(WARNING: This chapter contains depictions of sexual harrassment that can be be upsetting for some readers)
"Can you stop that?" I asked her as I tried to get some sleep. "Stop what, exactly?" she said in a teasing tone.
Her hands roamed around my chest, trying to look for a way under my clothes. Everytime she got close to touching my skin, I slapped her hand and moved it away, but she always came back.
"Come on…" she insisted while moving her hand all the way from my chest to my abdomen. "You agreed to cooperate a few hours ago, so stop playing hard to get…" she then added.
I felt powerless at that moment. All I wanted to do was chop off her hands and leave, but since I still had to get answers on how she got that weapon, I had to play along with her.
"Hello? Hello!" she yelled while snapping her fingers in front of me. I opened my eyes and looked at her with a tired stare. "What?" I groaned, exhausted.
Her face got closer to me, approaching my cheek slowly. When she was close enough for me to feel her breath, she whispered "Don't you want to do it?".
I tried to focus on the moon, hoping that she would get tired if I ignored her a little longer, but when I felt her touching my belt, I snapped.
"Can't you just stop?!" I shouted while standing up with a jump. She frowned when she heard my question, lying on the ground and claiming that I was boring.
At that moment, I thought of leaving without answers. Or just kill her and take her weapon with me. To be honest, I was fine with both options.
"What's wrong, honey? You don't like me?" she asked while cupping her cheeks. I sighed, trying to contain myself while answering "Do not… Do not call me that".
She stood up beside me, getting close and claiming that if I was avoiding the question then that must mean that I wasn't interested in her. I nodded and pointed at her backpack, telling her that instead of taking an interest in her, I was only interested in her rope dart.
The woman looked back at her backpack and then redirected her eyes towards me. "Well, everything has a price, doesn't it?" she said before taking her backpack and opening it, showing its content.
The faint light of the fire by our side made it hard to seem inside, so she suggested that she would only take out the weapon I was asking her for. Her hand rummaged in it for a long time, accompanied by a plastic sound that intensified every time she moved her hand.
"What is that?" I asked with suspicion as I heard those noises. She smiled and answered "nothing" before pulling out what I asked for before.
She put the weapon close to my face and asked "Is this what you're looking for?". I nodded and tried to grab it, but she quickly moved her hand away and began to wrap the rope around her arm.
"As you can see, I am one with this rope dart. This means that if you want it, then you want me too…" she smiled while raising her left arm (the arm where her weapon was) and touching my cheek.
"You said you didn't want me to call you honey before, didn't you? I'm sure you'd rather be called by your name, right?" she said before asking for my name.
"Just call me Glasg" I responded in an annoyed tone. "Nice to meet you Glass! A pretty weird name, but mine is weird too so it's ok!" she said enthusiastically before adding "Oh, by the way, my name is Metis".
"The greek goddess? Really?" I questioned, curious of her name. "My mom was a greek teacher, that's why she decided to give me this name. Or at least that's what my dad told me…" she said before looking down at the ground.
I raised my eyebrow at her. So the weird woman who's been following me and trying to get under my clothes is someone named Metis? Don't get me wrong, the name is pretty and all, but last time I checked, Metis wasn't a stalker.
"Ok, so what's the deal? I really, really need to check that rope dart of yours" I said as I crossed my arms in front of her. Metis moved her head up and looked deeply into my eyes. I tried to avoid her gaze, but it felt like she was penetrating through my skin with her stare.
"Is my face dirty or something?" I asked in an attempt to tell her indirectly to stop looking at me.
The woman smiled and got on the tip of her toes. "Actually, you do have something here" she claimed before licking my cheek. "And here… and here…" she then added, alternating between licking and kissing my face.
I tried to push her away, but when she detected my movements, she jumped on top of me, causing me to fall back with her.
Metis looked at me with a sultry stare, telling me that if I wanted to check on her weapon, I had to be close to her. She straddled my body with her legs and untied her hair, telling me to check on the weapon if I wanted to.
I recomposed from the fall and tried to get her off of me, but the moment I moved my hands in her direction, she held both of them. The woman then redirected my hands, putting my left hand on her hip (and telling me to feel free to touch) and interlacing the fingers of my other hand with hers.
She leaned down on my body, putting all of her body weight on me and presenting the rope dart tied around her arm to me. Metis forced my arm up with hers and allowed me to take a closer look at her weapon.
I wanted to free myself from her grasp, but when the knife on her arm shone because of the fire beside us, all my attention got drawn towards it.
With the little light I had, I carefully inspected the weapon, trying to look for something that I could use as a clue. The woman above me giggled and said "that tickles" before moving her right hand over my chest.
She roamed freely around my body with her hand. Meanwhile, since I was checking on her weapon, I didn't realize what she was doing.
Metis stopped touching my body and instead used her hand to force my left hand under her shirt, making me touch her bare skin. At first I tried to move my hand away, but after she whispered "I suggest you keep your end of the deal," I stopped moving, only focusing on the knife.
I can't say she wasn't being a nuisance, but I guess there could be something worse to do in order to get information. Right?
After a few seconds, the woman sat up on me and started to unbutton her shirt. "I can't believe you're not getting ready yet…" she sighed as she finished loosening the last button.
My head moved up as she started to undress herself. With all my strength, I push my body upwards, causing her to fall off my body and allowing me to stand up.
"Just what the fuck do you want?!" I yelled at her while reaching for Dom. We stood a few meters away from each other, because I didn't consider being close to her something safe.
She looked at me with a smirk from below. She untied the rope around her arm and started spinning the knife that was attached to it. "You can either get this in your chest, or I can give it to you so you can check it out peacefully" she threatened while spinning the rope dart quicker.
I took a step forward, gripping Dom's shaft tighter. At the sight of this, Metis laughed and asked "Who do you think it's faster? You taking a step closer and trying to swing that axe at me, or me throwing this knife at you?"
My lungs filled with all the air they could and like an explosion, I let it all out.
I took one quick step to the front and in response to my action, she threw her knife.
Almost instinctively, my arm moved up, placing Dom's axe in front of me, protecting me from her attack.
Metis rapidly withdrew her knife and in an instant she threw it back at me.
This time, I managed to move to the side, avoiding her attack and leaping forward, preparing myself to swing my axe at her.
She looked at me with a smirk, and when I got closer to her, she struck the rope with her hand.
Just as Dom was about to hit her, a rope tied around me and caused me to lose my balance. She quickly stood up and opened up her arms, gently catching me with them. Then, she let the rope keep its way around us, completely tying us up.
The same way she did it in the morning, she nuzzled against my chest, claiming that I smelt good. "Glasss…" she softly said while sniffing my body. "If you keep your end of the deal, I'll give you my weapon. What do you say?" she then asked.
I struggled under the ropes, trying to break free from them (and also from her). While trying to force my way out, I saw some black embroidered letters on the ropes.
At that moment, I remembered the words that appeared in Axie and Dom: "Find" and "me" respectively. Why am I pointing this out? Easy, the calligraphy was the same.
I could not be mistaken, the letters on Metis' weapon were written by my dad.
I sighed frustrated, giving up to her. "Fine… I'll keep my end of the deal, but only if you give me that weapon and tell me all about it" my mouth said while I tried to break free once again.
She smiled at me, quickly moving her hands and untying us. "Of course!" she told me before jumping on top of me again, but this time, she captured my lips in a kiss.
Just like before, we fell to the ground. This time, she did manage to get her hands under my clothes. "Why do you wear such baggy clothes? Why are you trying to hide this nice body of yours?" she asked in a sultry voice while biting my neck and moving her hand on my bare skin.
I wanted to get her off of me, but I knew that if I didn't keep my part of the deal, then I would lose those clues to find my dad.
My hands tightened around Metis' weapon, inspecting it even closer than earlier. As for what she did... Well, let's just say I'd rather not talk about it…