Doubt and The Great Escape

“I doubt that’s how it’s supposed to work, Safiyyah.” Flower, my youngest sister, said as she watched me mess with the fridge that went out recently.

“Shut up, Dummy! I know what I am doing.” I snapped at her as I messed with the wiring.

I hooked one wire up to the motherboard and heard the fridge running again. I smiled as I stepped out from behind the fridge. Celestial walked in, heard the fridge running and pointed at it.

“Has the repair man come by already?” Celestial, another sister of mine with golden streaks in her white hair, asked as she leaned up against the counter.

“Nope. Safiyyah here thinks she can fix anything, including the fridge that needs replaced, not fixed.” Flower said as she rolled her yellow eyes and flipped her short purple hair back.

I snarled as I launched myself at Flower. She and I tumbled through the doorway to the living room as I held her by the neck. I started putting pressure on her neck as I slammed her head to the floor and I had her pinned to the ground. She started tapping my legs and my body as my anger was past the limit it should be. I heard Celestial yell for help as she tried to pull me off of Flower. I felt another set of hands on me as Flower’s face started to turn purple. I felt them yank me upwards as Flower took a deep breath and started to cough. I started to wriggle through the hands as they spun me around and made me face them. I looked to see it was Celestial and Killer, the eldest brother who had golden hair, hold onto my arms.

“Calm down, Deera. She meant no harm by whatever she had said.” Killer said as he grabbed my face.

“Breathe, Deera. In, Out, In, Out. Calm down and breathe.” Celestial said as I copied what she told me.

I turned to see that Death was checking on Flower as our parents walked in from going to the store. They stopped by the door and dropped the groceries.

“What happened? ” Our Mama said as she walked over to Flower.

“Safiyyah fixed the fridge and I noticed her red eyes furrowed down when I said the fridge needed to be replaced instead of repaired. She yelled at me she had read the manual for that fridge over and over again. She lunged at me and tried to kill me by choking me to death.” Flower said quietly.

“Why didn’t you control yourself, Deera?” Our Papa snapped at me.

“I... I... I DON’T KNOW, OKAY?!?!? I doubt that you could have fixed the fridge.” I snarled at Papa.

I didn’t care at all. I felt tears running down my cheeks as I walked to the door. I grabbed my jacket, put the hood up and walked out the door. I slammed the door shut and took off running. I walked on the beach for awhile as I watched happy couples running, laughing and jumping around with no care in the world.

‘I doubt no one would like or even love me for... well, me.’ I thought to myself as I noticed something on the horizon.

“Boat!! Boat!! Everyone off the beach!!” I heard someone yell as people whizzed passed me as I watched the boat get closer.

As I watched it get closer, I started walking toward it. My eyes locked onto the boat as I heard my family yell at me. I felt someone grab my arm and I looked back to see it was Death. I pulled my arms out of the sleeves and walked away from him as my jacket dropped to the sand. I changed into my Draginucous form and took to the sky, sand flying from the gust of wind my wings caused. I flew to the boat and circled above it to see two men were dead and a man wounded with another man with a gun. I roared and dived down, grabbed the man with the gun and winked at the injured man to slow down. He slowed down to a stop as I flew upwards with the guy that had a gun. He screamed and yelled at me as I flew back to the beach. I landed on the beach and changed back into my human form as I held onto him.

“Take him away.” I said as I tossed the guy at a Police Officer.

From then on, I walked away, doubting everyone and everything they said. I trusted no one and no one trusted me. Papers were hung in the streets of Belguim, saying they want my head. I stayed hidden even from my family, and eliminated anyone who needed to be executed. My name has been changed so many times, I do not know my real name anymore. I walked into a Tavern known as The Wanted Flame. I kept my hood up until I sat down as a table next to a female elf named Reina. She was cleaning a cup when she made me a cup of Ale and set it in front of me with her magic.

“You okay, dear wanted fellow?” She asked me as I looked at the cup of Ale.

I ignored her as I took a big gulp of Ale and slammed the cup down onto the table. Everyone in the Tavern turned and looked at me. I felt their eyes digging into my skin. I took my hood off, spun around and glared at them. They turned back around and started talking amongst each other. I took a deep breath in then out as I turned back to the table I was sitting at.

“You wouldn’t understand my situation, Reina.” I said as the Tavern got quiet as I spun a strand of black hair round and round with my finger.

“Try that again, wanted fellow.” Reina said as she set the cup she was cleaning onto the table.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked as she filled the mug up with her magic.

“These fellas in here have been looking to get you for the reward money. They just don’t have the guts to capture you.” She said as she took a drink after she finished.

I felt a tap upon my shoulder and I turned around to see a guard from the Belguim Kingdom standing there. I scoffed motioned them to go away as I turned back around to the table. They grabbed my shoulder and spun me back toward them.

“Deera Safiyyah Freedom, you are under arrest for the murder of innocent lives all over Belguim. You have the right to remain silent, anything you say or do will be used against you in the court of law.” One of them said as they grabbed my left wrist.

“Well, shucks. I will cooperate with you from here on out.” I said as I stood up and they noticed that I had a scythe upon my back.

“Drop that weapon, or there will be trouble.” The Guard said as he moved his jacket aside, showing his gun.

I slowly grabbed my scythe from my back and brought it to my side. I grabbed it with my other hand near the blade and stared at him with a smile.

“How much trouble would I get into if I just hurt you and took off from here?” I asked as I smiled at them, still holding onto my scythe.

“Death sentence would be put on your trial file. Don’t get any bad ideas, missy. Cooperate or I will have to use brute force.” He said as I stood the end of the Scythe up, blade pointed toward him.

“What will I ever do without the help of my fellow wanted crew?” I asked sarcastically as I walked over to a table with a guy known as Skull Crusher and I ran my fingers across his back.

Skull Crusher stood up as he smiled at me. He and I have helped each other when we got into some pretty tight spots. He walked over to the guard and shoved him outside.

“Come here again and I will crush. Your. Skull. Understand?” Skull Crusher snapped as he stepped through the door.

He walked back through the door and slammed the door shut as the Guard stood up and took off running. Everyone cheered as Skull Crusher walked up to me.

“Thank you, Skull Boy. You are such a big help. Here’s your payment for helping me.” I said as I set a small bag of silver into his hands.

“No problem, Assassinator Deera. Get out of here before he comes back with more men. Take your silver and head to The Arid Land. There is a small town called Shelldera, live there and do not forget about your past. Hang your Scythe up and devote yourself to helping those in need. Remember us, all of us.” Skull Crusher said as he handed the small bag of silver back to me then, stroked my black hair.

I nodded, put my hood up and put my scythe onto my back. I walked to the front door and a knock came upon the door.

“Open up!! This is the Belgium Guards!!” A guard yelled.

“Hide in here, Deera.” Reina the elf said as she opened a door to the wine room.

She closed the door and walked over to the front door. I heard it open then, footsteps walking in and around the place.

“Where is she?” A guard asked as he walked to the room I was in.

“She’s not here, sir.” Reina said with a small stutter.

The door to the wine room started to open and I took a step back, knocking cups over. The door swung open and someone grabbed me by the hood.

“Let go of me!!” I snarled as I was thrown to the floor.

I grabbed my Scythe and swung it at them as I stood up. They backed away from me as I scrutinized them with my red eyes.

“Do you not know who I am?” I snarled as I put the scythe on my back and looked at them.

“Get her!” The Lead Guard yelled.

I slipped out the door and changed into my Draginocous form. I took to the sky and flew above the clouds in the dark of the night. I heard them yelling below me. I dove down and hid in a tree beside the beach. I changed into my human form and walked into a shop nearby. I bought a long sleeve shirt, pants and a jacket with a hood. I put that on and put my black hair into a messy bun. I bought a duffel bag and put my assassin clothing in it and made my scythe smaller. I put it in the duffel bag and boarded the boat named The Great Escape. As the boat left, Guards got to the dock and yelled at me to come back. I never looked back from then on. The boat got to the small town of Shelldera, docked and I walked off the boat. People here were friendly and didn’t care that I was different. The first thing I noticed was that Tara Diera was here and he noticed that I was here. He invited me to live with him and I said yes, of course. We have lived together in Shelldera from 1999 to the day.