s i x t e e n ☄️

After making the long walk up the mountains of Trench, the group arrived back at camp.

As Olene, Jenna, and Linh, were coming out with a basket of clothes in their hands, they saw the three men walking towards them.

Jenna dropped everything and ran to them; her arms open wide.

"Tyler! Josh!"

Tyler was released with Josh's embrace and ran into Jenna's arms.

"Jenna, I'm so happy to see you again!"

Kai and Linh locked in embrace, while Ari and Olene shared a kiss.

Instantly, the girl started looking over the child's body.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

"He's fine." Josh said. "I shielded him."

Jenna began to panic.

"Shielded him from what?"

"Don't worry about me." Tyler said. "I'm alright."

His innocent words made Jenna smile. It made her relieved to know he was safe.

She kissed him on the cheek, then hugged him once more. As she did, she looked up to Josh.

"What happened out there?"

"We were attacked." Kai said.

"Attacked??" Linh cried. "By who?!"

Kai calmed her down.

"Relax, darling." He said.

"It was Dema." Josh said. "It was someone from there who ambushed us."

He looked up to everyone around them. A few Banditos came and listened in.

"Dema intended to kill us and take Tyler, but we escaped."

"What are you gonna do now?" Olene asked; clinging on to Ari.

"I have my suspicions on who it was that tried to kill us." Josh said. "Until we find out, be on guard."

The group agreed, then went on their way.

Josh looked back to Jenna, who was still holding the flower boy.

"Take Tyler back to our tent. I'll be with him in a minute."

Jenna nodded, and took the child away.

When he was alone, Josh was now in a frenzy. He needed to find out who it was that tried to kill them and take his beloved flower.

And like he suspected, he already knew who could he responsible.

~

After grabbing Kai, and a few Bandito men, Josh went down to the brothel, where he met with the two guards that he saw that last time he was there.

When the guards saw him, they were met with his livid eyes.

"My lord." The first guard said.

"What can we do for you?" The second guard added.

Josh's eyes glowed with anger and rage.

"Take me to Ender Mastel."

Without hesitation, the guards escorted Josh and his men into the brothel.

As they walked in, they found Ender on the sofa. He was naked from the waist down, and had a woman in between his legs.

He looked up to them, and smiled. His front teeth were silver, and he had a cigarette in between them.

"My liege." He said. "What brought you here to see me?"

Josh looked at him; his eyes filled with fury.

"Where's Wren?"

Ender was confused.

"Wren? Why do you need her?"

Josh turned to his Bandito men.

"Go find Wren."

The men nodded and went into the back of the brothel, where most of the women stay. Ender continued to look at Josh, Kai, and Ari, with confusion.

"I don't understand! What's going on?!"

"You'll find out soon enough." Kai said.

"What are you talking about!"

As he asked, the men brought out Wren. Her hands were restrained. She was dressed in brothel apparel, with her black hair trimmed to her ear length.

She was shouting and resisting the Bandito's hold on her.

"What are you doing?! Get your fucking hands off me!"

"Enough!" Kai yelled. "Take her away!"

"What! No!" Ender cried.

"Ender, help me!" Wren cried.

The men took her away, as the woman continued to scream and beg. Ender continued to demand answers.

"Josh, why are you doing this?!"

The man approached him, with Kai and Ari at his side.

"Ender Mastel, you are under arrest for war crimes, attempted assassination, and treason."

"What?!"

"Kai, Ari, restrain him."

Right on cue, the two men tried his arms to his back. The man resisted, and was pulled off the sofa.

"You really think you could do this to me?!" He shouted. "I was second in command to the previous leader!"

"You murdered Lilac!" Kai said.

"And, you inflicted abuse upon innocent Bandito women!" Ari added.

"And now, you will pay for your role with Dema, just like your master." Josh concluded.

"No!" Ender cried. "I'll find a way out of this, and you better not lay a hand on Wren! She's pregnant!"

"I won't. Once her baby is born, she'll face punishment, but until then, she will meet her distant fate."

"You really think you can get away with this?!"

Josh chuckled.

"Oh, I can, and I will stop you."

He nodded to his men.

"Take him away."

Kai and Ari took Ender out of the Brothel. He continued to scream and vow revenge, which made Josh eager to rid of him and his evil deeds.

~

Meanwhile, as the commotion was brewing, Tyler came outside of his tent and saw Kai and Ari taking Ender away.

He ran over to Jenna and Olene, who stood by and watched.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"Ender and Wren are finally facing justice." Olene said.

"It was long overdue." Jenna added.

"Why?" Tyler asked. "What have they done?"

Before Jenna and Olene could answer, Josh approached them.

"It's happening today." He said. "They will be going on trial for their crimes."

Jenna wanted to express her happiness at the prospect of Ender and Wren being rid of for everything they've done to her, Linh, Olene, Lilac, and many other victims, but stayed silent for the sake of the flower child next to her.

"Good." Olene said; happily. "I am looking forward to it being done."

Josh nodded, then turned to Tyler, and bent down to him.

"Tyler, darling, I'm gonna be gone for a few hours. I need you to stay in the tent until I come back."

"What do I do before you come back?" The child asked.

"I don't know."

He thought for a moment, then smiled.

"Write a song for me."

Hearing the request of Josh asking him to write a song made him a smile from ear to ear, and he forgot about everything that was happening around him.

"I will, my love."

Josh smiled again, then they shared a kiss.

The man looked up to Olene, and she nodded back and escorted Tyler to his tent.

Right as the child went into the tent, Josh came over and spoke to Olene; quietly.

"Give him some Nembutal, and watch over him until I come back."

"Yes, my lord." The woman replied.

Josh went over to Kai and Ari, who were standing nearby.

"Gather the council." He said. "Ender and Wren are facing justice tonight."

"Yes, my lord." Kai said.

"It will be done." Ari added.

"And, grab Jenna and Linh as well. I want them to be a part of it too."

Ari quickly went and did as instructed, while Kai stayed by his leader's side.

Josh began to remember the night he took over, and when Jenna insisted on Ender and Wren being punished for their crimes, but he believed in mercy, and spared them.

Now, he's reaping what he sowed.

"I should've listened to Jenna." Josh said.

"What makes you say that?" Kai asked.

"She insisted that Ender and Wren faced punishment for what their master had done, but I believed in mercy."

"You can still be merciful." Kai replied. "But, they intended to kill you and take Tyler. We mustn't allow that to happen again."

Josh nodded.

"I know."

He turned away, and his eyes turned red with vengeance and rage.

"They will never harm my flower again."

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