New Year Night in Aintisar - Chapter 2: The Party
31th December - 12:05
Alfred,Bill and Carly were sitting at the nearest table,right at the edge of the entrance where Aintisar's guardsmen guard its main door. Carly brought a random magazine to read after asking Anisah if she could lend one,and Bill and Alfred were doing nothing except waiting. Bill supported his head with his left fist,while Alfred starred at the desk with a frown,frustrated for being in a place he didn't want to be in.
Before they entered Aintisar and taken off their jackets,they underwent the procedure to get guest tickets and access to this party. It went normal when the guards scanned Carly and Bill to know if they had weapons or any other harmful stuff with them. When Alfred arrived at the procedure,it lasted for two minutes because of his stubbornness.
"Stand still,shab." one of the guardsmen told him,sternly.
He shrugged his shoulders and stood straight. The guardsman walked towards Alfred and scanned his body from head to toe and when it reached his hip,the detector beeped.
"Show your weapons!" he ordered.
Alfred closed his eyes and grunted with annoyance.
"Why should I?"
"You won't pass us with a weapon,buddy!" the other guardsman intervened,angrily.
"It's not like I would create a mass shooting or any other crazy shit like that,sir." he argued,trying to articulate a polite tone among people he doesn't like "My desert eagle is used only for self-defense."
"We don't care!" the first one raised his tone,showing his hand horizontally "Hand over your gun,or we'll go for a hard way!"
Alfred looked down at his winter jacket,placed his hand into its pocket and,in an attempt to keep his gun with him,he didn't picked it and instead formed a shape of a handgun,pointing at them.
"Here you g-"
They cut him off by pointing their shotguns near his cheeks. They didn't spoke a word,but it caused Alfred to growl with his mouth closed,roll his eyes and grab his desert eagle with that same hand. One of the two guardsmen cleared his throat right after he was about to give them his weapon.
"What now?!" he snapped at them.
"And your magazine ammo,too."
He took out what they've ordered from his handgun and handed them both to them.
"Thank you!" the other guy shouted,annoyed over how much time did Alfred took to finally listen to them.
"Fuck you and my gun,filthy dogs..." Alfred mumbled,irritated,after grabbing the guest ticket from one of the guardsmen's hands.
When he left them to enter the main room (the Pub) and close the door,the first thing he saw was Anisah standing in front of him,four meters behind office bar where Ikram was doing his stuff.
"Your procedure didn't quite gone well for you. Right,Alfie?" she said with a tiny grin.
He felt his blood boiling over her comment,despite holding the urge to slam her face against the wall. Alfred was relieved when he also saw his siblings waving their hands to signal their location.
"I wasn't talking to you,Anislut..." he seethed.
"I know." Anisah replied,reverting her grin into a smile. She then walked to cut his way "I just want to give you something."
His eye twitched.
"Like what?!"
She revealed a human smile mask from "The Purge" movie to him as she hid it from her back for some time. Alfred took it from her hand.
"A mask?"
"Yes."
"Why? Is your 'party' going to be the Mask party? Or do you hate my face?" he retorted,lowering his right arm which holds that thing.
"There's some truth in it." she thought,not wanting to tell him her real answer.
"No,you idiot. I'm giving you a mask so that you get a low-profile." she advised,crossing her arms "Many new guests would complain that you're here and demand me to kick you out."
"If you ask me,let them have their wish! You'll do me a huge favor."
"Not so fast,Alfred. You don't want to leave the party AND your friends behind." Anisah said and placed her hand at his shoulder,turning her head at his siblings.
Alfred glanced at them for three seconds and reverted his look,letting out a quiet snort.
"F-Fine then..." he concluded,pushing her away "Just get out of my way..."
And she did,but not without informing the following before he got to the chair.
"The Disco will start at 17:00! And feel free to explore Aintisar until it starts!" she shouted.
Alfred turned,clenching and tightening his fist.
"Five hours until the actual party?! You kidding?!" Alfred shouted back,angered.
"Again,you and your two fellows came very early." Anisah reminded him,uncrossing her arms "You have other ways to entertain yourselves before th-"
She cut herself off for seeing Alfred walking away,ignoring what she had said. It made her go back to Ikram,and Alfred sat in between Bill and Carly.
As they still sat there,they couldn't help but to observe everything around them,to confirm that they weren't alone in silence. Around them,there were (aside of Ikram,Anisah,and their big Christmas tree) several guests like Bachir and Khenti sitting and waiting for Yasser to show up and deliver a drink,not noticing Alfred and his siblings' presence. Behind them,a window was present closed,showing the cold,chilling and snowy hills,where few of Anisah's siblings played around with slides and snowballs.
While three of them weren't willing to go outside and play (mainly because they just arrived here,thus wanting to take a small rest),Alfred earned a big headache from riding his way to Aintisar without sleeping. Summed up to constant frustrations and the fact that he's in a same room as his enemies,his attempts to calm himself down hadn't helped too much. He had the same feeling as in the UN.
Alfred flipped the mask Anisah gave him around on his legs,and he was confused why did she do so. He raised the mask,flipped it on the opposite direction and put the mask on his face. He looked silly,and he knew it.
"Ugh...What did I endured to get this fate?!" Alfred finally spoke up through the mask,after exactly ten minutes of complete silence "As if this bullshit day couldn't be any more worse,those dirty savages have confiscated my gun,in exchange for some stupid mask!"
Carly heard him and stopped reading the magazine to turn and look at him.
"I'm sorry to say,Al,but those are the conditions to enter." she told him,closing it. "Like,why did you brought a gun with you?"
Alfred turned and took his mask off,placing it on the desk.
"Do you want an honest or a fake answer?"
"The former."
He took a deep breath.
"I wanted to kill Anisah."
She moved closer to him.
"Why? She was so nice when we met her for the first time." Carly objected.
"I don't care! She dumped me with crude oil and other shenanigans that this slut has flung at me!" he complained,raising his tone "Earthling or not,Anislut is the worst menace I've ever dealt in my entire life,since Lien and that Genocidal Brat!"
Carly saw her father-brother slamming the desk with his fist in anger.
"Look,I've never said that you should kill her." she tried to reason with him "I've told you when we were on your helicopter that you could create a masterplan to humiliate her,not what you've intended."
"I still hadn't came up with the masterplan,yet! We don't have enough resources to ruin her wretched party! And now that I don't have my desert eagle with me,I won't be able to shoot shit even for self-defense!" Alfred complained,angrily,though he lowered his voice so that no one can hear him "The World would be better off without Anislut and her fucking kind,and the Savage East as a whole!"
Pause. Carly facepalmed and moaned in annoyance. To Alfred,a deliberate murder and self-defense are the same thing. And his rants she and her siblings like Bill sometimes hear repeatedly after he has a bad day make her angry. "Ok,we get it!" she would occasionally say.
"I mean,just look at Anislut and her two nobodies!" he pointed his hand swiftly at them at the pub office,loudly. They were talking with one another "They've contributed nothing to this World and,even if they're now acting civil and 'nice',they'll revert to their true face when the time for their terrorism,and killing Israelis and Kurds start!"
After ten seconds,Alfred grew angrier and spat with clenched teeth that if he was in charge of his lands personally,he'll confiscate their property,cleanse them all and send them to the 'chambers'. When Carly asked which 'chambers',he said that they had to do with 'chemistry' and 'interrogation'.
Bill,after many minutes of starring at the window like a calf,thumping his fingers at the desk and hearing his siblings speak,he joined in.
"What about Anna?" he asked,smiling.
Both Alfred and Carly turned to him,giving him a surprising look.
"Fine as usual,Bill." Alfred answered,tired,after taking a deep breath "What's with her?"
"Well,you were talking about Israelis." Bill said,taking Alfred's mask to view it around.
"Oh...Anna's growing more dumber since 2017."
"How?" Bill and Carly said at the same time.
"She's hanging with her killers despite my constant warnings!" Alfred said,annoyed "I'm keep telling her that Netanyahu is the best leader Anna has ever had in decades,that she shouldn't be friends with her neighbors or that she shouldn't wear their scarf,and that she mustn't hang with Yuckser,that insuferable whiny sewer RAT!" he yelled this last word,after which he covered his mouth with both hands and sighed heavily,to calm himself down "But she always ignores me..."
"Why are you restricting many things from Anna?" Bill asked,leaning towards him "Why won't you allow her to travel in her region?"
"Yes,and then have her neighbors stalk,torture or rape her if she gets captured? Not on my watch!" Alfred explained,crosing his arms "It's for her own good."
They heard an abrupt door opening and turned at it. They saw two new people entering the main room. Those were Hedvika and Jakub,the Czechoslovak couple. Anisah headed towards them to greet and invite them to sit and/or explore Aintisar.
"Pozdravy!" they said to Anisah.
When they spotted Alfred,Bill and Carly,they waved at them,to which the former group waved back and said "Hi."
"Who are those?" Bill asked,curious.
"Two of my NATO members,Bill. They're good." Alfred said,smiling.
Bill suddenly got up to head towards a map he just noticed beside the giant Christmas tree. He wanted to rip it off and show it to his siblings but,for respect to this party,he came back to ask Alfred if he can give him his permission to use his Apple phone to take shot at the map,and he accepted.
He returned to his desk.
"Al,Cal! Looks what I've captioned!" Bill called them,sitting back at his seat and giving back Alfred's phone.
Carly and Alfred leaned their torsos forward to look at the map. It shown a Bar,Game Room,Disco Club,Kitchen,Casino Hall,Ski Complex,Private Rooms (which are located in two floors),Cellar,Cafeteria and a black censored zone named "Secret Location". All of these locations have their own unique pathways and symbols.
Once they finished their review,Alfred saved the map into his phone and turned the screen of,letting out a chuckle.
"Great finding,Bill!" Alfred exclaimed,joyful,putting his arm around his back "I'll bear that in my mind."
After five seconds,his brief joy and smile faded when he memorized the word "Cafeteria",leading him to moan.
"What's the matter?" Carly asked.
"Ugh...Cafeteria..."
"What's wrong with it?" Bill followed her suit.
"It's the UN place where most of my enemies are taking a break." he replied in disgust "I knew it that Anislut would include a Cafeteria out of all places!...Aintisuck looks like the fucking UN!...no...it IS the UN!"
Bill and Carly already know that Alfred loathes to be in the UN to death,thought they were confused since he sometimes tells them that he does go there for hanging with Emily,Zoey,Matthew and Jack (and only because of that),four of his several best siblings.
"Why do you hate going there?" Carly asked again.
He snorted and rolled his eyes.
"As if this wasn't enough of an explanation..." he muttered,adjusting his glasses. Then continued "Because it's the place where I'm downgraded to their inferior,'equal',level. I usually get humiliated,embarassed,ridiculed,pranked and contradicted whilst being there...and I can't stand SEEING those earthlings who hate me,who hypocritically but DELIBERATELY want me there! It's also the place where they use me without any sense of honor and dignity!"
After he ended his explanation,his blood boiled again,shivered and his breaths became agitated,growing angry. He slowly placed his hand on his face.
"I always t-try to s-stay out of C-Cafeteria like a Werewolf from silver...to es-s-scape this hell called t-the UN..." he stuttered with a loud and angry tone "I think some of them like Arishit are in Cafeteria,but Anislut never told me."
Carly checked the clock and it's now 12:30. It urged her to go somewhere else and play,no longer wanting to sit in the bar,making her to frown and sigh in sadness. Bill on the other hand has taken out his box of cigarettes and lit one up.
"And why do they hate you?" Carly asked further,now with an impatient tone.
"Because of what I am. They need an Alfred to tilt at like windmills to satisfy their existence. If I hadn't existed,then they would've invented a new Alfred. The more I do something right,the more they'll denounce me as a monster." he then let out a deep breath "If only I had been a 'monster' like they portray and not the Hero I am,being brought up to be fair,humane and goo-"
"Like the time you massacred 500000 Iraqi children for your pleasure? If that's how they presented and taught these things to you,then their efforts were all hat and no cattle,Al." Bill cut him off,downgrading his complaints. His cigar wafted as he took it out from his lips "You goddamn well know that the reason why they hate you is because you don't know how to repair the screw-ups you caused against them or apologize,but you're just too insecure,obsessive,wacky and mentally fucked to admit it,instead of acting like a victim every time someone hurts your skin and emotional stability in the slightest. But yeah,it has NOTHING to do with that. Honest!"
When two of them heard his words,they turned their heads towards Bill. Carly gasped for her rival speaking something that Alfred won't take it well,and Alfred took his glasses off.
"What did you say?"
Bill changed the topic in an instant,clearing his throat.
"That the Phoenix Suns won against Utah Jazz by 103/95 in a basketball match." he said,trying to get away with joking against Alfred "You wouldn't believe how the former rocked!"
"Oh,ok." his words made Bill sigh in relief "Though I'm not into sport betting as you a-"
"Sabah alkhyr! Do you want something to drink?" a teen-like voice asked them.
They turned to the left and saw Yasser standing in front of them,carrying an empty tray. Ten minutes after he,Anisah and Ikram had an emergency meeting in the pub office,Anisah sent him to go to Alfred and his siblings if they want to drink something,to study him by seeing how would her enemy respond. Her younger brother protested that Alfred and/or his company would be hostile towards him and want him gone,but she stated that she knows that Alfred's a huge prick and that because of this,he should give it a try. Yasser didn't like her insistence at all.
Alfred grabbed his face with his hand and squeezed it,frustrated.
"Piss off..."
"What?"
"WHAT "what",SAVAGE BRAT?!" Alfred snapped at him,slamming the desk rising from his seat all at once. He mockingly and angrily imitated Yasser's question and said "Instead of immediately delivering the drinks at Aintisuck's expense,this retarded scum over here is asking a loaded question!"
For a very long time,like his Arab family (with the questionable exception of Malik and his Gulf gang),Yasser despises him,and was tempted to slap his face hard. But since he had to respect Aintisar's rules and be polite,he took a deep breath of control and looked straight to Alfred's eyes.
"I'll leave you alone,just tell me what do you want for drink." he said,with all the calm he had.
"I order a Paloma." Bill said,raising his finger.
"A sidecar." Carly followed.
Alfred,hearing his siblings' words and then looking at them from behind,smirked.
"I want two Coca-Colas."
"Two?"
"Yes."
He noted on his notebook and left them to call Ikram to pour the drinks. Alfred tapped the desk around until he touched his glasses,put them back on and sat.
"Al,why did you ordered two Cokes?" Carly asked.
His smirk grew wider.
"Wait until he comes back. You'll gonna love it."
Carly didn't knew what he's talking about,but she and Bill waited. When Yasser came back,he placed each bottle at their desk and Alfred grabbed one of the two Cokes cans to shake it up and down rapidly.
"Hey,Yas!" Alfred called him "Look behind you!"
Yasser turned to him and Alfred opened the Coke. Its fluid exploded and sprayed at his face like a bullet down to his suit. The latter bursted into laughter,feeling proud that he had pranked him. It relieved his frustration.
The former didn't spoke up,he only barred his teeth,blushed red and had his eye pupils shake in anger and disbelief.
"Now cry to your dear sister and tell her to change your clothes,brat!" he taunted him,grinning.
Yasser couldn't take it anymore and walked away,embarassed. Alfred chuckled while Yasser shouted at her,demanding her to kick him out.
"That's how you deal with the Savages." he closed his eyes and crossed his arms with a prideful tone,although he wasn't happy that Carly and Bill hadn't laughed with him.
Carly poked his shoulder.
"Can you promise me something?"
He raised his eyebrow.
"What?"
"Can you please stop saying 'savage'?"
"Too offensive?"
"Well,yeah,as well as 'subhuman'. Guests,be it the ones you like or hate,would think you're a maniac who wants to kill random people." she took a sip from her drink "I don't want you to increase your notoriety profile. Promise?"
He sighed.
"You sound a lot like Emily,but I'll try." Alfred assured her,placing his hand on her shoulder.
After Bill and Carly finished drinking,the former asked Carly and Alfred if he can go outside and play with snow with his rival. The latter agreed and let them go,telling them that he's going to the game room to explore and play,as well as joining in with them if he's in the mood to do so.
12:50
After passing through pathways which he followed from the map on his phone,he headed to the game room. When he entered it,he was...fascinated.
Inside this wide room,there was a Foosbal Table,Table Tennis,Air Hockey,four Pinballs,a Billiard Table and a three-meter high striker with its mallet. It also had two additional mini-rooms: Poker and Playground.
As much as he loathes Anisah to the core,he couldn't help but to admit that she made a fantastic job at assembling such hotel and this room in particular,colored with purple and white lights. And it also smelled fresh.
"At least it's way cooler than the UN." he said to himself,holding the Coke can and smiled.
When he snapped out of his thoughts,he saw Santa playing a Pinball.
"Hey,Santa!" Alfred called him "What's up?"
The Santa ignored him as he was busy playing the game.
"Hello?! Do you hear me?!" he shouted at him,walking two steps forward.
"I'm in the middle of the game!" Santa shouted back,annoyed. Alfred knew his real identity through recognizing his voice. It was Chris.
"Yo,how are you? Chris?"
His words finally made Chris (as Santa) to turn at him. He was incredibly surprised.
"Alfred? Is that you?" Chris guessed,not realizing that the Pinball's ball has fallen below its flippers,beeping "Game Over"
He nodded.
"My God,what are you doing here?" he asked "I thought you said you wouldn't come to Aintisar."
"Changed my mind. I did."
A tense silence filled the room. Chris didn't expect Alfred to appear,and much less when he confronted him a week ago. The latter protested that he won't go there.
"So,what're you doing?"
"Eh,niks. Just playing with Anisah's gaming machines." Chris said "And you?"
"Chilling out as of now,despite you-know-who..." he tried to hid the disgust in his tone,taking a sip from his can. He then asked "Anisah has assigned you as the Santa?"
"Ja. I was obliged to come to Aintisar really early because she wanted me to be Santa for my stature,and because...well...I told her to give you the invitation poster."
Alfred clenched his can tightly in anger,filling his fist with Coke liquid.
"You've always been a total prick,Chris!" he snapped at him,turning to walk towards Air Hockey. He grabbed a striker from the table and viewed it around,and then placed it back on the table.
"I'm sorry,but you acted like a jerk towards her."
He advanced towards him.
"That's because I despite her guts and UN and its cancerous institutions!" he pushed his chest with his finger "You ought to remember that!"
Chris nodded.
"Do you want to play Air Hockey,before Anislut finds us?" Alfred suggested,after a ten second pause.
"Sekerlik."
They went to their game positions and started playing. They had fun hitting the plucks and getting and missing scores,smiling and sometimes giggling. Alfred lost many times and he hated it,but he stood it since he played with someone he sometimes feels comfortable with,unlike Anisah.
After twenty minutes had passed,Chris stopped playing and was about to leave the game room.
"Already?!"
"Yes."
"Can you at least let me ask a question?"
Chris rotated his body to look at him.
"What?"
Alfred picked his Apple phone from his pocket,turned the screen on,searched for the map and shown it to him.
"Do you know what's 'Secret Location'?" he asked,pointing at the black rectangle which covered this area.
"I don't know,it's a top secret and even if I did,I won't tell you."
"Why?"
"You have to ask Anisah." Chris replied,about to exist this room "I have to go now! Children are waiting for their presents!"
Chris closed the door,without letting Alfred to say goodbye. Alfred enjoyed playing with Chris while it lasted. It seems that he'll have to ask his enemy what,no matter how hypocritical would he turn into once he does.
13:05 - Somewhere outside Aintisar
Bill and Carly played with snowballs on the large snowy field at the Ski Complex where they met Anisah for the first time ever,or maybe even earlier. Both of them have never been so joyful in their lives,rarely seeing any snow due to them living in one of the hottest areas in their home states. The winter chill flew over their faces.
Aside of throwing snowballs against themselves,they hid behind large mass of snow which they made as their blockade to dodge hits and land on their snowy hill.
"Bill,here it comes!" Carly shouted,before flinging a hard snowball at him.
Her throw was so fast that he barely dodged it through ducking,thus having his now snow-covered face smashed with its hit,making him fall into the snow.
"Ouch,Carly! That hurt!" Bill got up,cleaning his face with his hand.
Carly chuckled and smiled,and so did Bill. They may be rivals and competitors over who's Alfred's best sibling,but moments like these made them forget their almost two-century old rivalry. They were best pals in the end.
"Should we go inside?" Carly asked,worried about Alfred.
"Nah,I ain't thinking so." Bill replied,crouching to take some snow and form a snowball again. "He might could be playin' some games with himself."
"Yeah,poor him...Alfred has no real friends to play with."
"I know..." he added "Except his family,that's for sure."
They resumed their snow fights for some time until Bill threw a big snowball at her,which she dodged and ended up flying at Vuk's chin. Vuk,along with his siblings Arisha and Ivan,just came to Aintisar and,unlike them,he didn't want to enter the hotel just yet. He was busy building a snowman.
"Who hit me?! Hello?!" Vuk shouted,confused and angered.
They looked at one another and blushed. They couldn't remember the last time they encountered him,but they weren't afraid to approach him.
"We did."
"K-ko?..."
Vuk saw them and paused his snowman construction. Not knowing who they were,he rose his knee up and raised his eyebrow.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Carly Barbara and this is my brother Bill Houston." she introduced herself and Bill,while the latter waved his hand at him.
"And my name is Vuk Misic." he smiled,feeling comfy from his dark blue scarf "Pleasure to meet you."
"You mean,Genocidal Brat?" Bill tried to correct him. Like Carly,he got used to hear this label from Alfred to refer Vuk since almost three decades.
Vuk's smile turned to frown and he tightened his eyebrows.
"WHAT?! That's not my real n-" he cut himself off,realizing something "Are you related to Alfreak?"
"Alfred?"
"Да."
"Aye,we are." Bill said.
He let out a heavy sigh.
"So,you're Alfreak's siblings...Great..."
"Is this bad?"
"Of course it is!" he turned his head at them,hands on his winter coat "When you have a psychotic freak as a parent,it's ALWAYS an awful thing! I doubt you weren't raised to be like him."
They weren't. Bill and Carly knew reasons about why Vuk (and at least half of earthlings) despises Alfred. Their Dad-Bro told them occasionally.
So as to not dwell and piss Vuk off,they changed the subject.
"Hmph,your snowman's head looks like you." Bill complimented with a small grin,looking at it.
"I think not,but хвала." he blushed in shyness,then asked "Do you want to help me finish my snowman?"
"Gladly." Carly replied,nodding her head.
"Same for me,but how would Alfred react?" Bill asked her,also concerned about Alfred.
"Fuck him!" Vuk retorted,raising his voice "You haven't came there to take care for Alfreak! The World isn't just about ALFREAK!"
He stomped the ground hard. The anger in his tone through his criticism told them that it's best not to talk about Alfred,at least until they stop playing with Vuk outside.
"Kay...fine then." Bill dismissed,then added "Have you brought a carrot for snowman's nose?"
"Sadly,не." Vuk told them,searching something from his pocket "I instead brought a cone as its nose."
"Nice alternative,Vuk!" Carly said,taking off his wool hat and ruffled his hair "Come on,let's finish your snowman and maybe ride down the hill with you."
"But no longer than forty minutes." Bill informed him "He'll kill us if we come back late!"
And so,three of them helped Vuk's work without Alfred's knowledge and two minutes before their finished building the snowman,Yasser went outside with his own winter jacket and rushed to ride his bum slide down. He was excited and they saw him climbing up the start zone. He was at first displeased seeing Carly and Bill,but invited them anyway for sliding competition.
As they did,the guests are slowly pilling up. The other children they saw while they confronted Anisah were Helena,Atreus,Dhimiter,Aisha,Kairo and Alba,though Maria,Athene and Rasil haven't been seen inside or outside Aintisar as of yet.
13:35
After Alfred had explored rooms,such as kitchen,and met with his hated 'partner' Malik al-Saud and his Gulf Gang at the center of Casino,he ended up going to Cafeteria. Before he decided to go inside one of his most hated places (thanks to the UN),he saw his sworn enemies Ivan and Arisha entered the hotel and take comfort inside.
He firstly approached Ivan who,as usual,stood at the pub table drinking his trademark vodka with his metal pipe standing on his right side. They had a brief argument about why did they ended up there and made Alfred ask:
"Do you have anything else to do other than drinking your stupid vodka,Ivan?"
"Playing games and socialize,unlike you,pindo!" he snapped at Alfred.
"You call drinking shit 'socialization'. How typical of you." Alfred mocked him,smirking "Do you know where's your moronic cow?"
"Don't call my sister a "cow" or I'll have your teeth crushed!" he gritted his teeth,provoked,showing his pipe. He then ungritted them,though his tone was still pissed "Arisha's in cafeteria. Can you now leave?"
"Yes." Alfred walked out "You should marry a vodka while you're at it!"
"Cut the crap,cука!"
And when he found Anisah whilst being on his way,he asked her what's the 'Secret Location',and she responded with:
"I won't tell you. It's censored and called 'secret' for a reason,Alfie. Nobody except me,Yasser and Ikram is allowed to enter this area,not even with permission."
"What's inside this room?"
"That's none of your concern." Anisah facepalmed and sighed,bothered "Continue your way,would you?"
Once he walked downstairs to the cafeteria,he felt disgust and irritation seeing it. Lots of people are sitting,eating and chatting,and saw those Czechoslovakian couple,Athene,Andres,Adele and many others. He searched for Arisha and he found her sitting with her best friend (who's also his biggest crush) Liu at the center of this place,eating and talking.
Alfred had his mask placed on to surprise Arisha and when he got behind her seat,Liu spotted him and he grabbed some of Arisha's hair to try to creep her out.
"Excuse me,what are y-" she cut herself off,turning from behind to see Alfred. She was confused because of the mask "Who are you? Can you take off your mask?"
He placed his hand onto his mask.
"Muammar Gaddafi,russky." Alfred took his mask off "It's me,Alfred."
Arisha was confused for a split second until he did so. She left her knife and fork and got up from her seat,opening her mouth.
"How come you're here,pindo?" she asked,curious "You whined against Aintisar anniversary in the UNSC..."
She's now hiding her anger and disturbance for not being in the mood to confront or have a conversation with him,instead of eating with Liu in peace.
"It's a long story,but I haven't came here to talk about that." he told her,in a formal tone.
"What do you want from me?" Arisha crossed her arms.
"Do you know where's your Genocidal Brat?"
She rolled her eyes and cleared her throat.
"His name is Vuk Misic,for the millionth time!" she raised her tone,annoyed "Боже мой,I'm so SICK of reminding you about this over and over again!"
"Yeah,yeah,sure." Alfred dismissed her like a wind "I repeat my question: Where's the Genocidal Brat?"
Arisha grew more angry and raised her hand,only to lower the same and getting closer,grabbing his shirt collar abruptly.
"Have you come to start a fight?!" she asked severely,with lowered tone.
"Do you?" he asked her back.
Arisha would've gladly slap his face hard if it wasn't for the public surrounding her. So she released him forcefully and he was about to leave Cafeteria,but Arisha wanted to ask him one question.
"You blithering idiot! When will you stop calling my younger brother 'Genocidal Brat'?!"
He turned around and walked towards her. He chuckled.
"I'm glad you asked,Arisha. You should've done so back in 1999." he told her,smirking. Then,he got to her face and whispered menacingly,with a cocky tone "Once you start sucking my Florida."
"ЧТО?! The fuck did you say to me?!" Arisha yelled at him,taunted "Come back and repea-"
It was no use. She took a deep breath and sat back to her chair.
"Liu,did you heard what this Pindo prick said?!" she asked,picking up knife and fork to cut and eat another bite of Dolma.
"Calm down,my youren. You know his unbearable attitude in international places like this."
"He should be lucky that this is a hotel and not the UN or Strasbourg Court..." she concluded indignantly,shaking her head.
14:20
Carly and Bill have finally found Alfred in the Game Room after they came back from playing with Vuk outside. Vuk enjoyed playing with them and also went inside to talk to Arisha.
"Oh,there you were! Where were you been for so long?" Alfred asked,sounding impatient.
"We've been playing with snow,Al,and no,it hadn't been that long." Bill replied "Only one and...uhm...ten minutes?"
"Yeah,one and so minutes." Carly elaborated.
"Anything else?"
"We found Vuk and helped him construct his snowman."
Alfred couldn't help but burst in soft chukle,for their apparent stupidity.
"And you were sliding with him?"
They nodded. He placed his fingers onto the bridge of his nose,shaking his head.
"How could you two be so idiotic?" Alfred told them off,releasing his fingers "You know that he's our enemy?"
"That's what he said."
"Then why haven't you pulled his pants down and stretched them onto his head?"
"You haven't told us what to do with him."
Alfred took a deep breath.
"Never mind..."
Another silence filled this room for several seconds.
"What did you do,Alfred?" Carly asked.
"I had one last...conversation with Ivan the Drunkard."
"How did it went?"
Alfred started explaining. While they did what they did,he found and smuggled a bottle of vinegar inside kitchen as he spent his time exploring it. His mind clicked and had an idea to prank Ivan. What he did next is,by the time Ivan ordered a sixth bottle of vodka,he placed his mask,switched the bottle of vodka with vinegar from Ikram's tray and watched the results. As Ivan swallowed a sip of vinegar,he spilled vinegar out at Ikram's face,bashed Ikram's head with his pipe in rage and started ranting at him. When the guards asked what happened,Alfred interfered and told them that Ivan drank too much vodka,to which they grabbed Ivan with his coat and kicked him out of Aintisar. It humiliated Ivan and he ended up sitting grumpily on the snow.
Ikram hates Alfred,but in essence he agreed and went to wash his hair and mend his wounds.
"So that's why Ivan lashed out at us when we tried to approach him." Bill wondered,not that they agreed with what Alfred did.
"I'm having so much fun!" Alfred exclaimed,excited,connecting his arms near his chin. "I fucking SHOWED him!"
When he calmed down,he asked where's Vuk and they said that he's in the Poker Room. Without further ado,they went inside.
14:30 - Inside the Poker Room
Vuk,Scepan,Kairo and Tatjana were playing Poker at the desk. Helena,Alba,Dhimiter,Drazen and Atreus were spectators while Yasser was the judge. Kairo,Maria's adopted son,was leading them and had stronger cards. Three of them had higher bets and plastic coins,but in the end Kairo won and raised his fists in the air.
The door have abruptly opened and everyone looked at who's coming all of the sudden. Alfred and his two siblings have entered,and to Vuk's and Yasser's misfortune,they expressed interest to play a round with them.
"Hi,bra-*cough* kids!" Alfred attempted to say 'brats',but chose not to for politeness sake "Are you having fun?"
Vuk raised his head as he and his friends were tiding up the desk for a new round.
"Had..."
"What do you mean?"
"We had fun until you showed up,Alfreak."
The kids in this room chuckled softly.
"Yeah,right. Like I'm not welcomed to play poker."
Yasser walked towards him.
"More than unwelcomed." he spat at him severely,looking straight at Alfred's eyes "Do you think I've forgotten what you did to me two hours ago?"
"It was just a prank,bro." Alfred excused,smirking.
Yasser wanted to punch him in the mouth,but he came up with a juicy counter.
"Balfel,like when my older sister dumped you with crude oil on last April Fool's Day!" Yasser replied,also smirking. "Talking about oil fetish!"
Yasser and his friends bursted in a mocking laughter. Alfred trembled and Carly,noticing what'll happen next if she or Bill don't prevent the provocations against their oldest brother,grabbed his shoulder and Bill called them to stop laughing.
"Oh...that was a nice roast,Јаске..." Vuk said,after calming down.
Alfred gave Yasser a murderous look and the latter stuck his tongue out.
"Yasser,can you allow your friends to start up the game,with us involved?" Bill requested,hands on his pockets.
He rolled his eyes.
"Go ahead...sit down." he moved his arm at the empty seats,sighing "Kairo will be the judge this time. He won the latest round."
They,except spectators and now Kairo,have sat down and Yasser dealt cards to Alfred,Bill,Carly,Alba,Vuk and himself. He then told them how to play poker,but most of them were bored hearing them,including Alfred.
All of them got ready and they made their first bets in the clockwise rotation. The first cards were placed on the handpicked five and two jacks. They called or raised through their choices and when it came for Alfred's turn,he didn't do anything for some seconds.
He had a queen,two and four,not enough for a poker hand. He couldn't decide which card to place.
Bill peeked at his cards,sitting on his left side.
"Alfred,place the queen!" Bill advised.
"Why are you raising your voice?!" Alfred snapped at him,whispering loudly "Do you want those brats to know our cards?!"
"Ohh...sorry,then..."
Eyes from the players were onto Alfred,still waiting for his move.
"Here. I call!" he took four plastic coins onto the center.
"Me too!" Carly added,doing the same.
The turns rolled around and when Vuk drew another card,he grinned at his cards. He got four kings and one queen. Vuk covered his poker hand from everyone. He raised the amount of coins at the desk and it was now Alba's turn.
"Alba,can you throw somethin'?" Bill asked her "I think you're inconsistent."
"Tell that to your punk next to you,Bill!" the Andorran girl retorted,giving a gesture "We've waited for him to make his dumb move for an entire minute!"
Yasser followed and threw a diamond eight. He poked Bill's shoulder to make him focus and Bill did a move. Alfred called the coins,and the next move circle went well.
On the third circle,Alfred got an eight and didn't knew what to do next.
"Is this royal flush?" Alfred asked Carly.
She peeked at his cards.
"Every card is different. Maybe it's a 'Clover'."
Alfred turned to her.
"What? 'Clover' doesn't exist."
"Who cares. Say that it does."
He burst into snickering and thanked her. The turn rounds were over and the result-showing has started. Vuk went first.
"Four kings and a queen!" Vuk displayed them,smiling.
Alfred chuckled.
"You're weak,brat." he told him,displaying his own "Clover and an eight!"
Everyone looked at his cards. They were utterly confused,especially Vuk.
"Шта?! That shit doesn't exist!" Vuk protested,standing up angrily "You're a cheat!"
"No I'm not! I won fair and square!"
Pause. Tension was growing around them,to which Alfred cleared his throat.
"Who invited that sav-..." Alfred cut himself off,remembering what he had promised to Carly. He pointed his finger at Vuk "I mean,that smurf in this room?"
"Are you talking to me?" the Sahrawi boy pointed his chest.
"No. I'm talking to Genocidal Brat."
"Really?" Yasser intervened,getting up and went where Alfred sat "Vuk is right,that move doesn't exist. You'll either admit you lost or we'll kick you out and forbid you to never play poker again!"
"Oh,are we now going to resort with threats,little goblin?" Alfred asked Yasser,mockingly.
It made him shut up,but he still stood in front of him with decreasing patience.
"The Aintisar rules don't count the same as the American ones." Alfred tried to justify his supposed 'victory',finally standing up.
"We're playing by Aintisar's rules,presumido!" Kairo snapped at him,pushing him.
"And 'Clover' is one of the main characters from 'Totally Spies'!" Alba added,getting angry "It has nothing to do with Poker!"
"Correct." Carly smiled.
"That's some balls you got,Albaby?" Alfred kept mocking,grinning "Show what you have!"
"I don't have b-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Alba retorted,shouting and blushing.
Yasser got back to his seat and revealed his own results.
"Queen and four aces!" he shouted,angrily,slamming the cards on the desk "What are you going to do next,fucker?!"
It didn't took him long to answer.
"Since when do four aces and a queen stronger than Clover?"
"SINCE FOREVER,GHABI!" Yasser yelled at him,enraged like Vuk "VUK FUCKING WON,N-"
Kairo restrained his arms,trying to make him calm down. Yasser let out an angry snort and crossed his arms.
"You know what,guys,shall we go outside for a snow fight?" Vuk suggested,glancing and smirking at Alfred. He made the rest of them turn to him "Ten against one?"
"Great suggestion,Vuk!" Yasser said,calmed "I'm in!"
With exception of Alfred,Carly and Bill,the rest of them collectively shouted "Yes!" and slowly got up to take their jackets and prepare for the fight.
"10 vs 1?!" Alfred objected,walking towards Vuk "I have Bill and Carly on my side!"
"Pa,if you could gather 18 nations against me in 1999,I'll gather eight or ten of them to 'bomb' you until you suffocate with pain!"
"I'll beat you and your dorks!"
"Says the one who got beaten by me two years ago." Vuk pointed out,menacingly.
"If it wasn't for Ivan's pipe,you would've ended up in the morgue!"
"Like I give a shit,asshole!"
Alfred didn't want to fight against the large number,but since the disco will start after one hour and a half,he took a deep breath and bitterly accepted,and went with his siblings to fight them.
15:25 - At the Cafeteria
It was time for lunch. Alfred and his siblings were at the waiting line carrying food plates. After the snow fight,they,and Alfred in particular,were bombardered with snowballs (along with their enemy team,but less). Vuk and Yasser even made Alfred 'eat' snowballs as they threw them at his mouth constantly. As a whole,they were covered with snow and became wet when they removed from their clothes and bodies.
As the result,Alfred was pissed off.
"You're still upset over the snow fight?" Carly asked in front of him,where she stood behind Bill at the rows.
"No I'm not!" he answered her,sarcastically "Those fucking shits made a living snowman out of me! And you saw how Vuk machine-gunned us with snowballs! He didn't got tired from it!"
"And where do you plan to sit?"
"I don't know,but not anywhere near those savages and enemies,especially near Anislut,her brood and Arishit!"
"Again with 'savages'?"
"I can't help it!" he moaned "You would say those things if you were me!"
"Maybe..."
Aintisar's cafeteria was refreshing,pleasant and filled with people and food aroma. The buffet had,albeit in Syrian style,many variations of meals Alfred liked and disliked,even burritos and hamburgers. He hadn't ate anything since he took off to go to the party,but he was repressing the urge to grab a burrito and eat it. Worse,Anisah was standing near her large barbecue. She was also in charge of grilling meats for upcoming meals.
Bill has picked what he wanted from the buffet into his plate and looked for a seat where Carly and Alfred would eat. Under Alfred's conditions,of course.
Carly got to the food register's segment and grabbed the steel tongs,opened the glass handle and turned her head at him.
"What do you want for lunch,Alfred?" she asked,holding the tongs firmly.
"Absolutely nothing?"
"Why?"
"I don't want to eat her...swills!" he replied. Carly was reproachful and made a face of disgust at how he described this buffet.
After a tiny pause,he continued.
"Do you see this?" Alfred picked a piece of biscuit from his pocket he brought last week. He hadn't eaten that biscuit,but in case of starvation,he kept it "It's a biscuit,and I kiss it with gratitude! Here!" he kissed it,literally "Every crumb I've ever eaten in my life is better than Anislut's entire fucking buffet!"
Bill returned after finding an empty seat for his two siblings. He approached them abruptly.
"As far as I know,you like eating loads of McDonalds' hamburgers with fries on festivities,than what you're biting right now." and then,Bill snickered.
"How can you say that?!" Alfred snapped at him,growling "I don't want to associate myself with those kinds o-"
"YA!" the cashier suddenly shouted at them,making them three jump "Why are you still standing there?! Pick your fucking meal or get out of the Cafeteria! The people in line don't have limitless patience!"
He was right. Ignoring Alfred's potential objections,Carly picked two burritos for her and Alfred,and went to sit at Bill's founded seat.
15:40
Two of them were eating burritos with enjoyment,while Bill ate beef with BBQ sauce. Alfred was uncomfortable for being surrounded by people he despised,but was pleased at the sight of Arisha moaning in sadness. She was greatly upset from hearing what happened to her twin brother,and Liu cheered her up temporarily. She,before getting back to play something in the Game Room and then go back to Liu,found and had conversation outside the snow with Ivan and with Vuk after beating Alfred at snow fight.
"Gosh!" Carly exclaimed,astonished "These burritos are so delicious! I'm loving it!"
Same with Alfred,though he was silent to admit it because of you-know-what.
"I wonder if Emily is around..." Alfred mumbled between bites,eating half of his first burrito "Where could she be?"
"Don't ask me. I haven't seen her in ages." she confessed,also between bites.
"She's usually in the UN cafeteria to aid me in summits and confrontations."
"Well,it doesn't seem that your mom-sis is around." she told him.
"Because of Anislut,for sure!" he said,angrily "At least there's no Mariac to spice up our stay for Anislut's gain!"
One minute had passed as they ate their meal and Anisah,out of curiosity,went towards them.
"You love Syrian Burritos,don't you,Alfie?" Anisah asked him with a smile.
Seeing that she's messing with Alfred,he looked up and punched the desk,and then got up.
"Why are you so obsessive towards me?!" he raised his tone,annoyed and angered "Leave us alone!"
"Not as much as you are with oil and mass murder,sugar." Anisah replied,grinning.
"Excuse me,Señora." Bill intervened,politely "My pals aren't in the mood to chat with you right now,with all due respect."
Anisah snorted softly and left them to check and grill meats on her grill.
"Thank you,Bill." Alfred said,relieved.
"You're welcome."
They continued eating their burritos. The sauce coming from aluminum foil dripped down their plates and observing the Cafeteria,the crowd didn't seem to pay much attention towards them.
Now,as he was about to finish his second burrito,he kept starring at area where Arisha and Liu sat,for some unknown reason. Carly noticed it.
"Al,what are you starring at?"
"At Arisha and Liu." Alfred replied,cleaning the stains from his mouth with napkin. "Ugh,I hate seeing them so close...I wouldn't be surprised if they were secret lesbians!"
"What are you thinking about?" she asked further.
"I'm thinking about pranking Arisha and Anisah."
"Why?"
"You know the reasons,Carly. I'm tired of repeating them." he glanced at her,with his face still fixated on Arisha "That russky bitch was responsible for captioning me after Anislut dumped me with crude oil,along with her Genocidal Brat. They all laughed at me like three 'wise' monkeys. That's the motherfucking reason why April Fools got ruined since!"
He felt it again. The emerging rage. He wanted to jump from his seat and shriek obscenities at Arisha,but took a deep breath.
"Do you want to launch against Arisha and beat the ever-living crap out of her?"
"I would love to...trouble is,I wouldn't dare! Not in the place where the public is watching us." Alfred explained,angrily "I don't want to start a fight!..."
Alfred suddenly lowered his head and chuckled,grimly.
"I want to make her do it..."
She got intrigued and kinda disturbed by his change of tone. What could his father-brother plot about?
"How?"
"I'll explain to you both." Alfred said,in a normal and happy tone "Bill,come! I need to tell you something."
For full five minutes,Alfred explained what he'll do and what would the conditions be to execute his prank. He tasked Carly to distract Arisha by creating a friendly conversation with her,while Bill was tasked to watch if Liu and Vuk are far away from him.
"Have I been clear?"
"Yes!" both Bill and Carly said at the same time.
"Great! I'm gonna go." he got up "It's time for action!"
15:50
"Good afternoon,Arisha!" Carly said,sitting in front of Arisha at the shared (with Liu) table.
Arisha raised her eyebrow.
"Who are you?" she wondered "How do you know my name?"
"Well,I'm Alfred's sibling."
"I already know that. Vuk told me." Arisha said,trying not to show disdain in her voice.
"He's been so playful!"
"Aww,спасибо!"
The first phase of Alfred's plan was done. It was executed immediately after Bill saw and then reported to Alfred that Liu went to Aintisar's terrace to take some fresh air. Alfred sneaked behind Arisha and grabbed her trademark black cap,with such carefulness so as to nor make her scratch her hair.
While Carly and Arisha chatted with one another as planned,Alfred moved towards Gavriella's desk. He chose Gavriella out of everyone in Cafeteria because she's playful to the point of sometimes getting childish,getting sometimes picked on for this. For his personal reason,it's because she's a secret Communist. Gavriella was currently in the bathroom and Alfred filled her cap with spaghetti the former had just picked for her meal,from the plate. Alfred's smile turned into a vile grin when he saw that Gavriella's food had lots of sauce.
"Che cosa?!" Gavriella shouted after getting back,shocked and confused "Where the cazzo is my pasta?!"
He then gave Bill Arisha's spaghetti-filled cap to keep it until he comes back,and make sure that Bill hides the same. Next,he walked towards the Kitchen Door,but not before looking around to see if Anisah is gone. This door was located behind the buffet. Anisah was still standing next to her grill and he sneaked the other way around behind the grill to enter the Kitchen.
When he closed the door,the chefs inside stopped their moves and turned their faces to him. The room was stuffy from hot smokes and the main chef who was inspecting and ordering his fellow employers approached him. He was differentiated by his black uniform out of everyone else who wore the white ones.
"What are you doing here?!" the main chef asked,angrily "This area is restricted for non-authorized personnel!"
"Sir,can you lend me a lighter fluid for a sec?"
"You have no right to interfere,let alone five you a lighter fluid,inside Aintisar's kitchen!" he shouted "Get lost!"
"Mrs. Zaman sent me to bring her a bottle of lighter fluid." he lied with efficacy "I can't leave without lending what she requested. She ordered me to."
"And what are you?! Her friend?!"
Alfred didn't felt so much disgust in his life for hearing these simple questions. He wouldn't dream of being a friend to her.
"Yes."
The main chef turned back and ordered one of them to open a white drawer to take and give the lighter fluid to him.
"Here you go. Make sure you return to me as soon as possible,whoever you are."
"Yes I will."
He exited the Kitchen and saw that Anisah wasn't at the grill. He didn't care where did she go and took the chance. He looked around to see if everyone was watching and they hadn't bothered (they were too busy eating and chatting). The uniformed guards haven't seen him yet. He turned the grill off,rigged the grill by pouring on its grid and went back to give the bottle back to the main chef.
"Here you go,sir!"
"Excellent!" he said,then asked himself,shurgging his shoulders "Why would Anisah want a lighter fluid?..."
They resumed their cooking chores and Alfred,before going back to Bill,he went to find a 'no smoking' sign on an empty table after seeing Adele smoking alone at the right corner of the cafeteria. Without greeting her,he sneaked,grabbed the coke plug,squatted and threw it behind her desk to her left side.
"What was that?" Adele said,turning left.
To which Alfred placed the sign on her desk in one second and rushed towards Bill. Alfred retrieved the cap from Bill and got behind Arisha. She and Carly were still talking.
Carly saw him,but she wasn't stupid enough to dare calling him while he's about to finish his prank (Alfred will never forgive her if she does). Alfred slowly rolled downwards and placed the cap on her head. He tried not to burst in giggle and went back to sit with Bill. He raised the thumb at Carly to give her the signal.
Arisha sensed something wrong on her head. The Bolognese Sauce dripped from her cap and felt on her forehead down to her face. Few of these swirly pastas have sticked out.
"Ma'am,what's happening to your cap?"
Arisha slowly removed her cap and looked inside. The interior of her black cap became incredibly messy. The top of her hair was painted red from sauce and got 'decorated' with pasta.
Arisha got furious in an instant and swiftly got up.
"WHO PUT THE FUCKING SPAGHETTI IN MY CAP,ТРАХИ СВОЮ МАТЬ!?" she yelled at the crowd.
Some of them turned to her,shocked at seeing her ruined hair. They didn't want to get beaten black and blue out of themselves as they didn't had anything to do with this abrupt scene. Shivering in rage,Arisha was asking around and when she got near Alfred and Bill's desk,she yelled at the latter who did this. Bill pointed to the right and Arisha marched towards that direction (while Alfred was hiding behind their seat with his mask on).
Arisha saw Gavriella's stained plate and her waiting for the new spaghetti to come. Detecting her spaghetti-filled cap and his plate,she whisppered coldly to her.
"How dare you..."
Gavriella turned around,she saw the enraged Russian gazing at her,looking at those eyes turning glowlingly red. She was astounded by Arisha's tarnished appearance,having the spagheti and its sause drip all the way down her shoulders. And she feared that it was a coincidence.
"Arisha,w-what happened to y-"
The hard punch in her face cut her off,making her fall onto her desk,slamming it into destruction.
"HOW DARE YOU!?"
Gavriella got up and turned angry. Barring her teeth,she attempted to slap her,but Arisha was quicker,and grabbed her right arm and with the other,she covered Gavriella's head with her ruined cap. As Arisha seethed through gritted teeth,most of the public paid attention and watched the scene in shock. The confused Italian girl resisted and pushed the cap away,punching her head with her own and hitting her nose so badly it made her nose bleed. After half a minute of infighting,the guards reached Arisha and Gavriella. Two of them restrained her and they were about go out of the cafeteria to kick her out,but Anisah just got inside and rushed at them.
All the while,Alfred and Bill (and Carly on Liu's seat) where watching the scene. The former laughed quietly and so did Bill,albeit not much.
"And they say I'm the one who has bratty tantrums." Alfred whispered to him,between giggles.
"Is she always acting like this?" Bill asked,widening his eyes at the scene.
"Yes. She and her drunkard twin are as dumb and fragile as cows." he replied "Poke their ass with a needle and they'll go berserk. That's what those Russky idiots are known for."
Most of the attendants have now come near Arisha and her guards,as well as Liu,Anisah and Vuk.
"What's going on?" Anisah asked,appalled.
"Gavriella placed her spaghetti in my cap!" she pointed at Gavriella "It's her fault!"
"I didn't do SHIT,Arisha!" he yelled at her too "YOU stole my food and then assaulted me as an excuse!...C-C-CONTROL YOUR VODKA ADDICTION!"
"You heard her,Russky." Alfred intervened,crossing his arms,smirking.
"Shut up,Alfreak!" Vuk turned and yelled at him.
Arisha spotted him,took and tightened his neck with both of her hands,slamming against the wooden pillar.
"Did you told her to do it,SCUMMY PINDO!?" she asked him,enraged.
"Are you on drugs?!" Gavriella retorted "I hadn't encountered him,nor did I knew Alfredo was here!"
"And I didn't stole your shitty spa-"
They stopped arguing for a while when they heard two other guards dragging Adele out of the Cafeteria for sitting on a No-smoking seat which Alfred made sure she violates it for trolling him two years prior in the WW1 Celebration.
"Sacré bleu! Why are you dragging me?!" Adele protested,angrily "I can't remember seeing this sing on my desk!"
"You violated the no-smoking laws,ma'am" one of them guards told her,annoyed "If you want to smoke,do so outside!"
"That's outrageous!" Adele said,then screamed "THIS IS THE WORST PARTY EVER!"
"Have a taste of your fuckery,Madele!" Alfred thought with a wide smirk.
The short and surprising silence ceased after they and Adele left the Cafeteria.
"IT WAS HIM!" Arisha pointed her other hand at him,after saw his smirk,squeezing his head at the pillar.
"Arisha,you have to get you out and calm down." a guard reminded her "Paranoia won't help you."
"NO I DIDN'T! I swear!" she pleaded,about to cry "I'm nothing like that!"
"SI SEI,PUTTANA!" Gavriella roared.
Arisha,being surrounded by many and the smirking Alfred who's giving her a mocking look to make her feel guilty,she couldn't stand the hurtful humiliation and released Alfred's neck,and the fact that she her friend Gavriella go hostile on her hurt her more. She burst into tears,cried and pushed the crowd away. Arisha covered her reddened face and ran to head outside and be with her older brother and Adele. Vuk followed her after giving Alfred a hateful look.
At the same time,when Gavriella noticed that Alfred was near her,she retorted:
"And what the fuck are you looking at?!" she snapped at him,angrily "Unless you're kind enough to get me a new pasta,you better stay away from me!"
Once the dust was settled into silence,everything was back to normal for a full minute until Anisah turned the grill on. Unexpectedly (to her),her grill bursted massively and fire caught her and her party clothing. She screamed in pain and ran circularly until the chefs sprayed her and the grill with fire extinguisher. She thanked them,but her traditional dress was now destroyed,revealing some parts of her military shirt and trousers.
Alfred couldn't help but laugh. It pissed Anisah off and made her to advance towards his seat.
"Alright,Al! It's been all fun and games,but you crossed the line!" she snapped at him,also angrily.
"What line,Anisah?" Alfred asked with crossed arms,enjoying her anger "Why are you blaming me?"
"Don't act like you're innocent,Alfred!" Anisah raised her tone "I know you caused every shit in the Cafeteria!"
"What's wrong with the World's blame game?" he asked her,smirking "The World's always blaming Alfred for every problem. Every time someone's killed or beaten it's Alfred's fault."
He kept laughing. Anisah shivered and blushed for him trolling her.
"You think this is FUNNY?!"
Alfred made the widest and sickest grin.
"You mad?"
After hearing those two words,those exact words she uttered to him after she won two years earlier,she growled,raised her hands and screamed in frustration. Anisah stormed out of this place. Alfred enjoyed every second of her agony.
Before deciding to explore more with her siblings,Alfred wanted to have a conversation with Liu. Liu stood in the middle of cafeteria,nearly alone,and watching him for a very long time. She was among the few who witnessed his doing with her own eyes.
"Hey,Liu. Wanna hang out with me,my love?" Alfred flirted at her,making a romantic grimace.
Liu didn't say anything. She only looked up and down and slapped his face,walking away. It hasn't been a hard slap per se,but it nonetheless stung his left face badly. He placed his hand on his cheek.
"You'll be my bride,sooner or latter..." Alfred said,releasing his hand and walking away.
16:15
Anisah advanced upstairs bypassing few floors and private rooms. Barring her teeth,she cursed Alfred in collage of insults she could remember to herself. She hadn't felt so infuriated,frustrated,tricked and mocked in her lifetime since Alfred,that spoiled demagogue,burned her crops almost two months after she pranked him on April Fools. She lost her cool because of him.
And she's been tolerating his antics to repay her mistakes? Did she became a fool now? There was no way she would return to cafeteria after what he had done to Arisha,Gavriella and Adele. She didn't knew if it was true,but in essence,she sensed it was his fault. No one else would've dared to do such things,except Alfred.
When she reached her private room,she slammed the door closed so hard that she thought she broke the lock. Anisah let herself fall on her wide bed,and sat. She placed her hands on her face and tried not to cry. Perhaps this was Aintisar's fate,to get sabotaged by her enemy whom she allowed it to happen because of that foul invitation poster. It hurt her more when she heard Adele's remark that her party is the worst ever. Even if she hadn't harmed Adele,it was all her (Anisah's) fault.
It makes her sick to uphold and carry even more weight on her shoulders than she already has,to believe that she was responsible for this crap.
Everything was silent. Her cold room had its lights turned off. The only light came from the glassy window,letting out white-blue rays resembling winter. All alone,she felt a soft chilling breeze running through her neck. Anisah counted to hundred in an attempt to calm herself down or at least,clear her mind from what she experienced in Cafeteria and its entire mess. By the time she released her hands from her face,her tears were laying on her cheeks. She couldn't help it.
A knock was heard from her closed door. She didn't had the strength to get up and open it,nor did she care. All what she wanted in this instance is to be left alone.
"Don't come in..." Anisah barely spoke out through sobs,upset.
Anisah heard the knocks again,now with a male voice calling her.
"Please...don't..."
At the third time,the guy hadn't knocked and instead simply opened the door. Anisah looked up and saw his older brother Ikram with his waiter dress and not-so-slicked hair taking steps forward.
"Ikram? Wh-what do you want?"
"Can you explain what happened to you?" Ikram asked kindly,sitting beside her and hugging her back.
She took a deep breath and cleaned her tears.
"Alfred happened..."
Ikram hadn't reacted much. He wasn't surprised that Alfred hurt her. Along with Liu,he saw what Alfred has done to Aintisar and by extension,his siblings.
"Let me guess,he messed with you?" he turned to her.
"More than that,he made three major guests to get kicked out and have my dress destroyed." she replied,holding the urge not to cry again "I've yet to convince them to return and join the disco and other stuff."
He sighed.
"You shouldn't have given him the poster. I've warned you constantly and you didn't listen."
Anisah wanted to retort loudly,but because of her current mental state,she closed her eyes and took a deep breath again.
"It's easy for you to say this,Ikram..." Anisah confessed with disdain,glancing at him "I'm under too much burdens and the last thing I want to hear is that nagging,pestering 'poster' warning...It makes me want to end the party altogether..."
"And you didn't do anything about it?"
"La..."
It was his time to admit his impulsiveness to her face. It was his time to relieve pressures from her. To at least try.
"Anisah," he began admitting "I'm sorry for being so...overprotective and annoying. I should've warned you before the last UNSC meeting."
Anisah smiled at him.
"And I'm sorry for lashing out and calling you 'stupid warlock',Ikie." she apologized.
With Ikram and Anisah reconciling,they hugged one another for couple of seconds.
"I'll always look out for you,Nisie,no matter the cost." he told her,in a brotherly tone "And I won't allow that 'great' Satan to hurt you further."
He released his arm from her back.
"That punk must pay."
"You're right. If he wants to play his game onto us,we'll give him ours. We'll no longer bend our knee to him. What we couldn't have accomplished in war shall be done in peace."
"There's Anisah I know!" he raised his tone,proudly.
They both got up from her bed,let Anisah remove her dress into the standard one and went to find Yasser and consult with him. They had a conversation about how to sabotage Alfred's fun playing the Game Room games and with which things would they do so. Afterwards,they briefly closed the Game Room and started adjusting things.
16:50 - In the Game Room
Anisah,Ikram and Yasser have altered the functions of gaming tables. They've retrieved many things to set up mini-pranks for each table. Yasser found two large magnets and adjusted one on the hammer and the other one was the controller,Ikram remote controller for Boxing Arcade Machine,and Anisah found an old white rotten egg from the Kitchen's trash can with her gloves,sprayed it with spray to cover up the stench and put it inside table tennis box.
The game room was still locked and they heard knocks and shouts from those who were waiting and wondering why is this room locked and what's going on inside. They knew that they must unlock it for them to enter,but they need to test their alterations first.
"Job's done!" Ikram said,coming back to his siblings,smiling.
"Mumataz! These should give Alfred funny surprises when he reaches his turn!" Anisah said,smiling mischievously.
Three of them chuckled together at the thought of Alfred's reactions. Anisah in particular couldn't wait to teach her enemy a lesson.
"So,you two were saying that Anisah didn't want to kick him out even when Alfred had pranked her?" Yasser asked,concerned "I couldn't stand watching his smug face!"
Same with everyone in general.
"Had I've been in charge of Aintisar and not our sister,I would've never given him the poster in the first place." Ikram replied,sternly "What she should've done was to kick the American Satan out and,why not,permit the guards to beat him up until his entire skin turns red with blood!"
"I'm not sure if I could agree with your hardline stance towards the unwanted." Anisah commented "It was me who let it happen,after all..."
"I don't know when I haven't taken a hard line against the living vermin like Alfred,Anna,Jorgen and Befrin." Ikram said,turning to Anisah. He placed his hand on her shoulder.
She responded by turning her head.
"Listen,forget about your current worries. There's nothing you and I could change the permanent." he encouraged her,smiling "What we should opt to do is to game on with our friends and enemies and see the results. Trust me,the modifications will work."
Anisah nodded and thanked him for hiving her hope. She unlocked the door and the kids,teens and some of her siblings have entered in an instant. Dastan Pahlavi was among the waiting people and greeted shook hands with three of them.
The blessed welcome and happiness has ended when Alfred and his siblings have entered,as excepted.
"Hey,Anislut! What are you doing here?" Alfred asked her,arrogantly "I thought you committed suicide after your dress got engulfed in flames!"
All of them heard him and they didn't like what he just said,not even Bill and Carly. Yasser and Ikram made an angry face and crossed their arms,while Anisah smiled despite having a good reason to get angry again.
"I like your sarcasm,Alfie. It was a technical difficulty." she crossed her arms,ignoring his sentence's aims "Nothing will stop Aintisar from functioning even when I'm gone...No hard feelings."
Alfred was completely disgusted at her words,and much less when he saw his long-time enemy Dastan standing beside the boxing machine,starring at him.
Anisah called everyone to step backward into a half-round formation,to give them the official announcement. Yasser gave her the microphone.
"Everyone! You all came in this room at right time!" Anisah spoke up from this object "I invited you to compete and win three games,while some might want not to participate and go to disco or outside. I wouldn't mind if they do so."
She made a pause.
"Each of you will pick three people as your teammates. Any team who wins all of three games in one row I chose,will get access to the secret location!"
All of them got excited in intrigue and fascination. Many of them like Vuk and Anna were talking about what could this location be. Neither Alfred and his pals knew what,but he was eager to step in.
"You and my team will win your pathetically easy games!" Alfred bragged,also crossing his arms with his usual menacing smirk "I hope your location has artif-"
"Oil?"
"WHAT?! Why are you breaking into my words?!" he angrily snapped at her,making the rest break into laughter.
"Nope."
"You..."
Bill quickly poked him to remind him that he's in front of tens of eyes who are starring at him,which made Alfred to growl.
"Аниса!" Vuk suddenly asked,approaching her "Does this supposed 'secret location' have a cinema?"
She hadn't thought about establishing a cinema in Aintisar,to her honesty.
"It's way better than what you think,Vuk." Anisah told him "You'll find out once you and your team win."
"We'll try our best."
"No,Genocidal Brat! It's going to be MY team!" Alfred interjected,pointing himself.
"Whatever you say,Alfred." Anisah replied. She then winked "I've organized this contest just for you."
Alfred rolled his eyes. After they finished arguing,the crowd made team groups of three.
"Alright! You're now ready!" Anisah exclaimed,starting the contest.
17:05
The first game she introduced was High Striker. Anisah told them how does this game play and its points system.
"Here's how you do." Anisah showed them,grabbing the mallet. It was kinda heavy for her "You grab this,raise it up in the air and BOOM!" she smashed the mallet onto the pad midly,making its silver ball go to the middle line and fall down.
"That seems easy." Dastan said,placing his hand on his chin.
She then turned to the crowd.
"Any volunteers?"
Alfred raised his hand.
"Aside of Alfred?"
It made him facepalm in annoyance.
"Can I try?" Kairo asked.
"Step right up!"
"Ugh,that weakling..." Alfred thought in disgust.
Kairo walked towards the machine,who represented his team consisting of Tahira,Alba and himself,grabbed the mallet from Anisah's hands and smashed it. He got 7 out of 15 points.
"You tried your best,Kario." she told him. Kairo made an upset face "Which team would you want to give the mallet next?"
He lend it to Drazen's team and hit the pan. Drazen's teammate Dhimiter gained 9 out of 15. He then gave it to Yasser and the latter scored 13 out of 15,almost getting the high strike. The next in line was Vuk and he scored at 11.
Vuk was about to give the mallet to Atreus which represented his own team,but Alfred pushed him away into falling to the floor,taking away the mallet from Vuk's hands. It made Vuk yell "HEY!".
"Step aside,brat!" Alfred boasted "This type of a game is my specialty!"
He continued.
"Anislut,look how I'll hit,count the points and tell the crowd to back off!" Alfred ordered "I'll break your machine!"
"Do it."
As she spoke her words,Anisah whispered to Yasser that it's now the right time to turn on the magnet. When Alfred raised the mallet,Yasser got the connecting magnet near the other one on mallet's opposite side and pulled it slowly.
"What...What's happe-"
Yasser swiftly dropped the magnet under the Billiard Table. The mallet hit that table and Alfred fell backwards,hitting his head on the table's rail,on his ass. The crowd made a soft giggle.
"Ouch!" Alfred shouted,massaging his head "What the fuck is wrong with your mallet?!"
He scored zero points.
"Too heavy for you?" Anisah guessed jokingly,hands on her hips.
"It's impossible!" Alfred complained,pissed off "Then how could those fucking brats lift this object with ease?!"
"You're just too lean and mean for this mallet,Alfie."
Alfred started to shiver and tremble in growing anger,but as of now he wasn't pissed enough to cause a physical fight.
Vuk and his team were declared victors and they proceeded to the second game: Boxing Arcade. They immediately started the game. Dastan aimed and punched first at the bag with full strength and got 878 points.
"Heh,what a show-off!" Alfred spat again,now at Dastan "He punched as if he's two-meters tall. That's how I punch when I'm tired!"
Dastan turned to him and cracked his fisted knuckles.
"Do you want a beatdown?!" Dastan shouted,raising his fist in a threatening manner.
"No,Dastie,let him bark." Anisah grabbed his arm,glancing at Alfred "He's just provoking you."
He took a deep breath and let his ally Ikram take a turn. Ikram walked backwards and rushed to punch the bag with his head. Ikram did so with such force that he got 980 points. As a result,his hair got instantly messy.
Tahira came next and got 634 points. Bill got 770 while Carly 540.
After Carly gave Tatjana to punch,the latter called Alfred to take a shot. He spat his palms,rubbed them and the second he let out his punch,Ikram locked the bag via remote control and it blocked it's push.
"Ahh!...Are you serious?!" Alfred shouted with even more anger,getting enraged.
"Can you try again?" Anisah suggested in a trolling manner.
He loathed her voice. Alfred repeated and the bag didn't moved.
"Not again!" he shook his hand,how much it hurt "You know what,I'm gonna fix this bag!"
Alfred leaned near the bag and through Ikram's control (which he did so behind his back),it moved backwards. He leaned backwards and so did it. Figuring out,Alfred moved his face until the bag got to its slot. Ikram instantly unlocked and let the bag fall forward. It hit his nose badly,making Alfred place his hands on it.
Most of the crowd laughed.
"THE FUCK!?" Alfred yelled,enraged "THIS GAME IS HIJACKED!"
"I'm sorry,my dude." Anisah replied,sassily "I know it's rough...rough losing,constantly."
Alfred fumed and his shiverings became visible.
"DON'T CALL ME LOSER!" he screamed at her,though the edge of his lungs.
It only made her to giggle. She enjoys humiliating him back.
"Look who's having a tantrum..." Alba spoke out quietly,but Alfred somewhat heard it and turned his head at her.
Carly,seeing that his sibling is on the brink to crack,comforted him and told him to calm down. When the third and last game of table tennis was announced,he accepted Anisah's invitation to play together,but he told Carly and Bill that he can't take it for much longer.
"Fine,but this time,no cheating!"
"I promise,bum." Anisah said,smiling.
He blushed in anger over getting called sassy names. Both of them positioned themselves on two opposite lines and took their rackets. The crowd are now watching and most of them wanted Anisah to win.
"Wanna ping the pong first?" Anisah asked,using glossaries.
"You mean,ball?"
"Duh!"
She threw the ball and Alfred caught it with his hands. The game began. Alfred used his racket to hit the ball on her. Anisah hit back and they repeated for five seconds,with the ball ending up falling on Anisah's side.
"You have great skills for a freshman." Anisah complimented.
"Professional!" Alfred corrected her,annoyed.
The second round followed. It was more challenging than the first one,as Anisah blocked and flipped left 'n' right faster. Alfred was slower and the ball fell on his side.
"1/1!" Anisah shouted.
"I'll make it 4/1 for me!" Alfred replied.
The third and fourth round went similar to their second round. It was now 2/2.
On the final round,Anisah smirked and grabbed the rotten egg from its tennis box.
"Al,catch!"
Anisah raised her racket up and threw it. She delivered final blow. It launched against Alfred's face like a bullet,filling his face with rotten yolk.
This time,everyone was shocked. No laughter was heard. Anisah made a menacing face,and every part of Alfred's body shivered and vibrated in fury. He sniffed the rot and held his breath to not gag.
"It hurts to lose this hard,doesn't it?" she said,provoking him.
His mind cracked and ran towards her,yelled and raising his hand swiftly to beat the everliving crap out of her. As soon as he got close,someone suddenly grabbed his right arm and pulled leftwards,as if trying to rip it off.
"AAAAHHHH!" he screamed in pain "WHO THE-"
It yelled back,imittating Alfred's screams.
"SCREAM LOUDER NOW THAT YOU'RE AT IT,APE! COME ON!"
They screamed together like a dual chorus,however unintentional,much to the crowd's muted amusement. Once Alfred stopped,Ikram followed. Five seconds of silence later,Ikram tightened the grip.
"YOU WON'T RAISE YOUR PUTRID HAND ON MY SISTER,BLONDE DEMON!" Ikram yelled from behind in equal rage,gritting his teeth.
Alfred turned his head.
"Oh,it's you... Dickram!"
Alfred rolled at the opposite direction to slam Ikram's body,only to have his face smashed against the tennis table by Ikram. The latter plucked the former's hair and pulled it.
"I CAN TOLERATE YOUR IMMATURE WHININGS,PRANKS AND YOUR CONSTANT ABUSES IN MY OWN HOUSE AND OUT,BUT NOWHERE WOULD I ALLOW YOU TO HURT ANISAH,YASSER OR MY ENTIRE FAMILY YOU VIEW AS ANYTHING BUT PEOPLE! Pranking my sister isn't enough for you?!"
"More than eno-AH-AH-ugh!" Alfred tried to speak,feeling his arm pulled more by Ikram "Anisah and people like her deserve the wo-"
He was cut off by another slam against his head. Ikram turned Alfred's head to look at his eyes.
"Say that in private place,punk!" Ikram kept telling him off,furious. Then he reverted his one-low shout into a yell "YOU THINK I'M AFRAID OF YOU?! THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU AND YOUR TWO FILTHS' PRESENCE IN AINTISAR EXISTS IS BECAUSE ANISAH GAVE YOU THE INVITATION POSTER,OTHERWISE YOU WOULD'VE STAYED IN YOUR FUCKING BUNKER WHENCE YOU CAME!... NOW,IF I SEE A HINT OF RAISING YOUR FUCKING HAND ONE MORE TIME AT ANYONE AROUND US,I'LL TEAR YOUR LIMBS APART AND PLACE THEM INTO CHEMICAL INCUBATORS!"
His last words have echoed the room. Ikram released him violently and returned to the surrounded crowd. He panted quietly and Alfred slowly stood up and turned,utterly humiliated and mentally beaten. Everybody was stunned at Ikram's interference and his fiery rant against Alfred,the most being Bill and Carly. They didn't had the will to stop Ikram,for they would too fell the host's older brother's wrath. Anisah smiled at Ikram in gratitude.
"JUST ONE MORE!" Ikram shouted again with crossed arms,deterring him.
Alfred's limit of taking more tricks reached its limit. Summed up to rotten egg throw and berates from a weaker but (now) fearless foe,he rushed inside the bathroom to wash his face immediately. Carly and Bill rushed with him.
"Excuse me,Ikram." Kairo called.
"Nem?"
"Where did those three idiots go?"
"Hmph! They went to change Satan's diapers." Ikram answered,unable to avoid a chuckle "He shat himself like a turtledove for getting his comeuppance. He never was a 'tough guy'. Alfred is such a coward..."
Kairo snickered at his answer and told this to Yasser and Anisah.
"Everyone!" Anisah called them,joyfully "Let's chant 'Loser' outloud! LOSER,LOSER,LOSER!..."
With exception of Ikram,the rest of them clapped their hands and chanted until Alfred shrieked like a girl. They stopped for a while as Alfred had just punched a mirror with full force,breaking down. It made them burst in pure laughter.
"Now let's repeat with a new word: 'Brat'! BRAT,BRAT,BRAT!..."
And they did so again until they stopped when Bill opened the door,leaning.
"STOP!" Bill shouted at them "You're gonna crucify him with your bullyin'! You don't want to see Alfred more wackier than he already is!"
"I'M NOT A WACKO!" Alfred screamed from the distance,hearable from bathroom.
At this instance,Anisah invited the crowd to enter Disco as she looked at the time which displayed five minutes late than when was supposed to start. They gladly accepted.
Vuk and Alba were especially happy at how the Game Room event ended,while they took a walk to follow Anisah.
"Vuk,did you saw how Ikram taught the Yanqui a lesson?" Alba said in an amazed tone.
"Јесам!" Vuk replied,smiling "Who knew that an earthling could match Alfreak's level and steal his thunder! If only Arisha had been there to record this scene."
"Nah! Maria is way better at that than your oldest sister,Vukie."
"True,but where's Marija?"
"In the Secret Location."
"Can I go there?"
"Sí,after we exhaust ourselves dancing."
"If Ikram had the same strenght as his words and tone,he would've become a respected Superpower to be reckoned with."
Meanwhile in the bathroom,Bill and Carly were struggling to restrain Alfred from keeping screaming and punching at everything. Alfred was cleaning his face and glasses in the midst of it.
"HAVE YOU FOUND MY MEDS?!"
"I'm finding them,Al!" Bill said,searching through Alfred's bag "When was the last time you took them?"
"8 hours prior." Carly answered.
"8 HOURS?!" Alfred shouted "I need to take them before I slay those fucking troglogytes!"
"Your face smells like a diaper."
"SHUT UP,WILLIAM!"
17:40 - Disco Club
In the largest room of Aintisar,colorful lights were turned on and Anisah was testing out buttons to make sure they function for Disco.
"Testing,testing! One,two,one! Are we here?" Anisah said through microphone.
"Yes!"
The one who spoke out weren't Yasser or Ikram. It was her DJ know only by his initials of 'MM' or 'Double M' as she would call him. He wore the black Jihadist uniform and his skin was slightly darker than the Mideast ones. MM has the Hispanic accent and his eyes were brown.
"Hasn! Are the music sets ready?"
"Every last one of them have been categorized into play."
"Very well,then." she put her hands on her hips,looking down the nightclub field "Return to the DJ Room. Insert your first remix you want to play."
MM nodded and did what she said. Lots of guests have entered the Club and joined those who have already entered before them. The most noticeable guest was Anna,whom she spent her entire time inside Malik's personal Harem with his Gulf Gang (Abu,Abdoulaye,Aisha and Samir) like smoking pot (and other abnormal shit),not wanting to expose herself in front of Alfred and basically,everyone...because of Ikram.
It was only when the Nightclub was officially opened,giving Anna a chance to come out and dance.
"LADIES AND GENTELMEN!" Anisah proclaimed,raising her tone "Welcome to Aintisar's Nightclub! LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! MM,BEAT IT!"
MM played its first remix and maxed the volume,and everybody started partying and dancing. Stage lights highlighted few areas and sweet-smelling smoke was unleashed.
With the relative outcome of her success and the absence of his enemy in her Disco Club,she was proud of Aintisar's current turnout. Anisah wasn't wrong,despite all,the party will continue its fun and happy line. Or so she thought...
Here's the Aintisar's second part!
P.S Sorry for delay. I've posted one new story and one new SW chapter,and I was busy with university stuff. Hope you understand.
To be continued...
