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I'm back with another chapter it didn't take me that long just about two weeks, that's not bad. This chapter I WANT 15 REVIEWS OR I WILL NOT UPDATE! So yeah be sure to review or this is where the story ends.

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Richard woke up late on Saturday morning well actually it was Saturday afternoon since he had waken up at around 12:30, the first thing he wanted to do was bathe so he sent for his servants to fetch the water. In a matter of thirty minutes the water was fetched, heated, and poured in the tub that was placed in his room.

He bathed alone, and when he was finished he dressed himself and went to wake Gar. But to his surprise Gar wasn't in his room, he was in the dining room eating lunch.

"It's about time sleepy head." He teased.

"What time did you wake up?" Was the first thing Richard asked.

"I woke up like at nine. That little dinner party didn't affect me at all last night, it was nothing."

"Nice to know." Richard laid his elbow on the table and rested his head against his hand.

"Speaking of the party last night, do you remember that X guy who invited us to it?"

"Yeah, why?"

"He was at the office this morning."

"Oh yeah? What'd he want?" The servant set a plate in front of Richard and started to serve him his lunch.

"Something about the deed, I gave him the address to the house he's coming by in a while."

And then, as if on cue, one of Richard's ushers came in and said there was a guest in the lounging room. Richard looked down at his delicious lunch and got up with a look of hunger on his face, he was so hungry. He hadn't eaten since last night, but nonetheless business was business. He left out the doorway and Gar followed.

They entered the lounging room and saw X standing, looking around at nothing imparticular.

Richard spoke first "Well I'm here, what is it that you need?" He sat down and with a hand gesture he signaled X to have a seat. Gar decided to stay standing.

X sat down and looked across the room at the various glass containers of liquor, there were about five of them. "Aren't you going to offer me a drink?" He licked his lips.

Richard smiled and inwardly he thought This guy likes his liquor, he's just another drunk. "Gar, would you mind?" He said.

Gar jumped at the mention of his name but shook it off once he realized what Richard wanted. "Of course your majesty." He said with a smile as he took a bow.

Richard also smiled but he knew Gar was kidding, he really didn't mind. "Well?" Richard proceeded towards X.

"Well, I'm here to see if you had a good time last night." You could hear the clank of the glass containers touching the rims of the glasses and the liquor being poured in the background.

"I had a great time." He said while getting up "Now, if that's all I really have to-" Gar had just put down Richard's drink on the little table next to him and went to go put X's next to him.

"Wait!" X got up and took hold of one of Richard's arms. Richard looked at him and he let go. "-I mean that's not all I came here for."

"I also wanted to see if you changed your mind about selling the deed to the house back to me." He continued. "I really need it back."

"Well I was considering it." Richard acted like he wasn't certain.

"Look." X took a pouch out of his pocket "I brought the jewelry again."

"Hang on, before we start to negotiate let's talk about the party last night, I didn't see you there."

That's because I was hiding from you. X wanted to tell Richard but instead he answered. "Really? I thought I saw you once but then it seemed like it wasn't you so I left it alone. If you wanted to meet me there you should have told me."

You didn't give me the chance! Richard thought. "How were you invited to that party anyway?" Richard asked.

Oh crap. X thought. There's no way out of this I'm going to have to tell him, why didn't I think of this before!

"There's no way you could invite other people to another party that's not yours" Richard continued. "Unless it was yours." Richard took a sip of his drink.

"Yes it was mine, well actually my wife's, her name's Blackfire did you meet her?"

Richard was still drinking when he said that and it shocked him so much the liquid didn't make it all the way down, it got stuck in his throat and he began to choke on it immediately. "You're related to Starfire." He said coughing.

"Well not related by blood but I'm married to her sister, Blackfire. Is something wrong?"

Richard was still trying to catch his breath. "No nothing's wrong, I just didn't expect that answer." He coughed two more times.

"Speaking of Starfire." X said sneakily. "You like her don't you?"

"What! No way!" Richard wished he was still choking. Gar just smirked at Richard's childish behavior.

"Oh that's too bad." X sounded dissapointed.

"What? Why. Does she like me?" He pointed to himself.

"Let's not say she like likes you but she is quite fond of you."

"Oh, well I'm fond of her too." Richard composed himself.

"Are you now." X pried.

"Yes, I am." Richard assured.

"Well then."

Before Richard could let X go on he had to make sure of one thing. "I've heard the rumors of your family X."

"What rumors." X pretended not to know as he gulped down the liquor Gar set next to him.

"I've heard your family was once one of the richest families in this town. And that when your father-in-law got sick it all went down the drain."

Dammit! X thought. Why can't anyone in this town keep their mouths shut! "Do you want the truth Richard?" X asked.

"Why wouldn't I?" Richard asked back.

"Very well." X cleared his throat. "Ever since my father-and-law became ill with sickness our business has declined rapidly, I must say we are accustomed to living a life of luxury.."

The rest Richard tuned out, he wasn't interested in X's attempt to make him feel sympathetic.

"..But Starfire.."

This caught his attention.

"Starfire has suffered the most, she suffers everyday seeing as her father becomes sicker, and closer to death everyday. There will come a day when her father passes on and she will need a home of her own. And since we no longer have a home to offer her we will have to be forced to sell her to the highest bidder, and he will be her husband."

What he heard was awful, did Starfire know what the future held for her? Did she know her sister and brother-in-law were in charge of marrying her off to whoever they found appropriate? He wasn't going to allow this not as long as he lo-liked her, yes liked her.

"You can't do that!" Richard's outburst did not go unnoticed.

Yes. X thought I got him where I want him

"And just what do you suggest we do?" X yelled back.

Richard got up and walked over to the window, he looked out but wasn't interested. He was thinking really hard, he was sorta angry. Why did Starfire have to have such people related to her?

"Give her to me." Richard spoke.

"What!" This time it was Gar who was yelling. "Richard are you-"

"I can't just give her to you." X interrupted, he rose and poured himself another drink.

Richard was still next to the window his back turned towards Gar and X "I'll give you the deed to the house if you give me Starfire." He said seriously.

X drank and when the liquid reached the middle of his throat Richard had said that, he didn't start choking, he roughly forced the lump down his throat with a gulp. And all though it hurt he showed no weakness to the sting. He just might end up liking this Richard guy, X had thought of the idea before but he never knew Richard would actually accept. He had to admit he was glad Richard had offered, this way he wouldn't be blamed for any of the mess.

"Well." Richard asked his back still faced to X.

"You sure you won't regret this Grayson?" X didn't care if Richard ever would regret it but he had to at least act as if he cared.

"Yes."

"Alright then." X put the pouch back into his pocket casually and carefree as if what just happened was some sort of invitation to a tea party. "I'll be taking the deed back now."

"Gar would you mind again." Gar didn't come back with a witty response this time, he couldn't believe what Richard was doing. And there was no smile on Richard's lips either. He was still serious, and he was still facing the window.

Gar stepped out of the room to get the deed. It was in Richard's study, in his desk, in the left slide-out compartment droor. He reached for the paper, it was still rolled up with a maroon ribbon wrapped around it. It would seem Richard hadn't even bothered to open and look at what was inside.

Once Gar had left, he left X and Richard alone in the room. It was quiet and X felt uncomfortable to say the least. Richard had still not turned around to face him. X stood there receiving nothing but silence from Richard when he decided to take a closer look at what he was doing. His hands were leaning against the window sill and Richard was bent over, his face down and his shoulders hunched. Was he..trembling? Laughing?..Or was he..crying? Oh god where was that short guy X didn't want to be around if Richard was going to have a mental breakdown.

Finally Gar had come back with the deed and he handed it to X. Once it was in X's hand he also noticed the deed hadn't been open but he paid no mind to it. He stuffed it into his vest and was about to leave when Richard spoke.

"Wait, there's one more thing." His voice was shaky. Richard noticed but he could do nothing to stop it.

"What is it?" X asked quickly, he just wanted to get back to the house as quickly as possible, before anyone discovered the deed was gone.

"You have to promise me that you will never tell Starfire about this." He was still shaking, why couldn't he stop!

"Oh yeah sure." X said not even fully understanding.

"I mean it X" Richard said menacingly. "She can never find out and if she does you'll pay for it."

"Alright alright I get it, I won't tell Starfire." He was on his way out when he stopped and turned around "But you can never tell Blackfire what happened here either. Deal?"

"Deal." Richard said with clenched teeth. And X left, as soon as he was out of hearing range Gar spoke.

"Richard." He said shockingly, almost like a whisper. "Why..-what was that about?" He pointed to the door where X had exited.

He couldn't hold it in any longer. So much anger was inside him. "Goddamit Gar!" Richard yelled, he screamed. "Didn't you just see what happened here!"

Gar just looked at him with a sad frown. "I mean didn't you see what he did! He practically sold his sister-in-law off to somebody he doesn't know! I could be a killer! A fucken rapist for god's sake!"

Gar just looked at him, 'He's really mad isn't he?' He watched as Richard made his way to where X once stood and grabbed the cup he drank out of, he threw it forcefully against the floor and all you could see was the glass shatter into hundreds of little pieces. With a loud crash Richard threw the chair X sat on against the five different glass containers X had his eye on. 'This is unbelieveable' Gar thought 'He's even mad at the things X touched.'

"I mean he didn't even think about it for long! He asked me if I would ever regret it! He didn't even ask what I was going to do with Starfire! Was I going to marry her! Make her my lover, she can have my bastards! What! Not even ask for her safety! Where would she live! In the barn with the animals! Not even a single question about her well being!"

Richard had a point, X hadn't even asked about what would happen to her. Like he didn't care, he just wanted the deed. But still Richard was overreacting, even if it was just a little bit.

"Calm down Richard." Gar found himself saying it. "I'm sure he trusts you to make her happy."

"Trust? Yeah right. No one in that house gives a damn when it comes to Starfire, they just want her to get married to some rich guy that will give them money, that's all. They wouldn't even care if he beat her to death."

"But that's not gonna happen, right Richard? She's yours now."

"No Gar, she's not mine."

"What do you mean? You and X just made a deal."

"Yeah, but she's not going to know about that, ever. I want her to accept to get married with me all on her own. I won't love someone who doesn't love me back. So don't tell her."

"You know I won't."

"I know."

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It had been hours of traveling and they still weren't there. Where were they going? Speedy had just woken up, they knocked him out pretty good last night. But what time was it? It was last night they had hit him on the head, wasn't it?

"I see you're awake." Said one of the men. Now they wore bandanas, it covered half their faces, you could only see their eyes.

"We're going to be stopping soon. We'll tie you to a tree and take a walking brake, so don't try anything." He warned.

About ten minutes later they did stop, they untied him from his original rope. Which felt very good but then they sat him against a tree stump and tied him up again with an even longer rope, which felt horrible again. But then they left him, he was surprised, how long were they going to be gone? He had to use this oppurtunity to escape. He looked around they were literally in the forest everything was lush and green there was only the faded path that they followed. There was nothing like exotic flowers, it was all trees. He also noticed that they were slanted, they were on a hill. They were surrounded by hills.

What time is it? He wondered. If he left now there was still about two or three more hours of sunlight, at night he would find some kind of bush and hide in it.

He had to make a break for it, this could be his only chance. He started to squirm out of the ropes he was in, gawd it hurt. But he could feel the rope become looser and looser as he kept wriggling out of it. And then, about another three minutes of more squirming and wriggling upwards, up and over the tree stump, he was free. He got up fast but then he immediately collapsed. His legs were way out of shape, he hadn't walked in about how many days? He really couldn't remember. He got up and tried again he looked for things to lean against and it made it easier, he was getting some motion in his legs.

"Hey!" He heard one of the men yell from behind him. He had barely made it twenty feet from where he had been tied up.

"He's getting away!" Cried the other.

"What do we do! The boss wil kill us!" Said the last one.

"Get him you idiots!" Said the man he supposed was the leader.

The two of them started to run after him.

Holy crap Speedy was thinking. They'll get to me in no sweat I have to do something.

He continued to walk while still leaning against the trees he grabbed onto a tree limb and it snapped causing Speedy to fall and he started rolling down the hill. The men followed him tripping and falling as he had.

When he got to the bottom he started to crawl like a military man but when the two followers had gotten to the bottom they got up and walk over to where he was crawling. They picked him up and carried him back up the hill, to their leader.

"You're a heavy son of a bitch, you know that." Said one of the men a little before they reached the top, where they were.

Good. Speedy thought. He was a dead man, he wished he could see Starfire's face just one more time.

"We're just going to have to clip your wings aren't we little birdy?" Said the leader.

"Clip my wings? What the-"

"Shut up!" Speedy was cut off by a hard slap in the face.

"Get me two rocks, and make them big." the man yelled at his two men.

"Yes sir." They answerd, they dropped Speedy to his knees and he rubbed his face, he grabbed him by the shirt and sat him by the tree stump again.

The men returned with two rocks, they struggled with the weight but they got there. The man picked the biggest of the two and told the men to hold Speedy up. The men did as they were told but they had no idea what he was going on.

They carried him by his arms, both of them on either side of Speedy.

"Put his legs over the trunk." He commanded them.

He watched as his men did what he wanted and said to himself. "Which one?"

When he had decided he picked up the biggest of the two rocks. He was going for the one on the right, Speedy's left leg.

"What the hell are you doing!" Speedy was panicking now as he saw the man before him holding a huge, probably fifteen to twenty, pound rock over his head. He started to move his legs he wasn't going to just stand there.

"Hold his legs!" The man struggled to say with the rock over his head. One of the men left the other and held on to Speedy's legs. So now there was one man holding onto both his arms behind him, one man holding his legs still on top of the tree stump, and the other was carrying a huge rock and was about to bring it down.

"NO! WAIT! PLEASE STOP!" Speedy found himself yelling, he knew he was trapped, he had to stop them!

His legs were too weak against the force of the other man's hands. It was no use, he couldn't fight it, the rock was coming down. He felt so useless, he had to stop them!

"Don't! Don't do it! Please!" He screamed.

"Nnnoooo!" He screamed again as he watched the rock come down hard. He saw the force with which the man brought it down, he tried to prepare himself for the impact but inside he knew nothing could prepare him for what he was about to feel.

!CRACK!

You could hear the impact between the stump, the rock, and what was inbetween, his leg. Blood splattered out of his leg and onto the faces of the men around him.

"AAaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" His scream of agonizing, overbearing pain rang throughout the entire forest, causing some startled birds to leave the safety of their nests.

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