~Jake
“Who the hell are you?!” I looked at the new guy who entered this place without a problem of even intrusion for the guards who were just sitting around, doing nothing like always. They could give a crap if they wanted to, but even now, if we weren't bothering them, they couldn't care less.
“Forgive my intrusion; I am merely a servent to Giovana. I came only to confirm that none of you were up to anything.” None of us answered. He seemed accustomed to the life here.... If only I could actually move without hurting...
“What are you anyway?” It was the girl with the silver eyes who had perked up with a slight growl. He smelled greatly of bird.... Which made me almost hungry. I could eat this thing in a second if I wanted to... but accounting that he was a halfer, it would be disgusting.
"My name is Sebastien and I am the ill-fated raven.” I still wasn't surprised. He then wanted everybody's names. I could really tell he had accustomed to this life... and he seemed stuck up. If only I could rip out that throat....
Once it came to my turn, I was so tired and just out of it, I almost messed up.
“I’m clem- I mean Jake…” I looked at him coldly. He was just... disgusting. “I’m a lion.” Astonishment flashed across his face. He was probably surprised that a lion got captured. Being off guard, sleeping, and completely injured makes yourself get captured. One thing I hated about being a lion. I couldn't wake up fast enough.
“I would be no more fond to share a cage with the likes of you either. Not to fret, we have separate accommodations but are still trapped within the same prison, mind you. I hope it will be a pleasant eternity with all your company.” That was when I had decided to tune into the conversation.
“We can’t stay here! They’re coming to save us!” In a way, Kallik was right and in a way, she wasn't. Who could actually smell outside of this place? All you smelled was either hunter, halfer, or disgusting food that wouldn't penetrate through my mouth if I tried. I could only really go for raw meat...
“How foolish you all are. Can you not see how vain and hopeless your cause really is? Even if your friends come to rescue you they’ll surely die in the process. It’s like crawling into a spider’s web. Please be logical if there was any chance of escape I surely wouldn’t have spent eight years of my life here. So I’d advise to you don’t act up to Giovana unless you’re that intent on dying and make yourselves comfortable.” He then left, like anybody else in the hell bent place and that's when another guard stepped up as he looked at his pager and then at me. Don't tell me... I was going to suffer that same stupid fate as I heard the girl, I think the black panther, complain about when she got back inside....
"You're coming with me." I growled slightly as I stood up and shook out myself before he opened up the cage, repositioned the collar on my neck which shocked me a little which I was expecting, and then followed him to Giovana's room. I had seen how he had activated the shock in the collar. The last button on the left of my neck... I had to remember that.
I kept on following the guard until we came upon her room. A purple door with a golden shag carpet and a pink bed.... That wasn't hard to remember.
"Yay! You brought the lion! Now leave us," Giovana ordered the guard and I just stood there as the door closed behind me and I could see Sebastien sitting on a stool or perch or something that was near all of the other emotionless halfers sitting beside it. I licked my lips and showed my fangs at the raven as he looked at me and he moved a little. Giovana didn't notice.
"Transform. Now," Giovana demanded and I just stood there, resisting the urge to rip out her throat. No way in hell was I going to-
I was already close to morphing as she pressed a button in her hand that was attached to a small strap and shocked me half the passing out. The other halfers were looking away, knowing they shouldn't look, but I wasn't sure if the raven was looking or not.
A small dribble of blood came from my mouth and I just wiped it off. She wasn't going to get what she wanted. Seven years younger... and yet she was such a-
"So you're a strong kitty, huh? I said, transform," Giovana demanded once again and this time, I did it, just to get it out of the way, but I wasn't expecting her to get up and grabbed me by my mane, which I hated completely, and dragged me over to a huge seating area and I could see out of the corner of my eye, all of the halfers coming over. The bird decided to sit on my shoulder, my good one thank god, and whisper in my ear.
"Don't worry about this. This is nothing compared to some of the other stuff she wants us to do," Sebastien whispered in my ear and I could tell he was being serious instead of the somewhat goofy side I saw earlier. I gave a slight nod and went along with it.
It was a tea party and she had us all sit in a circle and she had us transform back into our human forms and that's what I saw what everybody else looked like. Just emotionless puppets. Who knew how long all of them had been here for?
As we had to drink the disgusting tea, I decided to be polite just so I could find out her weakness and memorize this collar so I could get out of it and help everybody else in the other room.
"Lion, what's your name?" She shocked my collar to get an answer and I looked at her.
"Jake," I told her simply and she frowned and shocked my collar again.
"You're real name. I can tell your hiding it," she demanded and I sighed as I drank another sip of tea.
"Clementine," I told her and Sebastien smirked but he was able to hide it.
"Such a girl's name, don't you think?" I growled and she shocked my neck even further into my skin and I ignored the blood in my mouth and took a napkin and spit my blood into that instead of on her face. I put the napkin in my pocket instead.
"You have such crazy hair. I'll have to teach you manners and how to brush hair," Giovana sighed and I smirked and took a sip of tea.
"Yes, Master Giovana," I answered and she finished the tea but she stopped me and Sebastien.
"Sebastien, escort Clementine back to his cage. You need to tell him the rules," Giovana told me and I frowned and I followed Sebastien and once we got out of the room, he laughed a bit.
"Shut up," I growled and he just smirked.
"That was a good first time with Giovanna. You're lucky you don't have to go into "those" cages. I've also noticed your injured and enduring the pain. How funny. I also can't believe your name is Clementine," What he said was true. I was walking on a broken leg and using my bad arm. That was a lot of pain in itself.
"You're annoying for a raven. By the way, ever had any real fun around here? Play a trick or two?" I asked and Sebastien shook his head.
"I have an idea that could go on tonight as "fun." Want to know how?" Sebastien smiled and leaned in as I whispered a plan. Even if we didn't plan on getting out of here in a while, I'm sure he would go for a plan to have fun. He seemed like a comical type anyways, in my opinion. Have fun, but be serious also.
He just nodded as I went back into the room and put back into the cage. I gave a nod back and he left and I looked at everybody, who was staring at me. I just shook my head and they sighed. I wasn't going to tell them. Not until tonight.
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Did I get Sebastien right? I have a feeling I kind of didn't... ^-^;;;;;; You can come up with the plan if you want, OnlyAMarionette-chan! ^-^;;;
Included in this post:
Jake
Sebastien
Vana
Other halfers
