D.E.A.F : D•esired E•ndlessly A•fraid F•allin'

Chapter # 14 : Reason And Will

            It's been  a week since Clend was discharged from the hospital. There is a simminar that all the professor even the director has to attend into so apparently there is no class for a couple days and so , Clend decided to invite her friend for a sleepover at her house. Of course everyone instantly agreed for they are really curious about her place specially the girls , knowing that the popular heartthrob Chllark lives with her. Although without their knowledge , she also invited her brother’s friend. That is why now there is such chaos there because of the two gang groups having an argument for they can’t stand being together that long.
      “Pork!”- yelled Chllark glaring at the man before him.
     “Beef!”- Jyller yelled back angrily. The two leaders are arguing over which one will they have for dinner where they have different references. They keep screaming , glaring at one another that even their own friends followed and start arguing about ridiculous stuff , as for the girls who are now at the corner trembling hand in hand. And that leaves Clend to have no choice but to step in the fight and smack both the ringleader in the back of their head making them groan in so much pain catching everyone's attention.
      “Enough!!”- She screams on top of her lungs. Making everyone stunned on their feet.
      “We can just cook both! Why do you have to make things simple to more complicated?!”- She added and sighs. “And since you two pisses me off.. you're gonna be roommates!”- then she says.
     “What?! No way! You're kidding!”- exclaimed both Jyller and Chllark in unison complaining in such disagreement. Clend glared at them with a menacing bloodlust that shut them up in total defeat. The others just laughed at them at the fact that both of their leaders couldn’t win when it comes to their demon girl.
       “Excuse me.. Clend , there's a letter for you..”- interrupt the old maid who used to be Clend’s nanny , as she hands over a pitch black envelope. Clend excuse herself and stepped away for about six step and opened the letter and read it , her friends watch her as they saw her face changes expression and then she went near the stove , turn it on and burn the letter also took her jacket , wore her leather boots and her big bike’s keys , she then looked at her friends who are confused.
      “I’m gonna go out for a bit.. stay here , prevent using cellular and telephone , don’t call me i’ll call you.. protect the girls , stay awake until i come back.. be cautiously alert , I love you all”- Clend demand seriously then left , after disappearing in their sight the whole house rumbled with a strange sounds and every window and door that connects outside has been locked up with a thick iron wall blocking everyone and anything out caging them inside.
    “Disable your phone and put them here..hurry.”- said Chllark as he removed the battery and everything else of his phone and placed them on the kitchen counter.
    “W-Why?”- wondered Viviann. “What’s going on?”- followed by Yachel. “Where did she go?”- asked Dhaenne.
      “Just please do it.”- softly said Chllark while unplugging the telephones. In confusion , the others couldn’t help but to just follow his words.
       “Mrs. Ghenna , can you please unplug the other telephone in every room and do the same with the other servant's phone.. just until she comes home..”- Chllark commanded as the nanny followed.
      “Damn! They came early..”- sighs Chllark gripping his hair problematically.
      “They? Who?”- Vriann asked. They gaze at Chllark waiting for response.
      “Say , do you all trust Clend?”- asked Chllark , everyone was taken aback in surprise.
      “Because I do.”- He added.
      “I trust her.”-  states Viviann with a smile and everyone else smiled as well , a sign that they all agreed. Dinner passed and they all just finished their meal and are now resting at the entertainment room while waiting for clend.
      “Hey , guys.. I’ve been really curious..”- says Dhaenne and her friends look at her. “What is the reason that you became a gangster?”- She continues to make the other girls agree while the boys are speechless , then silence befall them for a moment.
      “To protect my ‘princess’..”- Zhammes first responded.
      “Preventing my ‘angel’ being harmed..”- followed Hayllor.
      “Kept away my ‘light’ from any darkness..”- said Vlache.
      “To make up for those times I couldn’t protect my ‘everything’..”- states Klidde.
      “To protect my ‘two sisters’..”- Stheev said.
      “I’m searching for a ‘certain girl’..”- says Deeland.
      “Never let ‘her’ suffer again..''- Vrainn said.
      “Keeping my ‘precious girl’ safe..”- seriously said Drache.
      “Of course , so that my ‘little sister’ never goes through hell ever again.”- states Chllark. The girls were stunned and silence filled the room once again until Chiraa broke it and spoke.
      “What about you , Jyller?”- She asked, turning everyone’s gaze in the direction of Jyller in the corner waiting for his response.
     “To find answers to those vividly lucid dreams that keep bugging me each night about a ‘woman’ I can't even see clearly or remember..”- said Jyller without facing them. Chllark was frozen in disbelief hearing his words while others were quite torn about his words.
      “Princess..angel..light..sister..certain girl..her..precious girl..little sister..woman..”- murmured Yachel.
      “I had thought you all had forgotten it.. i believe so you did..”- She added with a tiny sniffles.
      “Yachel.. what are you talking about?”- asked Zhammes.
      “Lunch time , you saw three boys bullying a little girl at the open field behind the school where you’re studying.. you saved her and promised that you will protect her from that day on and called her your princess..”- She states gazing at Zhammes who is really shocked as he says. “How did you..”.
      “At your brother’s birthday.. you heard a scream of a young girl crying and saw your brothers and their friends stripping and attacking her , so you punch and save her.. you’ve promised protect her and called her your angel before your parents who is scolding you for hitting your brothers..”- Yachel gaze next to Hayllor who is really shook just like Zhammes mumbling. “You.. How..”.
      “At the hospital , you were crying in fear of losing your mother from her illness.. when a patient little girl covered with bruises , wounds and bandages came and embraced you , until hearing the bad news of your mother’s death.. instead  of running to hug your father or siblings even the cold body of your mother , you choose to run to that little girl who brought you light in your darkest moment.. and called her that since..”- She said looking at Vlache whom clenching his fist with a mixed emotions as he murmured. “What..”.
    “Your sister went missing after you two had a fight and while searching for her , you saw a little girl who’s protecting your sister from a group of three adults who intend to kidnap your sister.. she got hurt in the process and cried in pain as she called for her brother.. so to calm her , you told her you’ll be her brother temporarily until she was taken by an ambulance..”- Yachel continues and now looking at Stheev who is staring back at her blankly. She then looked at Deeland.
      “I don’t know why your upset that night , still you stopped and save a girl who is being beat up by a drunken teenage girls and boys and your about to be shot by one of them having a gun.. but the girl you’re trying to save , shield herself and protect you.. by the sounds of the gun , the police came and you two separated ‘because she was taken to the hospital while you went along to the police station.. so you lost the chance to get her name..”- told Yachel with a sobs so Drache comforts her in his arms.
     “By the beach , at night.. you tried to drown yourself but you were interrupted by screams , as you looked around.. you saw a young girl groaning in pain by the shore.. you rush towards her , panickedly you embraced her trying to ease her suffering until she fell asleep in your arms and you forgot your plan of suicide..”- cries Yachel in Drache’s arms as Vrainn widen his eyes speechlessly.
      “What?! You tried to kill yourself?!”- exclaimed both Vlache and Drache.
    “How did you know about that?!”- glared Vrainn at Yachel but she ignored him and kept on spouting stuff to them.
      “You were walking by the sidewalk with a cake in your hand when you saw four men abducting a little girl.. you threw the cake at them and tried to fight them despite your disadvantage of age and experience.. as you catch the attention of the bystanders , they run away.. seeing how wounded and injured you are , she cried and apologized to you being hurt because of her.. to calm her you told her , you’ll never let anyone hurt her again and say how precious she is..”- She trembled as she spoke. DRache stopped interogating his twin about him suicide attempt and stare deeply at the woman he love.
    “Of course , Chllark was referring to Clend who has been raped and struggles death countless times..”- She sniffles between her words. She ended it with. “As for Jyller.. i can’t tell , only him can know who that woman is in time..”.
      “How come you know all about that?”- wondered Chiraa.
      “And it seems you’ve got it all right..”- says Dhaenne , the others nod in agreement.
      “I was there.. when it all had happened..”- response Yachel that shook everyone more.
      “Could it be.. it was you?!”- yelp Deeland nervously.
      “She really is something.. after all of that even , with years had passed.. in an unknown reason and unbelievable way.. gathered you all together like this.. even attended the same university.. and now all of you becoming friends like this.. in a way of risking her own safety and happiness..”- mumbled Yachel.
      “Wait.. you don’t mean.. that it’s the same girl and that it’s–”- Vlace says but interrupted by Yachel.
      “Yeah.. it’s the same girl , the reason you all decided to become a gangster is nobody but our own demon girl , Clend. Unbelievable and may sound like a lie but I’m telling–”- said Yachel but interrupted as well by Stheev saying. “Hold on! What about Klidde?”.
     “Well.. I just knew him after learning we were in arrange marriage , a couple years ago..”- states Yachel. Viviann stood up and left, confusing her friends.
      “My everything , I'd risk anything just to protect her. To make sure she’ll never get through the same bad thing again , she suffered so much and I wasn’t even there for her.. when i even promised to her when we were young that i will always be with her. I enjoyed my life as a musician , student and a lover but the person I treasured is miserably suffering on the verge of death. So , I decided to become strong.. strong enough to make up for all those times I couldn’t fulfill my promise.”- groans Klidde in anger with his fist closed tightly with so many regrets seen in his face.
      “Who are you talking about?”- Hayllor and Zhammes asked in chorus.
    “Cee.. Cee is my everything , I’m willing to lose anything but not her.. anyone but her , never.”- He confessed, biting his lip in tears. Everyone in that room is paralyzed in their seats staring at him in disbelief, seemingly it is the most shocking revelation they have heard.
            The night of their sleepover had only begun; however , it was interrupted by Clend’s strange behavior concerning a strange letter too. Also , it was a night of chances that brought them together and closer. They were definitely amazed at how their friend, known as the scariest woman , managed to pull those gangsters together. Mostly the fact that she even bet her own life just to make it happen. All of them are happy , at the same time feeling a deep sorrow learning the hurtful truth from their ‘’Reason And Will’’ of becoming who they are now , just to save and protect one girl that connects them.