Ch 20: A Piercing Threat

Celia woke up, her dreams filled with regret of the pasts. How long she had been asleep she didn't know, but she saw out the window thick clouds. The white fluffs rolling behind them through the blue skies. She imagined below most likely a massive sea, completely oblivious to her on pain. She closed her eyes and decided to just listen to what was going on around here. There was some conversations from Kurama's Diclonius but their words were inaudible. She heard words in a different language from passengers that were not part of her group and she could not hear the fat typing of Arawaka's keyboard.

"Papa, how long until we arrive?" Nana said with a yawn. Celia assumed she too had just woken up as well. "I don't know Nana. Soon though." He said soothingly.

"Senior Kurama. I need to speak to…Kakuzawa." The ending word was said with complete disgust. "Alright…be careful." Kurama said, giving a nod to Flavia. Torino was still lying against the seat his eyes closed but the moment his name was mentioned his head had given an annoyed twitch. The young female siplitet walked up the aisle and stopped before the closed eyed man. "Kakuzawa." She said harshly, waiting for his eyes to open, they did not. He did not stir and seemed to be intent on just not paying attention to her. She narrowed her eyes as Celia looked up. The man could at least have the audacity to answer. "Kakuzawa!" Flavia said with more force in her voice. Still the man did not respond.

"Don't bother with him." Celia said to the girl. "He doesn't give a damn about you or me. He never did and he never will, and I promise I'll make him pay one day. Please don't waste your time Flavia."

"But Queen Celia. This man, everything he did to you. He can't go unpunished, at the very least he must apologize to you!"

"No. He won't, and I've stopped expecting him to do it also. He'll never change his ways, he's just a monster. A worthless monster without a heart."

"That's right." Torino said with a clear taste of venom in his voice. "Now get away from me, I have no time to hear your worthless excused on how much of a monster I am."

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"You are absolutely pathetic!" Crease yelled in anger, holding up a beaten and bloodied Frederick by his throat, squeezing the man's neck tightly. "Fight back!" The fist rushed in, slamming into Frederick's gut with a sickening 'boom.' Frederick hadn't even defended himself. Not once had even put a finger to save himself from Crease's attacks. The muscular superhuman had now lost his patience with the man and threw him with a loud crash onto the ground.

"Disappointment. What use is killing you if you won't fight back? There is none, it would be useless and I refuse to win like this." He spat at Frederick, who remained motionless, his face a deadened look of defeat. "Celia…" He finally mumbled. Crease turned his head.

"That girl? You're like this because of her!?" He yelled perplexed. "This is why you wont' defend yourself? You're acting this pathetically because of her…oh now I see. You should be pissed off at me! You should hate me! Fight me!"

He picked Frederick back up, his face alive with malice. "I will kill you! I will obliterate you! But dammit I will do so when you are willing to fight back! I will kill you when you're at your best, not as this idiot sprawled out on the ground from emotion!"

His face split into an evil grin.

"…And I think I know exactly how to perk your interest." Frederick said nothing, he had lost his love and now what point was there. Why couldn't Crease just end his miserable existence? He didn't want to fight, he had lost all hope of even existing. "I'm…" Crease said his voice lowering. "…going to kill that pink haired girl you loved so much."

"What!?" Frederick yelled, his face shocked and outraged. He broke free of Crease's hold, pulled out his daggers but his attack was effortlessly blocked by Crease's sword. "Better…but not good enough. You aren't pissed off enough at me! I'm going to kill her!" He said, his grin widening.

"No you won't!" Frederick yelled. He might never see her again, but there was no way this bastard would ever touch her. He disappeared, his body vanishing but alas, also half heartedly. Crease smirked, turning his body around and grabbing the dagger holding hand. "No." Crease whispered. "That's not good enough, I'm going to cut off her pretty little horned head and mount it on my wall!"

Frederick was seething now, but the dagger that came out was also half hearted. He felt so miserable, the loss of his love.

*BAM!*

Frederick staggered, his face a blood mess and his teeth grinding in anger. "You seem to think that I'm playing around. I could say every horrible thing I'd do to that girl but until I actually do it, you just won't give me a fight."

"No…don't!" Frederick pleaded before Crease's fist slammed into his gut sending the young artist reeling. "Over half of the Diclonius population are loyal to that girl. It would be so easy to find her location…and kill her."

"And I caught word that she was heading back to the United States. I'll find her, and kill her. I'll bring you her severed head and maybe then you'll be more willing to give everything you've got!"

"-*BAM!*

Frederick collapsed unconscious.

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The plane was beginning to descend. "Papa, are we there?" Nana asked as she felt the plane tipping down. "I don't think so."

"No…we're making that stop in Germany." Torino said before everyone decided to get up and move around. They stayed on the plane and watched as everyone else left and only few got on. A voice spoke in German, than English and then Japanese stating the obvious of seatbelts and safety measures. "God it's so boring right now." Bandou grumbled. Lucy held her head to Kouta's chest, her eyes closed. Arakawa had once again brought out her laptop.

After an hour later, the plane lifted and they were once again off. Celia thought of her hometown and all the memories she would be leaving behind. She looked out the window, seeing the diminishing cities before not too long after, nothing but a vast blue ocean which disappeared when they climbed up into the clouds. She looked back at Kouta and Lucy, together…and she too wished to place her head on a warm chest.

After another 8 hours, they arrived.