Chapter XV: The town of twilight part I
"Let me go!!" Oralee shouted loudly as she struggled against Pete as he was dragging her by the arm towards Maleficent. The hallway was full of heartless that watched her and the new arrivals with their glowing yellow soulless eyes eager for the taste of hearts as they surrounded her. She was now sitting in her dark throne her hands on either side of her as she watched Oralee's weak struggles, she began to tap her long fingernails against the chairs arms revealing her impatience.
Pete himself wasn't too pleased either having to drag along a rebellious prisoner, "why don'cha keep yer yap shut?! You ain't gonna be goin no where fast till we get what we want from ya!" With that he gave her another hard tug that launched her off her feet for a moment making her stumble forwards.
She gasped as she lost quite a bit of strength from that pull but she was more terrified of what it was that these kidnappers were after from her, but then before she could react she was suddenly forced to kneel.
Pete had taken her arms and was holding her down painfully, she gritted her teeth as she looked up to see that she was now facing Maleficent fully. She looked at Maleficent wide-eyed in slight terror as she saw the darkness in her eyes.
Maleficent stared at Oralee intently for a moment, she gazed at her blonde hair, her pale skin and her one revealed glittering lilac purple eye that was widened at her sight.
After looking her over Maleficent then turned to Pete, "have you been able to find it?"
Pete watching Oralee making sure that she didn't suddenly make any sudden manuvers then turned his head back up to look back at Maleficent, "nope, she ain't got nothin I checked her all over, pockets and everythin."
"You'll never get away with this! My knight will come and save me! Then you will pay for this!" She cried out angrily.
Maleficent narrowing her eyes slightly displeased at the news and the irrataing outburst and was then about to say something more when suddenly she spotted a dark portal that opened. It was then that she appeared again with her long brown tied hair, emerald cold green eyes and her steel wings that fluttered slightly as they then folded themselves into her back.
"Ah, well I'm glad to see you have returned back so quickly," Maleficent spoke as her servant walked towards her.
Hari finally then finishing her approach then bowed before Maleficent as she then spoke, "I have returned for further instructions."
Maleficent smiled at her obedience as she saw her bow but then she was suddenly brought back to her hostages' current state. She was struggling again as she was trying to get up off of her knees at least, but with Pete's enormous strength it was impossible allowing her only to struggle with her arms.
Looking at her she then for a moment a she continued to smile further as she then turned back to Hari, for she knew that she would have the answer, "I want to know where the piece is located."
Hari hearing this then got up as she walked over to Malefeicent's side, Pete looked at her as she did and saw the wound again on her arm, he could see that from the time that he had left her until now it had gotten worse.
Now on Maleficent's side Hari lowered herself as she then looked at Oralee who was refusing to look at her, knowing exactly what she was she hated her all the more for it.
After a few moments Hari then got up as she then turned to Maleficent and then told her of her analysis, " It is in the place she hides away the most."
Looking at Hari and her cold eyes she then turned back to Oralee and her struggles as she looked at her face, she then finally noticed what Hari was talking about.
Extending her long nailed hand across she then grasped Oralee's face tightly, she gasped from the pain as she was held but then suddenly she was shocked as she felt the hair on the right side of her face being moved away.
She looked on shocked as Maleficent held her face, looking at her Maleficent's face looked surprised for a moment but then she smiled truly satisfied at what she could see. Oralee's revealed right eye showed the whole truth of everything.
"So you are indeed one of the pieces I've been looking for…" Maleficent spoke.
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Nozomi felt discomforted as she felt her back against something hard and rough against her back, "Oh I'm in agony!..." she spoke as she felt rough and achy all over.
"ye can get up right now ye banshee, ye've been layin there for ten minutes already!" Cait sith spoke angrily as he kicked her again in her laid out legs trying to get some energy out of her.
Nozomi just groaned as she opened her eyes blearily she squinted and saw that where ever she was it was light, and very strong light that made her feel disorientated, then looking at the ground she saw that it was red brick. This showed it was at least more modernised than the last place she had been to.
But she felt really exhausted and uncomfortable as she got up shakily, "where's a bed?" She asked tiredly.
Cait sith stared at her for a moment then became infuriated as he then shouted at her, "how can you think of going to bed at a time like this!?"
Nozomi just groaned further as she then spoke again with effort, "I'm tired, I haven't slept properly in ages, and I ache everywhere… I just want my energy back!"
She was then quiet for a moment as Cait sith stood next to her but then she started to shuffle away tiredly, "where are you going!" Cait sith called after her.
However she was now a little too faraway to give him an answer so he quickly ran over to her as he followed her at her side. It was quiet again for a few moments as they walked around in their new area, the whole place was truly a modern town/ city with lights in the ground lighting the way. There were also many shops around selling all kinds of accessories, potions and items. The signs for the shops as well for the shops were very glitzy showing that they were all high in class.
Nozomi however wasn't really paying too much attention to any of these details as she was really tired but then a thought did occur to her, "hey where's that snowball and the king?" She asked Cait sith.
He looked at her annoyed as he then told her, "how am I supposed to tell ya that ye banshee, ye keep getting lost from them!"
It was then she stopped and looked at him as tired as she was this really then annoyed her as she said, " I'm not the one who keeps getting lost from them, it's them who keep getting lost from me!"
Cait sith stared at her and her outburst, silent for another moment or so till again Nozomi just slumped back into her exhausted state as she walked forwards again.
Catching up once again he looked at Nozomi still irritated as he spoke again, "how am I gonna rely on ye to rescue her highness when ye walk around like this!"
Nozomi annoyed herself then replied, "I can't help anyone with no energy, I mean I just need something to get it back, it doesn't even have to be a bed, I mean a mattress, a pillow cushion, even a-"
It was then she was cut off as suddenly she had spotted in an alleyway what she was talking about, a sofa. She then took off running straight towards it as she then jumped to it feeling the comfort of the cushions as she fell asleep all at once.
Cait sith catching up then looked at her as he then looked at her annoyed as he then spoke, "fer the love of mike!"
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After dealing with Oralee, Pete then immediately went to go on and deal with the next agenda that was on his list, Hari.
"Just leavin like that! Well that little missy will have plenty to answer fer when I find her!"
Walking around the castle he couldn't seem to find her anywhere, he called around the various rooms of the castle until he finally he came to it's highest peak, climbing the stairs he then saw her as she stood on top of one of the towers on the outer skirts of the castle.
She had her wings laid out on either side as she stood on the top of the tower staring into the endless emptiness of the black sky. Her face was completely blank, her body unmoving almost like a statue. But as Pete looked at her, though she had told him she couldn't feel anything at all either emotionally or physically, it seemed to him as though there was an air of loneliness that surrounded her like a thick cloud.
Transfixed by her and her state for a few moments he had forgotten what he had come to do, but then it suddenly came back in a full flash as he then coughed and then bellowed, "Hari you get here this minute!"
Hari looking down from the sky then looked at him for a moment her face unchanging as she then closed her eyes and then opening her wings she beat them hard for a moments as she then made her way over in under a minute.
Kneeling and then closing her wings away again she looked at Pete as she then asked, "Is there an order that I must undertake?"
Pete looking at her for a moment then said, "yeah I have an order for yah!"
Hari looked at him unchanging as she waited for his order, "I want ta see yer arm!"
Hearing this order Hari looked at him as she moved the arm she assumed he was referring to. As she did so he then took it in his own large hands as he bought out a wad of bandaging as he wrapped it tightly and neatly making sure it would heal nicely.
"Now that oughta make ya better, we can't have our trump card breakin ta pieces can we?" He laughed loudly proud of his accomplishment.
Looking at her bandaged arm Hari then thought to herself for a moment, she then spoke, "indeed the recovery process should at least increase… by seven per cent if I am not mistaken."
Pete hearing this looked at her as he asked her, "why what percentage are ya at?"
Hari then looked at Pete as she then spoke, "I am sixty eight per cent if I am to be precise in my calculations."
Pete was shocked when he heard this, "what per cent day ya need to be able te fight?"
Hari then replied as she closed her eyes, "I need for combat missions to be at seventy per cent at the least."
Pete hearing this reply then thought back to what Maleficent had told him and thought that the girl tough or not needed at least some time to recover if that was the case.
"All right then come with me!" He spoke as he then walked with Hari back into the castle.
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After reaching where he wanted to be he then told Hari pointing at her, "I want ya ta stay in this room till yer at least eighty percent recovery rate! Ya got that!"
Hearing this order though Hari had to enquire further as she then asked him, "but what about my lady's orders?"
Pete was caught off guard slightly though by this knowing that Maleficent would be annoyed as hell on earth if she discovered what he'd ordered her to do but then he remembered back to a previous order from before, Maleficent told ya that if she ain't around ya gotta listen to me so… ya just stay right here in this room until ye over eighty thingy got it?"
Hari then silent for a few moments looked at him and then bowed her head as she then replied, "understood."
Pete hearing her say this then turned to leave but as he was near the door he turned to see that she was looking out the window again at the endless darkness. He could feel the loneliness emanating from her again that made him wonder if she really didn't feel anything at all.
