Exulansis #JustWriteIt #EarthLove

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"Where were you?" the healer from earlier today questioned.

"Home. Sleeping. Before these men of yours came and dragged me out of my bed," I answered her for the nth time, fully annoyed.

They had placed me in the enquiring room, handcuffing me to a metallic table in a grey room. I laughed at the irony. I always placed my suspects in here for questioning, and I never thought I'd be in their shoe someday.

"Z, can you please cooperate and answer Shanovia's questions?" Travark asked beside her. I rolled my eyes. I've been avoiding him for the past three hours that we have been here. I was angry at him for not defending me, for not ordering them to let me go. I was angry with him for not siding with me.

"Why does your light cycle say you've been in the worn down area of the city?" the healer, Sha whatever Travark just called her asked.

I didn't answer her because I didn't owe any of them an explanation.

"Answer me!" she demanded, getting up out of her seat and thumping her hands on the desk. The lights turned off suddenly and I heard her grunt in annoyance as she called someone, querying what's wrong. "I'll be back," she grunted as she angrily stomped off to god knows where.

I leant my head back in the chair, crossed my legs on the table in front of me, with a big smirk on my face. I heard a click of the door nearby and I turn to see it swinging lazily open. I turned back around to see the smirking jackass from tonight standing in front of me.

"Ready to go?" he asked, keys dangling from his hands. My smile grew even wider as I nod, and he got busy working on my locks. When he was done, and I got up to go with him, a thought hit me. I dragged his hand and told him I needed to ask Travark something. He eyed me questioningly and I gave him a pleading look to which he succumbed and mouthed, 'one minute'. I nodded.

We wound our way through the darkness, my mind swirling at the possibility of the new discovery that I just made being true. I slammed into the guy, not noticing that he had stopped.

"He's there," he said, pointing. "But he's got guards near him. Stay here," he ordered.

I nodded as he crept forward, knocking out both guards and backing Travark against the wall. I ran forward, dragged off my underwear and stuffed it into Travark's mouth using it as a gag. He used his weapon and Travark's unharmed self as a coercion to get Travark to succumb. Seeing there was no way out, Travark eventually did and we continued to make our way outside.

***

"You won't hurt me Z," Travark smirked confidently with his swollen face from where Travis, the smirking guy, had beaten him up and knocked him out to get him here.

"I don't want to hurt you Travark. I just want to know one thing," I whispered, afraid of the answer that would come for my question.

"Shoot," he said. "I've got all the time in the world. You however...tsk tsk tsk...Your time is coming to a close," he laughed.

"Angelica..." I said, looking down at my hands, intertwining them. "Who is she?" I asked, looking up. The smile wiped off his face almost immediately, and his eyes popped out in bewilderment. "Who is she?" I demanded.

"I think you already know," he smiled tauntingly. "I don't need to answer that," he laughed nonchalantly.

I buried my face in my hands and sobbed. Anger sprung through me and I lunged forward. I felt like a volcano, waiting on all my anger to flow out. I straddled him and thumped at him wildly, "You cast out my mother, your wife! Why?! You bastard! I'll never forgive you!" I cried.

Travis dragged me off him, hugging my shaking body, cooing sweet nothing in my ear, trying to calm me down. I closed my eyes and leant into his comfort for a second, almost allowing myself to be calm, until Travark spoke.

"Everything was okay. Me, her, Melissa," he laughed, shaking his head. "Until she had you!" he spat. "Your father, my best friend, was the cause of everything! Our family got divided because of you! And I hated you and your Dad for it. I still do!" he barked. "I hate you Alaina!"

My head bolt up and tears welled up in my eyes at the name he just called me.

"You made me think I was crazy when I mentioned that name," I whimpered. "And now you are calling me it!" I yelled as the anger built up in my chest.

He laughed menacingly as tears welled up from him laughing so much. "I hated you so much that I made you into something you're not, the very thing you hated. One of us!" he laughed, as a tentacle trickled its way out of his back, and towards me. "Just call her out, Alaina. She'll come. You've been trapping Zaria for so long. Just let her out," he cooed.

I froze at the sight of his tentacle, memories of the dreams I've had night after night, years ago, attacking my mind.

Travis dragged me, flung me over his shoulder and ran. And I just stared blankly into nothingness as his shoulder jolt into my belly with each running step he took.