Paradise Eco
Welcome back to the next chapter of DYFI, I hope you enjoy and don't forget to reveiw! It took me all weekend to write this chapter, and I think I did a very good job with it.
Don't You Fake It
Chapter XII: The Highroad Part 2
Sabine streched as she left the Manor, outside, like always, it was sunny and warm. She rubbed her white hair and started down for the town, she had no work for the last couple of days but tomorrow night she'll get more offers then she's used too. Tomorrow she has the lead in the dance performance, instead of Lorna who was still very bitter about it during practices.
"Sabine! Sabine, wait for me!" Sabine turned and smiled at Taya, she went out only last night with Cruzie and Reed for her frist ever night run. Taya was still in her light pink house coat as she offered Sabine a head band, Sabine looked at the gift werid as Taya smirked. "It's for good luck! Good luck Sabine!"
"Thanks Taya." She said as the girl ran back up the sandy hill, Sabine turned in her sandals and started back for the town. As the city came into veiw, she started to walk with her head held high and her hips swaying from side to side. When she entered the city she heard someone whistle and hoot at her, she glanced to the side and rolled her eyes at the male bartender that always hooted at her.
"Wow, girl where did ya get those legs from?" He hollered, Sabine flipped him off and went on walking through the city. She sat at one of her favorite bars and crossed her legs, her eyes went across the open bar at all the men sitting at the tables. Her bright green eyes found her frist target, a man in his mid twenties with all his buddies was checking her out. By the dark colours of his clothing he was most likely from Haven City, she opened her compact and checked her face. Everything seemed to be in check; she stood up and walked over to him.
"Hey," She said twisting her hair, the boy smirked at her as she sat in the chair beside him. "Um can you help me with my car? It just not working in this heat."
"Maybe it needs some lovin'?" The laughed and so did his friends, he passed her a drink and leaned back in his chair. "So whatca your name sweetie?"
"Sabine." She said taking a sip, she forced it down and almost gaged but kept her cool. "And yours?"
"Please you don't need to know my name, you'll forget it by tonight!"
"Excuss me?"
"You heard what I said, whore." He said earning another laugh from his friends. "How many guys did you have last night? 12, 20, 45? How about today? What number am I?" Sabine's grip tightened on her glass, the boys kept laughing as Sabine stood and threw her glass into his face. The boy stood swearing loudly wipping off the liquor, Sabine stomped off swearing under her breath about how men are a waste of her time and that they are stupid.
"Nice legs!" The barkeeper yelled again. "When can I use them?"
"Screw you!" Sabine screamed. "Screw all of you!" She shouted before someone grabbed her and threw her into a back alley, the boy that she threw the liqour at stood above her holding a metal bar.
"You bitch!" He shouted smacking her across the head with it, Sabine's head connected with the ground oppsite the metal bar. She laid their for a second before he stomped on her arm, causing her to scream loudly. One of his friends grabbed her hair and forced her to sit up. Another cocked his and pointed it at her heart, he started shouting into her ear as the other hit her with the bar.
"Stop!" Sabine screamed one forced her into the dirt, the other ripped off her black shirt and another went into her pockets robbing her of her money.
"Hey look!" One said holding up over 50 dollars. "The little slut's rich! What's this?" He said pulling out a small stone, it was old looking and had broken egdes. "Junk," He said tossing the item, Sabine was about scream again when they hit her over the eye with the bar again. This time her head fell to the side and she slipped into a deep sleep, she only awoke when she heard the boys screaming. Through her eyes she only saw figures as they jumped and ran away from her, beside her a person appeaered swing a gun on his finger. He bent down to her and looked at her wide eyed, she stared at his face for only a second before muttering a name she only knew through hate.
"Elijah..." She whispered before falling back to sleep.
"I don't like how this world is starting to look." Daara said as she looked out towards the rising horizon, Slade glanced to Daara and smirked.
"Why is that? Do you sense something?"
"I sense the world as we know it is about to come crashing down on everyone," Daara glanced back at him. "And I feel you'll have some say in it." Slade chuckled and laid back on the couch.
"Yup, the army is coming around and finally Seth Mar has left Glamour Vice alone." Daara's ear twitched at the name, she glanced at him.
"Seth Mar do you say?"
"Yah, he found Glamour Vice, my step sister in the snow, and brought her to my uncle's village. Now she's prisoner and Seth finally left her yesterday, without blood my lovely step sister will die." Slade sat up. "I'm planning an attack on the Frozen Valley, and I'll kill my step father making me leader of the Icelands." Daara rolled her eyes.
"If you say so." She said leaning on the bar, she could feel the bitter taste of a war coming. A war between two grand cities, and people, blood and death are the ending result of it with a winner standing proud behind his dead army.
Seth slid into Spargus and parked his car next to his brothers, the gate into the city opened and Eli ran out with Lei behind him. Seth got out of the car and went into the back, he slid his arms under the 'package' he found in the desert.
"What's that?" Lei asked quickly as Seth started to walk towards them, she peeked under the sheet and saw an arm. She screamed and hid behind Eli; his blonde twin glared at his brother.
"What is it Seth?"
"It's a dead body! Seth killed someone!"
"I did not." Seth growled. "She's very much alive, come on." Seth said as he passed through the gates, Seth sighed. Once again he was back in his city, the heat, the dry air, the sun were all his friends and he welcomed them with open arms. Behind him Lei was talking about heading back to the Icelands in a few minutes and wished Eli a good day, he ingored her comments to him and kept on walking.
Eli opened the door for his twin, Seth climbed the stairs and went right to the guest room. He laid the body down on the soft sheets and took off the sheet, Eli's heart almost stopped when he saw the girl laying on the bed.
"Sabine..." Eli whispered looking at the beating up girl, some cuts were still fresh with sand covering them. Seth chuckled and rubbed under the collar.
"I figured you two knew each other, she said your name when she saw me."
"What...what..." Eli could hardly speak, his mouth was so dry he felt like he would crumble any second.
"What happened to her? These smuck bags where beating her up, trying to rape her I guess." Eli sat on the egde of the bed and took Sabine's hand, her eyes fluttered for a second.
"Sabine, wake up." Seth rolled his eyes.
"Leave the little skank alone, let her sleep."
"Don't call her that!" Eli shouted.
"Why not?" Seth laughed. "You know it's true! Tell home much did she charge you?"
"What? Ew! No, that's so gross Seth!" Eli shouted back, Seth laughed and threw his hands up.
"Okay, okay just listening to me little bro just don't get the sick!"
"Don't talk about Sabine and I like that ever again!" Eli shouted. "You don't even know what she is to us!"
"Calm down, jeeze I won't tell Grante you're cheating on her!"
"You're sick," Eli said leaving the room, Seth shut the door and followed his brother down the stairs. Eli sat on the couch and turned on the TV, he went right to the Kras City News Coverage. Seth got himself a pop and leaned on the couch, he passed a pop down to his twin as the newsman shuffled her papers.
"Hello Kras City and welcome to the Chair's Meeting. Today was are at the Palace with Lunnamarra, with Chancellor Ives and his welcomed guest from different groups within our lovely city. Join him on team is Charis Oppsits and Grante Kanna-Cure. Tell me Lunnamarra how is Grante taking the death of our Baron?" Lunnamarra smiled at her camera.
"Well Grante is back looking amazing as ever, my sources tell me that early this morning her wastelander boyfriends Elijah Mar was at her house for half an hour." She looked at her papers. "It's about to start now, and I'm Lunnamarra live coverage here at the Kras City Palace." Behind her Eli saw Grante sitting beside Charis, she was playing with her pen and looking bored as the other chair members in the stands wore white wigs and each had a papers infront of them. They were all aguring very loudly, Seth chuckled at the TV before dropping down beside Eli.
"Welcome guest and chair members." Grante said standing. "Let's say the oath of Kras City, 'Life's a game but it's not fair, I break the rules so I don't care. So I keep doin' my own thing walkin' tall against the rain, victory's within the mile. Almost there, don't give up now, only thing that's on my mind... is who's gonna run this town tonight?'" Grante looked down. "Now... we all must ask ourselves when we are about to vote is... who is going to run this town tonight? We want a leader that's true and honest, someone Baron-"
"Thank Garnette, please sit." An older man said, Grante said folding her arms over her chest. The man stood an old look staff, on gown was a amulet of hounor from Kras City. "Please welcome Chancellor Ives to the stand." Chancellor Ives walked up to the stand, he nodded at the camera's and at his parties.
"I want to be Baron Ives." Shouting and laughter came up around the room, even Grante smirked when Chancellor Ives' got alot of no's and laughter from grown men that were suppose to be his peers. Ives looked down to Charis and Grante, Charis gave him a thumbs up but Grante laughed.
"Crash and burn, Ives. Crash and burn... with no one living through it." Chancellor Ives sneered at her, he banged the hammer on the stand.
"Members of the party," Chancellor Ives shouts, he looked again to Grante and Charis sitting on either side of him. "Tell me that if we don't take control of our city rebel cities like Spargus and Forgotten can attack at any minute! I say we force men and boys to join the EG unless we say other wise!" Everyone started cheering and clapping for Chancellor Ives. "I say that I, Chancellor Ives, run until the end of my days! Who is with me!?" Everyone started cheering even louder, they stood up and started Chancellor Ives through out the room.
Grante looked among the grown men and shook her head, she rubbed her temples and held back the tears she wanted to release. This can only end badly and everyone knew that, but who would go up with Chancellor Ives?
"Mrs. Kanna-Cure," Chancellor Ives said, she stood slowly as did Charis. "And Mr. Opsits will be my legends, and to be a legend you must make legends... I now prounce these two young teens engaged."
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This pain that I feel
I will overcome
I know somewhere deep down inside
It's the pain that makes us strong
I could curse
I could shout
Take the easy way out
I forgive you somehow
I will rise above
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"What?" Grante shouted as the men went into louder shouting and cheering. "This will not stand Chancellor-" Ives pinched Grante's arm and smiled.
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I could fight
Seek revenge
But thats not who I am
No I'm not giving in
I will rise above
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"Smile Garnette, that Wastelander boy can do nothing for you. Besides give you the sick." Ives smiled and waved, Grante turned away from him as Charis came over and took her hand.
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I'm gonna keep walking
Though it may seem far
I'm gonna keep preaching
When life gets too hard
Not gonna let you bring me down
I'll take the high road
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"I knew one day that you'd give into me," He smiled, Grante slapped him across the face. It echoed through out the whole room as she spit acid.
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I'm gonna keep climbing
Till I see the top
I'm gonna keep trying
Though I may get lost
Not gonna let you bring me down
I take the high road
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"So this is how freedom dies?" She growled. "With a booming cheering?" Grante walked away from the stand and out the door, everyone looked shocked as the new lady smiled at the camera.
"And there you have it Paul."
Seth laughed as Jak turned off the TV, Seth punched his brother in the arm and smirked. "And that's how you get dumped, diss your future husband and your city on national television." Seth sighed. "Man I love that chick." Eli growled at his brother and threw a pillow at him.
"I hate my life." Eli glanced to his father and his mother, both shook their heads in disbelif. They couldn't believe what they just witnessed. Keira went up the stairs with Herr, Jak rubbed his temples as the twins sat still. Jak glanced to Seth and narrowed his eyes.
"Where have you been?"
"Icelands." Seth said taking a sip of his pop, Jak glared at his son before they all heard a scream from upstairs. All the males jumped to their feet and ran up the stairs, Jak ran towards the guest room while the twins stopped dead in their tracks... Sabine was in there. They ran into the room after their father and found Keria and Herr pressed up on the wall, while Sabine sat up in her bed with a creature sitting beside her. The thing had long nails that twisted and curled in different places, it's skin was blacker then night and it's eyes were orange. The hair was bright green with tiny creatures jumping around in it, the thing laughed when it saw Seth and Eli.
"Welcome to the party..."
TBC...