Guilty x Creatures Ch. 41

Taken aback, Mica blinked as she tightened her grip on her knife.

"...That's what I thought. These girls let you go and of course this is how you respond. You instantly turn around and try to kill again." said Anton as the ethereal flames reappeared in the palms of his hands "You're just a murderous little monster that's as predictable as the rest. Oh well. This was a good lesson for them. And now, I'm going to teach you your own lesson. I'll need to make this quick though, so I can get back to work on solving the rest of the problems you've created."

Mica involuntarily cringed back from the flames, but rather than moving to avoid them entirely. She instead took her knife in one hand and stretched her other arm out to block the dark elves behind her.

Anton couldn't help but to hesitate in surprise as the kiochi, still refusing to abandon her place in front of the dark elves, spread her wings back out to their fullest and readied herself to fight.

"Wait! Wait!" cried Kianna as she wrapped her arms around Mica's neck and shoulders "Don't hurt her! Please!"

"Just hold on! She's just stupid!" exclaimed Fiona as she put an arm out across Mica's front and pulled her back and away from Anton "You don't have to do this!"

"What are you doing!?" shouted Mica as she tried to pull away from the dark elves surprisingly strong holds "Get off me! Let me go!"

"Girls! Get away from her!" roared Anton "She is going to stab you!"

Mica continued to struggle as the dark elves blinked in confusion and glanced at each other.

"What?" questioned Kianna as she turned back to Anton "No, she's not?"

"It's fine. This stupid little bitch isn't gonna hurt us." mumbled Fiona "Watch."

"Ow! Ow! Stop it!" screamed Mica as Fiona began to forcefully yank on and then twist her ear.

"See. She's not going to do anything." mocked Fiona as she grinned down at the glaring kiochi and then flicked her on the nose.

"Bitch!" snapped Mica as she brandished her knife "I will fucking stab you!"

"You do and you will regret it!" threatened Anton as he level his palm at her head "Get away from her Fiona! She is going to hurt you!"

"She's not though!" claimed Fiona "Look at her! She's not trying to hurt us!"

"Only because she knows that if she does I will incinerate her head!" exclaimed Anton "Now will you both, please! Stop messing around, and move away from the armed assassin!"

Fiona and Kianna went still for a moment before slowly looking at each other.

"Argh! We can't!" whined Kianna as she tightened her hold on the kiochi "Look! You don't understand! Mica is an idiot. But she's not gonna hurt us, okay! Or try to kill you again. She's done! And, really, she's not actually like that at all!"

"...What are you talking about, Kianna? She's exactly like that! She just tried to kill me again as soon as I stepped into the room!" stated Anton as he locked eyes with the kiochi "And she's not going to stop trying until her mission is over."

"What? No, she... Wait, did you really do that!?" questioned Kianna as she looked down at the kiochi.

"...Um, kinda." muttered Mica as she grimaced and looked away "It's not what you think though!"

"Seriously!? Dammit to Hell, Mica! You promised you wouldn't try that again!" roared Fiona.

"No I didn't!" cried Mica as she pointed her knife at Anton "I never said I wouldn't kill this motherfucker!"

"Bad Mica! Bad! Bad! Bad! Bad!" chastised Kianna as she brought her hand down and chopped the kiochi on top of her head over and over again "Stop pointing your knife at him!"

"Ow! Dammit! Stop hitting me!" growled Mica.

"Then stop trying to kill our Master!" exclaimed Kianna "Do you want to end up getting punished again!"

"Oh, I'm afraid we're long past that point, Kianna." said Anton as the flames at his hands flared angrily "As it is, I've already got more than enough reasons to punish her..."

The eyes of the dark elves and the kiochi all went wide at the sight of the growing, golden fires.

"Though, thinking about it... Searing off the first few layers of her flesh may be a bit too severe for a first time punishment... And I'd rather not waste a radiant potion on repairing her if I don't have to..." mused Anton as he narrowed his eyes at Mica "So instead... Maybe I'll just waterboard her a little..."

"...You! Wha, what!?" croaked Mica.

"Yes, that should work well actually. It's a nice, solid form of torture that doesn't actually generate any real damage. And it's also something I can multi-task with. So really it's just perfect." reasoned Anton as he continued to eye Mica "Then again... I do have these flames ready... Be a shame to waste them..."

Tightening her grip on her knife, Mica made a small sound in the back of her throat as she stared at the dancing flames.

"No! Hold on! You can't do that!" whimpered Kianna as she pulled Mica in closer and hugged the kiochi to herself.

"Yeah! Just, wait a second!" exclaimed Fiona as she put her hands up "This, this is all our fault! Okay! We're the one's who let her go! She wouldn't have done any of this if we didn't let her out!"

"That, that's right! We're the one's who were supposed to watch her! And we let her out!" nodded Kianna.

"See! It's all our fault! So you can't punish her! If you're going to be mad at anybody, than be mad at us! You can't just punish her for what we did! Not unless you're going to punish us too!" declared Fiona "Right, Kianna!"

"Right! That's... Uh! W-wait!" stammered Kianna as she blinked in uncertainty and turned back to her sister "Hold on?...We what now!?"

"It's only fair!" stated Fiona as she locked eyes with her sister "He can't just punish Mica because we were the one's who let her go! So we're the one's at fault here!...Right, Kianna!?"

Staring back at Fiona for a moment, Kianna's shoulders slumped in defeat and with a frustrated sigh she nodded her head.

"Yeah... We did it..." she mumbled "We let her go..."

"Right! So there you go!" cried Fiona as she turned back to Anton and stood up straight "If you're going to punish Mica! Then you're going to have to punish us too!"

"Okay." nodded Anton "That sounds fine to me."

The dark elves both went still for a long moment as they stared back at him.

"...So? Wait? Are you saying, okay, you're not going to punish her?" asked Fiona as her expression became hopeful.

"No, of course not. I'm saying, okay, I agree with punishing you two as well." said Anton "Even with setting my anger at Mica aside, I'm still absolutely furious with the both of you. And I was already planning on punishing you both for betraying my trust in you, and risking your lives by setting Mica free. I honestly can't even believe you two would so foolishly put yourselves in mortal danger like that. It really is just mind boggling. And I am going to make sure that you two know better than to ever make another very poor decision like this again. You two are both going to learn to think twice from this mistake. And I do guarantee that."

"...Oh." gulped both of the dark elves in unison as they slowly flattened their ears back behind their heads.

"And since I am a bit pressed for time today. What with all the phone calls I have to make... This idea of just punishing all three of you together actually works out better for me." continued Anton as he closed his fist and dispelled the flames in his hand "So then. I think it's best if we just begin this immediately. That way we can be done with it."

"...Wha, wait! What are you gonna do to us!?" exclaimed Fiona as her ears pointed themselves straight upwards in panic.

"I already told you. I'm going to waterboard you." repeated Anton "For you two it should be an intense, though fairly painless experience. Yet one that you will definitely not enjoy. For Mica however, as an Infernal, it'll be a true torture in every way. And as it is also something I can do to you while I'm on the phone, it will, as I've said already, work out just perfectly for me."

The two dark elves faces went several shades lighter in color as they looked at each other.

"Wait! Are you being serious about this!? Are you really gonna waterboard us" cried Fiona as she and Kianna both turned back to Anton.

"Yes." said Anton in a nonchalant tone "Unless of course you can give me a really good reason why I shouldn't?"

"Pfft! I got your reason right here!" exclaimed Mica as she pulled away from a now distracted Kianna.

Everyone's eyes fell to her as she smiled viciously and pointed her knife up at Anton.

"There are 3 of us and only 1 of you!" mocked Mica "So you even try anything like that and we'll take you down like the motherfucker you are!"

"Oh, really now..." nodded Anton as he looked up at the dark elves "And do you two agree with this?"

"Hell no! Don't listen to her! She's crazy!" cried Fiona as she looked from Mica to him and back "Shut the Hell up, Mica!"

"What, no! We can win this!" cried Mica "Listen! If we team up we can totally take him down! You two just need to make him afraid of you, and then I'll take him out! It'll be easy!"

"Oh! Well now! That's actually not a bad plan." nodded Anton "I for one, am certainly interested in seeing how well it's going to work out."

The dark elves both went stiff as they looked back up at him.

Anton wore a small, amused looking smile on his face as he tilted his head to the side and cracked his neck in a seemingly menacing manner.

"...Oh! Fuck this!" exclaimed Fiona as she reached out and grabbed hold of Mica by wrapped one arm around her neck and clamped her other hand over the surprised kiochi's mouth "Shut up, shut up you little idiot!"

Mica immediately began to struggle and flap her wings wildly as she was pulled in and held clutched against Fiona's chest.

Anton stared at the struggling duo for a moment before shifting his gaze over to Kianna.

The miserable looking dark elf immediately hunched in on herself as their eyes met.

"You know, you really need to stop letting your sister talk you into things." said Anton in a calm tone as he gave her a soft smile "Now, did you have anything else to say for yourself? Maybe some explanation for your poor decisions?...Or perhaps you'd like to tell me why you decided to change your mind about Mica?"

Kianna tightened her ears together behind her head as she grimaced and glanced at the kiochi.

"I, I didn't really change my mind. I just... You don't understand! Mica is... She's, she's really confused. She's stupid too! Which is what makes this so much harder! But she's not, really... evil? Well, she is! But not like, actually evil. And I helped her because... Because I think, maybe, I shouldn't have done... Argh! I don't think I should have hurt her as bad as I did last night! Okay! I was angry, and I was too rough with her, she doesn't really deserve this..." explained Kianna as her expression became laced with sorrow and regret "You really don't understand! She really is confused right now! Like seriously confused! I don't even know if she understands why she's even still here! I really don't think she does!"

"...I'm not sure why you seem to think she's so confused, Kianna?" said Anton as he raised an eyebrow and looked over at the kiochi "Her motivations seem pretty easy to understand. She wants to complete her mission, by killing me."

"No! Kianna's right! You don't get it! Mica never really wanted to kill you! Like you personally! Or anybody!" exclaimed Fiona as she fought to hold the kiochi in place "All she wants is for her family to accept her! So she can be one of them! And she thought she had to kill somebody to do this! But she knows she was wrong! And she is sorry! Right, Mica!? You're sorry, aren't you!?"

"Fuck no!" cried Mica as her mouth was released and she looked back over her shoulder to glare at the dark elf.

"See, she-! Why you little shit! Yes you are!" exclaimed Fiona as she began to rapidly smack the back of the kiochi's head with her now free hand "Now say it! Say you're sorry!"

"Stop it!" cried Mica as she tried to beat the dark elf away by slapping at her with her wings "No! I'm not sorry!"

"Dammit! Mica! Just tell him you're sorry!" exclaimed Fiona as she continued to smack the kiochi whilst throwing her head back in an effort to avoid being slapped by her flapping wings "Just say it!"

"No! Never!" shouted Mica as she tried to duck her head away from the dark elf's assault.

After watching the duo's antics for a moment, Anton began to slowly shake his head.

"You know, Mica. The girls are tying very hard to argue on your behalf. And honestly, I'm still not sure why?" said Anton as he folded his arms back over his chest and gave the kiochi a thoughtful look "You don't seem to be too interested in helping their case. And yet they still insist that there is more to you than what I'm seeing... I just don't know if I can believe that though..."

"I don't give a crap what you believe!" declared Mica as she shifted her glare to him "And I don't know why they do either! When all you're going to do is sell them! You heartless fuck!"

"...What? Excuse me?" questioned Anton as his face shifted to a look of surprise "What did you say?"

"I said you're a heartless fuck!" cried Mica "And you are! These two are sisters, and they love each other, and they need each other! And you wanna separate them! You ass! But I won't let you do it! You come anywhere near these elves again and I'll slaughter you!"

Blinking in surprise, both Fiona and Kianna were taken aback as they looked down at the kiochi who was now openly defending them.

"They let me go and tried to save me because they know they can't save themselves! They know they can't trust you. They know they're fucked! But none of that matters anymore... " growled Mica as her face hardened in determination and she leveled her knife back at Anton "Because I won't let you touch them. And if you even try to, then I swear. I. Will. Kill you!"