Rune
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She had knew something was up about Vidal. His silence was unusual and suspicious. She had waited, presenting a chance for him to talk, to confess whatever it was that was eating him out so much.
She knew she wasn't the only one who presented such a chance to Vidal. The others collectively did the same even though none of them had said nothing to one another.
They knew too much about one another to not pick up when one person was acting out of the picture. But for the sake of equity they had and respect for one another despite the frequent brawls, none had spoken out and had only allowed themselves address the patent issue.
" Vidal?" August breathed, probably unable to wrap his head around the fact that his suspicion was correct. The suspicion they all had.
" Just.." Farris raised up his hand. " Let him speak" he finished, half of his eyes closed in frustration.
Vidal was vividly shaken, a factor that explains even before his mouth how tough what he was about to say was and the effect it would have on us.
" I have a confession to make" he gulped, his spit traveled down his throat and anyone who cared to look could see the movement.
She was about to yell that it was obvious and for him to go ahead and make his confession known but she wasn't the type to yell in anger. However, someone who could do so did.
" Don't we see that already?! Just go ahead and tell your sin to us. It is hurting more than one person you know" Calliope raged.
Oh, she had all the mouths of everyone in the nature family in hers alone. Rune was still unable to decipher who had the sharpest tongue, Calliope or Fender?
" Good grief" Luna sobbed and curled into Amadio's hold.
And Luna had the hearts of all the members of the Nature family in hers alone. Except the woman could be a complete opposite of the sweetness she was when dealing with an opponent and nothing could sway Calliope from running her mouth.
" I.. I kind of did something bad. I mean, I.. I have been doing some wrong stuff secretly" Vidal began to stammer.
At this rate and her age, no component or incidence could be grand enough to shock Rune. Whatever Vidal was about to say, she was prepared for it.
" Oh dear" Luna cried out again, almost merging with Amadio completely if she didn't stop swerving into him the more.
She keeps on distracting Vidal with her sobs.
Arrgh, could Luna just get over this her motherly concerns for them? She wasn't even older than them, not even by a day.
" My sexual urges has been going way over me in the past. I mean, before I was a part of this family. As a free original, I have lived some ways I am not proud of when I recall" Vidal began but he paused as though he expected us to say some encouraging words to keep him going.
He received none from us. If he was expecting some cooings from us just to keep him going, he was probably forgetting we were the Nature family. We don't coo offenders, we punish them.
" Just for fun, when I still ravaged Euphoria town, there was this healer that deals with dark stuffs. Dark supernatural stuffs so, I traded my expensive wristwatch for something in his store"
Holly- Molly, he still cared to talk about his expensive wristwatch. Just get to the damn point man! Rune was yelling in her head but was maintaining the patent insincere composure like the others.
" I usually add that substance to my dick and lie to the women it was a lubricant when in actuality, it's not" he paused again.
Looks like someone's composed bundle was exhausted. " What is it then?" August whispered, his voice barely holding any weight. The tiredness that danced around them were screaming disappointment and dismay.
" A substance that supposedly makes originals go feral" Vidal dropped the bombshell.
What in the bloody world?
Vidal was making original women go feral?
Everyone of them caught the flu named shock. Too stun they were to speak at all.
Finally.. " You were using it on original women?" Farris asked, his voice heavily coated with anger.
" Yes, there was a lot of them back in Euphoria town and I was exploring. I had no principle guiding me then and the drugs and everything I was addicted to in that town made me go careless" Vidal's speedy words were in a contrast to the way he slowly spoke before dropping the bombshell.
" So, you were creating more wild when the whole world is working to rid us all of the phenomenon?" Amadio's gentle words now was probably the only thing in check amongst them all.
" Frankly yes, I messed up, I know. I never knew it would come back to hunt me." Vital said, his voice sad and his head hung below like a child who just dropped his ice cream.
" You know you will go to extinction if the supernatural court hears about this?" Gizem asked him coldly.
Rune almost laughed, while everyone were still emotional about the discovery, her sister was already considering the punishment for the offender.
Vidal's head was still hung in remorse. " I do and I am ready to receive my punishment after righting my wrong"
At least, he was remorseful.
" And how do you intend on righting such an epic wrong Vidal? Tell me?!" Farris hollered.
Seems Farris didn't care about remorse.
Luna finally talked after all the sobs, her face was reddened enough to be mistaken for tomatoes. " How does that fit in all this? The wild originals?" she said, sniffing evenly.
Yes, how.
" Well, this is how.." Vidal began and Rune felt her ears risen.
Didn't want to miss any detail, do they?
"Go on" Calliope urged him to continue out of sheer curiosity.
" There was one, her name is Catherine. We fell in love and it was crazy. Together, we did so many stuffs from drinking to doing drugs and even using humans to satisfy our needs. I mean, I was in the game and so was she. We were both crazy, that kind of love. It was all good between us until my addiction for the sensation I feel right when the original women I have been with go feral perks and was too overwhelming. I had to feel it again and sadly, fate was a bastard" he gave a cold chuckle. " Original women were scarce in Euphoria town at the period. I mean, either I or the other originals who were into that same stuff had turned them all ferals or they had ventured elsewhere, I had no idea. To cut the story short, my addiction was driving me crazy and I resorted to the last resort"
" You used it on her" Calliope gasped.
Without turning to her, Vidal continued. " I did and what a bastard I was for the pleasure of the sensation I felt when she turned right when I had her under me, inside of me, was like none other I have ever felt" he concluded, tears streaming down his face.
Rune didn't know Vidal could cry or be emotional at all. She had always seen him as one unserious original with no problems at all except to have sex with women.
" How do you know she is the one that is after us.. You now? Since she is a wild already is she not supposed to like be insane and lustful to turn other originals ferals rather than seeking revenge for who turned her wild?" Rune had to speak this time. " I mean, I heard when they turned, they see normal originals as useless and glad they were wild" she shrugged.
" Yes, she ran into the world to live as a wild that she was after but my conscience wouldn't let me live. My heart was broken that I did that to her so, I located her with all the connections I had and cured her. It was easier since she didn't have a group yet. She was just rogue on her own." Vidal explained.
At least, he felt remorseful enough to cure her for betraying their love.
Although, he was the most horrible man for doing that to a woman that he loved. Definitely, there was worse he could do to them.
" I still don't see how she fits in all of this" Calliope chirped in, her hands under her chin while her left finger tapped her jaw.
Vidal didn't sag his head now, he looked up. " Because she is an original chameleon and only her except a skin walker could take the form of the old woman just to get the poisoned chicken here" he proclaimed.
Good, just good. They were dealing with an enemy who had no face.