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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 6, 2010 15:40:27 GMT -5
i was silent for a long time after that, my mind chewing everything over. "it's fine. you did what you had to." i said, and turned back to Xavier. i sighed. i would have to do it. but first, i had to talk to Mother. tomorrow.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 6, 2010 15:48:40 GMT -5
"No. It's not. An explanation for a cause is not justifiable." Zipporah replied, her tone hard. "It's not even what I had to do and it's one of the reasons you are both here now, which is something I can't forgive myself for. My pain should not have come before the torment of others, even if I did not know them beforehand. It should not have taken that to make me change my mind." she went on, shaking her head. She suppressed a sigh, sensing something else within Vendetta's tone. "You're not okay." she stated. "Neither is he." she said, thinking about Xavier. "I'm sorry about this. I really am." she repeated.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 6, 2010 16:35:18 GMT -5
"in the end, everyone will be okay." i whispered, tucking some of his hair behind his ear as i ran my fingers through it. i have to do this. it will set them free. suck it up and take it like a wolf. i thought to myself. he won't survive. you can survive. they wouldn't survive. you can. everyone will be okay.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 6, 2010 16:40:05 GMT -5
"How do you know that?" Zipporah asked quizically. Despite her age of fifteen and the strong persoality she normally had, her tone revealed that she was really no more than a child and was just as scared as one too.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 6, 2010 17:29:09 GMT -5
"i don't." i said, sighing. "no one does."
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 6, 2010 17:36:27 GMT -5
Zipporah furrowed her eyebrows. Then why'd she say it? she wondered to herself. That's not something you would normally say if you didn't know. "You sounded so sure." she stated, an aura of questioning surrounding her words.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 6, 2010 17:44:27 GMT -5
"simply a choice i have to make. a deal with the devil, if you wish to call it." i said, not looking her in the eye. i needed to hear if she was on our side or not. either way, Mother knew what i thought of her.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 6, 2010 17:54:45 GMT -5
Zipporah tried to lock eyes with Vendetta, failing because of her lack of sight and Vendetta's lack of willingness. "What's the deal?" she asked, her voice hard, angry. This was the Zipporah that cared enough for her friend's well-being to punch them if they were about to do something stupid. Some things did not change.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 7, 2010 11:13:17 GMT -5
"the deal is freedom." i said, glaring at her. she was herself again. which meant i could consider her one of the pack. which meant her freedom as well. "Good night, Zipporah." i said, turning my back to her. if i told her, she would tell Xavier. and he is already going to make this hard enough.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 7, 2010 14:51:16 GMT -5
Zipporah was silent, not enjoying the vagueness surrounding the response. "Do anything stupid and I'll make sure to rip your guts out myself." she threatened with finality and seriousness as she heard vendetta turn. She did the same. "Good night, Vee."
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 7, 2010 16:58:53 GMT -5
i smirked. "if that was the case, my guts would be gone and bleeding the day you met me." i said, rolling my eyes before finally drifting into a nervous sleep. -on the outside world-
"okay. uh-huh. sure." Devilee said into the phone as the last person arrived. "when can we blow this joint sky high?" "four days." a boy said, his brown hair hiding his calculating eyes. "by that time, we will have the correct amount of ammunition and a plan, perhaps if we are lucky." he said, rolling his eyes. "thanks for the support, John." Devilee said, sighing.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 7, 2010 18:16:34 GMT -5
Zipporah grinned, holding back a chuckly. "Mutt, you have no idea." she replied.
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"What's up?" Raven asked Devilee, noting her sigh. He was not comfortable with how things were going and the incessant twitches of his wings and feather made such known.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 7, 2010 19:28:44 GMT -5
i awoke the next morning to Xavier stroking my hair. "morning sunshine." he whispered, smiling softly at me. i smiled back, then i remembered the deal. i stopped smiling. he looked at me. "what's the matter?" i kissed him after shaking my head. "nothing. nothings wrong." i murmured. i heard the clicking of heels on the floor and my head turned sharply. Mother was approaching, her eyes focused on the kennel. "come with me." she said, watching me. she glared at Xavier. "he stays." "fine." i said, sighing. i gave him a long kiss before getting out of the kennel. he whimpered as i walked away. we went to the same room as before. i moved my chair to its spot. "we have things to discuss. you're aware that i consider Zipporah a part of my pack, correct?" i asked, watching her reacting. her eyes tightened. "no. i was not. that is noted." "that means she's part of the deal. she gets the freedom the rest of the pack does." i said, watching intently. her lips pinched. "fine. she will be released with Xavier and not be tracked. we will take the chip out this afternoon, depending on your answer." "I'll do it. but do i still get to piss off Chaos and Rascale?" "yes. we doubted that we could stop your fighting with them anyway. thank you for your cooperation, Experi--" "Vendetta." "fine. thank you for your cooperation, Vendetta." she said, standing. "i want to say good-bye." i said. "give us a room. turn off the video camera. and let us decide when we can leave." i said to her back as she opened the door. "fine. we will not intrude on your mating." "no. no you will not." i growled, storming past her to the kennel. they let Xavier out. i took his hand and we followed a coat to an empty room with nothing but two chairs. they disabled the camera. when they shut the door, he looked at me warily. "Ven, what's going on?" "you're going to hate me for this, X." i said, kissing him softly. "and I'm sorry. but it was the only choice." "what did you do, Ven?" he asked, backing up. "i got you and Z freedom." i said, sitting down in a chair. "and I'm sorry." "only me and Z? what about you?" "they get to keep me. and i can't try to run. i can't fight against them. for everyone's freedom. they won't hunt you guys anymore." i said, tears brimming. he bent down, looking me in the eye. "please tell me you're not serious." "fine. but then i would be lying." i said, breaking eye contact with him. he held my chin, making me look at him. "Vendetta, why would you do that?" he whimpered, looking at me like i stabbed him in the heart. "you can lead the pack. you can help them. you will be free. they won't go after you. you won't have to worry any more." i said, looking at him. he stood, walking away from me, hitting the nearest wall. i stood, hugging him. he pushed me off. "but you won't be with us. ever." he growled. "no." i whispered, leaning on the wall, hurt by him pushing me away. "I'll always be here. and they said if i you guys tried to break me out, and i went with them, they would hunt us down and kill us." he hit the wall by him. i sighed, curling up into the corner. "when are they letting us out?" "whenever you exit that door." i said into my knees. he growled, pacing around the room. he kicked a chair. "why?" "because. Mother said if you were this non-compliant for much longer, they would have killed you." i said, the thought of him dead making a tear slip out of my eye. he looked at me, emotionlessly. another tear slipped out. "i can't deal with the thought of you dead, X." i whispered. i saw pain break through his emotionless eyes. "Ven, why would you do this to us? we could have broken out of here and--" "and be hunted for the rest of our lives, probably going to get caught over and over and what if they set out to kill us? they would win in the end, X. that's how this world works." i yelled, standing up and storming over to him. "what kind of life is that, Xavier?" "one with you in it! one that we've dealt with so far! one that i would gladly take because you would still be by my side every night! i fucking love you Vendetta! and now i will never be able to see you again!" he yelled, getting in my face. "i fucking love you too! that's why i did this! i couldn't stand with the thought of you dead Xavier! do you know how much that would kill me inside? that would fucking kill me! i wouldn't be able to lead the pack anymore! i wouldn't be able to live! this was my only choice! i did this because i fucking love you!" i yelled. at that, he kissed me with such force, with such pain of longing, i was speechless when he pulled away. and it went off from there. -later- [yes. they had fun. I'm not sure if I'm going to kill her or not, so i let them have fun.] i laid there, curled up in his side. "I'm going to miss you." i whispered, playing with his hair. he kissed my hand. i smiled sadly. "I'm going to miss you too. but I'm going to remember you like this always." he whispered, kissing me softly. i sighed, sitting up and getting clothed. he kissed my shoulder. i smiled, and threw his shirt at him. "i think it's time." he murmured into my shoulder. "i think so too." i whispered, kissing his cheek. "Vendetta?" "yes?" "i love you." he whispered, kissing me again. i smiled and nuzzled my head into his shoulder. "i love you too." i whispered. we finished getting dressed and opened the door. Mother was standing there, glaring at us. i smiled innocently. Xavier smirked at her, like he was confirming what we did. she frowned. i smirked at her discomfort. i saw Zipporah behind her. we went to the front gates. they were opened, the guards putting down their guns as we passed. Xavier stood as close to me as possible. i gave him one long kiss. Mother cleared her throat. i ignored her. "i love you, Xavier." i whispered in his ear. he held onto me tightly. "swear not to come for me." "i love you too, Vendetta." he whispered. "swear it, Xaiver." i whispered, touching my forehead to his. "i swear. and i swear i will never forget you. i swear to be with no other girl but you. you're my one and only, Ven." he said, frowning. i gave him one last kiss, sealing the promises. then, he let me go. he began to walk away, and i stood there, watching with a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. he didn't dare turn back, in case of running back and never letting me go.
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Devilee looked at him. "well, ...John, give me the map." she said, taking the map from John's hand. she stretched it out onto the floor. it was a layout of the Labs. there were lots of red dots on it. there were black dots too, but not as many. there were orange dots too. lots and lots of orange dots. and x marks. there were x marks too. there was also one green dot. the green dot was circled several times. "the red dots are the people in there that can kill us. the black dots are experiments that can kill us. orange dots are security cameras and such. the x marks are experiments. that's where Vendetta and Xavier are being kept." she said, pointing to a room filled with x marks. "we need to go through here to get to them." she said, pulling out a pencil and tracing out the path. "you see how many red and black dots we have to go past?" she asked, pointing to a good portion of them. "that is the problem. it's quite near impossible."
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 7, 2010 19:57:20 GMT -5
The chip being out, Zipprah had slowly begun to see better, though her head still hurt. The added anger did not help the fact when she realized what was going on. "No." she murmured, it hitting her like a ton of bricks. "This was your damn deal?!" she suddenly yelled at Vendetta, livid. Her blood pressure must have doubled. "You - you idiot!" she screamed, tears coming out of her eyes. She wiped at them furiously with her sleeve.
Oh, this sucks, the human side piped up. It's ironic too. I mean, the price of our freedom - Shut up, Zipporah silenced her human side. This was not the side she wanted right now. She wanted the bird. She wanted the simple goal of staying alive. Nothing more than eating, sleeping, and living. She didn't want to live knowing that she was only as she was because her friend was imprisoned in the worst place imaginable.
Without warning, she suddenly grabbed Vendetta in the biggest hug she could manage (which was only waist high). "I hate you." she murmured, though her simply saying such revealed the opposite. Then, just as quickly as she had hugged her, she pulled back. She looked at Vendetta squarely in the eyes and lifted up her hand in a wave. Then she turned to her friend's "Mother" and promptly spat at her feet. "You are a cold, heartless woman and I hope you die a horrible, painful death at the hands of everyone you ever tormented and manipulated." she stated as her farewell before leaving to catch up with Xavier.
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"You need something to divert their attention then." Raven stated, studying the map carefully. "Where do the experiments enter the building after they are caught?" he asked, thinking.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 7, 2010 21:48:56 GMT -5
"i love you too! in the best friend that i occasionally want to kill with her own feathers kind of way!" i called, tears streaming freely as she ran to catch up with Xavier. Mother growled, grabbing a piece of my hair and pulling me inside. i swatted her hand away. "I'm not moving until they're out of my sight." i said, not looking away from my best friend and my lover. she sighed sharply. "you have my compliance. not my complete and utter mindslave-ness." i growled, watching them as they walked. when they finally disappeared out of sight, i turned and walked inside. i was given proper clothes because mine were ripped and torn and bloody, and i saw a picture in my pocket. i opened it up and saw it was a picture of the pack when we were bored and had found a throw away camera. we got a random bystander to take it. i smiled and tucked it into the pocket of my new pants, knowing i wouldn't dare lose it. thank you Xavier. i thought to him. i was then shoved into a room with a coat and the rest of my old pack, glaring me down. "hey everybody. guess whose back?" i asked, dropping my broken smile and glaring them all down. "that's right! the alpha." "fuck you." Rascale growled. i threw a stapler at him, hitting him in the chest. "thanks, glad to be back." i sneered. the coat cleared his throat. "let's get started, shall we?" he snapped. "let's get this over with." i said, rolling my eyes. "okay then. this is the man you have to kill. his name is Mattew Wajen. Ex scientist. apparently he thought what we do is cruel, stopped, and is about to report us to the police. kill him and get rid of the body." the coat said, sliding me a picture and a toothbrush. "track him down. he was last seen here." he said, pointing to a spot on a map. "we're on it." i said, pocketing the toothbrush and turning to the door. --------------- "right there." Devilee said, pointing to a frowny face on the map. it didn't have many dots by it. "why? wait. oooooooh. smart bird."
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