The VENOM Squad : Emperor Scorpion ft. Monitor Lizard

Chapter 13

"Lesley," Guinevere calls out and when she looks at her, the mage stared at her green and blue eyes. She has never seen someone before that has two eye color, it amazes her as she gazed at them.

"What?" Lesley asked as she looks away, her bangs covering her left eye.

"Your eyes..." Guinevere stated,  unsure if she should speak or not. She stared at the fire before finishing her sentence. "They're pretty."

The assassin remained quiet, not letting the compliment get into her.

Gusion, who had casted a spell on their drinks, awaits for the time that his teammates would go to sleep before checking his catch that night.

"Why do I feel so sleepy suddenly?" Lesley asks while holding the bridge of her nose. Beside her, Guinevere, who was fully awake just a while ago, is already asleep and seems to be impossible to wake up.

"I'll go rest," Granger says before going in his sleeping quarters for he, too, is feeling sleepy. They have not suspected anything for they thought that their long travel had taken its toll on their bodies.

"You should go rest now. You're probably tired of what had happened when you saw your fears," Gusion tells her while he's trying to keep the fire burning. 

Lesley looks at him and glares. He has witnessed something he should not have and now that he knows of her weakness, Lesley already predicted that he'll tease her for it.

"What?" he teases, acting like he does not know why he's being stared at. What Carmilla had shown them is the true fears of Lesley and he would not let it slide, teasing her is definitely a good go for him.

"Don't even try to mention what you saw," she states with gritted teeth, "Furthermore, do not think I hold a romantic feeling towards you."

"I know, I know," Gusion replies. "Though, I truly am curious why you're scared if I tell you that I like you. Won't you tell me, baby?"

He smirks after winking at her which annoyed Lesley in no time. She stands up and is about to land a punch on him but she gets knocked out by the spell and falls into a deep sleep. Gusion catches her in his arms and and stares at her peaceful sleeping face. 

"That's right, just sleep for now," he whispers as he moves her bangs to the side of her face to see her left eye that was usually covered by the eye patch. He caresses her cheek, remembering the moment he saw the color of her left eye. Unconsciously, a smile slowly curves at the edges of his lips.

Snapping out from his trance, Gusion carries and lets  her sleep beside Guinevere. He lets out a relieved sigh before walking towards the dark corner where he had the male vampire pinned with his daggers.

"Let me go," Cecilion snarls at him while trying to take the daggers off from his flesh. But every time he holds the hilt, his hands burn and it takes a longer time for his wounds to heal. He had lived long enough to witness humans trying to invent things that could kill his kind. So far, they are too slow in progress but Gusion seemed different.

"I just wanted to have a negotiation with you," Gusion replies as he sits across him, watching the vampire struggle. For him, a vampire and a human are the same despite the difference in specie. Yet his blades could hurt the two species, making them similar.

"Why would I trust a human? You are nothing but monsters covered with vulnerable flesh," Cecilion snaps at him. Gusion simply smiles at him and tilts his head as if judging him.

"Then, what do you call yourself?" he asks. "You let Carmilla marry an abusive man, she became a pitiful woman because you left her. You watched her suffer and if she gets to know that, do you think she'll forgive you?"