“Daniel!” Triska cried out as she saw the boy being held by his neck and shoulder while Jacqueline stood behind him. Specca covered her mouth with a gasp while Squeak glared at the blonde girl with anger as she saw the monster holding Daniel forcibly.
“Let him go right now or else I’ll hack you into goddamned pieces!” Triska yelled out as she tensed up.
“Ha, oh really now? And how do you plan on doing that?” Jacqueline taunted. Alyssa glared at Jacqueline as she waved her hand to the side, casting Triska’s sword into a spin over into the teen’s hands. Triska gripped her blade tightly as she felt her anger growing even more from seeing Daniel being held like this.
“You are so dead,” she hissed. Squeak nodded with a firm squeak as she kept her pickaxe held tightly in both hands, her eyes glaring at the blonde girl with anger as she bared her teeth slightly. Jacqueline laughed and held Daniel close to her while keeping one hand tightly on his shoulder while the other went around his chest, grabbing his shirt while she glanced around at the girls with a coy smile on her face.
“Something wrong, ladies? What’s with those dreadful looks on your faces? Oh, is this making you mad?” she teased before applying pressure to Daniel’s shoulder, causing him to flinch in pain as he tried to grab her other hand and pry it off, not having any luck as her strength was far greater than he anticipated. It was almost as if Squeak herself was holding him, the boy being unable to overpower the girl at all as she was clearly not human.
“How dare you harm him, you wretched, vile, despicable…” Specca cursed as she trembled with anger. Alyssa glared at Jacqueline then glanced over to seeing Jovian opening the door to the building she had been thrown into and walking out, the raven haired girl now holding a longsword in one hand as she smiled coldly at the girls.
“Look what I found in there, not to mention lots of dead humans. Did you murder innocent people here, women and children even, just for the fun of it?” she questioned with a mocking tone. Jacqueline laughed then looked around at the girls with smirk on her face.
“Oh, is that true? Have we been traveling with murderers this whole time?” she laughed.
“We never killed anyone, they were dead when we got here,” Daniel strained out while behind held by the monster.
“What are they talking about? Who’s dead?” Specca asked carefully. Triska glanced to her then back at Jacqueline with fury as she kept her blade held at the ready to charge with.
“We never killed anyone, the people of this village were dead when we got here, just like you’re going to be if you don’t let him go right now!” she yelled out. Specca glanced to her then around at seeing all the buildings having no lights on or people being seen anywhere nearby during the loud standoff.
“Wait, the entire village is dead?” she asked nervously.
“Yeah, we don’t know what killed them though, they all appeared to just die from nothing,” Triska confirmed. Jovian and Jacqueline laughed as Jovian walked over next to her sister, the twins looking around at the group with amused smiles.
“Oh, I see, they all just died on their own, that makes sense,” Jovian mocked.
“Yeah, I suppose we can’t blame them for that, they couldn’t have killed anyone, they’re so weak after all, like this one here,” Jacqueline taunted as she dug her fingers into Daniel’s shoulder, the boy letting out a strained grunt as he dropped to a knee in pain.
“Daniel!” Specca cried out.
“Don’t you dare hurt him!” Alyssa yelled out with fury.
“If you don’t let him go this instant, I swear to god I’ll hack you both into tiny pieces right here and now,” Triska threatened through bared teeth.
“If you harm a hair on his head there shall be no forgiveness for you,” Specca threatened with anger as she clenched her fists.
“Oh, no? Oh well, I guess we’ll have to live with being your enemies from now on,” Jovian mused while holding her blade towards Daniel’s neck.
“I think we’ll manage just fine knowing that though,” Jacqueline giggled, then looked down to Daniel as she grabbed his hair and yanked his head back to look at his face.
“Sister, this boy means so much to them, what should we do with him?” she mused playfully as the boy gave her a weak glare while trying to pry her hand off of his shoulder. Jovian let out an amused murmur as she slowly lowered her blade down towards his crotch.
“Yes, what should we do with him indeed,” Jovian teased with a sly smile. All the girls jumped with wide eyes as Daniel glanced to her with growing fear as to where this was going.
“Well, I think first thing’s first, we should put an end to their silly squabble over who gets to be fucked by him. I say, since he can’t make up his mind, we make it so he can’t fuck any of them,” Jovian said with a dark smile. Jacqueline giggled as she looked down at Daniel, watching as he glanced to the blade with even more fear now than before.
“I think that sounds very fair, not like he was going to be using it anyway!” she laughed, with Jovian laughing as well.
“No, don’t,” Triska breathed out.
“You can’t, don’t!” Alyssa cried out.
“Please, let him go, right now!” Specca desperately pleaded. Squeak shook her head and squeaked quickly at the twins, the two girls looking to the group with cold smiles as Jovian angled the blade to slice downward at Daniel’s crotch.
“Wait!” Falla yelled out from above. Everyone looked to the butterfly girl as she stepped out from behind the chimney while holding a hand out to the sisters.
“Hold it, at least let me get his seed before you hack his penis off!” she called down.
“What? What? That’s all you’re worried about right now?” Triska yelled out at the butterfly girl.
“I can’t believe you, Falla; you’re just as heartless as those two!” Specca shouted out with disgust. Falla glanced to them then slowly fluttered down onto the road between the two parties, holding her hands up defensively while watching the sisters as they both smiled curiously at her.
“He promised to get me pregnant after all, he still owes me his seed,” Falla reminded.
“Oh, did he now?” Jovian asked glancing to Daniel.
“No, I never promised her that at all,” Daniel argued while looking at Falla like she was crazy.
“Yes you did, Daniel, and whether you or the rest of your friends like it or not you have to fulfill that promise,” Falla declared sternly.
“Seriously? You’re picking now to bring that up again?” Alyssa yelled out at her. Falla looked to her with a firm expression and crossed her arms.
“Hey, I get it, you all love him, and me having sex with him would just break all your hearts. Well, boo hoo, he did promise to help me, and dammit, he’s not going to be weaseling out of that again, not now, not ever,” she asserted.
“I’m going to kill you, Falla, I’m going to straight up kill you after this,” Triska growled with bared teeth. Falla rolled her eyes then looked to the sisters.
“You want to kill everyone, fine, I get it, but his seed belongs to me, even if all these girls hate that thought with all their might,” she declared. Jovian and Jacqueline glanced to each other then to Falla with raised eyebrows.
“What, you want to do him right here and now, is that it?” Jovian mused.
“In front of all of them? Really?” Jaqueline questioned. Falla smirked and glanced back to the other girls.
“Well, surely they would all hate that more than anything, I mean that would certainly be cruel to do to them, not sure I could stomach watching them all crying from it, but…” she said looking back to Daniel with a coy smile and holding a finger to her chin. Specca looked at Falla carefully then glanced to the sisters.
‘Why does she keep emphasizing how much we’ll hate such a thing? It’s like she’s trying to stress that point with them, but why?’
Jovian and Jacqueline giggled and looked around at all the girls with amusement while Daniel was staring at Falla like she re
ally was out of her mind.
“You’re right, it would just break their hearts if they had to watch Daniel being raped right before their eyes,” Jovian mused.
“And by a lowly rat such as yourself too, oh I like this idea a lot,” Jacqueline laughed. Falla held in her growl as she forced a smile and shrugged modestly.
“Hey, I just want what he promised me. These other girls may not like the idea at all, but too bad, I’m a monster after all, and I need his seed,” she reasoned.
“Falla, what the hell are you doing?” Alyssa yelled out. Specca glanced between Falla and the sisters as she tried to figure that out herself. Falla walked up to Daniel and smirked at him with a raised eyebrow.
“If you’re going to kill them anyway, at least allow me the chance to claim what is rightfully mine first,” she requested. Jovian laughed and moved her sword aside as Jacqueline lifted Daniel up onto his feet, holding him by the shoulders firmly as she giggled amusedly.
“You know what, I think this would be quite a show indeed,” Jovian speculated with a sly grin.
“Yeah, it’ll be simply wonderful to watch all of them having their hearts crushed like this, I think it might even be more painful for them than our teeth would be,” Jacqueline added. Daniel looked back and forth between them then to Falla with disbelief as the butterfly girl walked up and placed her hands on his chest.
“Are you crazy? Here? Now? Like this?” Daniel asked frantically.
“Oh, Daniel, I know it’s not the most romantic spot or whatever, but that’s what you get for trying to cheat me out of what’s rightfully mine,” Falla said with a sympathetic smile while shaking her head.
“Falla, I swear to god if you touch him I’ll kill you myself!” Triska yelled out. Jovian smirked at the teen while drumming her fingers on her sword’s handle.
“On your knees, all of you,” she ordered. The girls just looked at her with frustration before she scoffed and held the sword up to point at Daniel’s neck, with him and Falla glancing to it worriedly.
“I said on your knees, now!” Jovian ordered again. The other girls slowly got down on their knees as they watched with growing fear for Daniel as the twins smiled coldly at them.
“You all can just watch as this lousy rat gets to have the one and only session with him, make sure you all pay close attention or else I’ll slice his throat during,” Jovian informed.
“If any of you get up or make any sudden movements he’ll die right here and now, just in case you’re really so eager to deny Falla her seed,” Jacqueline said with a glance at Daniel. The boy looked around at his friends as they all watched him with worried eyes then to Falla as the girl had a solemn expression on her face. Jovian smirked then lowered her sword as Jacqueline shifted her hands down and held Daniel by his arms while standing behind him.
“Alright, Falla, rape him, hard. Get every drop of semen out of him,” Jovian offered with a wave to the boy.
“Don’t worry, he won’t be going anywhere, make sure to hump him really good,” Jacqueline giggled. Falla slowly smiled a bit and moved closer to Daniel, holding her hands to his chest as she leaned over to his ear.
“Just relax,” she said softly.
“You know, I was starting to have hope for you, seeing you caring so much about your sister, I thought there was some good in you after all,” Daniel scorned. Falla closed her eyes as her hands slid underneath his outer shirt, with Daniel feeling her fingers tracing along his chest.
“Daniel, you know being sneaky and cunning is what I’m good at,” she gently reminded. Daniel blinked then slowly glanced down to something as Falla leaned back and smiled kindly at the boy.
“You really don’t give me enough credit, do you?” she said softly. Daniel looked at her carefully as the girl smirked with a twitch of her eyebrow. Falla nodded slowly then quickly yanked out Daniel’s dagger from his shirt, gearing back and striking it behind him into Jacqueline’s skull with a slick crunch. Jovian jumped and watched with surprise as Jacqueline let go of Daniel and stumbled back a step with a stunned expression on her face before Falla quickly grabbed Daniel and yanked him aside, with Jovian then screaming and taking a swing at them with her sword. Daniel and Falla ducked under the blade before Falla quickly fluttered her wings and grabbed hold of the boy around the waist, the monster quickly taking off into the air as Jovian yelled and swung at them again. The blade just missed Daniel’s foot as Falla lifted him up into the air and flew over the group before landing down behind Specca, with the girls looking at them with wonder as Falla smiled arrogantly at the sisters.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing? I thought you wanted that stupid human’s seed,” Jovian said bitterly as Jacqueline slowly reached up and pulled the dagger out of her forehead, her wound healing up while her expression turned to anger as she glared at Falla.
“I do, and I’ll still get it just as he promised, however I don’t like the notion of you killing him after I’m done with him, I’d rather like to share him with my sister later on after all,” Falla quipped. The other girls just stared at her with bewilderment while Daniel watched Falla with a raised eyebrow, the girl glancing around at everybody then to Daniel with a shrug.
“What, Luna wants to get pregnant too. Besides, you owe me,” she reasoned simply. Daniel just stared at her for a moment with confusion before looking over to the sisters, with the other girls quickly getting back onto their feet and backing up towards him while staying between him and the two dark monsters.
“Ok then, I think we learned a little lesson here,” Jovian said dryly.
“Yeah, if you want to cause pain and suffering to others, you have to do it yourself,” Jacqueline said while holding the bloody dagger down at her side.
“Alright, so what’s the plan here?” Triska asked carefully.
“Specca, what kind of monsters are they?” Daniel asked. Specca eyed the two sisters over nervously and quickly shook her head.
“I have no idea, I don’t know what they are at all,” she answered. Thinking as hard as she could she couldn’t piece together what monster class these two strange girls were, not being sure if she had ever read about them or not as she still felt frightened for her life by being so close to them like this. She grunted and stepped back with Daniel while holding onto his arm for protection as everyone kept their eyes on the sisters.
“I don’t know, I can’t think of what kind of monster doesn’t die, I can’t remember if I read about them or not,” she admitted with regret.
“I think it’s safe to say we’re not going to be negotiating with them at this point, they’re not peaceful monsters, that much we at least know,” Alyssa pointed out.
“Great, they can’t be killed and they can’t be reasoned with, what options do we have left?” Daniel asked as the two sisters started walking towards them with cold expressions.
“I vote run,” Specca quickly suggested.
“Seconded,” Falla agreed with a nod. Squeak nodded a few times and squeaked in what was assumed to be in agreement as she watched the sisters with growing fear.
“We’re not running away from them, those monsters need to be put down for good,” Triska argued sternly.
“Yeah, but they’re not staying down, that’s the problem,” Specca reminded urgently.
The two sisters advanced on the group while wicked smiles spread across their faces before stopping suddenly and looking past everyone with a curious eye. Lucky quickly neighed then took off down an alleyway between two buildings, his footsteps echoing out as the group looked to seeing him racing off then to the sisters who were now standing still.
“Lucky?” Alyssa called out after her horse.
“Something spooked him,” Specca said nervously.
“Something besides two flesh-eating monsters that can’t die and a village full of dead people?” Triska questioned skeptically.
“He wasn’t running from them, he ran that way, almost like he was avoiding something behind us,” Daniel said ca
refully as he pointed down the alley that Lucky had vanished into. After a pause the group looked behind to seeing a figure walking towards them in the middle of the street, a little girl that slowly became visible in the light from the streetlamps.
“I see we have some new faces in this village, welcome to Eston,” Emily greeted with a calm smile on her face, her eyes seeming to look past everyone with an empty gaze while she had her hands held behind her back with her wand. From the rooftops around the group tentacle eyestalks slowly shifted up and peered down at everyone from all angles, giving Emily a complete view of the newcomers.
“Who are you?” Daniel asked.
“Get out of here, kid, this isn’t a good time to be out playing,” Triska ordered before looking back to the sisters. The twins were watching Emily with curious smiles while Falla was staring at the witch with surprise.
“Emily?” Falla cried out. The group looked to her then to the witch as Emily showed a dull smile at seeing the butterfly girl with the group.
“Oh, Falla, you’re still alive after all,” she said simply.
“That’s Emily? That’s the girl Luna was with?” Specca asked. Falla quickly ran over to Emily and shook her by the shoulders with desperation, the witch having a dull expression on her face while she gripped her wand in one hand.
“Where’s my sister? What happened to her, where is she?” she cried out.
“Falla, get away from her!” Alyssa shouted out. Everyone looked to her as she was staring at Emily with surprise, with the dark witch slowly turning her empty gaze towards Alyssa.
“Well, well, well. Alyssa, what a surprise seeing you here,” Emily said coldly as Falla slowly backed up from the girl.
“You know her, Alyssa?” Daniel asked.
“That’s Emily, the Blight Witch!” Alyssa cried out as she pointed to Emily. Falla looked to her then to Emily with confusion as the witch slowly lowered her hands, revealing the wand she was holding.
“Witch? She’s a witch? She’s not human?” Falla asked backing up nervously.
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