Guilty x Creatures Ch. 13

"Oh, you impatient little!" grumbled Anton as he reached out and took hold of Kianna's chin before she could fall forward.

The dark elf went completely limp as her eyes became dull and unfocused. With her chin resting in Anton's left hand she stared forward at nothing as the largest jewel on her collar began to glow brighter and brighter. While holding the dark elf upright, Anton raised his right hand and held it with his palm facing the red jewel.

Fiona's eyes went wide as Anton's aura took on a visible form and appeared as a bright orange fire that blazed wildly around his being.

Anton scrunched up his face as he seemed to be trying to focus his aura into his palm. As the power became concentrated, it formed into a pulsating ball of plasma-like energy. This ball of energy then collapsed in on itself and became a miniature lightning bolt that shot forward and struck the large red jewel on Kianna's collar, thus creating an arc that now connected her to Anton.

As the arc of power made contact with the jewel the etched in chain pattern on the collar began to glow with a faint pink light. The light of the chain had begun at the back of the collar and quickly spread forward from link to link along both of it's sides. As it reached and then encircled the two colorless jewels, it grew in intensity before filling them both with the same pink colored light.

Kianna gasped again as all three jewels reached a peak in their brightness and another audible locking sound rang out from the collar. In the stillness that followed, the glowing chain pattern went dark again while the two previously colorless jewels remained a shimmering pink.

Anton sighed heavily as he let his arm fall back to his side. His shoulders slumped in fatigue as his aura dimmed and quickly faded from sight.

Easing his head forward a bit, Anton grinned as he examined the large jewel that was no longer a pure red but now had a shimmer of a faint orange tint to it that gave it a very dark almost amber-like color.

Kianna remained unresponsive as the glow from the jewels on her collar began to slowly dim until finally they all three went dark and became dull.

"Kianna?" breathed Anton as he held her chin up a bit higher and squinted as he looked into her eyes.

The dark elf's eyes widened and her ears pointed themselves straight upwards as she seemed to register that she was being spoken too.

"Master" she responded dryly.

Anton pressed his lips together into a thin line as he watched Kianna's eyes remain unfocused as they stared straight at him.

"You bastard!" cried Fiona "W-what the Hell did you just do to her!?"

Anton turned and found the dark elf wide eyed with panic as she stared at her sister. Fiona's complexion had gone several shades paler as a look of absolute horror was plastered across her face.

"What's wrong with her!?" she whimpered "Is she okay!?"

"She should be fine" said Anton as he turned back to Kianna "This kind of response isn't that unusual. Right now her mind is learning how to function around being bound. She should be back to normal in a minute or two... Once she figures out how to put herself back together"

As he spoke the corners of Kianna's mouth began to curl up into a slight smile. Clamping her eyes shut, the dark elf held still for a moment before blinking rapidly and then looking up at Anton.

"Master!" she breathed as she laid her ears back submissively.

"Welcome back!" smiled Anton as he watched her eyes brighten and return to normal "...So? How do you feel?"

"I feel!?" breathed Kianna as she rolled her head to the side and nuzzled her cheek into his hand "...I feel warm, and safe!"

"Safe?" questioned Anton as he raised an eyebrow in surprise "Did you just say you feel safe?"

"Yes!" hummed the dark elf as she took in a deep breath and trembled "I can feel you!"

"...I see" said Anton as he tilted his head and grinned at the now dozing dark elf "Is that what makes you feel safe?"

"Yes" sighed Kianna as she tucked her arms in around her torso and hugged herself "I really like this!"

"Oh, well! That's good!" said Anton as Kianna hummed a happy sound in response "I'm happy to hear that!"

"Kianna!?" cried Fiona as she pulled forward against the chains "Are you really okay!?"

"Mm hm!" hummed Kianna as she lifted one of her ears and then let it fall lazily back against her head "...I'm great!"

"Well! I'd say this is looking like a complete success!" boasted Anton as he looked back at Fiona and gave her a cruel grin "So I guess now the next step is to see how well this works with an unwilling participant!"

Fiona's eyes widened as her ears laid themselves flat behind her head.

"W-wait!" she cried as she again started to struggle against the light chains "Wait! Wait!"

"Kianna, I'm going to need to set you down now" whispered Anton "It's your sister's turn to be enslaved"

"Oh, okay..." sighed Kianna as she lifted her arms up and folded them on the edge of the tub "That sounds good..."

Anton gently laid Kianna's head down on her folded arms before picking up the bundle that held Fiona's collar.

"Stop! Please! Anton! You don't have to do this!" cried Fiona as she watched him unwrap the cloth from around her collar "I'll, I'll do anything you want! Anything! I swear! I swear!"

"You are not allowed to call me by my name Fiona" said Anton in a dry tone "Do not do that again"

The dark elf panicked and redoubled her struggles against the chains as the two rings began to move. With her ears now quivering in fear she groaned miserably as the rings repositioned her right in front of and facing Anton. Pressing her chin down against her neck in an effort to protect herself, Fiona stared at the floor as Anton rose from his chair and stood in front of her.

"I'd like you to try to fight against this as best you can but I don't want you to actually hurt yourself" said Anton as he reached down, took hold of Fiona's chin and raised it up until she was forced to look at him "If you feel like things are getting too intense for you then just relax and let it come to an end"

"I'm sorry!" whimpered Fiona as heavy tears welled at the corners of her eyes and rolled down her cheeks "I'm sorry! Please! Please don't do this to me! Please, please just let me go!"

"Stop that Fiona. You're guilty, and you are going to pay for your crimes. One way, or another" said Anton as he stared down into her large, ruby colored eyes "You are a dark elf that doesn't even know how to flare your own aura. How well do you really think you'll survive in this world while all on your own? Let alone in prison. Where you'll be facing a lineup of monsters that'll all be fighting each other for the right to be the first one to take a bite out of your ears"

Fiona's breath became caught in her throat as her eyes widened to their fullest.

"I'm going to spare you from that fate. And let you stay here with your sister" said Anton as he raised the collar to her neck "Now, be grateful, and relax"

"No!" whimpered Fiona as she tried to pull away "Don't! Please! Don't!"

"Such a stubborn dark elf" grumbled Anton as he lifted her chin even higher and slipped the collar around her neck "All you're doing is making this harder than it needs to be."

Fiona gasped and went stiff as with a metallic snap the collar was locked in place around her neck. Just as it was with her sister, her eyes immediately lost all of their focus as the red jewel on her collar began to glow brightly. Unlike Kianna however, she did not go limp at all but instead her entire body stiffened even further and began to tremble.

With his left hand wrapped around her neck above the collar, Anton held Fiona's head still as he raised his right hand and faced his palm towards the large red jewel.

With his jaw clenched and his face hardened in determination, Anton again focused his power at his palm as his aura reappeared and blazed around him. Within moments the concentrated power had formed into a ball before quickly collapsing into an arc that struck the red jewel and connected him to Fiona's collar.

Just as it had done before with Kianna, the chain pattern that had been etched onto the surface of the collar began to glow. And like before this glow had begun towards the back of the collar before jumping from link to link and spreading forwards along both sides. Unlike before however this glow was far brighter in it's intensity and was colored a bright neon green rather than pink.

Fiona's eyes remained completely unfocused as her mouth fell open and hung slack. Anton groaned in annoyance as a glob of her drool rolled out and landed on his wrist.

The dark elf began to moan softly as the glowing chain links reached and encircled the two colorless jewels and immediately began to fill them with their green light.

"Wait!" groaned Fiona as the glow of all three jewels reached a peak and began to flicker in intensity.

"No" declared Anton as he seemed to redouble his own efforts against the large jewel that was now glowing an ominous crimson red.

Again as before, a second louder locking sound suddenly rang out from the collar itself.

Fiona gasped and rolled her head back as the chain pattern went dark and left the two colorless jewels now glowing a bright green.

Anton grinned and sighed through his nose in fatigue as he eased his hands away from Fiona and let his arms fall to his sides. Leaning forward he narrowed his eyes and examined the large jewel that was now glowing a dark amber-like color that was identical to Kianna's. Shaking the drool from his wrist he watched as the glow from the three jewels began to fade.

Fiona's head fell forward and hung limp when as one all three of the jewels went dark.

"Aw! Poor Fiona..." hummed Kianna "She's so tired now..."

Anton turned back to her and found the dark elf absently watching her sister. Though her head was still resting on her folded arms and her ears were hanging limp, she instantly smiled at him as their eyes met.

"Do you feel bad for her?" asked Anton.

Kianna shrugged by lifting a single shoulder.

"Not really" she said as her eyes went back to her hanging sister "It's kinda sad that she was scared but she'll be fine now"

Anton nodded before turning back to Fiona. The dark elf's head still hung motionless as a thin trail of drool dangled from her hidden face. After several minutes she gasped lightly as her limp ears rose upwards and then flattened themselves down against the back of her head.

"...Fiona?" said Anton softly.

The trail of drool fell to the floor as the dark elf cringed.

"...Yes!?" she whimpered.

Anton reached beneath the dark elf's hidden face and gently took hold of her chin. Fiona grimaced miserably as her head was lifted upwards and she was made to look at him.

"...How do you feel?" asked Anton as he tilted his head back and forth as he looked her over.

"...I feel" whimpered Fiona "...Tiny!"

"...I see" nodded Anton as he gently let go of her chin.

Feeling defeated, Fiona let her head fall and hang limply. She remained silent as she stared down at the floor beneath her.

As Anton took a step back from the dark elf the chains holding her in the air began to loosen and she was slowly lowered towards the ground. Fiona let her legs bend and fold up beneath her as she came to rest on the floor. Sitting on her bent knees she kept her head lowered as she hunched in on herself.

Anton stood still in front of the dark elf as the light chains melted away into nothing, and the rings they came from grew thinner and thinner until they too vanished completely.

Now free from her restraints, Fiona quickly shambled on her bent legs and pressed herself against the side of the tub. Whimpering miserably the dark elf curled in on herself and gripped her collar with both hands as she desperately tried to rip it away from her neck.

"...Can you get it off?" asked Anton as he watched her efforts become more and more frantic.

"No!" groaned Fiona in frustration as she pulled against the collar "The fucking thing won't come off!"

"...I see" nodded Anton as he stepped closer to her "Good"

"No it's not!" whined Fiona as her face scrunched up in anguish "I don't wanna be...! I hate this!"

Fiona gave up on her attempt to free herself and let her arms fall limply to her sides as Anton stopped and stood in front of her. She remained still as he bent down and took hold of her by sliding his hands beneath her arms. She kept her legs bent in close to her body as she was lifted up over the edge of the tub and set back down in the warm water.

"Poor Fiona!" sang Kianna as she slipped away from her spot at the edge of the tub and sidled up next to her sister "She feels so little!"

Anton sat back down in his chair and leaned forward until his elbows came to rest against his knees. He cradled his chin in his hand as he intently watched the two dark elves.

Kianna began to hum softly as she lightly wrapped her arms around her sister and gently pulled her into a comforting embrace. Fiona laid her head on her sisters shoulder and hid her face in the crook of Kianna's neck as she let herself be pulled in close. She still had a miserable looking grimace on her face but there were no sign of tears in her eyes. She sighed deeply through her nose as Kianna began to softly run the fingers of her left hand through her hair in an effort to comfort her.

Anton remained silent and still as he continued to observe them.

"Poor Fiona..." hummed Kianna as she tucked a strand of Fiona's hair behind her ear "Fiona? Are you still feeling like you're little?"

Fiona was silent for a moment before she quietly grumbled unintelligibly.

"Okay..." smiled Kianna as she continued to run her fingers through her sister's hair "We'll just keep waiting for you then..."

For some time the two dark elves remained this way until finally Fiona raised her head.

"Thank you" she whispered softly as she rested her forehead against Kianna's.

Kianna hummed a response as she smiled at her. They were both still for another moment until Kianna pulled her sister in close and hugged her tightly.

Fiona eased away as her sister loosened her grip. The still unhappy looking dark elf grimaced as she gave Anton a glance before quickly looking away.

Kianna tilted her head downwards and leaned in close as she tried to examine her sister's collar.

"Don't!" mumbled Fiona as she lowered her ears and raised her hand to cover the collar.

"Oh, poor baby!" teased Kianna as she smirked at her embarrassed sister.

Fiona grimaced again as she gripped her collar and gave it a tug. The collar remained locked around her neck even as she raised her other hand and pulled on it in earnest.

"Still can't get it off?" asked Anton.

Fiona doubled her efforts and groaned in frustration as the collar refused to budge.

"No!" she mumbled as she hunched in on herself and let her arms sink into the water "I can't..."

Kianna nodded and settled into a stance that mimicked her sisters.

"We can't take them off" she declared matter-of-factually "Only our Master can take them off"

Both of the dark elves turned and looked at Anton with blank but expectant expressions on their faces.

"...Well now! It looks like it actually worked!" said Anton as his eyes widened "...This could really change a few things!"

"Worked?" asked Kianna as she cocked one of her ears in confusion "What worked?"

"Right..." nodded Anton as he leaned back and settled himself into his chair "It's pretty obvious that you two have no idea... So I guess it's best that we have a discussion about this right away"

"What are you talking about!?" asked Fiona as her brow creased in uncertainty "What don't we have any idea about!?"

"That this should be impossible!" said Anton as he looked back and forth between them "And that you two have just become complete pariahs!"