too!" She winked at another guy, swirling around again.

She just can't wait to get to the refectory and eat her favorites.

She was still swirling when she bumped into someone, and her eyes widened as she fell together with the person.

They both landed, and she heard the groan of a guy as her purse fell.

She grabbed her purse and stood, only to see Ruslan.

He already wheeled Tamlin into his room, and he was on his way to the refectory too.

"You almost broke my legs!" She glared 

"You're the one who's swirling on the hallway!" Ruslan glared back.

"Are you saying it's my fault? You couldn't even catch me! Do you know who I am?" She demanded.

"I have no business with whoever you are, fuck!" Ruslan told her off and made to leave, but she pulled his hair back, dragging him down.

"What the heck!!" Ruslan pulled her hair too with his two hands.

"I dunno who you are but this is totally crossing the line!" He glared.

"And you think you're not crossing the line too? I'll end you!!" Onyx pulled his hair harder, her energy surpassing his own.

She pulled out some of his hair.

"Ohhh!!! Shit let me go!!" He cried out .

"We've not even started, scallywag!" She yelled, pulling again.

The intervention of Imogen stopped them.

She broke into their middle, and Onyx lost balance, but Rihannon was quick to appear, catching her.

She's with Damien.

"Let's go" Damien took Onyx, glaring at Ruslan before leaving with her and Rihannon.

"I saved you from that thing" Imogen faced Ruslan.

"Get out" Ruslan muttered hatefully, walking off.

"Did he just...talk to me like that?" Imogen gasped.

Meanwhile, Echo is by the door of the next class, watching with satisfaction.

"He's a loyal boyfriend after all." she smiled, getting her phone to text him.

Echo: Baby I love you!!

She was staring at the text, expecting a reply as she walked off.

*

KONTROL OFFICE, CAVERN*

"Shit!! Shit!!! How the fûck did we lose the twenty staffs that went for the operation? How did it fuçking happen!!" The head of staff ranted.

The remaining staffs are all sitting around, looking disturbed too.

The lost lives are like nothing cos they're still so many.

"K said the coast was clear, we confidently sent twenty staffs because of him. How did they know our staffs were coming?" one of them said.

"According to our spy, it was the moonslave who alerted the Luther brothers" The head of staff said.

"The moonslave? Is she a seer? I don't understand. Let's kill her then, she can't continue hindering things" another staff said.

"I'll call K" the head of staff replied, leaving the room.

*

UOG, PARK*

Grandpa Cedric's car halted in the organized park, and he was already beaming before coming down.

The time is 6:30pm, night is starting to set in.

Twilight rushed all the way to the park, and the old man smiled wider.

He actually called before coming.

He came with a maid, and the maid handed Twilight a basketful of provisions and whatnot.

"Slade got me more than enough provisions already" she said.

"It's never too much. If only you know how much I like you, I wish there's another way to lift the curse,but for now, just enjoy" the old man replied, and Twilight took the basket appreciatively.

"Do you have a bank account?" Grandpa Cedric asked.

"Not yet" Twilight replied.

"Then have this" Cedric gave her a card, and she blinked.

"That's one of my bank cards, you can change the name on the account to yours anytime you want, there's enough money, just spend" the man said, and Twilight gasped.

Before she could even think of taking it, Slade appeared, standing in front of her.

"Are you bribing her?" he said.

"I'm only taking care of her, don't be too strict" Cedric replied, his grey lids batting.

"I have numerous bank cards too, so keep yours. She doesn't even know how to use a bank card yet" Slade said seriously.

Twilight bit her lip. It's true, she has never even been to a bank before.

"Fine, and I also came to congratulate you on claiming your office." Cedric replied.

"No need for it, you should be resting back home" Slade replied.

"Fineee, nitpicker.  I'll return home and rest" Grandpa Cedric grinned, going back into his car.

"Bye, Twilight" he waved at her, and she returned it as he drove out.

"He's super nice" Twilight said.

"Go back to your room, I'll text you when I'm done. Uriel and Elijah are awaiting me at the infirmary" he replied.

"Is it about the unknown K guy?" She asked.

"Yeah" he replied.

She moved closer, taking his left hand to hold gently.

"Goodnight, Onyx will be eating dinner with I and my friends" she said, looking up into his eyes.

Slade brushed her soft hair back with his left fingers, and Twilight smiled.

"Go back" he said.

With one nod, she walked back into her tower.

He watched her go in before making his way to the infirmary.

*

TAMLIN'S ROOM*

Tamlin sat lonely on his wheelchair, staring at nothing in particular as his thoughts nearly drowned him.

The way Twilight didn't look his way when she walked past him with Slade is making his head throb with headache.

No one is on his side at all except Ruslan and his father.

His stepmother Lorraine is even in love with that same Slade, even his dead girlfriend..

A tear ran down his eye, but then he felt a new presence behind him.

He quickly turned the wheelchair around, only to see Aimee standing behind him.

"How do you manage to enter every single time?" He sniffled.

"I simply move with the wind" she shrugged.

"Are you gonna take me to the hut to torture again?" He gritted.

"That'd be boring" she moved closer to him, and he quickly moved his wheelchair back.

"I heard a story, that your dead girlfriend is in a ice bed in your inner room, and she has a lot of resemblance with that slave girl" she said.

"So?" Tamlin replied.

"I'm willing to wake her for you, that'd be more fun. I want dramas" she smiled.

"No. No you can't...

Aimee already pulled the inner room door open before he could finish, and his eyes widened.

"No!! No please don't! Don't do it!!" He began crying.

"If you didn't want this, you wouldn't have kept her body for this long" Aimee replied, walking into the room.

Her slim heels were clicking eerily till she got to the ice bed and set it on fire with her mind.

The fire burned out the ice in less than three minutes, and Isobel's wet body came up.

Tamlin's cries were still ringing in the air as Aimee inserted her ring into Isobel's finger.

She waited for one...

Two...

 

Three seconds.

Isobel's eyes flew open, and she sat up in bed with a gasp, holding her chest tightly.

"Wh..what happened to me? Where is...where is Slade?" She asked breathlessly.

Aimee smiled.

"Now... this is what I'm talking about" 

TBC.

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