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"Hurry up, child! The queen has guests! You don't want her to seem like a terrible host, do you?"
You hurried to grab everything that you needed for your tray and quickly rushed out. In a hurry, you hadn't taken notice of the man sticking his foot out to trip you. The food and drinks go everywhere as you fall.
"..I'm so sorry! I did..."
The man slaps you hard enough to leave a handprint on your cheek. Tears started to well up but you refused to let yourself cry in front of him.
"Shut up! Just go out there and serve them drinks. When you get back, clean this up and report to the Dai Lee."
You started to shake at the mention of them. You knew that your visit wasn't going to be pleasant. You've never done anything bad enough to warrant a visit to them but you had finally crossed a line. You weren't sure what they did to those that were sent down to be punished but you knew that they were never seen again.
"Y...yes sir."
You hurried to grab their drinks and carefully headed out to greet the Queen's guests.
X
You couldn't think with the Dai Lee in the room. Your inability to think ended up leading you to mix their drink orders.
"Oh, I ordered the tea."
"and I ordered water."
Before you even have a chance to respond, one of the members of the Dai Lee appear at your side.
"Our sincerest apologies, she's new. We'll take of this real quick." After grabbing their wrong drinks, the man pushed you out of the dining hall and into an empty room. You were about to apologize for your mistakes but he started to beat you before you could say anything. You could barely feel anything by the time he was done and yet he still forced you to play the part of their waiter. "If I was you, you should avoid making any further mistakes. You don't want to make your punishment any worse than it is."
You nodded quickly and limped out of the room. As best as you could, you hurried to grab their drinks and take them back to them.
"Are you alright, kid?"
You gave them a small smile, any wider and it would've made the cut on your lip bleed again.
"I'm fine. Please enjoy your meal. If you need anything, don't be afraid to call for me."
You excused yourself and stepped back to allow them to eat peacefully. You were far too focused on keeping your head down that you didn't take notice that two of the guests kept giving you worried glances.
X
You're surprised to find two of the guests from earlier.
"Is there anything that I can help you with?"
"We want to talk. Can we come in?"
You poked your head out and made sure that the Dai Lee weren't around before allowing them to walk inside. Barely closing the door, they started to bombard you with questions.
"I'm fine. I just made a mistake and they corrected me. I'm used to this."
You finally answered after they stopped talking. The two of them looked at each other, not believing you. You looked like you had been through some terrible things.
"You can tell us anything. We just want to help."
Something about them made you feel like you could trust them so you told them everything. They held you as you cried and comforted you after telling them your story.
"We're going to get you out of here, (y/n). As soon as Zaheer is done here, we'll come back and take you with us. Just another day and we'll get you out of this prison."
They whispered to you as you slowly drifted off to sleep. They wanted to take you back with them but they knew if they did that it would cause problems with the Queen. Reluctantly, they headed back to their room and began to plan your rescue.
X
After the Queen dropped dead, Ming Hua and P'li rushed to your room. Barging in, they found that you weren't anywhere inside. They ran to the kitchen and started threatening everyone for your whereabouts until the man that had slapped you ended up revealing to them about your punishment. It didn't take them long to find the Dai Lee hideout but they were too late. Inside your prison cell, you were barely clinging on to your life. It took everything in the two women to not break down as they saw the condition you were in.
"A..am I going to die?"
You whispered to them, barely able to get the words out as it took a lot of your energy that you didn't have.
The two of them sat on either side of you with P'li letting your head rest on her lap. She ran her fingers through your hair in an attempt to comfort you while Ming-Hua did her best to heal you.
"Ming-Hua is going to do everything she can to save you. We're not going to give up on you, okay?"
You trusted these women, if they said they were going to do everything they can to save you then you believed them.
"Thank you.."
You had a smile on your face as you took your last breath. Ming-Hua continued to attempt to heal you in hopes that she could revive you but it didn't work. P'li had to pry her off of your body so she wouldn't exhaust herself with her healing. The two of them held each other as they comforted each other. They had been so close to giving you a better life and they had failed.
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