"Kill you?!" She exclaims as I the man crosses in front of her, standing between me and her.
"She won't do it" The man says as she stops him.
"We have no choice, Benjamin. Don't you get that! She could slowly weaken the kingdom, kill us." She responds, "There is no guarantee that she is currently fighting, she's gone Benjamin. I see nothing in the eyes of my dearest most beloved friend." Pushing the man out of her way she walks closer to me, her fingers pressing against the bars.
"She will kill you!" The man warns her as she nods her hung head, looking to me.
"She will kill us all" she justifies herself as she picks up a swords, "A life for a life" she murmurs as she pulls the sword back.
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"I highly doubt that, Beth!" I hear from behind me as I quivers.
"He wishes for it" I tell her as she laughs at my words, like it's a joke.
"I could care less" she answers as she pulls me back from the cell. And I see no one else, did Benjamin abandon me? "How could you,Beth?" She ask me and looking to her as she smiles and looks to the wall. With no warning my body obliges her demand as I hit the stone wall.
"Please, Gehenna!" I beg her.
"No!" She tsks her answer to me, pulling me to her face by my collar. "To late for begging" her words come out as frosted cold.
"Would you really keep someone alive against their will?" I ask her as her hand wraps around my throat. "You...your…pat….pathetic!" I urge out as I spit in her face as she drops me on the floor.
"You will pay for this, Beth" Gehenna preaches as I look behind her and gasp.
"Does this mean I will pay for this too?" Benjamin ask and Gehenna turns around as he jabs the lock to the cell open and Orion emerges. "Your highness" he beckons her as she is seething.
"GET BACK IN THE CELL, FATHER!" She orders Orion as he looks to her, his eyes soften upon her gaze.
"You've done incomprehensible wrong" he says as he takes the dagger from Benjamin's hand.
"NO!" She yells, slamming Benjamin to the wall of the cell as the door collapses shut behind her rigid gust of wind.
"You cannot stop fate, Gehenna" Orion tells Gehenna as her points the knife into his chest, his white shirt slowly being overtaken by the bright pigment of blood.
"YOU ARE ALL I HAVE!" She yells with anger as the dagger flies out of Orion grasp and in the cell. A simple hair away from puncturing Benjamin's throat.
"Benjamin?" I call to him as I start to crawl to him as suddenly like a storm there appears a wind. Gust eagerly turning violent as I try to crawl through them to reach Benjamin but instead meet the constant defeat as I am blown back to the stone wall. My vision turning hazy with the pounding of my head reminding me of the events.
"BETH!" Benjamin calls to me, but all I can do is lay there, limp.
"IT'S A SKIN WOUND, OLD MAN!" Gehenna remarks as I can feel the the wind burning against my face.
Remembering what I had to do.
Vision still hazy and head throbbing I continued. Through the torturous winds and holding my breath.
"ORION!" I yell to the man, "THERE IS A PICKAXE NEXT TO THE CELL!" I hint to him.
And through the wind Gehenna emerges.
"Beth playing the hero?" Her statement sounding more like a question. "The poor" she starts as she kicks me back, "innocent Beth" she finishes as she steps on my ankle. The weight of her causing excruciating pain.
"Please, Gehenna?" I beg her, gazing deep into her eyes. They were pitch black and cold. As if all signs of humanity had left her. "I'm your friend" I reason with her as she takes her foot off my ankle and I take a deep breath.
"Friend? All you ever were was a selfish person."
Her words hurting me, "You let me sacrifice everything for you, I pledged myself to a man that hates me for your safety! And all you got out of it was the thrill. The thrill of knowing you were important and meaning to someone when you aren't" she admits as I stare daunted at her. So, tell me Beth. Do you feel important now?" She ask me as I fall silent at her confession.
I wanted to ignore it but a part of me thought perhaps I was.
And without a second's hesitation a sword is lurched into my leg and I let out a yelp.
"BETH?!" The worried voice of Benjamin emerges itself again and a smile appears on Gehenna's face.
"You can't think I would let you kill him without taking something from you" she warns me, getting closer to me, her nose touching mine with her twisted smirk. "You pay now!" Victoriously pulling the sword from my leg as I scream out in agonizing pain.
"Please, Gehenna!" I whimper with fear as she holds the sword to my neck. I can see the temptations swirling in her eyes, growing stronger.
"Your mother made me promise to take care of you. Because she knew you were too weak to be on your own" she admits as tears cloud my eyes. "She died knowing her only daughter was weak" she continues and with her words I refuse to succumb to her sword.
Grabbing a chunk from the stone wall and dragging to my side, my eyes still entangled in hers.
"I wonder if she died knowing how much of a monster you are?" I ask as her smile fades and I hit her head against the stone chunk.
While she lies on the floor I rush to my feet. The blood still flowing from my wound but I continue. Looking back to where she was I notice she is missing.
"Miss me?" I hear her voice while the dust slowly settles and I continue dragging my leg behind me away from the small drop of blood where Gehenna was.
Out of nowhere she emerges from the wind and pushes me to the wall and I push her back, away from me.
"ORION!" I scream as her face hardens.
"She died thinking you were a saint, when in reality all you truly are is selfish, demeaning and vile. The most vile person I have met!" I confess aloud as she simply stands there, "This is who you truly are, and you will die alone just like your mother who you have become" I taunt her and I can see her battling.
Standing up and starting to drag my leg behind me.
"Beth" I hear her call my name and for a minute it sound like the Gehenna I know. "This is for my mother" she says grabbing the pickaxe.
"Don't" I urge her as she just ignores me.
Throwing the pickaxe at me as my breath hitches in my throat. With the sudden noise of the pickaxe stuck in something I try to forget the sudden pain.