Ultima Book III

Susie's Confession

                                    Susie's POV:

                      I finally mustered up the courage to go and talk to Garroth after an hour of pacing back and forth in front of his street. I walked up to his door then rang the doorbell then waited for what seemed like an eternity before the door opened. "Who is it?" Garroth said in a tired tone but he instantly changed his mood when he saw my face. "Susie!?" He exclaimed picking me up and hugging me, "Where the hell have you been?!" "I have to talk to you about something," I said nervously, "Can I come in?" "Sure," He said as he opened the door more so I could come inside. Daisy sprinted at me with happy yips and tackled me while licking my face. "I guess it has been a while," Garroth said as he pulled Daisy off of me. "Last time I have seen Daisy was when she was a puppy," I said whipping the slobber off of my face. I looked around the living room and I saw that the blood written note I left on the wall had been scrubbed off the wall. I sat down on the couch and Daisy walked over to me then laid down at my feet. Garroth sat in the chair next to the couch and asked me what I wanted to talk about. "You know the group of serial killers that call themselves the Legion?" I asked him anxiously. "Did they take you?" He asked with a spark of rage in his eyes. "No," I said growing more and more nervous, "I-I." "Lie, Susie," Slender-man said in my head. "I am a part of the group," I said truthfully while also fearing Garroth's reaction. "Get out," He growled with tears welling up in his eyes. "I didn't want to hurt anyone!" I said (this was a half-truth), "They made me do it!" "OUT!" He yelled pointing to the door. Daisy looked at me and whined then looked at her master almost like she was trying to plead with him. "Dog bed, now!" He growled at the german shepherd. "Please," I said moving closer to Garroth with tears falling from my eyes, "He would have killed me if I didn't do that!" Garroth hit me with full force across my face and I fell to the ground. I held my hand to the cheek that Garroth had struck, and looked at him feeling distraught. "Shannon's dead," I said looking down at the floor with tears falling from my eyes, "We were attacked by Ingen and a hybrid killed her and almost killed her firstborn, Claire. We have been fighting Ingen for a while and now they have more hybrids that can kill all of us. That is why I kill. I find the researchers that work for the labs and I kill and destroy their progress on other projects." Garroth didn't say anything but I could sense that his emotions changed when I told him what happened. I was on my way out the door until Garroth stopped me. "Can I see Shannon's pups?" He asked me, "So I can say some things about their mother." "I think that can be arranged," I said. I turned and left.