Two days passed and although tedious, Sadie returned back to her usual self. The next morning, She picked up her backpack and headed out for an early zombie slaying. It was even more fun when she visualized each of them as the judge.
"Silence!" She stabbed one in the chest. "Eternal damnation!" Another was decapitated. "Um..Abomination!" Sadie elbowed one to the ground before stabbing it through the heart. 'One more. Hmm.' She scratched her head. "I am guiltless. He ran, I pursued." The sword impaled the creature's head.
"Are you mocking me?" The judge walked outside with a straight face, dressed in his attire. 'Don't answer him.' Sadie passed him and went back inside to shower.
Clopin stood up and smiled as Sadie wasn't sickly pale anymore. He lightly shook his friend's shoulder. "Ugh. For pete's sake Clopin. It's six in the morning!" Quasi sat up with a groan. "Yes I know. But nevertheless we're burning daylight." Esmeralda rose her head in confusion. "What on earth are you talking about? We can't just abandon Sadie here."
"Abandon whom?" Sadie leaned against the doorway with her backpack on her shoulders and hands in her shorts. Her hoodie was wrapped around her waist. She smiled.
"Sadie!" Quasimodo stood up and tightly hugged her. "You're alright!" "Yep. Alive and well."
"Let's not waste anymore time then." The gypsy woman rose to her feet with a smile and went to shower. The boys left to another bathroom. Meanwhile, the girl searched around the place to look for some food. 'That bread probably has mold on it by now.'
After five minutes of searching, she came across a kitchen with a basket of what appeared to be fresh fruit. At least they looked fresh anyway. Sadie picked up a red apple and checked it for any bruises before eating it. "These three seem good as well! Dumb luck." She sighed and picked up four more, along with two of the oranges.
She walked into the living room to find her friends, and Frollo, waiting for her.
"She's better all right." Clopin smiled and caught the apple she tossed it to him. Sadie handed one to Quasimodo and Esmeralda. "Do you guys think you can multitask or do you want to stay here and finish first?" She handed the judge the last apple without looking at him. The apple core of hers was tossed in the trash.
"It's rather unwise if you ask me." Sadie ignored Frollo's comment but secretly felt guilty afterwards for doing so.
"I'm a slow eater. I'm sorry." Clopin blinked and continued to eat his fruit. "It's fine. We can't afford for another one of us to get sick." She nodded and went to search around for anything else that could become useful.
"Now that's the Sadie we know." Esmeralda smiled. "Yep." The hunchback nodded.
"You three do realize that there is a possibility that she will become dizzy once she becomes too hyper, correct?"
"What do you care?" Quasimodo finished his apple.
"Precisely my dear boy."
"Huh?" Clopin scratched his head.
Sadie walked back to the room with their weapons and assigned them. Quasimodo with the gun and Clopin, Esmeralda, and herself with the swords. The judge looked at her, puzzled. She shivered once their eyes met.
"What's clouding your thoughts, heathen?" The girl shook her head and walked to the front door. Frollo rolled his eyes and noticed Esmeralda and Quasimodo do the same.
Clopin joined them a minute later. "You guys have everything?"
"Yep." The hunchback nodded.
"Cool. Sorry about the delay guys." Sadie held the door open for the judge without another word. "Aw that's alright Sadie. Everyone gets sick once in a while." Clopin rubbed her shoulder while holding the sword in his other hand.
Esmeralda stabbed a zombie in the chest and yanked her sword back. "A history lesson for you all." She bowed. Clopin, Quasi, and Sadie slowly clapped then laughed. The girl then sighed as she heard Frollo's footsteps behind her.
"I think I can aim this." The hunchback pointed Sadie's gun at a zombie fifty feet away and shot it, but it went over the creature's head. He sighed with a frown. "It alright Quasi. You just need some practice. Try a few more times." Sadie patted his shoulder. The hunchback cleared his throat and looked through the scope. Another bullet was fired but it also missed. "Never mind. Can we trade Sadie?" She hummed. "Of course." They traded weapons. "It does take some time to get used to."
Sadie tightened her eyes as she felt the judge's breath on her neck. "L..Let's keep walking guys." She nervously spoke. "We have a lot of ground to cover."
All three of them nodded. "I hope we can find a map somewhere." Esmeralda blinked. "Yeah that would be useful. And a ship or boat." Clopin sighed. "Why a boat?" Sadie tilted her head. "I don't know. Maybe to sail to across the sea." "Clopin, that could take days. Weeks even." The gypsy woman sighed. "But to be fair, I don't think zombies are very good swimmers." Quasi hummed at Sadie's remark. "True."
The hunchback turned his head as the girl disappeared from beside him. "Sadie?" He shook his head then noticed she was now a few feet behind him. "Oh. There you are. What happened?"
"As said earlier my dear boy, every leader is also a follower." Frollo sighed. Esmeralda silently groaned. "Can you just stop before you make her nauseous again?" She took Sadie by the hand and brought her beside her.
"Then I will be more than delighted to carry her again." He smirked. Sadie placed a finger on the trigger of her gun. 'Choose me. Or the fire.' She shivered at his words that will never leave her thoughts then turned around to face him, causing the judge to almost knock her down. He held out a hand to catch her but she turned her body so that her back hit the pavement.
Frollo rose an eyebrow. "What was that nonsense about?" "Just tell me what you want with me!" She hiccuped. He was quiet for a minute. "With you?" The girl slowly nodded. "Hm. Very well. I shall explain later." He watched as she rose to her feet and continued to walk by Esmeralda's side. 'I can only imagine the disgusting thoughts that are going through his mind.' She fully zipped her hoodie up to her neck.
"Hey. What's that?" Clopin pointed to a large squared shed. "Uh. I wouldn't go near that. It looks like chaos just waiting to happen." Quasimodo quietly yawned. "We'll never know unless we find out." Clopin shrugged. "Be ready to aim Sadie." The gypsy king turned back to her as she didn't answer. "Sadie?"
The girl was blankly looking at the ground. "Hey." Esmeralda lightly shook her shoulder. "Huh? Oh. Yeah." She cleared her throat and walked to the shed. "The door seems to be locked." Clopin struggled to open the front door. "Hm. Let me try something." Sadie sighed then kicked the door as hard as she could with a grunt. "Woah! That was awesome!" Quasi smiled.
She quietly motioned everyone in and tried to look for a light. A switch on a wall was turned on and she sighed. "Now we can see." Sadie walked down the hall and gulped once she turned the corner. Five zombies walked down the hall towards them and Sadie sniped them all.
"Good thing we named you the leader." The girl heard the hunchback but didn't say anything. Instead she continued to motion everyone to follow her. "Why don't you boys try that last room and we'll meet you outside." "Alrighty!" "Don't take too much unless you find another backpack. I can fit only so much in here."
The girls and Frollo walked out the door.
"Wow Sadie. I'm impressed." Esmeralda smiled. "Ah it was nothing." She sat on the ground. "It's nice out this morning." The gypsy sat next to her. "Yeah. Very breezy." She set her hands on the concrete and leaned her head back. "That cloud looks like a daisy." "It does doesn't it?" Esmeralda leaned her head back too. "And that one looks like a bird." They laughed.
Quasimodo and Clopin walked out and set a pile of stuff in front of them. Sadie rolled her eyes. "Oh for pete's sake guys. What did I just tell you two?" "Fear not mademoiselle." Clopin took an identical red bag from behind his back.
"Oh. Okay then." She shrugged and took off hers. "What did you guys find in there?" "Quasi actually found everything. I just reached for whatever her pointed out." Clopin half smiled. "Anyway we found some knives." He set them aside and Sadie looked at each one. 'Switchblades? No I think they're just pocket knives.'
"More cans of food, steel wire, and.." He tilted his head at a tiny cardboard box and opened it. "Huh?"
"Oh." He shrugged. "More jewelry. Three rings." "Oh well. I bet whatever is in these cans could be useful." "It says the contents on the bottom Sadie." Quasi blinked. "Oh. Duh." She turned it. "I think it says chicken." She opened her bag but watched Clopin load his. "Um." Sadie scratched her forehead, confused. "You're not a pack mule remember?" He smiled and stood up. "Oh." She smiled as well and followed him. "Right."
"So. Does anybody have a joke to tell to pass the time? Or a story?" Sadie asked as they carried on with walking.
"I think I have one." Esmeralda covered her mouth with her arm to cough. "Excuse me. So. I started dancing when I was a little girl, probably around the age of five. My grandmother used to play folk music while sitting in one of her rocking chairs and watched as I spun around on my tip toes." Sadie hummed. "I then decided ten years later that I wanted to dance for a living." The gypsy woman sighed. "I wish she was still here so I could show her how much she inspired me."
Clopin lightly put an arm around her. "And she is. Right here." He touched her chest. "You're right." She smiled and wiped a single tear from her eye. "That's such a sweet story." Sadie blinked. "Yes. It's one of the fondest of my childhood."
"I have a joke." Quasi rose his hand. "We aren't in school Quasimodo. You don't need to raise you hand." The gypsy king giggled, as did the girls. "Oh. I just didn't want to interrupt anyone." "Nonsense." Sadie sighed. "Okay. What did one Cathedral bell say to the other?" His friends shrugged. "I don't know. What?" The gypsy woman asked. "What chime is it?" Sadie covered her smile with the back of her hand. "Like time. I get it. That was a good one Quasi."
Frollo rubbed his forehead in irritation. 'That girl had better accept my request later tonight.'
"Do you still have that watch Clopin?" He scratched his head. "I think so. Now where did I put.." He quickly checked all of his pants pockets. "..Ahah! It's almost eight thirty. Why don't we walk another mile or so then take shelter?" "Sounds good to me." Sadie nodded and took out the oranges from her bag. "Here. Might as well eat them before they rot." She handed one for her friends to share and the other one to Frollo.
"Thanks Sadie." Quasi started to peel it. "Aren't you hungry though?" Esmeralda sighed.
"Nah. I'm small so I don't need a lot of fuel to run." She hummed. "Are you sure?" Clopin anxiously looked at her. "Positive." She kept her eyes on the road and noticed a small white house in the distance.
"Hey guys?" "Yeah?" "I'm sorry to retire early but that house over there is giving me this warm kind of feeling." "Now that you mention it, it does for me too." The gypsy king nodded.
"M'kay." The hunchback nodded and held open the door. Sadie suddenly felt a knot starting to form in her stomach, remembering the judge's request from earlier. Clopin turned his head at two open doors down a hallway. "Oh. There's two bedrooms. Why don't.."
Frollo grinned at the girl.
"Clopin. Shouldn't we all stay together?" Esmeralda put a hand on his shoulder. "What if we lock the front and back door?" "I..guess that would work." She said unsurely.
"I'm the one who should be overthinking." Sadie half smiled. "Okay? Why don't you guys get some sleep. I'll be sleeping across the hall to keep watch incase something starts knocking on your door."
Clopin looked out a window. "Well it is a long way down. Alright. Good night." Her friends smiled and closed the door.
Sadie gasped as Frollo emerged from around a corner and pulled her into the other room, locking the door. "I do believe I have a promise to upkeep." "Whatever you want, the answer is no." "No?" He rose an eyebrow. "Yes." He knelt in front of her. She immediately backed up, completely weirded out. "Sleep with me Sadie." "Ew. No. I know what you're planning and where this will lead. No." She constantly shook her head.
He stood up and yanked her by the arm towards him. "Stop doing that!" She shouted in a whisper. "You don't have to undress. Unless you would like to." He kissed behind her ear. "God. You pervert!" "Do not use our lord's name in vain, heathen." Sadie shivered as he slowly unzipped her hoodie. "What are..you doing?" She whispered. "Nothing." He softly bit her neck. "Nothing at all." Sadie back kicked him in the crotch and freed herself as he groaned. "If you want to rape me, just do it already!"
He gripped the bedsheets and slowly got back up to his feet. "I had not said that you witch!" She narrowed her eyes as he stood behind her once again, this time removing her necklace and setting it on a nightstand. Her skin started to grow hot. "After you. Sandra." Frollo let her hoodie fall to the floor.
"No." She gulped and went to open the door. The judge locked it and blocked the door with his body. She quickly shook her head and crawled under one of the two beds. "I have no time for your arrogance Sandra." She wiped her eyes. 'He will never leave me alone. Even if I say yes.' "Just..tonight right?" "That is correct." He removed his judicial attire and placed them in an empty drawer.
The girl gulped and came out from under the bed, but was still nervous. Even when the judge was just in a white t-shirt and black dress pants. "The fear is all in your head." He pulled back the covers and lay under them. She grabbed her hoodie and fully zipped it. Her sneakers were slipped off before she lay in the same bed as himself.
"It's too warm to wear that Sandra. Take it off." "It is not too hot. I'm fine." Just the sigh alone that followed her remark said otherwise.
"I'm not going to touch you. Please take it off."
Exhausted, she threw it over her head and closed her eyes. "Satisfied? Master?" She snapped. "Yes." He held an arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. She clenched her teeth with a slight cry as her cut stung, even through the bandage. "You said you wouldn't touch me!" "Before your smart mouth proved otherwise." Her eyes closed. "Whatever." He smirked at her last word and closed his with his arm now around her chest.