Chapter 4: Mama Dark Fae Protects her Cubs.
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Earlier in the hour...
Turns out, Maleficent didn't had to worry about the girls seeing a gory horror movie at all, they all agreed to go see ''A Haunting in Venice'', a Hercule Poirot story adaptation. Taranee, a fan of Agatha Christine's book was the one who insisted they go see it cause it looked spooky and appropriated for their ages, so they all agreed to give it a try.
After buying their tickets, they all grabbed their popcorn, drinks and some sweets from the concession stand and made a B-line for the theater to take their seats. Alas, they wouldn't stay long enough to get to the good part of it, cause barely 5 minutes into the movie, a bunch of boys from their school were causing a scene and annoying the other movie viewers for their own amusement. Those boys were quick out of the theater by an usher along with the girls, who were only trying to stop the boy's attics and were mistaken of being part of their group, they didn't even get to leave with the snacks they payed a fortune for. Needles the say the girl's were very disappointed, and more then a little pissed at the boys.
Will: *Glares at the boys leader* Nice job moron, now none of us will get to see the movie.
Taranee: Yeah, when are you guys finally going to act your ages, you're 15 not 5.
Boys Leader: *Huffs annoyed* Whatever, that movie was probably lame anyway. *Looks at his friends* lets go guys, i've got way better scary movies at home.
And so the small group of troublemakers ran off with a laugh, leaving the 5 still angry girls at the theater door to figure out what to do now that movie night was off.
Irma: *Sigh* Unless one of you has a better idea, we might as well head home and get a head start on are Halloween reports.
Cordelia: Good idea Irma, and i know just where to start, follow me girls.
Cordelia lead the girls a few blocks further away from the theater, to a descent size shop called ''Spirit'' the best and biggest Halloween costume and decoration shop in town to buy some make up and accessories to make up their report costumes.
Cordelia bought a long silver hair wig, White/Grey foundation make up and a torned white shawl for her Banshee Costume. She even managed to sweet talk the shop clerk into giving her a 30% discount on the wig to go with the 10% on the make up the shop already had.
Taranee managed to find a nice little blood red gnome hat and a fake scythe for her report costume, she and Hay Lin were doing a report on the ''Redcap'', those evil, bloodthirsty goblins that dip their hats in the blood of their victims to stay alive.
Irma didn't need to buy anything for her report costume, she had all the materials she just had to start working on it tonight. But she did promise to take the neighbours kids Trick-a-Treating next week and they insisted she dressed up as a witch to go with their Hansel and Gretel costumes, so she chose a black witch's dress complete with Hat, a broomstick and a fake warted nose. It caused her all of the money she had left on her but she didn't mind.
As for Will and Hay Lin, they both stayed outside sitting at the shop's cement stairs, laptops out of their bags, getting a head start on the written part of their report and doing research on their respective Solitary Faeries while the girls were inside shopping.
45 minutes later...
The 5 girls were out of the shop with the goods they've bought, and in a much more cheerier mood then before, walking down the South Side street towards Cordelia's house where they can better work on their reports.
Cordelia: *Turns to her friends smiling*I don't know about you girls, but i sure had a great time.
Irma: Yeah, we managed to find what we wanted and we didn't have Jeremy and his friends to get us in trouble again, that last part alone is enough of a nice time for me *Giggles*.
Will: *Smiles* Right, long live girls night without annoying boys.
All the girls laugh to that, except Taranee who looked a little down, which Hay Lin noticed.
Hay Lin: You alright Tara? Don't tell me you're still upset over the movie we didn't get to see.
Taranee: I was waiting to see it ever sense i saw the first trailer online, now thanks to the ''Moron Squad'' we're probably all band from the theater forever and i'll never get to see it.
Will: *Looks at Taranee with a smile* Don't worry Tara, tomorrow i'll go see the Movie Theater's manager and explain everything, she's a friend of my mom's she'll listen to me.
Cordelia: *Turns to Taranee* And if that doesn't work we'll just, wait a few months for the movie to come out on DVD and watch at one of else's place, we'll make it are annual Christmas movie, what you say?
Irma: A spooky murder mystery movie as are annual Christmas flick *Thinks for a moment* well, can't be any worst than last year's flick ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''.
The others can only agree in exasperate whispers, anything would be better than THAT movie, then they are burst in laughter, even Taranee her spirits left up, as they continue walking, the sun setting more and more each minute, darkening the street.
Will: *Looks at the darkening sky and frowns* Looks like we're going to be late guys *stops at an entrance alley and points in* let's take a short cut through that alley.
Cordelia: Absolutely not, are you crazy girl?
Hay Lin: Cordelia's right Will, who knows what kind of creep could be hiding in there.
Will: *Rolls her eyes* Oh come on girls, its Hurricane, one of the least dangerous places on earth. There's hardly any crime happening at all, hell the worst that ever happened was a deliberate case of food poisoning at a restaurant by a disgruntled cook a few years ago. Trust me, there's no one in-
But suddenly, Will was cut off by a hand coming out the dark alley to cover her mouth, followed by another hand holding a knife that it applied to the girl's throat, to the horrifying shock of the other girls.
Unknown Thug: *A face comes out of the darkened alley, smirking* Oh, i wouldn't be so sure of that girly. *Turns to the others* Hello ladies, getting a little late to be walking outside alone don't you think?
All looked at their hostaged friend and her captor with fear for some time until Cordelia, finally found the courage to talk for them all.
Cordelia: *Smiles nervously* I-it is, tha-that's why we were a-all heading to m-my house. It's o-on Rosefield Avenue.
Unknown Thug: *Smirks Wider* You don't say. Its a pretty long walk from here to there, but i know a shortcut from inside this alley, why don't you follow me and you'll be home in no time.
Cordelia: *Pales even more along with the other girls, but keeps on smiling* Th-that's very ki-kind of you, bu-but we're all fi-fine walking there by are usu-usual route.
Unknown Thug: *Tightens his hold on Will* Oh but i insist, your friend here already accepted my offer, and you girls want to stick together incase of danger, right?
An obvious threat that warns them that they can run away if they want, but their friend will surely end up dead if they do. Terrified but with little choice in the matter, the girls nodded at the thug, who beckoned them to follow him while continuing holding Will at knife point.
They slowly walked in a straight line in the darkened alley for several minutes, with the thug ordering them to keep up a couple of times before they reached the alley's end, where 4 other men were waiting for their friend to return next to a large white van.
Unknown Thug: Hey guys, look what i found. I told you we'd find some cuties in this backwater town.
Unknown Thug 2: *Looks up from a book he's reading and smirks* Yeah, they do look nice *Close his book* especially the blond.
Unknown Thug 3: *Looks at the 5 girls and licks his lips* Yeah, and there's one for each of us, what you all say we take a closer look at the new merchandise, see if their good enough to sale or keep them to areselves.
The girls looked on in terror at what the Thug is suggesting while he continued looking at them with those disgusting lustful eyes, until the larger thug, probably the leader, smacks him behind his head changing his look of lust to one of pain and annoyance directed at the big one.
Thug Leader: Idiot, no one will buy these girls from us if they're already used. *Turns to the 4th thug that hasn't said anything yet* Ready the chair in the van Ben, we're going to see if these girls are good enough to sale the RIGHT way *Ben nods and gets into the van*.
Unknown Thug 3: *Rubs his head in confusion as well as pain now* Why bother boss? These girls don't look older then 12, i doubt they lost their virginity yet.
Thug Leader: We're making sure just in case, kids these days are more and more eager to do adult things early.
Ben: *Opens the van doors from the inside* The chair is ready, bring the first girl.
The man then steps back to reveal a chair like the kind gynecologists use to exam the private parts of their female, to the greater horror of the girls watching. Thug number two then went to grab Cordelia first to drag her to the chair, but she managed slap the man's hand away.
Cordelia: *Screams* Stay the fuck away from me you creep.
Her defiance earned herself a harsh slap across the face, then being grabbed forcefully by the hair and forced to walk to the van by the now angry thug number 2.
Taranee, Hay Lin and Irma: CORDELIA *Tries to go help their friend, but thug 3 stepped between them with a gun oout*.
Unknown Thug 3: *Smirks* Nah, ah, ah girls, don't make the situation harder then it has to be, back off slowly and don,t worry, it will all be over before you know it.
Reluctantly, the girls did as the thug ordered and backed off, leaving Cordelia on her own to try and fight off the creep pulling at her hair to move, despite the pain he's putting her through, and how much he was cursing at her for not coorperating.
But she wasn't the only one wanting to take this lying down. A still hostaged Will was getting angrier and angrier at seeing her friend being manhandled like some kind of doll those creeps want to sale to a bunch of perverts, and that anger was causing something deep within her to rise up, causing her eyes to glow a pinkish white while wishing that the creep's knife wasn't at her neck anymore.
Unknown Thug 1: *Feels his knife heating up and shaking in his grasp* What The- *With a jerk, it then flew out of his hand and into Thug number 3's forearm*
Unknown Thug 3: *Drops his gun and grabs his impaled and heavily bleeding arm.* THE FUCK!?
Unknown Thug 1: GEORGE!?
Distracted, Will stomped on his foot to force him to release his grip on her. With a shout of pain he did, and she took the opportunity to slam the guy as hard as she could on the wall behind them, knocking him out cold.
Will: *Glares at Ben still manhandling Cordelia with her glowing eyes* Don't Touch Her *Levitates a Full can of trash and throws it at Ben, causing him to be hit hard and letting go of Cordelia before being pin down by the can and knocked out like his friend*.
In the chaos, the leader took out and loaded his own gun and shot a bullet at Will who got it in the shoulder and crumbled on the ground with a scream, causing the girls to all scream.
Thug Leader: *Points his gun at the screaming girls* SHUT UP YOU BUNCH OF BITCHES *Shoots at a bullet at their feet to make them shut up, then turns to Thug Number 2* Larry, throw a roll of gauze at George, then get the blond bitch in the van and tie her up to the chair, were getting this over with, then were leaving with or without fresh meat.
Larry: *Grabs Cordelia by the hair again before she could get away* Get yeah boss, what about the freak of nature there?
Thug Leader: *Walks to the injured Will and cocks his gun at her* Nobody wants a toy that does freaky stuff, so she's going in the trash *Prepares to pull the trigger to Will's and her friend's horror...''
Seconds Earlier...
A panicked Maleficent had arrived where the girl's screams were heard just in time to see them with a group of armed men next to a van with a strange chair in the back. 2 of them men were on the ground unconscious while another was struggling to remove a rather large knife impaled deep into his forearm. Another was manhandling Cordelia while the last man was pointing a gun at a down Will, who was clutching a heavily bleeding shoulder.
Thug Leader: Nobody wants a toy that does freaky stuff, so she's going in the trash *Slowly Pulls the Trigger*.
Panicked and worry turned into a feral growl on the Dark Fae's face as she raised her hand glowing with green magic, so when the Leader finally pulled the trigger, instead of firing it morphed into a bunch of green butterflies now flying around, to the awed confusion of both the girls and the thugs.
Thug Leader: What the h- *More green magic appears around him and turned him into a toad*, *Jumps around confused* croak!?
Larry: *Lets go of Cordelia and runs at the toad, kneeling to its level* BOSS!?
George: *Looking scared now* What the hell just happened.
That's when a blond woman dressed in a light grey coat walked forward from the other alley entrance she was hidding, one of her gloved hands outstretched and surrounded by green magic. Larry and George were utterly confused by the appearance of the one, seemingly unarmed woman while the girls looked confused and happy to see her, Will especially, with her having been so close to being killed and all, her intervention was fortuitous.
Maleficent: *Looks at George with a cold glare* What happen little man, is that your boss was revealed for what he truly is: A Filthy Toad.
To be Continue...