Strena Powerless Part Two

 Blood And Tears 


It had been half a day since Kitsuné Ryu had put blood on her hands. She still felt the surge, she still saw the faces and heard the screams and cries of the children. She still saw the eyes of those that looked at her. Like she was a monster. Yet, she had to admit to herself, she had been ever since she got the scar on her face.

She could not help but think about the echoes of her parents in her mind. She could not help but feel ashamed at the mere thought of her mother. Yet she still did not see her fully in her mind, like a sieve. Yet she knew that she would not be getting an answer to what could have happened between her mother and father. Not now, not for a long time. If ever.

Yet her feet rested, yet again, upon the sand. She could feel the sharp pebbles cut into her foot but she walked on and on. She could feel the pain in her feet. Yet her mouth remained shut.

She could see a light ahead of her in the hut. She could see the thatched roof had a chimney that had smoke coming out. She suddenly felt dread build in her mind as she suddenly realized what this was all about. Then she approached the wooden floor and was in front of it.

 No. Please no. Not again. Just not this again.

“Tell me, do you not see my goal?”

No I don’t, please! I don’t want to!

“You will not be doing anything!”

I don’t want to! I don’t want to see this! I don’t want to even be here!

Suddenly her heart flooded with his laughter again.

“More! Think it again!”

Please don’t do this. I don’t want this! I don’t want this! Please don’t do this!

“No!”

Then her knuckles hit the door. Her head pounded as she heard the noises inside.

“Did you hear that?” 

“Jess, who’s going to be looking for us out here? You must be hearing things.”

Then her knuckles tapped the door again.

“Conner, there is definitely someone at the door.”

Don’t.

The third knock. Then a man with a flaky sunburned face, deep blue eyes and sandy blond hair answered the door.

Please! Get away! Please! Run! He’s gonna kill you! He’s gonna kill you!

“Can I help you kid?”

That was when she saw a girl with the same skin tone but with jet back hair and green eyes. 

“Are you Conner and Jess?”

That was when Jess charged forward as she looked at her.

“Hold on. You’re Strena!”

“What?” He asked.

That was when his eyebrows raised.

“Oh! Clohida! You are!”

“What are you doing here?”

That was when she felt Kitsuné Ryu twist her face into a scared look with tears coming out of her eyes.

“I just escaped Zaryb! He’s the evil man that made me do it!” He spoke, pointing at the scar. “Please! He’s changing me! I don't wanna go back to him. I wanna be free! A free normal girl!” 

Her hand wiped her eye as they both became pale as they looked at each other.

“Well come in! Come in!” They said as they almost pulled her in.

NO!

Then the door closed behind her. Their screams were so loud that it woke everyone on board the ship. All of them looked around and noticed her absence. Quickly they all saw the tiny hut on the shoreline. They dropped a small boat and rowed off to the island.

Inside Kitsuné Ryu took a knife and stabbed the woman first. Yet he did this again and again but slowly so that Strena could feel her blood on her hands and arms. He laughed with her throat until it hurt as she wept in her head. Then he moved onto the man and did the same.

When he was done he let her go as she broke down sobbing and sobbing. She could do nothing but weep. When the rest of the crew came she was still weeping. They looked at the dead couple in front of the skating weeping girl.

“What happened?” Asked Chashathrophogh, trying to keep his voice and emotions steady. He could not help but notice that he felt nothing but despair as he looked at her. He had seen this many times before, yet he knew that she needed to say it, just like Zaryb had to.

“He-he- m-made m-me-” She wept. “He made m-me do it. I-I b-beggeed-”

Yet she could do nothing but weep and weep. He took a glance at Zaryb who looked so pale that he looked ill. Yet he took his coat off and covered her. He picked her up and he too started shaking and had tears in his eyes. His feet were shaking as he took step after step.

Chashathrophogh walked up to him and took over and pressed her close to his chest. She saw anger in his eyes and she saw that there was anger in Cerpheres’s eyes too. He walked up to her and kissed her on her forehead.

“My dear Bash is right. You do need to be free from these nasty, nasty demon kings.”

They took her back to the ship as Bash cleaned them and Chashathrophogh and Cerpheres burned the hut, already knowing that it was not the hut that they really wanted to burn.


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