forum “You don’t know what they did to me. To us.” (a continuation of an abruptly deleted thread)

Started September 23, 2020 by @Tired-but-passionate

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He blinked, blushing at being called Ali. He lowered his hand, avoiding eye contact as he spoke. “O-okay, I’m glad. We should… probably find El. See if she’s cooled off.”

Arabelle stood outside the door to the inn, her heart pounding. She’d done this a thousand times. Why now was she feeling so tense?
A shadow passed underneath the crack of the door. Arabelle braced herself. The door opened, and a large shape towered over her.
”Collins 0721, Red Serpent Inn.”
The words sounded both like a deep growl and grating metal. Eleven eyes peered down at the woman’s form, attached to a dinosaur-like head.
“Affirmative.” She tried to keep her voice from shaking.
”Any humans of criminal, escapee, or experimentation status?”
“Negative.”
Eleven eyes blinked. ”Permission to search the premises?”
It wasn’t really a question. Before Arabelle could get a word in edgewise, the alien stormed in, a few others following behind them.

he blushed a little at the gentle caress, "No it doesn't still hurt I'm alright Ali."

"Wait," he grabbed Alister's wrist, "They're here." He pulled him down surprisingly strong.

“Move, people. You’re blocking the door.” Duchess walked over before Alister could respond.
Duchess looked nothing like the other rebels. She had dark blue hair held up in space buns, and glinting jade green eyes. Freckles spattered her face, and her lips were pulled into a constant smirk. She held a small glass of gin in one hand. But the most striking thing of all was that she was wearing jewelry. Silver stars hung on her ears, and three silver earrings pierced her right upper helix. She wore a lip ring and a silver chain on her wrist. Jewelry and piercings were a luxury a very few had. She wasn’t just the bartender, either, but also the one who searched newcomers for weapons or communication devices. She checked most of the ‘6 rebels when they arrived at the inn.
She moved past the others, and closed and locked the door to the basement. “Nice ears,” she commented to Trenton. She looked over them all. “Now step away from the door, please.”

“Move, people. You’re blocking the door.” Duchess walked over before Alister could respond.
Duchess looked nothing like the other rebels. She had dark blue hair held up in space buns and glinting jade green eyes. Freckles spattered her face, and her lips were pulled into a constant smirk. She held a small glass of gin in one hand. But the most striking thing of all was that she was wearing jewelry. Silver stars hung on her ears, and three silver earrings pierced her right upper helix. She wore a nose ring and a silver chain on her wrist. Jewelry and piercings were a luxury a very few had. She wasn’t just the bartender, either, but also the one who searched newcomers for weapons or communication devices. She checked most of the ‘6 rebels when they arrived at the inn.
She moved past the others, and closed and locked the door to the basement. “Nice ears,” she commented to Trenton. She looked over them all. “Now step away from the door, please.”

Trent quickly got out of the way looking up to see who asked him and then she complimented him and he got a bit flustered, at the compliment before moving away from the door and taking evans wheelchair away from it.
"Thanks." he smiled at her.
Evan smirked a tad.

(okay wait, if kali and malachi were soulmates wouldnt when kali beat the crap out of him flowers?? or do we not want them to be soulmates ?)

She simply nodded. Alister moved with with others, out of her way. He was a tad intimidated by Duchess, if he was being honest.
She paused for a moment. “Ah, I should probably tell you guys. Not you,” she looked askance at Alister, who looked away nervously. “I don’t like you. So if you don’t mind.”
She twirled her finger, indicating he should turn away and give them privacy. He did so, slightly annoyed. People keep keeping secrets from him! He didn’t like not knowing.
Duchess turned to Evan and Trenton once she was satisfied, lowering her voice.
“Sorry about Arabelle’s little outburst from before. I think she’s more worried about the search party. They haven’t come back yet. And well, since August- you know her, right? She’s definitely worried about her.” She took a swig of gin. “They’re soulmates too, y’know.”

“Please, don’t go up there. There are humans taking shelter there, and they have nothing to hide.”
Arabelle pleaded her case as the EF officer started toward the stairs. The aliens had already searched the eating area and the kitchens, not hesitating to knock down a thing or two.
Xe scoffed. ”I’m sorry, we meant search the entire premises.”
Shoving her aside, the alien made xir way up the stairs. It was only a few moments before Arabelle could hear yells protest, then grunts of pain or discomfort. She cringed, praying to high heaven that they wouldn’t find the other set of stairs…
She hated how she could still feel what she now knew were irises still growing on her shoulder. She hoped none of the others noticed.

(Besides, she didn’t grow flowers from all the other times he was injured. It would make it inconsistent)

(yeah i was thinking about that)

She simply nodded. Alister moved with with others, out of her way. He was a tad intimidated by Duchess, if he was being honest.
She paused for a moment. “Ah, I should probably tell you guys. Not you,” she looked askance at Alister, who looked away nervously. “I don’t like you. So if you don’t mind.”
She twirled her finger, indicating he should turn away and give them privacy. He so, slightly annoyed. People keep keeping secrets from him! He didn’t like not knowing.
Duchess turned to Evan and Trenton once she was satisfied, lowering her voice.
“Sorry about Arabelle’s little outburst from before. I think she’s more worried about the search party. They haven’t come back yet. And well, since August- you know her, right? She’s definitely worried about her.” She took a swig of gin. “They’re soulmates too, y’know.”

“Please, don’t go up there. There are humans taking shelter there, and they have nothing to hide.”
Arabelle pleaded her case as the EF officer started toward the stairs. The aliens had already searched the eating area and the kitchens, not hesitating to knock down a thing or two.
Xe scoffed. ”I’m sorry, we meant search the entire premises.”
Shoving her aside, the alien made xir way up the stairs. It was only a few moments before Arabelle could hear yells protest, then grunts of pain or discomfort. She cringed, praying to high heaven that they wouldn’t find the other set of stairs…
She hated how she could still feel what she now knew were irises still growing on her shoulder. She hoped none of the others noticed.

Evan nodded along with the conversation glancing back at Alister at the mention of soulmates before turning back. "Yeah, it's okay we probably shouldn't have been yelling anyway."
Trent sighed, "Yeah, i could tell the storm would only get worse and kinda wish that they didn't send out."
He put a hand to his neck noticing Evan turning to look at Alister before looking back.

Ginger boy was around downstairs just sitting on his lonesome.

She showed no shock or suprise to his dodge simply going immediately into another attack kicking at his back before voiding in front of him and gathering darkness in her hand like a hamehamehaaaaaa move throwing it at him, before voiding grabbing his shirt and staring at him and voiding up the the tree and throwing him down at the ground and delivering a knee to his chest or back depending on how he fell.

At that moment, a large shape launched out of the bushes and slammed into Arden. A white paw the size of a dinner plate pinned her to the ground. A deep, throaty growl echoed through the trees.
The creature stood over the girl, her growl fading. Her expressionless face was wet with tears. You don’t feel familiar anymore…

The moment Malachi hit the ground, he blacked out. He lay still, unable to move. His skin took on a strange texture, as if hardening. Even as crimson poured from his head, nose, and lips, he became indestructible.

she noticed the shape in the corner of her eye before it slammed into her knocking th wind out of her lungs for a little bit while she was pinned to the ground and she looked up at the creature, feeling the tears dripping down onto her face and then hearing the speech and her eyebrows creased, she started to collect darkness in her hand she looked over and noticed Malachi on the ground and felt hot tears run down her cheeks, distracting her enough for darknes beam to only graze the side of beast but still apply a lot of force and pain to it.

(Nah fam, he’d be recognized instantly. It doesn’t matter if he’s the busy(?) boy for the inn, if he’s an experiment and he’s out for all the EF to see, he’s dead. He’d be really dumb to reveal himself around this time of day)

(i didnt remember his name okay? also when i meant he was the busy boy he would have been a normal human and not an experiment,)

(Going halfway?)

The sphinx let loose a howl of agony. She squeezed her eyes shut and lifted her paw, blood erupting from her side and spattering her fur and hair, and a few drops on Arden. She stumbled to the side, her howl turning into pained whimpers.
Don’t hurt me… don’t hurt him. Are you hurt? You don’t remember… Why don’t you remember? Those fiends and their shadow women! How could they? How could they hurt you? They… they hurt me…
Whimpering and panting, the beast looked at the girl through wet, hooded eyes. What happened to us? Why now did I just realize? I’m so… her head swiveled to her injury. I’m hurting again…
She looked back to her, the energy in her body being sapped by the second. Can I not stop you? Am I…. are we going to die?

She tore her face away from malachi as the few droops of blood went onto her face, she got up as the paw was removed and felt the blood reaching down to look at it before looking over and seeing the beast stumble and whimper, as if crying out.
Why could she still understand it?
What was it saying?
Why did it seem so important to her?
Why are you asking why I'm hurt, I just attacked you
How did she know how to communicate with the beast?
Would it even work?
Don't remember what?
Was there something she needed to remember?
I, I'm sorry. She didn't know why she was apologizing. For some reason she felt a great sorrow and the tears started again.
She felt the tears, staining her face with the blood.
She bit her lip, hesitanting.
Her job was to hurt the man, not the beast.
She slowly edged forward towards the beast, "I won't hurt you anymore. You are not my target." She kept her voice cold and monotone.
She got to the beast and put a hand on her, forcing the darkness into her and healing the wound before backing up and turning towards malachi.

She stared at her healed wound for a moment in awe, then looked back, realizing the girl was making her way toward the young male. She pawed at her, as if in protest.
I saw you. You may not remember… that shadow woman took control over your mind. You cried out in anguish. She hurt you. She hurt your mind. They hurt my mind too… I can’t remember…
She panted heavily, and sank to the ground. Rain still poured, if lightly, on her head and fur. Even if the wound was healed, she was still weak.
I mean… you don’t remember that I killed that foreign creature… I brought you to my home, with that youth… she nodded to Malachi. You talked of many strange and familiar things… it was so wonderful… fresh tears sprung in her eyes. Ah, it is pointless to reminisce. Can you hurt him? Those bullets from the past did not puncture him. But I can do nothing. I wish I could do something.

She sighed, walking towards the male.
I do not remember anything of what you speak. She made her way over to malachi pushing past any wierd feelings or hesitation.
She picked him up and threw him at the tree. She walked over and picked him up using him to chop down the tree.
How is he not in pain?

Evan nodded along with the conversation glancing back at Alister at the mention of soulmates before turning back. "Yeah, it's okay we probably shouldn't have been yelling anyway."
Trent sighed, "Yeah, i could tell the storm would only get worse and kinda wish that they didn't send out."
He put a hand to his neck noticing Evan turning to look at Alister before looking back.

Ginger boy was around downstairs just sitting on his lonesome.

“Yeah, you really shouldn’t have,” Duchess replied to Evan, taking another sip of gin. “Hey,” she called to Alister. “You can turn around now. Sorry, it’s just your new, and we had that tracking device away from you, and…”
“It’s fine,” Alister sighed turning around. “I’m used to it.”
He’d tried to look for where Noel had gone, but he couldn’t find her. He was itching to look.
Duchess called over some older rebels to guard the door. Alister went over to Evan and Trent, saying, “Please, can we go find Noel? I can go by myself though, if you guys need to talk…”
“Oh, you’re looking for Noel?”
He looked to see Talon walking towards them, his arm in a cast. Alister waved good-naturedly to him. “How long was Bee’s lecture?”
“As long as it needed to be,” Talon laughed, then stopped, his eyes widening at Trent’s ears out in the open. He shrugged, like he didn’t want to question it, then smiled. “Hey guys. Don’t worry, I only jacked up my arm a little bit.” He laughed again.

Arabelle finally sighed, walking over to Keegan. She couldn’t do anything. Why did she think she could?
Then she scolded herself. C’mon, she is doing something. She has a rebellion of 245 strong nearly all in the basement. She’s been doing something for eight, nine years now. But for now, all she needed to do was wait out the storm, both literal and figurative.
She pulled Keegan close, the sounds upstairs quieting. The EF officers met back up. They held a short, gruff conversation before turning to the humans.
”Collins 0721, who is the young male?”
Arabelle swallowed, squeezing Keegan’s shoulder, begging him not to say anything. She tried to keep her voice level.
“This is Reeves 0831, officers.”
They murmured amongst each other, one of them getting out a holographic screen, seeming to look through some files.
”Reeves…”

"You needed it I don't doubt." Trent spoke chucking a little bit at the comment on bees lecture.
"Then again we all probably need one, besides duchess of course." Trent motioned jokingly, making a joke off of her name.
Trent saw talon pause and his eyes widened and Trent's ears out in public and he looked away flustered and embarrassed, he almost put his hat back on.
Evan turned towards Alister. "Yeah we could look around for her with you, I wouldn't go too far thom pretty sure if the aliens caught a glimpse of you they would loose it"
Trent nodded absentmindedly.

Keegan stood there not saying anything and let arabelle do all the talking as they searched his history in there records.

“Oh don’t worry guys,” Talon said, gesturing behind him and pointing to the ceiling. “She’s right-“
“Trent!”
She didn’t yell too loud, as her voice could echo nicely around in the large space and still get someone’s attention. The boys turned their faces upward, and Alister almost slapped himself for not looking up.
Noel stood on the tallest stack of metal crates, nearly ten feet above them, her four arms splayed outward. Her silver eyes blazed, her mahogany braid draped over her shoulder.
“I have officially declared you an idiot. Ali, bring ‘em up here.”
He clapped a hand to his mouth, trying not to guffaw. Wow. Where had all this confidence come from?
Talon wheezed. He nudged Trenton. “Yo, what happened while I was gone?”

The aliens finally seemed satisfied. Though they gave Keegan a strange, hungry stare that Arabelle didn’t like one bit.
”A pleasant evening to you, Collins 0721. We may or may not see you tomorrow.”
She stayed silent, fighting the urge to spit at their splayed, scaly feet.
Once they were gone, Arabelle looked down at him. “You did good today. Now, I’m going to manage things in the basement. Take this,” she handed him an electronic sphere. “And tell me if Ju, August, or Vix calls, alright? If they do, just tell them what I’m doing, and give me a full account of their report. Now, you better see if your family isn’t too shaken up.”

She sighed, walking towards the male.
I do not remember anything of what you speak. She made her way over to malachi pushing past any wierd feelings or hesitation.
She picked him up and threw him at the tree. She walked over and picked him up using him to chop down the tree.
How is he not in pain?

The beast made a movement like a shrug. She’d whimpered as she saw Malachi’s body being thrown around, and summoned the strength to get up and push Arden away from his body. She stood over him, her striped legs almost like pillars. She bent her head, looking over his previous wounds. His face was covered with blood by now.
The youth may not be in pain, but he is still hurt. I will not let you make his body into a toy while these other injuries consume him.

“Oh don’t worry guys,” Talon said, gesturing behind him and pointing to the ceiling. “She’s right-“
“Trent!”
She didn’t yell too loud, as her voice could echo nicely around in the large space and still get someone’s attention. The boys turned their faces upward, and Alister almost slapped himself for not looking up.
Noel stood on the tallest stack of metal crates, nearly ten feet above them, her four arms splayed outward. Her silver eyes blazed, her mahogany braid draped over her shoulder.
“I have officially declared you an idiot. Ali, bring ‘em up here.”
He clapped a hand to his mouth, trying not to guffaw. Wow. Where had all this confidence come from?
Talon wheezed. He nudged Trenton. “Yo, what happened while I was gone?”

The aliens finally seemed satisfied. Though they gave Keegan a strange, hungry stare that Arabelle didn’t like one bit.
”A pleasant evening to you, Collins 0721. We may or may not see you tomorrow.”
She stayed silent, fighting the urge to spit at their splayed, scaly feet.
Once they were gone, Arabelle looked down at him. “You did good today. Now, I’m going to manage things in the basement. Take this,” she handed him an electronic sphere. “And tell me if Ju, August, or Vix calls, alright? If they do, just tell them what I’m doing, and give me a full account of their report. Now, you better see if you family isn’t too shaken up.”

"I don't k n o w." He looked up at noel before sighing his ears spiked p in alert and in a bit of panic. He looked at the boys and looped his arm around Talon's nonbroken arm. "If I'm coming then your coming too, tp buddy" He dragged Talon up to where Noel was and got on the crates a bit flustered about his ears being shown still.
Evan laughed a bit as well, "Tp buddies?"

She sighed, walking towards the male.
I do not remember anything of what you speak. She made her way over to malachi pushing past any wierd feelings or hesitation.
She picked him up and threw him at the tree. She walked over and picked him up using him to chop down the tree.
How is he not in pain?

The beast made a movement like a shrug. She’d whimpered as she saw Malachi’s body being thrown around, and summoned the strength to get up and push Arden away from his body. She stood over him, her striped legs almost like pillars. She bent her head, looking over his previous wounds. His face was covered with blood by now.
The youth may not be in pain, but he is still hurt. I will not let you make his body into a toy while these other injuries consume him.

I really don't want to hurt you. she sighed, although she had no idea why she didn't. it just felt wrong to hurt her and leave her to die.
The man she felt didn't give her that feeling.
She wasn't even supposed to feeling anything.
she sat down. "I guess i don't have to do much else to him, they only said hurt him not kill him."