Skyla had managed to evade Elijah for a few weeks. But her luck ran out one day when she had decided to go outside by the tree to enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. The weather had been somewhat bipolar until two days ago; it had either been super rainy or rainy and cold.
"It's nice to see you Skyla," she heard behind her.
Skyla turned to see Elijah standing behind her. Her heart dropped seeing him knowing this wasn't going to be a nice little chat.
"Can't say the feelings are mutual," Skyla replied.
Elijah's eyes narrowed, and a dark smirk crossed his lips.
"Do you know how long it took me to track you down? How much work it took me to make sure I caught the right attention? Apparently, money doesn't work for that in the BSAA," Elijah said darkly.
"Sucks to be you, I told you I was done," Skyla replied.
Elijah closed in on her, a sneer crossing his face.
"Our families had a contract, you were mine. You had no say in that, and now I find you with that Lieutenant," Elijah snarled at her.
"I'm not a trophy; my parents are dead so far as I am concerned that contract doesn't mean shit. Also, I ended it, I am the boss of me, not some contract our parents drew up," Skyla replied trying to ignore what he had said.
Unsuspectingly Elijah's hand landed hard across on her cheek. Skyla gave him a death glare as she brought her hand to her cheek as it started to sting.
"What the hell is going on here," Chris barked.
"Nothing Captain," Elijah said giving Skyla one last hard look before walking back inside.
"Are you okay," Chris asked concerned.
"I'm fine," Skyla replied dropping her hand.
"This is unacceptable, he is gone," Chris said turning to face the door Elijah had gone through.
"You can't, his father will own your ass. Let me handle it," Skyla replied.
"He can't get away with this," Chris growled.
"He won't, we just have to go about it differently. If we are going to get rid of him it's going to have to be permanent," Skyla replied.
"Fine, go to the infirmary and get some ice on that. For your sake and mine you better hope he didn't leave a mark on you," Chris said turning back to her.
He moved her hair looking a little better at her cheek. Skyla nodded and walked inside and towards the infirmary. After she got the ice, she was about to get up when the nurse came in.
"I looked over your chart, you're supposed to be in a couple days for your shot since you're here now want to get it over with?" She asked.
"Yeah that's fine," Skyla replied.
"Okay be back by this date, one or two days before is fine but afterward and you're going to be in trouble. Otherwise, I'll have to contact your Captain," the nurse said after administering the shot.
"Save it, I know and you know I'll be in by then I always do come in on time, "Skyla replied getting up and leaving.
She walked to the cafeteria; once she was just outside, she tossed the bag of ice into a garbage can and walked in. Elijah eyed her as she walked down to where Piers and Finn were sitting. Skyla sat, so her right cheek was away from Piers view.
"Skyla what happened?" Finn asked staring at her.
"What are you talking about Finn?" Skyla asked sitting next to Piers.
Finn looked over at Piers and raised his eyebrow at him. Piers looked over at her for a moment and then back to Finn confused.
"You have a black eye Skyla," he replied.
Piers gently grabbed her chin gently and turned her face so he could see her other cheek.
"What the hell happened?" Piers asked staring at her face.
"Nothing," Skyla replied turning away.
"I'm going to kill him. Does Chris know about this," Piers asked.
"Yeah, he walked up on it," Skyla replied.
"And that son of a bitch is still here?" Piers growled.
"Piers look at me; he is not going to get away with this. But if Chris boots him out without solid evidence, his father will just have him right back in. We are going to take care of this another way. In the meantime, please stay away from him," Skyla replied gripping his arm to keep him from getting up.
Piers huffed; he looked down at her and nodded. Finn shook his head and continued to eat his food.
"Hey Skyla nice shiner," Cowboy said as he sat down next Finn.
Skyla huffed and got up frustrated with everyone at the table. She started to walk out of the cafeteria when she felt eyes on her. She looked over to see Elijah watching her intently. She stopped and glared at him momentarily before flipping him off. He started to get up but realized that Chris was glaring at him and Piers was walking towards her. Piers grabbed Skyla by the arm and escorted her outside of the cafeteria. He glared at her shaking his head.
"What the hell were you just thinking?" Piers asked staring down at her.
"What?" Skyla asked leaning back to rest her back on the wall.
"You better be glad Chris was sitting there. Otherwise, we probably would have a big issue. The three of us would probably be suspended," Piers snarled.
"I'm sorry," she replied bowing her head.
Piers sighed and took a step closer to her.
"Please be more careful, if he lays another hand on you I'm not going to let him live to see another day," Piers said softly.
Skyla grabbed the back of his neck and pulled down slightly so she could connect their lips. Piers smirked into the kiss and brought his left arm to rest on the small of her back. After a minute he pulled back slightly resting his forehead on hers. Someone cleared their throat from behind Piers; Skyla begrudgingly tilted her head to see Chris standing behind them, his hand on the back of his neck awkwardly.
"Piers," Skyla whispered.
He groaned and turned around to stare at Chris.
"I need to speak with you in my office," Chris said to Piers.
Piers nodded, Chris walked off toward his office. Piers turned towards Skyla.
"I'll see you later," he told her following Chris.
Piers knocked on the door waiting for the quiet 'come in,' on the other side. He opened the door and to find Chris sitting at his desk frowning at his computer.
"Is something wrong?" Piers asked.
"We need to do something about Miller," Chris said not looking up from the computer.
Piers shut the door and walked to the chair sitting in front of Chris' desk.
"Skyla told me to stay away from him," Piers replied.
"Between what Kayla told me about him and what I walked up on I am not going to sit around and wait," Chris replied finally looking at him.
"The last time you meddled in something that Skyla didn't want you to she held a pretty ugly grudge, Chris," Piers said sighing.
"Yeah well, this affects not only her well-being but also affects the Alpha team," Chris replied.
Piers sighed and leaned back in the chair, relaxing a bit.
"What were you thinking?" Piers asked.
Skyla walked towards the senior Alpha bunk room when she passed Kayla.
"What the hell happened?" Kayla asked stopping.
Skyla sighed and stopped.
"Elijah," Skyla said turning to face the wall.
"Has Piers seen you? He didn't do anything stupid did he?" Kayla asked.
"No, Chris needed to speak with him," she replied.
"Want me to kill him? I'll kill him," Kayla replied staring Skyla down.
"Stay away from him Kayla," Skyla replied with a glare.
"Please tell me he is in the infirmary or that you at least kicked his ass," Kayla replied.
"Stop it, It will be handled," Skyla stared at her.
Kayla shook her head.
"You're still scared of him," she replied bluntly.
Skyla turned to face her and glared, but sighed and bowed her head in shame.
"Michael would be disappointed," Kayla said with a frown.
"Don't bring him into this," Skyla growled.
The two stared at each other hard, Skyla huffed and stomped off.
"You know I am right," Kayla replied calling out.
"Go to hell Kayla," Skyla replied turning a corner.