The Jewels; Mother of Pearl (#ABA2017)

Chapter Twenty Six

Lola woke with a start, what that thing could possibly be flashed before her eyes. Lola wanted to cry, scream and have a tantrum all at once.

Lola wasn't looking at the ceiling anymore, she was looking side on. She stared unblinkingly at a door, a different door to the one she woke up before last time. Lola pushed herself up, her head going into a dizzy spell almost immediately and she was forced to lay back down for a moment.

"Well haven't you been busy," someone said.

Lola gasped as she sat up, and winced almost immediately at her dizziness.

Elinor smiled, "you got out of your shackles, roamed the halls, found a troll, went into the dark halls and came out alive," she stood up, Lola looked around the room, she could see other Dark Angels sitting in the corner smiling to one another, Lola looked at her arms and saw they weren't shackled or anything.

Elinor was soon standing before Lola, Lola didn't move but tried to stare at Elinor in the eyes, "and you broke my hair accessory."

Elinor suddenly gripped Lola by the collar, picked her up and slammed her against the wall. Elinor's arm was pressed against Lola's neck and Lola was barely on her tippy-toes. She could feel the blood rushing to her cheeks and struggled to breathe. Lola's hand held onto Elinor's arm, but she refused to yelp, though she badly wanted to.

"You are causing much more problems than you are worth, kid. Watch what you do next," Elinor informed as she dropped Lola from against the wall. Lola staggered forwards somewhat as she could breathe properly, she coughed. Elinor took several steps back.

Lola suddenly heard laughing and someone pushed Lola over, Lola went wide eyed as she hit the ground, something slapped her back and her mind went into a dizzy spell. Every time Lola tried to stand up, someone would push her over or slap her in the back of the head. Lola felt like she was back at school with Jasmine and all her friends ambushing her before class.

Lola let off a loud scream, her legs hitting the ground, her hands scrunched into fists as she punched the ground. All the Dark Angels reacted, including Elinor. Lola sat up, huffing and puffing after her little scream. The Dark Angel's wincing soon turned into soft laughter, "Oooo, the little girl can scream," one of them mocked.

Lola gritted her teeth as she stood up.

"We can have a little tantrum too, human," one of the Dark Angels informed as they flicked their hand up swiftly, "like this."

Lola felt like her guts had been tied into a knot as she kneeled over holding her stomach.

"And this," another added.

Lola felt her whole body get flung backwards and she slammed against a wall, a chorus of laughter following her as she felt like something was trying to pull her through the wall. Lola felt something pull her back and slam her against the wall several times, Lola winced, and tried not to cry out, but couldn't help but allow a few to escape her lips.

"And how about this?" another said as they did a small twirl and flicked both her hands out.

Lola was suddenly peeled off the wall. Lola felt her heart suddenly stop for a moment, it was the most painful thing she had felt so far, it was unbearable, but she couldn't let out a scream, and Lola collapsed to the ground lifeless. The Dark Angels laughed in amusement, even Elinor smiled, "alright, that's enough."

The Dark Angels grunted with disappointed amusement as Lola suddenly took in a deep breath and came back to life. Crying her first instinct as the pain remained for several seconds.

The Dark Angels slowly stepped aside as Elinor kneeled down to Lola, who was breathing greedily and clutching her chest.

"Didn't like that?" Elinor asked as she grabbed Lola's shirt and pulled her to her feet. Several painful jolts were sent through Lola's chest and every nerve in her body. Lola started softly crying as Elinor made her stand still, "you be lucky we need you, or else I'd have let you be eaten by that Blood Crawler," Elinor informed.