Legacies of light

-Break-

It hurts, it hurts so bad. My flesh is being ripped to shreds, over and over, it’s never-ending, please someone save me, “SAVE ME!” I shout opening my eyes. When I do I see a young girl in front of me, My head is looking up at her so I notice I am on her lap.

The girl has long and curly dark pink hair, and on her pink hair, she has an accessory; a black and yellow bow.

There is also a light blue and pink heart-shaped tattoo under her left eye. Both her eyes are barely open, so I can’t even make out her eye colour.

But more than anything, her face is beautiful. “Oh, you’re awake, could you get off of me then.”

I am so enamoured that I can barely hear the words she says. Looking up at her I stretch out my hands to touch her face, but using her hand she makes a knuckle and lightly taps me on my face, and then a sudden shockwave spreads through my body.

It is so sudden and painful that I fall off of her lap. When I land on the floor. I start to spit up blood, but she simply gets up and walks away. “What the hell was that for?”

“I simply don’t like being touched by those I see as disgusting.”

“A simple NO would have sufficed.”

“Oh stop complaining I didn’t hit you that hard, and you’re a man so it is not like a delicate flower such as myself could hurt you, or maybe you looking like a little girl is related to how strong you are.”

Staring at her with eyes full of anger I say, “Are you trying to pick a fight.”

Putting her hands in a fighting position she being to bounce step in one place. “Let's see you put your money where your mouth is,” she says.

She is wearing a rather long skirt and tights, so she doesn’t seem like she is in proper fighting attire.

But as I was looking at her, she come directly for my temple with a kick from her right leg, as I go to block suddenly at lighting-fast speed she turns around and the heel of her right leg hits me in my chin from the other side, sending me flying away.

As I land, I cough more blood, she did that strange thing to me again.

“So, I guess the only thing big about you is your mouth, little doggie.”

Looking at her I get up and ready myself. The moment I prepare to strike her, I hear, “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THERE!”

After this voice rings throughout the room, I hear a group of footsteps rush towards us. The girl, in my moment of hesitation, walks over to me, but this time I am on guard, “Come any closer and I will strike you.”

As she walks closer, she grabs my arm and pulls me towards her, so close to her that I start to panic. “You say that, but your actions and expression is a dead giveaway, you're rather enthralled by me,” as she says this she slowly interlocks her fingers with mine.

“N-N-N-No, I am not.”

“I heard your hair colour changes with emotions, so I wonder what the constant switch between pink and blue means.”

“N-N-Nothing.”

As the footsteps get closer, I continue to freak out. I would rather not be seen in this position, but I am unable to lose my grip from her, so as the footsteps get closer all I do is stand there.

But right before the people rushing towards us enter the door, she using her hand pulls my arm that she was holding directly to her face and hits herself sending her flying back.

Then right as someone comes into the room, they see the girl on the floor with me in a punching position.

On the floor, the girl looks up at me with tears in her eyes and says, “Sorry please don’t hit me anymore.”

Over at the door, I see the three freaky people who were drinking with Atalanta. Upon seeing her they rush to her side and say, “Elia what happened?”

“Did this bastard do this to you?”

With her fake tears running down her face she says, “I-I-I was just trying to patch up his wound, when he just turned around a smacked me right in the face. Then when I asked him to stop, he said while sticking out his tongue WE ARE GOING HAVE SOME FUN, then when I tried to get away he hit me again.”

Suddenly I remember words Capti told me.

Seven years ago

As Me and Capti sit down to enjoy a meal he suddenly says, “Orb since you have become eight years old you have finally reached the age where I need to teach you about the ways of the world.”

“Go ahead,” I reply with a bright smile.

“For men like you who aren’t beautiful or rich, pussy doesn’t simply fall into one's lap so if a woman ever does randomly start hitting on you it is probably-.”

Present day.

A set-up. I have been set up. looking at Elia she sticks her tongue out at me.

“Hey you bastard, I don’t care if you saved Iancu or not, you won’t live to see tomorrow,” the giant monstrous-faced man covered in orange scales says.

“But, don’t think that it will a fast death, you’re getting twelve hours of torture before we finish you off,” the woman whose skin is light blue with her long hair wrapped around her body says.

“Oh, let me go first, I will make sure it hurts as much as possible,” the pitch-black man whose right arm socket just radiates darkness says.

“Everyone don’t you think that is a bit much,” Elia says on the floor.

Is she actually not a horrible person?

“Only ten hours of torture will be necessary.”

“YOU BITCH!”

“Right,” they all say in unison jumping at me. As they all come at me Elia is making a face of victory. I am going kill her.

The big one covered in scales charges at me, but using my legacy, I dodge and then I jump up and hit him in the face. As I land on the floor, I am bound by what looks to be shadows.

Looking over at the pitch-black man, I see that his shadows have extended from his missing arm and have bound me. Then I see the blue women's hair extend, and try to grab me.

So I freeze and break the shadows off of me, then I grab the woman’s hair and swing her right into the pitch black man, but then I hear the giant man come from behind me and try to attack, so I dodge again and hit him in the nape of his neck.

As I move away, I yell to them, “YOU IDIOTS JUST BELIEVED HER, DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT BITCH ISN’ T LYING.”

“You don’t get it.”

“Elia isn’t like that.”

“Yes, she is a bitch, but she is a special breed.”

In unison, they all say to me, “SHE IS ONLY A BITCH TO YOUR FACE!”

Suddenly memories arouse in each of them.

The blue woman’s memories

As I sit on my ass and do nothing, while consoling myself with alcohol and food, I see Elia wake in. when she sees me she says, “Ivana, you see this behaviour is exactly why you haven’t accomplished a single goal in your life.”

The pitch-black mans memories

Walking out of a brothel feeling amazing, I wave goodbye to the women and say, “I will be back next time don’t miss me too much honeys.”

When I turn around I am met with a familiar face; Elia was doing grocery shopping and is looking directly at me. “And you wonder why you're broke and single, but if you enjoy being a lonely piece of shit whose only way of getting people to interact with him is through money, go ahead Wadim.”

The giant scaled man memories

As tears fall from my eyes profusely, all I can do is constantly hit the floor in sadness. “WHY, WHY DID SHE CHEAT ON ME, WAS I NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I TOLD HER I LOVED HER EVERY DAY BUT WHY DID SHE GO FOR THE GUY WHO TREATS HER LIKE SHIT.”

Walking into the room and grabbing a chair, Elia uses it to hit me in the face, “SHUT UP, I AM WORKING.” On the ground she proceeds to constantly hit me saying, “DID I NOT TELL YOU NOT TO GO AFTER GIRLS WHO DON’T LIKE YOU BACK, but noooo, someone knew better. You’re in this situation by choice, SO SHUT THE HELL UP GHEORGHE.”

Back to the present

“That was all good advice, but she didn’t have to be such a bitch about it. All you guys are crying just recalling the memories.”

Wiping her tears, Ivana says, “You see, she is a bitch but an upfront one, so if she said you did something to her, we will believe her.”

Wadim says, “Because even if she is a toxic venomous blunt bitch, she isn’t a lying one.”

Gheorghe says, “So where going kick your ass for hurting our friend.”

Holding her hands against her cheeks, Elia says while blushing, “Aww shucks guys, you flatter me so much.”

“SHE DOESN’T EVEN LOOK SAD!”

Suddenly she returns to acting sad with tears falling from her eyes. Oh, I am going to kill her.

“NOW ORB DIE,” they all say in unison charging at me.

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU ALL DOING!”

Hearing this voice all of them stop in an instant. Turning around they all have faces full of fear when they see Avram looking like a demon.

Looking straight up at Avram from the ground. Elia says, “Boss you're looking quite hungry do you need some butterscotch.”

Avaram kicks Elia in the stomach which sends her ricocheting around the room. “Three idiots explain now.”

“RIGHT,” They all say assuming an kneeling poise.

Ivana then says, “He physically assault Elia twice, then tried to force himself on her.”

“OBJECTION!” I SCREAM.

“Ok since I know you three aren’t sharp, I want you to listen to me carefully. So, you're saying this injured man hit Elia twice and she continued to let him live until you arrived.”

Suddenly shock appears on their faces and they say in unison, “YOUR RIGHT!”

Avaram hits all three of them on the head then says, “THINK YOU MORONS!”

Walking over to Elia, he pulls her body by the head up from the ground and says, “Hey Elia are you mad?”

“No, why would you think that?”

“The only reason you would do this is to blow off some steam, so are you mad?”

“No, why would I be mad? It is not like, I started off my day, realizing that Iancu stole all of the food in this house so I haven’t eaten at all today.

And it is not like that, I was the only one working while all the other workers went out to go get drinks at a bar. Then when said co-workers returned, it is not like they were so inebriated that I had to care for them.

Then it is not like, I had to spend time getting a crying weaning dragon, and a drunk redhead sober. And it is not like that drunk redhead tried to assault me, which lead to me fighting for my purity.

Then after all that it is not like I wanted to go out to get something to eat but was stopped before I could get there and was dragged back here to care for the injured son of my boss and two other injured kids.

One of which, let's say a white-headed boy, couldn’t stop screaming, so I had to constantly stay by his side even when he was erratically moving around and hitting my body countless times, and said boy definitely didn’t throw up all over me, yeah he definitely didn’t throw up directly on my face and clothes, and I definitely didn’t just ignore all of that and continue to help the boy even giving him a lap pillow, while still having had zero food.

So since none of that has happened over the last twenty-four hours, why would I have a reason to be angry boss,” As she finishes saying this an evil aura enmanates from her.

“Ok, I see I am very sorry.” Letting go of her he walks to the side of the room and gets a box. “I planned to give you this as a reward for all your good behaviour later down the line, but I guess now is the best time this is-.”

Grabbing the box, she says, “This is one of Basileia artefacts. Only people who have proven themselves to be extraordinarily skilled are allowed to take on the challenge of deciphering the technology in this,” she says while drooling over the box.

“And it is all yours.”

Suddenly she starts to jump from one foot to the other in a completely unflattering style, it completely breaks any composed lady-like presence she had, instead, it is a complete childlike joy at what she had received. But she still looks rather pretty doing this.

“Ok bye boss I will be going,” she says as she quickly tries to walk out of the room.

Grabbing her Avram says, “I still need your help.”

Under her breath, she says, “Employment is just another form of slavery.”

Looking at me he says, “Orb, we need to inform you of some of the stuff that happened while you were out.”

I clench my fist as my heart starts beating erratically with my hair turning pitch black.