"Dead. You are so dead," was all that Rejhan seemed capable of saying as she dragged Emily across the lawn. The teen actually had to suppress a sudden wave of fear, as she had never seen her older sister so angry before. Emily had pushed both her and Gohan in the past, yet Rejhan had never been this angry before. Indeed, Rejhan was always the more laid back of the two twins, and it was usually Gohan who snapped first.
"I swear, you are dead," Rejhan muttered again, and Emily gulped, hardly feeling the sharp pain as she stubbed her toe on a large rock. Rejhan had a firm grip on her arm, and was dragging the younger girl along at quite a brisk pace.
Several paces behind her, Gohan was following. He too was at his wits end with the teen, yet for once he was showing more control over his emotions than his twin was. Emily deserved everything that she got; yet he couldn't help but wonder exactly how far Rejhan was going to take this punishment.
"Dead. You are so dead," Rejhan muttered darkly, and Emily had lost count of how many times this one line had been muttered. Every time that she heard it, it seemed to grow more sinister. The young girl gulped, realising that Rejhan was deadly serious about punishment this time.
With a yank on her arm, Emily was thrown to the ground. Picking herself up, she stood defiant before the older woman, yet the look in Rejhan's eyes caused her to flinch slightly.
"Uh, Rej?" she asked cautiously, yet Rejhan's deadly look just hardened. Suddenly, the female demi vanished, and a sharp pain in the stomach caused Emily to collapse onto the ground.
Gasping for breath, Emily pulled herself onto her knees, yet Rejhan was there to knock her down again. Lying on her back, Emily reached up towards her face with her right hand, yet it was suddenly snatched out of mid-air and squeezed that tightly that Emily could feel her bones move.
"You're not going anywhere," Rejhan growled, and this time real fear swept through the girl's body. Yet she wasn't just going to submit.
With a grunt of effort, Emily tore her hand out of Rejhan's grip, and jumped to her feet. Rubbing her bruised hand slightly, she looked up stubbornly into Rejhan's eyes.
"So, we're going to fight, are we?" Emily asked, and Rejhan smirked. Watching as the younger girl sunk into a fighting stance, Rejhan folded her arms.
"We're not fighting, Emily," she replied in an eerily calm voice. "I'm simply going to beat you black and blue," she stated before disappearing yet again.
Too shocked to move, Emily was left seeing stars as Rejhan's right fist slammed into her face, almost knocking her off balance. With a quick pivot, Emily swung around for a spin kick, yet Rejhan was gone.
"Ahh!" Emily cried out as her older sister's elbow came down hard on the back of her neck, causing her to fly forwards into the ground. Using her hands to save herself at the last second, Emily pushed off of the ground, and jumped a good ten meters straight up into the air. Gasping for breath, she scanned the ground for any sign of Rejhan.
"Looking for me?" Rejhan's voice whispered into her ear, and Emily turned around just as Rejhan brought her knee up into Emily's gut.
Mouth wide with shock, Rejhan watched with grim satisfaction as Emily gasped for air. Lifting her right leg high, Rejhan landed an axe kick on Emily's back, and the young demi-Saiyan was sent crashing towards the ground below.
Standing out of the way, Gohan's face was blank as Emily impacted with the ground at his feet. He knew his twin well enough to know that she was seriously pissed, and he was keeping a firm eye on her to make sure that she didn't go too far with Emily. The last thing that he wanted to do was to have to explain to his mother why he had just stood back and let Rejhan murder Emily.
Gracefully landing on the ground, Rejhan waited whilst Emily picked herself up. By using her Sight, Rejhan could detect each and every movement made by the youngster, so there was no way that Emily would get the upper hand on her. This time, Emily would not be able to turn the situation to her advantage.
Narrowing her eyes, Rejhan flew towards the girl, who was once more on her feet, and laid into her with a series of punches and kicks. Try as she might, Emily simply could not block them all. Rejhan had her on the ropes, and Emily's body was beginning to ache all over.
With one last punch to the face, Rejhan sent Emily flying backwards. Landing in a heap, Emily didn't move for the longest time. As Rejhan began to walk towards her, Gohan suddenly stepped in her way.
"That's enough, Rej," he said firmly, and Rejhan growled at him. Yet Gohan didn't back down. Rejhan had made her point, and now she had to back off.
Meeting her twin's firm gaze for a moment, Rejhan eventually looked away, folding her arms.
"Fine. I'm going inside," she stated, walking past Gohan, and past Emily who was still on the ground, without another word.
Gohan sighed as he turned to watch his twin enter the house, and then his sights travelled to Emily, who had only just started to pull herself up. Walking over towards her, Gohan knelt down on the ground, helping the younger demi to a seated position.
"You ok?" he asked with genuine concern, and Emily winced as she flexed her right hand.
"I'm fine," she muttered, not looking at Gohan. "But she didn't have to beat the crap outta me," she added under her breath, yet Gohan heard her nonetheless.
"Em, it takes a lot to make Rejhan snap like that, yet that stunt you pulled in the mall was enough to make her crack. You're lucky that you're still conscious," Gohan said in all seriousness, and Emily pondered his words.
"So how come you didn't jump in too? I know you must be mad at me as well," Emily asked, finally looking up at Gohan's face. What she saw wasn't the anger that she had been expecting from him. Instead, a cold seriousness had settled over his face.
"Someone had to make sure that she didn't kill you," Gohan answered, and Emily wasn't sure if he was joking or not. A part of her wasn't sure if she even wanted to know.
Without another word, Gohan helped Emily to her feet, and together the two demi's made their way inside.
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"How is she?" Rejhan asked as Gohan settled himself down on the couch next to her.
"Bruised, and quite sore, but she'll live. She's asleep, so we should have some peace and quiet for a while," Gohan replied with a slight smile.
"I kinda lost it with her, didn't I?" Rejhan asked, and Gohan simply nodded in response. "I didn't mean to, but she was just acting so stupid, and so selfish, that I had to put her in her place."
"Hey, you don't need to explain it to me. If I wasn't so worried about you seriously injuring her, I would have jumped in as well," Gohan said, and Rejhan laughed.
"Yeah, it did feel kinda good to beat her up. Probably shouldn't make a habit of it, though," Rejhan said with a frown, and Gohan nodded in agreement.
Settling back into the couch, the two twins sat in silence for a while, each one pondering the events of that day. Gohan eventually broke the silence, turning his head so that he could see his twin.
"Why do I get the feeling that Emily is not going to let us forget this little incident?" he asked, and Rejhan sighed. Gohan was absolutely right. Without a doubt, Emily would find some ingenious way to make the twins pay for beating her up.
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The next day passed by almost uneventfully, as Emily allowed herself time to properly heal. Rejhan had done a real number on her right hand, as upon waking up that morning, she had discovered a lovely black bruise spreading up her fingers. She was also sporting a split lip, a swollen left cheek, and sore ribs. All in all, she was a very sorry looking young girl.
Yet Emily's spirit had not been beaten. Already, her mind was hard at work trying to come up with some way that she could get back at her two older siblings, without getting caught in the act this time. Oh yeah, she would have her revenge.
And it just so happened that while searching through a cupboard in her room, she stumbled upon the perfect solution. They were something that she had bought ages ago, with the intention of tie-dying her old shirts with, but now they would serve as the perfect tools for revenge.
With an evil smirk, Emily pulled out a small tub that contained half a dozen different coloured dyes. Selecting the pink one, Emily scanned the label.
"May cause temporary staining if contact with skin occurs. If contact with eyes occurs, rinse immediately with water. If irritation persists, see your doctor," Emily read as a smile formed on her face. "They are so in for it," she said out loud, yet a sudden guilty pang hit her as she remembered how Gohan had helped her inside and into bed the night before. "Ok, so Rejhan is in for it more than Gohan is, but he's still gonna get it. After all, he did just stand back and let her beat me up," Emily growled, carefully putting the other five dyes back into the cupboard. For her plan, she would only need the pink one.
The twins both had their showers in the morning, so Emily devised to set her plan into motion that night. Once the sun had set, the teen crept into the bathroom, and pulled down the two bottles of shampoo that belonged to the twins; strawberry scented for Rejhan, and a more generic kind for Gohan. Unscrewing the caps, Emily placed both bottles onto the sink as she undid the lid on the shirt dye. Slowly, she poured a quarter of the dye into both shampoos, screwed the lids back on, and gave them both a good shake.
Laughing quietly to herself, Emily put the two bottles back where they belonged, before slowly creeping downstairs. Making her way into the laundry, Emily could hear the hum of the washing machine, which Rejhan had turned on before going to bed.
Lifting up the lid, Emily shuddered as she plunged her hands into the cold water. Methodically, she sorted through all of the soggy clothes, pulling out anything that belonged to either herself or to Gohan.
"The shampoo dye will eventually fade, but the clothes won't," Emily muttered as she dropped the sopping wet clothes into a basket. Since Rejhan was the one who had beat her up, she was getting both parts of Emily's revenge. Gohan on the other hand, would just end up with pink hair for a while as his punishment.
Satisfied that only Rejhan's clothes remained in the washing machine, Emily poured the remaining half of the dye into the water. With a satisfied smirk, she closed the lid down and listened to the wash cycle start itself again.
Drying her arms on a towel, Emily then made her way back upstairs and to her room. Climbing back into bed, the very satisfied demi-Saiyan finally went to sleep with a smile on her face.
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