House of Ghouls

Chapter Eight

    Neither of us heard a word from emergency state wide about Takers wanting to invade Detroit on Pandy's birthday. Ezra researched into the network that Takers might had moved the invasion to New Years Eve. That means more work to do at training every morning in the woods. Moira want to keep training me how to use my kagune more and self defense skills. It hasn't snowed again in the middle of the night. I put on my cloak, boots, and warm clothing and kissed Dragon's forehead. I snuck out of the window quietly while Dragon fell asleep peacefully. It's 20 degrees outside. I've got used to the cold when I was a little girl. I flew into the woods as the snow fell from the branches onto my cloak and wings. I shook the snow off myself and landed in the pit where we do our fight training. The moon light reflecting the snow shining like glitter. I walk slowly on the pit watching my surroundings. I heard a thump noised behind me as I turned behind me with my kagune activated to check the individual.
    "What brings you here?" Moira questioned as I stopped for a moment.
    "I need to release stress out of my system. I can't let nightmares win." I said.
    "What kid of nightmares are you having now?" Moira asked with concerned expression.
    "It's Pandy.." I answered as I starred down.
    "Do you want to fight the Takers?" Moira asked.
    "I want to murder all those fuckers. I refuse to give up on this fight. I will not sit down and act like everything is okay. If we have no justice, then we have no fucking peace." I said with my angry voice as I clenched my fist.
    "Fighting alone is suicide! I will not let you go all the way to The Sawyer again to get yourself killed! If that is what you are thinking, then you are falling in a path that will cause death! Sawyer is a death trap as you know it! If you think fighting alone is a good idea, you are dead wrong! You are letting fear eat you inside! Wake the fuck up, Viola!" Moira snapped with her kagune activated.
    "I still feel raged. I want to murder Velden for what he did to Claire!" I shouted.
    "Listen, I feel your pain! It's normal to feel rage. I am in raged, too. I get it. Do you want to know something?" Moira asked.
    "What is it?" I asked with my head back up.
    "I found information about your biological mother that your brother Ezra didn't want to share to you yet until time were to come." Moira shared.
    "What about my mother?" I questioned with my eyes wide.
    "Remember Dragon shared information about a lonely woman name Vanna? That is your mother." Moira said as she took the photo out of her pocket and passed it to me.
    "Do you know where my mother is?" I asked with tears in my eyes.
    "Your mother is living in Detroit, Michigan. Vanna is working for underground watch. I don't know specifically about the areas. You do know Dragon loves you so much that he's not giving up on you. You know that right?" Moira asked seriously.
    "I do know. I won't give up him." I cried.
    "Think about your loved ones. When you were roaming in the woods like an unstable feral devouring a deer heart in his truck, Dragon saved your ass. Are you thankful that he found you?" Moira asked as she placed her hand on my shoulder and saw the tears in my eyes.
    "I am thankful." I cried holding a photo of my mother.
    "If it wasn't for him, you could've died of self devouring. You can't keep living in the past. Think about what you are worth living for now." Moira said. "Tell me about your nightmares."
    "I seen worse in that shithole. My friends were murdered in front of me. Piled dead bodies of ghouls and humans who broke the law in The Sawyer. Female ghouls were rapped at a brothel and fertility facility. Children were brutally snatched out of the arms of the parents and sent to residential schools with cuffs on their small wrists and little ankle braces. In the Hakujin household, I felt trapped in the house while Pandy would always be out anytime he wanted to do. I wasn't allowed to leave the house unless it was granted by his permission that I get escorted to make sure I wasn't trouble. I had to look down on the ground to make sure I wasn't looking at anyone. I had to keep my mouth shut for him. My head a half shaved for him. Pandy wasn't comfortable with anyone complimenting me. I had to wear that ugly pink or red dress in public to let others know that I am owned by the Hakujins. Pandy loved to make me feel weak inside. He loved it when I am home doing wife duties. He sat on his ass drinking whiskey, smoking his cigar, watching political news, expected me to give him head for 24/7 before he left for his new supply, and I had to wash his filthy shit stain underwear all the time. While he would not be home, Chuck and Ambrosa would eye me like a hawk to make sure I was behaved for Pandy. I lived four years of verbal assaults, pushed around like a punching bag, gaslighting, raped in my sleep, coercive, bruises all over my arms and legs, used like a rag doll, and all of my earnings were gone. I was only 7 weeks pregnant and forced to get rid of the baby. All he wanted was to keep fucking me until he was done with me." I vented to her about my flashbacks as Moira felt shocked.
    "Pandy is a very dangerous narcissist. Takers are nothing but sick twisted. The Sawyer have a very strong force to use spell gas if you were to fight without a mask. Takers are like nazis policing all over the area of The Sawyer. I worked in the medical field four years ago rescuing survivors injured and brutalized by Takers. I heard Pandy might start the war on New Years Eve. I refuse to let you or anyone fight alone in dangerous areas. If a war happens, then we all fight together in Detroit. Your mother is living in the city." Moira mentioned.
    "I need to see my mother. I haven't heard from her for a long time. I hope she's okay. I don't understand why Ezra didn't mentioned her to me." I said as I wiped the tear off my face.
    "It's possible Ezra didn't want you to worry. You need to recover and keep using your fight skills. Remember the skills I taught you with Ivan. Tomorrow morning, I am going to teach you how to use more fight skills. Also, your designed gas mask will be ready for you in the morning. We are going to practice running through spell as at the garage at the camp site. Let's go back home. You need sleep before we catch a cold." Moira mentioned as both flew back to the house.
    "No more sneaking out of the window. You'll make Dragon worry again. If you can't sleep, talk to us. I might have something to help." Moira sternly said.
    When we arrived home, I quietly walked upstairs back to the room as Dragon is still asleep. I dressed back into my tank top and sweat pants. I crawled back into bed with him as he felt my cold hands and twitched for a moment.
    "Viola.. Why are you so cold.." Dragon asked with his eyes still closed.
    "Sorry.. I was outside.." I answered laid on my back.
    "Why were you outside again?" He woke up worried again.
    "Moira and I were talking at the pit.." I said as he grabbed an extra fleece blanket from the floor and wrapped it around me.
    "It's cold as hell outside. How long were you outside?" He asked.
    "Long enough to take a breather." I said as he snuggled with me.
    I felt his warm blankets on my back as he warmed my hands with the corner of the fleece blanket.
    "Let's go back to sleep." He said as I fell asleep on his chest.
   
    The sound of a violinist in the background of the Hakujin's fancy mansion with dark red paint and kagune collections on the walls. Pandy sat back on his won king size chair in his purple robe, cigar, and glass of whiskey in his hand. Chuck and Ambrosa sat on the couch together with Tonia all jumpy and excited for a baby from one of the slaves at the facility. The woman in long blonde hair walks into the room with tall high heels, red lipstick, purple eye shadow, and a tall cigarette stick in her fingers.
    "Good evening, Miss Queen Savage. I am glad you are here today." Pandy smiled as he puffed on his cigar.
    "Hello, Mr. Hakujin. I heard you are going to become President tomorrow on your birthday." Queen said with an evil expression on her face.
    "It will be my biggest gift to take over my fathers place after starting of his retirement tomorrow. You look pretty today. What brings you here?" Pandy asked.
    "Love your compliments. I bring you two of my whores from my brothel who will love to keep you company tonight." Queen said as she brings the chain leashes of the two half ghoul women to him.
    "Thank you darling, I am sure they will satisfy me later. Maybe those women will help me get Viola out of my head." He said.
    "Fuck that bitch. Viola is a cruel selfish ghoul like the rest of those bitches. She should've considered your feelings instead of pulling that stunt on you. She couldn't see the positive in you. We all have problems but it doesn't mean you can let someone break your precious heart. You are human like us. I heard that slut ex wife of yours is with a gentleman name Dragon Alexander." Queen reassured Pandy as Tonia spat out her drink.
    "What?! That mean evil ghoul cunt!" Tonia threw a tantrum and hugged her plastic baby doll.
    "Calm down, you whiney schizophrenic..." Pandy snapped at Tonia.
    "How come she gets to have him and I don't have a slave husband. Hm!" Tonia pouted.
    "I thought all you wanted was a baby." Pandy rolled his eyes.
    "Get over yourself." Ambrosa said to her.
    "Don't worry everyone. Pandy deserves way better than her ungrateful ass! Am I right?" Queen asked with her hand patted on his shoulder.
    "That's right. I don't care for that slut. They are meant for each other. Dragon is like the rest of the ungrateful fools if you think about it." Pandy said to Tonia.
    "Yeah, you do have a point future President.." Tonia moped playing with her baby doll.
    "Now focus on your gift being sent to you." Chuck said with enthusiasm.
    "Yes! Tonia must focus on babies!" She said with excitement.
    "There you go darling." Queen said with huge smile showing her messed up teeth.
    "The birthday party is tomorrow for Pandy's presidency in the morning. Tomorrow night's auction at the theatre. We captured new female ghoul slaves from the boarder of Michigan. I will be doing to announcements with my brand new microphone!" Chuck said sipping his drink.
    "I am very excited for tomorrow." Ambrosa said.
    "Get ready for New Years Eve, too." Pandy said in evil expression as he gropes on the slaves behind from the brothel.
    "What's the plan of the attack for Christmas this year?" Ambrosa asked.
    "All I want for Christmas is a new wife. If this new slave wife does not work, then I want someone to bring Viola back to me." Pandy mentioned.
    "What if we can't bring her back?" Chuck asked.
    "Then I will have to teach that bitch a lesson by kidnapping her mother from Michigan." Pandy said.
    "I am glad our fellow Takers found data information about them." Queen said puffing on her cigarette.
    "I will send a sweet letter to Michigan to keep Viola informed that if I can't have her, nobody else can. I will kidnap her mother if Viola chooses to be with Dragon instead of me." Pandy laughed slowly.
   
    It's been over a day of fight training. Moira started teaching more skills at the pit as her and I grabbed coffee and breakfast together to talk and discussions about situations. Another meeting called again at the pit. Ivan received information from our underground network team. A letter was sent to the Minnesota state leaders at the capital. Moira opens the envelope and read it out loud to everyone at the meeting.
    'Dear Viola, I hope you realized leaving your husband was biggest mistake. What did Pandy do wrong to deserve this poor treatment by your dismissive behavior?
    You were very ungrateful and disrespectful to your husband, his good friends, and hurt us. We could not believe after everything we have done for you for years.
    It's time you need to take responsibility for your actions for disappearing on Pandy and sleeping with another man behind his back.
    If you loved your husband, then you should never left him in the first place. Abandoning your husband is not the way to go.
    Just because you didn't get what you want, it doesn't mean you can run away from the consequences for what you have done to Pandy.
    If you have any care in this world for him, then you wouldn't be so cruel. You need to consider his feelings, but you only cared about yourself.
    God does not tolerate such an selfish ungrateful witch like you. Your going to push Pandy to insanity over your worthless emotions.
    Darling, I'm only saying this because he's a generous human being who has problems. You knew he had problems.
    If Pandy dies, then it will be your fault because you are a whore that you chose to fall in love with another man.
    If Pandy can't have you, then no one else can have you. If you don't come back home, then we will have to find your mother and take her to prison.
    You have until New Years Eves that you come back to your husband or well start the invasion at Detroit, Michigan and take your mother away.
    You and Dragon will never last in that kind of boring relationship life of yours.
    If you don't come back, then you going to be sorry if we destroy Detroit for your own selfishness. You made Pandy so angry that he will start a war.
    Count your blessings darling.
    From, Hakujin Family'
    "What the fuck is wrong with the Hakujins?!" Dragon shouted in raged by the letter.
    "As I said, Pandy is a very dangerous man. He will find a way to emotionally manipulate Viola into going back to The Sawyer." Moira said in a pissed off mood.
    "If the Hakujin's want a war, then we will travel to Detroit and fight!" Ezra shouted.
    "Everyone stay calm! Here is the plan. We need to sacrifice our Holidays to save Viola's mother and all the citizens in Michigan.. We don't have a choice." Ivan said as he slammed the envelope and letter on the ground.
    "I'm coming with you to Detroit! If that mean I have to risk my life to save my mother, then I will murder him myself!" I said with my fist clenched.
    "Viola, you are not going back to The Sawyer-" Dragon said.
    "I'm not going back to The Sawyer! I want to fight the fuckers who dare try to harm my mother and our citizens!" I shouted.
    "Alright. Set up your calendars everyone! Before Christmas day, all of us meet up in Duluth, Minnesota at the ship canals and Duluth North Pier lighthouse, but stay away from the boarder of Wisconsin!" Ivan said.
    "It's going to take us days to travel all the way to Michigan!" Ezra complained.
    "We will have to take a ship from Duluth though Lake Superior to get to Michigan across the Hiawatha Forest. We will take another ship passing Beaver Island and then we take hours of a drive to Detroit." Moira said to everyone.
    "That's means all of us are traveling sooner before Christmas week." Dragon said furious and worried for my safety.
    Dragon held my hand tight as I saw the tears in his eyes. I could tell how scared he feels for me. He wants to protect me. I want to protect him. We will protect each other through it. He's scared. I am scared. We are all scared.