Chapter 19- More Bitter than Sweet
Serena's POV.
When I came to I had a massive headache. I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes for some reason everything felt so heavy and just bummed put. I moaned when the pain combined with my neck when I moved my head up. I slowly opened my eyes only to be greeted by a sight I'd never thought I'd encounter again.
Yes it was that man who kidnapped me first, it was that man who ordered for me to be killed.. it was the man Soryu first saved me from.. Soryu...
Just the thought of him caused an immediate pain in my chest that made me feel as though I couldn't I couldn't breath, as though I forgot for a split moment that felt like eternity.
"Hehe, done starring my love." Said the man in front of me who I completely forgot about. He grinned even more so at me when he brought his thick clammy hands to the side of my face and creased it. All the while I sat there on the love seat desperately wanting to get away from him but could not realizing that where not alone in the room seeing as to all the men stressed in black standing all around the room. Leaving no chance of escape. Thinking its best to just sit there in silence would be the best outcome for now until I figure out a way out of here or an opening of a sort.
"Huh? Cat caught your tongue my dear? Oh don't tell me that your shocked that that pesky bat of a fiancee killed me? Oh no no noo, my dear. You see, the man he killed was my doppelganger. The Ice Dragons were so stupid to believe that the Red Seas would fall so easily. And they were complete fools to take the Red Seas into the Ice Dragons HAHAHAH! Not that I'm Complaining of course! Its got to the point where we even had some access to some files that had to do with that lovely hotel of there's. And better yet I have some access to it now hehe." He began to get happier and happier as his eyes glimmered in greed and mischief, but soon there was another revolting emotion added as his eyes ranked me up and down shamelessly again and again.
"But now, my sweet sweet darling..hehe" He pulled me closer and closer to the point where I was almost sitting on his lap and he head lowered down to my neck. And I just sat there as my face twisted in helpless pain and disgust and he took a long sniff of my neck, I looked up pleadingly to the white ceiling away from his half fallen hair. And to make it worse he slowly began traveling his tongue on my neck and I closed my eyes in pure agony not saying a word nor letting a single plea pass my shut'ed lips no matter how much I yearned to. I remained completely still, not giving in, looking away in the distance... wishing to be in the distance.
I gave a silent cry when suddenly the back of my hair was roughly grabbed and I was forced to look at the said man in tears that I would not dare let escape and all the while he leered at me and forcibly grabbed my waist and pulled me closer.
"I will have Tres Spades as mine! And I will do that by uniting the Red Seas and Red Eyed Dragons by OUR marriage. Your father was an idiot to have you engaged with that idiot. Soryu Oh the boss of the Ice Dragons would soon fall and be under MY control and there will be noting to stop me from what I want. With the Red Eyed Dragons under my control all will now before me and cower. Your father was a fool to think I wouldn't find you in that tacky orphanage he sent you too. Don't get me started about that useless wrench of a mother that you had. She HID you away when you were born... you were supposed to be MINE AND MINE ONLY! When I found her she wouldn't say a thing, A THING YOU HEAR ME!?"
He pulled on my hair even more and the tears began escaping from the pain of not only my hair, but from what I was hearing. All this time I thought that I was abandoned, not needed, not wanted because my parents didn't love me and the torment I was constantly in during my younger days in the orphanage helped deepen that wound even more so.
"And that Satoru! Engaged you with SORYU! THAT RIGHT BELONG TO ME AND ME ONLY YOU HEAR! YOUR FATHER HAD NO RIGHT!" He was pulling and shaking my head back and forth with my head trust up in silent screams as tears rushed down my face and down my dried broken walls of river. And those wall began to fill up, with water! It began to fill the cracks and wholes, it made a part of me whole again! It felt like the eternities burden was lifted up from my shoulders dissolved into steam that formed rain clouds that brought water to my long deserted dessert of death and pain. But the rain was not any drinking water or any river type. It was a boiling hot salt water that began to fill all the cracks and holes in my soul. It was more bitter than sweet. Yes I feel whole, I know the truth, even if I don't really understand it completely it was there! It was comforting but agonizing. All these years of self loathe, loneliness, torment, pain, shame, constant negativity, thinking the world would be better without me. Thinking that the world would be more green without me. ALL OF THIS FOR NOTHING? FOR STUPID ASSUMPTIONS?! FOR LETTING PEOPLE PUSH ME AROUND? FOR BELIEVING THEM? FOR THINKING I COULD BE A USE TO SOMEONE BY DISAPPEARING? ALL THIS AND MORE!? WHAT FOR?! SO I COULD LIVE A HAPPY LIFE? SO I COULD HAVE A NORMAL LIFE? WHAT? WHAT IS IT I DON'T UNDERSTAND?!
Finally not being able to hold it anymore I let out a lost broken scream as the man continued his bitter sweet torment about my unknown family.
"That pathetic father of yours died not too long ago with a stupid smile that never truly knew who you were just by pictures. And with pictures he died. That useless, good for nothing of a father died knowing that you were safe and protecting your identity by constantly drawing attention to himself and making sure no one would ever find you. Well, it all failed when he died, everything under his control wavered slightly with the Red Eyed Dragons, things lost control. And that was all I needed for me to unlock files and find you. Only for that stupid mutt to appear, but of course in the end it all worked out for me. Your mother failed in protecting you and so did that useless, good for nothing, bad excuse of a fath-" *SLAP*
"That's it. No more. You will not insult my family again... YOU HEAR?! YES I MAY HAVE NEVER KNOWN THEM. YES I HAS PARENT LESS. YES THEY FUCKING DIED. BUT THEY DIED FOR ME! THEY DIED LOVING ME! THEY DIED PROTECTING ME! THEY LOVED AND LOVE ME! AND THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW! THEY WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE! LOVING PARENTS! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO INSU-!" Suddenly I was thrown to the ground with my face sideways from the back hand I received. Then I was lifted up by my hair to face the old fat man.
"Now.. you listen here and you listen here deary." His voice cut into the string that set off alarms in my head as he spoke to me in a hushed but death clear voice. "I will have you, and the Red Eyed Dragons.. your mafia will be under my control after our lovely *pulls hair harder* marriage my dear. And after that.. maybe I won't dispose of you as I disposed of that useless mother of yours. DO you understand my LOVE?!" His disgusting breath washed over me and I ganged a little before looking him in the face and spitting.
He slowly used his left hand to wipe away the spit from his eyes before chucking and then becoming serious in a split second and raising his fist before we were interrupted.
"Sir! There is some cars entering our location." An unknown man said as he entered the room which from what I could see is some kind of truck judging from the height of the ground when the door opened.
"Hehe... Oh really. Good." He then turned his sickening smile to me "Well my dear, lets got and kill that fiancee of your no? Hehehe.." And with that he threw me into one of the men who started pulling me after the said man. "Oh my dear I forgot to introduce myself Giichi Tomiichi, but you can call me Tom or Tommy, seeing as to we are to be wed hehe, and that Soryu Oh will be of no bother to us no more my love" He grinned and roughly pulled me toward him and started dragging me away.
Soon we came up to a empty wide and round road and stood behind some trucks and cars. In both in front and back of all these obstacles were multiple men in black all with loaded guns aiming toward the only direction in front of us that anyone could enter.
"Oh look look my dear, look up" He started pointing up into the mountains were I noticed several people in the trees all pointing toward the same direction. "You see my dear, once a fool always a fool your Soryu will walk into his death, and you will witness it all happening with your very eyes. And you will realize how useless you and your family is before me my dear. Oh and this bug he put behind you ear." I felt his greasy hands behind my right ear then out then I heard a small crush as he forced me too look forward as we heard a car nearing. "Will as be the cause of his death." And with that said the car came into view and suddenly all around was you could hear gun fire which made me go deaf for a few moments and all the while the shooting continued as I was forced to watch the car burst up into flames.
...NO...No no no... NOOO! "SORYU!" I shouted out as I tried to escape the arms in caging me as I shouted and pleaded more and more uselessly, going only deaf everything except the sounds of the burning car and soon followed be the laughter behind me. Not being able to hold back anymore I let out a long pain fulled scream of everything I've been feeling in this short period before I lost all my strength and blacked out as rain continued to pour down on me.
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I was in and out all I heard was some faint noises and some words...
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"WHAT? TAKE HER AWAY TO YOU KNOW WHERE!
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"No... she won't struggle... she has no reason to.."
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"SHIT! I'LL GO WITH HER! YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS, THIS PROBLEM!"
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I opened my eyes to see that were in a car and saw the man Tom or whatever his name is sweating nervously. I just closed my eyes then opened them and starred out the tears started to stain and fall then reappear on the window until we came to a stop. The said man pulled out into the rain then entered the lobby that looked familiar.. I felt so numb, everything felt sleepy.. Just as I was about to close my eyes the man holding jerked me to the stairs the shut the door and started to pull me down the stairs and I hardly protested.
We came to a door that was locked and he let my hand go and said something that I didn't understand then started to take out some keys which where shaking nervously in his hands. When he finally found the right one, he started to open the door and pull me in we suddenly gun shots rang out... That was enough to knock me out of my dream like state to see the Tom guy pulling out a gun and starting to shoot as I heard familiar voices. In my anger I suddenly pushed away from him causing me to end up on the other side of the door and him staying outside where he first began. Just as the door was about to close between us as he fell on his side of the steps he pointed his gun at me and I tried to dodge and I fell down the stairs rolling an rolling until darkness greeted me once more.