šUNEXPECTED EMOTIONSš
(Tales of Meteor City)
**CHAPTER ELEVEN**
By, Naomi Cindy B
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“Aaaaarrrrhg!” Eragon’s cries of agony filled the whole palace
“She’s at it again, my cruel fate is not allowing me to stand from this be-d, is she really right?, Am I gonna die on this be-d?” Emperor Jin wondered bitterly..
Lillie kept ban-ging on her door
“eomma jebbal!(mum plea-se!), He’ll die if you should continue like this!” Lillie yelled, hitting her hand on her door as her tears flew
It’s like she’s the one they’re beating as she listened to his cries
Eragon endured everything though it’s a taste of hell, large taste of hell but he did it
For over an hour, the beating continued till the two hundred canes broke completely
That’s when the guards took his almost lifeless bĀ©dy into the dungeon
He was thrown down and he went unconscious immediately…
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The sound of running water woke Eleven up from his sleep
He actually pas-sed out immediately he landed
“Where am I?” He wondered, standing up gently
Clothes from nowhere landed on his face
He looked ahead and saw a n-ked guy in front of him
His eyes c@mĀ£ wi-de
“Hold them for me, I nee-d to use the bathroom” the drun!kguy said and also threw Snickers at him before entering the bathroom, staggering drun!kenly
Eleven looked at the clothes he threw
“Is this what they wear here?” He said, looking from his robe to the clothes with him
He waited for almost an hour for the guy to come out but he didn’t
He c@mĀ£ out of the place and his ears caught the loud sound of music, mixed with shouts and noises
“Where am I?’ he asked himself
He unknowingly bu-mped into a door and it opened
He fell in and c@mĀ£ face to face with a mirror
“My gosh!” He exclaimed when he saw his face… it’s different now
So different,….
He smiled, tou-ching it
“So far it’s still as handsome as my former face, I’m cool with it” he said
” Oh!, And my hair, it’s short now” he said, tou-ching it
Someone bur-sted into the room which is actually a washroom.. it’s a guy
He started laughing when he saw Eleven
“What in the Humpty Dumpty are you wearing?, Ancient times robe?, Are you serious right now?, How primitive, just like a caveman” the guy said mockingly, washing his hands
He later left the room, still laughing at him
Eleven looked at himself again
“They really don’t wear this here” he said
He looked at the clothes that’s with him
The one the drun!kguy threw at him…
He heaved an heavy sigh before deciding to change into it…
He took off his robe and changed into the white shi-t, jean trou-sers and black leather jacket…he wore the snickers too…
He checked out himself in the mirror
“Cool, it’s not bad” he thought and smiled at his new appearance
Something popped up in his memory
“Wait!, What if iris’s face changed too, oh God!, What to do” he lamented frustratedly
“oh, the mirror” he said and took the mirror out of the robe he took off
He smiled at the mirror
“I’ll find her with this” he said
He held the mirror and left the room
He walked throu-gh the long corridor, pas-sing by men and guys who look dangerous till he got to a very evasive, big room
People are gambling and betting with money on every table
“Whoa!, Some men do this in Meteor too, gambling” he said, entering the crowd…
He walked from one table to another…
He got to a p@rticular table and his spirit told him a p@rticular one will be the real deal
“Open this, it’s the one with the Dice” he said
They all turned to him…
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” She’s interesting I swear” Isla said, walking out of the clas-s with Cole and Diamond after the first lecture
“She’s so interesting but… doesn’t she look strange?” Cole said
Diamond hit him to distract him
” Strange my foot, so I’m not coming with you guys to the karaoke today, I’m going shopping with Iris” Diamond said
” There’ll be no one to pl@ythe guitar for us” Cole said, holding her hand
She took her hand from him and sm-irked
“Isla will pla-y” she said
“You can listen to a dog’s bark instead of listening to me pla-ying guitar” Isla replied and they all laughed
“and on a more serious note, I think you should redo the guitar concert, Kingston Won’t fvĀ¢k up this time around, I really want to see you pla-ying again” Cole said
” Mr Man, I really don’t want to pl@yguitar again, but I might still pl@yit anytime I get inspired again, but for now…my inspiration has….
“Gone down the drain” Isla said, completing the statement
Diamond laughed out loud
” It’s unfair” Cole said, pouting
By now they’re at the libr@ry, sitting round a table
“StĀ©p all talks about guitar, let’s talk about our previous clas-s, how is it?” Diamond said
” Boring as usual, a boring lecturer teaching a boring course, I wouldn’t want to ask for more” Isla replied
” Of course you wouldn’t” Cole replied and they all laughed out loud
“Diamond!, Isla!, Cole!” The libr@rian said
They kept quiet
“So any news about your sickness?” Cole whispered
“I’m not sick” Diamond replied
“You keep saying that, how can you say you’re not sick when you keep…
“Fainting and bleeding from the nose almost every week” Cole said, finishing the statement…
“I’m really not sick, maybe it’s just my state of health, you heard it when Carson said nothing is wrong with me medically” she replied seriously
” Yes but isn’t it a little bit confusing and Strange?, Nothing is Wrong With you and yet you keep fainting and bleeding” Cole said
” I think I’ll be the one to create a name for her sickness” Isla said
“Let’s hear about it” Diamond said
“faintbleeding* she said and Diamond giggled
*So stĀ©p saying you’re ok, you’re not” Isla said and Cole hit her
” StĀ©p trying to agitate my Diamond” Cole said
“I’m not your Diamond* Diamond replied, rolling eyes at him
Isla giggled again…
Cole tried to pe-ck her but she backed off
“Just a pe-ck” Cole said
*Not even a chance” Diamond replied, standing up
” Going to where?” Isla asked
“Our next clas-s” she replied, getting out alre-ady
“Wait for us!” Cole shouted after her
They quic-kly rushed out of the libr@ry before the libr@rian will call names again…
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“That was a nice one as usual” big boss said as Hazel finished her song practice
” Thanks” she said curtly, her manager cleaning her face with a face towel
“When are we dropping this?, When should we tell the fans?” Big boss said
“Next month, I’ll decide on the d@tĀ£ later today, I’ll sĀ£nd you an email” she replied
“sure, but Hazel… bit-chy savages has been asking for a collaboration with you and you haven’t given any answer” her manager said
She took the face towel from her and stared into space
“I don’t want to, I’ll never collaborate with any singer,I like my things done myself, including this singing of a thing…. excuse me” Hazel replied and left the studio
” She’s so cold and secretive” her manager muttered
Hazel got to her car and picked her phone
She checked the various messages she sĀ£nt to Kingston, none of it is replied…
“I wish I hadn’t agreed to the contract last year, how can I not be able to get him off my head?, Kingston what did you do to me?, Others might hate his frankness but to me that frankness is what I like most in him, it adds to his handsomeness… Kingston why are you not talking to me, why are you doing this to me!, Why!” She ban-ged her fist at the steering in frustration…
“But I’ll never give up, I’ll keep trying and if any bit-ch tries to get near him, I’ll expell her from the world” she said seriously….
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“Mr Frankie” Iris called, still sitting on the chair she has been sitting on since they got to the casino
They’ve been in his office since and hadn’t gone out to the game room
“That’s not my name” Kingston replied
“Ok Mr King” she replied
Kingston faced her
” That’s not my name either” he replied
“But it’s the short for Kingston” she replied
“Ion care, so far it’s not my name, call me Kingston” he replied
“How boring, ok Kingston,I didn’t come here to sit like this,I thought I’ll be able to set some bastards Straight,I can’t sit here like this” she said
” Is that so ha-rd to do?” Kingston said,not looking at her
“Sure” she replied, standing up
“I’ve walked round this office for more than twenty times today, and I’ve sat here all my life, let’s go to the game room” she said, standing beside him
“no, it’s not time to visit there yet” he replied
“But I want to go now plea-se” she said , pouting
“I make the rules here, remember that” Kingston said
Iris bent down to his sitting height, her face right in front of him
“plea-se, huh?” She said, pouting again
Kingston had to close his eyes
“Take your face away” he said, not wanting to look at the temptingl-ips again
“No, tell me we’ll go now” she said, holding his hand on the table
He re-moved his hand from her grip, still closing his eyes
“Iris!” He said
“Yes?” She replied, smiling and staring at his face as he closed his eyes still
“Ok, we’re going now, can you take your face off my face” he said
” Better” she replied, rising up…
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*Whoa!, He’s handsome!* The ladies with the gamblers gushed as they saw Eleven
“What do you know?” One of the men asked
“Just open that one, it contains the dice” he replied again
The man looked at the cu-p Eleven is pointing at
He inhaled ha-rd before opening it
Surprisingly it contains the dice
“Holy hell!” The man exclaimed, putting the money on the table inside his bag
It’s a whole lot of money
The other man got angry and gr@bbĀ£d Eleven by the collar
“You have no right!, To tell my opponent what to do” he spat and landed a punch on Eleven’s face
The man who won tried to stĀ©p him but he punched him too and he staggered
Everyone stĀ©pped to watch the prevailing fight
“I was just helping” Eleven said effortlessly
“Then you should have told me instead!” The man said and made to punch him again but someone held his fist
Eleven looked behind the man and there stood the most beautiful girl he has ever seen, as beautiful as Iris…
She held the man’s fist daringly and smiled
“This is a casino,not a fighting arena,but since you really want to fight, let’s pl@ya little” Iris said and raised her leg, she kicked the man in the face and he fell, staggering on Eleven
The mirror with him fell and he bent down to search for it
He found it and inhaled softly, standing up and cleaning it with his shi-t
“Are you ok?” Iris asked, standing in front of him
He felt an air of familiarity as he stared at her but the air of familiarity that Kingston felt immediately he saw Eleven is greater
“She can’t possibly be her?, Maybe her face changed to this, yes?” Eleven thought
Kingston is actually sitting and watching
“Yes I’m ok, since I found this” Eleven replied, pointing up the mirror
Iris eyes almost popped out
“My mirror!” She said, snatching it from him
“Who are you?” Eleven asked calmly
“Iris, that’s my name, what are you doing with my mirror?” She said, hvgging the mirror on her che-st
Eleven smiled wi-dely and almost cried
“It’s Eleven standing right in front of you” he said, smiling and crying at the same time
Kingston stood as his heart missed several beats
“Eleven?” He muttered silently, staring at him
He wants to hvg him but it’s impossible, he tried to step forward but he stĀ©pped himself ….
” Eleven!, You c@mĀ£ to earth too?, Your face changed too…why did you…
Iris hasn’t finished when Eleven pu-ll-ed her to a ti-ght hvg, stro-king her hair as they hvgged
“I missed you so much” he said, k!ss!ngher hair
TBC