Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (36 page)

“What the hell was that for, I was just telling them what you told me!” she yelled out. Squeak shook her head while hiding in her ball, the sounds of her squeaking and sobbing causing her friends to look at her with concern.

“Squeak, its ok,” Triska gently said.

“She’s right, we’ve always known you… well, had your role back in your nest for your queen. We don’t hold that against you,” Specca assured while shaking her head. Squeak shuddered with a loud squeak, with Triska watching her friend with gentle eyes before looking to Daniel. The boy slowly moved forward and rested his hand on the ant girl’s shoulder, with her peeking up to him with watery eyes.

“Squeak, I don’t think any differently of you, none of us do. You were following your nature, doing what all ant girls do to survive. You didn’t do anything wrong,” he said gently. Squeak shook her head and squeaked at him desperately, with the boy seeing her pained expression as tears dropped from her cheeks. She then stopped as she realized that her words were not getting through to him anymore then looked to Falla, the butterfly girl watching her with annoyance while rubbing the back of her neck.

“That’s what I get for trying to be nice for you, nearly getting my head crushed like a fruit,” she scoffed. Squeak quickly scrambled towards her before Falla grabbed her shoulders and held her back while leaning away from the girl.

“No way, I’m done being your communicator for them, not again,” Falla snapped. Squeak held her hands together with a pleading expression and squeaked at her, with Falla crossing her arms and shaking her head.

“I don’t want to hear it, you nearly broke my neck and skull a few seconds ago after I merely told them what you told me to say,” she scoffed. Squeak clung to the butterfly girl and squeaked while burying her face in her bosom, with Falla looking over her head with a dull expression as the ant girl squeaked into her breasts while crying still.

“Please, Falla, she wants to say something to us,” Daniel said with concern.

“I know she does, but
last time
I told you all what she said
somebody
tried to squash my head with her bare hands!” Falla barked out while trying to pry Squeak off of her. The ant girl leaned back and looked at her with worried eyes then down while slowly letting go of the butterfly.

“Come on, she’s sorry, please let her speak again, this is important,” Triska said while gesturing to Squeak. Falla rolled her eyes and looked away while Squeak watched her worriedly. After a moment Falla glanced to Squeak with a grunt.

“If I do this for you, you owe me, got it?” she demanded. Squeak nodded quickly with a few squeaks. Falla hesitated then moved towards her and held onto her head.

“Your hands stay down, if they come up again we’re done,” Falla warned. Squeak hastily put her hands back down on the floor next to her knees and nodded, with Falla then leaning closer and touching their antennae together. The group watched as Squeak started squeaking at the butterfly girl, with Falla just listening with a dull expression on her face. After the ant girl finished her speech Falla glanced to Daniel who watched with anticipation.

“She says she’s afraid you won’t see her as anything more than a whore now, that you won’t even give her a chance like you do with the others,” she said without any hint of interest. Squeak glanced to Daniel as the boy shook his head with a worried smile.

“Squeak, this doesn’t change anything between us, I promise. I know you had your duties to your queen, and that… well, you’re certainly more experienced with sex than I am by far, but I don’t think any differently of you for following your nature. You were just doing what you had to for your nest, the only thing you knew how to do, you can’t be blamed for that,” he reassured. Squeak started squeaking again while glancing at him with watery eyes, the group watching as the ant girl said something else before Falla looked down with a blank expression.

“She says if you choose her she’ll only have sex with you from now on, even if her queen doesn’t allow it. She only wants to be with you, nobody else, now that she knows what real love feels like,” she said simply. Daniel looked at Squeak curiously as the ant girl showed him a saddened smile, the boy then smiling a bit and shaking his head slightly.

“Squeak, I appreciate that thought, but-” he said before Squeak continued again, with Falla looking down with no interest for a while before snapping up to stare at her with surprise. After the ant girl finished she looked to Falla, waiting for her to translate, with the butterfly girl just watching her with wide eyes.

“Huh?” Falla said bewilderedly. Squeak spoke to her again while the others watched them curiously. Falla blinked then glanced to Daniel before looking at Squeak again with confusion.

“Wait, what?” she asked.

“What’s she saying?” Specca asked. Squeak spoke again with a bunch of squeaks, with Falla just listening to her before showing a curious expression.

“Are… are you being serious?” she asked. Squeak nodded and squeaked something at her. Falla glanced to Daniel then back to her again.

“Really?” she asked. Squeak nodded with a squeak. Falla smiled a bit then looked to Daniel.

“What did she say?” Triska asked. Falla glanced to Squeak then to Daniel while the ant girl looked back to him with a timid smile.

“Well, she informed me that tonight is her turn with Daniel apparently, and that she would be alright if I join her,” Falla explained. The group looked at her with surprise while Alyssa yanked on Lucky’s reins from turning back to them with a jump, causing the horse to neigh and shift over on the path for a moment before the witch quickly corrected him. As the caravan rocked to the side on its wheels then back over again from the horse nearly causing it to flip over onto its side, the group stared at Squeak with surprise as the ant girl smiled and nodded at Daniel.

“Wait,
what
?” Triska asked with disbelief. Falla laughed and looked at Daniel with a coy smile.

“Yes, she wants me to be her translator all night, that way she and Daniel can talk about whatever they want to. And as thanks for doing so, and as an apology for nearly killing me a few moments ago, she said I can sleep with her and Daniel as well,” she explained. Daniel just stared at her with shock then at Squeak as the ant girl nodded again.

“What? Squeak, you… you
want
Falla to sleep next to Daniel tonight?” Specca asked while not being sure if she was more furious or shocked about it. Squeak merely nodded again while Falla had a smug grin on her face.

“You are not sleeping next to him tonight, no way!” Triska yelled out. Falla rolled her eyes then held out a hand to silence them.

“Before you all freak out-”

“Too late, we’re already freaked out!” Alyssa yelled back at her, having a stunned expression still as she tried to keep her eyes on the road. Falla paused for a moment then shook her head.

“Before you all freak out even more, Squeak said I could do so under one condition,” she mentioned.

“Condition? What condition could possibly justify us letting
you
sleep next to Daniel tonight? We’re already trying our best to let each other do this, but
you
? Why should we let you do that at all?” Triska yelled out with anger. Daniel just looked at Squeak with a stunned expression still, words failing him as he glanced from her to Falla as the butterfly sighed and smiled weakly at them.

“Well, the catch is I have to be on my best behavior. She made it pretty clear that if I try to take Daniel’s seed tonight she wouldn’t stand for it,” she reasoned. The group looked at her curiously while Squeak showed a slick smile and glanced to her.

“And just how did she do that?” Specca asked. Falla glanced to see Squeak winking at her then looked up with a dull expression.

“If I try to have sex with Daniel she’ll take her pickaxe and dig it straight up into my ovaries,” she said dryly. The group looked at Squeak curiously as she nodded once with a smirk on her face. Falla looked around everybody then shrugged with a small smile.

“And since that would be very bad for me to say the least, I’ll be on my best behavior,” she reasoned.

“And we’re supposed to believe you when you say that?” Specca scoffed. Squeak slowly looked to Falla with a sharp smile, the butterfly girl looking up and nodding with a dull expression.

“Seeing as how my sister would flip out if I got my insides messed up like that, I won’t be doing anything bad with Daniel tonight, alright? I’m trying to be nice here, for crying out loud I’m asking you for help to save a little human girl, I’m not doing anything wrong,” she said expectantly. Squeak nodded then looked to Daniel with a squeak, the boy glancing to her curiously as she watched him with a timid smile.

“But you’re still going to be sleeping next to Daniel, I’m not ok with that at all,” Triska argued.

“Same here,” Specca agreed.

“Hell will freeze over before you sleep next to him, Falla!” Alyssa shouted back into the cabin.

“Hey, it’s not my choice, it’s hers,” Falla said looking to Squeak with a calm smile. The ant girl nodded and held her hands together in a pleading way for Daniel, the boy looking at her with concern then to Falla. The butterfly chuckled then shrugged.

“At least with me you’ll be able to talk about
anything
you two want. And, hey, no worries about me trying anything sneaky, I mean you’re surrounded by all your friends, just how far do you think I’d get with you in here?” she pointed out. Daniel looked at her with an uneasy frown then glanced back to the end of the cabin that would be their sleeping area for the night.

“Well…” he said slowly, looking to Squeak who nodded with a hopeful smile at him. Triska and Specca looked to each other then to Squeak with worried eyes while Alyssa was grumbling to herself up front. After a while Daniel sighed then glanced to Falla.

“I want Squeak to be happy and have a fair chance in this, the same as the others do. It’s for that reason and that reason alone that I’m going to agree to this,” he stated precisely. Triska and Specca looked at him with surprise before the boy pointed to Falla accusingly.

“But, I’m warning you, if you try anything this time you will not get off as easily as you did last time. If you’re caught with
my
pants down, I’m not going to stop the girls from doing whatever it is they wish to do to you,” he warned sternly. Falla held her hands up with a calm smile at him.

“No problem, the whole reason I’m with you all is to find and help my sister and that poor little girl, that’s it. Sleeping next to you on this night is just a lovely bonus, I don’t expect anything more to happen between us,” she assured. Specca looked down with a dull expression for a moment then glanced to Falla.

“Very well, if that is what Squeak really wants, and Daniel approves, then I suppose we can’t stop you. However, once we find your sister, she and you are on your own again. The human child can remain with us until we reach Eston, you will not,” she stated firmly. Triska shook her head then looked up front to Alyssa.

“Do you see them yet?” she called out impatiently.

“Believe me, I’m going to search all night for them if I have to,” Alyssa snapped back as she kept her eyes open for any sign of the missing butterfly sister. Triska showed a frustrated expression then turned to Daniel.

“Daniel, are you sure about this? I mean, letting
her
sleep right next to you?” she asked cautiously. Daniel nodded and smiled a bit at Squeak.

“It will be nice if we can actually talk to one another tonight, and with her right beside me and you three inside the cabin as well, I don’t think even Falla would be so foolish as to try anything,” he reasoned. Falla rolled her eyes then leaned back on a pillow against the wall.

“Yeah yeah, I get it; I’m on thin ice with all of you. You know, a simple thank you would be nice, after all I’m doing so much for you people, not to mention helping you find that lost little girl,” she said dryly.

“Your story about the child has yet to be proven, and as for you translating for Squeak tonight, it’s the least you can do to make up for all the times you’ve tried to get close to Daniel,” Specca argued. Falla looked to her with a dull expression then glanced to Daniel with a raised eyebrow.

“He still owes me his seed, as promised, I’ve only been trying to get what I’m entitled to,” she retorted. Squeak showed an annoyed expression then grabbed her pickaxe, quickly swinging it over and stopping it just short of going through Falla’s head. The butterfly girl stared at it with wide eyes then glanced to Squeak, the ant girl watching her carefully while Daniel and Specca were staring at Squeak with wide eyes as the arc of the pickaxe’s swing had the digging tool flying right past them. Triska looked at Falla with wonder then up towards Alyssa with urgency.

“Alyssa! Hard turn to the right, now!” she called out.

“No, don’t do that,” Daniel called out holding a hand over his eyes tiredly. Alyssa grumbled as she kept on course while Specca slowly adjusted her glasses while staring at Squeak with a startled expression after having watched the pickaxe whip right past her like that. Falla glanced to the digging tool then smiled weakly.

“Of course, tonight’s your night with him, not mine. No confusion there, he’s all yours,” she nervously added. Squeak slowly brought back her tool while squeaking at the butterfly girl, with Falla breathing out then looking at the girl with a curious glance.

“One question though. If you two decide to get busy and fuck, would I be allowed to join in then for a little while?” she asked innocently.

From the outside of the caravan a loud whack was heard as the tip of the pickaxe struck out from the side, splinters flying off from the impact as all fell quiet inside the cabin.

“That would be a no, Falla,” Triska said with narrowed eyes as everyone was looking at the butterfly girl who had a pickaxe struck through the wall right next to her head. Falla stared at the tool with wide eyes as the handle went across her face, with Squeak then leaning closer and grabbing the girl’s head firmly with one hand. She held their heads close so their antennae touched then squeaked sternly at the butterfly with a harsh glare. Falla gulped as the ant girl slowly leaned back before she yanked her pickaxe out of the wall with one hand.