The Four

Chapter 29

Kitty P.O.V

After sitting there for twenty minutes, I realised I had to clean myself up. I was the Queen of this nation, not some filthy peasant. I walked up the stairs towards the bathroom and I looked in the mirror and I stared at myself. I gulped, which in return hurt. I grabbed a cloth and I cleaned my nose and my face and neck, before realising that I'd have to shower. I grabbed a towel and I climbed into the shower after undressing. I dried my body and I realised I didn't have any clothes. I walked towards the bedroom that was here and opened the closet and I grabbed a shirt which was Olivers, which were even longer than Eddie's. They reached over my knees. I grabbed a pair of his underwear and his socks. I also grabbed one of his cardigans. 

I walked down the stairs, putting my hair in a braid, as tears were still streaming down my face though. Every breath hurt. Every look hurt. My whole face area was in utter pain. And I didn't even factor my mental pain in.

I walked into the living room and I froze on the spot, holding my breath as I saw Michael sitting there, staring ahead. He wasn't Mike, he wasn't my Mike, there was anger in his body. He was Michael now.His leg was shaking and he was staring ahead with a nervous glance. He turned his head and he saw me and he looked at my socks, before going up and seeing what I was wearing; Oliver's outfit. Afterwards his eyes went towards my neck, which I knew was getting purple a bit, before he saw my nose and lastly my eyes.

He stood up, taking a heartbreaking breath and took a step towards me. I took a step back in fear, was he going to hurt me too? Going to force me to keep quiet or else I'd be locked up. He stopped his steps as he saw the fear in my eye- as my other eye was currently closed all the way. I couldn't see anything through it.

"I'm on your side. Forever and always." Micheal said, putting his hands up. "I'm not here to hurt you, I'm here to be there for you. I'll always be here to be there for you. That's all. I'm here to make sure you know that we're on your side, not his. We're not on his side at all." He breathed and I looked at him and I took a deep breath for the first time and I couldn't help but start to sob. He took a step forward and I put my arms around his neck and I hurried my head in his chest as he wrapped his arms around me. I held onto him as tightly as I could, my whole body shaking.

He let go of the hug after a while and he put his hand on my face and tears appeared in them. "What did he do to you?" He breathed, a heartbroken sound, it broke me.

"Punched me and chocked me." I breathed back at him and he nodded carefully looking at him. "We were fighting about the toothpaste I think? I don't know to be honest. I don't know. I just." I breathed and he shook his head.

"It's not your fault. He's in the cell in our house right now. He has been stripped from his Leader King title until we have a family meeting. He is still Leader King in Seglusa's eyes, but I am acting Leader King for today. We'll have a meeting tomorrow for his punishment." He said as he wiped a tear from my face. I frowned looking at him.

"Punishment?"

"Men in this country get put in Gotar for doing touching a woman in the wrong way." He explained as he traced my eye and he shook his head a bit. "Factor in that you're the Goddess of Seglusa. You're the one that gets to decide."

"What?" I breathed looking at him and he looked back into my eyes. "I don't want to be close to-"

"We'll all be there. I'll be there. Eddie and Eric will be there. My fathers. Oliver and Lucas. My sisters and mother. You won't be alone with him. You'll never need to be around him if you don't want it. You can decide whatever you want." He said and I nodded. "You can banish his soul and put him in Gotar." He said and I stared at him and there was no sadness in his eyes as he said that. I nodded carefully looking at him. I couldn't think about that right now, my mind was too full. I was too full on emotions. I didn't- I couldn't think about the repercussions on a legal and bigger scale for Matt right now. I just- I just couldn't. 

"Where are Eddie and Eric?" I whispered softly as he pointed to the couch and I nodded as I sat down and put my feet under my bum and he did the same thing, putting his arm on the leaning of the couch and the other on my leg.

"They're going to Gotar. They would lose composure, right now he's still the Leader King of Locatlie." He explained and I gulped looking at him and nodded. "If they hurt him the way they want-"

"I understand." I said and I looked at his fist and I frowned. "What happened?" I said.

"Gave him a piece of his own medicine." He explained and I nodded carefully looking at him.

The door got smashed open and I right away put my head down and Michael put his arm around me.

"What are you two doing here?" Michael said and I turned my head and Eric and Eddie were standing there and they looked at Michael before they looked at me and both their eyes widened. Eddie balled his fist and Eric closed his eyes for a second. "Guys-"

"Can I look at your eye sweetie?" Eric said after taking a deep breath and unclenching his fist, although it looked as if that hurt a lot to do, as if it took a lot of mental strength to calm down. Eddie stayed put where he was and he had his eyes closed. "Let him be for a second." He said and I looked at Eddie and he was actually shaking right now. I looked at Eric. "Can I?" He asked and I nodded carefully looking at him as he went and sat on his knees in front of me and he looked at my eye. 

"Eddie. You need to look at this eye for a second." He said and he turned his head. "Eddie!" He then said, raising his voice. 

I looked at Eddie and Eddie blinked before he looked at me and he took a deep breath as he walked up towards me, and he sort of pushed Eric to the side. Eric gave Mike a look, but I ignored that. Eddie went and hunched down and he looked at my eye, his hands shaking and he took a couple of deep breaths.

"We need to take you to the hospital." He stammered looking at me. "I don't have the equipment here." He said and I stared at him and I nodded. "Or we could go home and fix it there." He said carefully. "I can fix it, but I can't do that here."

"Fix what?" I asked carefully.

"Your eye isn't where it's supposed to be love. We have to prick it and let some puss out. We have to go." Eddie said.

"Love is Mike." I whispered softly back at him and he gave me a small smile.

"I apologise." He whispered and I nodded carefully as the door opened and I turned my head, grabbing Eddie's arm in fear. "He's not going to be able to walk in, he's in a cell babe." He said as Oliver, Lucas and Willow walked in with a bag of ice cream. They took the scene in and they saw me and they gulped once more looking at me.

"We got the ice cream."

"That's great. We'll take it with us to the castle. She has to go to the hospital- well to our hospital, for her eye." Eddie said curtly and I looked at Oliver and his hand.

"What happened to your hand?"

"Nobody touches my sister in law." Oliver said casually and I looked at him and gulped. I knew that fighting was part of the whole 'brother' situation, but it still scared me a tad.

"Let's go." Eddie said and before I could even protest, he took me in his arms and I couldn't help but smile slightly at that. Smiling itself hurt though. 

These three men were on my side.

But the idea that there had to be sides in the first place, broke me. The fact that Matt had touched me in the way he had, broke me. Matt had broken me.

A.N.

The next chapter is from Matt's p.o.v. How do you think his mental state will be?

Do you think he deserves a redemption arc?