Leo growled, swiftly picking Alice up. He jogged over to Doll and Psy as Alice's eyes began rolling back. Her breathing was hitched and ragged, and her fingers were twitching. Doll looked up slowly, and Leo realized that Alice could be right.
Doll's eyes were dark red, blood slipping down her cheeks. Her nose was dripping blood as well, and she seemed ready to keel over.
"It seems someone slipped something into their drinks." Psy spat. A chill ran dawn Leo's spine at his tone. He sounded angry, infuriated, actually. Ready to snap. Which differed greatly with his usual calm, collected, and kind self.
"What could it have been?" Leo asked, setting a rather limp Alice in a chair nearby, kneeling down next to her.
"There's a serum that's similar to the injections we used to get, but there's a slight difference in it that makes it lethal if it gets into our systems. It had to have been that, since Miss Alice is immune to nearly every poison known to man." Psy explained, wrapping an arm around Doll tiredly.
"Were you poisoned?" Leo gulped audibly. His blatant fear was becoming painfully obvious.
"It appears not. You?"
"I don't think so." Leo choked out as Alice slumped over, leaning against him. She was wheezing, and she kept opening her mouth to say something, only to quickly close it again a second later.
"Look around." She breathed, closing her eyes. Leo did as she requested, looking around the room quickly.
The doors were closed, and, upon closer inspection, he realized they were locked as well. The mess hall didn't have a single window, so, with the doors being locked tight, there was no escaping. It felt as if the world was weighing on Leo's shoulders as he looked down at Alice. Even in her current state, she had picked up on that before he did.
"Attention party goers ! !" Someone called out from a perch above. Leo looked up to see a masked girl standing on a small ledge that jutted out from the wall opposite. She was wearing a small white dress, similar to Alice's, with a long, thick black cloak. She had long, auburn hair that cascaded down to her waist in a mess of waves. Her face was covered with an odd mask, slightly resembling a fox or wolf.
"Fucking... Hell..." Alice croaked, looking up at the girl with wide eyes.
"It seems most of you will not be walking out of here alive ! If any do at all !" She spoke cheerily and excitedly, light and airy voice cutting through the sounds of music and others talking. "I'm here to bring an end to Every Last One Of You !"
"Is... Is that....?" Psy hissed, leaning forwards quickly. Doll was jolted into awareness, and she tried to look to see who was talking, but couldn't.
"So, Little Ones, Goodnight ! ! !" The masked girl laughed, and all the lights went out. Lea heard a scream, and then several.
The lights came on seconds later to reveal eighteen masked men. Nine of them were clad in all black, demonic masks to match. The other nine were in all white, with slightly different masks. All of them held long, slender swords, already dripping blood.
"She's.... It's...." Alice sobbed, trying to stand. Her legs failed her and she tumbled to the ground, shaking and crying. "Its Elle."
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(authors note lmao)
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Ima leave this here,, see ya next chappy m8
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An Assassin's Heart
Teen FictionAlice came from a big, rambunctious family. She was a quiet, kind girl who hoped to be an art teacher when she grew up. But her reality was shattered when her family was slaughtered. So, she decided to become the assassin named Maddy.
