"Arghhh! I can't believe he actually forced me to do that till my hand got sore." Emma groaned as she stretched her hand. She was on her way to where she would work.
"That bastard is really getting on my nerves! Why is he so bent on making my life more miserable? Do I not look pitiful enough to him? Well, he is a ruthless crazy asshole, why would he find me pitiful?" Emma asked rhetorically and laughed for some seconds. It was a sad laughter.
"No, I can't live on like this!" She yelled suddenly.
"Oh my God! You scared me! What is wrong, Emma?" Darla who had started walking towards her as she saw her, flinched.
"Oh, Darla, I am so sorry. I was so engrossed in my thoughts that I didn't even see you coming." Emma stated, pleadingly.
"What are you thinking about, so seriously?" Darla asked her.
"A lot!" Emma replied inwardly and heaved a deep sigh.
"Nothing much. I will be fine. It's just that I am here again, today." She said to Darla, instead and chuckled.
"You are thinking about how to cope with Tigress, right?" Darla guessed.
"Well, that too!" Emma muttered but nodded to Darla.
"Hey, get your ass over here!" Tigress' voice was as loud and deep as usual. She was seated at where Emma met her the previous day.
"If I haven't known her with that voice, I would have mistaken it for a male's own." Emma thought and scoffed.
"I will see you around." Darla told Emma and ran off in the opposite direction.
"Should I just give that overbearing a piece of my sharp tongue? Wait, will that even work on her? I better tread softly around her so I won't receive another beating today." Emma stated, as if advising herself.
"I told you to get over here, and you are walking? Are you showing me that you have long and straight legs which I do not have?" Tigress asked her with a scowl.
"What? This woman and her ridiculous interpretation of words and actions!" Emma groaned and took to her heels.
"Huh hum!" It was a short distance yet she huffed and puffed when she got there as she had run fast.
"I ask again, are you mocking me because I am short and have short, unattractive legs? Is that why you were catwalking towards me ?" Tigress inquired. Emma was completely taken aback.
"I wasn't even catwalking! Not to talk of mocking you! It is just a misunderstanding, Tigress!" Emma told her, placatingly.
"Did you just address me by my name?" Tigress sneered at her.
"I thought it is just a nickname and I... " Emma tried to explain but Tigress slapped her and her face turned to the other side.
"Holy cow! That hurts like a bitch!" Emma winced in pain.
"You will address me as her highness, since I am the second in command to her majesty, the king." Tigress informed her sternly.
"Yes, your highness!" Emma gritted out.
"Hold it in! Nothing good will come out of riling her up, further." She said to herself, inwardly and bit her tongue to prevent herself from snapping at Tigress.
"Are you frowning at me right now?" Tigress asked after observing her for a second.
"This bitch!!! Am I supposed to be smiling after receiving that hot slap?" Emma yelled inwardly.
"Don't make me repeat myself! Are you perhaps angry that I slapped you?" Tigress stated. Emma lost it with that question.
"No, your highness! I am actually very happy right now, that I can fly." Emma gritted out sarcastically and scoffed.
"You scoffed at me?" Tigress was shocked.
"How did you expect me to react after you slapped me? Laugh and thank you for being a bitch? You can go fuck yourself, bitch!" Emma had blurted out, furiously before she caught herself.
"Wow! Feisty and daring, right? I will show you the tough stuff I am made of, today." Tigress growled and in no time, she had tackled Emma to the ground.
"Damn my uncontrollable temper!" Emma stated, regrettably as she weakly and tearfully took Tigress' slaps and punches.
"That is enough, Tigress." Lioness cautioned her. She had been watching the scene unfold, through the window. She walked out and intervened at the time she felt she should.
"You are lucky today, you might not be, tomorrow!" Tigress informed Emma and left her.
"Ouch!" Emma winced in pain as she tried to stand up from the ground. Her face was bloody and her stomach hurt.
"Huuhhh!" She groaned as she vomited the breakfast she took earlier. Tigress had punched her in the stomach viciously.
"You should go and start your work, dollface!" Lioness called out to her, completely unbothered by the fact that she was puking.
"And don't forget to pack that!" Lioness added, referring to the puke.
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"You did what?" Darla was shocked. She had met up with Emma at where the latter was working, after she was done with her own work.
"Nobody stand up to Tigress no matter what she does, unless you want to die untimely." Darla stated.
"She was being so ridiculous and I lost my calm." Emma whimpered as she spoke. She was in pain.
"Emma, I know it is unfair but you can't lose your temper here. You just have to take whatever that is being shoved at you, in good faith. That is how you can survive. Those women rule here and nobody can challenge them, even though we are all inmates." Darla informed her.
"And now that you have dared Tigress, she is never going to leave you alone. You would even see her in your dreams and that is not an exaggeration!" Darla added.
"Oh, no! That would be disastrous!" Emma sobbed.
"Well, there is one way out. If you can get Lioness to have your back, then nobody will dare harm you." Darla told her and Emma perked up her ears in excitement. Anything to save her from the vicious Tigress is welcome.
"Although, there is a but." Darla added, sullenly.