"He got us almost killed!" Ryan yells out, about to grab on his cup and throw it at Damien. "Just because the old man had you assigned in charge doesn't change the fact you can leave someone else to it" Sven hisses, glaring at him. "I made a mistake, but we can fix this" Damien explains, looking apologetic at them. "Why 'we'? isn't this your mess to clean up?" Ryan says, pushing aside Sven. "We still need you two... you guys are all we have left" Damien pleads out. "Not quite" A voice speaks up from another room, glancing over Damien and Alexia was shocked to see her leaning by the arch way. "You've got some explanations you'd like to share to us?" Felixia says, looking pissed. "I thought.." Damien starts, looking confused at Alexia who shrugged at him. "I cancelled my flight the moment Alexia sent me a text about you and your little plot" She explains, her expression still unfazed. "This doesn't change the fact you trusted Zack to take control of the Secret Organisation" Feli
The day has passed since the last time Damien barged into Xavier's mansion. Nothing more infuriating to him was Damien's audacity to barge into his home to humiliate and challenge him into a brawl. It's pathetic enough he even accepted the challenge, he doesn't need to prove himself but alas he needs to show he is worthy. Lily has always been dangling in between his finger tips, this is nothing more than just a mindless game to him and finally he will take the position rightfully for him. "Zack" Xavier called out from outside his office. Just in a few minutes, a man in suit and holding a briefcase walks in on command. Xavier smiles to his friend and gestures for him to sit down. "Have you done what I asked for?" Xavier asks, looking at him intently. "They think it's my fault now... I can no longer be part of their team" Zack says, his tone hinting hurt. "Don't worry, my friend. You are now part of my empire. The building block of my legacy" Xavier smiles, swivelling his chair to
"So where did mastermind go?" Felixia scoffs as Alexia enters the room. "He went out somewhere, told me to not bother him" Alexia grumbles, her mind still racing on every plan she could plot. "Why all of a sudden you're bothered?" Ryan asks, his brows furrowed. "It's nothing, I've just been tired since..." She says, her words lingering off to the memory. "Alex, we know you more than anyone... If something's up, you'd tell us right?" Sven says, trying to be comforting. "Alot has happened, and the shit with Zack... I don't know who to trust anymore" She replies, sighing out deeply then looking up with guilt. "Sorry..." She says, putting her hand behind her head nervously. Looking down, she felt even worse that her friends might think she can no longer trust them. "Hey.. Why are you sorry?" Ryan walks up to her, a small smile creeping on his face. "We couldn't control what happened, even if we wanted to... right?" He looks at Felixia direction who was thinking deeply with a sadden
This isn't like his Lily. This isn't like the Lily that he used to know. He looks down to see Lily staring at her feet, not knowing what else to do. All she could think was that everything will get better if she only said yes or no. But it seemed she didn't have that luxury anymore, so she stayed silent. Damien sighed and ran a hand through his hair, trying to calm himself down. He knew this wasn't going to be easy for either of them, but he had to try. He needed to make sure that Lily was okay. "I guess we better get a move on if you aren't hungry, Damien" He says, making his way towards where Damien sat. "Follow me... don't even bother bringing any weaponry, we'll only be dueling barehanded" He smirks at Damien, looking at him down. He follows Xavier outside of the mansion and into the forest. Damien tries to keep himself focused on something else other than Lily as they walk through the woods together. He doesn't want to lose focus, it's dangerous out here in these forests after
Damien wakes up slowly in Lily's arms, rising up careful holding on his arm. He brings out his good hand to signal somewhere and the beams disappear instantly. Xavier huffs out in frustration and exhaustion, he sat on his knees and was trembling. Damien didn't know what to make of his expression but he could tell Xavier was partly embarrassed at the seams. Suddenly he passes out on the ground where he knelt down. Everyone was frantic and Lily's father called up the emergency hotline for Xavier. Lily's mother comes up from behind her and pulls her to behind. "Just because you won does not make any difference on how we see you" Lily's mother threatens out, glaring down at Damien. The rest of the family looked at him with a similar glare; all except Lily who looked embarrassed. The others didn't want to admit that there might've been some truth in what her mother said, they weren't ready yet, so they didn't. "You're nothing but a selfish bastard, going after my only daughter and f
Damien hurriedly arranged the table with the help of Ryan. He was trying to keep up his appearance as if he wasn’t so stressed about what was about to happen at this exact moment, yet his hands trembled and he could feel his palms growing sweaty. His legs were shaking too, but he tried not to show it. "I still think this is a bad idea, sir" Ryan blurts out, looking at Damien's direction. "Why do you say so?" Damien asks, rearranging the bouquet of flowers on the vase for the 5th time tonight. "You yelled at her for thinking stupidly about her insecurities and you're apologizing with food" He explains, taking his gaze off of him and laughing quietly. "You're one mac daddy convertible..." He murmurs to himself but Damien was able to hear it, making throw a daisy at him. "Hey, you can't blame me laughing at this.. a proper apology would have been less of a hassle" Ryan scoffs, then turns hearing footstep to see Sven. "Is it Christmas or are we celebrating our victory on scary the
"You know my girl would kill you for trying to kill our soon to be son in law? She'd probably make sure you didn't have a chance to live another day if I let her." He smirks down at the boy, who simply shrugs, clearly unapologetic. After a couple minutes of silence between the two men, the man speaks once again. "Where is my child?!" Lily's father finally speaks up. He takes in the sight in front of him, taking notice of the man's worn clothes and the blood dripping from his right fist. He must've been involved in some sort of altercation. "You really don't want to know..." Damien says nonchalantly. Lily looks over at Damien in shock, silently telling him to stop and shut the door. Damien merely stood, unknown to him of Lily's attempt to call him over. Lily's father then re-aims the gun on to Damien's forehead looking enraged. "I'll ask again, where is my little girl?!" He rasps out, gritting his teeth. Lily quickly steps in front of him, stopping him. "Let me tell you someth
After Damien had taken a shower, they were ready to go. They all changed into clean clothes and walked out onto the porch. He turns behind him to see Lily following behind. The night before was awkward and had been slightly traumatic. Damien was kind enough to sleep on the sofa to give Lily a bit of space for the night, yet even with his attempt to help her ease from her father's abusive efforts to take her away, she couldn't sleep throughout the night. The sun was starting to set and the sky turning orange. A warm breeze brushes through their skin as their cars parked near the curb, waiting to take them to the hotel. "Let's get going" Damien said, picking up his bag and opening it up to pull out his car keys and sunglasses. "Wait" Lily called out, grabbing onto his arm, making him turn to her. "I almost forgot to thank you" She says smiling at him. "Thank me? For what?" Damien asks, raising a brow. "For being there for me when I needed someone the most, without knowing I neede