The Beauty with a Mission and The Beast with a Plan

Ch 16

So, chapter 16

Why did all the prisoners from the AT&T jail escape?

Cuz they had no bars on their cells! (At least it wasn't a science joke eh?)

ANYWAY VOTE COMMENT ENJOY!!

Briars POV

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I was woken at 10am by a women about my height with short brown hair and kind blue eyes who looked to be in her early 30's, around the age my mother would have been right now.

"Clara?" I guessed.

She smiled.

"Yes dear sorry to wake you" she replied.

"Oh its fine, and thanks for the gift, I love your taste in clothes." She laughed.

"Well then I sure hope you like these dresses I thought would suit you for the ball."

She pulled a rack of gowns into my room.

"Shall we begin?" I nodded. First I tried a yellow ball gown, but it clashed with my blonde hair and didn't fit me well. Then I tried a navy blue long flowing gown, but it wasn't my style. Next I tried a green mermaid gown that was very pretty, but for some reason I didn't feel like it fit. Then I found a deep, practically blood red gown that had black accents and a sweetheart neckline, it fit my curves yet poofed out as it went down.

"Oh my" Clara whispered.

"It's perfect and with black heels, black pearl earrings and necklace, along with your golden hair in curls, my dear you'll be the belle of the ball! All the guys will go nuts, especially Adrian." She winked and I laughed.

"Oh no we aren't, I mean I don't like...he's um....." I trailed off as she laughed.

"Well dear I know he loves red and a pretty kick butt girl like you may just melt his icy heart." Icy heart. I love that description of him, she is good.

I blushed as she took the dresses away.

"See you in three days to prepare dear."

Adrian walked in as she was leaving. Clara turned and winked at me again then left. I smiled.

"So...you have a dress I assume?" I nodded.

"What does it look like?"

"It's a surprise"

"Aw c'mon."

"Nope." I emphasized on the p.

"Can you tell me anything about it?" He came closer leaving only half a foot between up.

I felt myself blush a little at his closeness.

"It's red" I mumbled.

He smiled and moved even closer to me. He leaned closer and whispered in my ear.

"Like your cheeks?" Which only made me blush even more as he backed away laughing.

His laugh was light hearted and sounded like a normal guys laugh. But then again being evil doesn't really change your laugh I guess.

"Well I will leave you to do whatever."

He paused at my door to then tell me. "By the way, love the perfume Ms. Blue, or shall I call you Ms. Red?"

I laughed a little as he winked at me and left. I went down to the library and as I read more books, I found myself later on still smiling from our little talk.

At around lunch I went off and found myself watching the younger children he had here train. They were doing hand to hand combat practice, which made me nervous. Was he training these kids to kill? No he's not that cruel, but I could imagine the older ones may have had a lesson or two on it. I found Kaylee in this class. I watched her fight with a boy who looked a little older. She was running at him giving a kick or a swift jab before getting out of his reach and doing it again. She was quick and seemed to have smart skills in a fight. It broke my heart a little to know that she had become so bitter, but a young child being left alone somewhere like here for a year with no sign or rescue would probably affect any child. And I guess I can't blame them.

The boy caught her wrist as she tried to jab him in the ribs. She tried to pull free but couldn't and she began to panic some. Don't panic! I thought. Panicking in battle is a horrible thing to do, it was one of the first things I learned when I'd begun training at the AES. I missed it there so much, but even if I get out of here, I can't go back. Not after all I said. Kaylee saw me watching and looked a little frightened seeing me. I lifted my arm and made a twisting motion to her. I hoped she understood. I did it again and then she figure out what I meant. She twisted her arm and switched the grip so she now had his wrist trapped. She caught his left leg with hers and pulled it out from under him, causing him to fall.

I watched for another half an hour as they practiced. When they ended she nervously approached me.

"T-thanks for the tip" she stuttered a little. She seems terrified of me, I just don't know why really.

"She deserves it she trapped you here after you tried to save her" I thought to myself for a moment. She was confused! I found myself defending her and at the same time I kind of hated her, yet I think I almost felt bad too for what she went through.

"No problem" I smiled.

"Your quicker than you are stronger and you used it to your advantage but your pretty strong too, try aiming a few kicks or punched instead of a hit and run style, as long as you aim then in a good spot they can do some good damage."

She looked at me like she was holding on to every word I said.

"I never thought of that before. Do you have any other ideas?"

I looked at her for a moment surprised she'd ask my advice and she looked embarrassed for a moment.

"It's just that I have a big test coming up and if I do really well....its hard to explain but um its important and I heard how awesome you are at fighting and stuff and um if you don't want to help cuz of the....incident I understand."

She looked down at her feet as she spoke. I almost wanted to refuse to help her, but then I realized that she reminded me of myself at that age where she just wants to succeed at what she does. I smiled at her.

"I'll help you"

So for the rest of the day I helped her and taught her as much as I could. We were exhausted when we finished.

"That was so awesometastic!" She exclaimed and did a twirl. She then stopped looking embarrassed again

"Sorry. Um thanks for the help, it was fun" I smiled at her.

"No problem, I'm glad to help" She smiled some. "Well, I should go to sleep now, see you around, I hope we could do this again maybe" She began to walk off.

"Kaylee" I called. She turned to me.

"We can totally do this again sometime, and if you ever just want to talk...I'm here." She just nodded and walked off. I started to go back to my room until I heard a voice.

"You teach well."

I spun to find Adrian walking towards me.

"Oh you um saw that?" He nodded.

"I was just helping!" I protested, figuring he'd be mad but he just held up his hand for me to stop.

"I know. I saw. It is fine, you taught well."

"Well I learned from the best" I stated.

"Thank you" he smirked.

I rolled my eyes. "Not you."

I thought back to the AES and all of the teachers I had and people I worked with.

"Well you did well."

"Thanks."

I turned and walked back to my room. I slipped into some sweats and a baggy tee. I brushed my teeth and went to bed dreaming of memories from my early years of training.