CHAPTER EIGHT

"And that is?" she asked "slay a high ranked student" he sneered devilishly that made her eyes widened in shock, her knees were shaking that made her fall to the ground.

"I didn't slay him, I swear!" she protested that made him shook his head slowly while grinning "If you really are innocent, what are the words written on the piece of cloth wrapped around the left sharp Fang attached near the knife's wedge found stabbed in Mr. Ortiz's head?" he smirked.

"The words written was... Be Happy, Now Get Ready" she answered while her shoulders suddenly sagged that made him grin even more intimidating than it already did.

"In that case, you really are guilty and there's nothing you can do to prove that you're innocent just by saying that, it also come out from your mouth that the picture ain't edited so..." her head lifted up and gazed at him as he spoke "you need to accept my offer, be my Vice President from now on, you have to sustain the spreading issue that you killed the SSG Vice President Lynell Ortiz or you shall die in just for a couple of minutes from now" he smirked.

She took a deep breath as she decide which one she'll choose, be the replacement or be slaughtered. "I'll be your Vice President." she replied. He walks towards her and lend his hand in front of her, waiting for her to reach it. As she saw his hand in front of her face, she looked at his hand with confusion.

"Are you gonna take it or not? My arm's getting tired of waiting for you to take it" he coldly spoke that made her blink many times and slightly shooked her head. She reached his hand and he pulled her upward helping her to get up from lying on the ground.

As she stood in her feet, she couldn't feel her right foot standing and felt a twinge in her foot whenever she tried to move it. His eyes widened when she suddenly leaned forward and hugged him tightly "What are you doing?" he surprisingly asked but he still manage to say it with a hoarse voice; her hands began to shake in fright and replies "P-please, d-don't push me away. I can't feel my right foot."

He sighed as he calm down himself, "Okay" he replied as he swiftly place her in his arms like how a groom carry his bride after the wedding; her eyes broadened as if before a second count, she was being carried by this handsome young guy without even noticing his moves.

Some moment after he started walking "S-sir. You can now put me down, I can feel my foot now" she spoke that broke the silence covering them "Oh, is that so?" he put her down on the trunk of the near oak tree and kneel down before her, he hold her right foot and moved it carefully in a clockwise direction "Ah! it hurts" she groaned in pain that result him to stare at her raising one of his eyebrows "I thought you can stand all by yourself?" he asked, she looked down at her foot, silenced.

"Is that what it looks like to be able to stand in its own feet? I don't think so" he added and took a sigh; he carried her again in bridal style; she gasp in surprise "Hey hey hey, what are you doing?" she asked as her eyes enhanced by his sudden movements "Hmm? Carrying you, is there a problem?" he spoke as he laid his eyes on her "Y-you can't do that!" she replied as her heart started thumping loudly "And why? You don't have the right to tell me what I can or can't do" he coldly answered that silenced her.

"But please, don't startle me like that" she calmly requested, "Okay, but don't try to do such thing about what happened or there will be an austere punishment." he spoke sarcastically. "I insist on carrying you, and no more talking" he added, as she was about to speak again, he glared at her with his intimidating killer stare that made her gulp what she was about to say.

"S-s-sir?" she called him while stuttering, "Hmm?" he stares at her by moving his pupil down to where she was. "W-where a-are we going?" she asked, "I'm taking you to your class. Section Cataleya, am I right?" he spoke coldly while carrying her in bridal style; she nodded slightly as an answer of 'Yes'.

Some minutes after, (Bang!) A loud bang echoed around the room that made each student froze from their doings and suddenly glared at the place where the loud sound came from; as the light enters through the large door, their eyes broadened as the door spew a guy carrying Alycione with some smear of redness on her face as she dive her face in her hands that are now shaking in nervousness.

As he walked towards the seat of Alycione, the students near it make a wide way for them without even blinking and looking away from them like they were hideous, disgusting scarry creatures that they should stay away from. As his sharp stares landed on some students on the southeast portion of the room, they blinked two times, stepped back 3 times away from them as they shiver nervously, it shows that they were all afraid of this man, what is with this guy that made them look like this? And most importantly, who is this guy anyway?

He placed her on her seat carefully "I'll leave you now, be careful from now on" he said goodbye, turned around and started walking away with his right hand in his pocket; as he walk towards the door, every student that he was going to right past to, made a wide passage for him that can be compared to a king walking in the midst of the mob crowd extinguishing their noise by his presence and stares that can slay many people before a second was counted.

When he reached the door, he turned the horizontal handle of the doorknob downwards then pushed the door, exit the room and pushed it shut. A second after, all of their enthrallment were on Alycione that made her eyes widened as she gasp at the same time her heart began pounding noisily that can nearly be heard by anyone who shall come near her.

Out of the blue, a student ambulate in the midst of the frozen people, terrified by what had happened earlier, Usher moved forward and stopped near the upper right edge of the table in front of her, she smiled at her bitterly and spoke "Well, well, well, you're now progressing little flirt." she congratulated her as she claps slowly "Looks like you've known the rules of the game already. How would you like to slay more students? Will you be able to handle your punishment if Cyd would know what you did? Hmm...." she placed her pointer and thumb near her chin as if she was wondering what great scene will happen that can lead Cyd to ignore Alycione and he'll be hers without any more hindrance.

Alycione gazed at the table in front of her as she tightly hold her skirt that almost her nails dived into her palms in fright while the cold liquids flowing down from her head keeps on crawling down that almost made her body bathe from the sticky sweat.

Was this the exchange of that issue? What if he knew that she's the one caught on the scene? How will she defend herself? Does power means everything? I don't know but I'm sure of one thing. Everything has an end, and...

"All will be alright in time. Oh, you never really love someone until you learn to forgive"

~Leaves (Ben & Ben)

As time passes by so fast, my hands were still shaking uncontrollably. As Cyd enters the room, his sight wandered around and stopped when the ocean-like orbs of his spotted me as the end of his lips reached from ear to ear that made my heart started pounding fast and loud more than it already did as I sweat even more due to nervousness. 'Is he able to forgive me if he knew about the spreading issue of me who killed the former Vice President?' I thought.

"Forgive you? Why? Is the issue even true?" my mind said and yes, it's not true that didn't I killed him but why am I supposed to feel this way when it comes to him?

"Hey, hey Aly" he greeted as he wave his hands in front of my face that take me back to reality. "O-oh hey C-Cyd" I greeted with a smile even though I'm so nervous.

"Are you okay Alycione?" he asked with concern that can be seen in his eyes that made my heart skip a beat, "Y-yeah, I-I'm okay hehe" I replied as my hands remain on shaking uncontrollably, "You sure?" he assured as he raised his eyebrow, I nodded as a 'yes'.

"Okay then" his lips reached out from ear to ear and grabbed my wrist as he dragged me out of the room. "W-where are we going Cyd?" I asked out of curiosity and for me to decrease my nervousness, "Just come with me okay? Nothing bad will happen to you as long as you're with me" he spoke that made my lips form a curve up by itself as it made me feel that I'm comfortable and safe with him while he drag me to somewhere place that I don't know.

As we traipse down the white rock pavement pathway, we turned left and into the woods where there are some orange, red, brown, gradient red in the upper portion with orange at the lower portion of dry leaves on the ground. The trees have some flecks of dark red liquid that made my heartbeat transcend the line of my normal heartbeat, I placed my palm at the place where the pumping station of the body rests and clenched my fist as my heart began to feel some twinge in it.

"C-Cyd" I called "hmm?" he answered as he turned his head clockwise to face me. "w-w-where a-are-" I asked while stuttering in nervousness, I was about to finish my question but he cuts in "Don't you trust me?" he asked as his shoulders sagged down "I-I-I do b-but-" my eyes lengthened as I gasp in shock at the same time; he swiftly pulled and placed me between his large arms before I say another word, I even heard him took a deep breath and let it out. I didn't see that one coming.

Some moments later, he released me from being caged and hold my arms near my shoulders, "Listen to me," he started, I glared at his handsome little face that I always adore "Nothing bad is going to happen to you, as long as I'm with you, no one will dare to hurt you even a single finger or a strand of hair." he spoke softly that it almost caress my dear heart and vanished my nervousness covering my whole body; the ends of my lips curved up as it felt that I can possibly trust him without neck and crop.

As we resume on walking down on the path not taken by anybody else, we stopped by at a small rusty old gate and released my wrist. He stepped forward and pulled out a wooden Swiss Army knife; he pulled the small knife out east side as the knife stands out, he slashes the middle of his palm diagonally and clenched his fist above the engraved droplet shape near the eye on the top of the right iron post of the gate where an image of an eye is engraved, he closed his eyes as he let his flesh run down from his hand.

As the engraved droplet was filled with his own flesh, he separates his eyelids slowly as he inhales and exhaled silently; the droplet was now visible to the eye as it glows more and more as the wind blew so strong in circulation every second, I blinked many times as I blocked my right arm in front of my eyes to prevent the bright red light from dazzling me.

I saw Cyd in the left side of my sight not covering by my arm, mightily standing straight and tall like there's neither light nor wind can daze and drag him down.