Deranged Writer's Afterword

184  The Final Act (2)

“ Aren’t we all being a little too hasty ?”Adam said, making his way out of the crowd.

People whispered amongst themselves as they watched a human interrupt the execution of the dreaded serial killer, Luna had a blank expression on her face,

“ What are you talking about ?'' Leo asked, raising his eyebrows in confusion.

“ I’m no-”, Adam started but got cut off by Augustus,

“ You know what….I don’t care what you want.”, Augustus said walking down, his finger pointed right at Adam, “ Why are you always meddling in our affairs when you’re not even one of us…..we don’t need your help…STOP LOOKING DOWN ON US.”, Augustus was seething inside but his rage wasn’t all directed at Adam.

Augustus always felt inferior to humans, whenever they laughed….he thought they were laughing at him. He felt like a ‘lower’ being….because of his own dreary past with humans.

As Augustus stopped to take a breath, he looked around to find that nobody was clapping or cheering him on as he had hoped, they just stared at him uncomfortably.

“ I’m sorry if I offended you….but I just had to intervene…”, Adam said as Augustus’s heart slowly started to drop.

“ Why?”, one of the people from the crowd shouted trying to move on from their chief’s pathetic display.

“ Hmmmmmmmm…..well as I’m sure you know, I went inside a particular dungeon with Lydia and stayed there for the past few months…I don’t know what they told you but…the real reason why went in was to find Luna Caerus…the real chief.”, Adam said, that grin still plastered all over his face.

Gasps rang out as people learned of the truth.

“ What are you tr-”

“ We went in to find her and we did……come out Luna.”, Adam said, cutting off Augustus.

More gasps rang out as Luna came out of the crowd, that blank expression still evident on her face. Cries and shouts engulfed the area as people called out to her, it had been years since she left them….but how could they ever forget their beloved ruler?

“ After bringing her back, the ‘killer’ came to murder her and that’s how dear Nephyr was caught…

but it’s a bit strange isn’t it ?” Adam moved forward and turned around to face the crowd.

“ How could Nephyr avoid detection….so much…..she’s not some kind of mastermind and she killed people from both villages….how can someone with so little influence and power remain undetected for so long…..unless she had help.”

“ That doesn’t matter….please show the photo.”

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The Blue Finn was an orphanage that was run by both the villages, a place for children with nowhere Whispers of agreement rang out through the crowd as Adam continued,

“ So…I set out to find the truth hidden in plain sight….Adam reached into his sub-space and pulled out a large book, he flipped through the book until he reached a particular page and shoved it into Augustus’s hands.

“ Could you please show everybody…..that photo ?”

Before looking at the contents of the page, Augustus looked at the cover of the book and asked,

“ The Blue Finn records ?”, A frown settled itself into his face as he enquired, “ This should have burned with the orphanage….how do you have this ?”

“ That doesn’t matter….please show the photo.”

The Blue Finn was an orphanage that was run by both the villages, a place for children with nowhere to go, its record was extensive and contained a photo of every child, every year they would also take a group photo.

The page that Adam had taken out had one such group photo.

Augustus took a look at the photo and said,

“ What am I supposed to see her-”, he started but stopped, his eyes widened upon ‘seeing’ the photo.

“ This….impossible….no, this doesn’t mean anything.”, Augustus said, trying to calm himself down.

“ Oh….it’s very possible.”, Adam said, taking the book out of Augustus’s hand and raising it high in the air revealing a photo of a group of children.

“ It didn’t take me long to find Nephyr since she’s standing so close…..to Leo.”

Upon hearing him, silence reigned over the entire village.

Nobody spoke as every single person was staring at a single person.

Leo.

The chief that was supposed to protect them.

“ This doesn’t prove a-anything…”, Augustus scampered around, not knowing what to do.

“ Well….I do have a way to prove if it’s true or not….Miss Luna here can look into his mind and clarify it herself…”

…………

“ T-this is a j-joke right ?”Augustus turned around to face Leo who remained silent.

“ Say something ?”, he urged but Leo abruptly turned to face Nephyr.

………

“ Papa ?”, she whispered in a low voice.

“ It’s going to be fine….I’ll take care of this.”, Leo said, a warm smile radiating from his face as he caressed her face.

Nephyr’s heart relaxed since ‘papa’ seemed to have a plan.

Yeah…

Papa always had a plan.

It’s going to be fine.

Yeah…it’s….going….to…be…fine.

Nephyr frowned as the pressure exerted by Leo’s hand slowly increased over time.

……..

…….

“ Papa…it h-hur-”

‘SPLAT’

Leo’s indifferent expression didn’t falter as blood and brain mush sprayed across his face soaking him in blood.

As he turned around and faced the crowd, nobody moved an inch…it wasn’t that they didn’t want to move….they couldn’t.

Adam and Leo stared at each other, their expressions not faltering one bit.

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A Lioness whined quietly, it was alone in a damp cage, some hay had been left in one corner and a bucket of water was also kept. The Lioness appeared to be malnourished as its body was extremely thin except for her belly….there was a small bulge making its way out of her body,

It was giving birth.

After a few minutes, a small lion cub covered in blood and other fluids started crying, but the mother didn’t move as her heart had stopped when her son was born.

The child was born into the embrace of death and it wasn’t going to leave him anytime soon.

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A/N: PS GOAL: 100

LET’S GOOOOO…

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