The Brightest Star

Chapter 44 - Cold As You

  The girls made it to The How with no trouble. They kept a sharp eye out for Alaska, but when they made it to The How they had yet to see any sign of her. They were safe for now.

  Of course, they could only hope this meant she hadn't found Peter and Edmund. If she found them first, the entire plan was ruined.

  The girls sat down in the stone table room, glad to relax for a moment after walking all night.

  "Everyone clear on the plan?" Susan asked.

  "Yup." Sydni said.

  "We all hide when she gets here." Anna said. "Especially us three-" she gestured to Abby, Sydni, and herself- "because we have no weapons."

  "Then you shoot her with your arrows." Lucy said. "Once she is down, I slice her neck with my dagger. Just to make sure she is dead."

"Then, we tie her up, lock her up, and weaken her for the next three days." Abby said slowly.

  "Great." Susan breathed.  "Sorry it seems you girls aren't doing much. It's not that we don't think you can fight. You just don't have weapons and we don't want you to get hurt."

  "We wouldn't know how to use them if we had them." Anna said.

  "Would you like us to teach you?" Lucy asked.

  "You mean that?" Sydni asked, her eyes going wide.

  "Course we do." Lucy said, smiling slightly. "We can teach you archery, and dagger throwing."

  "That would be amazing!" Abby said with a smile.

  Susan and Lucy smiled at each other. "We have to watch for Alaska right now, but later, we'll definitely teach you guys all we can." Susan said.

  "Can't wait." Sydni said with a smile.

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  Alaska sighed in frustration as she walked through the woods. She woke up a few hours ago. She immediately began searching for with Edmund and Abby, but had no luck. She was feeling extremely frustrated.

  But she would never stop searching for them. She had to kill them both. She needed revenge for the suffering they put her through.

  Suddenly, she walked into a large clearing, with trees all around. And a huge building in the middle. She smirked as she looked at it, remembering this is where the stone table was. This was the place she always hoped to kill Edmund. He was always destined to die on the stone table.

  "Here we go." She smirked, as she headed for the door.

  She made her way inside, walking down every hallway. Walking inside every room. This place was much bigger than she expected it to be. For the moment, she had forgotten about looking for Edmund and Abby. Her current mission was to find the stone table.

  She sighed in frustration as she waked down another hallway. "Where is the stone table?!" She screamed in frustration.

  She turned her head as she came to the end of the hallway, seeing a room much larger than the previous rooms she saw. She slowly walked inside. She carefully looked around the room. It appeared to be empty, she didn't see anyone inside.

  She smirked as she walked up to the one thing she had hoped to find here. She slowly dragged her fingers across it, the cool temperature making her smile.

The stone table.

  "Excellent." She said

    She looked at the table, admiring it. Admiring her mother for killing Aslan on it. She smiled as she began planning how she would kill her victims on this same table, and pondering who she should kill first.

  Suddenly she gasped as she felt a sharp pain in her chest. She looked down at the arrow for a moment before looking up in the direction it had come. She saw none other than the Gentle Queen herself. Standing there -not so gentle at the moment- bow in hand, prepared to draw another arrow if the need presented itself.

  "You - are -kidding-" Alaska choked, before gasping again and falling to the ground.

  About 30 seconds later, she became still, but she was gasping for air. Suddenly she stopped gasping, she felt a sharp pain across her entire neck. The air was no longer coming, it could no longer come. Her eyes slowly closed when her breathing stopped.

  Lucy slowly breathed a sigh of relief as Alaska's eyes slowly closed and her breathing stopped.

  Susan quickly ran over, making sure Lucy was alright.

  A moment later, Abby, Sydni, and Anna walked up to them, exiting their hiding spots.

  They all stared down at Alaska. She was dead, again. But unfortunately, not for good.

  "We did it." Lucy said with a smile.

  "Yeah." Susan breathed. "We did."

  "We need to lock her in a room and tie her up." Abby said slowly.

  "Yeah." Susan breathed. "I found a room to put her in earlier. Come on."

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  It took some time, but the girls finally managed to get Alaska tied up and locked into a room.

  They put thick gloves on her hands and tied them tightly behind her back. They tied her ankles together, and sat her in a chair, tying her to that as well. They wrapped her up in as many coats and blankets as they could find, and placed a gag in her mouth. They even placed the gag in hot water before putting it in her mouth.

  The room was small, with a large, thick door. It had a thick steel lock on it to assure Alaska couldn't get out. They kept extra weapons hidden right outside the door for extra protection.

  "You think this will hold her?" Anna said.

    "I hope so." Sydni breathed.

   "I don't see how it couldn't." Susan said. "Plus with all that heat, and those thick gloves. There is no way she can use her magic."

"Right." Lucy said.

  Suddenly Alaska let out a groan, as her eyes slowly opened.

  Lucy quickly looked at everyone, telling them to put on a brave face and act strong with her eyes.

   A few moments later Alaska's eyes went wide. She looked around, bewildered. She also began sweating almost immediately.

  She quickly looked at the 5 girls, fury written all over her face.

  "Hello, Alaska." Abby said cooly. She was actually petrified, but was hiding it surprisingly well.

  "I'll keep this simple." Abby continued, her eyes locked on Alaska's, her face and tone serious. "We killed you a few times, but you tried to kill Edmund and me first. You kidnapped Edmund and me. You tortured us. You froze my heart, and I almost died for good. You tried to steal my husband. Consider this payback. We are killing you. I know you said you can't be killed, but I don't buy it. We will kill you anyway. I'll burn the life out of you just like you tried to freeze mine out of me. Someone will be right outside this door and armed 24/7. The temperature will only get hotter, especially in here. You will never be leaving this room. You will never see the outside world. You probably won't even be alive next week. And nobody will miss you."

  Alaska stared at her, bewilderment, shock, fear, and anger written all over her face. She was also sweating buckets by now.

  Abby didn't even blink, her expression stayed exactly the same.

"You may think I sound cold - Alaska. But I promise you, I've thought this through. I will never, be anywhere cold as you."

  With that she turned and left the room, the others following.

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A/N: Soo sorry it's been so long since I last updated!  I had a busy weekend! I know this chapter isn't suuper long, but the next two are! I'll try to upload two chapters one day this week to make up for my absence!
Also thank y'all soo much for the birthday wishes!!! Xoxo💗🥰