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The sickly scent of decomposing flesh filled his nostrils as he sank back under the water surface, drifting along with filthy, contaminated water which smelled like rotting milk left in the freezer for days and days to come. Surfacing once more, gasping for a mouthful of polluted air, he made a half-hearted attempt to padel his way towards what he thought was his ticket to freedom indicated by a faint, glowing light.
ha...ha...Almost...
His efforts were relinquished when something dragged him by his ankle into the dark depths below. Precious air escaped his lungs in the form of bubbles, reaching the surface he had once been faster then him. He arched his back down towards his knees to tear off whatever was interfering with his escape. Running his fingers along the length of his leg, he grabbed at the unknown. It wasn't long before he felt it...skin, there was no mistaking it, he felt it lots of times before and this time was no exception. Desperation and anxiety kicked in, forcing him to scratch at the humanoid organ which had itself binded around his left ankle. No...no..no no no NO!Not now! Not yet!i can't-
..eaVe me...
Shrill, high-pitched voices interrupted his incessant chanting and sent chills down every bone he could possibly have in his small,vulnerable body.
Don't Leave ME...
This time round the voices were loud, coarse and pained as if someone had stabbed them repeatedly through with a stake. He never knew that sweating underwater was possibly up until now. The layer of skin wrapped round his ankle started to distort, gradually it formed the face of a little girl who looked no older than himself. Her face lacked many details: Her eyes were gone,leaving the eye socket empty and she didn't appear to have lips. The face haboured a sorrowful expression and an aura which screams help me radiated off her. He kicked his legs frantically, hoping that this could possibly dislodge her from his ankle so that he could get to the much needed air above.
Be WITH me, don't Ever LEAve mE here AlOne aGaiN
The skin slithered up his body like an anaconda coiling its body around its prey, ready to crush the ribs. No sooner was the girls' face inches away from his own, mouth opening 180 degrees,engulfing his head completely. If he could scream underwater, he would have lost his voice by now. Squeezing his eyes shut,he awaits the moment his head falls prey to a bundle of skin. "What a retarded way to die."
"GAH! *cough* What *cough* What the hell?
Zazie awoke with a start, with a damp start. Before he could comprehend what was going on, he found himself dripping wet, thoroughly soaked from head to toe, his white undershirt clung tightly to his body, outlining his lean figure. Wasiolka lift her head up from where it was resting to stare at the bee before huffing and returning to her original position.
"Yeah! We got him! Hi-5!", a series of triumphant cheers could be faintly heard as the carriage round the corner.
"Those stupid kids! I'll drown them in their own tears!", Zazie sweared as he place a foot on the back of the carriage,ready to jump off and deliver the wrath of justice upon a couple of children giggling and laughing away, one of which was carrying a bucket.
A pair of small and fragile-looking hands wrapped themselves around Zazie's waist,denying him his will of bestowing "Heaven's Punishment" upon those immoral fools(AS seen by Zazie)."Aah! Z-Zazie,c-calm down!They didn't mean it!", the younger boy with silver hair and sepia colored eyes desperately persuaded the black haired individual to give up on his attempt to cause bodily and possibly mental damage. "Didn't mean it? Well, THIS looks to me that THEY definitely DIDN'T mean it!", Zazie exclaimed while pointing a finger at his drenched self and the other in the direction of the offenders and what's that smell.
Lag Seeing held his hands up in a placating manner and laughed nervously,"Chill, Zazie for now let's go back to the Beehive and get you some new clothes and..urgh..what did they pour on you". Lag shield his nose with his hand and uses the other to swat at imaginary flies,even Wasiolka and Niche moved several inches away from Zazie, limited by the available space on carriage. Zazie sweatdropped as Conner tucked the pizza he had been munching into his bag, appetite apparently robbed from him. Zazie pulled the collar to his nose, taking in a quick whiff before he let out a scream that filled the night sky of Yuusari Central.
*Meanwhile*
"Ahahaha! We got him good!"
"That Bee is going to have to scrub his scalp off if he wants the smell to dissipate! So,did we do it right, Ma'am?"
A hooded silhouette loomed over the mischievious children who had just dumped a large heap of god-knows-what on a particular and unfortunate Bee. Mouth half open in glee, the hooded stranger gave each of the children a bag filled to the brim with jingling gold coins. Hurling numerous gold coins into the air, giggling like a madman and counting their loot, the pack of greedy children skipped off, prize in hand, leaving the hooded stranger alone in the dark, dank alleyway, her grin widening with every second. Turning to proceed deeper into the shadows of the alley, a soft eerie tune could be heard.
Step by step
Twilight's the color we painted
While the disappearing sky becomes paler and paler
Even if the seasons have repainted the entire scenery
I will find you.
"Subject 3".
The petite boy had his palms clamped shut over his ears to shut out the sound of table and chairs connecting with human flesh and bone,yelling overpowering the ruckus that was currently occurring inside the Director's room. "Sounds bad, do you think Zazie will make it out in one piece?", Lag had to shout in order to get his message across to the others, also mimicking his action. "He might come out in half or a third, like how Steak would be in a few hours time at lunch", Niche, using her golden locks, plucked Steak off her head and positioned him in front of her,"Be proud, ol' Steak, your going to be the greatest lunch Amberground has ever seen!".
"N-nuu..Nunini!", Steak saluted with all his might as Niche set him back atop of her head. The door burst open so violently that it was left dangling on its hinges whilst a Bee, buttons still undone, dashed out and waved his one hand over his head at the gang, screaming,"Go,go,go,go,go!" at the top of his lungs.
On que, the lot of them turn heels and raced off with the Sub-Master close behind, hefting a table and hurling it at them. Niche effortlessly leaped past the hallway, down the stairs and out the door but not before Lag noticed the usual,"P-p-p-pants! Niche,where's your underpants? Put on some underpants!" Miraculously dodging the thrown table, Lag dug out a spare underpants from inside his bag and scrambled after Niche. Wasiolka had picked up its stumbling owner and followed suit. It wasn't long before they successfully evaded the fuming ex-Bee's fist of fury and arrived in the outskirts of Yuusari Central.
"That woman is a devil reincarnated in the form of a human! I can't believe she threw a sofa at me the minute I stepped in! That thing weighs a ton, how in the world did she even lift it?", Zazie complained as he buttoned up his jacket and adjusted his hat, patting away invisible dust on his pants,"Where's Conner by the way?".
"Conner went on a delivery when you were still being uhrm... interrogated", replied Lag,who had somehow managed to get Niche all underpants-equipped.
"S'that so? Then let us be on our way too", Zazie said as he held a letter in between his thumb and index finger,wagging it up and down playfully,"We're heading to a small village call Grendel in Southern Yodaka and the recipient is...Wha-". The sudden pause peaked Niche's interest, bouncing over beside Zazie,she snatched the envelop and stared hard at the words, "an...tyre...vi..ledge? Lag, I think the sender must've be a really lonely person,to only have a tyre as a friend", Niche pointed out,somewhat proud of herself. Lag, dumbfounded by Niche's deduction, took a look at the letter himself and his eye(s) went wide.
The Entire village population of Grendel
"Are they joking? A single letter to be delivered to over 1,300 people? Really! I've had it with today, first,some snot-nosed brats poured, i don't know, acid? on me resulting in Sub-Master Aria Link nearly flattening me with household furniture and now we're supposed to deliver a letter to waaaay too many recipients! Urgh, come on, Wasiolka, let's go", the raven-colored panther huffed before proceeding to follow Zazie back into Yuusari Central, probably back home.
"But, Zazie, wait! There might be an important message in the letter for the folks and besides..".
"It's a Letter Bee's duty to deliver the hearts of letters to people!"
"It's a Letter Bee's duty to deliver the hearts of letters to people, right? I got it, I got it!", Zazie chorused, scratching the back of his head. There was always something with the 12 year old boy's very focused mindset, regardless of what situation he gets into and always puts his heart and soul into delivering the package, that suppresses his finely honed Gaichuu-hunting skills and to go letter-delivering. "Let's just get this over with so that i can take a loooooooong nap", Zazie yawned ,stretching his arms and legs.
"Okay!"
"Although i really don't want to be home in time for dinner", added Niche as she sprang forward, gracefully soaring over mountain-like rocks.
"On a second thought, let's this nice and slowly"
nod