Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (56 page)

“That means no levitation or manipulation spells for you, correct? What if we run into trouble and you need to use your magic then?” she asked.

“If it’s an emergency I won’t hesitate to use my magic to help Daniel. Still, since Triska is always insisting that she can protect us from any danger, now’s her chance to prove it,” Alyssa reasoned. Triska rolled her eyes to that comment.

“Gosh, I’m honored for the chance to finally prove myself to you,” she said dryly.

“I figured you would be, just try not to screw it up,” Alyssa replied before she pointed her staff at Falla, the butterfly girl watching her carefully as the witch narrowed her eyes at her.

“And as for you, watch your tongue or else you and Lucky are going to get to know each other a lot better, get me?” she threatened. Falla blinked, looked over to the horse that was grazing leisurely nearby, then back to Alyssa with a disturbed expression.

“You’re going to have your horse fuck me?” she asked. Everyone spat out their food from hearing that then looked at the butterfly girl with disgusted faces while Alyssa growled loudly at the girl.

“No, I’ll have him trample you to death or something! What is wrong with you?” Alyssa yelled out.

“Well, we
were
considering eating with you people just now,” Jovian said dryly as she and Jacqueline stood up together.

“But now our appetites are completely ruined by that girl, so we’ll just take a little walk while you finish up,” Jacqueline added before the two sisters walked off towards the hill near the campsite.

“You are
sick
, you know that?” Triska yelled out at Falla. The butterfly girl raised her hands defensively while shaking her head.

“I didn’t know what she was getting at, she said we’d get to know each other a lot better, sex was the first thing that came to mind with that,” she defended.

“Triska, would you mind?” Alyssa whined with exasperation while looking up and covering her eyes with one hand. Triska nodded and swallowed her food before quickly standing up and taking out her dagger.

“Right, Falla? Stick out your tongue, you’re done talking. Like, forever,” she said before walking towards Falla, with the butterfly then running off with Triska chasing after her.

“I do hope we find Luna and that child today. The sooner we do, the sooner Falla no longer has to travel with us,” Specca commented as the group watched Falla flying up into the air while Triska shouted and swung her dagger at the monster in a threatening manner. Squeak nodded with a squeak while Daniel looked down with a hand over his eyes, trying to push the image of Lucky having sex with Falla out of his mind. Alyssa let out an annoyed huff before she sat back down and took a bite out of her apple. After chewing the fruit and then swallowing she looked up at the sky tiredly while shaking her head.

“Just how are we supposed to find her anyway? If she was flying off in this direction there’s no telling if we’re on her tail or off course by any angle. We could miss her again, or maybe head in the wrong direction altogether if she gets turned around,” she pointed out.

“Maybe we’ll come across someone who’s seen them, we could hope,” Daniel suggested with a shrug. Alyssa shook her head and looked around the area while Triska started walking back to them, with Falla still hovering up in the air for safety from the teen.

“Coming across others out here may not be such a good thing, no telling who we might stumble upon, especially with flesh-eating monsters lurking about,” Alyssa cautioned. Specca nodded and looked around with worried eyes while Daniel and Squeak glanced around as well, all of them feeling more concerned as they thought about that.

“What do we do if we come across them?” Specca asked worriedly.

“Let’s hope we don’t,” Daniel said, with Squeak nodding quickly to that.

Walking over the hill away from the campsite Jovian and Jacqueline were looking back at the caravan and group of travelers they were accompanying, with Jovian having a slight scowl on her face as the two girls had a cold look in their eyes behind their masks.

“Stupid pieces of meat,” Jovian spat out.

“I hope we find those two other ones today, I
really
want to eat the bitch out of that Falla,” Jacqueline mentioned as the two girls walked over the hill and down towards the stream on the other side.

“Patience, it’ll be all the more satisfying to make Falla scream as we peel her sister’s flesh before her eyes. If you truly want that loudmouthed butterfly to know agony, then make her suffering last as long as possible,” Jovian said looking at the river with a cold expression. Jacqueline whined and looked back ahead with a pout while crossing her arms.

“Ugh, I can’t believe we have to pretend to like these pieces of meat like this, I hate it,” she muttered. Jovian smirked and glanced to her with a twitch of her eyebrow.

“Just remember, that ant girl and nixie are all yours, dear sister. Start thinking about how you want to deal with them in the meantime, that should help kill time,” she suggested. Jacqueline giggled and nodded as she looked ahead at the river with a hungry smile.

“Nonsense, I’m up for sharing them with you, I know that ant girl has plenty of meat on her for the both of us,” she said playfully.

“Well, that is certainly generous of you. However, remember that the witch and child are all mine, I want to savor
every
last bite of them,” Jovian said with a dark smile.

“That’s ok, it’s hard to share smaller girls like them between us anyway, you can eat them up yourself. Say, what about Daniel? I don’t like eating men to be honest, do you want him?” Jacqueline asked curiously as they walked up to the stream. Jovian smirked as the two knelt down next to the water and scooped some up into their hands.

“I don’t mind snacking on him, in fact, I was thinking we should do that first, together,” she mused before taking a drink.

“What? But why, I wanna eat the ant girl and nixie first,” Jacqueline whined.

“And you can have them, however, just think of the agony they’ll endure as they watch the boy they love so much being slowly devoured before them. It’ll fill their hearts with so much despair and sorrow, it’ll be absolutely divine,” Jovian said with a chuckle. Jacqueline looked up in thought for a moment then smiled wickedly down at the water.

“You’re right, I’m sure the other girls would just
hate
it if something bad happened to him. Oh, I can’t wait to see them crying as we eat them, it’ll be so delicious,” she said before laughing. Jovian nodded and glanced back to the hillside with a cold smile.

“We’ll kill him first, and then take our time with the rest of the girls after they’re heartbroken and devastated. It’ll be worth the wait,” she agreed with.

“I hope so. I’m starting to get a little hungry, its torture having to sit around them like this for so long. The last travelers we ate only made it half a day before they found themselves in our bellies,” Jacqueline said looking down and patting her stomach.

“I know, we may have to find a snack to hold us over. Just a small one though, we don’t want to ruin our appetites for the main course,” Jovian said while gazing at the water.

“But what can we eat? If we try to eat anything in front of them they’ll know we’re not human, not to mention their food sucks, I’m not eating human food,” Jacqueline replied with a disgusted expression. Jovian nodded slowly then looked off to the side, nudging her sister who then glanced over to seeing two humans atop horses further downstream from them. They were dressed in boots, dark pants, ragged jackets with swords sheathed at their hips, and red scarfs, both of the men seeming to watch the sisters while their horses grunted and scraped their feet on the grass. Their unshaven appearances along with messy dark hair didn’t make them appear friendly looking, although the sisters didn’t feel any concern or fear, rather they both thought of one thing in particular.

“Oh, what do we have here?” Jacqueline asked coyly.

“Looks like a snack found us,” Jovian said with a smirk.

“I don’t really prefer men to eat, however I guess I could chew on them just enough to hear them scream for me,” Jacqueline said with a hungry growl before Jovian held a hand over her mouth and shook her head.

“No, if we try to eat them here the others might see or hear us, we need to lead them away first,” Jovian cautioned. Jacqueline looked to her then to the humans as the two girls slowly stood up while keeping their eyes on the riders.

“How are we going to do that?” Jacqueline asked.

The two riders then snapped their reins before taking off towards the sisters, the girls watching with blank expressions as the two men raced towards them. Jovian giggled then glanced to her sister with a shrug.

“Oh dear, looks like we’re about to be kidnapped,” she said playfully.

“Whatever are we to do?” Jacqueline replied mockingly while looking to the riders with a hand at her hip. The two sisters merely stepped away from the river and put some space between them, watching as the riders charged towards the two girls.

“Come and get us, big boys,” the sisters taunted in unison. The two riders raced by and grabbed hold of the girls, with Jovian being lifted up and held across the waist next to her kidnapper while Jacqueline was pulled up and forced to sit in front of her rider as the horses galloped alongside the stream.

“Oh, you
brute
,” Jovian mockingly said with despair, with her kidnapper laughing and holding her close while grabbing her breast. The girl held in her growl from being touched and forced a frightened expression while the other rider held Jacqueline close to him with one hand around her front, also squeezing her breast, much to the girl’s annoyance. Jacqueline forced a heartbroken expression as she contemplated how to kill the man soon, and then looked back to him with a whimper.

“Please put me down,” she pleaded softly.

“I don’t think so, can’t have two young pretties like you wandering around alone out here in the world,” the man laughed.

“Haha, don’t worry, we’ll take good care of you from now on, we have many friends who’ll keep you nice and safe,” the other said with a hearty laugh, with Jovian smirking slightly and allowing the man to hold her close.

Up in the air Falla was flying over the campsite while growling with annoyance, her eyes watching Triska with a dull stare as the teen had walked back over to her friends to sit down and finish her breakfast.

“I can’t believe this bullshit. For crying out loud, here I am trying to be nice, and they just can’t let go of the fact that I tried to rape Daniel a few times in the past. I mean, seriously, I don’t deserve this crap, I’m trying to save my sister and that little brat that’s with her, where’s the gratitude?” Falla scoffed. She then looked over to seeing the two horsemen riding off with Jovian and Jacqueline, making their way towards a forest trail where two other men on horses were waiting for them. The four riders then took off into the woods together as a small dust cloud built up behind them.

“Um, who are they?” Falla asked simply. She blinked then jumped a bit with the realization, the girl looking down to the camp then over to where the riders vanished before she flew down towards the others.

Sitting around the fire pit the group was finishing their meals, with Triska glancing to Daniel curiously.

“Say, Daniel? Not to pry or anything, but did you learn anything else about Squeak last night?” she asked. Daniel paused then looked to her curiously as the girl glanced between him and Squeak.

“Did I learn anything else about her?” he repeated.

“Yeah, I mean with Jovian and Jacqueline allowing you to actually talk to her, I was just curious if you both talked about anything interesting, that’s all,” Triska reasoned with a shrug. Alyssa and Specca waited to hear as they also wondered the same thing, with Daniel smiling weakly before turning to Squeak who was looking down with a bashful smile.

“Well… we pretty much established that her past was pretty simple and straightforward, there wasn’t anything else to discuss about that,” he said while trying not to sound too nervous.

“So then what did you two talk about last night?” Alyssa asked.

“We… um…” Daniel replied distantly as he looked down to avoid eye contact with everyone. The girls turned to Squeak questionably as she glanced to them with a slick smile and a twitch of her eyebrow. She squeaked at them while mimicking a playful clawing gesturing with one hand, then held a hand to her cheek with a blush and squeaked something else as she looked to Daniel with adoring eyes.

“I’m not sure I like where this is going,” Specca commented.

“Daniel, what is she trying to say?” Triska asked carefully. Daniel glanced to Squeak then smiled weakly at Triska.

“I’m not sure, I don’t speak squeak, remember? Haha,” he replied with a nervous laugh, which only got silence and dull stares from the other girls. Daniel hesitated with an open mouth for a moment then shook his head and held his hands up defensively.

“Again, this isn’t anything that’s your concern or business, it’s just between me and her,” he reminded with a worried smile. The other girls slowly nodded while eyeing Squeak carefully, the ant girl smiling smugly at them with a single nod. Before anyone could ask another question Falla quickly swooped down and landed next to Daniel.

“Ok, first off, I think you all owe me an apology for the way you’ve been treating me, right now,” Falla demanded. The group just stared at her in silence, with the butterfly girl grumbling and crossing her arms with discontent.

“Seriously? I’m trying to be a good person and help the less fortunate, and you all still think I’m a bad monster, you’re unbelievable,” she scoffed.

“All you care about is your sister, which is good, however you care nothing at all for that lost child, which is bad,” Specca lectured.

“Not to mention we still don’t trust you near Daniel, not after all the times you’ve tried to rape him,” Alyssa mentioned.

“And on top of all that you ruined our appetites this morning by thinking we wanted you and Lucky to get intimate with each other, thanks a lot by the way,” Triska added flatly. Falla grunted and shook her head with anger at them.