"What is it, Mica? Spill it out" Becca said as soon as she was standing alone with Mica.
She couldn't hide her curiousity any longer.
Mica looked around, trying to stall.
"Mica..."
"I don't know if it'd work out but...I just wanted to give it a try" Mica began.
"Why don't we...ask each clan Master for help? Maybe... they could find.someone who knows a cure".
Becca blinked rapidly.
"Seriously?" She scoffed.
"Is this really the reason you called me here?"
Mica tried to act surprised.
"Do you really think I haven't thought of
that, Mica?" She asked, angrily and
disappointedly.
"The X-family is more like a competition,
Mica. And none of the clan Masters would agree to help. Even Zack has been going around, looking for a cure.
But they don't seem to be any at all.
Nothing can be done".
She paused and brushed her fingers into
her, in frustration.
"I don't know what to do, Mica. And you
actually got my hopes high when you
told me you had a solution. You gave
me false hope!"
Oh." she mumbled
"I'm sorry, Becca. I just thought I could
be of help".
"Gosh!" Becca shook her head and
turned around, leaving angrily.
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Octavia stood up from the chair where she sat immediately, crying profusely.
The Master was gone. He had gone back to sleep. He was...dead.
Tears streaked her face as she stared at
his still body. She couldn't do it.
Oh! Mica warned her. She had only ended up killing the Master faster the same way she killed her mother. Why was she so cursed, huh? Why?
She turned around and scurried out of
the room immediately, ignoring the
guards at the door.
"Didn't you say Becca asked you to
wait?" One of the guards asked, but she
didn't even turn to look at any of them
as she just continued scuttling away.
She took the stairs, ran and finally got out of the block and fortunately for her, she found Mica waiting for her at the same spot she said she'd be waiting.
"Octavia?" She caled lowly, frightened
by her tears.
Oh! Please, she didn't want to hear it.
Why was she crying?
"I'm sorry" Octavia whimpered, her sight
blinded by tears.
"I'm sorry, Mica. I couldn't do it. I killed him" she fell onto her shoulders immediately, but
Mica couldn't even hold her as she was too shocked from the news.
What?
"I killed him. I couldn't keep him awake. Oh! I killed him" she wept more, soaking Mica's shirt with tears.
She couldn't recall the last time she'd
cried that much. It was just too much
for her.
Mica was still too shocked to speak or
hold her as she just stood like a statue
and let her cry on her shoulders.
There had been droplets of rain already
and immediately, it increased and
started pouring heavily. But the two
sisters stood there, their bodies in
contact and they didn't move.
"Octavia!" They heard a thick voice and
Mica turned to see it was Moscow,.together with some boys.
His eyes were blazing as he stood under a shelter, not far from them.
Oh! Sh*t. He was awake!
He had a whip with him and looked like
he was ready to kill someone. And with
that same expression, he marched into
the rain, towards them.
"Mosocw..." Mica called as Octavia moved away from her shoulders.
"Get on your knees, Octavia" he gritted.
"Hey! Moscow, stop it. You wanna punish someone, then punish me. I'm the one you want" Mica tried getting in the way, but he pushed her away, although she didn't fall.
"On your knees, Octavia!" He growled and pushed her and she landed on her knees immediately.
The sound of the rain was battling with
the sound of the voices. So, they had to
yell
"Moscow, stop it. I'm the one you want!
I'm the one who attacked you and tied
you up. So, punish me. Keep her out of
this!" Mica yellled.
"I have no business with you, Mica! So,
stay out of my way. You're the one who
offended me, but she's the one l'll
punish. So, stay away!" He roared and
lifted the whip to hit Octavia, but Mica
stopped him.
"I can't let you do this" she shook her head as she held his hand.
Immediately, the boys with him rushed to her and tried pushing her away, but she made to fight.
"Mica!" Another voice called and they turned to see it was Draco.
She felt a little relief as she ran to him.
"Draco please!"
Her voice was desperate.
"Tell him to stop, please. He can punish me if he wants to. But not her".
She felt her relationship with Draco could save the moment, but she was wrong.
"He told me what happened, Mica. And
he has every right to punish her. So, stay
away" Draco answered, his voice a little
icy.
Well, no matter what, they still had certain rules in the clan which couldn't be overstepped.
Other members of the clan had already
come out as well, standing under shades to watch the mini drama. Some of them watched from their windows.
Tho, they couldnt hear a thing due to
the rain, but the actions explained it all.
Mica turned to look at Octavia and more
boys were already surrounding Moscow.
And at that point, she knew there was
nothing she could do. It was above her
limits.
Moscow lifted the whip and landed it on
Octavia's back and she screamed.
For the first time in years, Mica found tears strolling down her cheeks and quickly, she turned around, unable to watch the sight.
Mosocw lifted the whip again, landed it
on her and repeated the process
He whipped her repeatedly and so bad,
she felt her skin tearing up.
"No.!" She whimpered, her hands on the
floor as she knelt.
Her tears got mixed with the rain as she
felt so many agonizing pain - so many
pains she couldn't comprehend.
The death of the Master?
Or the whip she was receiving?
Moscow groaned as he whipped her with all pleasure and it got to a point, her knees became too weak to support her. So, she fell on the floor.
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Becca sat in front of the bed as soon as
she returned and took Khalid's hand into
hers.
She stared into his face, admiring the
charming looks.
Oh! He was growing so cold. He was
looking more pale. She was losing him!
She took his palm to her lips and kissed
it. What would she do without him huh?
How can she just lose him so easily?
She bent her head in agony.
She could feel something happening outside, there was a commotion and she could hear it, despite the rain. But
she was too concerned about Khalid to
go check it out. So, she just remained
there and reminiscinced on his hands,
her head bowed.
Suddenly, she heard a sound - a grunt.
And she lifted her head slowly to find
the Masters eyes open.
Hah!!!
Her eyes widened in shock as his hands
fell from hers.
"Khalid!" She almost screamed.
Goodness! He was awake!
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To be continued!