ACROSS THE WATER*

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Fuçking tired...the sedative is obviously still in action cos she can't even open her eyes well or talk.

There's a fireplace burning not far from her, and Rue threw another stick into the fire before grinning.

"Welcome back, Pearl Wilson"

Her voice echoed, and she looks like a grin reaper as she laughed again.

They're in a cave, a medieval one which looks like an anthill.

Romeo and Juliet were grinning from ear to ear as Rook got his cell and dialled Master X's line on FaceTime.

Master X picked in no time, and Rook smiled like a spoilt child.

"Father, you need to watch this" he said, directing the camera at Pearl.

Master X remained unmoved as Romeo untied Pearl, and her body fell to the ground.

"Let's start the rites" Rue cackled, sitting beside Juliet.

* Start!

* Start!

* Start!!

The members began chorusing, and the flames from the fire rose to the cave roof, fogging the place.

Romeo started dragging Pearl with himself, and merely feeling his hand on herself made her throw up twice before they could arrive at where he's taking her.

He clicked a button in a remote, and a old pool opened on the ground.

Sensing what he's gonna do, Pearl faced him and tried punching him, but she's so darn weak.

He caught her hands easily and grabbed her hair, shoving her face into the water.

Her heart exploded when she saw two sharks in the water, swimming towards her.

She started struggling to raise her head, but Romeo shoved it deeper.

The sharks swam closer and closer, and she started gulping water.

* Yes!!!

The members screamed out again.

Juliet and Rue got themselves coconut waters, and they clinked the shells before drinking with their straws, enjoying the show.

"See that, father?" Rook laughed, making sure Master X is witnessing everything on camera.

Master X remained neutral like a stone, and Romeo brought Pearl's face up, only to shove it back in.

The sharks are almost reaching her right now, and she lost her mind immediately.

Her weakness ain't helping, and she began gasping for breaths, beating the water with her hands as she gulped again and again.

'Why is no one coming?'

'Are the sharks gonna swallow me?'

'Someone please... come'

'Someone'

Rook laughed out when Romeo pulled her head up again.

He was about to shove it back for the third time when the roof of the cave broke suddenly, and stones rolled in.

It's almost like an earthquake as a car landed in, the tyres screeching hard.

The members stood immediately, and the top members grabbed their guns.

Rue, Juliet, Romeo and Rook.

The others stood at alert, and their eyes widened when two masked guys came out of the car.

Their mask is red and white, the opposite of their own.

"The Vikings" Rook muttered, pocketing his phone.

More members jumped in through the roof, and within three minutes, over twenty Vikings members are already in.

"How dare y'all interrupt!" Rue grinded.

"And show your faces, cowards!" Rook yelled.

He has barely said that when one of the first two guys took off his mask..

Hyce!

Eyes widened, but the shock doubled when the second one took off his mask.

Axel.

"What the fûck" Romeo muttered.

The third person to take off her mask is a female...

Rebekah.

"The hell" Juliet dropped her hand in total shock.

Then the last person jumped into the cave, masked in total black.

He jumped down from the car bonnet, making dusts fly as he stood in front of them all.

The moment he took off his mask, revealing his sweaty cold face, Rook lost his voice.

One and only Roonie Banks!

"Welcome, Unholy Lion, the king" Hyce hailed.

"Y--ou?" Rook stuttered.

It's like the rest of his members are tied cos they couldn't move.

The shock is too much to dissolve obviously.

Roonie looked over at Pearl's unconscious body on the ground, and the darkness fogged around him even more, choking him mercilessly like a noose.

Fire was burning sinisterly in his eyes as he drew out his belt.

Surprisingly, the belt is a foldable sword, and the moment it came out, it stood straight in his hand.

He threw it forward, and it flew into the crowd of The Titans.

It came back to him after a minute, stained with blood already.

Immediately he caught the sword back, the heads of four Titans fell from their necks, and blood flowed like a river.

"Roonie!!!!!!" Rook roared.

"Wrong" Roonie rolled his eyes devilishly, throwing the sword at Rook.