Blackstar was deeply asleep when he heard a cry. "Blackstar! Wake up! Please wake up Blackstar! BLACKSTAR!" a voice screamed. Blackstar groggily moaned, "Tsubaki? Hello?" before he fell out of bed. He jumped up, fully awake. "Tsubaki?" he looked around the whole room before he shrugged and said, "She probably went to the store to get some food for the great and godly Blackstar!" So he went back to sleep.
Meanwhile, Tsubaki was unconscious on Medusa's couch, while Crona sat in the corner, staring at Tsubaki. Medusa walked into the room and said, "Well done Crona! I never would have thought someone as pitiful as you could have pulled it off!" Medusa stalked over to Tsubaki and tied her hands together. Then she put a gag on Tsubaki. "Crona, the water! Fetch the water!" Medusa cried. Crona jumped up and ran to get the bowl full of black liquid that Medusa called 'Water'. Yeah right! It was actually poisoned water. Luckily the poison didn't kill, just burned uncontrollably until Medusa stopped it, either by killing or stopping it with magic. The former was more likely. "Crona! Now! She's waking up!" Crona ran over quickly, spilling some on his hand. His hand almost spilled more as he jolted. He gave it to Medusa and then fell back to cradle his hand. "Mother." he said softly. "Yes?" she said. "Poison relief please." He said through gritted teeth. His face scrunched up with the pain. Then it was gone. "Thank you." he breathed. "Huh?" There was a small noise from the girl. She must be awake.
Tsubaki woke up with no idea where she was. The last thing she remembered was storming out of the house and walking down the street, fuming at that pig-headed Blackstar. He had insulted her openly. She was covered with a blanket. Maybe Blackstar had found her and brought her home. That means he must care about her! She tried to pull off the blanket, but found that her hands were tied. She said "Blackstar?" or at least, she tried to, before she realized there was a gag on her. Suddenly there was a searing pain on her right leg. She screeched through the pain. Then the blanket was thrown off of her vision and… MEDUSA! She squirmed. Medusa said "Does that hurt? I will stop it if, when I take off your gag, you call for Blackstar. Is that fair?" Tsubaki looked around the room and saw Crona in the corner. She made eye contact and Crona nodded. So she nodded too. "Very well." The gag got ripped off. Tsubaki sealed her mouth. "Fine." Medusa said. She poured poison on Tsubaki's hands, arms, legs, and torso. Tsubaki screamed "BLACKSTAR!" She screamed it for about an hour and a ½ before the black wave of unconsciousness crashed over her.
Blackstar was walking around Death City looking for Tsubaki, who had still not returned, when he heard the scream. "Blackstar! Blackstar, help me! Please Blackstar! BLACKSTAR!" "Tsubaki!" he yelled without thinking. He thought about what to do. "Soul!" he said with a sudden, uncharacteristic bit of brilliance. He ran towards Soul's house.
What will Blackstar do?
Will Tsubaki be all right?
FIND OUT THIS AND MUCH MORE IN CHAPTER 2 OF EPIC
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