Chapter 24 - Not What it Seems
Audrey POV
I hope Leah will be alright, she seemed kind of out of it. The way she was kneeling in a blood covered field like it didn't affect her. She seemed phased by something else- what did she say? 'He hates me'? I wonder who she was talking about.
Now I'm glad I'm heading to the amusement park, I should be able to check on Rikki while I'm here. Of course it wasn't my first intention while coming here, I was just hoping to cleanse my thoughts and think of nothing but the amusement of the rides.
"Audrey! You came to visit~chu!" Pierce came from behind, wrapping his arms around in a tight squeeze. "But I don't think Rikki's here... I haven't seen her in the past time changes! Chu~!" Pierce told me, nuzzling his head in the crook of my neck. What a bummer and I came here to visit her...
I slipped out of his embrace to face him. "That stinks... I hope she's alright." Wasn't she healing? "Pierce... can you take me for a tour around the park?" I asked him. Maybe we can go onto the rides, get something to eat, or better, run into Rikki. Pierce seemed to ponder on the thought, and quickly grew fond of the idea while thinking of probably the same thing as I.
"Sure, sure, follow me!" Pierce smiled widly as he grabbed my wrist and started to run. I tried to keep up with his pace without banging into him or stepping on his tail. I don't know where he was taking me, but he stopped abruptly infront of a store only a mouse could love. Of course, his abrupt stop caused me to bang into him, but he didn't seem to mind.
"The cheese store?" I laughed as he dragged me into the store. The store seemed pretty run down, the wood dark with age. It probably would've smelled musty if not for the scent of cheese clogging up the store. And like every other store, the products were piled high and filled to the rim in crates and boxes on shelves.
"Of course! This place and the coffee shop are my favorite places!" Pierce squeaked, glancing longingly down each isle, then he glanced at me softly. "This is okay, right? You're fine, chu?" He asked before running down the isles eagerly to find some slices he liked. I ignored his question, but it seemed to carry more than I chose to believe.
I walked down the same isle, swiping my finger across the board of the shelf. It was covered in dust, my finger covered in gray. But the boxes in which the cheese's were held seemed clean enough. The place would probably be out of business if not for Pierce and a few other regular customers.
"Can I help you with anything?" I asked Pierce. I could barely see him as he had gathered so much cheese in his arms. The cheese reached just above his nose, so I could just barely see his eyes which were sparkling with excitement. "Like help you carry anything?" I giggled.
Pierce immediatley shook his head, a bit too roughly as the cheese tower almost fell over as it shook with his body. "Nope! This is all! But thanks, chu!" He smiled, atleast I think he did behind the blocks of cheese. But then he gained a most serious look when walking back to the cashier to pay without spilling the cheese.
He quickly paid for his cheese and we left the store and on to our next destination. Pierce seemed excited with the way he had a little bounce to his walk. He whistled to his own tune and his bag swished widly from side to side.
"Hey mouse, you aren't harassing poor Audrey are you?" Boris snickered, coming from behind us. His arms were across his chest, his lips pulled up into a sneer, and his ears and tail were twitching with annoyance. Though the rest of his body screamed annoyed, his golden eyes were dull like he was bored.
"Leave me alone, cat!" Pierce squeaked, dropping his bag and grabbing my wrists. He pulled me against him but the impact caused us to fall onto each other, narrowly missing the bag of cheese. I was underneath Pierce, his head banged against mine and our knees collided against each other.
"Are you raping Audrey? Geez, not infront of everyone atleast." I heard Boris huff angrily, but I didn't see him. As my view was covered by Pierce, Pierce, and more Pierce. I felt the blush creep into my cheeks, Pierce's cheeks also flushed crimson and he couldn't look me in the eye, not that I wanted him to.
He snapped out of his trance and sat up, straddling me now, his fists balled up and infront of his chest. "No! I'm not! We just fell~ chu!" He puffed angrily, glaring at Boris. But Boris sent him daggers with his eyes and Pierce visablly shrank back.
"You better get off her. She's ours!" Two new voices yelled, ripping Pierce off of me and throwing him against the wall of the store with a thud. Dee and Dum now stood over me, their eyes clouded with pain, anger, and jealousy. They each extended one of their hands and I grasped them as the pulled me up.
"Thanks for helping me up- but I told you before, I'm not anyone's." I sighed but my comment went unnoticed by the twins. The twins scythes appeared out of nowhere, but they soon transformed into corresponding colored hand guns, pointing them at Pierce. Pierce also took out a hand gun, pointing it at the twins. Boris stayed out of it, just watching the fight.
"Did you hear her? She's no one's. And what just happened was an accident!" Pierce proclaimed loudly. He was visablly shaking, he was outnumbered and was forced against a wall. He obviously couldn't win this fight, though this fight should never had started in the first place.
"No one loves her more than us!" Dee yelled back, shooting his gun. Dee was unaware of all the civilians gathering to watch this fight, while others scurried to get out of the gun's range. Pierce narrowly missed the gunshot, the shot shattered on the store's wall.
"Guys, stop! This fight is point-" I was tackled to the ground by the twins and I barely saw in my peripheral vision Pierce fall against the wall. He seemed shaken from the twin's outburst.
The twins were ontop of me, well, Dum was. He had my arms pinned and my legs pinned with his knees ontop of my leg just below the knees. Dee on the other hand was kneeling just above my head, his blue hand gun was above me and he slowly lowered the gun until the barrel was pressed on the middle of my forehead.
My heart pounded wildly in my chest, they didn't actually had intention to kill me, right? I started to struggle against Dum but he was too strong, a lump grew in my throat and fear swept over me uneasily. I was going to die.
"Tell us. Who do you love?" Dum whispered, his face and eyes were emotionless and his smile was full of sin. "If we like the answer, we won't shoot." Spoken like a true mafioso, Dum! Fear crawled up my stomach and into my throat, making it so I was unable to speak.
"Dee, Dum, this has gone too far!" I heard Boris yell, but he seemed too far away to do anything. His voice seemed to fade- or was that my panicked mind zoning in on the danger above me and on me?
"Tell us." Dee insisted, a malicious smile with an equal amount of sinfulness as his twin. I heard the safety click off, cocking the gun, and one slip of the finger and the trigger would be pulled. I'm going to die.