Chapter 19
Switching view points to general because I find it easier to write that way. Hope none of you mind. (Let me know In the comments if you think it's better this way, or not?) Thanks:)
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Once again Nikita woke to find herself in her bed. This time however she was bond to the bed posts like before when she first arrived. She cursed at herself as a shot of pain made its way through her head. She woke to the most excruciating headache imaginable, at least she thought so. She turned her head to see that Ash was seated beside the bed facing her.
Little to her knowledge he had been seating there for quite some time. He didn't understand what possessed this girl to be so unruly. For a prisoner he thought she was being treated, and care for extremely well. But she continued to act out. Why?
"Are you going to keep staring at me like a creep?" She asked through a daze. her headache hammering away.
He gazed down at her. "You tried to stab me with a kitchen knife." He defended, not that he felt he needed to anyway.
"In all fairness you kidnapped me," She pointed out. "That knife wouldn't have killed you anyway.." She added through disappointed.
"Not acceptable." He said in a serious tone as he stood up.
His shift in attitude made her feel uneasy, so she pushed herself into a sitting position. She watched as he paced the room in a angered manner. "I've been kind to you. To kind it seems!" He said though narrowed eyes. She swallowed hard. " I've let you walk the halls, read my books, eat my food, watch my TV, and not to mention speak with your sister as you so willfully demanded!" He said, trying to compose himself, but only grew more frustrated. "But you do anything, and I mean Everything to undermined my kindness! So is this how you want to spend your time? Rotting in this room? In that bed?" He exclamed. He didn't want it to be like this but he felt she was leaving him no other choice. "Enjoy this room," he spat angry. "Because you won't be leaving it!" He finished as he stormed out of the room.
She sat there dumbfounded as she struggled to understand why he had grown so angry with her. Sure she acted out, but that wasn't anything knew? She couldn't believe that he might actually care how she would spend her time. She was his prisoner and nothing more? Wasn't she?
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Bane raised his eyebrows at Ash as he left Nikita's room. "Were you eavesdropping?" He asked more angry then he intended to.
"What can I say? The walls are thin, and you were loud." Bane answered.
Ash felt embarrassed as he mumbled a "sorry". He then made his way to his own bedroom.. Much to his discomfort with Bane close behind.
Ash stopped at his doorway and turned around. "Whatever it is that you want to say get on with it, then go away."
Bane brushed off his rudeness as he knew Ash was oddly upset. "Listen, I'm not going to say this to defend the huntress because personally I don't like her, or her kind, and i dont understand why you let her get under your skin.. But Since you do, and since you seem to care how she feels about all of this,"
"I don't care." Ash denied.
"Right.." Bane added doubtfully. "Either way I think you fail to see her side of this."
"Her side?" Ash questioned, confused with where Bane was headed.
"Your, well your you.." Bane started, hoping not to offend the man that raised him. "As much as you are collected and organized, you are also pretty detached." He said frankly.
"Detached? That's ridiculous! I'm the one who had tried to make her stay as comfortable as possible!! You on the other hand do not care at all. Your detached!" He defended.
Bane chuckled. "You see!" Bane explained. "This is my point. You use the word "stay" as if she is your hotel guest, when in fact you are holding her hostage "
Ash shook his head in disagreement as he lead his weight on the door frame. "She's the one making this difficult. It's not like we are mistreating her."
"Ash, what did you expect?" Bane questioned as he ran his hands over his face. "This is what I mean, you do not understand because you have been isolated a little to long."
Ash debated on the warlocks words as he waited for him to speak again.
"I see that she is unhappy. I also know her reasons for it. its obvious really," he said with a smile going off topic. Truthfully Bane's distaste for hunters was strong, and Nikita's discomfort amused him. "I just don't care." Bane admitted. "I might be a phychopath but at least I don't try to sugarcoat her situation, give her freedoms, then get upset when she lashes out." He said as he watched Ash's expression change. "She's practically human. She's going to think like one at least. I know you've been dead for awhile now, but try to remember what it was like, then place yourself in her shoes." Bane finished as he patted the Vampire on the back. He then turned to walk to his own room.
"That was beautiful Ophra." Ash joked trying to lighten to mood.
"Your welcome."
Ash smiled as Bane walked away. He remembered picking up the scared abandoned little warlock in his arms. 'He's come far'
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Back at the hunters camp Victoria watched Rain droplets fall at a steady Pace inside her Tent. She watched each individual drop fall into the pan she placed to catch the water. It was still early and she was expecting Rabosoa any second.
"It's about time." Victoria stated a few moments later when she finally entered the tent. "Did you convince Tyke to help?"
Rabolso rolled her eyes as she took a seat next to her friend. "Of course I did. He should be right behind me with the key"
Just then Tyke stuck his head inside the tent without warning. "Good afternoon rebels." He spoke amused as he entered the tent. He was completely wet from the heavy downpour outside. "One stolen key, as requested." He spoke as he tossed the key.
Victoria snatched it midair without hesitation. She was slightly disappointed that the key was silver, and ordinary. For some reason she thought it would be different, or mysteries. "Did anyone see you?" She asked Tyke.
"No, and I'd like to keep my 'not getting caught record' to a zero. So as soon as your done I'll need to put it back."
"Ok." Rabolso, and Victoria said in Unison.
Tyke turned to leave but stopped as he lifted the tent canves. "This wouldn't have anything to do with your delusions?" He asked Victoria referring to the other night when she claimed she heard her sister.
"I, it.." Victoria started but Rabosoa interrupted. "It's none of your business." She said harshly.
Without another word he left the tent.
"Thanks." Victoria said to Rabolso "now let's go open that volt."
They swiftly and soundlessly made there way to the storage unit tent while the rest of the hunters were at lunch. They passed the bookshelves, the gross jars filled with things that Victoria didn't even want to imagine was inside, and then the potion bottles. Finally they saw the safe lock box at the end of the tent. "You ready?" She asked rabolso as she stuck the key into the lock. "Are you?" Rabolso answered.
Victoria turned the key, and the lock box twisted open. The large Box was surprisingly empty accept for a few small items. What immediately caught Victoria's attention was a small, gold, circular shaped necklace. "Oh my god." She said as she quickly took the necklace out.
"What is it?" Rabolso asked worried.
Victoria traced her fingers along each intricate pattern of the necklace as remembered doing the same when she were a little girl. "This necklace was my mothers." She said holding back tears.
Rabolso stared in awe as she to examined the necklace.
"Wait, "why would it be in here? Only magical items are locked away." Victoria said confused.
"Why would your mother have a necklace infused with magic?" Rabolso asked having a odd feeling about the whole thing entirely.
Victoria turned the necklace over to find a incantation calling spell fused to the back of it with what she thought to be blood. She began to read it. "Blood to blood. bone to bone. Follow your heart to take you home."
Suddenly the necklace lifted out of her hands as light blue orbs shot out of it. Both woman stood in amazement as the necklace slowly began to float out of the tent. Just then Rabosla snacked the necklace out of thin air and the spell vanished. "Are you crazy?" She asked. "You can't just cast a spell in broad daylight!" She said as she pointed towards the direction that the rest of the hunters were. "Not to mention we don't even know where it will take us, or what that creepy charm will even do!" She finished.
Victoria reluctantly agreed as she took the necklace away from Rabolso. "Alright, but this is it! It wants to take me to my Sister! Why else would my mother keep it other then to find us in times of trouble." She finished as she smiled upward to haven. "Thank you mother."
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Sorry for such a large wait. The holidays took so much of my writing time away from me, but I'm very happy to be back! I hope you have enjoyed this chapter!
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