Chronicles of Eden - Act 2 (67 page)

“Alright, well, let’s get going then,” Daniel announced. Triska glanced to him then looked to the other girls.

“Specca, stay here as well,” she ordered.

“What? But why?” Specca asked.

“If they find out Alyssa’s a witch she can still use her magic, if they find out you’re a nixie you’re not going to be able to fight. She can blend in more easily than you can and defend herself if need be, you can’t, it would be best for you to stay here for now,” Triska reasoned.

“But I can conceal my scales and tail just fine, I did so in Ashwood for a long time. And at the very least I could charm the men into not harming us, I’m not so defenseless like you claim,” Specca defended.

“Please, if a problem occurs Alyssa and I are going to be busy keeping Daniel safe, it would be easier if we didn’t have to watch out for you as well,” Triska pleaded with a gentle smile. Specca opened her mouth to speak before Triska shook her head and walked over to her, setting her hands on the nixie’s shoulders as Specca slowly closed her mouth.

“You’re our guide out in the outerlands for dealing with monsters, this is human territory, leave that to us, alright? Please, I don’t want you at risk in there,” Triska said softly. Specca looked at her curiously then down with a troubled gaze.

“Well, what do you think, Daniel?” she asked glancing to the boy. Daniel looked to Triska then to Alyssa before turning to Specca with a small smile.

“I think you should listen to your friend, one little slip with your disguise and we’ll be in trouble. Alyssa won’t be found out so easily, but you could be, it might be best for you to remain here for now,” he reasoned. Specca nodded slowly and looked back down, her tail slowly swaying behind her low to the ground.

“Alright, Daniel, I’ll stay here too, if that’s what you think is best,” she said softly.

“Just until we explain our situation and Daniel can win over the village, and then we’re coming back for all of you,” Triska reassured. Specca nodded and walked over to the caravan along with Squeak and Falla. Jovian and Jacqueline watched the three head over to the broken ride then looked to Daniel with curious smiles.

“Please hurry, we wish to enjoy one last dinner with all of you on this night,” Jovian kindly requested.

“Yeah, hurry back, we’re starting to get really hungry,” Jacqueline giggled. Daniel and Triska nodded as Alyssa took off her hat, the witch walking over to Specca and handing it to her while Triska walked past them and boarded the downed caravan to get her sword.

“Here, hold onto this for me, ok?” Alyssa asked.

“Sure, no problem, Alyssa,” Specca said while taking the hat. Triska hopped back out with her sword strapped behind her while Daniel unfastened Lucky from the caravan, with himself and the two girls then climbing onto the horse’s back. Triska held onto Daniel’s waist while Alyssa held onto hers, the two girls giving one last wave to the remaining group before they took off towards the village. Specca sighed and leaned back against the caravan while Squeak climbed aboard, the ant girl grabbing her pickaxe from the corner and slinging it behind her before exiting the wagon.

“Why are you getting that now?” Specca asked as the ant girl hopped back down onto the ground. Squeak squeaked something while watching Lucky riding off towards the village, with Specca then looking to the sisters curiously as they smirked a bit.

“She says she’s just being prepared for danger,” Jovian relayed.

“Yes, you never know when trouble might creep up on you out here,” Jacqueline added as she glanced over to Falla, the butterfly girl facing away from her and watching Daniel and the two girls riding off together. Falla blinked then glanced back to the sisters, seeing the two girls smiling at her while she felt like there was something about them that was familiar.

‘Something’s not right about them, I just know it. What am I not seeing here?’

“Something on your mind, Falla?” the sisters asked together in unison. Falla looked at them carefully then back towards the village, trying to shake off the bad feeling she had forming inside of her. After a while her eyes slowly widened as she remembered back to when they first found Emily and what the child spoke about regarding her encounter with the dreaded man-eaters.

“I hope Daniel is able to convince the village to help us,” Specca said softly as she walked over next to the butterfly girl. Squeak nodded and squeaked something while looking around the area and keeping on guard, with Jovian and Jacqueline smiling curiously at her then at Specca.

“She says she has complete faith in Daniel, he’ll be able to help us,” they relayed together. Falla felt a cold chill run down her spine while Specca glanced back to the sisters with a curious eye.

“How do you two always do that?” Specca asked.

“Do what?” the sisters asked with coy smiles.

“Talk at the same time like that, it’s just so different,” Specca said with a raised eyebrow.

“We just do,” the sisters replied with shrugs. Specca looked at them quizzically as Falla slowly turned her head back to the sisters. She glanced from one to the other, both twins just watching her from behind their masks.

“You know, when we found that human child out in the wilderness she was scared out of her mind, exhausted from running all day from the monsters that killed her parents,” Falla mentioned. Squeak and Specca watched Falla as she slowly turned to face the sisters with a careful eye.

“The poor thing was blind, so she couldn’t see her parents’ killers at all, but she did remember hearing them very clearly. Hearing how they ate her family, taunted her about it, laughed about it,” Falla said cautiously.

“Oh dear,” Jovian said softly with her smile still standing.

“That must have been so horrible for her,” Jacqueline agreed with a shrug.

“It must have, the poor girl was so scared of those monsters, even though she couldn’t see them. She told me and my sister what she heard though, how there were two of them, both being female,” Falla said carefully. Specca looked at Falla curiously while Squeak walked over towards them before stopping in front of the sisters, the ant girl watching Falla as the butterfly girl stared down the twins with an accusing glare.

“Two of them, who had a very unique way of talking, they always spoke together in perfect sync,” Falla accused sharply, with Specca and Squeak looking at her like they heard wrong.

“Falla, what are you saying?” Specca asked carefully. A loud squeak was heard behind her, the nixie then looking back with a jump as she saw the sisters holding Squeak firmly by an arm each while also holding onto her head and neck. Squeak was looking ahead at her friends with fright as her arms were forcibly held back behind her, the sisters giggling in unison as they removed their masks. The twins placed the masks in their dresses in front of their left breasts before Jovian yanked on Squeak’s hair and tilted her head up.

“I think she’s implying that we’re not human,” Jovian said looking to Squeak with a cold smile, the ant girl trembling in fear as she couldn’t budge or break free at all from their grasp.

“Yeah, like we’re monsters or something,” Jacqueline laughed while brushing Squeak’s hair.

“Jovian, Jacqueline? What are you doing?” Specca asked with surprise.

“They’re not human, they’re monsters! Like hell two human girls could hold your friend like that!” Falla accused as she pointed to Squeak, with the ant girl struggling around in the powerful grasp of the sisters. Specca’s jaw dropped slightly as Jacqueline leaned down and slowly licked Squeak’s neck, the ant girl trembling as she felt the girl’s tongue going across her skin up to her cheek.

“You know, we wanted to enjoy eating you all together, and were prepared to wait as long as reaching this little hole in the world to do so,” Jovian said coldly.

“No, you can’t be,” Specca breathed out.

“But since Falla wouldn’t shut up, I guess we’ll have to settle for eating you all however we can, starting with you three,” Jacqueline said as she looked down at Squeak with a dark smile, the ant girl squeaking and struggling to get free to no avail. Jovian chuckled and let go of the ant girl before starting to walk towards the others, with Squeak then being held by both arms and forced down onto her knees by Jacqueline alone. The ant girl thrashed about but wasn’t able to break free as the blonde haired sister held her arms back behind her with great strength.

“See? See? A human couldn’t hold her like that, she’s a monster, they both are!” Falla shouted while pointing to Jacqueline.

“What?
What
?” Specca cried out.

“I told you, didn’t I? They’re not human, those are the man-eaters!” Falla exclaimed pointing to Jovian with fright. Jovian laughed then darted forward and grabbed Specca’s hand, the nixie screaming and trying to run away before she was thrown down onto the ground. Jovian pounced on the girl and sat on her lap, holding the nixie’s hands down by her head as Specca screamed and stared up at the creepy smile on Jovian’s face. Jacqueline giggled then threw Squeak down onto the ground on her side, the blonde girl then kneeling down and holding the ant girl’s hands down by her head while leaning closer to her face. Using only one hand she held the ant girl’s wrists together down on the ground while her other held Squeak’s waist. Squeak struggled to kick free and get up yet was held down with great force, with Specca thrashing around weakly in Jovian’s grip nearby as the raven haired girl laughed down at her.

“What are you doing? Let me go!” Specca cried out.

“Haha, no, I don’t think I’ll be doing that, you look so delicious after all,” Jovian laughed, with Specca screaming and shaking her head as she tried to get free. The sisters then looked over to Falla as the butterfly girl slowly took a step back away from them.

“What’s wrong, not going to try to save your friends?” Jovian mused before she leaned down and licked Specca’s cheek, the nixie screaming as she kicked about underneath the monster.

“I don’t think she cares about them, she’s just a lousy rat after all,” Jacqueline said before she grabbed hold of Squeak’s breast, the ant girl squeaking and shaking her head with fright as the blonde girl roughly squeezed and fondled her. Jacqueline laughed before licking her lips slowly as she eyed the ant girl over with a hungry smile.

“I’ve been waiting to bite into these for a while now, they’re so plump and juicy looking,” she said coldly. Squeak looked down to her breasts then to Jacqueline with terror and shook her head, with the blonde girl slowly nodding in response.

Jovian licked Specca’s cheek then forced a kiss on the nixie, with Specca screaming into her mouth and trying to shake her head as she felt the raven haired girl’s tongue lapping around hers. Specca kicked and thrashed about while her tail whipped around on the ground before Jovian leaned back and smiled wickedly down at her.

“You taste good, Specca, I wonder how you taste between your legs,” she taunted before baring her teeth in her smile, with Specca shrieking at hearing that. Jovian laughed and watched as the nixie desperately tried to free herself before a loud crack echoed out, with Jovian promptly dropping down to the side with blood pouring out from the back of her head. The girls all looked to her then to Falla who was standing over Jovian with a large rock in her hand that had blood splattered on it.

“Falla?” Specca breathed out shakily.

“Ok, I am
sick
of you calling me a rat, you fucking bitches!” Falla yelled before she swung down and cracked Jovian’s skull open, striking again and again with furious grunts while Specca scrambled away from them onto her feet. Squeak watched with surprise as Falla smashed Jovian’s head into a bloody smear then quickly bashed her head up and knocked Jacqueline off of her, the blonde dropping to the side before Squeak quickly rolled over and pinned the girl down with one hand while reaching back and grabbing her pickaxe with the other. She squeaked loudly before driving the tool down with a sharp whack into Jacqueline’s head, spiking through the skull with a crunch as blood splattered onto the dirt. Specca held her arms around herself with a nervous whimper as Falla stumbled back to her feet and tossed the bloodied stone aside, the butterfly girl catching her breath as she backed up towards Specca while keeping her eyes on Jovian’s body.

“Those were the man-eaters… those were the man-eaters…” Specca managed to get out while struggling to calm her nerves.

“I told you, didn’t I?” Falla snapped at her. Specca looked to her then to Jovian with horror before over to Squeak as the ant girl slowly stood up and yanked her pickaxe out of Jacqueline’s head.

“Squeak, are you alright?” Specca asked. Squeak nodded and looked to her with a weak smile.

“Oh my god,” Falla said holding her hands over her mouth with wide eyes as she stared at something. Specca and Squeak looked to her then to Jovian as the girl was slowly sitting up, her head regenerating and growing back before their eyes.

“What the… impossible,” Specca breathed out with fright. Squeak stared at Jovian with shock then looked down to seeing Jacqueline smiling up at her, the girl’s large hole through her head slowly closing up again. Squeak squeaked loudly and darted away from her towards the other girls as they all watched the sisters slowly getting up while their fatal injuries healed up completely.

“That’s not possible, we killed them!” Falla cried out.

“They really are monsters!” Specca exclaimed as Squeak held her pickaxe before her with a frightened expression. Jovian and Jacqueline stood up and giggled as they turned to the girls with dark smiles on their faces, both appearing to be completely fine even after having been struck down with lethal force.

“It can’t be, they should be dead,” Specca whimpered while shaking her head.

“So what do we do now?” Falla asked nervously. The sisters laughed in unison as the three girls stared at them with fright, all of them seeing very clearly that these twins were anything but human. Jovian and Jacqueline stepped closer towards their prey while pointing to them with eerie smiles on their faces, both of them causing chills to run down the other girls’ spines, and then spoke together in perfect sync with a haunting tone.