Guilty x Creatures Ch. 02

"What! N-no! Yes you do! You're trapped in here!" cried Kianna as she again turned to the door "That door really won't open without a code! You're seriously trapped in here!"

"No, I'm not" said Anton as he turned away from her and walked towards the large door "Let me show you why"

The dungeon's door was a big metal monster with a keypad mounted above it's bar-shaped knob. As Anton came up to it he veered to the left away from the door itself and punched the wall it was mounted to. His hand disappeared into the drywall and as he pulled it out, he ripped a chuck of the wall out with it. He did this a few more times until a sizable hole existed that was big enough for him to step though.

"And that's without even using any magic..." he mumbled as he turned back into the room and began to brush away the drywall dust from his arms "I honestly just did it this way because I wanted to be dramatic..."

Kianna's mouth hung slack as she sat staring dumbfounded at the hole in the wall next to their unmovable door.

"Not that I think your going to actually get the opportunity" said Anton as he made his way back to the bed and looked down at her "But the next time you two decide to build a dungeon you should really consult with a professional designer"

Kianna was still for another moment before she slowly looked away from the door and met his eyes.

"We have money!" she said quietly as she looked up at him "Lots of money!"

"Hm, no, you don't have enough" said Anton as he shook his head "No amount could save you now"

Kianna stared at him for a moment before looking back down at Fiona.

"This!" she whispered as her eyes went wide in panic "This is bad!"

"Yes, it is" agreed Anton as he slowly nodded his head "Very bad"

They were both silent for several moments until Kianna's ears drooped low and she suddenly sobbed quietly.

"If... if I promise to do everything you say!" she whispered as she hung her head and clamped her eyes shut "Will you let Fiona go!? Please!?"

"...What?" questioned Anton as brow creased in confusion "What was that?"

"Please! Please, don't hurt my sister!" whispered the dark elf "I'll do anything! Anything you want! Just please! Please let her go! Please!"

Anton had become completely flabbergasted as he stared at the dark elf.

"...Excuse me!?" he exclaimed as he searched for some kind of trickery "...Are you being serious?"

Kianna looked up at him before quickly looking back down at the bed.

"Yes, I promise! I'll do anything you say!" she said as she hunched in on herself and lowered her ears even further "Please just promise me you won't hurt her! I swear I'll do anything if you just let her go!"

Genuinely confused by what he was seeing and hearing, Anton looked from Kianna to Fiona and back before moving closer to the bed and looking down at the unconscious Fiona.

"...You're willing to sacrifice yourself to save her?" questioned Anton as he shifted his eyes to Kianna "And you're actually being serious about this!?"

Kianna swallowed back the lump in her throat and nodded as she kept her head hung low.

"...Really?" mused Anton as he looked back down at Fiona "Hm!"

As Kianna raised her head to watch, Anton bent over Fiona and lifted her up to a sitting position with her head hanging forward. Holding her in place he turned to Kianna and gave her a cold look.

"And what would you do if I just killed her right now?" he asked as he cocked an eyebrow "Hm!?"

Kianna's eyes went wide as her whole body seemed to tighten up on itself.

Tilting his head in mock curiosity, Anton reached down and raised Fiona's head by taking hold of her chin.

"You know I could just snap her neck right here in front of you" he said in a calm, dry tone "It would be the easiest thing in the world. She'll be gone in an instant"

Kianna looked him in the eyes as she set her jaw and bared her teeth. Her ears were pointed straight back in anger as her whole body began to tremble.

"Don't! You!" she hissed through her teeth as she gripped the handcuff chain and began to pull on it "I swear!"

Anton straightened his head out of the tilt as he watched the dark elf tremble in anger.

"If you hurt her!" declared Kianna as her irises began to glow with a murderous red light "I swear I will kill you!"

"...Well now! You actually do care about her!" exclaimed Anton as the dark elf continued to glare at him and bare her teeth "...How about that!"

Smiling, he hoisted Fiona upwards and tossed her closer to Kianna.

Surprise melting away almost immediately, Kianna grabbed hold of her sister and frantically began to pull her away from Anton.

Anton couldn't help but to grin as he watched the still fuming Kianna "Save" her unconscious sister.

He had taken note during her threatening that the dark elf's canine teeth were actually longer than a humans. Though they were nowhere near the length of a vampires fangs, that did still explain why her little love bites on his shoulder hurt so much.

Once Fiona was tucked safely against the headboard of the bed, Kianna planted herself in front of her sister and faced Anton.

"...Thank you!" she mumbled quietly as she kept her ears pointed straight back "...I don't know why you did that! ...But thank you!"

"...You actually care about her" said Anton as he tilted his head again "...That's, really interesting!"

"Why do you keep saying it like that!" cried Kianna as her brow creased in frustration "She's my sister! I love her! Of course I'm going to care about her!"

"...What are you Kianna?" asked Anton as he looked her up and down "...You look like a Dark Elf?"

"...What!?" questioned Kianna as she blinked in confusion "I, I am a Dark Elf!"

"Are you really a Dark Elf?" asked Anton as he met her eyes "As in a real one?"

"I, wha!? Yes!" declared Kianna as she stared back at him "I'm really a Dark Elf!"

"...Are you sure?" asked Anton as he narrowed his eyes at her "...You do look like one?"

"Yes! Yes I'm sure!" declared Kianna as she quickly looked down at herself and looked back up at him "Look at me! What else would I be!?"

Anton cradled his chin in his hand as he gazed down at what was apparently a selfless, caring and protective dark elf.

"...This is different" he mused as he took a step back "This is very different!"

Though Kianna was visually calmer now that she had her sister with her, she was still staring at Anton with unabashed apprehension on her face.

"Let's try something..." whispered Anton to himself as he let his aura flex outward towards the sisters.

Kianna's eyes widened as she was blanketed by the unseen aura. Watching intently, Anton laced his aura with malice in an attempt to frighten the dark elf. Almost immediately Kianna tensed and pressed her shoulders against the headboard as her ears pointed themselves straight upwards and began to twitch back and forth in what was obviously a nervous manner.

"W-What's happening!" she whimpered as her eyes darted around the room "Is something in here!"

Anton tilted his head again as he watched the dark elf frantically search for the source of her unease.

"...You can feel it! ...But you really don't have any idea what's happening right now!" he declared as the dark elf looked up at him with a mix of both confusion and nervousness in her eyes "Do you?"

"...No!" whimpered Kianna as she shook her head "Why, do you!?"

"...Your sister didn't recognize anything either" continued Anton as he narrowed his eyes while his face become thoughtful looking "This, this is something else..."

Kianna couldn't help but to swallow nervously as she watched Anton's eyes begin to deepen with thought while he continued to intently stare at her.

"...This is just too good to be true, too good of an opportunity to waste! ...I can't pass this up! ...I shouldn't pass this up!" declared Anton as he began to think out loud "...Do I really want to do this though? It's a big decision... Very big... Wait!? What am I thinking! It can't even be done! Not with their kind! I couldn't even do this if I wanted to! ...If I wanted to. ...Do I want to? ...Because if I did, I'd have get around their... Wait!"

Kianna eased herself back a bit and lowered her ears as Anton suddenly went still and silent. She breathed out of her nose in a nervous manner as she watched his eyes go wide in apparent excitement.

"Elkins gems! ...That, that might just work!" he whispered as his thoughts began to dance wildly in his eyes "That really might work! ...All I need is just a little bit of their blood! And I can try it!"

"What!? Blood!? W-what are you talking about!?" cried Kianna as she spread her free arm out at her side in an attempt to block her sister "What's going on!? What are you trying!? What! What is this!?"

Anton smiled viciously as he released his aura.

"This? This is very interesting!" he exclaimed as he stepped closer "This is very, very interesting!"

"What is!?" cried Kianna as she cringed away from him "What's interesting!?"

"You are..." said Anton as tilted his head and looked her over "I think I might keep you! Or at least try and see if I can!"

"...Huh!?" chirped Kianna as he stepped even closer and loomed over her.

"I think I'll break you down a little bit first though..." mused Anton "Should make things easier..."

"W-wait!?" cried Kianna as her ears pointed themselves straight up in panic "What does that mean!?"

"Well, my little Dark Elf! I'm afraid to say, that unfortunately for you it means..." smiled Anton as he pulled the little white bottle back out from his pocket and gave it a shake "That it's past your bedtime!"