While Your Eyes Were Closed
Aug 26, 2015 23:31:06 GMT -5
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Post by The Puppeteers on Aug 26, 2015 23:31:06 GMT -5
"Look at what we have here."
Tea bristled Lee still clinging to his leg as he'd tried to get her to run back home. She couldn't be here. She couldn't go with him. It just wasn't safe with him anymore.
She clung tighter to him at the sound of Aiden's voice as the Master and Toy Rayne approached from the treeline. Tea's heart stopped. No. No, not Lee. Not her too, weren't the others enough? "She . . .," he fought not to bite his lip, glad she was keeping her face covered, "she's just some kid." He shook his leg again, but she refused to let go. "Go home!" he growled.
"Tea who are these people?" she asked, looking up at him with a face so trusting his gut twisted. "What do they want?"
"You're a sssshit liar, rat," Rayne hissed.
"Just bring the 'kid' along, and we can have a little fun," Aiden added, keeping his tone less venomous so as not to frighten Lee away.
But Tea . . . no. He couldn't do this. He wouldn't do this. Not to her. Stomping his foot, he declared, "Run!"
Lee finally listened, leaping off his leg and scurrying into the underbrush on all fours. Tea summoned his hammer, eyes glowing as a third opened on his forehead. Aiden took off after Lee, yelling at Rayne, "Handle him!"
"With pleassssure," she hissed pulling her mask down to reveal rows of fangs dripping with venom. Tea braced, gripping the handle of his warhammer tight.
This wasn't going to end well.
"Now this is just a mess." Lee blinked, amber eyes opening and mouth still fouled by the taste of blood. It didn't taste right. There was something wrong with it. It made her ill, she wanted to throw it up her stomach churned so much.
And these were not the woods they had been in. This was an office she didn't recognize, and she was in the arms of the black haired man whose hand she'd bitten. She looked to where the other strange man was standing to find him standing over, "TEA!" She squirmed in the black haired man's hands, but his grip was too strong. "Tea no!" she cried, tears pricking her eyes. He looked so beaten, so torn up, and his chest wasn't moving like it should, he wasn't breathing! "Tea please wake--!"
"Look at you!" the other man mused happily as he stepped away from the wounded giant. "A dragon," he whispered, pulling at her already loose cloak as she shook her head and tried to get away from him. She wasn't supposed to be here. She wasn't supposed to be away from Tapi, she needed to get away before they hurt her, like they hurt Tea, oh God Tea--
"Hold still, little monster," the black haired man snarled as she cried out angrily. The other man started undoing the bandaging around her middle and she got ready to bite him.
Then Tea moved. His eyes opening. "Tea!" she cried again, alerting the strangers to his state.
She'd never heard such a feral snarl come from her friend before, his three eyes glowing gold as he lethargically sat up. "Let . . . her . . . g--!"
The other man turned on his heel to deliver a swift kick to Tea's jaw. The giant twisted and collapsed, the man responding in hushed outrage, "I'll get to you in a moment." Lee snarled, the seal on her chest now revealed as she struggled to avenge the chandelier. When the other turned back to her, his grin made her snarl more. "But first," his fingertips and eyes glowed red and went to mark over Tapi's seal. He began muttering an incantation as he drew his own seal.
Her snarls turned into screams.
"They're leaving your fold in droves, it seems." Lance spoke through Lee, the Master striking so many terrible cords within the cult leader she wasn't sure which one to address first. "How does it feel to watch as your most precious is used by another?"
She went with rage. Smoke flaring, she bellowed, "Release her! Now!"
"Why would I do that?" Lance's voice was disgusting on Lee's tongue, his eyes hideous on her face. Tapi wanted to tear them out, rip his cords out of her. She fumed with a need to do so. "She's just so impressionable, don't you agree?"
"Get out getoutGETOUTGETOUT!" Tapi shouted as smoke surrounded her dragon, who laughed. This time, it was a combination of Lee's laugh as well as Lance's that reached her ears. She wrapped her smoke around Lee tighter.
"What's the matter Tapi?" The voice was shrill and multilayered. It was terrible. "You don't like my new look?"
No, she didn't. She couldn't stand it. And long after she'd snuffed out Lee's flame to temporarily sedate her, she heard that shrill voice.
And her blood boiled as she ached to make someone pay.
Tea bristled Lee still clinging to his leg as he'd tried to get her to run back home. She couldn't be here. She couldn't go with him. It just wasn't safe with him anymore.
She clung tighter to him at the sound of Aiden's voice as the Master and Toy Rayne approached from the treeline. Tea's heart stopped. No. No, not Lee. Not her too, weren't the others enough? "She . . .," he fought not to bite his lip, glad she was keeping her face covered, "she's just some kid." He shook his leg again, but she refused to let go. "Go home!" he growled.
"Tea who are these people?" she asked, looking up at him with a face so trusting his gut twisted. "What do they want?"
"You're a sssshit liar, rat," Rayne hissed.
"Just bring the 'kid' along, and we can have a little fun," Aiden added, keeping his tone less venomous so as not to frighten Lee away.
But Tea . . . no. He couldn't do this. He wouldn't do this. Not to her. Stomping his foot, he declared, "Run!"
Lee finally listened, leaping off his leg and scurrying into the underbrush on all fours. Tea summoned his hammer, eyes glowing as a third opened on his forehead. Aiden took off after Lee, yelling at Rayne, "Handle him!"
"With pleassssure," she hissed pulling her mask down to reveal rows of fangs dripping with venom. Tea braced, gripping the handle of his warhammer tight.
This wasn't going to end well.
"Now this is just a mess." Lee blinked, amber eyes opening and mouth still fouled by the taste of blood. It didn't taste right. There was something wrong with it. It made her ill, she wanted to throw it up her stomach churned so much.
And these were not the woods they had been in. This was an office she didn't recognize, and she was in the arms of the black haired man whose hand she'd bitten. She looked to where the other strange man was standing to find him standing over, "TEA!" She squirmed in the black haired man's hands, but his grip was too strong. "Tea no!" she cried, tears pricking her eyes. He looked so beaten, so torn up, and his chest wasn't moving like it should, he wasn't breathing! "Tea please wake--!"
"Look at you!" the other man mused happily as he stepped away from the wounded giant. "A dragon," he whispered, pulling at her already loose cloak as she shook her head and tried to get away from him. She wasn't supposed to be here. She wasn't supposed to be away from Tapi, she needed to get away before they hurt her, like they hurt Tea, oh God Tea--
"Hold still, little monster," the black haired man snarled as she cried out angrily. The other man started undoing the bandaging around her middle and she got ready to bite him.
Then Tea moved. His eyes opening. "Tea!" she cried again, alerting the strangers to his state.
She'd never heard such a feral snarl come from her friend before, his three eyes glowing gold as he lethargically sat up. "Let . . . her . . . g--!"
The other man turned on his heel to deliver a swift kick to Tea's jaw. The giant twisted and collapsed, the man responding in hushed outrage, "I'll get to you in a moment." Lee snarled, the seal on her chest now revealed as she struggled to avenge the chandelier. When the other turned back to her, his grin made her snarl more. "But first," his fingertips and eyes glowed red and went to mark over Tapi's seal. He began muttering an incantation as he drew his own seal.
Her snarls turned into screams.
"They're leaving your fold in droves, it seems." Lance spoke through Lee, the Master striking so many terrible cords within the cult leader she wasn't sure which one to address first. "How does it feel to watch as your most precious is used by another?"
She went with rage. Smoke flaring, she bellowed, "Release her! Now!"
"Why would I do that?" Lance's voice was disgusting on Lee's tongue, his eyes hideous on her face. Tapi wanted to tear them out, rip his cords out of her. She fumed with a need to do so. "She's just so impressionable, don't you agree?"
"Get out getoutGETOUTGETOUT!" Tapi shouted as smoke surrounded her dragon, who laughed. This time, it was a combination of Lee's laugh as well as Lance's that reached her ears. She wrapped her smoke around Lee tighter.
"What's the matter Tapi?" The voice was shrill and multilayered. It was terrible. "You don't like my new look?"
No, she didn't. She couldn't stand it. And long after she'd snuffed out Lee's flame to temporarily sedate her, she heard that shrill voice.
And her blood boiled as she ached to make someone pay.