"Reunion" Gabentine sequel

Chapter Twelve Spilt Blood

1128 Words

You gotta be fucking joking!" Gabe said,still in shock.

"No, I'm not. Now, get in the cell!" Minnie snapped as she cocked the pistol, still pointed at Clementine's head.

Gabe didn't see any other option so he slowly walked into the cell. "Now, let her go." He said, trying not to sound as scared as he really was.

Violet closed the cell door and locked it while Minnie shoved Clementine into the cell across from him. Gabe clutched the bars and stared at Violet's downward facing head, "I trusted you...I fucking trusted you! Damnit, Violet! Why?" Gabe said in a mix of fury and pain.

Violet shook her head, "I found Minnie on one of our solo scouting trips. I was alone and so was Minnie. She wanted to take me to Lilly-" Gabe let out an angry breath at the name- "and when she promised that Lilly wouldn't harm me, I agreed. Lilly offered me a deal, if I brought us to her to talk, she would let Minnie come home with us. Lilly just wants to talk to you, she wants peace as much as we do. After she's done talking we'll all go home and Lilly will leave us alone."

"You can't fucking believe that!" Gabe yelled his anger increasing as Violet tried to justify herself, "That sick bitch doesn't talk, all she does is kill. You're gonna get us all killed, Violet! Get us out of here before it's too late!"

"I thought I recognized that voice." Said a voice Gabe would never forget,as he heard footsteps approach the cells.

Lilly stepped in front of Gabe's cell, a smug smile on her face. "Gabriel Garcia, it's good to see you again."

Gabe spat in her face, "Go fuck yourself!" He snarled.

Lilly wiped the spit off her face calmly and continued with her taunting smile, "But don't you want to hear the good news? Believe me Gabriel, I've wanted to tell you this for so long."

"I don't give a fuck about anything you have to say!" He yelled, his blood boiling from even being in the same room as her.

"Oh, I think you will." She said, unfazed by his angry outbursts.

She turned to Clementine,who scowled at Lilly, "Good to see you again, Clementine."

"You're not fooling anyone Lilly. I still remember how you murdered Carly. You better let us out before our friends arrive." Clementine said coldly.

Gabe felt a sudden hope as he remembered that Louis and AJ were still on board even though they were supposed to leave. Gabe hoped they would come to check on them and realize that him and Clem were trapped.

Lilly continued smiling, "You mean the ones planting the bomb? Ah, here they are already."

Gabe turned his head and saw a conflicted Louis and a confused AJ on top of the staircase.

"You did well Violet. You held up your end of the deal and I'll hold up mine." Lilly said as Louis approached them.

"Louis, what are you doing?" AJ yelled as he drew his knife, "That's Lilly!"

"AJ, look...she just wants to talk. You need to put away the knife." Louis said walking towards AJ.

"We can't trust them! We have to fight!" AJ said still gripping the knife in his hand.

"He's got a brave spirit, Clem did raise him well." Lilly said looking at the brave boy before pointing her pistol at Clementine in the cell, "You should give your friend the knife if you don't want Clem to get hurt, little boy."

AJ looked from Lilly to Clem to Louis before slowly handing him the knife.

"That's good. Now we can finally talk." Lilly said as Louis walked with AJ towards the cells.

Gabe gave Louis an angry look as he realized Louis was still holding the bomb, "Do you have any idea at what you've done?! You've put all in danger,you piece of shit!"

Louis looked away guiltily, "Look Gabe, I didn't want-"

"The only one in danger is you, if you keep running your mouth." Lilly interrupted threateningly.

"I'm not afraid of you!" Gabe snarled.

"I believe you." Lilly said putting her face near his, "So...what are you afraid of Gabriel?"

"Nothing." Gabe said coldly his angry eyes staring into hers.

"After all these years, you're still a horrible liar." Lilly said staring into his face as if looking for something.

Gabe didn't need to hide what he felt as his face didn't show anything Lilly didn't already know, hatred was written all over his face and he refused to let fear even exist.

"You know, you remind me of someone I met a year or two back. We were trying to take a city,it was a big one, and we were winning. Their leader wasn't experienced in defending a city, so we were pushing through with relative ease. But then-"

Gabe suddenly interrupted her, "I don't give a fuck about your stories! So quit your rambling and get to the point!"

Lilly smiled, "Don't worry, I will. Now,where was I?...ah, yes. Then a new leader emerged, he was one of the most experienced men I've ever had the misfortune of fighting. When my spies told me he took over, I didn't think he'd be much of a threat. I was wrong. In every street, there would be a hidden trench in which men would ambush us, at every corner a bomb was hidden that decimated our troops, Snipers were lined up at the rooftops, easily picking off our men. But we pushed through, straight to the heart of the city and there we defeated them. The leader was a great fighter, he took several gunshots, two arrows, and several men to bring him down. When I finally came face-to-face with the man who had caused me so much trouble, I asked him a question. 'What are you afraid of?' I asked him and he answered, 'Nothing.' much like you did. I knew he was lying but I didn't care, I slit his throat then and there."

"I'm glad I'm not the only one to make your life hell." Gabe smiled at the fact that someone else had made her suffer.

Lilly smiled back, she was yet to deliver the point. "Don't you want to know what that means to you?"

"Do I look like I give a shit about anything you just told me?" Gabe snapped.

Lilly's smug smile grew as she delivered the final nail in her story, "You will in a second, because I didn't even tell you the whole story. That town we were taking, it was called Richmond and the man I killed...was named David Garcia."