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'Speaking telepathically'

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Chapter 32: Meeting Dahlia

We both walk through the hotel, listening for any sounds at all.

"How are you supposed to know where she is?" Kat asks me.

"I don't know…" I respond

"Great…how do you even know she is here?"

Knowing telling her that I got this information from some monsters here will probably freak her out even more, I make up an excuse, "I heard rumors…"

"Does that demon know where she is?"

"I hope not…"

We continue walking until we hear some noises coming from a room on the top floor of the hotel, which sounds like a young girl talking.

"This must be where she is…" I go to open the door, only to find it locked. "Of course, its locked…"

I knock on the door as a woman responds, sounding a bit frantic.

"Go away! She is only a little girl!" I hear the woman say.

"I'm not one of those people…are you Dahlia Gillespie…?" I ask.

"Yes, what do you want!"

"Dahlia, I'm your daughter…Hecate Gillespie."

The atmosphere becomes silent, she then responds.

"You are not Alessa, Alessa is dead. I don't have another daughter!"

"You sent me away the moment you discovered the Order turned on you, I was adopted by a family of the last name Matthews-"

I am cut off as the door opens and a woman stands before me in the doorway, wearing long dark clothing touching the ground. The woman obviously has been taking care of herself alone and looks horribly troubled and severely depressed. She looks me over, seeming to be connecting the dots.

"Oh my lord…Hecate is it…? Such a beautiful name for my daughter…" She then wraps her arms around me and hugs me as I hug her back.

In an instant she grabs me and pulls me behind me into the room as she has her attention fixed on Kat, "You shouldn't be here! Why are you following my daughter!"

"She is my best friend from when we were children, Mother. Her name is Kathrine."

Dahlia looks at me, "She is one of the Order's servants! I have seen her with them! She is not your friend anymore, she is a liar and deceiver!"

"No she is not, I told her about what happened to my sister, your first daughter. She was only with them because she was injured. She knows the truth now." I respond.

"I am not one of the Order, I promise Dahlia! I had no idea what they did, I have only been here in this city for a year and a half! I came here with Hecate and a few friends who are dead now. Please you have to believe me!" Kat says to her.

"Last time I trusted one of you people, my daughter was tortured and burned alive! You were sent to find me!"

"Please mother, you must believe me, she isn't one of them…please believe me."

Dahlia seems to calm down as she listens to me, a soft voice comes from behind us.

"Where is my mommy? Have you seen her? Is she okay?"

I turn around to see a little girl with long black hair looking up at me, I smile at her. "Your mommy is fine, she is looking for you" I respond.

"Why can't I see her? Why do I have to stay here…?" She says, obviously very distressed and worried.

"Because, there are bad people here who want you." I respond as I walk deeper into the hotel room with her as dahlia allows Kat to enter as she locks the door behind her.

"Why do they want me? I'm scared. I want to go home…" She says.

"I know. You will go home, we just need to make sure you are safe first. My mom will take care of you. Just stay with her, okay?"

The young girl nods.

"What is your name?" I ask her.

"Sharon."

I smile at her, "that is a very beautiful name."

"What is yours?" She asks me, smiling.

"Hecate."

"Ohh, I have never heard of that name before. It's so pretty." She smiles even more.

After spending a few hours with my mother and Sharon, I leave the hotel with Kat.

"Where are we going now?" Kat asks, watching the roads as we walk.

"I'm going to take you somewhere I know you will be safe, I stayed there for quite a while."

"Oh." She responds as we approach the apartments that I lived in for a while, which I still stay at sometimes.

I open the door to my apartment and let her inside as I shut the door behind us.

"The kitchen should be stocked with everything you need."

Kat runs into the kitchen and opens the cabinets and fridge, seeing all the food, "Holy shit Kate, there is so much food! How did you find so much food?"

"I guess it's a perk of being the sister of Alessa, since she doesn't want me to starve." I smile.

"Sweet!" She responds as she turns on the sink to see the running water as her eyes light up at the sight of clean water. "Oh please, tell me you have hot water…" she says as she turns the sink off and runs into the bathroom to turn the faucet to the bathtub and shower on, turning it on hot.

"Sadly…there isn't any-"

"OH MY GOD THERE IS HOT WATER!" She says loudly, my eyes widen.

"Really? For the longest time there wasn't any hot water…" I say, beginning to figure that this is another perk from when I got medications for Alessa.

"Oh my god, get out of here. I'm going to take a shower forever. GO GO GO!" She yells at me as she shoves me out of the bathroom and shuts the door.

I sigh, disappointed that I couldn't enjoy it first. I make my way into my bedroom and lie down on the bed, I then notice a bit of blood on the sheets from the event between Pyramid and I. This causes my face to burn a bright red, then my blush quickly fades as I remember what I said to him after seeing his eyes.

"I was so stupid…" I say as I rub my forehead, "He probably doesn't even remember that…"

Covering myself up with the blanket, I curl up in the bed while listening to the water from the shower.

Eventually I fall into a deep sleep.

The sound of metal grinding, pounding, and more grinding invade my dreams as I slowly become conscious. The sound of ear-piercing screams jolts me awake as I regain consciousness completely, hearing screams and crashing in the bathroom, I throw myself off the bed and run to the bathroom, noticing the front door to the apartment wide open as I pass it.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! GET AWAY!" I hear Kat screaming from the bathroom as I reach it and take in what I'm seeing.

Pyramid, pinning Kat to the floor of the bathroom as the shower water continues to run, the entire bathroom fogged up from the hot water as the shower curtain lies broken on the ground beside the tub, water all over the floor as Kat, completely naked and soaked, slips and slides all over against the floor as Pyramid holds her down by her neck.

Pyramid lifts her in the air and shoves her against a wall as Kat coughs like mad from the grip on her neck, she then begins to try and grab his helmet as she yanks on it.

"Pyramid stop! Leave her alone!" I yell at him as he instantly stops moving, obviously hearing me.

Kat looks at me, blood coming from her mouth and head as she continues struggling to breathe.

"Pyramid put her down!"

He releases his grip as she falls a good 3 feet onto the ground, holding herself and her neck, coughing like mad as she crawls over to me for safety.

Kat huddles behind me as she watches Pyramid, "You fucking know this monster!? Why the hell is it listening to you!? What the fuck is this Hecate!?" she screams at me.

"Yes, I know him…are you okay?" I turn around and look at her as she pushes my hands away from her and crawls into a corner away from me.

"That fucking thing raped me! And I broke its fucking neck before it killed me!" She screams out.

"What…?" I respond, looking at her then at Pyramid, "You raped her? When the hell did you do that!?"

"What, it hasn't raped you yet Hecate!? Don't fucking yell at it or it will kill you!"

"He won't kill me…" I respond to her.

"What, it's a HE now!? You fucking respect this thing!?" She screams at me, still bleeding.

"Just calm down, please! Give me a second here!" I respond to her, unable to even think at the moment.

"CALM DOWN?! Give YOU A SECOND!? Hecate what the FUCK IS GOING ON!?"

"Just SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR A MINUTE!" I scream at her as she sits in silence, I take a deep breath as I look at Pyramid, who is still standing in the bathroom empty handed.

"Answer my question." I tell him.

'I do not remember. I recall bits and pieces, my memory is scattered, but I am regaining it gradually.'

"Why would you rape someone? What did she do to you…?"

Kat's eyes widen as she sees I am having a one-sided conversation, "You can talk to this thing…?"

I ignore her as I await a response.

'As I said. I do not remember.'

I sigh and look at the floor as I rub my eyes. "Hopefully you remember soon…" I respond to him. I then look at Kat and help her up as I walk her to my bedroom to get patched up with bandages. We sit on the bed as I gather some first-aid items and begin patching her up as I hear Pyramid leave the bathroom.

Kat looks at me, "So, what. Are you and that thing friends or something…? I remember hearing it talk to me when it raped me…but I'm sure it planned to kill me right after."

I look at her, "How did you get away from him? Nothing ever escapes him."

"Well I did, I broke its neck using its huge thing on its head while it was distracted with finishing itself inside my body…" She says, cringing at the memories.

"Okay, I don't want to hear any more about it…" I begin thinking that this happened around the time when I seen his eyes and didn't let him continue. He may have either released his frustration or desire on her because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"You never answered my question…" She responds.

I sigh, "He is my sister's executioner and protector. That is how I know him."

"I seen the anger and look of sadness in your eyes when you found out it raped me, it is obvious that you have some kind of bond with it, and if you do, I don't think I want to know any more details." She says to me.

We begin to hear footsteps coming towards the room as I finish bandaging Kat up.

Kat begins to panic as she looks at me, "Keep that fucking thing away from me Hecate."

The footsteps stop, I then rise to my feet and look at her.

"I will go clean up the bathroom and leave for a while."

"What if some creature comes around here and tries to kill me again? Please don't leave me here alone…"

"I will be nearby, keeping an eye for you." I respond as she nods slowly. I then leave the bedroom and walk past Pyramid as I head into the bathroom and begin cleaning it up and shut the water off.

"You didn't have to attack her, you know." I say to him as he approaches the bathroom.

'How was I supposed to know you two knew each other. It is my duty to protect you.'

"It really isn't though, Pyramid. You don't need to protect me anymore." I tell him as I figure out how to fix the shower curtain.

'I recall you saying that to me before, Hecate. I have a desire to protect you. I don't entirely understand why.'

"You could at least ask me first, before trying to kill those around me. You already killed my brother, and lied to me about it. I don't need you killing someone else I care about."

A deep, inhuman growl erupts from his chest as he listens to my words, 'And I would enjoy killing him again.'

I look at him in anger, "Of course you would. If I knew doing all I did for Alessa in exchange for giving you new emotions would make you more of an asshole, I would have just gotten the supplies in exchange for nothing."

'You should have just left me alone instead of rewiring me for your own enjoyment.'

I rise to my feet and look at him, "I didn't do it for me, I did it for both of us!"

'I didn't ask for those human emotions you gave me.' He responds, watching my every move through his mind while his helmet faces me.

"Well I did!" I yell as I grab a piece of wood off the ground and throw it at him, only for him to catch it before it hits him.

I can feel him smirking underneath his helmet, "Dick." I say to him, grabbing a stone and throwing it at him, only for him to catch that as well, in his free hand as he drops the piece of wood I threw at him before. He then throws the medium sized stone at me as it hits my arm, causing a yelp to escape my mouth as I fall to the floor, holding my arm as I look at the bruise being formed on my arm as tears begin to swell in my eyes.

He begins approaching me, seeming concerned about the pain he inflicted on me as he kneels down in front of me and takes my arm, only for me to yank it back. He grabs it again, rougher as I cry out from his grip, exaggerating on purpose, causing him to loosen his grip on my arm. I take this opportunity to yank my arm from his hand and tackle him with all my strength, actually being able to knock him down onto the ground on his back with me on top of him as I grab his helmet's nose and begin to slam my fists onto his helmet. This causes me to hurt myself more than him, since he isn't feeling a thing through the metal of his helmet as he lies there, letting me slam my fists into his helmet.

His hands hover near my arms as I continue slamming them against his helmet as if going to grab them when he gets a moment where I slow down enough for him to grab me without hurting me.

"You- big- stupid- creature- why- did- I- fall- in- love- with- an- asshole- like- you-!" I say, each time I slam my fists against the metal.

'Are you done yet?' He asks.

"NO!" I say to him, feeling pain in my fists each time I hit them against his helmet.

He senses the pain and bruising forming as he then grabs my arms with both of his hands and holds them together, transferring one of my arms into his right hand to hold both my arms in one hand of his. I whimper in defeat as I sit on top of him.

"Asshole."

He grins, showing his razor-sharp teeth to the inside of his helmet, 'At least I'm not pathetic and weak like you.'

"I'm not pathetic and weak!"

He then moves our bodies so he is on top of me, still holding my arms with one of his hands.

'You definitely are.' He says as he uses his other hand to stroke my cheek.