Hush in The Bush

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“This situation is a bit familiar to me. Do you remember that day when you held my hands behind my back just to keep me calm?” She stated, now being held in the last room near the stairs. Her shoes were taken from her as well as her clothes. She was tied up and she was getting cold by the breeze that was entering from the small window on her back. Her company had been shared with those mops and brooms standing in one corner. She scratched her ankle using her other foot as those mosquitoes contained to bite her.

Both have seen those scars on her back as she delt the welcoming of the New League. It was their tradition to claim a person as their own and the last part of it is to burn her skin with the symbol of a sun and a moon intertwined with each other on her neck. Even so that she got it, her loyalty had remained to Trinity. She had scaled the possibilities in choosing between the organizations.

“Seemed like you’re not spying at all here.” George said in a low tone, leaning his body on the door He’s been holding the knob for too long since they entered. He wanted to make sure that no one would come in their place.

“Why didn’t you take me to the captains?” She nosily asked.

“No. Fortunately, she’s coming here to join us.” Catheryne spoke and sat in front of her, mending time with her by reading a book that she got from the library.

“So, this doctor had influenced you completely in reading those timeworn books.” She commented, trying to make the scenario a little unruffled.

Perhaps, she perceived that she was no longer an ally but a mere threat to them. George and Catheryne is not minding her at all and just let her blabber things just like before. After a while, she heard a familiar whistle from the outside and George had opened it. Their eyes met, but Mildred is the only one who was surprised to see her.

“I didn’t know you would hand me over that easily to a captain.” She offered a joke.

“How’s your neck?” Isabela questioned, referring to the symbol she got.

She moved her head from left to right. “It still stings, but I’m fine if you’re asking.”

“Definitely, I’m not into your current standing. I want to know why you’re exactly here. What is your intention, Mildred?”

“I’m here to take a bomb against someone. Not for New League and definitely not for Trinity. I am doing this for my own sake. And, yes. It’s all about survival since the very start.”

“What do you have to keep yourself alive?”

“Let’s just say…I know where to find the doctor.” She smirked with such poise. She knows how to play. “But first, let me talk to the leader of Ethernals. I know she’s being held here.”

Isabela suddenly stomped on her feet. She could remember how she was humiliated during their fight and somehow she wanted to make her feel the same way by giving the hurt back. Catheryne noticed it, but she had let her do it right. Mildred also needs some beating after letting their comrades suffer in that basement for days.

They told them that they have starved them for two days, barely getting enough water too after cutting those woods in the basement. They have used them for good.

She stomped her more, but Mildred just bit her lip to deal with it. She’s enjoying it deep inside just to see the grudge coming from her. “That hurts, but I’ll let you. You deserve one to hit me also.”

A hand was suddenly placed on her head and slowly pulled her hair. “That’s enough, Isabela. We’re not here to punish her…not this time. We need some answers.”

“She won’t talk unless she gets what she wants.” Isabela spoke

“We’re going to do it. Also, that woman is also keeping something. Let's make these two to open their mouths to speak about it." George shared.

"How are we going to do that?"

"By making her wear this." Isabella opened her bag and took a uniform just like the one being worn by the security. She laid it on Mildred's lap. Before she free her hands, she attached a tracking device to her wrist. It was a bracelet that can only be taken out using a password that only Isabela knows.

"Keep your distance close. You don't want to be chased by our hunting dogs."

"I get it."

She slowly removed the rope around Mildred and let her change her clothes. She asked for her old ones and cupped her pockets to get the paper that has the message for Devian.

It is their perfect chance to go together to the holding room where Devian is resting. It was getting peaceful as their comrades are going to sleep. When Mildred is done, Isabela took her way out and the others have trailed her. Mildred is in between George and Catheryne. They made her wear a cap and a handkerchief wrapped around her nose. They moved in the darkness as they carefully evaded the light to fondle them. She pets her mouth shut and head low. As they passed the others, she attentively listened to everything that she could hear. John and Roswal still haven't appeared yet.

They turned right to use the stairs. There were no words being exchanged with each other as they were pretentious. The observer is around and they still don't know that an eye is hooked on them. Five minutes, they have arrived and Mildred could see the woman sitting on the cold floor, who hadn't eaten the food that was placed on a tray and a cup of water, now being swamped by flies. For the second time around, she gave her a sneer as she was astounded by her.

"Never predicted to see such queen being sealed here."

"Yeah. But I don't need it if it's a compliment."

"It's humiliation, darling."