Chapter 5: The Orb Triad
Summary: After a brief melee, Dearka ends the fight by giving her his family recipe. After that he went around the base and when he came back to his room, he saw Miriallia had ventured into the Commander's room after listening to his latest entry. What will she think of Dearka now?
WARNING: SCARY CONTENT NEAR THE END OF THE STORY--
Dearka's POV"Is it true? Is everything you said on the recording true?" asked a frantic Milly, with tears in her eyes.
I can't lie to her, not about this.
"Pretty much"
Then her tears increased, as if she was depressed with my answer. She then stood up and continued crying her eyes out.
"You know...you could have...have just visited the Orphanage if you wanted to see me that badly. No need to go capture me and hold me in this base," said Milly, wiping away her tears with new ones on the way.
"I know...but I wanted to keep you from getting killed"
"Hurt? What could possibly kill me at the Orphanage?" asked a tearful Milly, a bit scared now.
I slowly walked up to her and cradled her slowly, soothing her tears on my white undershirt. She kept crying more and more, making my undershirt become too wet for my liking. But I cradled her still.
"A few bad people want you killed, but don't worry, I'll always be here to protect you," said as I kissed her head through her damp hair, still fresh from the shower.
She continued to cry until she fell asleep in my arms. I then swept the back of her legs and carried her to the right side of my huge bed. I tucked the blanket in and kissed her forehead.
Realizing I hadn't showered in days, I took a brief shower before going to sleep. Since I usually slept alone, I only wore my birthday suit. With Milly sleeping, I guess I can just wear white briefs, for modesty's sake.
Milly's going to faint when she wakes up and I'm not wearing a shirt. Hell, she might fall for me now! Hurray for Mr. Dekkie!
With that thought, I got into my side of the bed and kissed Milly once again on the head before sleeping.
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8 hours later
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When I woke up, I still saw Milly sleeping, although when I put her on the bed, she was on the opposite side of the bed, but now she's snuggled up right next to me. She was sleeping on her side facing me, with my teddy bear hugged tightly in her arms.
"Wake up Milly, it's morning time," said in a soothing voice.
"Just a few more minutes Dearka, I just want to sleep a little longer," said Milly in a sleepy tone.
Hmm. I don't think so Milly.
Just then, I did something that ensured the she will wake up.
I lifted up her pajama shirt so her belly was exposed and with my swift fingers I then...
"Hahahaha...stop it Dearka...I...I mean it was...was funny the first time...but...hahaha," said Milly as she was buckling under my swift methods.
"Here comes the raspberry!" as I leaned in and put my mouth over her naval, blowing fiercely into it, making her continue to buckle with laughter.
"Hey...hahaha...stop...that's something you do...do to babies..."
All of a sudden, she bolted out of bed and looked at me, with a scared expression in her eyes.
"Are you still...serious...about...having a baby?"
"Yes, are you still interested?" asked as I got out of bed as well.
Looks like she's blushing at me.
"You...you...your...your naked!" yelled Milly, covering her eyes with her hands.
"No I'm not. I'm wearing briefs,"
"That's not really helping, is it? I can practically see the outline of everything you're trying to hide!"
"Aww. Come here so Mr. Dekkie can give you a nice...big...hug!" said as I slowly advanced towards her.
Then, if by some unlucky fate, my bedroom door opened, revealing a very confused Yzak, recently arrived from the ZAFT Council.
"Yzak! Wha...what are you doing here?" said as I was trying to find something to cover myself with, which ultimately was the blanket.
"You called me remember? My secretary said whatever you wanted was damn urgent," said Yzak, with his hands on his hips.
"Ahh...oh yeah...just let me get dressed first...just give me five minutes," said as I got some clothes from my dresser and ran into the bathroom, getting dressed.
Miriallia's POVAs the bathroom door closed, Yzak looked at me and started walking closer to me. He stopped after getting close enough to have small talk with.
"So this is the girl Dearka keeps talking about, eh? A little...scrawny for his usual tastes" said Yzak as he was looking at me from head to toe.
"Dearka...talks about me?" asked, as I felt a little embarrassed.
"Yes...Miki is it?"
"Milly...he calls me Milly," correcting him.
"Ah yes...you're the person he has on his mind for 4 years. You must have left quite an impression on him after the war," said Yzak, still looking at me from head to toe.
"I...I don't know what you mean," said as I inched my way towards the bed to get the blanket.
"So...did you kiss him?" whispered Yzak as he leaned closer.
"What? I don't know what you're talking..."
Then I heard the bathroom door open, showing Dearka in his Zaft Uniform.
"Yzak! You lucky man! You got on the Zaft Council. Come on, give me a hug..." said Dearka and a opened his arms and walked towards Yzak.
As Dearka got close to Yzak, he formed a fist with his hand and punched his friend on the cheek, sending him sprawling on the floor.
Now's my chance, I can escape unnoticed.
I inched my way towards the bedroom door, when I heard Yzak get up, holding his swollen cheek.
"Baka! What was that for?" yelled Yzak as he punched Dearka, sending him back a few feet.
Poor Dearka...I should help him.
"This is what you get for not telling me you got on the council. I had to hear it a couple of months later...from your ugly secretary!" yelled Dearka as he used both of his hands to pinch Yzak's cheeks.
"Ugly...she is NOT ugly!" yelled Yzak as he used his hands to pinch Dearka's cheeks.
I couldn't help but laugh at Dearka's brawl with his war buddy, Yzak. I guess Coordinators have super hearing or something, as when I laughed, they shifted their eyes towards me.
Dearka released his grip on Yzak, and Yzak did the same. Dearka started to walk towards me while Yzak was rubbing his cheeks.
"Not thinking of running away are you?" said Dearka as he came up to me and place his hands on my shoulders and down to the sides of my arms.
"N...no, I was just going to find something to eat...yeah, I was looking for something to eat," said nervously as I tried to get away from his grasp.
"Don't worry about food, Milly. I'll make us some breakfast. In the meantime, I leave this gift to you," said Dearka as he swooped his head down as he fiercely kissed me.
I tried to swat him away, but my arms were being held to my side by his own arms, making it impossible to hit him like the first time he kissed me.
So what could I do? I just stood there and took it.
A minute later, he finally stopped kissing me, and motioned Yzak to come with him as they both left the bedroom, leaving me alone for a while.
I made my way to the bed and thought on what just happened. I also tried to get my breath back.
Wow...Tolle never kissed me like that...Dearka...just...wow...Not wanting to be in this room any longer, I rummaged though my clothes to find something suitable to wear.
I can't believe Lacus packed this. But I guess this is the only thing I can wear to keep Dearka's hormones under control.
I wore what I had before I was personally involved in the war. No, not the EA uniform, I ditched that outfit when I left Archangel. Too many bad memories attached to it.
I wore my sleeveless dress I had when I was on Heliopolis. You know, the orange and beige one?
After 4 years, it still fits, although it is a bit tight.
I must have gained a few pounds from those steaks of his. I have to admit, they did taste good. No, not good...they were great!
Oh sure the dress shows off my slim figure...but it's the only one that covers the most skin...so its got to do for now.
I then walked out of the bedroom and looked for the two. I just had to know who wants me dead.
I walked and walked, I saw no one on the base, not even Dearka's soldiers, and they're always around, patrolling the base.
"Anyone there?" yelled as I continued walking around.
I kept walking till I came up to the elevator. I heard footsteps, but I couldn't figure out where they were coming from.
I was about to press the button until I heard Dearka's voice behind me...right behind me.
"If you wanted to explore the base, I would have gladly given you a very personal tour," said Dearka, wrapping his arms in front of me and putting his head on my you...please stop hugging me when I don't need one? Especially when you hug me from the back, you can just move your arms up to my...oh stop it Dearka!" said as I pulled his arms away from my chest.
"Pervert," said as I covered my chest with my arms and turned around to face him.
"Where were you? I didn't see anyone on the base"
"Oh, everyone's on the lower levels, even Yzak. I just came out here to look for you," said Dearka, reaching out for my hand.
"But...but how did you get behind me so close without me seeing you, I heard your footsteps though?" asked as I was getting paranoid.
With that question he reached into his pocket to show me a spray bottle full of clear silvery liquid.
"Zaft has made some spectacular inventions after the war. Just as this," said Dearka as he sprayed the bottle at his hand.
"Dearka! Please don't do..."
But as the liquid made contact with his hand, his hand started to disappear.
"Dearka...your hand!" said as I grabbed his hand..., which was still there.
"Don't worry, it only makes me invisible, not intangible. Besides, it looked like you were scared I was going to disappear," smirked Dearka, rubbing his hand, making it visible again.
"No...no I was...ohh...can we go to the lower levels already?" asked, sending a slight blush to my cheeks.
I wish I had that liquid to hide my face right now. I can't let him know I blushed because of him.
He escorted me to the elevator and got me to one of the lower levels. This level was called the "War Room."
It had a big view screen, hell; an entire wall was a view screen!
And a big round table with many chairs surrounding it. Reminds me of a story Tolle always told me when we were in the Heliopolis Library, Arthur and the...somethings.
Dearka escorted me to his soldiers and Yzak at a part of the table. On the table was a clutter of pictures, one of which I recognize very well.
"What's Kuzzey's picture doing in a place like this?"
All of a sudden, the soldiers, Dearka, and Yzak stopped talking and looked towards me.
"Did I say something wrong? I'm sorry if I did," apologized as I bowed my head down.
"Milly, is this...the Kuzzey you talked about?" asked Dearka, trembling as he held up a picture near my face.
"Yes...what's this all about? Can you tell me Dearka?" asked, seeing everyone had a scared expression.
I heard the soldiers' gossip in the room. The one that struck out the most was:
"I can't believe she met the Orb Demon and lived," gossiped one of the soldiers to another.
"Orb Demon? What does this have to do with Kuzzey?"
"Kuzzey IS the Orb Demon," said Yzak, holding Kuzzey's headshot picture.
"What is the Orb Demon?"
"Have you been living under a rock for the past four years?" yelled Yzak, slamming his hands on the table, trying to make a stand towards me.
"No...I've been living in an Orphanage"
"Eh...hey Dearka...why don't you tell her? She seems attached to you the most," asked Yzak, sitting back on one of the chairs.
"Oh...I guess I can tell you Milly, but don't get scared okay?" asked Dearka in soft voice as he motioned me to the table full of pictures.
"Okay...okay, just tell me about the "Orb Demon," asked as I made two quotation marks with my fingers.
"Well...a month or so after the war, a series of murders started. This was also the time when the Crime Syndicate, the Orb Triad, had made its acts known. For four years, my group of 24 soldiers have been trying to take down the Orb Triad, with some success," said Dearka with a gloomy expression.
"24 soldiers? That means...," before I was cut off.
"I see you seen the lack of soldiers. Yes, I've lost 18 soldiers because of this syndicate,"
"So how much success did you get?" Asked, hoping for much.
"We got 2 of the 3 leaders of the syndicate, but the third one always manages to get away at the last minute," said Dearka, holding a four pictures in his hands.
"Leader One: Father Barniby, aka the "Bloody Father". He was widely known by killing people who came into his church who came to confess their sins, and crucifying them on crosses inside his basement. He even had followers to cover up his crimes, but he always left a golden cross in his church, signifying how many people he had killed. When we counted the crosses, there were over 120 crosses. He wasn't easy to kill though; he had his followers with him, making a shoot out the only course of action possible. 2 hours later, when we were examining his bullet-ridden body, his last words before dying were: "The Orb Demon will kill you all, I know he will..." said Dearka as he showed me a picture his body, his white priest clothes all bloody from the shootout...and dried blood stains from his murders.
Okay...that scares me...a little.
"Leader Two: Mariko Slovoaki, aka "Slit" Mariko. She is renown for seducing rich guys and leaves them...dead. First she steals all their valuable belongings (money, jewelry, etc...) and kills them in their sleep. She earned her "Slit" nickname by slitting their throats and wrists, which are areas where blood flows through the most. She made an easy lifestyle by selling their valuables to the black market and using that money to live a luxury lifestyle. It took my team 4 months to track her down and eliminate her in her mansion while she was trying to sleep. Her last words were: "The Orb Demon will kill you all, when he does...I'll laugh," said as he showed me a picture of her bloody body.
Okay...now getting a little scared...just hang in there Milly.
"And Number 3: Kuzzey Buzzkirk, aka the "Orb Demon." Said Dearka as he showed me his picture.
He doesn't look like a killer at all
"For 3 years, he has only murdered women. But he's like the fabled "Jack the ripper", he leaves a trademark, but Kuzzey only leaves one when he wants something. For four years there has been 2 deaths every month attributed to the Orb Demon, all of them women. We know the deaths are from the Orb Demon because the method of death is either strangulation or poisoning, and he always cuts off a facial body part. We didn't think much of the facial body parts until he made this demand," said Dearka, looking at the final picture in his hand with fear and grief.
"Well, what was his demand? What is it Dearka?" asked as I thought it involved me in some way.
I was right.
"His demand was written on a paper that was attached with this picture. His demand was:
Bring her to me and I promise no more deaths from me," as Dearka handed me the final picture, his hands trembling.
I took a look at the picture and I was horrified.
It's of all those missing facial body parts! All those women were killed...because of me...
Kuzzey really has changed.
Dearka, taking notice of my fearful expression, came over to me and grabbed the picture out of my hand and wrapped his arms around me, being too scared to resist.
"Don't worry Milly, he won't ever lay his hands on you. I'll make sure of it," whispered Dearka as he cradled me slowly in his arms.
After a minute of being caressed by Dearka, I pulled out of his grasp and looked at Dearka with my tearful eyes. I made some requests to you...ask Lacus to bring...all my things...to this base?" asked as I looked him in the eyes with uncontrollable tears.
"Sure, Milly. Hey Yzak, go to the orphanage with a couple of your soldiers and tell Ms. Clyne to pack her belongings to the base," asked Dearka, motioning him to do it as fast as possible.
"Alright, but where's the orphanage?" asked Yzak, moving towards the elevator, along with a couple of soldiers.
"The coordinates are on my table, just hurry and get her stuff here," yelled an angry Dearka.
"Fine fine, I'll go as fast as possible. I don't like seeing you mad, it doesn't suit you," smirked Yzak as the elevator doors close, sending him to the military base grounds.
"Milly, don't worry alright? I know Yzak, if he can't get the job done, no one can!" said a proud Dearka, obviously trying to keep my spirits high.
Those two must have been good friends during the war.
"And another thing you take me to...Orb?"
"Milly, have you not been listening? If you go to Orb, you'll be killed by him," said Dearka, rationalizing with me.
"I know that, but if I don't go to Orb, more people will be killed because of me"
Dearka looked sad as he spoke his next words.
"If that's your decision, but I want you to know that I..."
"...love me? I know Dearka...I know, but I have to go to Orb, to face Kuzzey," said as I interrupted his sentence.
"But first, you do me a favor?" asked in a serious mood.
"I guess I can do you one last favor, what is it?" said an emotionless Dearka, staring on the ground.
"Could you teach me how...how to fire a handgun?" asked as I pushed my pointy fingers together constantly, making the impression that I really want this request.
"Milly, are you suggesting that..." said Dearka with a small glimmer in his eye
"I don't want him to hurt anyone anymore, so I'll make sure he doesn't have a chance to," said with a fiery determination in my eyes.
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Miriallia finds out Kuzzey has been involved in a series of murders at Orb, and the reason is Miriallia herself! Will Miriallia and Dearka live through this tragedy together, or become a victim to the Orb Demon?
Find out on Chapter 6: Arrival at the Country of Orb
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PS: Has anyone seen the Japanese Drama "Trick"? It's a very funny show. I've even been inspired to use some of the villains from the show as villains in my story.
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