Wickless

Rails

       Dee Dee walked in front of Adina with a hunched back as with the other girl. They couldn't walk the halls of the castle because the monkeys could see them, and what would be worst would be if Adina's parents saw Dee Dee. Still with Adina behind her and leading the way by directing her with soft whispers, Dee Dee wasn't sure if she should trust the girl. If her parents wanted her dead then why didn't Adina want Dee Dee dead? The question circled around her head so much that she stopped walking on the high rails which were used to clean the roof of the castle. She turned to Adina but Adina seemed to be distracted by what was going on below. Dee Dee looked over the rail and saw they had come to a specific room.

       It was the library! In the center of the library was a gold, silver emblem, some type of symbol. There were a couple of wooden tables and then everything else in the library were selves, and selves of books. If this was any other moment, Dee Dee would have jumped down from the rails and ran to the nearest book she could get her hands on. However, if she were to do that, not only would she probably break a leg due to how high the rails were but Adina's parents were in the library...somewhere.

       Then Dee Dee remembered why she was in the castle to begin with. She begin to search around for her shoes. There was a good chance the parents could be taking them where ever they went especially now that they knew Dee Dee was within the castle. Dee Dee turned to look at Adina. 

       "Your parents know you're with me?" She asked the girl who was now sitting upon her knees gazing at her finger nails. 

       "Nope...by the way, the shoes are in my parents' bed room."

       "Are we in the right direction?"

       "Yeah," Adina nodded her head. "I don't know why you stopped." 

       Dee Dee positioned herself to continue walking on the rails until she saw something at the corner of her eye. It looked familiar as she got a closer look by leaning on the side rail. Her eyes squinted just a bit, and she was able to see the name of the magazine that was on the corner of the table. It was an issue of Family magazine! Dee Dee didn't tell Adina but she did look at her. Dee Dee remembered back to when she first saw Adina and how she thought she looked familiar. As she continued to look around, she started to see even more book titles from her world and the puzzle began to fit. When she realized it, she came to the conclusion she was purposely led here. Dee Dee looked at Adina again who caught her eye. 

       Adina shrugged her shoulders but then did a double take. "Are you wearing make up?" She asked. Dee Dee blushed forgetting she had had a date, that she was still in those same clothes and her hair was still down, but now more of a mess. "Why are you wearing make up?" 

       Dee Dee was going to answer but her side suddenly started to hurt. It was in the same location Adina had touched her before sending her flying back in the dirt. Dee Dee winched yet did her best to hide it. Instead, she smiled and continued to walk with a hunch back on the railings. 

        The library was huge and even about five minutes later, they still weren't closer to the exit. Then there were monkeys who were walking the isles of the books. Dee Dee sighed and had to take a break. Her side was starting to hurt even more. She tried to suppress an upcoming cough but couldn't. Instead she placed a fist over her mouth, she coughed and felt a wet liquid get onto her hand. She opened  up her fist and saw red in the center of her palm. Her forehead was burning and sweat started to form above her brows and upper lip. Her lips felt dry and her breathing became harsh. What-what Adina did to her caused her more damage than she had originally thought. She held in another cough, this time blood slipped between her clenched teeth. Her hands slammed onto the cramped walkway of the rails; her legs gave out. The commotion Dee Dee was causing caused the rails to rock back and forth a little. 

       Dee Dee swallowed, her throat dry and scratchy and she looked at Adina. Her vision was blurred and the image in front of her was just a green blob. The eyes in Dee Dee's head rolled to the back of her head and she slowly slipped under the rails toward the floor below. 

       "Dorothy!" Adina called out, and reached out her hand, still well aware to not raise her voice. Her arms reached out and grabbed a hold of Dee Dee's shirt. She pulled the other girl back up to the railing. She slapped Dee Dee's cheek a couple of times. "Dorothy," she said. "Dorothy..." 

       Dee Dee opened her mouth to scream out in pain but Adina covered Dee Dee's mouth. She felt the warm moisture of Dee Dee's blood. 

       "What did I do..." Adina tried to pull up Dee Dee's shirt so she could attempt to heal the bruise which was getting bigger, and darker. 

       Dee Dee pushed Adina's hand away and through a tighten mouth said, "Don't touch me!" She clinched her hands and convulsed her hips. "You did this...you planned this, from the very beginning when you appeared on my door step." Dee Dee didn't wait for Adina to say anything. There was nothing to say anyway. Adina offered no explanation, no confirmation, no solace-nothing. For Dee Dee, it was a damned if she did and damned if she didn't situation. 

       She turned over on her knees to crawl away. Adina grabbed onto her but Dee Dee continued to push the green skin girl away. The two of the girls shuffled with one another on the rail. Adina trying her best to calm Dee Dee. The nails stuck in the ceiling used to hold the chains that held the rails up were loosening because of the conflict. 

       "Let-me-heal-you." Adina pleaded. Dee Dee continued to push her away; the two were getting rough with one another when Dee Dee finally had enough and pushed her hand upward. The hard part of Dee Dee's palm popped Adina's nose. Dee Dee was able to scoot from under Adina but the nails had popped off, and the chains came undone. With the weight of the girls, the rails came undone and the girls fell to floor about thirty feet below. The commotion and scream that screeched from Dee Dee didn't go unnoticed. Adina knew it was just a matter of time before the guards came to investigate. Too late though, Dee Dee was already up. She had a hand on her side, and she limped as fast as she could. 

       Even with the pain, Dee Dee did her best to maneuver through the maze of endless scripts of literature. She leaned on shelves to catch her breath and to check her bruise. She leaned on chairs that were in some of the isles to think about her horrible decision to come to the castle in the first place. 

       Dee Dee saw an opening and she rushed forward to the door, not taking heed to danger. She left the isle and stood only a mere feet from Adina's parents, or what she assumed to be Adina's parents. The green skin, the black hair, and robes-who else could they have been? Dee Dee just stood there, too afraid and in pain to move. 

       Adina grabbed Dee Dee and rushed her into an air vent big enough to squeeze through; it was about the size of a linen closet. She placed her hand over Dee Dee's mouth once more and lifted up Dee Dee's shirt, no longer allowing Dee Dee to fight her off. Adina placed her hand on the side where the bruise was and Dee Dee felt warmth engulfing her. The pain slowly began to subside. Her breathing slow down and Adina took her hand away from Dee Dee's mouth, and looked at her.