Hey everyone! So, this chapter is in fact shorter than the others. Like, I think that besides the first chapter it's the shortest. Anyway, doesnt matter. Quality over Quantity right? Anyway, hope you... Enjoy this. Nothing more to say really. Besides that I will officially be closing off all character submissions next chapter. Anyone who's been submitted and accepted will still appear, but once the next chapter comes out, I'm closing off the submissions. So, last chance guys! Anyway, have fun.
-Aftermath-
"Please! She's gonna die!" Emily screamed at Alrik, as he healed her injuries. He merely looked back at Violet, who was currently suspended by hooks embedded in her shoulders and hands. Alrik shook his head, and turned back to Emily.
"I know." He said, making a point to avoid the bright blue eyes of the girl he was healing. He didn't know if he could take that. What Victoria was doing was cruel, plain and simple.
"So help her, please! She's gonna suffocate!" Emily yelled at him, Alrik nodded. Often what killed the victims of a crucifixion was suffocating, and Violet's situation wasn't too far off.
"I have to go. You're both healed to the best of my ability. Victoria will be coming back, I suggest you prepare yourself." Alrik told her, before he left the room, taking one look back at Violet as the door shut. Emily looked at the blonde.
"Violet! Talk to me!" Emily yelled, Violet rolled her head to the other side and let out a tiny squeak. Emily shook her head. "Don't worry, everything's going to be-"
Emily was interrupted by the door slamming against the wall and Victoria storming into the room. She waved her hands, and the chains, and hooks the had suspended Violet disappeared. The blonde crumbled on the ground, curling up into a ball. Victoria shook her head, and gripped Violet's hair roughly, dragging her into a chair in the center of the room.
"Stop… Please…" Violet murmured pathetically, Victoria glared at her and drew her knife, grabbing Violet's hair and yanking it back, pressing the blade against her cheek, so the tip was in her vision. Violet whimpered.
"You're pathetic." Victoria spat before she made a quick cut on Violet's cheek. She used some straps on the chair to bind Violet, before moving over to Emily, and dissolving the chains, and shackles that held her. Dragging Emily to the chair in front of Violet, and strapping her in the same way, before turning to Violet.
"No more…" Violet pleaded as tears rolled down her cheeks, Victoria smiled. After the first two hours Violet had stopped screaming, and had started begging for it to stop. Victoria drew her knife, causing the blonde's face to twist in fear, shaking her head several times. "No… Please…"
"Give me a number between one and ten." Victoria ordered, Violet just looked at her confused.
"What?"
"One and Ten, or I'll pick for you." Victoria repeated, as she made another quick cut across Violet's arm, eliciting a whimper of pain from her.
"Five…" Violet said, Victoria smiled and moved behind Emily's chair, placing her hand on the girl's shoulder. She drove her knife into Emily's shoulder, causing her to scream. She hadn't been cut nearly as much as Violet. Most of the time Violet refused to let Emily be hurt, but when she passed out, Victoria had to switch targets.
"One." Victoria said, before she pulled the knife from Emily's shoulder, she put the knife above Emily's left hand, before driving it through her hand, and the wood of the chair. "Two."
"Stop, don't hurt her…" Violet whimpered, Victoria just smiled as she pulled the knife out.
"Don't be greedy. Three." Victoria said as she drove the blade into Emily's leg, just above the knee. She pulled the knife out, after a satisfying scream of pain from Emily. Victoria pressed the knife to Emily's arm and drug it along until she reached the elbow. "Four, and Five." Victoria said as she drug the knife along Emily's stomach making a cut that wasn't too deep.
"You're sick." Emily muttered, Victoria just hummed.
"Give me a number between Five and Ten Emily." Victoria commanded, Emily let out a shuddering sigh, whatever number she picked would be how many times Violet got cut.
"Six." Emily answered quickly, Victoria smirked, this girl thought she knew what was going on, but she had no idea.
"Eleven it is." Victoria said before she paused a moment. "One second, I'm going to make sure you two are nice and close, wouldn't want either of you to miss what happens next." Victoria said, as she used Darkness to drag Violet's chair closer. So that the girl's fingers were touching.
"It's going to be okay…" Violet said, taking a shuddering breath, but Emily was unsure if that was supposed to reassure her, or both of them, she only knew that she didn't like seeing Violet in pain. Emily extended a finger and wrapped it around one of Violet's. Drawing a small smile to the blondes lips as she returned the gesture.
"No. It's really not." Victoria said, before she grabbed Emily by the hair, and pulled her head back, before she drove the knife into the side of her throat, dragging across to the other side, so that the blood sprayed all over the screaming, and crying blonde's face. Violet passed out from shock almost as soon as Emily's finger stopped gripping hers.
-Aftermath-The Party House-Two Hours Earlier-
"Violet!" Kya called out, as she made her way outside. She looked around to see Oathkeeper's Key-Chain on the ground. She reached down, and picked it up, beginning to panic. Violet would never willingly leave Oathkeeper behind, she was stupid, but she wasn't that stupid. Jesse walked up to Kya, who was looking at the dark skies, she had a bad feeling about this.
"Kya! Have you seen Emily?" Jesse asked, Kya shook her head, and turned to Jesse.
"No. Have you seen Violet?" Kya asked, worry lacing her voice, something was wrong. She could feel it. What she couldn't feel was Violet, usually she could feel her presence, but now it was just gone. She could feel something from Oathkeeper, it was what helped her find it in the first place, but no Violet.
"No. They were together last I heard, came out here." Jesse said, Kya shook her head and glared at the darkness of the night sky.
"We're looking for them then. Get Damon, Ashley, and Xinek. I have a feeling we'll need someone inside the darkness to help." Kya explained, in an authorative voice, Jesse nodded, and left to find them. "Violet… You better be okay." Kya said, as she clutched Oathkeeper's Key-Chain in her hands. One question on her mind however was, why was Oathkeeper still here, wouldn't it have been taken too?
"What do you mean missing?" Damon demanded, as Jesse dragged him, Ashley, and Xinek out of the house, over to Kya. Kya glared at him.
"Exactly what it sounds like. As far as we know, Violet and Emily are missing. Our priority is to find them." Kya told him, he shook his head, a look of anger on his face.
"I swore I would protect her." He muttered, Ashley nodded.
"So did I." Ashley said, before she checked her pocket's pulling out two Key-Chain's and clipping them to her belt.
"I don't know why I'm here. You don't like me, I don't like you. So, why?" Xinek asked, Kya glared at him.
"Because, I can feel a bit of Dark energy, I can smell it. Something tells me it's directly related to their disappearance." Kya told him, Xinek nodded.
"Uh huh. So this isn't your natural hatred of the Children of Darkness speaking up?" Xinek asked, with a smirk. Kya glared at him.
"No. Now shut up, and follow me. I need you because you're apart of the Children of Darkness, I have them because they're Protectors of Balance. Ashley, Damon, is there any chance that the Protectors could have done this?" Kya asked, Ashley shook her head.
"Zack loves Violet like she's his own flesh and blood. He would never do anything to hurt her, and wouldn't take her without taking her, Toni, and Kelsi. Because he knows they would demand to be with her." Ashley told her, Kya nodded.
"Right. Hey, you two. You see two girls, one's blonde, the other has orange hair." Kya asked, the couple who had come out of the bushes, they exchanged a look.
"Yeah… Just briefly because we were… busy, I think Victoria went to talk to them. After that, I don't know where they went." The boy explained, Kya nodded, and waved them off, looking at Xinek with a glare, he held his hands up in defeat.
"It was the Children of Darkness. Come on, I know our first stop." Kya said, before she turned and stomped off. Damon, Ashley, Jesse, and Xinek followed her.
"Regardless I didn't know about it. I've never even been to the main base. Don't know if they even have one." Xinek said, Kya shook her head. "So… I like your hair." Xinek said simply to Ashley, who glared at him.
"My sister's missing, and you're hitting on me?"
"It was just a compliment, though if you want me to start hitting on you…"
"Shut up." Kya told them both. Xinek shook his head.
"I'm not into moping around, I may be antisocial, but I don't wanna be miserable, especially around friends."
"I'm not your friend." Kya told him, Xinek rolled his eyes.
"Duh, no. I'm talking about Jesse, and Damon. They like me, or at least tolerate me. I mean, I kinda tolerate them. Don't really like people all that much. Didn't even want to join a faction, wish I coulda opted out like Violet did. Thought about it, but then I thought they wouldn't let me so I didn't, and-"
"Do you ever shut up?" Kya snapped, stopping, and turning to glare at him, Xinek shrugged.
"Yes. I mean, like usually but, you know…" he trailed off as Kya made an enraged noise and turned around, continuing down the sidewalk a bit faster. "Around friends." Xinek finished his statement.
"Man, I like you, you're cool, but this is serious." Damon told him, Xinek glared at him.
"You think I'm not being serious? No, I get it, we need to find Blondie, but like I said, I don't wanna be miserable during it." Xinek told them, as Kya stopped in front of a house and opened the fence gate.
"Where are we?" Damon asked, Kya merely glared at him, and stormed up the front porch, before banging on the front door loudly. Everyone else was behind her. Moments later the door opened to reveal a man.
"Mr. Carrington, my name is Kya, Guardian of Light. I need to ask your daughter a few questions, please." Kya told him, his eyes widened, this was the legendary Guardian, at his door!
"Right away, Miss Kya!" He exclaimed, closing the door, Kya smiled. She recognized him, he went to Yen Sid's a few times while she was training. She lead his group once while the Masters were busy.
"Didn't expect that." Xinek said, Kya turned and glared at him for a moment before the door opened, Emma was standing there in pajamas. Looking confused.
"What is it?" Emma asked, Kya glared at her, and gripped her pajama top, pulling her close.
"Where is she? Victoria? Violet? Either of them, you know something. Victoria's your best friend so tell me where they are." Kya demanded, Emma just looked at her confused.
"I don't know what you're talking about! Let go of me!" Emma exclaimed, Kya shook her head.
"Violet is missing. Victoria was seen approaching her right before that. Where are they?" Kya asked, Emma shrugged, with a worried look.
"What do you mean missing?" Emma asked, Kya shook her head.
"Where could they be?" Kya demanded, Emma let out a sigh.
"I don't know, maybe the Catacombs?" Emma half asked, half answered. Kya raised an eyebrow at Xinek, who looked just as confused as the rest of them.
"Where are the Catacombs?" Kya asked, Emma shrugged.
"I don't know. I've never been there, Victoria has, and she told me the only way to get in would be through a Dark Corridor. Problem is you need to know where it is in the Dark Realm to find it, so I cant help you."
"Anyone know how to make Dark Corridors?" Kya asked, Ashley bit her lip.
"No, but I think we should go tell Toni, and Kelsi. If Violet really is there, they deserve to know. And I guarantee that they're more adept than we are to handle this." Ashley explained, Kya let out a sigh, and let go of Emma.
"Thank you." Kya said, before turning around.
"Could you tell me when you find her?" Emma asked, causing Kya to stop on the steps, and let out a sigh, turning her head to look at her.
"Yes, and I would be wary of Victoria from now on." Kya said before she left, the others trailing behind her.
-Aftermath-Present Time-Hart Residence-
"Please Love, stop pacing, I want a hug." Kelsi pleaded, Toni stopped, and turned to her, letting out a sigh. Toni moved over and hugged her wife. Kya shook her head, as she stared out the window, Tsubaki on her shoulder. Jesse was sitting on the couch, bouncing his leg restlessly. Xinek looked slightly uncomfortable.
"I should be out there… We should be out there." Toni said, Kelsi smiled at her.
"Zack has it handled. Don't worry Love, this is for the best. We need to be here just in case Violet comes back. Believe me, I want to find her, but this is the best course of action." Kelsi explained, Toni shook her head.
"Violet?" Kya asked, causing everyone to look at her. She looked down at Oathkeeper, she could feel something from it. Violet was back, she didn't know how she knew, only that she knew. "I can feel her… Come on, I know where to go!" Kya exclaimed running off, followed by the others.
"Where is she?" Jesse asked, hoping for some information on Emily. Kya ignored him, the group ran for about thirty minutes until they reached a park. Kya led them as the feeling inside Oathkeeper grew stronger. Until she saw Violet, on the ground, covered in blood alongside Emily, who was facedown. Not breathing, while Violet's was very faint.
"Violet!" Kya yelled, as she ran to the unconscious girl. Toni and Kelsi followed her, Jesse went to Emily and turned her over.
"No! Please, no!" Jesse yelled as tears came to his eyes, staring into Emily's glassy, lifeless eyes, he grabbed her and held her against his chest crying loudly. "Please… No, no! You cant… This cant be happening, not to you… not to you!"
"We need to get her to the hospital." Kelsi said, looking to Toni, and Kya. "Kya, I'm trusting you to carry her. Toni, I need you to run and get Zack, bring him there too. Jesse… I'm sorry, but you need to bring her too." Kelsi said, Toni reluctantly left, but not before giving Violet a kiss on the forehead.
"You better wake up kid. Be back soon." Toni said, before standing up, and taking off as fast as she could. Kya pulled Violet into her arms, and cradled her against her, staring worriedly down at the blonde's pain stricken face. The cut's weren't too noticeable. Whoever healed her knew what they were doing. Kya shook her head as she and Kelsi lead Jesse, and Xinek to the hospital, Jesse carrying Emily.
-Aftermath-
That's been in the planning for a while. Emily's death. It sucks, I know. I didnt have fun writing that, because I really liked Emily. But, Victoria's an evil bitch. So... Next chapter? Well, things will be more depressing, Violet wont really be herself for a while, I mean, who would be the same after an experience like that? So, we'll just see where this goes guys. Dont kill me, like I killed off Emily. Too soon? Anyway, you know the drill by now. If you liked, or disliked, leave a review, follow, favorite, if only to see Victoria get what's coming to her. Maybe.