Chronicles of Eden - Act V (53 page)

“Wait a moment, sister,” Astreal said holding a hand up. Apoch looked to her curiously as her sister eyed the neko with a slick smile. “Perhaps we could hire you to do something for us. We would of course pay you greatly for your time and trouble, if you are interested.”

“I’m listening,” Tabitha said kneeling before the witch.

“There are two things you could do that would be much appreciated by our alpha,” Astreal explained while holding a finger to her chin. “This swordsman is sure to find more of these relics, he has a knack for it. Of course when he does if you could sneak it away from him into our hands instead that would be terrific.”

“You want me to snatch them out of his grasp before he gets a hold of them,” Tabitha chuckled with a nod. “I could do that. And I assure you I won’t touch him at all in doing so, he won’t even know I’m around.”

“Good, then there is another task I have for you,” Astreal continued with sudden discontent. “There are other monsters that travel with him, all seeming to be his loyal bitches and have an eye on him I’m sure. Make certain
none
of those unworthy girls lay a hand on him.”

“Your leader wants him all to herself, huh?” Tabitha questioned.

“Yes, and my alpha shall have just that,” Astreal answered. “Make sure we get every artifact they find first, and also make sure that none of those girls touch what belongs to my alpha. If you keep them all away from him and make sure he remains a virgin for Ms. Charlotte I’ll give you a
hefty
bonus for your trouble.”

“He’s a virgin?” Tabitha asked with a smirk.

“Yes, and he will remain that way until Ms. Charlotte gets her hands on him.”

“So you want me to kill the other girls then?” Tabitha asked with a shrug. “Seems like the easiest way of getting them to leave him alone.”

“If you must then you must,” Astreal reasoned with a smirk. “We don’t care if they live or die; just that they keep their hands off of what belongs to Ms. Charlotte.”

The twins approached then leaned closer to Tabitha on either side of her head, gently petting her behind her ears while they had slick smiles on their faces.

“Do this for us and you shall be one rich neko,” Astreal whispered, with Tabitha purring in anticipation.

“Fail us and Ms. Charlotte will have a new fur rug for her study,” Apoch hissed, with Tabitha then looking at them with a nervous smile as the witches backed up while watching her sharply.

“For the gold you are promising me I will not fail,” Tabitha assured them. “I’ll steal away every artifact he comes across and I’ll also make sure nobody but your boss gets close to him.”

“Good, then be off,” Apoch ordered pointing to the door.

“We’ll be watching you,” Astreal mentioned.

Tabitha nodded as she rolled up the picture of Daemon then quickly trotted out of the tavern, going through the door and past a smoking corpse that was slumped over the rope railing of the bridge outside and the guard who watched her go with a small grunt. The neko nimbly ran along the bridge over the marsh while having a sly smirk on her face and a swiftly wagging tail.

“Finally, this is going to be the biggest score for me yet.”

*****

Sitting by the river flowing near their campsite Specca and Squeak were washing a few plates and cups in the clear flowing water while Alyssa was standing behind them with her eyes watching something with frustration. She watched as Pip was flying around in circles with Complica and Luna chasing after her on foot, the two butterflies laughing and playing with the fairy as the three were enjoying their time together after they all had breakfast together.

“Are you still upset about Falla and Luna getting a little closer to Daniel, Alyssa?” Specca asked as she and Squeak looked over to the witch.

“I let them kiss him without killing them,” Alyssa grumbled. “I’m trying to give them a chance, aren’t I?”

“They’re not that bad, Alyssa. We don’t mind having them be closer with us,” Specca reasoned with a shrug.

“You two just want them around because they got you off, don’t you?” Alyssa said glancing back to them.

“No,” Specca defended looking down with a blush while Squeak glanced down and away and shook her head a little. “But I do feel a little closer to them aside from that event. They have been nice with us and respectful of our space with Daniel. And Luna does make me smile and laugh every now and then.”

“Luna’s an idiot,” Alyssa said shaking her head.

“Alyssa, you can’t lie and say you don’t feel any closer to them at all.”

“I don’t feel any closer to them at all,” Alyssa insisted looking back to seeing Luna running merrily around with Complica as they chased the giggling fairy. “Luna is not right in the head and Falla won’t keep her snide remarks to herself.”

“We’re not that bad, are we?” Falla asked from above. The girls looked up to see the butterfly sitting on a tree branch with her wings fluttering once behind her. “C’mon, you like us and you know it.”

“I liked it a lot better when it was just us and Daniel,” Alyssa said looking over to seeing Daniel sitting on the seat of the caravan with Triska while the two were talking to Kroanette, the centaur timidly speaking to the two while Triska watched with amusement at seeing the centaur becoming very tame around her now. “Not when all of you kept tagging along for the ride. We just needed to speak to your rulers about his beliefs, not have you join us at all.”

“We’re offering to help Daniel with his quest,” Falla reasoned as she hopped off the branch and fluttered down next to the witch. “I agreed to bring everyone here to speak to my monarch all for him.”

“You didn’t really believe in Daniel or his quest, you just wanted to sneak into bed with him at some point with your sister.”

“Hey,” Falla snapped at her with hands set at her hips. “I’ll admit I’ve been understandably skeptical of Daniel’s goal in the past, I mean he is doing what no other human in the world dreamed of doing, but I do believe in him now just like all of you. And my sister wanted to come with him because she’s nuts for the guy. I mean she’s nuts all the time, but she really likes Daniel for who he is, not because he’s a male.”

“Whatever,” Alyssa scoffed as she walked away past her. “Just don’t get any ideas about Daniel yet, you’re not allowed to have him like we can.”

Falla sighed and glanced to Specca and Squeak as the two gathered the dishes and stood up together.

“Don’t let her anger you, Falla,” Specca gently said as they walked over to her. “She’s always been very possessive of Daniel. Even before he picked her as a mate she would never let anyone else get too close to him without giving them trouble.”

“How come you two are okay with me and my sister being with him?” Falla asked as they all started walking back towards the caravan together. “I’m glad you are, I just don’t understand why.”

“We’re used to sharing him with those we care a lot about,” Specca reasoned with a shrug. “We chose to all be his mates together because we didn’t want to lose one another. Not even Alyssa wanted to have Daniel all to herself if it meant losing us in the process. This was the only way we could stay together and also have the mate we loved.”

“But how come you’re okay with me loving him too?” Falla asked looking at her.

“Because Daniel loves you,” Specca replied with a glance to her. “He would be sad if he lost you. And to be honest so would we.”

“I get the feeling Alyssa wouldn’t be.”

“I bet she would be, although she may not admit it. The rest of us however feel a little closer to you, Falla, you and your sister. We don’t want to lose you just as Daniel doesn’t, so this arrangement is worth a try with us.”

Falla nodded slowly then glanced between the girls curiously.

“And that has nothing to do with what me and Luna did with you two last night?”

“Of course not,” Specca quickly insisted with a blush. “What happened then was out of all of our control. We’re not basing our decision to let you join us on that at all.”

Squeak nodded and squeaked while glancing away timidly while Specca’s tail wiggled behind her briefly. Falla looked between the two then ahead with a thoughtful expression as she walked ahead of the girls.

“Okay, just checking. Because I did speak with Luna about it, and we agreed that if it would help us get closer to Daniel in this hierarchy thing we would both eat the whore out of you two if you asked.” After a few more steps she stopped and glanced back to seeing Specca and Squeak standing still while staring at her with wide eyes and deep blushes on their faces.

“You… would?” Specca asked softly.

“We’ll do anything to be closer to Daniel and his mates,” Falla said with a wink before walking off again. Specca glanced down to her skirt then to Squeak as the ant girl was watching Falla with wonder. The two then slowly walked towards the caravan while questioning what they heard.

Pip zipped around in the clearing with Complica giddily chasing her and Luna laughing as she too tried her hand at catching the agile fairy. The tiny monster flew around in a blue blur, weaving around tall patches of grass and flowers, racing through a few peepholes in trees and back out others, darting around the two girls between their legs and around their shoulders, before she soared over and dived headfirst into Kroanette’s bosom. The centaur squealed while Daniel and Triska watched with weak smiles, seeing Kroanette scampering about before Pip popped her head out between her large mounds and giggled at Luna and Complica who raced up to them.

“I’m safe in my home, hee hee!” Pip cheered before ducking back down out of sight.

“Why must you keep going in there?” Kroanette cried out at the hidden fairy.

“Boobies!” was the muffled reply from within her breasts.

“She’s so silly,” Complica giggled while hopping up and down.

“She’s something alright,” Triska agreed with a nod.

Daniel chuckled in amusement while Kroanette tried not to lose her patience with the fairy then showed a curious smile.

“Say, Pip?” he asked, with the fairy popping her head back up to smile at him. “You never said where you went this morning. What was it you were doing before we all woke up?”

“I told you, I made them go away, Daniel,” Pip happily said.

“Made who go away?” Triska asked as the other girls all gathered around.

“What are we talking about?” Specca asked as she and Squeak were the last to come closer.

“Pip went somewhere this morning to make someone go away,” Luna said with a shrug.

“What does that mean?” Falla asked.

“Pip, what are you talking about?” Daniel asked as the fairy hopped out of Kroanette’s breasts and fluttered in the air before the group. “What did you do?”

“I made the swarm go away!” Pip cheered.

Everyone looked at her with puzzlement from that. After a while she looked around to seeing all eyes just staring at her in silence. Slowly Kroanette showed a nervous smile.

“What about the swarm?” she carefully asked.

“I made them all go away.”

“Go away?” Triska repeated.

“Yep, all of them.”

Squeak squeaked at her with confusion and shook her head.

“…what?”

“We don’t understand, Pip,” Specca said cautiously. “What do you mean you made them go away? What did you do?”

“I got rid of all the swarm near here!” Pip cheered with a giggle, with everyone looking at her with surprise from that.

“You did?” Daniel asked curiously.

“Yeah, now they can’t hurt you anymore. Did I do good, Daniel? Do you love more now? Do you?”

Daniel watched her hovering in the air before him with confusion before he glanced around at the girls, all of them staring at the fairy with wonder as she giggled to herself with a smile on her face.

“What is she talking about?” Luna asked.

“Wow, she made all those bad monsters go away?” Complica asked with a big smile.

“Pip, how did you do that?” Daniel asked.

“The entire village of Rackleholm was infested with those things,” Triska mentioned. “How could you make them all go away?”

“With my magic, silly,” Pip giggled.

“Did you teleport all of them away from here?” Specca asked in disbelief.

“Teleport them?” Pip asked. “No, I didn’t teleport them anywhere. I didn’t want to send such bad monsters anywhere else. They would hurt others if I did.”

“Then how did you get rid of them?” Triska asked shaking her head.

“I blew them all up!” Pip cheered, with the group looking at her with shock as she fluttered around in circles. “They all went boom! Hee hee!”

Everyone stared at her in surprise of what they heard before looking to Daniel, his eyes locked onto the fairy as she merrily flew around laughing before she faced him with a cute smile.

“Pip,” he said slowly shaking his head. “What did you do?”

Pip giggled and tilted her head as everyone watched her with growing concern.

*****

Under the night sky the village of Rackleholm was once again silent while nestled in its peaceful forest valley. The swarm that infested the town had returned to their dormant state, with the monsters hanging from the walls and roofs of the buildings while also hugging the streets all throughout their home. The monsters retained their wide smiles as they quietly hissed in their sleep, eyes closed and wings tucked back over their bodies while they were as ridged as stone in their nocturnal positions.

In the sky a blue light streaked across the quiet village before flying down and into a court in the middle of the infested town. A few swarm around the light twitched slightly while keeping their eyes closed as Pip gently touched down on the ground, the fairy slowly looking around at seeing the large ravenous monsters sleeping all throughout the streets.

“You won’t hurt my boobies again,” Pip quietly scolded while her wings gave off a blue light that shifted to a golden hue. One of the swarm near her opened its eye suddenly which quickly snapped to attention on the tiny fairy. Pip looked to it with a blank expression as she held one hand up with a finger pointed out, the golden light glowing brightly around her while she cocked her head slightly to the side.